BASF, Cargill, Procter & Gamble (P&G), and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have joined together in a development partnership under the develoPPP.de programme by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
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Workshop in Ho Chi Minh identifies market potentials for rice straw
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) organised a two-day workshop in Ho Chi Minh on 1-2 June 2017, aiming to identify market prospects for potential use of rice straw products and explore future potential to develop market value chain for the use of rice straw
Agricultural film market to reach US$13bn by 2022 with Asia as the fastest growing region
Market Research Future published a Half Cooked Research Report on Agricultural Films Market as it is expected to grow from about US$9bn in 2015 to cross US$13bn by the end of 2022, growing at a CAGR of seven per cent in the forecasted period
Omex Agrifluids set for soluble fertiliser plant
Omex Agrifluids has announced the construction of a new soluble powders plant at the company’s King’s Lynn headquarters in eastern England, to manufacture fully soluble powder NPK products for the international market
Farmers in Pakistan benefits from new rice-wheat planters
Pakistani farmers have expressed that locally manufactured rice planters are helping them by supporting conservation agriculture, with costs savings and soil and water conservation benefits, in rice-wheat farming rotation that covers more than 2.2mn ha in Pakistan