A total of 57.8 million ha were organically managed at the end of 2016. (Image source: go_see/Pixabay)
Australia has topped the list of countries with the largest organic agricultural area
Organic farming sees record growth worldwide
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Yara and Arab Potash Company sign MoU for potassium nitrate
The partnership aim to provide solutions for crop nutrition for farmers. (Image source: CIAT/Flickr)
Yara and Arab Potash Company, the Jordan-based potash producer, have signed an MoU for mutual cooperation in the field of potassium nitrate production and sales
Omex Calmax to get calcium into coffee beans
Omex Calmax aims to increase extension growth and boosts yield. (Image source: Omex Agrifluids)
Omex Agrifluids, the UK-based formulator and exporter of soluble plant nutrients, has introduced Omex Calmax, a foliar fertiliser for fruit and vegetable crops including coffee beans, aiming to improve fruit firmness, storability, colour and skin finish
FAO launches pilot parliamentary alliance for food security in the Philippines
FAO representative in the Philippines Jose Luis Fernandez and Senator Cynthia Villar lead the launch of the FAO Legislative Advisory Group-Philippines (FLAG-PH). (Image source: FAO)
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has launched the FAO Legislative Advisory Group-Philippines (FLAG-PH), a move that aims to ensure food security and nutrition in the Philippines
World's largest non-governmental climate insurance programme for smallholder farmers launched
Linel holds her chainsaw which she purchased with a recovery loan from VisionFund for cutting fallen trees from typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. (Image source: VisionFund)
VisionFund International, World Vision’s microfinance arm and Global Parametrics, has launched a new climate insurance programme, the African and Asian Resilience in Disaster Insurance Scheme (ARDIS), that will benefit more than four million people in six low-income countries
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