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
Agriculture
Indonesia waives soybean import duty
The Indonesian government has decided to waive soybean import duty in view of the recent hike in price of the commodity
FAO Food Price Index falls again
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
Sodrugestvo Group, Mitsui form strategic alliance
Cargill sells 32,000 tonnes of Indian wheat to Indonesia
Agribusiness major Cargill Inc has sold about 32,000 tonnes of Indian wheat to Indonesias Bogasari flour mills in the first large shipment of the grain to Asia in at least seven years