German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer can start integrating the US seeds and pesticides maker Monsanto
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FAO promotes contract farming in Fiji

Contract farming is an agreement which establishes conditions between a buyer and farmers for the production and marketing of farm products. (Image source: akumi800/Flickr)
The government of Fiji and FAO have announced to continue their partnership to promote contract farming as a means to coordinate links between farmers and agribusiness firms in the region
NEF and Agribusiness to explore Australia’s agricultural potential

Australia is taking initiatives to explore agricultural potential in the country. (Image source: JIRCAS Library/Flickr)
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF), representing Australia’s 84,000 farmers, and Agribusiness Australia, representing individuals and corporations across the agri-food chain, have signed a MoU agreement to boost Australia’s agricultural sector
FAO Food Price Index declines in July

Export prices for cereals, dairy, sugar, meat and vegetable oils decline. (Image source: Patrick M Burke/Flickr)
Global agricultural food commodity prices fell sharply in July, as all the major traded items posted notable declines, led by dairy and sugar, according to the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
Omex establishes new trials site in Sicily
Omex Agrifluids has set up a new trial and demonstration site for its soluble plant nutrient products at a horticultural holding near Catania in Sicily