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China explores new avenues of agricultural cooperation with Africa in order to help the continent achieve its Agenda 2063 goals At the China-Africa Leaders’ Dialogue held in Johannesburg, Chinese President Xi Jinping said China will launch the Plan for China Supporting Africa’s Agricultural Modernization, adding that China will help Africa expand grain planting and encourage Chinese companies to increase agricultural investment in Africa. The plan aims to help Africa achieve food self-sufficiency and independent sustainable development, promote food production in Africa, effectively boost Africa’s ability to safeguard its food security, and help it reach related goals in agricultural modernization. China is ready to further explore new pathways of agricultural cooperation with Africa, and work with…

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has briefed on the country’s total import-export turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products in the first eight months of the year. Accordingly, the country earned $59.69 billion from the export and import activities of agricultural, forestry and fishery products. Of these, export value was estimated at $33.21 billion, import hit $26.48 billion, creating a trade surplus is $6.73 billion. Although the country’s export activities in all industries in the first eight months have faced many difficulties due to declined global demand, the export of agricultural, forestry and fishery products still ensured a…

Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) Senior Undersecretary Domingo F. Panganiban met with representatives from Head Sport Philippines and the Philippine Rubber Research Institute (PRRI) to discuss ways to improve the local rubber industry and help rubber farmers boost their income. During the meeting, Head Sport Philippines proposed installing a modern rubber processing plant that will source raw rubber from local farmers and convert Filipino rubber into a high-quality product. Head is also set to relocate and expand its tennis ball production hub by moving operations from China to Panabo City, Davao del Norte. Its operations are poised to commence operations…

Certis Belchim has introduced Eradicoat T to evaluate FAW in several African and Asian countries. Based on the natural substance maltodextrin, a starch derived from maize, Eradicoat T uses maize to protect maize. It is formulated with natural, plant-derived oils and water in a water-soluble concentrate formulation. With a broad spectrum of activity, it is effective against a range of pests including Army Worms, Spider mites, Whiteflies, Thrips, Aphids and Mealy bugs on various crops (maize, cotton, cocoa, vegetables and fruits). The development of resistance is already proving to be a major issue in FAW control and poses a serious…

Global Chinese firm ADAMA Ltd., a leading global crop protection company, has launched Cosayr® and Lapidos® in India, its first insecticides containing the active ingredient Chlorantraniliprole (CTPR), benefiting from its new in-house production. ADAMA India has launched Lapidos® and Cosayr® insecticides for paddy and sugar cane growers, offering effective defense against various pests, ensuring improved yields and crop quality. Lapidos® is a GR formulation designed for broad application ensuring crop protection at the early growth stage. Cosayr® is a foliar solution that combats stem borer and leaf folders that attack rice paddy crops which are responsible for major crop losses every year. “ADAMA has recognized CTPR as…

Noodle wheat breeding leader InterGrain has launched the next generation of noodle wheats with new high yielding, mid-slow maturing Firefly. The broadly adapted mid-slow maturing Australian Noodle Wheat (ANW) promises to light up the wheat landscape. InterGrain wheat breeder Dan Mullan launched it at the Bolgart wheat NVT site on Tuesday 5 September. With a strategic focus to build on the popularity of Zen with a line that improves upon it in yield, InterGrain’s Firefly emerges as a shining beacon to captivate noodle growers and udon processors. Named with a nod to its luminescent potential, Firefly will cast its brilliance across WA noodle…

Exacta is leveraging Ginkgo’s end-to-end agricultural R&D services to run a fermentation optimization and scale-up program to enhance one of its crop protection products, FitoRoot Exacta Bioscience, a biotech company that harnesses the power of nature and its microorganisms for crop protection, and Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, announced that Exacta is leveraging Ginkgo’s end-to-end agricultural R&D services to run a fermentation optimization and scale-up program to enhance one of its crop protection products, FitoRoot, paving the way for large-scale commercialization. FitoRoot, a biostimulant product composed of three Bacillus strains, is designed to help crops better absorb water, nutrients…

Agtech Agrega Agro accelerates the sector’s progress in Brazil by taking Agro’s physical business to e-commerce, integrated with Luft’s logistics ecosystem Market dynamics reports that the digital logistics market is expected to grow exponentially, from $30.2 billion this year to $121.4 billion by 2030, owing to technology’s rapid and irreversible transformation. According to a McKinsey survey, 70% of Brazilian rural producers use digital channels for at least one input purchase. By leveraging its expertise in e-commerce logistics, Luft Logistics advances as a logtech in this dynamic sector, while also accelerating the digitization of the Brazilian ag sector through Agrega Agro.…

SpendEdge proposes 7 benefits of implementing a short supply chain in the food industry SpendEdge, a global leader in procurement market intelligence space recently highlighted the 7 major benefits of short food supply chain. In the resource, the market intelligence leader focused on the significance of the short food supply chain. Having a short supply chain will benefit the food industry by increasing the profits of farmers and other producers, revitalizing rural economies, and giving consumers access to fresh, fairly-priced foods. Game-Changing Benefits: The experts at SpendEdge have shared the 7 benefits of implementing a short supply chain in the…

Li Deming, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Jilin Province, and his delegation visited Syngenta Group China Syngenta Group President Liu Hongsheng met with Li Deming, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Jilin Province, and his delegation at the Beijing office of the Chinese Party Committee. A detailed discussion was held between the two parties regarding contemporary agricultural services and seed industry innovation. President Liu Hongsheng said that Jilin Province is an important commercial grain production base in my country. Jilin Province has been regarded by Syngenta Group China as an important…