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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 ...

Aug. 24, 2014

By Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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. 13, 2013

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

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. 17, 2019

By Italian Exhibition Group S.p.A.

SPS 2014 – Sustainable Phosphorus Summit

SPS 2014, the fourth world summit on phosphorus and its global issues, is to be held from 1 to 3 September 2014 in Montpellier (France). Its aim is to address the issue of phosphorus, from a regional to a global scale, along with its many interactions with our societies. SPS 2014 will be held just after PSP5 - Phosphorus in Soil and Plants, ...

Jun. 12, 2014

By CIRAD (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement)

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. 27, 2010

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

World’s future food security “in jeopardy” due to multiple challenges, report warns

Mankind's future ability to feed itself is in jeopardy due to intensifying pressures on natural resources, mounting inequality, and the fallout from a changing climate, warns a new FAO report out today. Though very real and significant progress in reducing global hunger has been achieved over the past 30 years, "expanding food production and economic growth have often come at a heavy ...

Feb. 21, 2017