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..
Efforts to focus research on accelerating the agroecological transition have come in response to strong demand from public authorities, businesses and society, in both France and Europe. The “Towards a.
To date, preventing livestock epidemics has largely involved administering a “prophylactic” mix of vaccines, antibiotics or other antimicrobial chemicals. The excessive use of these pharmaceuticals (sometimes as a ploy to.
Agfunder, a global platform specialising in agri-foodtech, has just published its 2019 report. Salient points are as follow: The sector raised a total of $19.8 billion in funds in 2019,.
The International Sugar Organization (ISO) has forecast the greatest sugar deficit of the past 11 years for the 2019/2020 season. It expects the deficit to reach 9.44 million tonnes (rather.
The coronavirus crisis is causing instability in agricultural markets. Following China’s highly pro-active policy to rebuild its pork herd, 40% of which was wiped out by swine flu over the.
The American startup Viome is attracting investors. It has collected $25 million in the space of a week and has $45 million in the bank (it hopes to increase this.
$138m is needed to fight an outbreak of locusts in East Africa, according to the FAO. This represents almost double last month’s call for $76m. The funding would be used.
Investment in new agricultural and food product technologies dropped by 5% in 2019, mainly driven by a decline in funding for delivery services. This year, total investment reached $19.8bn with.
Quality controls for agricultural products are a nightmare throughout the entire commercial chain, from producer to consumer, through intermediaries, transporters, supermarkets or restaurants, not to mention potential border crosses. Large.
