VACS employs an innovative above-ground/below-ground approach to boost productivity and nutritional quality. (Image source: IFAD)
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken recently announced that it will be contributing US$50mn to the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS)’s new multi-donor trust fund, hosted by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
The project will see the first-ever commercial scale Aquagrain production facility built in Abu Dhabi. (Image source: Tadweer)
Abu Dhabi waste management company, Tadweer recently announced a US$2.5mn pilot project with UK start-up, Aquagrain, which has developed a unique soil enhancing technology that harnesses organic waste
Transparency and traceability of NGTs are essential for breeders and farmers, as well as for processors, retailers, and consumers. (Image source: IFOAM Organics Europe)
Jan Plagge, president of IFOAM Organics Europe at an online press conference called on Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and Member States to respect organic farmers and operators choice to not use novel genomic techniques (NGTs)
HDDAP is designed to address climate change challenge in 13 districts of Indonesia. (Image source: IFAD)
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has signed a new initiative with the Government of Indonesia with the aim of transforming dryland farming in Indonesia
Trimble’s donation will go to support the UN World Food Programme’s greatest needs programming, which includes emergency food assistance. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
As humanitarian crisis spreads across the globe, leaving millions of people hungry in its wake, Trimble Agriculture on the occasion or World Food Day, extended their support through the donation of US$100,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme US
