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Vietnam to develop alternatives to “rice first” policy to reduce methane emissions by 2030

The Vietnamese government is developing food system alternatives to rice as one of the countries that pledged to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030 at the United Nations COP26 summit in Scotland. About 15% of all the greenhouse gases that Vietnam produces come from rice production. By 2030,...

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US, EU launch joint agriculture platform to tackle global sustainability and climate change challenges

The EU Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development and US Agriculture Department announced the formation of of a transatlantic collaboration...

Climate threats to smallholder farmers drive new investments in CGIAR research

Facing mounting evidence that climate change will fall hardest on agriculture-dependent regions like sub-Saharan Africa, a coalition of funders at the...

Climate-smart agriculture key to Madagascar’s food security

The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) says climate-smart agriculture will help Madagasca face the challenges posed by climate change such as drought...

FAO and Japan sign agreement to improve rice and fish cultivation in Liberia

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Japan signed a funding agreement towards the implementation of a three-year project...

Philippine agriculture department and private-sector partner promote urban farm school to modernize agriculture

The Philippine Department of Agriculture and its private-sector partner intensified the promotion of urban agriculture and incorporate modern technology...

New gene for rice drought tolerance discovered by Philippine Rice Research Institute

A mutation gene that may help rice plants survive dought has been identified by scientists from the Philippine Rice Research Institute and Nagoya University...

Indonesia prepares measures to protect rice harvest from La Nina

The Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture has put in place several precautionary measures against the impact of La Nina that could lead to harvest failure...

India releases nutrient-fortified rice and other crop varieties

High-zinc rice and protein-enriched wheat developed by the Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR) are among the several crop varieties that have...

A new model estimates location-specific agriculture greenhouse gas emissions

University of Illinois researchers has developed a new model that provides a database to estimate location-specific greenhouse gases emissions from agri-food...

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