A Record in Plant Breeding: New Varieties in the Fourth Year
India is preparing for the announcement of two chickpea varieties developed in record time in four years by genome-supported plant breeding. In this first study of its kind, the genotypes in question...
View ArticlePlant-Based Meat Market Will Reach US$ 85 Billion In 2030’s
A Swiss investment firm UBS estimates that the 4.6 billion dollars plant-based protein and meat market in 2018 will reach 85 billion dollars by 2030 . The same source adds that the plant-based milk...
View ArticleMeat Consumption May Be Very Effective in Climate Change
According to the latest estimates, the average temperature is expected to increase by 1.3 C0 by 2050 and 1.2 – 3.7 C0 by 2100. In addition to the increase in temperature, drought also negatively...
View ArticleCoronavirus Requires Urgent New Measures for Agriculture
At the current monitoring stage of the corona virus, some may not grasp immediately its relationship with agriculture. When we ask “what will we eat tomorrow”, that food resources and farming come to...
View ArticleEU’s Pesticide Use Restrictions Unite Plant Breeders in a Joint Project
The EU has rolled up its sleeves for new restrictions on pesticide use. It is aimed to reduce the use of pesticide by half as of 2030. Since Germen wheat producers apply fungicides more than twice a...
View ArticleBlockchain Use Begins in Agriculture
Let’s consider blockchain technology as an application at the first stage. The technology in question makes use of artificial intelligence, image processing possibilities of a large number of data and...
View ArticleTurkish Farmers Will Get Electric Tractors Soon
In agricultural production, the tractor is the farmer’s right hand. Starting from the field plowing, it has taken on the towing of the trailer and water tanker as well as enabling the operation of many...
View ArticleRecent Stunning developments in Chinese Agriculture
According to the ”14. five-year plan” China plans to increase its research and development (R&D) spending by more than 7% per year. In fact, the increase in R&D expenditures from 0.7% of the...
View ArticleEU’s Double Standard in Medical and Agricultural Biotechnology Directives
No epidemic in the world has been as impactful in health, economic and social terms as Corona-19. Following the emergence of the virus, its isolation and gene mapping were achieved within a few weeks,...
View ArticleAs EU Expands its Organic Farming Target
Searches such as the “NextGenerationEU” and the “Future of Europe Conference” led EU to develop new strategies for the 2050s, mainly on environment and economy. In the first stage, titles such as...
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