Origin Agritech Ltd, an agriculture technology company, on 19 July announced that it had been awarded a grant of US$276.8 from the Xinjiang government
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Thailand takes action to conserve water amid rice supply concerns

Rice is a staple in the diets of billions, and further price increases would add to the inflationary pressures faced by consumers. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
Amidst insufficient rainfall, Thailand has called upon its farmers to decrease rice cultivation in order to conserve water
SustainCERT partners with Regrow Ag to offer solutions for decarbonisation projects
Leading climate impact verifier, SustainCERT on 8 August, announced a partnership with agriculture resilience platform provider, Regrow Ag to offer an end-to-end Scope 3 (value chain) GHG emissions measurement, reporting and verification solution for agricultural supply chains
Addressing climate-related health issues among Bangladeshi cotton farmers
CottonConnect and Assimila, supported by the European Space Agency’s EO Science for Society Programme, have set up Combat Against Climate Change on Cotton Communities, known as C5, a feasibility study exploring how climate advice could help farmer decision-making at key stages in the cotton production cycle
UMD researchers perform genome sequencing on world's first domesticated crop

UMD researchers are seeking to breed the genes of einkorn wheat into bread wheat to improve resilience. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
In an attempt to protect the worlds food supply from the devastating impact of climate change, an international team of researchers led by University of Maryland (UMD) scientists, has successfully sequenced the complete genome of the worlds first domesticated crop, einkorn wheat