Agricultural Biodiversity

MAY 14, 2023

Genetic diversity of the cultivated vanilla in Madagascar. Lots of genetic groups based on SNPs, but not structured in space or environmentally, except maybe by altitude.

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Cultivation Seeding Crop biotechnology 100

World Agri-Tech

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

On both sides of the Atlantic, the chronic lack of water for crops is a direct threat to global food security, if we hope to cultivate a future where abundance coexists harmoniously with the preservation of our planet, we must act take urgent action.”, warns Déchant, CEO and Co-Founder of Elicit Plant.

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Cultivation biotechnology Yield Crop 52

Civil Eats

MAY 21, 2024

In this map, green areas are projected to be favorable to coffee cultivation by 2050, while brown areas will not be. ( The benefit of this technology is that it’s not location-specific; you can run it wherever you want,” says Heiko Rischer, principal scientist and head of plant biotechnology at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

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Yield Production Harvest Harvester 143

Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2024

The Scientists Who Kickstarted American Kelp Farming The science behind this boom in seaweed cultivation began in New England nearly 50 years ago. Seaweed farming, a longstanding tradition in Asia for more than a hundred years, is now gaining a place on U.S. Those early studies have impacted the growth of mariculture studies globally.

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Science 144

Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Cultivating success: Bridging the gaps in plant breeding training in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Crop species diversity: A key strategy for sustainable food system transformation and climate resilience. Now there’s a nice thing to integrate into your climate change adaptation and integration research.

Forage 214

Forage Crop Yield Grain 214

World Agri-Tech

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

AI-Driven Cultivation and Next-Gen Crop Nutrition & Protection: Learn how Agwa, Ceragen, TOWING, Anvigen, GroPro, Silvec, TRIC, UpTerra, Invasive Species Corp, Varada Ag, and Quorum Bio are leveraging AI for autonomous vegetable cultivation and engineering microbials for crop nutrition and soil health.

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Cultivation Technology biotechnology Crop 59

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

It alleges that Mexico’s decree constitutes a trade violation that infringes on the superseding rights of US farmers and biotechnology companies. Unable to muscle Mexico City into reversing course, the US trade representative, Katherine Tai, last August lodged a formal complaint with the secretariat of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

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Maize Science Crop Food 144

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Over time, the consolidation and commodification of seeds has eroded the resilience of our food systems, diminishing the agrobiodiversity of crops cultivated in the US at an alarming rate. Over the past decades we have seen a hyper consolidation of seed systems that has led to a dominant culture of seed commodification. Source: Philip H.

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Seeding Food Agriculture Agriculture 98