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Panic buying may drive world food inflation

Lockdowns and panic food buying due to the coronavirus pandemic could ignite world food inflation even though there are ample supplies of staple grains and oilseeds in key exporting nations,.

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Toward Food Nationalism ?

Some governments are moving to secure domestic food supplies during the conoravirus pandemic. Kazakhstan, one of the world’s biggest shippers of wheat flour, banned exports of that product Vietnam temporarily.

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Increase in global grain production, but risks of regional shortages

According to the International Grains Council (IGC), the global production of grains could reach 2.22 billion tonnes, i.e. a slight rise of 2% compared with last year. The production of.

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Tackling Animal Welfare during transport with micro climate sensors

The Canadian agtech startup Transport Genie is a precision monitoring company that is focused on monitoring microclimate conditions as animals are being transported. It’s developed bespoke IoT sensors and a real-time event-driven.

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A new variety of soja bean with up to 50% more protein

Benson Hill, the crop genetics startup based out of St Louis, Missouri, is working to improve the sustainability credentials of the leading source of plant-based protein: soy. It has developed a.

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Efforts to combat locusts hampered by the fight against Covid-19

In East Africa the Coronavirus pandemic is holding up the fight against the swarms of locusts that have been devastating crops in several countries of the region for months. This.

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African banana producers and Covid-19

Faced with the health crisis associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, African banana companies have taken action and are rigorously implementing all the health recommendations made by the governments of producer.

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The palm oil sector in Côte d’Ivoire:
a summary of the challenges of sustainable development

At the round table held on 27 February at the Paris International Agricultural Show, the Foundation for World Agriculture and Rurality (Fondation pour l’Agriculture et la Ruralité dans le Monde.

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A tight market for cocoa in 2019/2020

In 2019/2020, the world cocoa market could see an 85,000-tonne bean deficit. The announcement was made on Friday by the International Cocoa Organization (Icco). According to them, global production should.

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The meat industry – not pulling its weight in the fight against climate change

The world food industry, from agriculture to the agri-food sector, is responsible for 25 to 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change..

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