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The Smithsonian Institution, the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), and others are planning a 5,000 square foot soil exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The projected opening for the “Soils:Worlds Underfoot,” exhibit, is 2008. The exhibit will occupy one entire hall of the museum and will be displayed for 1.5 years. It will feature state soil monoliths and interactive soil displays. Each of the 50 states and three U.S. territories will donate a monolith of their state soil for the display. A separate mobile exhibit will travel to hundreds of museums, schools, and libraries with soil education kits, web-based activities, curriculum, and career information.
The exhibit is expected to require 2+ years for the Smithsonian to design, build and install. Sponsored by the SSSA, the final decision about exhibit building, design, and content rests with the host: Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. The total cost is projected to be $4 million.
The exhibit will emphasize the living, biological nature of soils, the variation in soils from one region or locality to another, the dynamic nature of soil, the role soil plays in linking the earth's air, land and water resources, and the importance of taking care of our non-renewable soil resources.
A Stanford University study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science confirms the ecological benefits of organically produced apples. In the study, orchards fertilized with composted chicken manure or alfalfa meal leached less nitrate into groundwater than the conventionally fertilized plots. Plots supplied with a 50/50 blend or organic and synthetic fertilizers leached an intermediate level of nitrates.
Agriculture commissioners from North Dakota, Massachusetts, West Virginia and Wisconsin met with Drug Enforcement Administration officials in late February to explore acceptable policy changes on industrial hemp farming. Farmers wish to grow non-psychoactive, low-THC industrial hemp for use as foods, animal bedding, biofuel and paper. Pro-hemp farming laws have already been passed in Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Montana and West Virginia. California and Vermont currently have legislation pending on the issue.
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René Sgier is digging his fingers into the ground, is scooping out a handful of soil and is holding it up to the light. “Here - a centipede. And there - a springtail has disappeared.” The 43-year-old is poking the black soil with his index finger. The corners of his mouth are tugging upwards. “That’s a good start,” says the farm manager of Imhofbio AG’s vegetable farm in Schwerzenbach, canton of Zurich. The company produces Demeter vegetables and herbs for Migros on 50 hectares.
Demeter is the agricultural cultivation method with the strictest guidelines of all, stricter than organic. It aims to bring to people, animals, plants and soil into harmony. A biodynamic Demeter farm should produce only as much as the available resources allow. Fertilisers, for example, are strictly regulated, artificial ones are not even allowed, and herbicides are also prohibited. The typical Demeter farm usually houses a few animals, includes some horticulture with fruit and vegetables, and often markets directly to customers. Demeter accounts for just under two percent of the organic share of agriculture, which itself is only 10 percent. Large specialised producers like Imhofbio are rare.
One step further
Four years ago, farm manager Sgier switched the large-scale vegetable production from organic to Demeter. And now the soil scientist and production horticulturist is going one step further. He grows Demeter vegetables in a modern greenhouse. There they have enough warmth and are protected from the rain, which has a positive effect on the yields.
With soil in hand, he stands in his new, ultra-modern greenhouse, which is as tall as a detached house and covers the area of a football field. Here are vines upon vines, tall, with a green canopy of leaves. Vines full of tomatoes hang down in green, orange, light and dark red. Every week, up to 4,500 kilos of Demeter cherry tomatoes on the vine leave the modern greenhouse to be sold in Migros.
The cultivation is intensive. The tomato plants, which bear about six vines with up to 16 tomatoes, need a lot of nutrients.
Is that even possible, intensive large-scale cultivation at the most sustainable standard? “It’s not a contradiction,” says the Demeter advocate. Even if he feels a headwind. For example, smaller Demeter farmers worry about the credibility of the label and the prices, and he sometimes hears from customers that biodynamic agriculture is esoteric. Sgier has a clear response for the critics: “Demeter is a label, not an ideology. It is the most sustainable of all farming approaches, and I am happy to subscribe to it.” This must also be possible on large areas, says Sgier, who is now also on the board of the label association. He wants to prove that it is possible - scientifically and economically.
Planning for an entire winter
Of course, it’s not that easy. Sgier’s main challenge is to supply the soil with enough nutrients to keep the quality of his vegetables consistently high and at the same time to always be able to deliver the desired quantity - and this in the long term. “So that next season I won’t only produce small lettuces because the soil won’t yield enough.”
He spent a whole winter planning with experts in biodynamic agriculture how he would have to supply his soil and adjust the crop rotations to make it work. “To cover all our nutrient needs, we would have to have the manure of 300 cattle,” says Sgier. As a vegetable producer, he does not yet have to keep animals. Nevertheless, as a Demeter producer he is obliged to get 40 percent of the fertiliser from his own farm. “That makes it even more complex, because we have a large proportion of crops that require a lot of nutrients.”
More nutrients needed
In the greenhouse, the nutrient requirement is even higher than in open field cultivation. Tomatoes in the greenhouse need four times as much “feed” as lettuce in the field because more biomass is produced. Added to that, Sgier has to revitalise the soil. “We have to build up a good humus layer.” Whereas greenhouses usually use substrates for cultivation, his greenhouse was constructed on completely normal loamy arable soil. To bring the organisms inside to life, he distributed 15,000 worms in the spring, among other things. Two for every square metre.
In addition, plants are used. Silaged grass, small green clover pellets and ground yellow field beans: what is fed to the animals in the barn serves as food for humus and soil life in the greenhouse, which in turn feeds the plants. The legumes contain a lot of protein and are good sources of nitrogen. Compost from organic chicken manure and from plant waste is also used. His specialists regularly measure the nutrient content of the soil and the plant sap. He has hired new staff for this purpose and purchased drying ovens and the necessary measuring equipment. “We work with the most modern technology,” he says. If the measurements indicate an emergency, Sgier also sometimes gives classic organic fertilisers and trace elements. “In the long term, however, we want to cover one hundred percent of the nutrients with our own resources.” He does not yet know exactly what the mixture will be. Sgier is not only focusing on the soil, but also on the taste of the tomatoes. This also depends on the nutrients. “And we don’t make any compromises here.”
In winter, the lettuce moves into the greenhouse
Sgier dumps the soil in his hand on the ground, picks a bright red fruit and bites into it. “This is my lollipop substitute,” he says and laughs. The plants in the Swiss greenhouse will continue to produce organic tomatoes until November. According to Demeter guidelines, Sgier is not allowed to heat the greenhouse after that until March. The tomato plants are pulled out and composted - together with the strings and clips with which they are tied up. These are made of compostable material. Until spring, Sgier will keep the valuable soil in Switzerland’s most sustainable greenhouse fit for growing lettuce.
Demeter: The oldest organic label
Demeter is the oldest international organic label with the strictest standards in natural food production. It goes back to the anthroposophist Rudolf Steiner. The label aims to strengthen holistically - the soil, the plants, the animals and the people. Fertile soils, biodiversity, animal husbandry appropriate to the species and diverse crop rotation are just a few of Demeter’s concerns. In the standards for agriculture, the farm as a cycle plays an important role.
At the end of 2020, 362 farmers with almost 6,000 hectares of land were Demeter-certified in Switzerland.
Migros has greatly expanded the Demeter range in recent months. Demeter cherry tomatoes on the vine from vegetable producer Imhofbio are available in larger Migros branches, as are many other products of Demeter quality. Click here for an overview of the Demeter assortment in Migros.


Each Australian farmer produces enough food to feed 600 people per year; this amounts to 150 people in Australia and 450 people overseas. In total, Aussie farmers produce enough food to feed 60 million people each year.
Australia’s top three agricultural exports are wheat, beef and wool. Australian farmers are leaders in efficiency of production, we do it well and it is something to be proud of. We are also leading in agriculture innovation. In 2008-09 alone, Aussie farmers invested $244 million for research and development through Research and Development Corporations.
Over the past decade however, productivity has declined. This can be attributed to extended drought conditions, higher input costs and long-term reduction in public investment in research and development. The industry is also facing a high demand for skilled professionals. Estimates indicate a potential demand of 6000 tertiary qualified graduates per sector every year. Additionally, the average age of the Australian farmer in 2006 was 52 years old. Who is going to fill all of these empty places in the agricultural industry and ensure we remain competitive in the international market?
In 2012 I was lucky to spend seven months on an agriculture research project in Tibet as an Australian Volunteer for International Development, funded by the Australian Government. The project looked at integrating dairy and grain production, and investigating new and improved ways of producing and storing grains. The project was a collaboration between local and Australian scientists – a productive way of sharing capabilities and increasing the scientific knowledge of both parties. This experience in Tibet showed me the amazing opportunities there are in agriculture, and pushed me to pursue a career as a research scientist.
The continuation of innovation is now more critical than ever to our rural industry’s growth, profitability and sustainability.We need more investment in research to ensure that Australia can adapt farming practices in a changing climate, and we need to recruit more young people to implement this change. Address these two issues, and Australia can continue to feed both the local Australian people, and the greater global population.”
Bonnie Flohr is presenting at the Oxfam Eat Local Feed Global event in Sydney on September 18.


For those of you who enjoyed reading our comic strip “How do plants drink?” here is a real life example of what Katy did in Africa to learn about water transport in plants.
Like you and all other living organisms in the world, plants need water and nutrients from the environment in order to survive.
Very few plants can actually trap their own food and none can go grocery shopping so plants need to make their food by themselves if they want to eat!
All around you, there are cells.
Pollination is an important process in the reproduction of plants that bear seeds.
Leaves are the plants food factory.


When two former farmers started selling ugly fruit and vegetables that would usually end up in the bin, supermarkets chains scoffed at them.
Now the firm launched by Nicolas Chabanne and Renan Even is being hailed as a commercial success, having sold 10,000 tonnes of twisted courgettes, deformed carrots, strangely shaped tomatoes and other such produce in only eight months.
The success of their business, called Les Gueules Cassees (The Smashed Gobs), is so great that they have starting distributing deformed camembert, which, too, are finding purchasers.
The initiative comes amid widespread calls to cut food waste in a country once proud of its ability to turn imperfectly shaped ingredients into fine dishes. The two men launched the initiative last year after Mr Even discovered that many of the strawberries produced in his native Vaucluse were rejected by supermarkets because of their shape.’
“In a garden, you pick the fruit because it’s ripe, not because it’s 27mm in diameter,” he said. “But supermarkets cannot stand these visual flaws.”
Denouncing the waste, Les Gueules Cassees scoured wholesalers for fruit and vegetables destined for their bin. The firm buys them cheap and offers them to retailers.
Supermarket buyers reacted with horror at first, but trials proved such a hit the big chains changed their minds. Mr Chabanne says that more than 5,000 retailers now stock his products.
The “smashed gob” fruit and vegetables are priced 30 per cent less than standard produce, and have proved popular in poor districts suffering from high levels of unemployment. But they have also been a hit among wealthier consumers who see the purchase of ugly produce as an ecological act.
By Adam Sage
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Vår nyeste kaffe er en kenyansk kaffe fra Nduma. Kaffen har AB+ kvalitet, og består av SL28, SL34 og Ruiru 11 bønner. Den cuppes til 84, og har en rund smak av jordbær og bringebær. Middels syre og god struktur. Den kommer fra Ruthaka kooperativet.
The Nduma factory is part of the Ruthaka Farmers Cooperative Society. The factory lies at 3km from the town of Mukerwe-ini. Nduma factory lies at around 1750 meters above sea level. The factory services around 600 smallholder producers in the direct region nearby. These producers farm coffee at varying altitudes between 1650 and 1850 meters above sea level. Most common varieties in the region are SL28 and SL34, with some Ruiru 11 left and right. Nduma factory is blessed with a supply of water from the nearby Ruarai river. The factory has water treatment ponds in place so the wastewater does not contaminate the water network.
The producers deliver their cherries to the central washing station. Kiungu will take care of the wet processing in typical Kenyan style. The cherries are sorted on maturity and processed separately per quality group. The coffee is depulped and ferments for 24 to 36 hours, depending on the environmental temperature. When the mucilage has broken down sufficiently, the washing station staff will open the tanks to the washing channels. Here, they wash and grade the parchment by pushing it through a long channel. The lowest quality, lightest beans will float all the way to the end. This makes it easy to remove defect beans. The highest quality, heaviest beans will remain at the start of the channel. The highest qualities are soaked for an additional 24 hours in clean water before being carried out into the drying field. The coffee will dry on raised beds for an average of 16 days.
When the coffee has dried to 11% moisture content, marketing agents collect samples to sell the lot at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange. In this auction, registered buyers are able to bid on the coffees they liked. Each buyer can take samples from the auction’s sample room to evaluate in his own lab, a week prior to the auction.
At the Nairobi Coffee Exchange, together with our exporter, we paid an auction price of $383/50kg for this AB coffee from Nduma factory. The total value of the lot at the auction was $13363 for 1741kg total lot size. The table below gives you an idea of the return price to a producer registered at a cooperative like Ruthaka Farmers Cooperative Society. The costs mentioned below apply for all coffee produced at cooperatives and sold by the marketing agents in the Nairobi Coffee Exchange:
EXAMPLE OF AUCTION PRICE 383$/50KG
PRICE PAID AT THE AUCTION $383/50kg
LOT SIZE 1741kg (green bean)
STANDARD DEDUCTIONS: $
COFFEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2% 7.66
AFFA-COFFEE DIRECTORATE 1% 3,83
ROAD CESS-COUNTY GOVERNMENT 1% 3,83
MARKETING AGENT FEES ($60/MT) 3
MILLING FEES ($150/MT) 7,5
COOP MANAGEMENT (ONLY IF A COOP) 20% 76.6
FARMERS RETURN $/50kg clean parchment 280.85
Assumption 6kg cherry=1kg clean parchment $/kg cherry to producer 0,94


Food Security Technologies Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast 2016 - 2024
Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/10/2018 -- Food security is the circumstance identified with the supply and access to food. Food security is characterized by Anderson in 1990 as access by all people consistently to enough food for a functioning solid life. As per World Food Summit food security exists when all people, constantly, have physical and monetary access to adequate, sheltered, nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food inclinations for a functioning life. Food security is a difficult issue in South Africa and in numerous other creating parts of world.
Food security technologies incorporates the utilization of cutting edge advancements, for example, nanotechnology, pesticides and composts, miniaturized scale water system, agrarian biotechnologies, synthetic devices and different advances with applications to the food area that can accomplish food security condition. The prime focal point of utilization of food security technologies is to create adequate measure of food materials that can fulfill the requirements of populace of the individual nation/area.
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Here are the top factors driving the global bio vanillin market according to TMR's analysts:
- Need for Connectivity to Boost Market
Network is a key factor that could enhance the working of business sectors by enabling ranchers and herders to get to exact value data, arrange transport and different coordinates, and encourage simpler trade of transitory however nutritious foods, for example, animal produce and vegetables. Versatile cash and value data likewise empower pastoralists to alter crowd sizes to changing ecological conditions, while empowering agriculturists to anchor seeds and compost for future harvests.
- Surge in Area under Organic Agriculture
As indicated by the measurements gave by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), attributable to expanded accentuation on natural agribusiness innovation, the worldwide region under natural farming has expanded from 21 million hectares in 2004 to 37 million hectares in 2012. This fast increment in utilization of natural horticulture and other propelled advances would help the development of food security technology market soon.
- Emerging Regions to Register Lucrative Growth
Asia Pacific area is relied upon to witness most elevated development because of rising security mindfulness, developing government bolster, and expanding usage of cutting edge innovation. Latin America and the Middle East and Africa area is probably going to encounter enduring development in the coming years.
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The changing government policies regarding implementation of initiatives of food security are expected to go a long way in the forthcoming years. The exponential rise in food demand is predicted to fuel the demand for efficient food security technologies in the years to come. At the same time, the higher costs of the technology coupled with the dearth of skilled resources could hinder the growth of the global food security technologies market in some manner.
Some of the prominent names in the world food security technologies market are DuPont Pioneer, Kraft Foods Inc., John Deere, Cargill Novozymes, and H.J. Heinz.


AFMA participates in The Asia-Pacific Business Forum (APBF) 2018
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), in partnership with Cyberport and the Innovation and Technology Bureau of HKSAR Government, held the Asia-Pacific Business Forum (APBF) 2018 last April 10-11 in Hong Kong.
AFMA served as Chair of the Task Force on Agriculture and Food.
With the theme on “Harnessing Business to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals through Technology, Innovation and Financing”, the forum focused on how business engagements can enhance the achievement of inclusive and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region. Discussions were anchored on initiating private sector-led innovation and technology to promote the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; improving access to finance to facilitate income generation; as well as identifying innovative solutions to address challenges in achieving the SDGs.
The dialogue was preceded by the 5th Meeting of the ESCAP Sustainable Business Network (ESBN)
With the Task Force’s objective of achieving SDG No. 2: zero hunger, AFMA continue our commitment to advancing sustainable agriculture and food safety.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Task Force on Agriculture and Food for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific - UNESCAP paid a visit to the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand to collaborate on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in agriculture and food.
Sustinable Branding - Coffee and Beyond
Regional Geographical Indications (GI) & Traceability Network (GITN) for Agriculture and Food
Geographical Indications & Traceability Network (GITN) for Agriculture and Food is to facilitate GI & Traceability knowledge and quality assurance systems to support products' valorisation, consumers' demand and protection as well as dialogue and cooperation between relevant partners, stakeholders, beneficiaries, and general public.
GITN will facilitate the delivering of food safety, food nutrition, origin linked , indigenous and community brand value to the end consumers through the building and strengthening of sustainable and trustful food and agriculture value chains.
The Network is formally launched at the Auditorium, Queen Sirikit National Conference Centre (QSNCC) on 10 March 2018, 13:00-15:00 hrs
GITN is a borderless public-private-people-partnerships aiming at bringing well being and sustainability to the food value chain.
Interested parties and stakeholders are invited to attend the event as well to join the Network during the event or after through www.sustainableagrofood.org or through email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.org
Stenden University Address
AFMA was invited to deliver the keynote address at the 'The Hidden Connection Between Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Food Waste' by Stenden University
European Union Delegation to Thailand Cooperation
With the European Union Delegation to Thailand Cooperation Section for further collaboration on sustainable food value chain
Collaboration on SDGs with Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Thailand
The Sustainable Agro food Business Forum was organized on 26-27 September 2017 at the United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand to acknowledge the importance of agriculture and food role to mobilize MSMEs food producers and Small holders to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
All 7 dialogues had led to the establishment of Sustainable Agro Food Platform. The multi-stakeholders include policy-makers, Small holders, SE and MSME business sectors, international agencies, civil society organizations and academics.
Standardisation for trading on Agricultural Commodities
AFMA and FAO co-organised Grading and Standardisation for trading on Agricultural Commodities.
Delegates had visited Thai Royal Project and crafted Cremation Paper flower for the funeral of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol.
Cold Chain Asia
AFMA was invited to deliver welcoming speech at the Cold Chain Asia to support SDGs on food lost and food waste
SDG Week at UNCC
AFMA co-organized the Workshop on Promoting Cross-border Agricultural Trade for Sustainable Development at UNCC during 28-30 November, 2016.
This platform will be a unique opportunity to bring together stakeholders from government, academia, the international community, civil society and the private sector and provide them with:
(1) an enabling environment for knowledge sharing and engaging in technical level discussions on different aspects of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and
(2) the opportunity to provide feedback on the support required from ESCAP and other development partners as they prepare to implement the 2030 Agenda for sustainable Development at the national level.
Chinese Taipei International Fruit & Vegetable Show 2016
AFMA was invited to to present on Sustainable Food Value Chain and exhibit at Chinese Taipei Fruit and Vegetable show 10-12 November, 2016.
Agricultural and Food Task Force of the United Nations ESCAP Business Advisory Council
Agricultural and Food Marketing Association for Asia and the Pacific initiated and Co-Chair Agricultural and Food Task Force of UNESCAP Business Advisory Council during 11th EBAC Meeting and 2nd ESBN Meeting on 31 Oct 2016 to 1 Nov 2016 at UNCC (United Nations Convention Center) Bangkok
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PGS+ to Sustainable Value Chain
Agricultural and Food Marketing Association for Asia and the Pacific (AFMA) and Vintage Farm D are partnering and working on the “Sustainable Value Chain Programme” through the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and PGS+ practice with smallholder farmers in many parts of Thailand.
In general, PGS (Participatory Guarantee System) is one of the guidelines to guarantee the organic farming locally, it will bring more benefit to include reliable and affordable guarantee system when delivering the produces into the upscale markets. Thus, the + on PGS is achieved by adding the Pesticide Residues Testing as a quality assurance and value addition to PGS organic farmers. All kinds of produces especially, local vegetables to reflect biodiversity and support the food security from smallholder farmers will be quality-checked and certified before delivering to mindful consumers.
According to the PGS+ practice, the + sign will represent agro-ecological practice and reliable Pesticide Residues Testing and certification as the quality assurance and value addition for PGS+ organic farmers, it empowers small holder farmers to do organic farming with safety assurance at most affordable cost. This will bring market accessibility and reasonable revenue from their produces. This programme will also directly benefit the mindful consumers to consume the safe food at most reasonable price, moreover, as mindful consumer, they will be a major part of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA).
On 16th of September, at 2 p.m., AFMA and Vintage Farm D will host the warmest event for the organic vegetable lovers at Gourmet Market, Emquartier. We will present on major points of
1). How does the PGS+ effectively benefit to both the small holder farmers and the mindful consumers? and
2). What are the real keys to make this scheme sustainable?
As key stakeholders, children from the families who are learning and practicing organic farming will share their inspiring story as a key success factor for “Sustainable Value Chain” along with the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) for PGS+ organic farmers.
Regional Roundtable on World Programme for Census of Agriculture (WCA 2020)
AFMA organized the "Regional Roundtable on World Programme for Census of Agriculture (WCA 2020)" at Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok, Thailand during 19-23 September, 2016.
There were the delegates from 22 countries including the resource persons from FAO-ROME and FAO-RAP to share the experiences of their counties for Census of Agriculture.
The 36th Session of the Executive Committee Meeting and
the 18th Session of the General Assembly of AFMA
The 36th Session of the Executive Committee Meeting and the 18th Session of the General Assembly of AFMA had been held at the Millennium Hilton Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand on 19 August 2016. The Chairperson for 2017 to 2018 is from the National Cooperative Development Corporation, India and Vice Chairperson is from the Ministry of Food, Government of the people's Republic of Bangladesh.
SIMA ASEAN Thailand 2016
AFMA presented and exhibited Sustainable Value Chain model at SIMA ASEAN at IMPACT convention center during 8-10 September, 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
AFMA Executive Director visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand to discuss about AFMA's mission and membership programme.
Afforestation and Organic Rice Plantation for Mother's Day 2016
AFMA and Clump Foundation mobilized SDG 2 and 15 through Land Art organic rice plantation and Afforestation to celebrate Thailand National Mother's Day
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Organic & Natural Expo 2016
AFMA was invited to disseminate Agro-ecology and sustainable value chain within one of the largest organic exhibition in Asia.
Regional Training Programme on Agribusiness Public-Private Partnerships and Territorially-Bound Investment Instrumentals for Agro-Industrial Development
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Agricultural and Food Marketing Association for Asia and the Pacific (AFMA) co-organized the “Regional Training Programme on Agribusiness Public-Private Partnerships and Territorially-Bound Investment Instrumentals for Agro-Industrial Development” at Millennium Hilton Bangkok, Thailand during 20-22 July 2016.
Through FAO's facilitation, honorable delegates from 10 countries had contributed the Agribusiness-PPP successful model in their respective countries.
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Rapid Test of Pesticide Residues in Vegetables and Fruits Training in Thailand
AFMA Secretariat, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Royal Project Foundation congratulate Government representatives from the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on the completion of Rapid Test of Pesticide Residues in Vegetables and Fruits training in Thailand.
AFMA Internship Programme
Journey of coffee by AFMA's interns from ISB.
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A Cup of Coffee for One More Tree
AFMA and CLUMP Foundation ( www.clump-life.org ) strengthen up orgainc value chain and agroforestry through "A Cup of Coffee for One More Tree" coffee workshop. Participants learn about shade-grown coffee process and latte art. The training fees will be used for reforestration and shade-grown organic coffee programme.
Biochar and Activated Charcoal
AFMA catalyzed and mobilized BioChar and Activated Charcoal programme by replacing pollution from buring farm leaves and wooden branches to lowcost-high temperature heating system. The pollution control process will create Biochar and Pure Activated Charcoal for multi-purpose usage including soil improvement and water filtering system. Continue Reading
AFMA mobilized AgroForestry and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).
AFMA mobilized AgroForestry and Sustainable Development Goal 2 at Thailand Coffee Festival, Queen Sirikit National Conference Centre (QSNCC).
AFMA mobilized Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)
AFMA mobilized Sustainable Development Goal 2 and 15 at Thailand Food Expo 2016 and Hilton International Hotel.


Golf courses must always be in a perfect condition for golfers to be able to play and practice their skills on them. No matter the season and the weather conditions, golf course owners must do the necessary maintenance work for the golf courses to remain in a top notch shape. To make golf course maintenance easy, read the following lines to find out which are the best golf course maintenance equipment.
Poulan Pro P46ZX riding lawn mower
To finish mowing the entire golf course fast, we recommend that you use the Poulan Pro P46ZX riding lawn mower. To purchase it, you will have to spend around $2650. The impressive 22 HP v-twin engine that this riding lawn mower uses makes it very powerful and capable of effectively handling any golf course. The 46-inch reinforced deck offers a great cutting path and it ensures that the unit won’t break down easily. It features 6 cutting positions that you can choose from, the cutting positions ranging from 1.5 inches to 4 inches. This zero-turn radius lawn mower features dual wheel hydro transmission. Therefore, it allows maximum maneuverability. It can reach a maximum speed of 6 MPH. In addition, it features a 3.5-gallon fuel capacity that enables you to mow up to 2.4 acres per hours.
Troy-Bilt Pony 42-inch lawn tractor with OEM-190-032 snow blower attachment
Because of the big area that you must cover when winter comes and the snow settles, you can’t use a walk-behind snow blower to remove the snow from the golf course. To effectively remove the snow from your golf course, use the Troy-Bilt Pony 42-inch lawn tractor to which you attach the OEM-190-032 snow blower attachment. The Troy-Bilt 42-inch lawn tractor costs $1000, and the Troy-Bilt OEM-190-032 snow blower attachment costs around $1500. The Pony 42-inch lawn tractor offers strong performance and impressive power. It features a 13-gauge steel StepThru frame that makes it compatible with the OEM-190-032 snow blower attachment. It’s powered by an impressive 15.5 HP engine. The 7-speed transmission allows effortless speed changes. In addition, the construction is all steel, making it a durable model that is capable of heavy-duty performance. The OEM-190-032 snow blower attachment that you attach to the riding mower to transform it into a riding snow blower offers an impressive 42-inch clearing width. In addition, the chute can rotate to 220-degrees, allowing you to throw the snow in any direction you want.


Traditional Products – Halkidiki
Pure Honey – Dimitris Panagis
In the pine forests of Halkidiki and other places in Greece, Dimitris Panagis produced honey with excellent flavor and high nutritional value, rich in minerals, trace elements and minerals.
One of the qualities of honey produced in Greece with special perfume of pine forests of Halkidiki. The honey pine high nutritional value is very rich in minerals (calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, copper, etc. ), protein and amino acids. Scientific studies show that trace elements are highly antiseptic action helps inflammations, against coughs and colds and gout !
In pine, due to the low sugar content, the phenomenon of crystallization, is rarely observed.
Ouzo is made in a traditional way and exclusively in Greece; it belongs to the general category of the anis that is of the alcoholic drinks with a scent of anisos (anitholi). It is a product of narcs distillation and other saccharoid raw materials, which have been scented with seeds of anisos and maybe fennel, mastic of Hios, and other aromatic seeds, plants or fruits. Ouzo, for the distillation of which they use a special distillation machine (amvikas), can not be submitted to an aging process and it is drunk straight or with some water É- the so called emulsion which is created in this case and it is related to the conciseness of ouzo antholi, its alcoholic title, to the quantity of water and to its temperature.
Tsipouro on the other hand, is the clear product of the narcs distillation, which means that it is not submitted to any scenting process. The variety and the fermentation procedures of the grapes, the distillation way, the analogy of ingredients are the determinative factors during the production procedure. Tsipouro is colorless, and has a very high degree of alcohol, that is why it is often drunk with water and always with some snacks, which traditionally have the following order: light salads, sour (pickles), various dry-salted (sea rover, anchovies, e.t.c), fish, crawfishes, shrimps, rarebit, e.t.c.
Halkidiki, thanks to its climate and to the morphology of its land, produces oil and olives, which are distinctive for their special taste and quality. The olive trees of Halkidiki are cultivated without chemical interventions. The olives of Halkidki are rich in phenological and organic characteristics (substances which are necessary for the operation of the human organization) and they are processed having as their only principle the satisfaction of the consumers.


A white pickup truck drives past our camp and turns, then turns again and comes to a stop on the opposite side of the blueberry barren. Out steps a woman. She lights a cigarette, walks to the back and opens the tailgate. She looks over the barren for a minute or two as she smokes the cigarette. Then turns, puts it out on the tailgate grabs a wooden box and her blueberry rake and walks into the berry plants 10 or 15 paces. There she drops the box and bends over and begins her day raking blueberries.
Blueberries are harvested two ways, raking by hand and by machine. The hand raked go to fresh pack, the machine harvested go to the processor. Fresh pack are the berries sold fresh at the side of the road and to Helen’s. They’re sorted to be the best. Everything else goes to Wyman’s Berry Co. to be canned, frozen, pureed and sold to distributors. The woman in the field is Denise, Welch Farm’s top fresh pack raker. She started raking at age 6. She’ll rake about 6 hours a day most every day in August that it’s not raining.
Here she tells us a bit about raking blueberries.
She is paid $1.75 for each wooden box she harvests. During the rest of the year she works in food service at the local college. She and her husband would like to move to South Carolina someday “because it’s warm in the winter but I’ll still come back in August to rake. It’s my favorite thing to do.”


Matthew 13:4-9 AMPC: And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up and withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them out. Other seeds fell on good soil, and yielded grain–some a hundred times as much as was sown, some sixty times as much, and some thirty. He who has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him consider and perceive and comprehend by hearing.
[Germination is the process of seeds developing into new plants. First, environmental conditions must trigger the seed to grow. Usually, this is determined by how deep the seed is planted, water availability, and temperature].
The power to germinate seeds is an environment already set up inside of us by God as our own personal, pre-installed ‘spiritual DNA’ – a supernatural seed decoder and incubator of sorts. When seeds of new information about light or darkness are introduced to us throughout the span of our lives, the internal environmental conditions in which the seeds are tossed into our soil via ears and eyes, immediately kicks knowledge in or kicks knowledge out — depending on the nature of the seed and the environment manifested within us through the flexibility, or lack thereof, in changing with the seasons prior to the new seed.
The warfare between good and evil is a [perceptual warfare] . Therefore, seeds will either be available to enter into us on or in (rocky, shallow or deep soil), as our internal environment determined our perspectives up until that point.
If God’s children manage to journey into spiritual sons, daughters, eunuchs, nations’ mothers or fathers, and are thusly prepared for proper seeding to fall into deep soil; allowing for a soil-paradigm shift, the foundation of the soil is able to shift into alignment with God’s perspective. This alignment in the Greek definition is known as the true and full definition righteousness. At this point in our journey, we notice that God’s Promise of saying whatever we ask for it will be given, comes alive. Because, at this juncture, the responsibility to conquer with humility as our parallel-running guide along the journey, served as one edge of a double-edged sword formed within us and God will know that anything asked for at this point will be provisional for His sake.
He is perfect.


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CBP Ensures you don't Bug your Sweetheart on Valentines Day
CBP Agricultural Specialists have been busy inspecting hundreds of millions of imported flowers from South America to be sold to U.S. consumers for Valentines Day. At ports of entry, CBP ensures that plant pests and diseases are detected and prevented from being introduced to the U.S. flower and agricultural industries.
Last Valentines Day season, CBP Agricultural Specialists processed more than 802.5 million cut flower stems and prevented 3,400 pests attempting to enter the U.S. on flower imports. For fiscal year 2011, CBP logged almost 200,000 insect and disease interceptions.
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Safety While Production
Multi-level control and private laboratory at the “In Food” factory make it possible to obtain products of the highest quality.
Every stage of production is subject to inspection: from feed for poultry farms to the transfer of egg products to customers.
The raw materials for the manufacture of egg products in the “In Food” factory are exclusively fresh chicken eggs. They are delivered from their own poultry farms of the company Inter-Zaporozhye, which is part of the “INTER EDINSTVO” holding, which are located in Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava and Zaporizhia regions. To produce the highest quality egg products, it is necessary that the source material also meets high standards. Therefore, “INTER EDINSTVO” for poultry farms develops and manufactures special feed. Thus, in each egg - the maximum concentration of nutrients, which is stored in egg products.
Each egg, when it enters the “In Food” factory, passes the entrance control. Non-production products have no chance of getting into production. Indoors maintain a special microclimate, hygiene and optimal temperatures for storage and processing. All stages at the “In Food” factory are continuously monitored. This is a guarantee of safety and preservation of absolutely all trace elements, vitamins and healthy substances contained in a fresh egg.
IN FOOD factory designed and built with all the requirements of BRC certification
(British Retail Consortium). This provides one of the important guarantees for obtaining a BRC certificate.
Products In Food Factory does not contain GMOs.
BRC - certification of standards of food products of the British consortium
“In Food” Factory Laboratory
The “In Food” factory operates its own modern laboratory, which is the pride of production
To check the raw materials, “In Food” purchased egg analyzers: to measure weight, yolk color, height of protein, shell strength, which makes it possible to obtain data on egg freshness. Each of the subsequent stages of production is also monitored. High-speed microbiological analysis methods allow more samples to be taken and ensure high accuracy of results. Thus, the product is controlled during the processing, as well as the final result of the process. This allows to produce products according to the parameters specified by the customer and guarantee a stable result. On the production, continuous quality control from the incoming raw materials to the final product takes place.


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The Presidia sustain quality production at risk of extinction, protect unique regions and ecosystems, recover traditional processing methods, safeguard native breeds and local plant varieties.Today, more than 450 Presidia involve more than 13,000 producers. Come in Umbria to taste Civita di Cascia Roveja and Trasiemno Lake Bean. We can porpose you:
The roveja a small, pea-like legume, whose color varies from dark green to brown to gray. Some researchers believe it is an ancestor of the common pea, while others claim it is a true species. In either case, its botanical classification is still unclear. In past centuries it was a staple in the diet of herders and farmers in the Sibillini Mountains, but in recent years its cultivation has been almost completely abandoned. Only in Valnerina, particularly in the area around Cascia, does it continue to be sown. The beans are grown at altitudes between 600 and 1,200 meters, planted in March and harvested in the middle of the summer.
Il nostro accogliente Ristorante, dove i sapori tipici della Cucina Umbra vengono abilmente rivisti dall'estro del nostro Chef, ed i suoi molteplici spazi sia interni che esterni, vi aspettano per qualsiasi occasione:
ed ogni altra occasione vogliate festeggiare in un ambiente raffinato ed unico.
A disposizione per predisporre menù in base alle vostre specifiche esigenze, vi aspettiamo per farvi assaporare la nostra cucina.


The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute’s mission is "to foster long-term economic benefit for Minnesota through value-added agricultural products."
AURI helps bring innovative ideas with an agricultural emphasis to commercial reality. In practice, AURI staff work hand in hand to help develop new commercial uses for agricultural commodities and products by providing technical assistance with innovative individuals, businesses and entrepreneurs.
Clients receive assistance in the food, bio-based products, coproducts and renewable energy areas, creating new utilization and economic activity. AURI’s technical and subject matter experts provide consulting and technical services, utilizing one or more of the laboratory facilities located in Crookston, Marshall, St. Paul and Waseca.
Additionally, AURI conducts stakeholder meetings across Minnesota on a regular basis to develop industry initiatives and disseminate information to the agricultural community.


Geoff Lawton is permaculture specialist, designer and teacher. He is very generous to offer his free videos on his website, from building a house for $500.00 to creating an oasis in the desert without a lot of rainfall and in extreme temperatures.
He has created his own farm to be self sufficient and wants to teach all of us to do the same. He even has a video on how not to buy grain for chickens by feeding them compost !
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Sustainability for the every day Womban
For our swimwear we use Econyl® recycled polyamide, a 100% recycled material that comes from nylon waste, mainly from fishing nets. The quality of regenerated nylon is exactly the same as that of virgin nylon and it can be recycled and regenerated infinite times without losing its qualities, offering us the opportunity to give infinite lives to the same fabric.
The polyester used in our collection has been made in Italy, with the GRS (Global Recycled Standard) certification. The recycled polyester thread is obtained mainly from the recycling of PET plastic bottles, and it can be recycled countless times, obtaining a high-quality recycled material.
Our lingerie garments are made with organic cotton, which in contrast to conventional cotton offers us the following benefits:
1. Cotton purity level. Organic cotton is harvested entirely by hand, which helps to preserve the purity of each fiber, preventing them from being damaged as happens with harvesting done with machinery.
2. Natural seeds. In conventional cotton, genetically modified seeds are used that require a greater use of pesticides. In the case of organic cotton, pesticides or harmful chemicals are not used for the crop, pests are controlled with the use of other insects that kill them. As a result, the organic option is more recommended for our skin.
3. Grow using less water. With organic cotton, the cultivation areas are rotated so that the land can recover the necessary nutrients for a new planting, on the other hand, for conventional cotton, the land is cultivated over and over again, degrading the land that loses the necessary amount of nutrients and requires more water for good planting.
Our bold approach is founded on the principle that every ounce of material is precious, from the fabrics we use in our designs to the scraps that remain. We are on a mission to reduce waste in all possible ways. Not only do we search for innovative ways to create new smart products with our leftover materials, but we also inspire and encourage our Mini Bold to create their own unique designs for their dolls and accessories. By maximizing the use of our materials and exploring new possibilities, we can minimize our environmental impact and protect our planet’s resources. Let us continue to boldly innovate and inspire, knowing that each small step we take toward sustainability brings us closer to a brighter and more sustainable future.


April is Earth Month, which means celebrating the steps that individuals and groups take to help the Earth. Charleston Tea Plantation and the Bigelow family are committed to making a difference and protecting our environment. Bigelow Tea’s Mission Statement is “do the right thing and good things will follow,” and here at CTP, we apply that mission to our environmental commitment.
When growing and producing tea, we make sure that none of our practices harm the environment. That starts with using absolutely no pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides in the fields. With our custom irrigation system, we rely solely on rain and pond water to hydrate our plants, allowing us to conserve water.
We use waste from stems and fibers from made tea and the production process as mulch in the fields. This organic mulch helps the soil retain water, inhibits weed growth, and even prevents sloping ground from soil erosion. It also breaks down over time, providing an environment for earthworms and other beneficial insects. Our mulch is great for the environment as well as our plants.
Our environmental commitment continues off the fields as well. We use XLERATORⓇ electric hand dryers in our restrooms, which are a much more environmentally friendly option than paper towels. Not to mention, they use 80% less energy than other conventional hand dryers.
Our employees are just as committed to protecting the environment, with all of us taking small steps around the plantation to make a difference. “Green Goals” are incorporated into our employee and departmental goals, making the commitment to the environment a company wide priority. One of our main goals is to reduce the amount of paper used around the office by tracking deparment paper use and using both sides of the paper when printing and copying. We also post “Weekly Green Tips” around the office to educate and inspire employees to always think green.
Here at Charleston Tea Plantation and the Bigelow Tea Company, it is extremely important to us to protect the environment, especially during Earth Month. We hope that through our commitment to the environment, we can inspire our employees, our visitors, and our entire community.


VoW 2019 / Sessions / November 16 / RSTF-5 “UTTARAKHAND @ 20” “RESTORING LAND FOR PROSPERITY”
VoW 2019 | November 16 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | |
Uttarakhand as a Himalayan state has more than 25% wastelands. Blessed with beautiful hills and rich in wild flora and fauna, the effect of globalisation and urbanisation has affected Uttarakhand no less than other states. Being one of the few places in our country where we can breathe without fear, it becomes important for us to protect the hills. Uttarakhand @20, Restoring land for prosperity curated by R S Rawal touched up on the highly anticipated issue of protecting natural resources for sustainable development.
C G S Negi started the session talking about GBPIHED ‘s priority to protect the land and their research and development issues and the approaches taken by the institute. Through the participation of various stakeholders like community people, army and others the institute has made use of the sacred values of the pilgrim places to instil a sense of protection of nature in the mind of the people. He talked about the initiative to plant nitrogen fixing crops in the farmlands to increase the quality of the soil. The institute also trains school children to plant and maintain a garden and also how to protect the flora and fauna.
The other initiatives by the institute include rainwater harvesting, organic farming, improving soil quality and effective space management. Safeguarding the interest of the local people who live on the little benefits of mother nature and the perks they receive for protecting her is also an important focus point of the institute’s initiatives.The session also screened a documentary on the importance of the Garhwal hills, protecting them and the institutions works on it.
The institute also focuses on the cultivation of medicinal plants focusing on low volume- high value aromatic plants, mainly in the Chameli and Uttarkashi districts of Uttarakhand. Eliminating the role of middlemen, the farmers directly sell their produce to the grocers, thereby maintaining the profit of the farmers. Despite all these measures the activities still face a lot of challenges including the lack of interest of the people in farming and less active participation. Privatization and grazing also affect the activities negatively. Incentivizing the plantations also did not work.
Rajendra Dobal, who summed up the presentation of all the panelists talked about the need to conduct result specific researches and the need to have expert marketing advisors working hand in hand with the research in case of medicinal plants. Mr. Lapcha, the next panelist talked about the livelihood options available in the industry of medicinal plant cultivation. He talked about the need to focus on the generic and weed plants as these are the ones that would help the marginalised people in the hills the most. There is need to have fundamental research as far as the industry is concerned.
Dr. Rakesh Shah, apologised for his late arrival and went on to talk about the definition of wastelands. He urged the audience to follow the traditional agricultural practices without wasting time in researching on new models. The models that we have followed from ancient time can be improvised and implemented. Now, this is debatable because our requirements for agricultural produce is entirely different from what our forefathers must have wanted. He also criticized the agricultural department of the government for not supporting the indigenous varieties of the state like the Dehradun basmati.The man – animal conflict was also touched up on the session and indigenous ways to counter the issue.
The session covered ways in which the indigenous methods and modern technologies could be blended and used in protecting natural resources. Sustainable and development initiatives should be researched upon and should be supported by the government is the message.


Genetics, genomics and breeding of cucurbits
Collectively, the information obtained from the GBS data enabled deep insight into the diversity present and genetic relationships among accessions within the collection, and will provide a valuable resource for genetic analyses, gene discovery, crop improvement, and germplasm preservation. Improvements in crop yield, ability to withstand abiotic and biotic stresses, and superior product quality all depend on genetic variation for key agronomic and horticultural traits. In search of such variation, breeders frequently turn to germplasm collections to find new sources of valuable characteristics, especially resistances to diseases, insects, and environmental stresses such as heat, drought, salt, or cold.
To facilitate these breeding efforts and maintain critical diversity for future generations, many national and international institutions have developed extensive germplasm collections to provide repositories of genetic variation. More than gene banks have been established worldwide 1. Collections are typically made from locations throughout the globe, with particular emphasis on centers of crop diversity. The importance of such collections as a critical first step to conserve biological variation, especially in light of genetic erosion resulting from habitat loss, adoption of modern varieties, and climate change, is increasingly recognized as a critical global good, both in scientific and broader public spheres 2 , 3.
While creation and maintenance of these valuable collections is essential, questions arise as to how to catalog, unlock, manage, and preserve the valuable diversity they contain.
How do we evaluate the extent and nature of variation that exists within the collection? How can we access that variation for crop improvement? Fortunately, the past decade has ushered in powerful genomic tools that allow for high throughput, high resolution, genetic characterization, while also providing breeders more efficient access to, and use of, the diversity available within collections.
Collections for the Cucurbitaceae family, which includes many high-value crops consumed as vegetables and fruits throughout the world, face the above-mentioned challenges for germplasm preservation and utilization 4. Cucumber Cucumis sativus L. The primary and secondary centers of diversity for the species are located in India and Southeast Asia, respectively 7 , 8. Genomic analysis of cultivated cucumber C. The Indian group, which is thought to form the basal group, maintains a large proportion of the genetic diversity and also includes the wild cucumber, C.
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Deep resequencing of a core collection of cucumber lines, sampled from accessions worldwide, suggests that the domestication process led to a severe genetic bottleneck, resulting in reduction in diversity relative to wild accessions More than putative selective sweeps appear to be associated with domestication, including extended linkage disequilibrium in regions surrounding loci associated with key fruit traits such as size and bitterness. Results of the genomic analyses, including assignment of a basal role of the Indian group and separation of the orange-endocarp Xishuangbanna group, complement prior genetic and morphological assessments 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , These analyses have allowed for evolutionary insight into the relationships and domestication trajectories among cucumber accessions.
The NPGS collection comprises cucumber accessions representing the primary cucumber gene pool C. This collection, which is primarily composed of cultivars, land races, and varieties collected from around the world, has been extensively utilized by breeders searching for a variety of traits, including resistance to downy mildew 17 causal agent: Pseudoperonospora cubensis , powdery mildew 18 causal agent: Podosphaera xanthii , Phytophthora fruit rot 19 , 20 causal agent: Phytophthora capsici , belly rot 21 , 22 causal agent: Rhizoctonia solani , and root knot nematodes Meloidogyne spp.
However, to date, there have been very limited efforts to genetically characterize the US cucumber collection.
Meglic et al. Lv et al. Current genomic technologies allow for much higher throughput and full genome analyses. The dramatically reduced cost of sequencing, high-throughput sample preparation, and efficient bioinformatics now make it feasible to perform genomic analysis on increasingly large numbers of samples for plant germplasm research 29 , The resultant high-throughput single-nucleotide polymorphism SNP markers provided high-definition genetic characterization of the US cucumber germplasm collection, allowing for assessment of genetic diversity and population structure, identification of markers that are highly associated with important agronomic traits through genome-wide association studies GWAS , and development of a molecularly informed publicly accessible core population to facilitate breeding and preservation efforts.
Genotyping of the cucumber accessions was performed following the GBS protocol 30 , using ApeK I as the restriction enzyme. The resulting plex or plex libraries were sequenced on a HiSeq system Illumina Inc. Principal component analysis PCA was performed using Plink To visualize the pairwise F ST values among different groups, multidimensional scaling MDS was conducted using the cmdscale function in R to transform F ST values into two-dimensional values, which were used for plotting.
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The phenotypic data of 13 important traits for cucumber, including three related to disease resistance anthracnose, downy mildew, and gummy stem blight GSB resistance , three related to root knot nematode resistance resistance to Meloidogyne hapla race 1, M. The phenotypic data were collected over the last 30 years by the Cucurbit Breeding program of North Carolina State University.
Phenotypic data from accessions genotyped in the present study were used for GWAS. We used a total of 72, biallelic SNPs without any filtering to construct the kinship K matrix, which was used to correct for population structure and kinship in the GWAS analyses. GenoCore 42 was used to select a subset of accessions that captured the majority of the allelic diversity of the cucumber accessions, with the following parameters: -d 0.
Combined with phenotypic analysis, we obtained the final core collection containing cucumber accessions, of which were genotyped in the current study. The percentage of the allelic diversity captured by the accessions in this core collection was determined using GenoCore.
The core collection was further evaluated by PCA, using the same methods described above for the entire collection. The accessions from India along with 32 plant introductions PIs from the surrounding regions of Bhutan, Malaysia, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Thailand were classified separately from accessions from other Asian countries, since India and the surrounding regions are considered as the center of origin of cultivated cucumber 6 , In addition, since Turkey is a country straddling Asia and Europe, we put accessions from Turkey as an independent group.
We genotyped these cucumber accessions, as well as two non-cucumber but closely related accessions PI C. The 1. Approximately 3. The average MAF was 0. Three major clades were identified. The remaining accessions were separated into two major clades. PI , C. Each accession is represented by a vertical bar. Each color represents one ancestral population, and the length of each colored segment in each vertical bar represents the proportion contributed by ancestral populations. PCA of these cucumber accessions illustrated a similar pattern of their phylogenetic relationships Fig.
Our results are consistent with those reported in Qi et al. To investigate the population structure of cucumber, the Bayesian clustering algorithm implemented in the STUCTURE program 37 was first used to estimate ancestry proportions for each cucumber accession. As shown in Fig.
The population structure result at this optimal K was consistent with the phylogenetic tree and PCA results; all suggested three primary clusters in the cucumber accessions collected from NPGS. The Indian accessions within the U. NPGS were collected in two time periods: a first set of materials was entered into the system prior to , and a second set collected in The accessions collected in were primarily from the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh, representing regions in North and Central India that were largely missed in the prior collection The Indian accessions were differentially distributed among the different subclades, especially those from Rajasthan that were primarily associated with subclade 2, suggesting that the subclades, in part, reflect geographic distribution within India.
Accessions from prior collections from South or Southwest India Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Kerala clustered in subclade 3. Subclade 1 primarily contained accessions from Madhya Pradesh in central India. The great majority of the East Asian accessions were collected from China. Those from Japan and South Korea largely clustered with each other; the remaining subclades were almost exclusively composed of accessions from China Supplementary Fig. The North American accessions, also showed division into two distinct subclades.
One group was largely comprised of pickling processing cultigens and the other of slicing fresh market cultigens Supplementary Fig.
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S1 , reflecting the two predominant market classes produced in the US. Variable LD decays were detected in different groups. We then evaluated the genetic diversity within different groups. We further investigated population divergence among different groups by calculating pairwise fixation index F ST values. F ST between East Asia vs. Multidimensional scaling of pairwise F ST values between different cucumber groups.
We collected historical phenotypic data of cucumber accessions from the NPGS for 13 agronomic traits, which included three traits related to disease resistance anthracnose, downy mildew, and GSB resistance , three related to root knot nematode resistance resistance to Meloidogyne hapla race 1, M. For each trait, data were available for around — accessions that were genotyped using GBS in this study Supplementary Table S 3. The phenotypic data largely followed normal distribution without significant skewness except for resistance to M.
Significantly associated SNPs could be identified except for resistance to M. For anthracnose resistance, two regions on chromosome 7 were identified Fig. A total of 11 SNPs spanning one region from 1. Other significantly associated SNPs were identified at For downy mildew resistance, a region on chromosome 5 spanning from Eight other SNPs significantly associated with downy mildew resistance were identified, with one on chromosome 3 For GSB resistance, three regions, one on chromosome 2, one on chromosome 5 and one on chromosome 7 were identified Fig.
The region on chromosome 2 spanned from Another two SNPs, on chromosome 3 For root knot nematode resistance, no regions were identified to be significantly associated with resistance to M. Six SNPs, one on chromosome 3 Fruit yield trait in the cucumber accessions was investigated at two locations, Iowa and North Carolina. GWAS for fruit yield using data from each of the two locations as well as combined identified a total of nine significantly associated SNPs, one on chromosome 2 S4a and Supplementary Table S 5.
GWAS were performed for three traits related to fruit shelf life, weight loss, loss of firmness, and shriveling. Five SNPs, three on chromosome 4 2. S4b and Supplementary Table S 5.
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In April 2010 Westwood Curtis Construction began working on the installation of 39,000 lineal feet of HDPE smooth-wall pipe for irrigation of the National Elk Refuge. Pipe sizes ranged from 10” SDR 13.5 HDPE pipe to 42” SDR 21 HDPE pipe. Certified pipe welders employed by Westwood Curtis Construction welded the first 26,000 feet of 18”-42” pipe in a three (3) week period utilizing day and night shifts as well as cool pack technology and began installation in mid-May. Due to the extremely rocky terrain, the backfill/bedding material was screened using skeleton buckets customized for the excavation equipment. The first 12,000 feet of 42” HDPE was especially difficult; however, despite the material setbacks, the excavation and installation portion of the project was completed nearly three (3) weeks ahead of schedule. In addition to installation of mainline pipe, 68 laterals, drains, and vents were connected to the pipe using sidewall fusion techniques by Westwood Curtis’ certified pipe welders. Also, two (2) pressure reducing stations were installed as well as a connection to an irrigation headgate and a 42” steel pipe manifold.


How To Kill Flea Beetles
This time of year the big pest in the outdoor gardens are flea beetles. These pesky insects devour plants in no time at all. If you live near fields or farmland you will be more likely to have heavy infestations of flea beetles. Beetles are attracted to some crops more than others. For example, radishes, potatoes, horseradish, squash, cucumbers, peppers, legumes, and many more. Flea beetles seem less attracted to tomatoes, though they may still try. Whatever type of plant you have, these destructive bugs must be stopped quickly!
How Do I Kill Flea Beetles?
Products containing Spinosad are effective at combating flea beetles. Spinosad effectively kills most of the bugs on contact or shortly after. The spinosad is supposed to remain on the leaves afterwards, but it doesn’t seem to be effective in completely stopping them when there are tons of these pests and they will continue to eat the sprayed leaves. Possibly other bugs are eating the spinosad and dying, then new bugs continue to eat. It is hard to say when there are hundreds if not thousands of these bugs eating your garden. Reapplication as needed works to kill new waves of beetles. Some popular Spinosad based products are Captain Jack’s Deadbug Brew and Monterey Garden Insect Spray.
How to Keep Flea Beetles Away
While there isn’t a good deterrent to keep them away from all plants, many growers use what is called trap plants. Trap plants are plants that are specifically planted to draw the insects and keep them from eating your prized plants. For flea beetles the trap plant most often used are plants like radishes or horseradish. The flea beetles will attack the trap plants and will largely leave the other crops alone. You can then spray the trap crops with a pesticide to kill off the infestation.
A combination of spinosad-based insecticides and trap planting will keep flea beetles from destroying your prized crops. Preventative applications of spinosad will also help deter flea beetles and other pests as well. But as always, be vigilant in your garden and stop pests as soon as their seen in order to limit losses from pest damage.


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The wine has an intense ruby red color, with aromas of red fruit, such as cherries and strawberries. They stand out in the mouth fruity flavors, with sweet tannins, good balance and a pleasant aftertaste.
Organically grown grapes cultivated with the utmost respect of the environment without the use of herbicides, chemical fertilizers and other chemical products, certified ICEA
Grapes : Aglianico 100% Category: Organic - Bio Grifalco is produced with grapes sourced from four different vineyards with an average vine age of 30 years. Extended maceration and aging...
Grapes: 70 % syrah, 30 % black grenache. Category: Organic - Bio A nose of ripe red fruits, sweet persistent matters, perfumes in mouth, silky with velvet tannins.
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What are Community and Demonstration Gardens? ~
A community garden is a single piece of land worked, maintained, and harvested by a group of people. The Suffolk Master Gardeners Association currently participates in a pollinator garden at Westminster Reformed Presbyterian Church. Most of the produce grown in these gardens is sold or distributed to benefit families in the community.
A demonstration garden is one that is set-up for the purposes of teaching through working example. There are currently 3 demonstration gardens that are maintained by SMGA, including the one at Sleepy Hole Park.
We are very proud of our gardens and hope that you will stop by for a visit soon! In the drop down menu click on the garden’s name to find out more about it.


Doubtless you are, to some extent, aware of the Save the Bees campaign. In my vague, well meaning way, I knew that bees are important, they were being harmed and there was something to be done about it. I signed a petition. Thanks to the good people at the EJF (Environmental Justice Foundation), I am now somewhat more informed.
The situation is approximately this; by UN estimates that bees pollinate 71% of the most common crops grown for 90% of food across 146 countries. Due to the use of toxic pesticides and environmental factors, there has been a drastic decrease in bee population. You can see the problem, if the bees go, it won't just be honey that disappears from the supermarket shelves.
The solution is something like this; a two year ban on harmful pesticides, neonicotinoids, is now in place, thanks to campaigning, which is a jolly good start. The EJF is now investing in woodland, which will provide much-needed habitat for bees and other insect pollinators. Great.
Along with pioneering eco-brand Rapanui, the EJF have produced a t-shirt to raise awareness and money to support the campaign. These t-shirts are produced in a wind-powered Fair Wear Foundation member factory, from 100% organic cotton and printed with phthalate-free inks. And this is British actor Jason Flemyng (you'll have seen him in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) showing his support for the bees.
If you want to find out more about the Save the Bees campaign and the extensive work the EJF does, or get your hands on one of the t-shirts, check out their website or visit their pop-up shop this summer at 20 Fouberts Place, Soho, W1F 7PL.


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Agricola is a small diversified Italian farm in Panton, VT run by Alessandra (Ale) and Stefano (Steu). They specialize in raising and preparing gourmet meats and are particularly known for their pork. They raise Icelandic sheep, ducks and heritage chickens, for both eggs and meat, they produce salame using traditional Italian curing techniques, and they grow Italian varieties of vegetables and herbs. Their animals are lovingly raised on verdant pasture and they strive to farm in connection with our local ecosystem.
About Agricola Farm
A beautiful relationship between land and animals.
Agricola Farm is a combination of animals (pigs, chickens, sheep, ducks, bees and farmers) and land (mostly pasture, some woods, and a vegetable garden). Operating under the belief that animals and land cannot be managed separately, they rely on a silvopastural system. This allows the use of our woods for heating the farm in the winter and, when the season turns, they provide animal shelter and pastures for feed. Intensive rotational grazing requires frequent moves of animals from a paddock to the next to minimize damage to the soil system, but provide fresh new grass the animals.
Because of this approach, the animals live naturally and our land is enriched by their byproducts, favoring the growth of vegetation that keeps our land healthy. The quality of meat benefits from this relationship, too. Our rotations favors the consumption of grass and legumes at their sweetest point, and the constant movement of muscles allows for healthier animals and more flavorful and healthy meat.
Meet the Farmers.
Alessandra, originally of Lake Como, is the founder of Agricola Farm. Over 10 years ago, she set out on a mission to achieve a lifestyle that balanced self-sufficiency, closeness to nature, and endless italian salumi – salami, prosciutti, coppe, salsiccie. In Italy she honed her knowledge on pigs, with thanks to some very old style butchers (norcini) and to the University of Parma. Her respect for animal welfare and her motivation for wholesome food brought her to raise a couple of hogs per year; after 10 years she has a farm with 100 + pigs and less control of her life/mind.
Stefano joined Ale in 2015 after finishing his studies in Agricultural science and earning the title of Agronomist. He came to the US from Torino to learn about farming in the United States, only to find himself involved in an Italian Farm in the middle of Vermont. His professional training drives the farm toward the goal of sustainable farming, focused improving soil health and animal welfare. These values, and his Italian stubbornness and bluntness, make for the perfect collaboration and lively exchanges between the two farmers.
Agricola Farm Stand
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TODAY at 6:47 P.M., I completed a 240-page draft manuscript for a book about apples, which I began in earnest one week shy of a year ago. The book is due to be out by late summer. It looks at horticulture, history, culinary uses, food safety, pests and disease, and the race to develop the next Super Apple.
In addition to the text, the book features beautiful orchard photographs by Bar Weeks and me, and a photographic index of more than 120 apple varieties grown in the United States.
It is hard to describe what I am feeling. Giddy, dazed, and exhausted come to mind. There is plenty of work to be done in order to publish this, but completing the manuscript is a major milestone, without which the remaining steps are moot!


A lawn makes its full impression when it is deemed sensually pleasing. With turf-laying Randwick, you can create a stunning visual effect. Experts believe that measured implementation of turf laying would ensure an aesthetic pleasure that does not fade with time. Before laying the turf, you should make intensive efforts with the soil preparation so that it oozes the results you are looking for. Would you like to have some recommendations in this endeavour? Here are some considerations that you can check.
What’s the best time to install turf
Mid-autumn is definitely the best time when you should proceed with the task of turf laying. You should start the process by properly raking the surface area. Many experts in the field would indicate the full use of the advantageous situations of the fall season. However, there is another school of thought regarding this. People in this business would advocate the time span between December and February. The weather is favourable. At the same time, you will figure out that turf laying contractors are not that occupied in this part of the year.
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To get the turf work in the right fashion, you will need to tag along with immersive and budget-friendly turf laying practices. With turf laying Randwick, you can rest assured on the ground of cost-effective measures. Be it original turf or artificial turf, you can manage to proceed within a budget provided you can have the leverage of adroit specialists.
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Be it a small area or a big area, you should get a perfect combination of functionalities as well as aesthetics. Even if you are an amateur, you should have no problem in looking after the turf installation as well as maintenance parts.
- Good for commercial and residential properties: The lush green tract which you will be able to create with turf laying Randwick should persist its green opulence all throughout the year. You do not need to put in a lot of efforts and you can proceed with nominal costs for the turf installation and maintenance efforts.
- Less time required: If you’re worried about the maintenance part, you should know for a fact that a piece of land with turf will call for minimum maintenance efforts. Thus, you will be required to exert nominal energy and time in the process.
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When you leverage turf-laying experts in the process, you can rest assured of the cost-effective measures and value-added services with which the experts will proceed. These are highly preferred initiatives and can add a picturesque view to the landscape.
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DIRECTIONS: LAWN INSECTS: To kill chinch bugs, ants and earwigs in lawns and turf. Spray insects to wet when they first appear. Thorough coverage is essential for effective control. One litre of spray solution will provide coverage for 7-21 square metres, depending on the severity of the pest problem. In areas with high pest populations, apply one litre of spray solution evenly over 7 square metres. In areas with lower pest populations, coverage of one litre of spray solution may be extended up to 21 square metres. Repeat application 10-14 days later if necessary.
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SAFER'S TROUNCE AND OTHER SAFER'S PRODUCTS ARE THE SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO HOME AND GARDEN CARE. TOUNCE CONTAINS "PYRETHRINS" A DERIVATIVE OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANT. A FEW, EASY APPLICATIONS IN THE WARMER MONTHS REDUCES BUGS AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOME. IT CAN ALSO BE USED SAFELY INSIDE THE HOME.


Our produce at Southern Flora Farms is grown using natural and regenerative methods. We do not use any chemical pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, or fertilizers. We feed our crops by providing an abundance of organic matter such as compost, straw, and worm castings. We amend our soil occasionally by adding minerals such as limestone, bone meal, blood meal, and chicken manure. All produce is harvested by hand within 24 hours of being sold, making sure you have the freshest and highest quality produce available!
- Spring greens (lettuce, kale, romaine, arugula, dandelion), swiss chard, beets, radishes, carrots, collards,
- Summer: lettuce, squashes (butternut, summer, crookneck, zucchini), tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers
- Fall: spring crops, celery, squashes (pumpkin, butternut), peppers, cabbage
- Winter: greens (lettuce, kale, romaine, arugula, dandelion, spinach), cabbage, carrots, beets, collards, radishes, swiss chard


The practice of cultivating cannabis is far from new. The cannabis plant is believed to have first evolved roughly 28 million years ago based on the results of a pollen research project, the results of which were originally published in May 2019.
More than 4,000 years ago farmers in China started to master the art of cannabis cultivation for the purposes of making rope, clothing, and paper.
Eventually cannabis cultivation moved into greenhouses and indoor spaces, with the levels of sophistication of such gardens varying widely. A big reason for the rise of greenhouse and indoor gardens in the 20th century was survival.
After all, cannabis became prohibited during the 1900s across the globe, with reform victories not occurring until the latter half of the century. As such, hiding cannabis from law enforcement was paramount.
Due to the secretive nature of unregulated cannabis cultivation operations, valuable information was typically not shared between cultivators, and that was the status quo for many years.
Thankfully, that is no longer the case in an increasing number of jurisdictions where personal and/or commercial cultivation is permitted. Legal cultivators are now allowed to share their tips and tricks as they see fit, without the fear of prosecution.
It is truly a golden age for advances in cannabis production, and that is not limited to indoor cultivation operations. Cannabis gardens cultivated entirely under the sun are benefitting from research pertaining to regenerative cultivation methods.
Many greenhouse-based operations are generating more harvests than ever before thanks to advances in light deprivation strategies. Legal indoor gardens are becoming more advanced than ever before thanks to such things as vertical farming and the incorporation of increasingly-energy efficient technologies.
So much is going on in the cultivation sector of the emerging international cannabis industry that it can be hard to keep up with it all.
That is compounded by the amount of misinformation being spread around the internet when it comes to proper cultivation techniques and advancing technologies. Separating fact from hype is becoming increasingly difficult.
The best way to learn more about the cutting-edge of cannabis production technology is to hear directly from true experts that are helping lead the revolution, which is exactly what is set to occur at the upcoming International Cannabis Business Conference in Barcelona on March 9.
The conference will serve as Spain’s largest cannabis B2B event and will feature a panel dedicated to emerging cultivation technologies.
The panel will be moderated by Timo Bongartz, General Manager of Fluence. Mr. Bongartz will be joined by Neal Lund, Global Technical Advisor at RIOCOCO, and Jeremy Youness, Commercial Sales & Horticulture Support at Fohse.
If you are serious about cannabis cultivation and want to learn from true international cannabis production technology experts, make sure to be in Barcelona in March.