German climate change initiative

WillAgri27 December 2019

In collaboration with the FAO and UNDP, Germany has launched an initiative to fast track actions against climate change in the agriculture and land use sectors ... Lire la suite...

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Ghana soil fertility map project by OCP

WillAgri26 December 2019

On 11 December, the OCP Foundation kicked off a project relating to the development of a soil fertility map, in partnership with the Ghanaian Ministry of Food a... Lire la suite...

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Global turnover of $3 billion for biostimulants

WillAgri25 December 2019

According to the 4th International Biostimulants Conference which took place in Barcelona in November, the global biostimulants market should reach turnover of ... Lire la suite...

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The price of farmland worldwide continues to grow, but at a slower rate

WillAgri24 December 2019

According to the Global Farmland Index 2019 by the property company Savills, the price of farmland has increased 12% per year worldwide over the past 16 years. ... Lire la suite...

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Real progress in the fight against increased vole numbers

WillAgri20 December 2019

The European water vole tunnels into the soil, where it reproduces and feeds on plant roots. Populations have reached levels which have resulted in significant ... Lire la suite...

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Meatless Mondays in New York prisons

WillAgri19 December 2019

On 2 December, 7,000 New York inmates ate something other than meatloaf or burgers for Monday lunch. They ate veggie chilli. 11 prisons and correctional facilit... Lire la suite...

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Historic boom in cereal production

WillAgri18 December 2019

The global cereal harvest will reach a historic high in 2019, totalling 2.7 billion tonnes, i.e. 2.1% more than 2018. According to FAO, this increase is due to ... Lire la suite...

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Robots in the spotlight at the International Forum of Agricultural Robotics

WillAgri17 December 2019

FIRA (the International Forum of Agricultural Robotics) was held in Toulouse between 9 and 11 December. Here are some of the robots in the spotlight at this yea... Lire la suite...

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The fabulous future of micro-algae

WillAgri13 December 2019

Hundreds of thousands of species of micro-algae float in stretches of water the world over. Only a tiny fraction of them have been studied. We cannot begin to i... Lire la suite...

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Launch of the first industrial bio-refinery in Denmark

WillAgri12 December 2019

As part of a project subsidised by the Danish Ministry of Agriculture, the big cooperative supply and storage group, DLG Group, the dairy cooperative Arla Foods... Lire la suite...

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Downward trend for sales of fertiliser in France

WillAgri11 December 2019

According to the 'Union des Industries de la Fertilisation' (UNIFA), shipments of mineral and organo-mineral fertilisers reached a total of only 8.7 million ton... Lire la suite...

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OCP @ revenue in a depressed market

WillAgri10 December 2019

In the first quarter of 2019, the OCP Group achieved revenue of MAD 42.4 billion (approx. €3.8 billion), an increase of 3% compared to the same period 2018. Thi... Lire la suite...

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The booming meat industry threatened by alternative products

WillAgri6 December 2019

Meat-free products, laboratory-cultivated meat, seafood substitutes and insect protein - are they the future of food? Food giants, from Tyson to Cargill, are pr... Lire la suite...

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Nestlé will sell Starbucks teas and coffees

WillAgri5 December 2019

Nestlé hopes to grind out an extra $250 million thanks to its alliance with Starbucks. Last May, the Swiss giant bought global perpetual sales rights for Starbu... Lire la suite...

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A farming reform experiment in China falls short

WillAgri4 December 2019

Eager to improve the living standards of small-scale farmers - their income is less than half of that in the city - the Chinese government decided to allow vill... Lire la suite...

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Changes to farming production must consider societal demand

WillAgri3 December 2019

A study commissioned by the European Parliament indicates that whilst the growth in product demand should increase to tackle population growth, it will be at th... Lire la suite...

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Germany: XXL organic farms

WillAgri29 November 2019

Whereas the average size of organic farms in Germany is 48 hectares, some of them have surface areas of between 4,000 and 6,000 hectares. The latter are often c... Lire la suite...

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Lower prices for agricultural commodities

WillAgri28 November 2019

According to the World Bank report on agricultural commodities, even if their prices are stabilising, the reasons for the downward pressure are still very much ... Lire la suite...

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Good business for the makers of plant-based burgers

WillAgri27 November 2019

This week, Burger King launched its Rebel Whopper in 25 European countries, a vegetarian hamburger that claims to imitate, almost to perfection, the appearanc... Lire la suite...

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Onion shortage shakes the Indian government

WillAgri26 November 2019

The onion occupies an important role in the economic and political life of India.  The climate crisis – an extreme drought followed by a violent monsoon season ... Lire la suite...

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Very slight decrease in the production of coffee in 2019/2020

WillAgri22 November 2019

The global production of coffee is expected to drop very slightly (by 0.9%), in 2019/2020 to a total of 167.4 million bags, according to the International Coffe... Lire la suite...

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New process for recycling phosphorus in waste water

WillAgri21 November 2019

Essential for living organisms to function and indispensable for good yields in agriculture, phosphorus could disappear due to increasing use in farming.  "Reco... Lire la suite...

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Investor preferences in terms of Agtech

WillAgri20 November 2019

A very recent survey by two bodies specialising in the funding of start-ups – idea2scale (www.ideatoscale.com ) and Agfunder (www.agfunder.com ) – involving 50 ... Lire la suite...

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Global rubber production falls by 800,000 tonnes

WillAgri19 November 2019

According to the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) – made up of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia – global production of this commodity is set to fa... Lire la suite...

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Birth of a private Sino-American green fund

WillAgri15 November 2019

If you are exasperated by the now 15-month-long Sino-American trade war and its ups and downs, here is, finally, a piece of good news: the birth of the US-China... Lire la suite...

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Ethiopia looking for partners to complete a fertiliser factory

WillAgri14 November 2019

The Ethiopian government has announced that it is expecting offers from European and Asian companies with a view to forming a joint venture to complete the fert... Lire la suite...

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African swine fever genome found in China

WillAgri13 November 2019

According to the Chinese Academy of Science, researchers have isolated the Chinese strain of African swine fever and have decoded its structure. It consists of ... Lire la suite...

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Hummus threatened with extinction

WillAgri12 November 2019

The global market for hummus currently represents annual sales of $2 billion. It is expected to grow to $6.7 billion in 2027. In the United States, the market h... Lire la suite...

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How new technologies help to fight hunger

WillAgri11 November 2019

The World Food Programme (WFP) has made the development of new tools a priority in order to achieve the objective of zero hunger in the world. The most spectacu... Lire la suite...

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A natural and plant-based dairy preservative

WillAgri8 November 2019

Canadian startup Chinova Bioworks, has launched two new natural plant-based preservatives for the dairy and alternative dairy industry.  These new preservatives... Lire la suite...

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The coffee war has been declared

WillAgri7 November 2019

Already the world’s leading producer of arabica, is Brazil about to overtake Vietnam, the world leader for robusta? According to specialists, it is only a matte... Lire la suite...

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Africa Rice develops an improved rice parboiling technology.

WillAgri6 November 2019

Africa Rice, a pan-African rice research organization, has developed an improved rice parboiling technology that improves its nutritional value and flavour. Thi... Lire la suite...

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France: INRA and IRSTEA merge to form INRAE

WillAgri5 November 2019

To address the challenges agriculture must face, resulting from many environmental constraints including climate change, soil erosion and biodiversity loss, dif... Lire la suite...

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