Sustainability News

31. NSW Scientists Help Unlock New Opportunities For Chickpea Production 5/27/2026

    For the first time in more than 40 years, NSW Government’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) scientists are collaborating on a national program to identify elite chickpea rhizobia inoculant strains, helping farmers reduce synthetic nitrogen fertiliser use in crops.

32. Rovensa Next Launches Luxyva In Mexico, A Biosolution To Strengthen Crop Performance Under High Solar Radiation 5/27/2026

    As agricultural production faces increasing pressure from intense solar radiation and climate‑related stress, Luxyva is being launched in Mexico as a new biosolution designed to support crop productivity and physiological stability under high light conditions.

33. 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.

34. 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.

35. 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.

36. 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.

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. 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.

40. 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 (19^th May 2026), bringing together leading stakeholders from the public and private sector to advance a shared commitment to address pesticide risks worldwide.