AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoPlant-health tech: ITC’s “Crop Doctor” AI tool is helping farmers diagnose pests and diseases across 70 crops, with guidance in local languages and audio—used about 300,000 times so far. Biosecurity enforcement: New Zealand’s Aroma Aquaculture was fined $24k after moving 259 tonnes of mussels out of a parasite-controlled zone without the right permits, raising export-risk concerns. Flood protection for farmland: Ruawai’s new $5.3m floodgate is designed to stop seawater intrusion and protect productive land and a key highway, with fish passage built in. Input-cost pressure: Sri Lankan farmers are bracing for fertilizer price spikes and shortages as global energy turmoil feeds into farm costs. Trade and money moves: India raised gold and silver import duties to 15% to protect foreign exchange, while the World Bank’s GAFSP launched a $163m grants call aimed at smallholders in the poorest, most fragile countries. Policy watch: Canada’s agriculture committee is urging a halt to planned closures of research centres and experimental farms.
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