agrifood industry News
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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 $3.3 ...
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See us at the exhibition in Kaunas, Lithuania
JSC "Radviliskis machine factory” participates in exhibition “AgroBalt 2012” in Kaunas. In this exhibition the main attention is focused on agriculture and food industry. We are pleased to invite you to visit our stand. Number of the stand is 102. Meet us here in ...
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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 ...
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First Global Vertical Farming Award Winner Announced
Illumitex and The Association for Vertical Farming are pleased to announce the winner of the first global vertical farming award, team Inter-Farm-Market from Kualalumpur, Malaysia. The Innovation Award, sponsored by Illumitex, was announced on Monday, May 30, 2016. The winning team will receive $5,000 and team leader Zhao Wei Kim will attend the AVF Summit and GreenTech Conference, held in ...
By Illumitex
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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, 5th International Symposium, to take place in ...
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Certification Europe awards McAree Engineering Ltd. with ISO 9001 certification
Certification Europe was delighted to award McAree Engineering Ltd. with ISO certification in Quality Management (ISO 9001), at a presentation in the company’s sheet-metal manufacturing plant in Co. Monaghan, today. The globally recognised ISO 9001standard aided the company in identifying internal and external process changes which strengthened the manufacturing plants Quality ...
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Towards a new European agricultural and agri-food product promotion policy
The European Commission today presented a draft reform of the information and promotion policy for European agricultural and food products. This new promotion policy, which benefits from a more substantial budget and will in the future be supported by a European executive agency, is intended to act as key for opening up new markets. With the slogan 'Enjoy, it´s from Europe', the policy aims ...
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New Agri-Food Chain Coalition calls for stronger EU policy focus on innovation, jobs, sustainability
A broad coalition of associations representing Europe’s agriculture and food sectorsi is calling for the EU to boost innovation and jobs with “ambitious policies that unlock the great potential of the European agri-food chain and maintain its place as a world leader.” The group of 11 leading EU-level associations will present their joint declaration, entitled: Food for ...
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North Africa and the Middle East through to the year 2050: towards a greater dependence on agricultural imports
The North Africa and Middle East region (NAME) currently suffers from one of the highest food dependence levels in the world. On 28 October 2015, INRA presented the results of a study, commissioned by Pluriagri*, which was able to simulate the potential trajectories of the region's agri-food system between now and 2050. Based on a retrospective analysis (1961-2012), the experts (agronomists, ...
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Leading EU industry associations call for policy support for innovation in the agri-food sector
The Agri-Food Chain Coalition (AFCC)[1], representing 11 leading industry associations across the agri-food chain, today presented its joint declaration entitled: “Food for Thought: a vision for unlocking the potential of agriculture and food industries in the EU[2]” to the Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan. The event took place on the first day of the Food & Drink Week[3] at ...
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Global food distributor enhances business performance with SAP
By all measures, Olam International, one of the world’s largest suppliers and distributors of agricultural products and food ingredients, has been growing exponentially across geographies, markets and product lines. But with this growth has come the challenge of maintaining unified, accurate visibility into financial information, which is critical to keeping expansion on track and complying with ...
By SAP SE
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Syngenta launches The Good Growth Plan
Six commitments to address critical challenges for the planet and its people Comprehensive and ambitious with measurable targets for 2020 Focus on resource efficiency, the environment and rural communities Syngenta today announced six commitments to address the global food security challenge. The Good Growth Plan has specific, ambitious and measurable targets which focus on boosting ...
By Syngenta
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Today is National Agriculture Day
Today, March 14, 2019, The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) hosts the 46th anniversary of National Agriculture Day. This year’s theme is “Agriculture: Food for Life.” Cornell Pump’s first pumps were irrigation pumps used in Oregon’s fertile Willamette Valley, and agricultural pumping, including dewatering, irrigation, and manure handling remain strong markets ...
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Phyton Biotech Continues to Expand its Team of Scientists
Delta, Canada, May 4, 2022 — Phyton Biotech, Ltd., a global leader in specialty fermentation solutions for naturally derived compounds and the largest global supplier of Paclitaxel and Docetaxel via Plant Cell Fermentation® (PCF), is delighted to announce that Dr. Marisol Ochoa-Villarreal has joined its team as a Scientist in the Company’s Research and Development Department. ...
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Indian Ocean islands link up via agriculture web portal
As part of a new project to improve biodiversity and agriculture science reporting within the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), a group of 11 press officers were trained last month (24–25 May) in Mauritius. The press officers come from the agriculture ministries of the IOC islands — Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion and the Seychelles — as well as Zanzibar. The ...
By SciDev.Net
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Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 17th February 2014
The Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting of February 2014 will take place in Brussels on 17th February 2014. The Commission will be represented by Commissioner for Health Commissioner Tonio Borg and Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Cioloş. There are no Fisheries points at the agenda of the Council. A press conference will be held at the end of the meeting, ...
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Study Highlights the Economic Impact of the Canadian Dairy Sector
Today, Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) released the most recent update of a regular study highlighting the important economic impact of the dairy sector in Canada. The study, conducted by EcoRessources and entitled: “Update on the Economic Impacts of the Dairy Industry in 2015”, is the fourth update tracking the economic impact of the sector, which since 2009, has been conducted every ...
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New mobile robot to support agri-tech experiments in the field
Scientists at the University of Lincoln, UK, have taken delivery of an advanced new mobile robot to support agri-tech experiments at the University’s agricultural field station. The Thorvald agricultural robot, developed with scientists from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, is the latest piece of technology added to the facilities of the Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology ...
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Young Farmers Remain Concerned About Land Availability
Securing adequate land to grow crops and raise livestock was the top challenge identified again this year in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual outlook survey of participants in the Young Farmers & Ranchers program. That challenge was identified by 22 percent of respondents, followed by economic challenges, particularly profitability, which was identified by 15 percent of the ...
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SAP and PlaNet finance hit critical milestones for social sustainability in Ghana Shea value chain initiative
Using education, microfinance and information technology, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and PlaNet Finance joined forces last a recent Stanford University case study that monitored program performance to date found that many of the program targets set for this year have been met. Additionally, the shea nut program has been bolstered by the participation of Olam International, a global supply chain leader of ...
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