Author: Hithaishi CB

Expansion to Singapore and partnership with ScaleUp Bio will accelerate precision fermentation of animal-free fats from lab to pilot scale, towards supporting the future of food security. Nourish Ingredients, the revolutionary food tech company creating potent, animalic fats to make plant proteins delicious, has announced its strategic expansion to Singapore for scaling up its potent fat production. Nourish Ingredients will operate from the Food Tech Innovation Centre (FTIC), Temasek-owned Nurasa’s flagship pilot and development facility, to access shared labs and key pilot-scale equipment.  Founded in Australia, Nourish Ingredients uses deep technology to recreate natural animalic fats without the animal. Focusing on the most potent molecules…

The projects, have a total value of $920 million (M) divided into PRDP Scale Up –  $600M; FishCore – $200M; and MIADP – $120M – MIADP. Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. led the kick-off of three core projects of the DA, in partnership with the World Bank (WB), namely the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) Scale-Up, the Mindanao Inclusive Agriculture Development Project (MIADP), and the Philippine Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency (FishCoRe) Project. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., whose message was delivered by Sec. Laurel, emphasized that the three major projects lodged under DA will pave…

Joint Development Agreement Set to Create New Crop Protection Solutions and Expand Registered Crop Protection Products for Camelina  VISION Bioenergy Oilseeds (VISION), a US agricultural company driving the growth of Camelina as an essential feedstock for advanced renewable fuels, and Makhteshim Agan of North America Inc. (ADAMA), a global leader in crop protection technology, today announced they have entered into a Joint Development Agreement to bring to market a suite of new crop protection solutions for Camelina growers. This partnership will greatly expand labeled crop protection products for Camelina, a relatively new crop in the renewable fuels market with a limited…

Foremost Farms will leverage Ginkgo’s bioproduction services and market-leading metabolic engineering and analytical capabilities to advance this novel technology Foremost Farms USA, a world-class producer of cheese, butter, and dairy ingredients supplied to national and international markets, and Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, has partnered to use advances in biotechnology to enable domestic, sustainable biomanufacturing of materials from dairy co-products to benefit the environment, family farms and the dairy industry as a whole. Through this partnership, Foremost Farms will leverage Ginkgo’s bioproduction services to develop and commercialize a new technology that could help upcycle billions of pounds…

Funding from ReGen Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Cleveland Ave, Incite, and Susquehanna Private Equity Investments will scale Aigen’s robotic fleet, launching on farms in Spring 2024 Aigen, an AI-driven robotics company, closed $12 million in Series A financing from leading investor ReGen Ventures along with NEA, Cleveland Avenue, Incite, and Susquehanna Private Equity Investments LLLP. The funding expands Aigen’s manufacturing capacity to meet high pre-order demand and create a new agricultural era that is both sustainable and scalable. “ReGen Ventures believes that innovation is the cornerstone of a regenerative future, and that’s why we invest in visionary companies like Aigen,” said Marcario. “The…

Entrepreneurs concerns in Middle Eastern, African and South Asian farmers will be addressed by solutions from biosensors for early crop disease prevention and hyper-precise irrigation management to electric tractors and B2B marketplaces 15 start-ups offering scalable solutions and technologies for the climate-stressed regions of Middle East, Africa and South Asia will take centre stage at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in Dubai on December 4-5. Renowned globally for its focus on start-ups, ecosystem building and investment, the World Agri-Tech programme raises the profile of new agtech entrepreneurs, connecting them with potential investors and corporate partners among its 200-strong international audience. Main Stage…

China Ambassador and U.S. ag industry reaffirm shared responsibility and importance of innovation and collaboration at USSEC-CFNA Sustainable Agriculture Trade Forum, and U.S. Soy Farm Visit Several Chinese agriculture companies and U.S. commodity exporter companies signed 11 purchasing agreements/contracts at the China-U.S. Sustainable Agricultural Trade Forum and Contract Signing Ceremony co-organized by U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC), China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce & Animal By-products (CFNA), Iowa Soybean Association, and U.S. Grains Council on the eve of the World Food Prize Foundation’s 2023 Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A. Among the companies…

The World Food Forum (WFF) is a youth-led movement and network to transform our agrifood systems that is committed to the theme: “Agrifood systems transformation accelerates climate action.” Asia and the Pacific converged at the FAO headquarters in Rome from 16-20 October for the World Food Forum while hundreds more joined the forum virtually to inspire individual and collective actions for agrifood system transformation. The World Food Forum (WFF) is a youth-led movement and network to transform our agrifood systems that is committed to the theme: “Agrifood systems transformation accelerates climate action.” Similar to the global line-up of WFF events,…

Explores adoption of agriculture technology, exchange of skilled manpower, promote agri trade, animal science, and steps to mitigating climate change The Government of Greece is in talks with India’s leading FMCG company BL Agro to explore strategic partnership in adoption of agriculture technology, exchange of skilled manpower, promote agri trade, animal science, and steps to mitigating climate change. Honourable Minister of Rural Development & Food of the Hellenic Republic Eleftherious Avgenakis and Dimitrios Loannou, Ambassador of Greece to India met Ashish Khandelwal, MD, BL Agro FMCG Co. and Navneet Ravikar, Chairman & Managing Director, Leads Connect Services, recently during a…

The Centre will provide climate risk quantification and management capabilities to support the region’s resilience and transition to net-zero WTW, a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, announced the launch of an Asia Pacific Climate Risk Centre (ACRC) in Singapore. The Centre reinforces WTW’s commitment to helping the region transition to a resilient, low-carbon economy. Utilising WTW’s deep expertise on risk management and risk financing, the Centre will support corporates, financial institutions, insurers and governments in understanding, quantifying and building resilience against climate risks. It focuses on physical and transition climate risk assessment and quantification through top-down and bottom-up methods and proprietary models. The…