The latest news from the agricultural sector
2022-08-29
The project trying to bring back traditional cereal crops to Europe
The ‘Re-cereal' initiative not only seeks to boost biodiversity by reintroducing traditional crops, but it is also a scientific project. Institutions as well as public and private entities are... Read more
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2022-08-24
Why Ukraine's agriculture sector could be set to attract cyberattacks
The technology company Cisco Talos says it is on high alert to cyber threats during Ukraine's Independence Day. Read more
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2022-08-21
China declares drought emergency amid record-breaking heatwave
Industrial and agricultural hubs in central China suffer as the drought continues and an estimated one million people in rural areas are expected to face drinking water shortages. Read more
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2022-08-21
Dutch cabinet split over 2030 nitrogen reductions rethink
The Christian Democrat leader Wopke Hoekstra told Dutch newspaper AD that the government's nitrogen reduction targets are not "sacred", causing a cabinet rift. Read more
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2022-08-17
Could we replace pesticides with ants? A new study thinks so.
Pesticides contain nasty chemicals that harm bees but scientists have discovered that ants could be a viable alternative. Read more
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2022-08-08
Tonnes of South African citrus fruit stranded in EU ports over dispute
South Africa has referred the matter to the World Trade Organisation. Read more
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2022-08-08
Misleading beer festival video claims to show Italian farmers' protest
The footage actually shows an organised tractor beer festival that celebrates the local agriculture industry. Read more
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2022-08-06
Ukraine has a unique seed collection that could be ‘lost forever’
Ukrainian grain ships are leaving again, but the country’s seed bank is still in danger. Here's why its diverse contents are so vital. Read more
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2022-08-06
Innovation takes ovens to new heights
Despite existence for millenia, ovens keep transforming and improving Cooked food has been a part of our civilization for thousands of years. Throughout the ... Read more
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2022-08-05
'Tragic situation': Rice paddies dry up in Italy amid record drought
The future of Italian risotto in the Po Valley is in peril as paddy fields dry up and turn salty amid a historic drought. Read more
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2022-07-29
Tug-of-war: Ukraine celebrates its tank-towing farmers
Ukrainian tractor driver Vitaliy Denysenko grins as he pulls a 1970s Russian MT-LB tank around a field in the Kharkiv region, where it was left during the hasty Russian withdrawal at the end of March... Read more
2022-07-29
Feeling the heat: the cost of Italy's worst drought in decades
A lack of rain linked to climate change has led to Italy's worst drought in 70 years. Euronews' Julian Gomez visited three of north Italy's most badly affected regions to see for himself both the... Read more
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