The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Republic of Korea, through its Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), has signed a new Framework Arrangement which establishes overarching terms and conditions that will govern the cooperation through voluntary contributions and facilitate future negotiations between MFDS and FAO
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More than one billion tonnes of food being wasted than estimated, says WWF and Tesco report
A WWF and Tesco report shows 1.2 billion tonnes of food is lost on farms, on top of the 931 million tonnes wasted at retail and consumption
DLG and AVF join hands to promote vertical farming
The DLG (German Agricultural Society) and the Association for Vertical Farming (AVF) have announced their plans to enter into a strategic partnership to promote indoor and vertical farming, in Germany and rest of the world
Qingdao Webull promotes online farming
Qingdao Webull Intelligent Technology is promoting ‘online farming’ by unmanned agricultural robots with an aim to increase farmers income and get intelligent solutions for efficient and intelligent agricultural production
South Korea drives technological innovation in American agriculture
South Korea and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) are encouraging technological innovation in the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean in order to guarantee food security and combat climate change