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  1. ICRISAT Expands Climate-Resilient Chickpea Production In Southern Africa Amid Rising Market Demand 5/25/2026

    As rising fertilizer prices, climate pressures, and global supply chain disruptions place growing strain on food systems, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and its partners are scaling up climate-resilient chickpea seed production across Southern Africa to boost livelihoods and improve food and nutrition security for vulnerable farming communities.

  2. World Food Security: Parasite Attack On Rice Decoded 5/21/2026

    Rice is the staple food for roughly half the world's population. Yet every year, a fungal disease – rice blight – destroys harvests that could feed 60 million people.

  3. Fungi Act As 'Highways' For Bacteria – New Tools Reveal How Microbes Travel Together On Crops 5/20/2026

    Scientists have developed new 3D-printed tools and in planta methods to study how bacteria travel along fungal networks in microbial partnerships that could influence crop disease, soil health and sustainable agriculture.

  4. New WSU App Provides Free, Local Weather Data To Ag Industry, General Public 5/20/2026

    Anyone in Washington can now get detailed local weather information from a new Washington State University app.

  5. Breeding Plants That Respond Better To Biologicals 5/19/2026

    Biologicals could help agriculture become less dependent on chemical inputs. But their effectiveness differs from one plant variety to another: some respond well, while others barely respond.

  6. XTI Aerospace's Drone Nerds Business Adds Agremo Crop Monitoring And Field Analytics Platform To Enterprise Software Portfolio 5/19/2026

    XTI Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq: XTIA) ("XTI Aerospace," "XTI," or the "Company"), an aerospace and advanced technology platform and parent company of Drone Nerds, LLC, ("Drone Nerds"), a leading drone solutions platform serving commercial, enterprise and government customers, today announced that Drone Nerds has added Agremo Ltd.'s crop monitoring and field analytics platform to its agricultural enterprise solutions portfolio.

  7. Shared Machinery Could Unlock Growth For Scotland's Small Scale Grain Sector 5/18/2026

    New research from the Seed Sovereignty Programme, highlights the potential of machinery co-operatives, sometimes known as machinery rings, to support growers, cut costs and strengthen local food systems.

  8. CABI Launches Global Partnership For Pesticide Risk Reduction 5/18/2026

    CABI and its partners will launch the “Global Partnership for Pesticide Risk Reduction” tomorrow (19th May 2026), bringing together leading stakeholders from the public and private sector to advance a shared commitment to address pesticide risks worldwide.

  9. Researchers Document Rice Plants Trapping, Killing Fall Armyworm Caterpillars 5/15/2026

    Rice plants and Venus flytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently.

  10. A Fresh Approach To Peppermint 5/14/2026

    The genomics of peppermint are not as fresh as their flavor but scientists from the University of California, Davis, have found a way to breathe new genetic variation into the species.