Taiwan’s Tano Security has teamed up with the National Chung Hsing University to enter the finals of the World Banks 2020 Agriculture Risk Innovation Challenge
Agriculture
FAO revives livelihoods and food security in Pakistan’s Sindh Province
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is taking steps to save millions of family farmers in Pakistan that have been affected by a series of natural hazards in the last 14 months and recent COVID-19
Plant behaviour translated into data to optimise algorithms
The Wageningen University’s Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge aims to maximise the yield and quality of his crop while minimising the use of resources, to save costs
Nutreco commits to adopting Science Based Targets
Nutreco is adopting Science Based Targets to help the world produce enough nutritious and high-quality food for its growing population in a sustainable way
IFAD makes US$9mn investment in impact fund helping rural SMEs
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced an investment of US$9mn into the Agri-Business Capital (ABC) Fund, a blended capital impact fund to help small-scale farmers and micro- small and medium size rural enterprises in developing countries create jobs and increase incomes