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Nepal imports 80, 000 metric tons of fertilizers from India

Key words of the passage: fertilizer; import; Nepal; India; factory The government of Nepal is preparing to bring 80,000 metric tons of fertilizer from India. The government, which has extended a G2G agreement with India, mentions that it has begun the process of importing 80,000 metric tons of fertilizer into the country by mid-July. Prakash Kumar Sanjel, a spokesperson fo...

06-10

Brazil's fertilizer imports thus far in 2022 increase 16.5%

Key words of the passage: Brazil; import; fertilizer; increase;Earlier this year, there were concerns if Brazil would be able to import enough fertilizers for their 2022/23 crops since Brazil imports 85% of its needed fertilizers and Russia and Belarus are two of Brazil's primary sources of fertilizers. During the first five months of 2022, Brazil has imported 16.5% more...

06-09

India has enough fertilizers amid rising global prices

Key words of the passage: fertilizer; price; stock; marketTop government sources have told ThePrint that india has amassed enough stock of urea and diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilisers, which can last a whole year. These developments have come at a time when global urea prices have started rising again after remaining calm earlier this year. India has made a provision of a...

06-08

Final summer crop acreage in India at 76.41 lakh hectares

Key words of the passage: crop; acreage; agriculture; farmerThe latest statistics released by the Indian Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare last week reported 76.41 lakh hectares under summer crop in India. The report accessed by Krishak Jagat clarifies these acreages to be the final acreages under summer crop 2022 in India. Acreages when compared to last year’...

06-07

US fertilizer prices down 30% after drop in demand

Key words of the passage: fertilizer; drop; needs; priceFertilizer prices, which had hit records, are tumbling as buyers recover from the shock, but that doesn't mean the market contraction is over. The June spot price in Tampa, Florida, for ammonia nitrogenous fertilizer settled at $1.000 per metric ton, down 30% from $1.425 in May, according to Green Markets, a Bloomberg company. ...

06-06

Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

Key words of the passage: hybrid rice; farmer; harvest; industry"Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Joynal Abedin, a farmer in Nilphamari district, some 360 km northwest of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, has been living under ...

06-02

Protein partnership creating new source of fertilizer

Key words of the passage: plant; fertilizer; protein; agricultureA partnership between Protein Industries Canada and a group of companies will be building a new plant in Saskatchewan to produce fertilizer from pea protein. The plant is planned to produce 6,500 tons of fertilizer a year and will be creating 25 jobs, with the factory situated near Rosetown. The plant is set to...

06-01

How digital tools can help Ukraine’s farmers cope

Key words of the passage: digital; farm; agriculture; techniqueFor years, Yevhen Korniienko has used digital technologies to manage the 195,000 hectares (482,000 acres) of farmland he oversees in the western part of Ukraine. Now, he said, these tools are more critical than ever. “The logistics have deteriorated significantly since the war began,” said Korniienko, Head of Agronomic F...

05-31

Mechanized wheat harvesting in full swing across China, aims to stabilize prices

An agricultural machinery operator drives a harvester at a farm in Bozhou, East China's Anhui Province on May 27, 2022. As Grain in Ear, a traditional Chinese calendar day signaling a proper time for farming, approaches, local farmers have ratcheted up efforts to either plant or harvest summer grain. Photo: VCG Key words of the passage: wheat; harvest; mechanized; ag...

05-30

India’s sugar export restriction produces no impact on China’s domestic supply: experts

Aerial photo shows farmers working in the sugar cane fields in Dahua Township of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 8, 2022.Photo:Xinhua Key words of the passage: suger; grain; export; ban; foodIndia's recent decision on sugar export restriction will have no substantive impact to the Chinese market as the country is ramping up the p...

05-27

Food-insecure population in Sudan to hit 18 million

An Ethiopian refugee walks past a world food programme tent, at the Um-Rakoba camp, on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in the Al-Qadarif state, Sudan on Nov 23, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] Key words of the passage: food security; agriculture; population; policyThe number of acutely food insecure people across Sudan is expected to increase from 9.8 million last year to 18 million by Sep...

05-26

China launches large-scale ‘seawater rice’ transplanting to boost output

Workers harvest seawater rice developed by the late scientist Yuan Longping and his team at a planting base in Jinghai District, north China's Tianjin municipality, Nov. 15, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Tong Yu) Key words of the passage: seawater rice; output; agriculture; food securityMany places across China have launched a new round of saline-alkali tolerant rice -...

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