A daily digest of market, agri-policy, technology and climate news — from Ukraine and the world. 474 news items in 19 sections.
A March 18, 2026 PLOS ONE paper reports a full food and feed safety assessment of Vip3Cb1, a Vip3C insecticidal protein for crop protection, with no detected hazard…
A PLOS ONE study across three Punjab districts in Pakistan shows that climate risk awareness is high, but uptake of formal crop insurance remains very low. The findings…
India’s agriculture minister told Parliament that correctly implemented natural farming does not cut yields and can even improve output in some cases, while the government continues a phased…
A research team at Osaka Metropolitan University reports an 81% tomato-picking success rate by adding “harvest-ease estimation” to robotic decision-making.
A halt in new Iranian apple arrivals is tightening supply in India and lifting domestic prices, especially for Kashmir-origin fruit.
US farmers report a sharp input-cost squeeze as urea jumped 28% in two weeks and diesel rose 33% since hostilities began, just as spring planting decisions intensify.
India is trying to secure urea for kharif through domestic plants, but higher gas and import costs are increasing fiscal and farm-input pressure.
Shipping and gas disruptions tied to the Iran war are tightening fertilizer supply and raising food-security risks for major crop producers.
Farmers in southern Shan State report that repeated floods, labor outflow, rising costs and mandatory payments to armed groups are pushing them to leave paddy land uncultivated.