Author: Hithaishi CB

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Plasma Waters inks a MoU to advance Plasma-ized Water technology to enable faster growth, deeper root mass, disease resistance & stress tolerance levels in plants The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) based at Hyderabad (Southern India) & the US Water Tech Company, Plasma Water Solutions India Pvt Ltd based at Mumbai (India) have signed MoU to initiate genetic studies to address the challenges of dryland farmers. The initiative will be enabled by germplasm and genetic studies with ICRISAT gene bank accessions, and technology trials with different…

More than 200 wine and cider businesses will share in $10 million of funding, under latest round of the Wine Tourism and Cellar Door Grant Program Australian Government has announced funding of AU$10 million in country’s wine and Cider industry. The Cellar Door Grant Program is expected to help businesses attract visitors to Australian wine regions and promote agri tourism. The grant program is administered by Wine Australia, which carries out application assessments and distributes the funding directly to wine and cider businesses. Over 200 wineries will receive grants this round, including 79 in South Australia, 45 in Victoria, 35…

“Perfecta Care” series support special care segment in pet food category and maintains good health by preventive care Betagro (HQ: Bangkok) has introduced Perfecta Care, a premium pet food that contains special formulae of nutrition. Betagro offers special formulae of nutrition that will keep pets in good health and reduce the chance of illness and hospitalization. On 1 March, Betagro posts robust 2022 results with 7,938 million baht in net profit spurred by growth in all businesses, to declare 1 baht dividends of a share. Its revenue for the calendar year edged up 31.3% over 2021 to 113,877 million baht while…

Nutrition Technologies to support sustainable pet food supply The Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture has authorized the local firm, ‘Nutrition Technologies’ to export its insect meal and oil into the EU & UK markets, the first in Malaysia to receive such approval. This approval allows the rapidly growing sustainable pet food sector in Europe to access high quality, low-energy insect-based materials in South-East Asia. The Nutrition Technologies Sdn Bhd, are the manufacture and supplier of insect protein meal, oil and frass (insect manure) fostering the evolving agriculture and feed industries globaly. Using a combination of beneficial microbes and Black Soldier Fly…

Acquires Novus International giving EW Nutrition ownership of a feed preservative, a feed mill processing aid, feed ingredient and a state-of-the-art production facility in Spain. Global animal nutrition solutions provider to the feed industry, EW Nutrition with its South East Asia/Pacific headquarter in Singapore has acquired the Feed Quality and Pigments business from the US based Novus International, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, EW Nutrition becomes the owner of world-renowned brands such as Santoquin® feed preservative, SURF●ACE®, a feed mill processing aid, and feed ingredient Agrado®. The acquisition also gives EW Nutrition ownership of a state-of-the-art production facility in Constantí, Spain. “This…

Launched the “e-Agriculture National Strategy” aiming to harness data and information resources in agriculture for the benefit of smallholders The Center of Agricultural Data and System Information (CADIS) of the Agriculture Ministry, in collaboration with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has launched an agriculture digitalization strategy called the “e-Agriculture National Strategy.” Aims to harness data and information resources in agriculture for the benefit of smallholders. According to the FAO, Indonesia is the fourth most populated country in the world and a major producer of agricultural products. With 45 percent of the population living in rural areas, more…

Ecorobotix’s ARA Ultra-High Precision Sprayer deployed in Biospray project extending potential around Sustainable and Non-Selective Herbicide & Pesticide The EU-funded agROBOfood project is supporting the Biospray industrial challenge project to adapt Ecorobotix’s ultra-high precision technology to meet the needs of biocontrol applications and to conduct field trials for three types of applications. The ARA Precision Sprayer is a revolutionary ultra-high precision sprayer with an ability to treat plant-by-plant with an unprecedented accuracy of 6×6 cm and a breakthrough in targeted herbicide delivery. The ultra-high precision technology, combined with its ability to detect, classify and spray individual weeds, reduces costs and…

China-Africa signed MoU to enhance cooperation in tropical agricultural Science and technology, to safeguard food security in Africa, and to build a shared future for China and Africa. The Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) and the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreeing to extend mutual cooperation surrounding Agri-tech during the visit of AAS President Dr. Felix Dapare Dakora to the CATAS at Haikou, Hainan Province in Feb 2023. MoU aims to intensify cooperation between China and Africa in tropical agricultural science and technology and food security, through new strategic partnerships. A number…

Issues new Executive Order (EO) 18 to simplify business and trade routes pertaining to projects, FDIs and activities under the Strategic Investment Priority Plan (SIPP) The Philippines major investment promotion agencies (IPAs), the Board of Investments (BOI) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) have approved the issuance of the Executive Order (EO) No. 18 or the creation of green lanes for strategic trade and investments in the country. On 27 Feb, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary and BOI chairperson Alfredo Pascual said “the green lanes for strategic investments will facilitate ease of doing business and will increase…

Raises $23M Series A fund to support the fruit and vegetables growers globally Amsterdam (Netherlands) based Source.ag, the leading artificial intelligence (AI) provider for greenhouse growers, has closed $23 million in its Series A funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to $35 million in just under two years. The Series A funding round is led by Astanor Ventures and includes investments from Acre Venture Partners, and several of the Netherlands’ leading greenhouse operators. Source.ag will use its pioneering AI technology to track and improve cultivations to enable growers to operate at optimized efficiency. After the successful commercial launch and…