In Malaysia, rainforests are being cleared to make way for oil palm plantations. (Image source: CIFOR/Flickr)
As the European Union (EU) and others call for measures to slow palm oil sales to limit deforestation, carbon and biodiversity losses, a decrease in palm oil production may have repercussions in Malaysia and Indonesia, affecting the rest of the world, said Purdue University economists
Dr Ross Alexander conducts analysis of proteins extracted from microorganisms. (Image source: Heriot-Watt University)
As climate change is having a devastating impact on cereal crops, scientists at Heriot-Watt University have identified a gene responsible for drought resistance in barley which is thought to help future-proof the cereals industry
Vietnam is taking initiatives to protecting rich and diverse rice biodiversity. (Image source: Sasin Tipchai/Pixabay)
Dr Matthew Morell, director-general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) met with Dr Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Vietnam’s minister of agriculture, to discuss ways to increase the resilience of domestic agriculture to climate change, enhance the productivity and access to markets of rice farmers
The growers need to spray the crop every three weeks, from the time of the first flowering through the last harvesting moment. (Image source: Biobest Group)
Biobest Group has launched Bluestim with an aim to help soft fruit growers with fewer micro-cracks in strawberries, raspberries and blueberries production by reducing the effects of abiotic stress
The chemicals have spread into the environment, affecting human health. (Image source: zefe wu/Pixabay)
Thailand is set to ban hazardous herbicides before the end of 2019, said deputy agriculture minister Manunya Thaiseth as the herbicides are strongly opposed by consumer and environmentalists
