Improving the environmental sustainability of their operations through the adoption of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies is a crucial priority for organisations in the agriculture sector, according to a new study by Inmarsat, one of the leading providers of global mobile satellite communications
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JBA launches India Crop catastrophe model
JBA Risk Management (JBA), global leader in risk management, has launched a new India Crop catastrophe model for the insurance market
Perstorp to invest more than US$16.08mn in food and feed business
Sweeden-based Perstorp Group, leading provider of speciality chemicals for a wide variety of industries and applications, has announced to establish new production units in Asia and the Americas, a move that is in line with the company’s plan to invest in the feed and food business areas
Global fruit distributor goes digital to streamline processes
M-Files, intelligent information management company, has announced that Jupiter Group will be leveraging the M-Files Intelligent Information Management Solution to eliminate paper, streamline processes and improve collaboration across its global locations
‘Thermaculture process more effective than pesticides per acre’
After a two-year study, Caltech Ag Scientists has revealed that Agrothermal Systems® heat-treatments can be equal or more effective than pesticides and are used at lower costs per acre