Best Agrolife introduces patented rice herbicide
Best Agrolife Ltd (BAL), a manufacturer of speciality and patented agrochemicals in India, has announced registration of two innovative formulations. The group has been...
Nestle bid to identify climate-resilient coffee plants
With climate change threatening coffee cultivation, Nestlé experts are exploring how advanced data science and artificial intelligence can be leveraged to help select and...
Rice, WTO and the Iran-Israel conflict
Rice, India's staple food, is always in the news – albeit for different reasons. Last June, India's ban on non-basmati white rice triggered panic...
Indian coffee exports grow in value to US$ 1.26 billion
India, the 8th largest coffee grower in the world and the third largest in Asia after Vietnam and Indonesia, has improved its exports to...
Food waste: 1 billion meals squandered a day in 2022, says UN
Sample this. In 2022, 783 million people were affected by hunger and a third of humanity faced food insecurity. In the same year, households...
ADM and Swayam Shikshan Prayog collab to empower women farmers
ADM, a global provider of sustainable agriculture supply chains, is fostering sustainable farming practices through a strategic partnership with Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), a...
Pigeonpea speed breeding in drylands of Asia and Africa
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has pioneered the world's first pigeonpea speed breeding protocol, further bolstering food security in...
Smart packaging in securing the food supply chain
At PACK.Nxt in Mumbai in January, Andrew Manly, director of the Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association, which partnered the event, emphasized the pivotal...
Climate-smart agriculture in South Asia
Despite the possibility of climate-smart agriculture improving food security, most CSA practices and technologies are not widely adopted in South Asia.
A global team of...
Diageo India’s initiative for small holder farmers
Diageo India (United Spirits Ltd), an alco-bev company, has launched a micro enterprise initiative to empower small holder women farmers in Nashik. The initiative...
