Government’s improved understanding of the food and drink manufacturing sector was one of three key themes of Food Manufacture’s Business Leaders’ Forum, which took place on Tuesday, January 15, according to the event ...
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Government’s improved understanding of the food and drink manufacturing sector was one of three key themes of Food Manufacture’s Business Leaders’ Forum, which took place on Tuesday, January 15, according to the event ...
Tags: food, drink, food security
General Mills recently put up a Facebook app asking consumers to share what one of their products,Cheerios,meant to them.The app was appropriated by proponents of Proposition 37,most of them protesting the company's$1.1 million contribution ...
Tags: Facebook, social media, organic production, economic risk
The University of Saskatchewan is developing a food institute, the Global Institute for Food Security, with an initial investment of about C$50m ($50.66m) in Saskatoon, Canada. The institute will focus on increasing crop yields. It will ...
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The UK government said today (10 July) there needs to be "a culture change" in the food industry to ensure the country can produce food sustainably amid "soaring" population growth. UK farming minister Jim Paice called on all in the ...
Tags: culture change, food industry, food, farming
Swiss commodities trader Glencore International has announced that it has received approval from the Canadian government for C$6.1bn ($6.01bn) acquisition of grain handler Viterra. Glencore, which has been in discussion with the ...
Tags: Glencore International, acquisition, grain, Viterra
Bakkavor and Coca-Cola Enterprises are among 30 food manufacturers set to benefit from the government’s 11M Pounds plan to make the UK a leader in efficient food technology. Coca-Cola Enterprises will be leading one of the ...
Tags: Bakkavor, Coca Cola, benefit, ood technology
Sri Lanka has imposed a ban on rice exports until its harvest season next March, as a part of its effort to ensure adequate rice stocks at affordable prices amid severe drought across country's major rice-producing areas. Rice is the ...
Tags: rice exports, harvest season, rice stocks
Scientists from Britain, Germany and the US have identified the key components of genetic code of wheat, a move which could improve food security. The scientists have identified 96,000 wheat genes and the links between them. The study ...
Tags: wheat, food security, genes, new tools
A new poultry production complex is set to be established in Chad,a development which is expected to boost industrial meat production and improve food security in the country. The project is supported by US food and nutrition company ...
Tags: meat, food security, poultry
Brazil plans to provide$96m loan facility to improve small-scale and rural farming in Ghana,in order to boost food production in the country,according to Brazilian Ambassador to Ghana,Irene Vida Gala. The loan facility will be used to ...
Tags: food production, loan, agricultural equipment, invest
A major China granary attracts one world-leading agricultural machinery manufacturer as it anticipates another record-high autumn harvest. The investment from American company John Deere, worth about 1.6 billion yuan ($253.6 million), has ...
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The COMPETE Trade Hub recently returned from a high-profile Origin Africa awareness and market linkages campaign in Europe and Asia. The Trade Hub participated in three international trade shows and organized Origin Africa Pavilions in the ...
Tags: USAID, COMPETE Trade Hub, textile, fashion trends
UK dairy farmers this week gathered at a summit in London to air their views on recent cuts in prices to liquid milk and the implications of the cuts. In the US, PepsiCo and Müller made the much-anticipated launch of their yoghurt ...
Tags: dairy, liquid milk, yoghurt, PepsiCo, dairy farmers
Swiss commodities trader Glencore International has announced that it has received approval from the Canadian government for C$6.1bn($6.01bn)acquisition of grain handler Viterra. Glencore,which has been in discussion with the ...
Tags: grain handler Viterra, acquisition, capital expenditures