Olam International and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) have formed a joint venture called MC Agri Alliance (MCAA) in Japan for the supply of agricultural and food products. The joint venture will import and distribute coffee, cocoa, ...
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China's drone producers are heading to the countryside as the government steps up restrictions on drone management in cities. A provisional regulation on operating light-duty civilian drones, which will ban small unmanned aerial vehicles ...
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China’s trade and economic relations with Australia, New Zealand and Pacific island countries maintained a steady development in 2014. In November 2014, President Xi Jinping paid state visits to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, and ...
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The China government is set to draw up regulations to address the increasing establishment of PV power-generating stations for agricultural purposes around the country, according to National Business Daily (NBD). More than 400 ...
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The National Meteorological Center on Sunday issued a yellow alert as China enters the dog days, which means the sultry days of the summer. The heat wave will hit central, eastern and northern China. In the Northern Hemisphere, the dog ...
Container transport operators see positive signs from a concerted campaign to highlight the productivity, safety and export competitiveness that can be achieved by allowing Higher Productivity Freight Vehicles (HPFV) to operate at higher ...
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The US deputy agriculture secretary Krysta Harden and Honduras secretary of agriculture and Livestock Jacobo Paz have signed an agreement to support agricultural development and trade in Honduras through Food for Progress Program. As part ...
Al Safi Danone Iraq will receive around $18m in investment from World Bank Group member IFC to expand its dairy operations to enhance domestic food security. This is a part of World Bank Group's strategy to encourage South-South ...
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A research from Netherlands based Rabobank finds that European Food & Agribusiness (F&A) industry is losing €60bn annually because of food wastage. The report identifies the supply chain as the source of most of the food wastage, ...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced more than $16m in funding to support research, education and extension efforts to improve food production and enhance food security. ...
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Food processing company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has agreed to sell 50% stake in its export terminal in Brazil to Glencore. ADM has entered into an agreement to this effect. Located in Barcarena, in the northern Brazilian state of ...
China will step up reforms and innovation to speed up agricultural modernization in 2015, according to a key policy document released by the Party and government on Sunday. As the Chinese economy, under the "new normal," shifts from ...
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A citizens group has opposed the move of the Central Government to set up a Textile Park in Tamil Nadu saying that the Park would aggravate the serious pollution problems faced by Tirupur and its surrounding regions. In a statement, the ...
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Although Russia has rich land resources, but it's agricultural is unable to meet the needs of the domestic market due to the relatively backward level of agricultural production. The director-general of Russia's federal ministry of ...
American agribusiness company Cargill has reported net earnings of $425m in the fiscal 2015 first quarter ended 31 August, down 26% from $571m in the year-ago period. Revenues in the first three months totaled $33.3bn, a 2% change from ...
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