Marut Dronetech Pvt Ltd, a leading drone technology company with DGCA certification for manufacturing and training has raised $6.2 million in Series A funding from Lok Capital. Marut Drones is at the forefront of innovation in drone technology and is building a robust ecosystem to promote drone...
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FAO
2024.10.17
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FAO welcomed today the adoption of the Rome Declaration on Water Scarcity in Agriculture aimed at addressing water scarcity increasingly exacerbated by the climate crisis – one of the world’s greatest challenges affecting global food security, natural resources and the lives and livelihoods of...
Reuters
2024.10.10
7
Indonesia's incoming president Prabowo Subianto plans to expand food crops' planting areas by three million hectares (7.4 million acres) in the next five years to cultivate staples in a food self-sufficiency drive, an official said.
Prabowo, who won the February presidential election by a...
Worldbank
2024.09.26
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India, a leading producer of agricultural commodities, faces declining farm profitability. To address this, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, with support from the World Bank, is revamping agricultural education to create a new generation of skilled professionals. These professionals aim...
Philippine News Agency
2024.09.26
6
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday signed a new law to combat agricultural smuggling, profiteering, and hoarding, making food more affordable and accessible, and providing better income to local farmers
In a ceremony at Malacañang Palace, Marcos signed Republic Act No. 12022 or the...
FAO
2024.09.23
4
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has welcomed the adoption of the Pact for the Future, an agreement among UN member states designed to turbo-charge the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
In his address to the...
Taiwan Today
2024.09.13
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The Ministry of Agriculture held the International Conference on Smart Agriculture Sept. 12 in Taipei City to stimulate exchange of smart agriculture technologies while exploring new possibilities for digital transition and transnational cooperation.
Faced with climate change and the need for...
BBC
2024.09.11
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Ambitious plans to make farming ‘net zero’ by 2040 - 10 years ahead of the UK’s legally-binding national target – may not be achieved, the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has told the BBC.
Reaching net zero means no longer adding to the total amount of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere....