The National Union of the Industry of Phytosanitary Products in Brazil forecasts a drop of 11.8% in the agrochemical market in 2020
The rise of the dollar against the real during the year 2020 will affect the market of phytosanitary products. Sindiveg, the National Union of the Industry of Phytosanitary Products projects a fall of 11.8% in the income in dollars this year,…
Los precios mundiales de los alimentos continúan aumentando en octubre
Los precios mundiales de los alimentos continuaron aumentando por quinto mes consecutivo en octubre, liderados por los cereales, el azúcar, los productos lácteos y los aceites vegetales, según un nuevo informe de la Organización de las Naciones…
Exports in India fall by 5.4% in the month of October, the trade deficit is reduced to USD 8.78 billion.
Let us remember that in September, after registering positive growth, exports in India fell by 5.4% to USD 28.82 billion in October. This has been due to the fall in shipments of products derived from gems and jewelry, oil, leather and engineering…
Rains damage standing crops in India
In India, crops of more than 4.5 billion hectares are affected by extremely heavy rains. In addition, it is estimated that the damaged area will increase in the coming days.
In Maharashtra, heavy rains have been received in recent days as…
What has been the impact of COVID-19 on people's livelihoods, health and food systems?
The Covid-19 has caused a great deal of loss of human life around the world. In addition, the disruption of the economic and social system is catastrophic, approximately tens of millions of people are at risk of falling into extreme poverty,…
Innovation Centres will stimulate crop development worldwide
Approximately $4 million in funding has been announced for the launch of 4 different innovation centres by the Innovation Lab for Feed the Future Crop Improvement (ILCI).
These centres are aimed at developing more resilient and nutritious…
USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture invests over $7 million in big data, artificial intelligence, and other cyberinformatics research
USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded 12 grants totaling over $7 million to initiate research on big data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive technologies needed to keep U.S. agriculture…
Global trade in food and agricultural products more than doubles in last two decades
Global agri-food trade has more than doubled since 1995, amounting to $1.5 trillion in 2018, with emerging and developing countries' exports on the rise and accounting for over one-third of the world's total, according to a new report issued…
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