Author: Hithaishi CB

Vietnamese shrimp is being exported to about 100 markets, ranking in the top 4 in the world in terms of exports On March 20, the 5th International Exhibition of Vietnam Shrimp Industry Technology 2024 officially opened at Ca Mau Provincial Convention Center. Fisheries experts from Vietnam and around the world are attending the workshop, along with representatives of the Department of Fisheries. The event is also an opportunity for sectors, functional units, and people in Ca Mau province to learn and accumulate experience to organize shrimp production, processing, and export well in the future. From March 20-22, 2024, VietShrimp 2024…

Inbred Line Yield Increased Over 50% in Trials Origin Agritech Ltd., a leading Chinese agricultural technology company, announced a major breakthrough in corn production technology. Building on the Company’s track record of innovation, Origin Agritech has developed a high-yield corn inbred line that significantly surpasses the productivity of traditional corn. This groundbreaking advancement was achieved through precise gene editing techniques, marking a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to sustainable and efficient agriculture. Over the course of two years of rigorous multilocational field trials, the new gene-edited corn inbred line demonstrated a yield increase of over 50% compared to the original…

Terra Drone is now the largest FAA-Approved UAS Service supplier powering over 84% of all airspace authorizations while boosting Global UTM development Terra Drone Corporation (Terra Drone), a leading drone and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) technology provider headquartered in Japan, has announced an investment in Aloft Technologies (Aloft), a company focusing on developing UTM, and a market leader in drone fleet and airspace management in the United States. This investment makes Terra Drone the largest shareholder in Aloft, with Aloft becoming an affiliate company of Terra Drone. In addition, the board of directors of Aloft has appointed Yuki Ueno, Terra Drone’s executive officer in charge of domestic and international…

Integration Will Streamline Irrigation Management for Drip Irrigators  CropX Technologies, a leading provider of digital farm management, today announced an API integration with WiseConn, a global leader in precision drip irrigation solutions, to further improve data gathering and analytics for farmers worldwide. WiseConn users will be able to seamlessly incorporate the CropX system into their precision irrigation network. WiseConn irrigation systems are used throughout North and South America, Europe and Australia.   CropX’s agronomic farm management system incorporates farm data from sensors, satellites, rain gauges and farm machinery into an advanced analytics platform to optimize decision-making and crop management. With the…

New initiative to support Cropin to develop a Food Security Decision Intelligence solution powered by AWS AI technologies, to track crop cultivation, production patterns, and climate change India’s Bengaluru based Cropin Technology, a global Agtech leader enabling intelligent agriculture, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) India Private Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on enabling Cropin to build a solution to address the pressing issue of global hunger and food insecurity. This initiative aims to help Cropin develop core data architecture, analytics, modelling, and simulation components that can aggregate global farmland data and broader climate intelligence within a…

Ministry shares trajectories for multilateral cooperation across the food production sector Philippines Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. has expressed the significant changes in the department’s 2025 budget to achieve President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s goal to modernize agriculture, increase food production and ensure food security. “The budget in 2025 will be very different from this year,” the agri chief told members of the Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) recently. Apart from pushing the production of rice, the country’s national staple, Sec. Tiu Laurel envisions a budget that will increase livestock, poultry and high value crop output, widen…

Joint expansion of market presence with products and solutions for the gut health of livestock The Grand Opening of Evonik Vland Biotech’s joint venture with Shandong Vland Biotech in Qingdao, China is now announced. The two parent companies, Evonik China and Shandong Vland Biotech, want to jointly expand the market presence of their products, such as probiotics for the gut health of livestock in the Greater China region, and develop new products and solutions. The joint venture was officially opened in Qingdao on March 14. The joint venture is based at the Vland Biotech Park in Qingdao and uses Vland’s…

Precise irrigation solutions used across the diverse agricultural regions in the US, Europe, Latin America, and Australia China’s RAKwireless, a trusted IoT solution innovator, and Ambiq, a leading energy-efficient semiconductor provider, demonstrated the real-world impact of technology on agriculture by implementing WiseConn’s precision irrigation systems using the RAK11720 hybrid LoRaWAN + BLE module enabled by the Ambiq Apollo3 Blue MCU.  WiseConn, notable for its precise irrigation solutions used across the diverse agricultural regions in the US, Europe, Latin America, and Australia, has launched its latest innovation with an integration for RAKwireless’ RAK11720 to address its need for extensive signal reach…

Robotics Plus’ Prospr, a multi-use autonomous vehicle for sustainable vineyard and orchard production hits Australia and New Zealand markets Croplands is now the exclusive Australasian distributor of Prospr, a robust autonomous, multi-use hybrid vehicle platform for horticulture crops designed by Robotics Plus. Prospr significantly increases efficiency across a variety of crop tasks and alleviates labour challenges, with capabilities including automated intelligent spraying. The distribution agreement complements the existing technology partnership between the companies. Robotics Plus specialises in the design and build of robotics, AI, and autonomous machines, and Croplands has over 50 years of experience in world-leading spraying solutions. Sean…

The initiative aimed to connect CP Foods with leading New Zealand companies to foster the advancement of innovative, secure, and sustainable food production techniques New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Thailand have collaborated with Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CP Foods) to conduct a business matching and showcase event focused on improving food quality and sustainability. The initiative aimed to connect CP Foods with leading New Zealand companies to foster the advancement of innovative, secure, and sustainable food production techniques. This effort is in line with Thailand’s ambition to become the world’s food capital and illustrates New Zealand’s technology prowess through the “See Tomorrow…