FAO has called for putting artificial intelligence at the service of rural areas.
FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu urged making AI accessible to farmers, herders, and rural communities worldwide.
Agriculture
Spanish scientists have created plants that glow and change color when infected with viruses.
Signal plants: new tech detects viruses and pests early. Glow from infected plants is captured by a standard camera.
Second attempt in five years: will Valley succeed in building an irrigation equipment plant in Kazakhstan
U.S. irrigation equipment maker Valley eyes Kazakhstan again. $17M and 500 units per year—are its localization plans realistic?
FAO recognizes the risks of the SAT-1 foot-and-mouth disease threat in Asia
FAO confirms spread of new FMD serotype SAT1 in East Asia. South and Southeast Asia on high alert. FAO allocates $400,000 to combat the outbreak.
Europe opens its market to a new generation of GM crops
European Parliament approved new rules for plants created via genome editing technologies (NGTs).
The United States is facing the threat of a dangerous parasite for livestock.
Cases of livestock infected with a meat parasitic fly, thought eradicated in the US for over 60 years, are rising. Authorities have launched a major containment effort.
Kenya has received funding to address the consequences of climate disasters.
Kenya became the first African nation and only the second globally to receive support from the Santiago Network for climate disaster loss and damage.