Author: Hithaishi CB

The Citrus Defense Fund (Fundecitrus) has expressed concern about the lack of pesticides for controlling the leprosis mite (Brevipalpus phoenicis). According to the association, which brings together Brazilian citrus growers and juice industries, the development of new technologies is urgently needed. “We have few acaricides for leprosis mite control in citrus,” said Fundecitrus researcher Renato Bassanesi, who stressed that the continuous use of the same acaricides leads to losses in their effectiveness due to the selection of resistant mites. “Therefore, it is important for pesticide companies to understand the size of our citrus industry and the importance of leprosis, so…

Farmers Edge Inc., a pure-play digital agriculture company, has announced a new partnership with Leaf Agriculture, the unified API for food and agriculture. Leaf Agriculture’s data platform serves as a key driver for the food & agriculture industry, connecting Farmers Edge technology with various agricultural data providers. This partnership enables Farmers Edge to offer growers a standardized and scalable solution for seamless integration of machine data, expanding the information on which to base decisions. Farmers Edge has already established API integrations with industry leaders such as John Deere and Case IH. With the inclusion of Leaf Agriculture, Farmers Edge will…

Indonesia’s eFishery’s entry into the Indian market includes an expansive reach with over 1,000 acres of ponds Southeast Asia’s leading aquaculture company, eFishery, announced the completion of its commercial pilot in India, marking a significant milestone in its global expansion journey. The Indonesia-headquartered firm kicked off the pilot project in March of this year, successfully acquiring over 1,000 acres of ponds under contract and distributing more than 3,000 metric tons of feed. This achievement brings the firm closer to expanding its footprint to five new Indian states by the end of 2024. The pilot project also signals a broader expansion beyond Southeast Asia with a…

The M&A to become a leading global aqua service vessel operator supported by new majority shareholder American Industrial Partners Capital Fund VII. American Industrial Partners Capital Fund VII, LP, an investment fund managed by American Industrial Partners (“AIP” or “American Industrial Partners”) has announced that it has become the majority and controlling shareholder in AquaShip AS and Intership AS and will merge the two companies to form one of the largest, most diversified aqua service vessel operators globally. The combined company will be led by CEO Sverre Taknes operating from Kristiansund and Executive Chairman Ole-Peter Brandal operating from Hareid. The…

MoU to focus on digitalization, advocacy, and education and technology skills development for the agribusiness sector Potential 5G enterprise applications across the agriculture value chain – from supply to in-the-field operations to production and distribution – is the motivation behind a strengthened technology partnership between Ericsson and Australian not-for-profit organization AgriBusiness Connect. Under a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the partners aim to create new industry value by utilizing the high speed, low latency and large real-time data handing capabilities of Ericsson’s 5G solutions in public and private networks. The partners seek to accelerate innovative productivity and efficiency solutions for agribusiness…

Dairy is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, representing 2.5% of global emissions – so lowering its impact is an urgent priority. Trouw Nutrition and the Global Dairy Platform (GDP) have agreed to collaborate on a global pre-competitive Animal Nutrition Workstream to help support and guide research on innovative solutions to decarbonise the dairy sector. Developed as part of the Pathways to Dairy Net Zero (P2DNZ) initiative, the task force will provide leadership in the dairy nutrition space, focusing on opportunities to minimise the environmental impact of dairy production through innovative forage, feed and feeding developments and technologies. To launch…

The world’s largest kiwifruit marketer seeks forward-thinking visionaries to apply to its just-launched innovation funding initiative ZAG On World Kiwifruit Day (December 21), Zespri, the largest kiwifruit marketer in the world, invites all forward-thinking visionaries, disruptors, dreamers, and darers to apply for its new innovation funding initiative, ZAG. To raise awareness of some of the key challenges facing the kiwifruit industry – and create excitement for finding real-world solutions – Zespri is focusing on sustainable agriculture, technology, automation, packaging, supply chain, logistics, and industry education. Zespri’s $2 million annual fund will support future innovation initiatives and global partnerships that strengthen…

Study confirms that using lighting closer to natural light in cultivation leads to higher nutrient content in plants Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd., a global optical semiconductor company, has announced that it has verified through an experiment that natural spectrum lighting can promote stable growth and increase the content of effective nutrients in plants as daylighting does for plants grown in nature. Seoul Semiconductor used both regular white LED lights and SunLike natural spectrum LED lights to grow lettuce, a vegetable commonly used as a food ingredient. The use of SunLike LED lighting resulted in an increase in lettuce yield and…

Funding will support two new large-scale Cooperative Research Centres Australia has announced a $127 million investment in research centres to cut emissions in the agriculture sector and eliminate plastic waste. The funding has been awarded from Round 24 of the Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program, an Australian Government initiative established in 1990 which funds industry-led collaborations between industry, researchers and end users. Funding will support two new large-scale Cooperative Research Centres: The CRC for Zero Net Emissions from Agriculture has received $87 million to further develop and scale up technologies to reduce methane emissions from grazing cattle and sheep, and to improve…

With its state-of-the-art 210mm technology platform paired with n-type i-TOPCon Advanced technology, Trina Solar leads the PV industry in the era of 700W+ At the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) now in session in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Trina Solar has called for technological innovation and collaboration with global partners to support the worldwide transition to clean energy. The company has also stressed the importance of green, low-carbon and sustainable development. Trina Solar, as a green energy producer, assiduously puts its green development philosophy into practice and is committed to its mission of “Solar energy for all”. With…