Crops
Will Climate Change Cause your Favourite Foods to Go Extinct?
Global warming is already causing weather patterns to shift across the planet. As they change, so too will the ability for farmers to cultivate their crops and grow food in the quantities many of us are used to today.
This means in the coming years, much of the produce we are used to seeing in shops today might start to disappear.
Grain Harvest in Bulgaria is at a Five-Year High, and Prices are Rising
Wheat is 32% more expensive, and for sunflowers the annual increase is 35%. Maize prices the most - by 42%
The wheat harvest in Bulgaria is increasing by over 50% this year compared to 2020, crossing the limit of 7.1 million tons of production. This is the best level for the last five years.
Turkey cuts grains' import customs duty to zero until year-end
Turkey has reduced to zero the import customs duty for wheat, rye, barley, oats and maize, chickpeas and lentils until year-end, the country's Official Gazette said on Sept. 8.
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It said import duties were also reduced for coffee, with the duty for coffee from European Union countries lowered to 6 percent to 11 percent.
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Scientist Developed Technology that turns Coffee Grounds into Alcohol
The taste of the drink resembles that of beer
Scientists from the National University of Singapore have developed a system for converting coffee grounds into alcohol, according to the school's website.
According to experts, the alcoholic beverages obtained in this way are saturated with biologically active substances and amino acids.
Villagers transport hay bales by zipline
In a bid to make their job easy, villagers in the southeastern province of Hakkari's Yüksekova district have come up with an innovative method of using a 3,000-meter-long zipline to transport hay bales collected from mountains to their villages during the summer months.
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Embassy of Pakistan in Sofia Presented Pakistani Mangoes to the Bulgarian Public
The Embassy of Pakistan in Sofia organized two main events for promoting Pakistani mangoes on 8th and 9th August 2021.
Water scarcity threatens agricultural production in Turkey’s breadbasket
Lack of rainfall and excessive use of underground water in the past year has triggered drought alert for the Konya Plain, which is at the heart of the country's agriculture capital, raising concerns over the production of future crops.
Japanese researchers turn male fish into females
They used a compound found in soybeans
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Fruit growers pleading for aid as crop decimated by frost
Ljubljana – The cold snap that hit Slovenia this week caused damage to all types of fruit orchards nation-wide, as well causing injury to vineyards, olive groves and legumes, initial estimates by the Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry (KGZS) show. In some areas all fruit crop is gone.
Abundant harvest for most of crops in 2020
Ljubljana – Harvest of principal crops in Slovenia was abundant last year, with farmers reporting increases of 17% in cereals for grain, 35% in potatoes and 19% in dry fodder compared to 2019, provisional data from the Statistics Office (SURS) show. The harvest of fruits in orchards and grapes in vineyards was also excellent.
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