As food prices escalate globally, a new study finds that small-scale irrigation schemes can protect millions of farmers from food insecurity and climate risks in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
The global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps has launched a multi-country programme that will use mobile technologies to give farmers in the developing world a package of services to increase their harvests
The Indonesian government has decided to waive soybean import duty in view of the recent hike in price of the commodity
The FAO Food Price Index fell for the third consecutive month in June 2012, dipping 1.8 per cent from May to its lowest level since September 2010
Japans Mitsui has become a 10 per cent shareholder in the Sodrugestvo Group. (Image source: Peter Pearson/Flickr)
A new agreement has made Japan’s Mitsui & Co a 10 per cent shareholder in Luxembourg-based Sodrugestvo Group 
