Methodically inspecting this farmer's field for weeds and pests, this labourer doesn't complain or even break a sweat. That's because it's a four-wheel robot, dubbed "Tom", that uses GPS and artificial intelligence to digitally map the field. Tom's creator, Small Robot Company, is part of a wave of "agri-tech" startups working to transform production in a sector that's under economic strain, due to market pressures to keep food cheap, a rising global population and uncertainties over climate change

Rise of the Robots: British startup launches crop-monitoring bot

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said farming and farmers have contributed immensely to the progress and development of the country. Extending greetings to fellow citizens on the eve of Lohri, which is on Wednesday, Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Bhogali Bihu, Uttarayan and Poush Parva, on January 14, he said these festivals are an opportunity for the countrymen to honour the relentless hard work of the farmers.

Farming, farmers contributed immensely to development of country: President Ram Nath Kovind

The uncertainty and potential loss of his life's work keep Vince Bernard up at night. At Bernard Ranches in Riverside, California the citrus grower saw more than 3,000 boxes of oranges rot when the coronavirus pandemic forced schools and restaurants to close back in March. The loss translated into $36,000.

"I can't bear to see the trees suffer:" a citrus farmer's cry for help amid pandemic

The International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) has asked the Indian government to be cautious about unsolicited mail packages containing seeds. This comes in the wake of several people in the USA and Canada receiving such packages in the past week.

International body warns Indian government against planting unsolicited seeds

British-born Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was taken into foster care by a white family near London as a baby in the 1960s. As a youth, the unthinkable happened: the black boy joined a gang of violent white supremacists.

British-born Nigerian actor hopes black skinhead film will heal pain

Chinese companies have stopped buying US agricultural products, China's Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday (August 06), a blow to US farmers who have already seen their exports slashed by the more than year-old trade war.

US farmers suffer 'body blow' as China slams door on farm purchases

The mentally-ill patients of the Regional Mental Hospital in Nagpur earned Rs 1 Lakh and 34 thousand by banana cultivation. Under the skill development program, these patients were rehabilitated and based on their interest were put into the farming sector within the hospital premises.

Mentally-ill patients earn Rs 1 lakh through banana cultivation in Nagpur

Vertical farming can be practiced even in Urban centres

Vertical Farming: From Lab to Plate

In the last 40 years, India’s agricultural productivity has increased by 40 per cent to 500 per cent. Availability of food, however, still remains a major concern because of poor packaging, inefficient traders, absence of sheltered storage and many more factors.

Availability of food remains a major concern

By Michel Pimbert and Colin Anderson It is widely agreed that today’s global agriculture system is a social and environmental failure. Business, as usual, is no longer an option: biodiversity loss and nitrogen pollution are exceeding planetary limits, and catastrophic risks of climate change demand immediate action.

The battle for the future of farming: What you need to know

By Hugo Norton As the world reels from a series of freakish weather phenomena, a new report from the UN suggests climate change will carve the global agricultural community into two camps: winners and losers.

 How new technologies can avert agricultural devastation

Years of political instability and economic mismanagement under the rule of ZANU-PF have left Zimbabwe?s financial system in chaos. The country is living on borrowed time and borrowed money.

Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe is in deep mess

Fox's Farm Produce grow and sell between 50,000-100,000?pumpkins?a year - all in the lead up to?Halloween, and sell both directly to consumers and shops

British farmers prepare pumpkins ahead of busy Halloween period

People in Ganjam district said that they do not have enough cash to give to daily wage labourers

Demonetisation affects farming, construction activities in India's Odisha

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