Michel Devarrewaere, vice-president of East-West Seed, Ty Sokhun, secretary of State of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Cambodia, Marieke van Schie, team leader-CHAIN, SNV Cambodia. (Image source: East-West Seed)
East-West Seed has held launching ceremony in Cambodia on 17 August 2017, where it stressed on boosting the productivity and sustainability of the vegetable sector by providing quality seeds and training to the farmers in the country
The gene appears to confer a small but important disease-resistance effect on corn plant. (Image source: Erica Firment/Flickr)
The researchers at North Carolina State University have found a specific gene in corn that appears to be associated with resistance to two to three different plant leaf diseases
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GroGenesis, Inc, a global sustainable agriculture company and producer of AgraBurst PRO™, an organic, non-GMO agricultural input for growers crops including fruit, vegetables, palm and rice, announced Mr. Sadru Habib as Managing Director for GroGenesis, Inc. for countries in the Southeast Asia region including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Vietnam
According to the analysis, the risks can be managed through good agricultural practices like reduced tillage, cover crops, grass margins and contour farming. (Image source: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture/Flickr)
Regions located in the tropical climate zones suffer the greatest rainfall-related soil erosion, according to a study published in Scientific Reports, an online open access scientific mega journal
The agreement will make it easier for farmers from the participating countries to access climate change resilient seeds. (Image source: John1cse/Pixabay)
A multi-country seed policy agreement that speeds up the distribution of modern rice varieties across countries in South and Southeast Asia has been signed following a meeting of agriculture ministers and representatives of nine countries at Siem Reap, Cambodia
