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Nepal launches transformative agrifood programmes for resilient food systems

The CPF is a strategic framework that aims to strengthen the countrys food and agriculture sector by identifying priority areas of investment and intervention. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

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

The collaboration will seek to reduce GHG emissions by producing and distributing low-carbon nitrogen fertiliser. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

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

The field trials will be held during the 2023 growing season. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

BASF, Kubota and ZEN-NOH will collaborate to help improve and optimise rice production in Japan

Nutrition Technologies launches Diptia biofertiliser from insect frass

Leading Agtech company, Nutrition Technologies, launched Diptia biofertiliser from insect frass. (Image source: Nutrition Technologies)

Nutrition Technologies launched their new bioactive organic fertiliser, Diptia, specifically designed and formulated to combat fungal plant diseases, and protect soil from infection

ADB and Indorama Agro: US$15mn loan boosts Uzbekistan's farming sector

The loan will be used to finance advances to cotton and wheat farmers. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Foreign Enterprise Indorama Agro LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indorama Corporation (IRC), signed a US$15mn loan to support the livelihoods of farmers in Uzbekistan, enhance their climate resilience, and support ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

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