A campaign to give visibility to rural women – women of all regions, colors and ethnicities, who live and work in a context of social and economic difficulties in Latin America and the Caribbean – was launched at Brazil’s Planalto Palace. It is part of the Rural Women Campaign, Women with Rights, which is in … Read more
The new agreement allows Curtin and Wide Open Agriculture to work together to develop and commercialise the new technology, which aims to unlock the functionality of proteins found in the lupin seed, providing benefits for the increasing number of consumers who are reducing their meat intake, such as vegetarians, vegans, or those avoiding gluten and … Read more
US – The US Department of Agriculture’s Prospective Plantings report indicates that farmers nationwide could be looking to soybeans as a financial safe haven in a difficult market, Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt says. The number of soybean acres could reach an all-time high in 2015 while corn acreage is expected to decline for … Read more
GLOBAL – New research in the UK using models predicts a six per cent reduction in global wheat harvest for each 1°C of global warming. An international consortium of researchers has used big data sets to predict the effects climate change on global wheat yields. Their multi-model predictions indicated global wheat production losses of six … Read more
MONGOLIA – Harvesting of the 2014 main season crops, mainly wheat, barley and oats, was completed with a slight delay in mid-October. Latest official estimates put the 2014 wheat production at 465,000 tonnes, 26 per cent up from last year’s weather-depressed harvest. The increase in production reflects higher yields, following favourable climatic conditions between April … Read more
ERITREA – Harvesting of the 2014 main season crops is expected to start at the beginning of November and, according to satellite-based monitoring, production prospects in main agricultural areas of Debub, Maekel, Gash Barka and Anseba zobas are favourable. The 2014 “kiremti” rainy season had a timely onset at the end of June and, especially … Read more
BANGLADESH – Harvesting of the 2014 Aman season rice crop is expected to start in early November and continue until mid-December. Overall, rainfall between June and mid-October has been near-average over the main rice-producing areas benefiting sowing activities and crop development. However, heavy rains during the second dekad of August over northwestern and northeastern parts … Read more
SCOTLAND, UK – Scotland’s 2014 cereal harvest is estimated to be the largest in 20 years, with favourable conditions expected to produce more than three million tonnes of cereals. In total, around 3.3 million tonnes of cereals are expected this year, an increase of just under half a million tonnes on 2013. This represents a … Read more
ANALYSIS – The European potato supply is growing, fueled by a 3-4 per cent increase in acres and almost perfect growing conditions, reports Sarah Mikesell, TheCropSite senior editor. Cedric Porter, Managing Editor of World Potato Market newsletter, reports that the main potato growing areas in the EU are France, Germany, Holland, The Netherlands and the … Read more
CHINA – Harvesting of the 2014 early double rice crop was completed at the end of July, while that of single and late double crops will be concluded by November. On average, output of the single rice crop normally amounts to about 66 percent of the national rice production, with the remaining two harvests (early … Read more