Author: Hithaishi CB

GSA is engaging world’s leading aquaculture and wild-caught seafood producers, retailers, foodservice operators, and NGOs The Global Seafood Alliance has named seafood industry veteran Mike Kocsis as its new chief executive officer as previous leader Wally Stevens steps down from the role. The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) – a non-profit organisation promoting seafood sustainability – has announced that the role of chief executive officer will be filled by Mike Kocsis as Wally Stevens, who previously held the role, steps down. Kocsis, who joined the seafood industry following a degree in supply chain management and international business, previously worked for the sustainability non-profit…

The programme is set to kick off in July 2024 and will include an in-person bootcamp in Cape Town OceanHub Africa, the continent’s leading enabler of ocean-impact entrepreneurship, has announced the launch of its fifth accelerator programme. The Pan-African accelerator is seeking startups that have a positive direct or indirect impact on the ocean to apply for the 8-month programme. OceanHub Africa has been successful in supporting its portfolio of 32 startups to raise $10 million since 2020 and expand to other countries, growing economic, social and environmental impact. The programme will offer training on investment readiness, access-to-market, pitching and ocean-impact…

Inverness Graham backed Custom Agronomics Acquires BioTek Ag, Expands Focus on Sustainable Nutrient Use Efficiency Products Inverness Graham Green Light, the environmental sustainability focused lower middle market buyout strategy of Inverness Graham, announced today that its Florida based portfolio company Custom Agronomics (“Custom Ag”) has acquired Clinton, NC based BioTek Ag (“BioTek”). The acquisition of BioTek expands Custom Ag’s range of private-labeled liquid plant nutrients, nitrogen stabilizers and other specialty products that help deliver key environmental improvements including yield enhancement and soil health. Further, the addition of BioTek extends the company’s reach in the Midwest and Southeast U.S. regions. Custom…

To drive innovation and accelerate genetic gain in plant breeding Computomics and the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture administered by The University of Queensland will collaborate on the investigation of machine learning methods to enhance complex trait predictions and accelerate genetic gain for plant breeding. Under this collaboration, Computomics and the Centre will combine their expertise to drive innovation and accelerate genetic gain in plant breeding. Leveraging Computomics’ climate-smart breeding technology and expertise from the Centre for Plant Success, the collaboration aims to improve selection in breeding for complex traits, for…

Experience center features over 150 tomato varieties BASF | Nunhems has officially opened its Tomato Experience Center in Kwintsheul, near The Hague. The greenhouse features over 150 ToBRFV- resistant varieties. It is complemented by modern meeting facilities to showcase the company’s ToBRFV-resistant tomato varieties and exchange with customers on their needs, BASF’s innovations and trends in tomato breeding. Customers and growers from around the world can explore the greenhouse and displays filled with different tomato varieties, offering opportunities to taste, touch, smell and slice the diverse range firsthand. Visitor groups may also include retail partners, industry experts, crop advisors and…

SmartFreshTM SmartTabsTM and SmartFresh ProTabs now approved for use on key crops grown in and exported to Japan AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., a global leader in post-harvest solutions for fresh produce, is pleased to announce the approval by regulatory authorities in Japan of 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), the active ingredient in SmartFresh, for use in broccoli and other key crops exported to Japan. This grants growers and exporters the option to now manage the quality of their produce using two products from the SmartFresh™ Quality System: SmartFresh SmartTabsTM and SmartFresh ProTabs. The measure represents a significant advance for the fresh produce industry, offering exporters an additional…

Microorganisms uniquely predict stony coral tissue loss and hurricane impacts on coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands Coral reef ecosystems rely on microorganisms to recycle organic matter and nutrients. These cells also help feed corals and other organisms that depend on coral reefs. Researchers from WHOI studied microbes in coral reef water by examining eight reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands over a seven-year period, including periods of hurricanes and coral disease. shout. “Coral reefs have been declining for decades,” said Cynthia Becker, first author of the study. Climate change, storms, disease, and other stressors play important roles. Coral…

AI to transplant only healthy young plants into greenhouse The Dynamic Machine Learning project aims to model and predict complex quality traits in fresh produce. One of the work packages is looking to create an automated method to make a selection of only healthy young plants to transplant into the greenhouse.  WUR Vision + Robotics researchers have teamed up with Viscon to develop a new technology that can automate this horticultural process. The technology could enable growers to sort out non-viable plants before moving them into the greenhouse, saving their resources for the healthy plants. The project focuses on plants from tissue…

Equipped with breeding, nursery, and treatment and conditioning ponds the facility is expected to produce 300-500 thousand pieces of tilapia fingerlings annually Batanes fish farmers will soon have their own local source of tilapia fingerlings as the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and the Local Government of Itbayat inaugurate today, April 4, 2024, the province’s first-ever Municipal Tilapia Hatchery in Barangay Raele in the island municipality of Itbayat, Batanes. Equipped with breeding, nursery, and treatment and conditioning ponds, as well as a water system vital for hatchery operation, the facility is expected to produce…

Aims to track and quantify the carbon intensity impact of climate-smart practices helping to accelerate the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and low-CI ethanol Farmers Edge Inc. a pure-play digital agriculture company, and Gevo Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO), a leader in renewable fuels, have entered a collaboration as part of Gevo’s Climate-Smart Farm-to-Flight project that utilizes funding from a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant. Launched in 2023, Gevo’s Climate-Smart Farm-to-Flight project is aimed at tracking and quantifying the carbon-intensity impact of climate-smart practices while creating market incentives for low carbon-intensity (CI) corn to help accelerate production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel…