This financing round is set to help Wefarm further scale its network of 1.9 million farmers. (Image source: Rudy and Peter Skitterians/Pixabay)
Wefarm, the digital network for global small-scale agriculture, has raised US$13mn in a Series A financing round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm True Ventures
Vietnamese exporters must ensure that they have quality certificates, to establish trust with supply chain partners. (Image source: Cesar Gonzalez/Pixabay)
The Vietnam Trade Office in the US said that Vietnam is in the process of obtaining a permit to export avocado to the United States
The event is set to promote the role of women across the agribusiness value chain. (Image source: Quang Nguyen vinh/Pixabay)
AgriBriefing’s Women in Food and Agriculture campaign, which promotes the role of women across the agribusiness supply chain, has launched the first industry-wide diversity and inclusion survey, supported by Alltech
In Malaysia, rainforests are being cleared to make way for oil palm plantations. (Image source: CIFOR/Flickr)
As the European Union (EU) and others call for measures to slow palm oil sales to limit deforestation, carbon and biodiversity losses, a decrease in palm oil production may have repercussions in Malaysia and Indonesia, affecting the rest of the world, said Purdue University economists
Dr Ross Alexander conducts analysis of proteins extracted from microorganisms. (Image source: Heriot-Watt University)
As climate change is having a devastating impact on cereal crops, scientists at Heriot-Watt University have identified a gene responsible for drought resistance in barley which is thought to help future-proof the cereals industry
