Rising labour costs, low availability of skilled labour and surging demand for farm produce will propel the global precision farming market to a stupendous 12 per cent CAGR from 2019 to 2029, according to Fact.MR
Agriculture
Agricultural and food businesses are turning the tide on gender inequality
Unilever has achieved 50/50 gender balance in leadership roles across its brands and BASF has committed to increasing the number of women at the top to 30 per cent by 2030 after achieving its 20 per cent by 2020 target a year ahead of schedule
FAO advances global action to fight fall armyworm
FAO has advanced global action to control the spread and damage of fall armyworm, a voracious invasive species that is ravaging crops in Africa, Asia and the Near East
Japan allows year-round access for US chipping potatoes
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (MAFF) has confirmed that the US chipping potatoes will be allowed to enter Japan all year round, starting 14 February 2020
Asia-Pacific IoT in agriculture market to reach US$650mn by 2025, says ResearchAndMarkets
The Asia-Pacific’s agriculture IoT market is anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 27.4 per cent between 2018 and 2025 to reach US$650mn by 2025, according to ResearchAndMarkets’ analysis