A demonstration farm of the Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) in the Philippines formally opened on December 15, 2023 in Tarlac City. The farm is a collaborative project between the Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund and the Department of Agriculture of the Philippines, and is...
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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
17
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
9
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
10
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...
Euractiv
2024.02.22
1
Agricultural practices that store CO2 and those reducing emissions from soil are among the activities for which farmers might be remunerated for their contribution to combat climate change, according to a regulation agreed by the EU institutions.
The EU Council and the European Parliament...
Korea JoongAng Daily
2024.02.20
4
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
8
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...