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
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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)](/images/jch-optimize/ng/images_FAO__Phi.webp)
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)](/images/jch-optimize/ng/images_Linel__IMG__3857-4__1.webp)
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
Skills shortage in the agritech sector holding back IoT innovation: Inmarsat
![IoT aims to reduce the need for manual intervention on the ground. (Image source: AgriLife Today/Flickr)](/images/jch-optimize/ng/images_IoT__AF__FEAG.webp)
IoT aims to reduce the need for manual intervention on the ground. (Image source: AgriLife Today/Flickr)
While the vast majority of agritech companies are moving towards IoT, a significant proportion lack the staff and skills needed to take advantage of the technology, according to independent research commissioned by Inmarsat
Myanmar farmers gain knowledge on laser levelling
![Levelling rice fields reduces the amount of water used in cultivation. (Image source: VALERIANO SERRANO/Pixabay)](/images/jch-optimize/ng/images_cornfield-441842__640.webp)
Levelling rice fields reduces the amount of water used in cultivation. (Image source: VALERIANO SERRANO/Pixabay)
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) funded project, Closing the Rice Yield Gap with Reduced Environmental Footprint project (CORIGAP), conducted a basic operator’s training and demonstration of laser-assisted land levelling technology in Letpadan, Bago Region Myanmar. More than 80 farmers were given first hand experience in using laser land levelling technology