The aim is to boost agricultural and rural development in the developing nations. (Image source: CIAT/Flickr)
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has launched the world’s first web-based tool, designed to collect and share agriculture and rural development solutions implemented in developing countries
This investment to build and operate the world’s largest vertical farming facility aligns with the UAE’s drive for more agricultural self-sufficiency. (Image source: chipmunk_1/Flickr)
Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) and the US-based Crop One will jointly invest US$40mn to build the world’s largest vertical farming facility near Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central
No GM wheat is approved in any country. (Image source: AgriLife Today/Flickr)
South Korea has announced a halt of import on Canadian wheat and flour after a discovery of genetically modified plants in southern Alberta, located in Western Canada
Myanmar aims to boost agricultural output. (Image source: World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr)
Myanmar has launched a new agriculture development strategy (ADS) for a period of next five years, a move that aims to transform the country’s agri-development agenda
FAO is working with local communities and refugees to teach them about the dangerous effect of child labour. (Image source: United Nations Photo/Flickr)
After years of steady decline, child labour in agriculture has started to rise again in recent years, threatening efforts to end global hunger and poverty, according to FAO as it observed World Day Against Child Labour
