Entomologist Letodi Luki Mathulwe reports the first South African isolation of Metarhizium rileyi infecting and killing armyworm larvae in kikuyu pastures — larvae that pyrethroids control only at 1–5 mm and whose feeding makes kikuyu release cyanide compounds that poison cattle; mass production and
Commemorating the UN Day for South-South Cooperation at the Global Drylands Congress 2026 in New Delhi, the two institutions presented a declaration on scaling validated innovations between countries with similar conditions; ICRISAT's South-South centre ISSCA now works with 19 partners, has identifi
Agricultural scientists say that if nano fertiliser is used effectively, Bangladesh could cut its fertiliser imports by up to 30 percent by 2030.
Agrologist Rob Saik and Maverick Ag's Taylor Phillips say AI's present value on Canadian farms is in gathering information, playing devil's advocate and clearing administration — one producer cut chemical costs by nearly $1 million this year — even though an FCC/Deloitte report found only 1.8% of ag
AgrotechAgriScience Program funding under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership will adapt the Toronto company's computer-vision system, built for apple growers, to estimate crop load, spot disease early and forecast yield in grape vineyards.
Two InnerPlant scientists argue that drones, cameras and AI all detect fungal disease in soybeans only after symptoms appear, when the spray window has passed, and make the case for plants engineered to signal infection about ten days earlier.
Kansas State doctoral student Kelechi Igwe combines drone imagery, air temperature and soil moisture to estimate stomatal conductance across whole fields; his machine-learning model, about 50% accurate, flagged stressed patches that still looked green.
Visiting the government fish seed farm at Atpukur Par in Tangail Sadar, Sultan Salauddin Tuku said better management and maintenance of existing infrastructure can lift fish seed output while saving power.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Abdul Latif hoisted the flags, released balloons and doves and led the procession on Friday, 11 September; students dressed as farmers, fishers and veterinarians presented Bangladesh's farming culture, and a discussion recalled Sher-e-Bangla A K Fazlul Huq.
Importer Hissink is bringing the Rigitrac SKE 40 Electric to the Dutch market, a tractor designed as an electric machine from the ground up that it says runs four to six hours a charge and starts at €190,000.
Three years after 102 polynet houses were built at about Tk 2.4 million each, most grow no off-season crop; 10 of 16 farmers interviewed report heavy losses, and only nursery and flower growers say they gained.
A whitepaper from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers describes assist-, advise- and act-level artificial intelligence in agricultural equipment, and argues that responsibly deployed AI strengthens farm resilience and food security.
The twin frameworks will guide Horizon Europe 2028–2034 and parts of the European Competitiveness Fund, putting weight on testing solutions with farmers and getting them to market; Euroseeds welcomed the naming of plant breeding as a cornerstone of cropping systems and asked for matching money under
