The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved a loan of US$345mn to support Chinas global public goods initiative by promoting the adoption of environmentally friendly agricultural and rural development practices in the central provinces of Hubei and Hunan
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Nepal launches transformative agrifood programmes for resilient food systems
The Government of Nepal has launched a series of programmatic frameworks in the food and agriculture sectors that will help the country transform its agrifood systems, making them more resilient and sustainable for the benefit of all people in Nepal, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
Cultivating sustainable agriculture: low-carbon nitrogen fertilisers
CF Industries, one of the world’s largest producers of nitrogen fertiliser, is working with CHS Inc., the nation’s leading agribusiness cooperative, to accelerate quantifiable and certifiable agriculture and food system greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions through the production and distribution of low-carbon nitrogen fertiliser
Improving rice production in Japan: optimal results through collaboration
BASF, Kubota and ZEN-NOH will collaborate to help improve and optimise rice production in Japan
Nutrition Technologies launches Diptia biofertiliser from insect frass
Nutrition Technologies launched their new bioactive organic fertiliser, Diptia, specifically designed and formulated to combat fungal plant diseases, and protect soil from infection