TOMRA Foods global category director for Nuts and Dried Fruits, Brendan ODonnell explains how protecting and enhancing their competitiveness can help raisin processors profit from massive global demand
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ICBA and SELCO Foundation launch Millet Demo Farm on COP28 sidelines
Established in collaboration with the SELCO Foundation, the International Centre of Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) recently hosted a ceremony to launch a Millet Demo Farm, designed to showcase the whole value chain for millets and raise awareness about its benefits for climate change adaptation in agriculture
Collaborative efforts to address climate change and global hunger
The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) initiative recently announced more than doubling of investments, partners and Innovation Sprints in transformative climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation, at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)
Rockefeller Foundation and AIT sign MoU to drive climate resilient agriculture solutions in Southeast Asia
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have sealed their partnership through the inking of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which aims to catalyse regenerative agriculture practices, minimise climate change impacts, and promote sustainable food production in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states of Cambodia, Laos Peoples Democratic Republic, and Thailand
First Movers Coalition for Food initiative to create billion dollar value chain for sustainable farming
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on 1 December announced the launch of its new First Movers Coalition for Food initiative, aimed at accelerating sustainable farming and production methods and technologies by leveraging collective demand for low-carbon agricultural commodities