Latest Tropical agriculture Stories
Company collaborates with government of Ethiopia and USAID to provide maize farmers with hybrid seed, improved seed distribution system and post-harvest storage. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Today, DuPont launched collaborative initiatives in Ethiopia that will boost maize productivity among smallholder farmers and help increase food production for local communities. The investment will total more than US $4 million over the next three years. “DuPont is committed to...
DALLAS, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The report, "North and Latin American Crop Protection Chemicals Market by Types (Herbicides, Fungicides, Insecticides, Bio-pesticides and Adjuvants), by Crop Types, by Geography: Trends and Forecast to 2018" ,defines and segments the crop protection chemicals market with current trends and forecasting of the revenues for herbicides, fungicides and insecticides. It also identifies the driving and restraining factors for the crop protection...
World Expert on Clean Rice Sourcing, David Janow, Sets Record Straight CULVER CITY, Calif., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 11, 2013, Dr. Tsananagurayi Tongesayi of Monmouth University presented a study at the American Chemical Society announcing that "rice from Asia, Europe and South America had 20-60 times higher toxic levels of lead than is allowed by the Food & Drug Administration." The news caused an international uproar, as breaking news outlets from BBC to TIME...
DUBLIN, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Report on China's Corn Processing Industry 2013 [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/tz34z3/report_on_chinas ]" report to their offering. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) This report conducts a comprehensive detailed analysis of the industries in upstream and downstream of China's corn processing industry chain, aiming to make clear...
BASEL, Switzerland, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- - Integrated regional sales up 8 percent at constant exchange rates - Continuing momentum, growth across all regions - High grower profitability supporting ongoing technology adoption In the first quarter of 2013 integrated sales increased by 8 percent at constant exchange rates, with volumes up 6 percent and prices 2 percent higher. Group sales including Lawn and Garden were up by 7...
Rice imported from certain countries contains high levels of lead that could pose health risks, particularly for infants and children, who are especially sensitive to lead's effects, and adults of Asian heritage who consume large amounts of rice, scientists said here today. Their research, which found some of the highest lead levels in baby food, was among almost 12,000 reports scheduled for the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest...
CoBank Releases First Quarter Rural Economic Review DENVER, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite record high feed costs during the 2012/13 crop year, feed use in the animal protein sector has slipped by only two percent as U.S. farmers and ranchers limited the downsizing of their herds. A decline in margins has been offset to a degree by rising animal protein prices and growing exports, especially to Asia. According to CoBank's newly released Quarterly Rural Economic Review, the...
Researchers with the Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics isolate first gene in an often-ignored grain While pearl millet is a major food staple in some of the fastest growing regions on Earth, relatively little is known about the drought-hardy grain. Recently, plant geneticists at the University of Georgia successfully isolated the gene that creates dwarfed varieties of pearl millet. It is the first time a gene controlling an important agronomic trait has been isolated in...
DUBLIN, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Strategic Review of Corn Starch Industry & Markets - Starch, Sweeteners, Bioprocessing & Co-Products 2012" [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bw99t7/strategic_review ] report to their offering. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) Comprehensive newly revised starch, sweeteners, ethanol, bioprocessing, bioplastic, co-products...
BARTOW, Fla., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooking enthusiasts turn to Florida citrus to add a burst of sunshine to recipes during winter months and now, they can put their culinary creativity to the test and win prizes in the Just Add OJ Culinary Contest and the Juicy Scoop Recipe Photo Contest sponsored by The Florida Department of Citrus. To enter, participants simply need to create a recipe that calls for 100 percent orange juice (for the Just Add OJ Culinary Contest), or 100...
Latest Tropical agriculture Reference Libraries
The Barbel Palm (Acanthophoenix rubra) is a critically endangered species of palm native to Mauritius, Rodrigues, and La Reunion. It is also known as the Red Barbel Palm or Yellow Barbel Palm, Red Palm, Mascarene Islands Cabbage Palm and a variety of other names (French). It was first described as Areca rubra by French naturalist Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent in 1804. It was put into its own genus by German botanist Hermann Wendland in 1867. The Barbel Palm can reach a height of...
The Asian Palmyra Palm, Borassus flabellifer, is a plant in the Borassus genus. Other names for the tree are the toddy palm, sugar palm, and Cambodian palm. It is a vigorous tree, living 100 years or more. It is held aloft at 98 feet high on a large, sturdy trunk that resembles a coconut, and is ringed with leaf scars. The leaves create a canopy of several dozen fronds spreading across 10 feet. Growth of these trees is slow in the beginning, but speeds up as it begins to mature. It is...
The African Fan Palm, Borassus aethiopium is an African palm of the Borassus genus. It has a numerous list of English terms for the plant including African palmyra palm, deleb palm, ron palm, toddy palm, black rhun palm, ronier palm (French term), and others. Its African names are even more numerous. The tree offers many practical uses such as edible fruit, fiber from leaves, and termite-proof wood for construction. At least two varieties of this species exist, bagamojensis and...
The four species of wild rice comprise the genus Zizania, a group of grasses that grow in shallow water in small lakes and slow-flowing streams. Often, only the flowering head rises above the water. Three of the four species are native to North America: Northern wild rice (Zizania palustris) is an annual plant native to the Great Lakes region of North America. Wild rice (Z. aquatica), also an annual, grows in the Saint Lawrence River and on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United...
