China Agricultural University has made breakthroughs in developing new wheat varieties with higher protein and mineral content with support from Pinduoduo’s 10 Billion Agriculture Initiative, paving the way for the production of healthier food
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Chickpeas market surge: value expected to hit US$17.8bn by 2031
The latest report by Fact.MR showed that chickpeas were expected to hit a whopping US$17.8bn market value in 2031 and register a positive CAGR of 5.7% through the period 2021-2031 forecast
Smaller crop but greater variety predicted for VOG’s apple crop
VOG Consortium has predicted that there will be a slightly smaller crop but with an increase in most innovative varieties and organic output in the 2022/23 apple seas
Wide Open Agriculture signs agreement with The GrowHub Innovations
Wide Open Agriculture (WOA) has partnered with GrowHub to market Dirty Clean Food’s oat milk across Indonesia and Malaysia
Cargill launches its first digital business studio in Asia
Cargill is partnering with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) to launch its first digital business studio in Asia