The latest news from the agricultural sector
2022-06-24
German agriculture minister on Ukraine War and global food
DW's chief political editor Michaela Küfner spoke to Germany's agriculture minister Cem Özdemir about the impact the war in Ukraine is having on the world's food supplies. She asked him what concrete... Read more
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2022-06-24
Making cash transfers more effective in reducing intimate partner violence
A new phase in understanding how such programs can empower women. Read more
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2022-06-22
Collecting a Library of Bee Genomes
The USDA Agricultural Research Service is leading a project dubbed "Beenome100" to produce high-quality maps of the genomes of at least 100 bee species, capturing the diversity of bees in the United... Read more
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2022-06-21
Winter Honey Bees Show Resistance to a Common Insecticide
Winter honey bees, compared to newly emerged summer bees, have a better ability to withstand the harmful effects of a widely-used insecticide in pest management, according to a recent study published... Read more
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2022-06-21
India: Record heat wave sparks wheat export ban
International controversy has followed India’s announcement of a wheat export ban, compounding the global shortage during the war in leading producer Ukraine. Indian officials have cited declining... Read more
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2022-06-21
How ladybugs and disease-fighting microbes can help reduce agriculture’s carbon footprint
Benefits of scaling up integrated pest management. Read more
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2022-06-20
Philippines: President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. names himself agriculture minister
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has given himself the agriculture secretary position ahead of taking his presidential office, amid prohibitively high global prices. The Philippines is heavily reliant on... Read more
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2022-06-16
North Korea sees outbreak of unidentified disease amid COVID wave
North Korea reported the outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic, while it already faces food shortages and coronavirus infections. The outbreak was in the isolated nation's key agricultural... Read more
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2022-06-16
South Asia suffers record heat wave
India is experiencing a record heatwave in many parts of the country, which experts say is linked to climate change. DW’s Manira Chaudhary visits an agricultural belt in the state of Maharashtra which... Read more
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2022-06-15
Distinguished Nutrition Scientist Alice H. Lichtenstein Presents 2022 ARS Atwater Memorial Lecture
"Nutrition Information/Misinformation: Who's Right? Who Gets to Decide?" is the title of distinguished nutrition scientist Alice H. Lichtenstein's 2022 Agricultural Research Service W.O. Atwater... Read more
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2022-06-15
Designing a community referral system to increase financial access among women and refugees in refugee hosting areas in Ethiopia
A pilot program promotes and studies mobile banking. Read more
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2022-06-14
Viral Tag Team Stymied by New Corn Germplasm
A new corn germplasm resource developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Wooster, Ohio, is now available to use for breeding commercially grown varieties that can withstand the... Read more
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