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AgNavigator: Top 10 Innovation, Startup, Industry and Trend Stories

AgNavigator spotlights the most-read stories of the month, covering breakthrough innovations, rising startups and the trends shaping the future of farming.

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Global Water Monitor: 2025 Report

This report tracks the global water cycle, extreme water-related events and their impacts on communities, ecosystems and human activities.

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Bloomberg: How Energy Security Concerns Are Driving the Biofuels Boom

Demand for biofuels has been growing in many parts of the world. Governments, particularly those in countries with large agricultural sectors, have viewed crop-based fuels as a way to support.

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The Washington Post: The invisible force making food less nutritious

Many staple crops, including wheat, potatoes, and beans, now contain fewer vitamins and minerals than they did decades ago, largely because of rising carbon dioxide levels linked to climate change.

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FINANCIAL TIMES: Fertilizer prices fall as Middle East fears ease

Nitrogen fertilizer prices have dropped sharply from the highs reached during the Iran conflict, as traders increasingly believe the worst of the Middle East supply disruption has passed.

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AFN: Can non-thermal plasma seed treatment move beyond the laboratory?

Using non-thermal plasma and high-voltage electrical charges to improve germination, control fungal diseases, and increase crop yields is an exciting innovation. The question is whether it is ready for large-scale.

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AgNavigator: Trump temporarily lifts tariffs on Moroccan fertilizer imports

President Donald Trump has signed an order temporarily suspending tariffs on Moroccan fertilizer imports. The move aims to ease production costs for farmers, although its ability to offset rising input.

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AFN: From Taxol to cocoa: Can plant cell culture make the leap from drugs to food?

As weather shocks and geopolitical instability threaten botanical supply chains, growing high-value plant ingredients indoors in bioreactors has obvious appeal. But does plant cell culture—which is used to make some.

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African Development Bank Annual Meetings 2026 — Brazzaville

“Africa does not suffer from a shortage of capital. It suffers from a shortage of democratic control over where that capital goes. NAFAD answers the first problem while leaving the.

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AFSA: The bank takes the lead?

Making sense of the World Bank Group’s role supporting livestock projects in the Green Revolution in Africa, with a focus on East and Southern Africa

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