Science has learned that USDA is reinstating Neha Kothari as leader of the department’s national program on plant genetic resources. Kothari joins several other top-tier government scientists whose firings have been reversed, but so far there is no indication that USDA has reinstated other fired...
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Reuters
2025.02.24
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China's rising demand for food calls for increased efforts to boost grains production even after record high output in recent years, China's Central Rural Work Leading Group said on Monday.
"More than 1.4 billion of us want to eat, and we want to eat better and better," Han Wenxiu, a director...
analyticsindiamag
2025.02.10
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ChatGPT is redefining tech disruption. Today, developers are building different products on top of OpenAI’s GPT models. While there is an array of GPT-powered products and services, the one that caught our attention is KissanGPT. Developed by Pratik Desai, founder of Titodi, KissanGPT is an AI...
Reuters
2025.02.04
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered sweeping tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China and has threatened duties on goods from other nations, sparking concerns of trade retaliation from countries that import U.S. agricultural goods.
Additional levies of up to 25% on imports from Canada and...
kaohooninternational
2025.02.04
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Mr. Dhanin Chearavanont, Senior Chairman of Charoen Pokphand Group, spoke at the Chula Thailand Presidents Summit 2025 regarding the future of Thailand’s economy. He believes that Thailand has a bright future due to the current global changes and disruptions, which provide the country with several...
Reuters
2025.02.04
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Japan's exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products rose 3.7% to a record high in 2024, despite China's ban on seafood imports following Tokyo Electric Power's (9501.T), opens new tab water discharge from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Exports last year totaled 1.507 trillion yen...
TVBS
2025.01.15
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Deputy agricultural minister warned on Wednesday (Jan. 15) that revising the Act Governing the Allocation of Government Revenues and Expenditures (財劃法) could severely impact the Ministry of Agriculture's (MOA, 農業部) initiatives. The Legislative Yuan (立法院) passed the amendment in December 2024,...
Focus Taiwan
2025.01.08
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The first batch of fresh pork from Taiwan was shipped to Singapore on Wednesday after the city state announced in November 2024 it would reopen its market to imports of Taiwanese pork for the first time in 15 years, a Taiwanese pork producer said.
The shipment of 32.6 metric tons of chilled pork...