In Food Safety & Supply
New Way to Detect Peanut Contamination
EUROPE – Researchers from Spain and France have used a new type of technology to more accurately detect traces of ...
Sharp EU Rapeseed Decline Expected as Result of Neonicotinoid Seed Ban
EU – New figures released by Copa-Cogeca reveal EU rapeseed production is expected to fall by as much as seven ...
Using Weedy Rice Traits to Boost Cultivated Rice Yields
US – Genetic traits in weedy rice may someday be used to develop sturdy, high-yield varieties of cultivated rice that ...
Support for Flexibility of EU Countries to Ban GMO Crops
EU – Long-awaited draft plans to allow EU member states to restrict, or ban, the cultivation of crops containing genetically ...
FAO Calls for ‘Paradigm Shift’ Towards Sustainable Agriculture
GLOBAL – Policy makers should support a broad array of approaches to overhauling global food systems, said FAO Director-General José ...
Understanding Our Urban Pollinators
UK – Pollinators such as the Common Blue butterfly, which is shown in the image above, play a vital role ...
FAO to Help India Develop Agriculture, Food Security
INDIA – The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, have agreed on how ...
EU Bees at Best Health in Years, Overwintering Losses at Record Low
EU – European bees are much healthier than many recent publications appear to suggest. New field data from nearly 400,000 ...
EU and FAO Partner to Help Flood-Affected Serbian Farms Rebuild
SERBIA – The European Union (EU) will partner with FAO to help small-scale farmers in Serbia recover from the devastating ...
El Nino to Impact Americas, Australia, India, China this Summer
ANALYSIS – An El Nino weather event is forecast to develop which should create ideal growing crop conditions in the ...
