Tag: farming research

Agricultural water scarcity is expected to increase in more than 80% of the world's croplands by 2050, according to a ...

Thanks to a collaboration between researchers across the world, including the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical ...

When it comes to innovations in the potato sector, true potato seeds comes to mind. The small seeds are newer ...

The manure policy, announced rules in the context of circular agriculture and the rising costs of fertilizers also present arable ...

Spreading traditional fertilizer causes a lot of loss of nutrients. In addition, the prices of fertilizers are rising due to the ...

Since we have already discussed the projections of increased producer costs, the question that remains is, Will these cost increases ...

Over the last several years, agricultural producers have been pulled in multiple directions: improve water use efficiency, maintain profitability in ...

Looking ahead to the next 50 years, potato researchers and farmers have significant concerns about producing enough food under the stressors of ...

In a fertigation trial in potatoes, Aeres University of Applied Sciences compares schemes with four nitrogen levels and two different ...

In the progeny of the large haulm killing trial that Delphy carried out last year in potato seed potatoes, it ...

ADAPT asked for the farmers’ perception of climate change, their experiences concerning its impact on potato production, and their need ...

Following a 10-month hiatus due to COVID-19, AUSVEG’s Alan Nankivell has resumed his role as the National Tomato- Potato Psyllid ...

A group of researchers in Canada are using precision agriculture to map field management zones.

Wageningen University have established critical nutrient levels of young potatoes, beets, onion and cereal leaves, which can be tested against ...

On March 31st, the R&D director of Udapa Ana Carrasco and Jon Legorburu, the cooperative's agricultural technical engineer, participated in the webinar ...

Europatat is part of an international consortium involved in the ADAPT (“  Accelerated Development of Multiple Stress Tolerant Potato Varieties  ”) research ...

Our Fight Against Blight programme started in 2004 and since then ‘blight scouts’ have sent in over 10,000 samples of ...

Yi Wang, Assistant Professor & Extension Potato and Vegetable Production Specialist, University of Wisconsin Madison-Over the last six months, I ...

Trials are planned for 2022 in three locations as part of a Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant. For potato growers ...

We want to know which conditions ensure the growth of populations of insects, such as bean spider mites, so that ...

Prince Edward Island Potato Board is excited to share with potato farmers and industry partners the launch of a new ...

released a study quantifying the extent and impact of drip irrigation issues in agriculture.

Just saying North American potato production has benefited from the efforts of Nora Olsen would be an understatement.

Researchers will use artificial intelligence in an attempt to identify nematodes (the destructive kind as well as beneficial) more rapidly ...

Grimme’s machinery, the CS 150 Combi-Star was manufactured in Germany but received by the team at Market Weighton for pre-delivery ...

Growing potatoes in the North may not be an endless series of bad news

The hybrid potato breeding company Solynta will work on hybrid breeding of starch potato varieties together with Averis, a subsidiary ...

we are facing serious challenges in the use of our land and the distribution of space

A scientist. That’s what Terry Miller was. A really, really good plant pathologist.

Water shortages threaten to devastate India’s food security, driving down winter harvests by 20% nationwide and by as much as ...

This week, a start was made in Lelystad on the development of the potato demo fields for PotatoEurope 2021

The Canadian government is launching a new climate plan for the country’s agriculture sector, the government says in a news ...

potato growers need to be aware of the value of inputs now

special project is the cultivation of seed potatoes together with facelia, Persian clover, buckwheat, flax and summer vetch

With Flight to Vitality, the seed potato sector is on the eve of a breakthrough

our SPot Farm North West this year and we plan to have a host in the region

pay more attention to the quality of the storage process at the growers

Scotland-based Strategic Potato Farm activity for a second year

Kenya has applied for a Sh656 million grant from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to boost research on ...

Studies have shown that adopting a gender perspective while conducting agronomic research and extension work provides more efficient approaches to ...

In the spring of 2020, SunRain installed Netafim drip line on a four-acre section of a field

This is more so relevant in potatoes than most other UK crops because of the domestic nature of potato markets ...

AHDB will present the latest results from its Strategic Potato (SPot) farm

PepsiCo Europe, Sean Westcott, discusses sustainable farming, collaboration and why a greater level of co-operation is required between invested parties ...

If potato growers decide they no longer want to pay the £42.62 per hectare levy, then the potato part of ...

Many Indian agri-tech start-ups like SatSure, CropIn, Niruthi, AgRisk, and government programs help in sowing and crop monitoring

agroforestry project is taking shape in a field of 15 hectares

experimental fields with irrigation yielded 3000 kilos of extra starch per hectare

A variable planting distance in the cultivation of seed potatoes requires better calculation rules. This is evident from the experiences of ...

We need to bridge the gap between the next generation of landowners and producers. Meet Glen Moeller, an Iowa farmer ...