At Bühlers Annual Results event, held in Uzwil, Switzerland, Irene Mark-Eisenring, chief HR officer, said the diversity of the company’s workforce, including 102 nationalities, is integral to the company’s success
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IFAD president calls on member states to increase rural sector investment
Gilbert F Houngbo, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has called on its 177 member states to help the fund reach its goal of doubling impact on the lives of the world’s most marginalised people by 2030, with a proposed US$30bn programme of work over the next 10 years
BASF and Fabbri Group develop compostable cling film for fresh-food packaging
BASF, German chemical company, and Fabbri Group, Italy-based global industrial manufacturer of machines and films for food packaging, have developed a sustainable solution for cling film used in fresh-food packaging
New Agri-Food Data Marketplace to solve agriculture’s big problem
The UK-based agri-tech centre for innovations in data science Agrimetrics has unveiled the Agri-Food Data Marketplace
Greenco deploys data-driven technology for accurate harvest forecasts
Hoogendoorn Growth Management’s Harvest Forecast module is set to enable the international snack vegetable grower Greenco to calculate a harvest forecast one week in advance for the coming four weeks