Categoria: Internacional
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Producing 69% of the world’s production, the EU is the largest producer of olive oil
The European Union is the first producer, exporter and consumer of olive oil in the world. However, due to its high economic value […]
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November 2019 sees continued growth in agri-food trade exports
The EU once again recorded an increase in the monthly export value of agri-food products in November 2019. The value of exports rose by […]
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The last mile
Recommended for you Fixing the food system By 2050, the world’s population will be an estimated 9.7bn people, up from today’s 7.7bn. To feed this growing population whilst also protecting the climate and biodiversity, our food system needs to change dramatically. In May, we look at what sort of future food system we want and how to…
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Statement on UK’s departure from the EU
With UK’s departure from the EU today, the farming sectors cannot but lament the loss of their participation in the future of the EU and its […]
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U.S. EPA reaffirms that glyphosate does not cause cancer
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it finished a regulatory review that found glyphosate, the most […]
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La peste porcina africana sigue avanzando en la Unión Europea
Tal y como ha publicado Cazavisión, los avances de la peste porcina africana (PPA) han sido confirmados por las autoridades alemanas tras la […]
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5 ways CRISPR-engineered animals can help combat climate change
Climate change is a man-made problem, but humans aren’t the only animals that will be impacted by warming temperatures and shifting […]
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The EU and Mexico strengthen cooperation in geographical indications
Today the European Union and Mexico strengthened their cooperation in geographical indications (GIs) protection by updating their […]
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EU organic area up 34% since 2012
The total organic area in the European Union (EU) was 13.4 million hectares in 2018, corresponding to 7.5% of the total utilised agricultural area. […]
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Wildfire risk can be reduced with agroforestry
New pan-European research has found that proactive land management with agroforestry—mixing livestock and trees—reduces […]
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Bioanálise indica a memória do solo
“As informações de análise química e física do solo não são suficientes para analisar a qualidade do solo. Para integrar esse processo […]
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Tecnologias de armazenamento de água da chuva, uma reserva para a época de estiagem
A chuva dos últimos dias no sertão nordestino transformou o cenário do Campo Experimental da Caatinga, na Embrapa Semiárido […]
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CRISPR-edited chickens made resistant to a common virus
CRISPR genome editing has been used to make chickens resistant to a common virus. The approach could boost egg and meat […]
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Biocontrol technologies as key part of farmers’ toolbox
Solutions to tackle pest and diseases in the farming sector have been at the top of the policy agenda in the recent years. Biocontrol technologies […]
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‘From Farm to Fork’ strategy on sustainable food
The ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy is one of the initiatives announced in President Ursula von der Leyen’s political guidelines for the new Commission […]
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Solving an ancient dairy mystery could help cure modern food ills
Dairy has been central to people’s existence since at least 6,500 years BC. But a mystery lies at its heart which, if solved, could help explain the rising number of modern dietary problems ranging from food intolerances to allergies, researchers say. Scientists are trying to explain why people began consuming animals’ milk before they developed…
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Nitrogen-fixing genes could help grow more food using fewer resources
Scientists have transferred a collection of genes into plant-colonizing bacteria that let them draw nitrogen from the air and turn it into […]
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Plant growth ‘on/off’ switch could help safeguard crop yields as farmers battle climate change
New research from UC Riverside identifies a protein that controls plant growth — good news for an era in which crops can get crushed by […]
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Le réchauffement climatique aggrave les feux de forêt
INFOGRAPHIE – Des records absolus de température, dépassant par endroits 49 °C, ont été battus en 2019. Vue satellite des incendies en Australie fournie par le système européen d’observation de la Terre du programme Copernicus. ESA Déjà 10,3 millions d’hectares de forêt et de brousse sont partis en fumée en Australie, dont la moitié seulement pour…
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CRISPR-edited crops reveal gene responsible for salt tolerance in rice
Scientists from China National Rice Research Institute reported that FLN2, a gene that encodes fructokinase-like protein2, influences sugar metabolism […]
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Five ways CRISPR plants can combat climate change
Plants occupy a unique nexus when it comes to climate change. On the one hand, they can help prevent climate change by capturing carbon. On the […]
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Trees and doodlebugs emit methane – the question is, how?
Because methane has more than 80 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide over 20 years, the emissions from trees – and any changes in these due to global warming – may have significant implications for Earth’s climate. ‘We have seen aerobic methane emissions (from tree canopies), and these have a strong pattern over…
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Transgenia em Trigo
A transgenia abre novas possibilidades para incorporar características desejadas no trigo, sejam atributos agronômicos ou nutricionais. Ainda […]
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EU production and trade in oranges
The Member States of the European Union (EU) harvested 6.5 million tonnes of oranges in 2018. This was the highest production level since 2010 […]
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Two thirds of EU milk used to make cheese and butter
In 2018, 156.8 million tonnes of whole milk was processed in the European Union (EU). EU dairies produced 10.3 million tonnes of cheese, as well as 2.4 […]
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New methods promise to speed up development of new plant varieties
A University of Minnesota research team recently developed new methods that will make it significantly faster to produce gene-edited plants. They […]
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New CRISPR gene-drive system could crack down on antibiotic resistance in animal agriculture
Taking advantage of powerful advances in CRISPR gene editing, scientists at the University of California San Diego have set their sights on one of […]
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Reduced soil tilling helps both soils and yields
By monitoring crops through machine learning and satellite data, scientists have found farms that till the soil less can increase yields of corn and […]
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Untapped genetic potential means wheat yields only 60% of what they could be
Study shows after 11,000 years of wheat breeding, we’ve still got a long way to go […]
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Biotech Crops are the Fastest Adopted Crop Technology, ISAAA
Biotech crops are considered as the fastest adopted crop technology in the history of modern agriculture, according to […]
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Opportunity to develop disease-resistant crops ‘has never been greater,’ plant pathologists say
Approaches to manipulating disease resistance in plants is expanding exponentially due to advances […]
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Novo método funciona como vacina para controle de viroses em tomateiro
Pesquisadores da Embrapa Hortaliças (DF) estão avaliando novos métodos para controle de viroses em tomateiro a partir […]
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Naturally drought-tolerant sorghum could help develop crops better suited to changing climate
A new study led by scientists from the University of California Berkeley reveals how sorghum plants control its […]
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Primer positivo de rugoso en España
Es una mala noticia. Sin lugar a dudas. El nuevo virus que acecha al cultivo de tomate en todo el planeta […]
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New vaccine could immunize 50 million cattle against bovine tuberculosis
[Fonte: GLP] Scientists at the University of Surrey have developed a novel vaccine and complementary skin test to protect cattle against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB). Publishing their findings in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers reveal they have for the first time created a vaccine that is compatible with a synthetic form of the tuberculin skin test (PPD),…
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Sistemas integrados melhoram em até cinco vezes a produtividade de carne
Como passar de 4 a 6 arrobas de carne por hectare ao ano para uma produtividade pecuária de 20 a 30 […]
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Le colza et le tournesol résistant aux herbicides ne sont pas assez surveillés
L’emploi de plantes agricoles rendues résistantes aux herbicides est susceptible d’entraîner une réaction en chaîne de l’environnement qui doit être surveillée de près. Telle est en substance la conclusion du premier état des lieux mené en France sur l’utilisation de ces variétés (qu’on appelle «variétés rendues tolérantes aux herbicides», ou VRTH), sélectionnées génétiquement pour supporter…
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Coated seeds may enable agriculture on marginal lands
A specialized silk covering could protect seeds from salinity while also providing fertilizer-generating microbes. […]
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Post-Green Revolution study: Projected crop yields unable to feed the world by 2050, we need GMOs, gene editing and other ‘genetic strategies’
The current trajectory for crop yields is insufficient to nourish the world’s population by 2050. […]
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Does glyphosate or other common herbicides endanger beneficial earthworms? New study finds ‘low risk’, with Roundup among the safest
[Fonte: GLP] Agrochemicals are an important component of agricultural production systems. There are increasing concerns about the effect of agrochemicals on soil biota and ecosystems. … The presence of large invertebrates such as Lumbricus terrestris L., the common earthworm, has been extensively documented to improve soil structure and health by increasing soil aeration and drainage,…