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Portugal’s National Statistics Institute (INE) released on November 18 that it expects a decrease in olive production in 21/22 (40% less than the previous year) due to scarce rainfall and high temperatures. In fruit trees, the situation is similar, with pear yields down 45%, chestnuts down ...Read more »
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Godrej Industries (Godrej), India’s richest family-owned conglomerate for 125 years, is looking to increase the number of oil palm plantations in response to the Modi government’s plan to boost the country’s palm oil production and cut edible oil imports. Godrej Agrovet, the agr...Read more »
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In 2013, only 107 biopesticides were registered in Brazil, indicating that the country has taken the lead in adopting these pesticide alternatives. In addition, as of March of this year, 502 agricultural biopesticides had been registered in Brazil, a trend that is set to continue. According to Bl...Read more »
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The Indian government has lifted export restrictions on organic non-basmati broken rice, Indian media reported last week. India, the world’s largest rice exporter, banned exports of broken rice on Sept. 8 and imposed a 20 percent export tariff on all grades of rice after below-average monso...Read more »
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Syngenta Plant Protection and Scheffer recently announced a 10-year partnership agreement that will allow the two companies to leverage each other’s strengths for development. The agreement aims to jointly develop bioproducts derived from microorganisms that will be applicable to Brazilian ...Read more »
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Ukraine’s agricultural production is sufficient to guarantee food security and exports despite the weather and unfavorable factors such as the war this year, said Igor Vyshtak, head of the agricultural development department of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, recently. This year&#...Read more »
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Chilean Agriculture Minister Esteban Valenzuela and representatives of fruit export industry associations officially launched the 2022/23 fruit export season at a ceremony at the South Pacific Terminal (TPS) in Valparaiso, Chile, Nov. 22. The Chilean AgriWorld website reports that Valenzuela call...Read more »
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The Emerging News reported on November 20: In FY 2021/22, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development and the Department of Statistics, with technical support from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), conducted a comprehensive survey of large- and medium-scale liv...Read more »
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released its annual report on Chilean fresh deciduous fruit, showing that production and exports of Chilean fresh grapes, apples and pears will all decline in the 2022/23 season. Fresh grape production is expected to decline by 7.1% to 732,000 tons and ...Read more »
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Rome, 15 November 2022 – How much fertilizer is the right amount to use to ensure that crop yields are sufficient to guarantee local and global food security, but at the same time control environmental impacts? Answering this question remains a huge challenge, but the latest reliable data f...Read more »
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Representatives of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dong Nai Province revealed that up to now, 120 agricultural plantation areas (over 24,000 hectares) in Dong Nai Province have been granted plantation numbers for export to China, the United States, European countries, New Z...Read more »
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According to the latest Economist Global Food Security Index, South Africa ranked 59th out of 113 countries, up 11 places from last year, according to a Nov. 15 report on South Africa’s Independent Media website. The index, which measures the food security status of countries surveyed relat...Read more »
