Author: Sarthak Gosh
Development lender plans a comprehensive program of support to help the 1.1 billion people in the region The Asian Development Bank has announced that it will devote at least $14 billion through 2025 to help ease a worsening food crisis in the Asia-Pacific. The development lender said it plans a comprehensive programme of support to help the 1.1 billion people in the region who lack healthy diets due to poverty and soaring food prices. The Manila, Philippines-based ADB made the announcement during its annual meeting. “This is a timely and urgently needed response to a crisis that is leaving too…
To focus on establishing an integrated technology transfer base, developing high-yielding plans for rice and foxtail millet, aquaculture value chains and supporting livestock improvement programmes A highly successful South-South Cooperation (SSC) project between China and Uganda, supported by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), moved towards its latest stage today as a Chinese expert team prepared to deploy to Uganda to provide technical support for implementation of Phase III, which is now being launched. This new 3-year phase comes after an agreement signed in June of this year, under which Uganda agreed to provide nearly $10 million for the…
Provision shop operator was also fined $4,000 for possessing unlabelled raw meat for sale Travelling Art Pte Ltd was fined $10,000 by the Court for importing seafood and meat products illegally from Myanmar. The provision shop operator was also fined $4,000 for possessing raw meat for sale which were not labelled. In November 2021, Singapore Food Agency (SFA) officers inspected the Ubi Avenue 1 minimart and seized 142.69kg of seafood and meat products, such as assorted shrimp paste and canned meat, which did not have a valid import permit. At the same time, another 39kg of raw chicken, beef and…
NIA encourages investment opportunities for the Thai food sector and encounter global food security crisis through Space – F Project The National Innovation Agency (NIA) (Public Organisation), Thailand or NIA targets to stimulate the use of deep tech as the main engine to drive Bangkok towards becoming the FoodTech Silicon Valley – an innovative food hub of Southeast Asia and the world. Dr Pun-Arj Chairatana, Executive Director of NIA said that the deep-tech business in food and agriculture continues to enjoy its equal growth as the e-commerce and fintech worldwide, the food companies in Thailand also relish robust supply chains. FoodTech startup incubation and acceleration is the key to…
With the payload upgraded to 40 kg, the drone can serve larger fields more effectively to address labor shortage XAG to promote smart agriculture, drones flying above the field to perform farm works have been gradually adopted in many regions. To meet farmer’s need for a large-capacity drone, XAG officially makes its P100 Agricultural Drone available for sales globally. This fully autonomous drone has multiple uses around the farm, such as spraying pesticides, spreading fertilisers and broadcasting seeds, to boost yield and lower costs. As one of the fast-growing markets for agricultural drone, Vietnam becomes the first to witness the…