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KIGALI — Agriculture is embedded in the culture of the people of Rwanda. In fact, about 67 percent of Rwandans are employed in agriculture, with arable land covering over 1.56 million hectares of ...

There is a strong connection between chemigation, fertigation and irrigation, the goal being for each plant to receive a uniform quantity of water and additive. Uniformity of application is indeed the essential factor ...

Affordable agricultural robots are on the horizon according to Robotriks, part of a cluster of technology companies based at Plymouth University. As analysts predict the agricultural technology market will reach $22.5 billion ...

The northern clay area along the Wadden Sea is the breeding ground for Dutch seed potato cultivation. This area should not be sacrificed for nature development. This is the statement of the Dutch Arable ...

Potatoes weigh much less on household production and consumption, but the mumps crisis reflects the causes of the economic crisis. The pathetic scenes of peasants from the Cundiboyacense plateau wrapped in their ...

Some 300 producers have lost their seedings to the unexpected natural phenomenon; the locals will ascend to the hill of San Martín to beg for the storm rainfall. "Naqantatawa (everything burned)", laments ...

Drs. Paul Bethke and Shelley Jansky are researchers in the Agricultural Research Service's Vegetable Crop Research Unit located in Madison, WI. Their research encapsulates efforts to improve the breeding, cultivation, and marketability ...

For the Chinese potato trade campaign 2020/21, which runs from September to August, available domestic harvest volumes will amount to 99 million tonnes. This value represents an increase of 3% over the ...

Michael Family Farms is located right in the kind of sweet spot that has the potential to make a lot of growers jealous. Urbana, Ohio, where the Michaels have farmed for four generations, is ...

 Farmobile LLC, Agriculture’s Independent Data Company™, today announced that The Fertilizer Institute (TFI), the leading voice of the fertilizer industry, is supporting through outreach the advancement of agronomic and machine-collected data for ag ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Two Oregon State University researchers have discovered a microscopic soil-dwelling nematode on the Corvallis campus that could be an important tool against invasive slugs that cause billions of dollars ...

The northern Norwegian production of potatoes, vegetables and berries is the northernmost in the world. Every year, tons of potatoes, berries and vegetables are produced in Troms and Finnmark. According to the ...

Covid-19 has changed the way business is done across the globe, and it is no different when it comes to agricultural research. In a previous post, we highlighted how Medius.Re can help facilitate ...

With a view to the elimination of chlorpropham, Agrifirm has conducted proactive research in recent years into alternative solutions for sprouting inhibition in potatoes. The starting point is an environmentally conscious solution with ...

Written by Silusapho Nyanda A 28-year-old Eastern Cape man is ploughing ahead on his mission to become a top potato farmer, thanks to a partnership with Potatoes South Africa. Yonela Ndzoboyi from ...

Consumer buying habits have a significant impact in how much water is used in agriculture Modern agriculture puts an enormous emphasis on efficiency — from the resources used to grow crops to ...

Much is still unknown about the effect of crop protection products in agriculture on people and the environment. So says Violette Geissen, professor of Soil Physics and Land Management at Wageningen UR. She heads ...

At the start of the 20th century, German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch developed a method for taking nitrogen from the air and melding it with hydrogen. It would prove to ...

As part of measures to address the inadvertent spread of pests with germplasm distribution, Germplasm Health Units (GHU) in CGIAR are organizing a week-long awareness program on “phytosanitary safety for pest prevention” on ...

While farmers work hard in their fields, they have also been working harder to gain the trust of the ones they feed. However, a new poll shows that the American people support ...

In order to increase the efficiency of nitrogen fertilization, stabilized fertilizers can be worthwhile. We say what is possible in dry conditions and in normal years. The conditions for optimal nitrogen fertilization are ...

German farmers are increasingly buying agricultural land in the Dutch border region. LTO Noord, Achterhoek Oost department, considers this an undesirable development, but says there is little it can do about it. For ...

By Seth Truscott College of Agricultural, Human,and Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. -Launching new research in support of Washington potato growers, Washington State University is partnering with industry leaders to study healthier, ...

In connection with inquiries regarding the dates of the fall application of fertilizers - the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development would like to remind you that in exceptional situations it is ...

Measurements on organic arable, wine and fruit-growing areas in Switzerland show that pesticides are transported for kilometers through the air. This also applies to hardly volatile substances. Plant protection products (PPPs) applied to ...