The promise of dsRNA-based biopesticides in crop protection is undeniable, offering targeted pest control with minimal environmental impact and without the need for genetic modification. However, the path from research to market remains hindered by fragmented regulatory frameworks across the globe...
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Charles Sturt University
2025.03.27
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Business World
2025.03.18
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A COMPANY that recently constructed a biofertilizer plant in Laguna said it considers sales of its product to be feasible elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
Agri Specialist, Inc., which recently launched a 7,200 metric-ton capacity biofertilizer facility, said neighboring countries can also benefit...
INQUIRER.net
2025.03.16
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Speaker Martin Romualdez on Sunday expressed high hopes of improved earnings for Filipino farmers following the opening in Laguna of a plant for locally developed biological fertilizer, describing it a “game changer” in the country’s aim for food security.
The Leyte congressman said the...
CSIRO
2025.03.14
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It’s always a bit of a lucky dip when you go to a library – especially if the library is a collection of fungi and bacteria!
Reaching into a freezer to pull out a sample of freeze-dried fungal spores stored at minus 80 degrees was the start of a search for an Australian fungi that could kill...
Forbes
2025.03.04
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Rice, the world’s most consumed staple, provides 20% of global daily calories, and feeds billions. Yet, its production is under increasing pressure from pests and diseases, with Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB) ranking among the most devastating. Farmers have few solutions that are truly effective,...
CropLife
2025.03.01
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Despite the constraints of the current farm economy and tighter budgets across the agriculture industry, the global market for biopesticides continues to expand with a growth forecast of $8.94 billion from 2024 through 2029, according to market research firm Technavio.
Improved and verifiable...
CropLife
2025.03.01
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For biofertilizer, 2024 represented more of the same in terms of market growth – slow and steady. And according to Dr. Trey Cutts, Vice President of Commercial Ag Science at Tidal Grow AgriScience, this trend should continue throughout the 2025 growing season as well for the segment.
“In 2025,...
Philippine Information Agency
2025.02.25
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) Cagayan Valley is offering the use of its drone in drawing maps and in applying fertilizers in farms across the region.
DA Regional Executive Director Rose Mary Aquino said their drone services for biofertilizer utilization under the Masagana Rice...