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September, 2024

August, 2024

  • 31 August

    Worst drought in 40 years puts Brazil’s major crops at risk!

    August 30, 2024 First came wildfires that scorched sugar cane fields. Now, the worst drought in more than four decades is threatening coffee and soybean crops in Brazil. Extreme drought in the Amazon From May through August, some key agriculture areas faced the driest weather since 1981, according to natural …

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  • 31 August

    “There are 50 times more bonito this year!”

    Sinop Central Fisheries Cooperative Union Chairperson Namık Ünlü stated that this year, they will start bonito fishing on the day they call September 1. “It looks very, very good bonito fishing. The current indications in the sea seem to be 50 times more bonito than last year,” he said. Namık …

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  • 31 August

    Scientists; waste part of the cocoa plant in chocolate production is incredibly useful!

    In traditional chocolate production, after the grains of the cocoa plant are removed, the rest is utilised as waste. However, research at the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology has discovered that this waste part is also incredibly useful. The beans taken to produce cocoa are prepared as cocoa and then …

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  • 30 August

    EU agriculture commissioner: Who wants the hot potato? 

    Agriculture was a hot topic in the run-up to the European Parliament election, with parties making promises of better pay for farmers, a tougher stance on trade and less red tape on subsidies.   Notably, the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) crowned itself as the “farmers’ party,” and even European Commission President …

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