Agricultural practices that store CO2 and those reducing emissions from soil are among the activities for which farmers might be remunerated for their contribution to combat climate change, according to a regulation agreed by the EU institutions.
The EU Council and the European Parliament...
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The Korean government has set the Middle East, Latin America and India as new target markets for agriculture exports, aiming to grow the sector into one of its top ten export categories.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced a set of initiatives to increase the appeal of...
Foreign Policy Magazine
2024.02.20
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After months of protests by outraged farmers in cities across the continent, European lawmakers are struggling with how to quell the anger sparked in part by new green agricultural regulations—a backlash that has underscored the difficult trade-offs confronting governments as they navigate the...
CNN
2024.02.15
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No, not beef on rice — beef rice.
That’s what a team of South Korean researchers are hoping to plate up with their newly developed hybrid rice, grown in a lab with cow muscle and fat cells inside the rice grains.
The rice — which is colored pink — could offer a cheaper, more environmentally...
Taiwan News
2024.02.10
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Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) said on Saturday (Feb. 10) that no beta-agonists have been detected in the latest round of nationwide random tests.
Following the discovery of the banned additive cimbiterol in pork slices from Taiwan Sugar by Taichung's health bureau, a retesting was...
The Japan Times
2024.02.05
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In early December, Masanao Saito, 83, a farmer in the Takase district of the inland town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, was talking to his mikan tangerine trees full of fruit. “Thank you for bearing fruit again this year.”
Using special scissors, Saito carefully plucked the "Okitsu Wase"...
Mongabay
2024.01.13
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Indonesia is offering resume direct exports of lobster larvae to Vietnam in exchange for investment in lobster farming and easing up on Vietnamese boats fishing illegally in its waters.
Jakarta banned exports of lobster larvae in 2016 to prevent the overharvesting of wild population from the...
The Hindu
2024.01.03
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C-CAMP’s Centre of Excellence for Agri Innovation, supported by Ktech which has launched Agriculture Grand Challenge-2 is now open to all start-ups across India.
In the agriculture group the call is for realising technology to increase shelf life and minimise post-harvest losses, technologies...