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Fieldin Nominated for AgFunder AgriFood Tech Innovation Award

We’re excited to be nominated for the third annual AgFunder AgriFood Tech Innovation Awards, which recognize the “innovators and entrepreneurs driving the agrifood tech sector forward.” Fieldin was recognized in the Farm Tech category for its smart spray and harvest management technology. Vote for Fieldin and your other favorite AgriFood Techs here. ...

Feb. 13, 2019

By Fieldin

Innovative New Agriculture Projects Receive Support

B.C.'s agrifoods industry is receiving more than $1.4 million for 17 new projects that support innovation throughout the province. Through the Growing Forward 2 agreement, the governments of Canada and British Columbia have committed a total of $13.4 million to industry between 2013 and 2018 through the Canada-B.C. Agri-Innovation Program. In 2013-14, 36 projects have shared more than $3.3 ...

Aug. 25, 2014

By Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Huge opportunities for agricultural growth in West Africa

West Africa has unprecedented opportunities for agricultural growth, but making the most of them will require more effective regional integration, says a new report by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). To be competitive with large global actors, West African ...

Jul. 2, 2015

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Fieldin Wins AgFunder Innovation Award for Farm Tech

Fieldin on Wednesday night won a 2019 AgFunder Innovation Award in the Farm Tech category for its smart harvesting and spraying technology. CEO and Co-Founder Boaz Bachar accepted the AgFunder Innovation Award on behalf of the team at the closing ceremonies of the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco. “We’re really appreciative of the recognition,” Bachar said. ...

Mar. 20, 2019

By Fieldin

Italian Exhibition Group: A five-year agreement inked with Montichiari´S Garda exhibition centre

Five more years of Golositalia in Montichiari. Garda Exhibition Centre SpA and Italian Exhibition Group SpA have signed a five-year agreement that keeps the international exhibition that IEG dedicates to Northwest Italian food service professionals at the Brescia expo centre. The agreement was signed by the president of Garda Exhibition Centre SpA, Germano Giancarli, and Ugo Ravanelli, CEO of ...

Apr. 18, 2019

By Italian Exhibition Group S.p.A.

Farmers Going For Growth – Liquid Fertiliser Tanks and Rainwater Harvesting Tanks

If you follow Faming Life, you might have read about ‘Going For Growth’, a strategy that will challenge all sectors of the agrifood chain. The strategy recognises a growing global demand for food and the natural advantages of Northern Ireland in terms of climate, skills and the structure to produce it efficiently. The strategy aims to ensure that growth can be delivered without ...

Apr. 17, 2014

By ENDURAMAXX Storage Tanks

Agrosciences on line : launch of the Agreenium-IAVFF Online University

With learning strategies including ever more digital content, the first course from the Agreenium-Institut Agronomique Vétérinaire et Forestier de France (IAVFF, France's Agricultural, Veterinary and Forestry Institute) Online University is now open for subscriptions. Officially launched by three Ministers on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, at the Paris International Agricultural Show ...

Mar. 9, 2015

By INRA - French National Institute of Agronomical Research

INRA and Tereos sign a partnership agreement

INRA and Tereos signed a partnership agreement on Saturday February 21, 2015 during the Paris International Agricultural Show. The agreement, signed by François Houllier, INRA President and CEO, and Alexis Duval, CEO of the Tereos Group aims to facilitate the exchange of strategic information and increase research and development collaboration on key agricultural, industrial, environmental ...

Feb. 23, 2015

By INRA - French National Institute of Agronomical Research

Announcing IFA’s New Scientific Panel on Responsible Plant Nutrition

A new scientific panel will provide crucial data and research to facilitate continued progress towards sustainable plant nutrition required for feeding the world’s growing population in the face of climate change and other challenges to agricultural systems. Following an inaugural organizational meeting among seven scientists held in Versailles, France on November 17, the International ...

Nov. 21, 2019

By International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA)

New test could guarantee the perfect avocado

Lasers and vibrations reliably assess individual fruits’ ripeness Test could reduce waste by 10% and help meet consumer demands for ‘ready-to-eat’ avocados A technique for measuring the ripeness of avocados could reduce waste by up to 10% and help fulfil consumer demand for ready-to-eat fruit. Developed and tested by Cranfield University, the technology uses a laser and small ...

May 5, 2020

By Cranfield University

Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture

The Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA) is presenting itself to the outside world as ‘the world's award-winning sustainable agriculture event’. With 40 ministerial delegations and numerous top figures from the agrifood world, this trade fair and conference is guaranteed to feature many innovations in a wide range of fields. As an innovation partner, Wageningen UR is ...

Feb. 18, 2015

By Wageningen University and Research Centre

In Italy-funded programme, organized small farmers become entrepreneurs

At a side event on the first day of World Food Week, FAO today showcased the success of Italy-funded projects in East Africa, West Africa, Central America and the Caribbean that are transforming smallholder and family farms into small businesses. The Food Security through Commercialization of Agriculture programme has been ongoing in 34 countries since 2006, under the technical guidance of ...

Oct. 14, 2013

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Towards COP21: scientists promote Climate-Smart Agriculture to tackle climate change

Climate-Smart Agriculture offers the opportunity to design best options to tackle food security as well as to reach a resilient agriculture that also contributes to mitigating climate change. This is a common conviction shared by the scientific community that convened at the 3rd Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture, held in Montpellier, France on 16-18 March 2015. Scientists ...

Mar. 18, 2015

By INRA - French National Institute of Agronomical Research

Save the Date: Rethink Ag & Food Innovation Week

Hosted in the heart of the world’s biggest tech cluster in California, the Rethink Ag & Food Innovation Week brings together the well-established World Agri-Tech Investment Summit & Future Food-Tech Summit, exploring partnering and alliancing opportunities in Ag-Tech and Food-Tech alike. A full program of events, including an Innovation in Action site-tour, Country Briefings from ...

Nov. 22, 2016

By Rethink Events Ltd.

Baltic Sea fisheries need regulating, say Finnish researchers

The impact of eutrophication on fish populations was one of the themes of the two-day Baltic Sea Argumenta (Itämeri Argumenta) seminar in Kotka recently. In fishing experiments at the Finnish coast, the carp family has recently taken over as the most abundant species group. The preconditions for the Baltic herring have deteriorated because of eutrophication and lower salinity. In the Gulf of ...

Apr. 1, 2008

By Finnish Ministry of the Environment

Session "Advances in agri-food Safety"

iMiCROQ organizes the Session “Advances in agri-food safety”, that will take place on 15/November/2017 in Castelldefels (Barcelona). This Session is focused to provide tools and methodologies to achieve safer food production, easily applicable and that generate a high added value to your Company. More information about the ...

Oct. 17, 2017

By IMICROQ, S.L.

Agri-food chains improved with blockchain technology

Blockchain technology (BCT) is a collection of existing technologies, such as cryptography and database and network management, for the distribution of data. The idea is that you move from a centralised database network to a transparent decentralised network without needing an intermediary. Lan Gé, Senior Scientist in Innovation, Risk and Information Management at Wageningen Economic ...

Nov. 2, 2017

By Wageningen University and Research Centre

Is this the perfect prawn?

CSIRO scientists and the prawn industry have bred an improved Black Tiger prawn which is producing record yields in aquaculture farms and winning awards. So good are these prawns that they have won five gold medals at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in the past two years, including ‘Champion of Show’, the highest award possible. The scientists from CSIRO"s Food Futures Flagship have ...

Jun. 28, 2010

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

All Access Pass to the Rethink Food & Agriculture Week, London

This November, London will host the world’s leading investors, innovators and business leaders from across the food supply chain during Rethink’s new Food & Agriculture Week. Bringing together the renowned World Agri-Tech Investment Summit and the Future Food-Tech Summit, the week’s events will explore the latest frontiers in technology to meet global demand for safe, ...

Aug. 5, 2016

By Rethink Events Ltd.

New Program and Services Tool Available for British Columbia Agri-Food Sector

British Columbia farmers can now discover and stay up-to-date on programs and services offered by the federal and provincial governments, including Growing Forward 2 programs, by visiting www.agpal.ca. AgPal offers British Columbia farmers, producers, and food processors information and links to application details for accessing about 70 federal and provincial government programs that, among ...

Jul. 28, 2014

By Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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