Livestock
'Virtual Glasses' for Cows
A pilot project near Moscow is fitting cows with virtual reality headsets showing a summer pasture, to calm them and increase milk production.
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Environment
'38 Lakh Palm Saplings Planted to Tackle Lightning'
The government has planted about 38 lakh palm saplings across Bangladesh to reduce the impact of lightning, the disaster management state minister said.
Agribusiness
Onion Prices Bite Harder in India; Hopes Pinned on Imports from Turkey
Onion prices in Kolkata and West Bengal jumped to 150 a kilo, with the government blaming floods in Maharashtra.
Environment
Farm Department Pushes Crop Insurance to Shield Farmers from Nature's Blows
After repeated weather losses in eight months, the agriculture department is urging farmers in the district to insure their crops.
Crops
Trials Begin to Find an Alternative to Lalswarna Rice
An agriculture farm in Kalna is testing 21 rice varieties as alternatives to Lalswarna, which farmers have grown for so long that pests and falling yields have followed.
Agrotech
South Korea Pushes Advanced Research With Smart Farming in Mind
South Korea aims to bring 20 percent of its agriculture under smart technology by 2022, and universities such as Chungbuk National University are researching soil health and biofertilisers.
Bangladesh
Bangabandhu's Philosophy of Agriculture
On National Mourning Day, a reflection on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's vision of a self-reliant, agriculture-led Golden Bengal.
Fisheries
China Advances With RAS, a Modern Indoor Fish Farming System
In China, Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) fish factories and equipment makers are drawing Bangladeshi entrepreneurs looking for low-water, high-output fish farming.
Livestock
Contact With Pigeons Can Be Deadly
The death of a child in a Glasgow hospital from an infection linked to pigeon droppings is a reminder of the diseases pigeons can spread to people.
FruitsLED Lights Give Dragon Fruit Growers Ten Months of Harvest a Year
A young farmer in Guangdong uses rows of LED lights to lengthen the day, extending his dragon fruit season by four months.
AgrotechAI-Powered Machines Take Centre Stage at Asia's Big Farm Machinery Expo
Machines with Artificial Intelligence (AI) led Asia's large agricultural machinery exhibition in Wuhan, where 1,900 companies from 30 countries showed their products.
CropsSaidur Rahman's Allotment Farming in Newham, East London
In Newham, East London, Bangladeshi expatriates are making the most of council allotment plots, growing crops from home on small parcels of land.
Fisheries
How the Hilsa Genome Decoded by Bangladeshi Scientists Could Raise Production
Four researchers at Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh have unravelled the complete genome of the hilsa, Bangladesh's national fish.