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Al Jazeera
2024.03.07
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Once a housewife in rural India, Sharmila Yadav always wanted to be a pilot. She is now living her dream somewhat, remotely flying a heavy-duty drone across the skies to cultivate the country’s farmland. Yadav, 35, is among hundreds of women trained to fly fertiliser-spraying aircraft under the...
Focus Taiwan
2024.03.07
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Amid concerns over banned dye found in chili powder imported from China, as of Thursday all cities and counties in Taiwan had announced temporary bans on the use of chili and curry powder in school lunches. New Taipei was the first local government to announce a suspension Wednesday, prompting...
AgFunderNews
2024.02.27
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US-based vertical farming company Oishii has raised $134 million in Series B funding. Japanese telecom giant NTT led the round with participation from Bloom8, McWin Capital Partners, Mizuho Bank, Mitsubishi Shokuhin Co., Ltd., the Japan Green Investment Corporation for Carbon Neutrality (JICN),...
FAO
2024.02.23
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The Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition – Statistics and Trends 2023 reports for five regions are now available in PDF and in device-friendly formats, with downloadable datasets on the latest trends related to hunger and malnutrition and an interface enabling easy comparison across...
Korea JoongAng Daily
2024.02.20
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The Korean government has set the Middle East, Latin America and India as new target markets for agriculture exports, aiming to grow the sector into one of its top ten export categories. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced a set of initiatives to increase the appeal of...
Foreign Policy Magazine
2024.02.20
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After months of protests by outraged farmers in cities across the continent, European lawmakers are struggling with how to quell the anger sparked in part by new green agricultural regulations—a backlash that has underscored the difficult trade-offs confronting governments as they navigate the...
CNN
2024.02.15
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No, not beef on rice — beef rice. That’s what a team of South Korean researchers are hoping to plate up with their newly developed hybrid rice, grown in a lab with cow muscle and fat cells inside the rice grains. The rice — which is colored pink — could offer a cheaper, more environmentally...
Taiwan News
2024.02.10
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Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) said on Saturday (Feb. 10) that no beta-agonists have been detected in the latest round of nationwide random tests. Following the discovery of the banned additive cimbiterol in pork slices from Taiwan Sugar by Taichung's health bureau, a retesting was...

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