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Drop in income for farmers in France

During the National Agricultural Accounts Committee (CCAN) which met on 10 January 2020, INSEE published provisional national agricultural accounts which confirmed an economic decline: a -7.8% drop in added value.

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Naïo Technologies offers three farming robots

After an initial funding round worth 3 million euros in 2015, the French company Naïo Technologies, a specialist in farming robots, has raised another 14 million euros. The company’s objective.

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Microalgae, and not the Amazon, claimed to be the lungs of the Earth

Hundreds of thousands of microalgae float on the surface of the world’s seas and oceans. Only a fraction of them have been studied. The findings are amazing. Suffice it to.

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The year of the mushroom

US specialists have called 2019 the year of the mushroom, labelling it the “It product” of the year just ended. The consumption of the ten highest-selling types of mushrooms, out.

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Might blockchain and the IoT help the food industry?

According to a Juniper Research study, blockchain and the internet of things (IoT) are poised to revolutionise the food industry. Blockchain could reduce food fraud by $31 billion by 2024.

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Highest rise in food product prices in two years

Global food product prices hit their highest levels for two years at the end of the year mainly due to the prices of meat and vegetable oils. The FAO’s price.

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From west to east: two tales of French “ecological” farmers

To help understand a transition – here the ecological transition in farming – it is always interesting to hear smaller stories: typical individual stories which are woven together to present.

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A new stance on aridity

At COP 25, the FAO presented its report on arid land worldwide established from satellite data. Two interesting figures emerged, which suggest a less “catastrophic” vision of aridity: The surface.

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RIP sustainable fishing?

6 December 2019 will certainly enter the history books as the date that sustainable fishing ended. On this day, the final wild cod farm in the Gulf of Alaska closed..

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Planting trees is not a quick fix for climate change

Political parties in developed countries have made various promises to plant billions of trees. And many private companies have also got in on the act. EasyJet has promised to plant.

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