Nutreco is adopting Science Based Targets to help the world produce enough nutritious and high-quality food for its growing population in a sustainable way
Agriculture
IFAD makes US$9mn investment in impact fund helping rural SMEs
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced an investment of US$9mn into the Agri-Business Capital (ABC) Fund, a blended capital impact fund to help small-scale farmers and micro- small and medium size rural enterprises in developing countries create jobs and increase incomes
Vertical farming getting popular across the globe
Vertical farming is set to overcome the traditional complex and opaque supply chain of fresh produce, improving the quality of yields
Rothamsted study looking for data to tackle field-edge yield declines
Rothamsted scientists are assessing whether flower-rich margins, hedgerows or tree lines are helping improve yield and asking farmers to help by sending them GPS data collected at harvest
Aleph Farms going carbon-neutral by 2025
Aleph Farms Ltd has announced a sustainability strategy to eliminate emissions associated with its meat production by 2025 and reach the same net-zero emissions across its entire supply chain by 2030