Future Crops, an advanced agriculture sciences company that developed advanced vertical farming from cutting-edge technology, has recently announced a new investment round led by Tencent, a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate
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BASF, Syngenta and Arisa to address labour standards in the Indian vegetable seeds sector
BASF, a German chemical company, Syngenta, an agricultural science and technology provider and Arisa an independent NGO, have joined hands to address child labour issues and strive for minimum wage compliance in the vegetable seed sector in India
CP Foods to pursue green ideas for sustainability and reduced emissions
Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CP Foods), an agro-industrial and food conglomerate from Thailand recently announced that it plans to pursue ‘green’ business initiatives under the Bio Circular Green Economy (BCG) model
Mosaic and BioConsortia expand microbial products to Asian markets
The Mosaic Company, a US producer of potash and phosphate fertiliser and BioConsortia, Inc., a biotechnology company have entered into a new agreement to develop and launch nitrogen-fixing microbial products for all crops, including corn, wheat, rice, fruit and vegetables in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam
Forum on new approaches to sustainable agricultural landscapes
The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam (WWF-Vietnam), held a high-level forum on new approaches for sustainable agricultural landscape