In this special series, guest writer Dr Libby Weaver offers the lowdown on fresh produce. The debate around organic food is ...

The government assured that regular sampling, inspections, and strict legal actions will continue to prevent the distribution ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD), has called for the adoption of responsible and sustainable use of agricultural inputs to mitigate ...

The proposal has gathered the support of a broad coalition of farmers and academics, who say drones could make their jobs ...

Europol’s SOCTA report identifies key areas of concern for criminal IP infringement and outlines how new technologies might ...

A new report found traces of toxic heavy metals and herbicide in Girl Scout cookies. Do you need to avoid them?

A study compiled data from more than 76,000 butterfly surveys across the continental U.S. The declines seen in the last 20 ...

A Ph.D. student has helped develop a "Trojan horse" method of delivering pesticides to plants, and the technology could ...

Overuse of chemical pesticides has driven resistance in agricultural pests, including the adaptable two-spotted spider mite. Researchers have discovered novel elicitor proteins, Tet3 and Tet4, in mite ...

The Federal Court has ordered the review of another Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) decision, spotlighting how the regulatory agency ...

Researchers have demonstrated a technique for successfully encapsulating bacteria that can then be stored and applied to plants to improve plant growth and protect against pests and pathogens. The ...