A daily digest of market, agri-policy, technology and climate news — from Ukraine and the world. 127 news items in 22 sections.
Johns Hopkins researchers found that tomatoes, carrots and lettuce irrigated with treated wastewater tend to accumulate trace pharmaceuticals mainly in leaves, while edible tomato fruits and carrot roots…
A Scientific Reports study found that combining naphthalene acetic acid and salicylic acid improved cucumber performance under salinity, supporting growth, fruit quality and antioxidant activity.
Nanoplastics are emerging agricultural contaminants. Two decades of engineered nanomaterials research offer methods and mechanistic insight, but nanoplastics’ polymer diversity, weathering, and additive loads require hybrid characterization and…
Biologically synthesized silica nanoparticles using chia seed extract enhanced stability and surface area, and when used at 100 ppm for nano‑priming improved germination, biomass and multiple physiological and…
Laboratory tests show a staple legume can germinate, grow, flower and produce viable seed in simulated moon soil when compost-like organic matter and beneficial fungal partners are added,…
A provisional liquidator has been appointed to Hughes Agriculture & Farming Ltd (Co Kilkenny) to realise €2.8m of carrots, parsnips and daffodil bulbs before the season ends amid…
An improved faba bean reference (Hedin/2 v.2) and GWAS identified a single major variant that discriminates winter from spring types and explains most winter-hardiness variation.
In Madera County, tightening groundwater pumping rules are already driving orchard removals and layoffs; authorities expect deeper cuts in groundwater use by 2040.
Since 2015 Dr. Gurdev Chand has led hydroponics adoption in Jammu & Kashmir, enabling year‑round fodder and vegetable production, standard protocols for diverse crops, and a NABARD-backed Rs.…
