Author: Hithaishi CB

ADM, a leader in sustainable agriculture supply chains, today announced an important expansion of its global regenerative agriculture efforts with the launch of its program in Brazil. The Brazil program aims to promote and support sustainable agricultural production with a focus on soil health, biodiversity protection, improved soil fertility and resilience, and increased farm productivity. In the initial stages of the program, ADM will focus on three practices. Fertilizer use efficiency and increased use of biological inputs, reducing chemical inputs and substituting traditional nitrogen products with more technological alternatives to result in reduced carbon emissions in planting, coupled with increased…

Vietnamese tuna fetched US$693 million during the first ten months, making it the third largest export among the Southeast Asian economy’s seafood this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Vietnamese seafood, however, decreased by 21 per cent compared to the same period last year, amounting to just over $7.4 billion.  Vietnamese shrimp, the country’s best-seller, fetched over $2.8 billion, followed by catfish at $1.5 billion with both seeing lower sales during the period by 29 per cent and 24 per cent, respectively.  The six largest buyers of Vietnamese tuna were the US, Israel, Thailand,…

PepsiCo announced the third year of its global agriculture program, the Positive Agriculture Outcomes (PAO) Accelerator, by backing eight new innovation projects across nine countries. PepsiCo’s continued investment aims to address some of the most urgent challenges facing agriculture today, while moving the company’s pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) agenda forward. PepsiCo’s PAO Accelerator offers local farming communities co-investment to accelerate diverse and results-driven Positive Agriculture projects, as well as funding for ag-tech start-ups that offer proven products or technology with the potential to scale. This year’s innovations will build resiliency through climate related analysis, improve soil health, and strengthen farms’ climate resilience – engaging farmers in Australia, Colombia, Egypt, India, Iraq, Pakistan, Poland, Romania,…

As global attention shifts to climate change, Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (“Zoomlion”) accelerates its ecological transformation roadmap to promote sustainable development. This initiative is part of the company’s responsibility to ensure a sustainable future through product innovation and the development of new energies. Climate change affects every region and every person on Earth. For a better global future, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, stressed that  renewable energy is the only credible path to avoid climate catastrophe and that the only sustainable future is renewable. Zoomlion’s eco-innovation in action The core of Zoomlion’s green transformation roadmap lies in creating world-class…

The US$2 million annual fund will propel initiatives to help shape a thriving world through the goodness of kiwifruit Zespri, the world’s largest kiwifruit marketer with over $US2.5 billion in revenue – managing around one-third of the industry’s global volume – is proud to announce the establishment of a new innovation funding initiative, known as ZAG. Powered by its purpose – to help people, communities and the environment around the world thrive through the goodness of kiwifruit – ZAG will play an important role in the company’s mission. The US$2 million annual fund will support future innovation initiatives and global strategic partnerships that strengthen Zespri’s ability to deliver on its…

Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) received 800 million yen (PhP300-million) worth of farm equipment for Filipino small sugarcane farmers. The Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines, Kazuhiko Koshikawa turned over the grant to Agriculture Secretary Francisco “Sec Kiko” Tiu Laurel, SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona, and representatives of beneficiaries from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. “We thank Government of Japan and for the 80 units of tractors, 48 units of sugarcane planters, 48 units of flail mowers, and 5 units of power harrow—all extended under the Japan Non-Project Aid Program,” Sec. Laurel said this during the…

Australians now have an opportunity to share their views on how the agriculture and land sectors can play a part in the Albanese Government’s economy-wide Net Zero 2050 Plan. A discussion paper for the Agriculture and Land Plan – one of six sectoral decarbonisation plans under the Net Zero 2050 Plan – has been released as part of broader public consultation. Agriculture, as a sector in the National Greenhouse Account, made up 16.8 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions in 2020–21. This share expected to increase as other parts of the economy, such as the electricity sector, take up more…

The Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW) concluded with the message that “an inclusive and resilient agrifood system is needed in the world’s most populous region if the global climate objectives are to be realized, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The UN reported during a large regional prelude to the upcoming UN climate conference in Dubai later this month. APCW brought together more than a thousand experts in the Malaysian city of Johor Bahru, to discuss a wide variety of climate-related issues, from rising global temperatures and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, to water and land issues such as droughts and…

The aquaculture industry continues to expand to meet global fish and seafood demand, and USSEC is committed to supporting its development. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) expects aquaculture production to increase nearly one-third from 2018 to 2030. Many consider aquaculture a key part of the solution to sustainably meeting human protein needs. “With aquaculture expansion comes the need to provide sustainable feed ingredients,” says Tom D’Alfonso, Ph.D., USSEC director of animal and aquaculture. “That’s where U.S. Soy shines — as a verified sustainable solution to meeting aquafeed protein needs in many species. USSEC highlights U.S Soy for…

An Indonesian shrimp farm—PT. Koyo Segoro Endah (KSE) —has become the first farm to earn ASC certification after participating in an Aquaculture Improvement Project (AIP) under the Improver Programme by Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC).   ASC’s Improver Programme supports seafood farms that are committed to improving their farming practices through an AIP and are not yet ready or eligible for ASC certification. “Our ASC certification means that we now have a place in the global marketplace and are meeting the demand for responsibly farmed shrimp—a milestone we couldn’t have reached without ASC’s Improver Programme” said Rudyanto, Farm Manager of KSE. KSE’s…