The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the global agribusiness player Cargill have launched a three-year pilot in Songyuan, in China’s Jilin province, designed to improve farmer’s livelihoods and risk management skills.
The German Wine Institute says the near-unprecedented deluge of water – a month’s rainfall in 24 hours – has impacted several important areas of wine production.
Regulations on the use of metal carbide in ceramic coatings of food processing equipment have been relaxed in the United States. The country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Threshold of Regulation (TOR) exemption for metal carbides and metal carbide alloys after analysis concluded their use would not endanger consumers. In a statement,…
Flooding brought on by climate change has the potential to have an increasing impact on agricultural yields in sub-Saharan Africa, a leading investor has said.
Interest among consumers in buying and eating military rations, or MREs, has reportedly remained high since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic caused a spike in demand early last year.
Organic fresh produce sales in the United States increased 4% year-on-year and neared €2 billion in the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market report. The Q2 2021 Organic Produce Performance Report, released by Organic Produce Network and Category Partners, highlighted that in the second quarter of last year, the Covid pandemic shut…
Captain Fresh, an online seafood marketplace, has raised a further $12 million (€10.2 million) in its latest funding round, with angel investors among those putting money into the Indian-based company.
Kantar has reported that in-home consumption in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia decreased in the first quarter of 2021 compared to 2020, largely due to a drop in purchase frequency seen across the lower classes.
Paris-based Gourmey, a French pioneer in cultivated meat, has raised $10 million in new financing, said to be the largest seed round for a cultivated poultry start-up to date.
