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THE CASCADING AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE OF THE WAR IN IRAN

The Persian Gulf war is disrupting the entire value chain of global agricultural production. It has cut off access to fuel and fertilizer, endangering global food security and the standard.

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“FOOD REARMAMENT” AND ITS PARADOXES

2026 will go down in human and agricultural history as the year when the world began to (re)build its food reserves on a massive scale. This phenomenon is driven both.

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AL MOUTMIR: Putting Science at the Service of Good Agricultural Practices

Al Moutmir is an initiative of the OCP Group and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), launched in 2018. Its primary role is to support Moroccan farmers, particularly smallholders, in transitioning.

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A Satellite Hotline for Global Agriculture

Inbal Becker-Reshef is a leading expert in the use of Earth satellite observations for global food security and agricultural monitoring. In this capacity, she leads NASA Harvest, whose mission is.

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Resurgence of lumpy skin disease

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a viral disease that causes significant production losses in affected livestock. The LSD was traditionally limited to southern and eastern Africa. In recent years, the.

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96% of the world’s farmland expansion takes place in Africa

Between 2001 and 2023, Africa recorded the world’s highest growth in cultivated agricultural land.  According to FAO. 96% of the global increase in cultivated areas between 2021 and 2023 (i.e..

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A scientific measure of the superiority of regenerative agriculture

A recent study by the European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture (EARA) farmers’ group says that regenerative systems — ranging from agroecology to conservation agriculture and organic farming — are “not.

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Tritordeum, an emerging cereal:

 High in protein, fiber and lutein and low in immunogenic gliadins from gluten, tritordeum – a climate-resistant cross of wild barley and durum wheat – offers a range of benefits.

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Bioeconomy, biodiversity and soil quality

The concept of bioeconomy encompasses the production and processing of biomass, whether of plant, animal or microbial origin for food, industrial or energy purposes. It uses biological resources in a.

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In the United States, green manures are a matter of profitability

The global fertilizer industry has long devoted a lot of energy and resources to developing low-carbon fertilizers. The success of these green manures depends, particularly in the United States, on.

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