The latest news from the agricultural sector
2024-05-13
Adapt, assess, progress: Integrating measures of women’s empowerment into rural development projects
A new tool developed by IFPRI and IFAD. Read more
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2024-05-09
Scientists Use Gene-Editing Technology to Produce First Calf Resistant to Major Viral Disease
Scientists have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a virus that costs the U.S. cattle sector billions of dollars annually. Read more
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2024-05-08
USDA-ARS Research Entomologist Named Finalist in the Samuel J. Heyman Service To America Medal
Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris, a research entomologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, is being honored today as a finalist for a 2023 Samuel J. Heyman Service to... Read more
2024-05-08
New Research Reveals How Grazing Management Practices Affect Cattle Weight Gain by Altering Foraging Behavior
Rotational or continuous grazing? Which system allows for more sustainable and profitable free-range livestock production? Read more
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2024-05-08
USDA's Research Chemist Named Finalist in The Science, Technology and Environment Category For Samuel J. Heyman Service To America Medal
Vincent Edwards, a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist, is being honored today as a finalist in the Science, Technology and Environment... Read more
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2024-05-08
Soaring cocoa prices: Diverse impacts and implications for key West African producers
Effects of climate change and El Niño. Read more
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2024-05-07
USDA-ARS Innovators Honored as Finalists of Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals for Transformative Contributions to Science and Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) announces the recognition of three scientists as finalists for the 2024 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America... Read more
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2024-05-06
USDA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska Innovation Campus Break Ground for New Research Center on Precision Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL), and Nebraska Innovation Campus held a groundbreaking ceremony today to... Read more
2024-05-06
To improve Africa’s soil health and plant nutrition, empower women farmers
A contintental summit offers an important opportunity. Read more
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2024-05-01
Research-backed policy to eliminate miniket rice in Bangladesh will improve nutrition
Over-processing removes essential nutrients. Read more
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2024-04-29
Exploring gender roles and women’s empowerment in the coffee value chain and coffee cooperatives: Evidence from Mexico
Women in rural coffee production face opportunities and obstacles. Read more
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2024-04-25
Keeping Corn from Frequenting the Phosphorus Buffet Line
When it comes to food, plants can "eat" more than they need—just like the diner who can't resist another stop at the buffet line despite already feeling full. Indeed, with respect to phosphorus,... Read more
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