Shakuntala Thilsted named Vice-chair of UN Food Systems Summit’s Equitable Livelihoods Action Track
Shakuntala Thilsted, WorldFish’s research program leader for Value Chains and Nutrition, has been named Vice-chair of the UN Food Systems…
New Zealand: Need to fix labour shortage to revive COVID-19-battered economy
With COVID-19 appearing to worsen around the world, farmers in New Zealand believe if agriculture is going to drag the…
Farmers to Families Food Box Program: USDA approves up to $1 billion in contracts to support farmers
US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue approved up to $1 billion in contracts to support farmers in need through the…
Cargill to adopt regenerative agri practices on 10 million acres of crop land in North America
Cargill has announced to adopt regenerative agri-practices on about 10 million acres of crop land in North America by the…
Global hunger crisis moving into a dangerous phase due to COVID-19: WFP Chief
The global hunger crisis caused by conflict, and now compounded by the COVID-19 outbreak, is moving into a new and…
Farmers Edge joins hands with Munich Re for data-driven parametric weather insurance solutions
Farmers Edge announced to strategically collaborate with the leading reinsurer Munich Re to transform traditional parametric coverage models into scalable…
ToBRFV Resistance Programme: Final pre-launch trials of Roma-type tomatoes announced by Bayer
Bayer announced the final pre-launch trials of Roma-type tomatoes to help farmers address Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV), a…
Philippines to launch ‘Measles Rubella-Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization’ campaign
The Philippines government, in collaboration with WHO and UNICEF, will conduct the nationwide measles and polio supplemental immunization campaign next…
Minimum Support Price mechanism for farmers will continue, says Indian Agri Minister
Indian Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the Minimum Support Price (MSP) mechanism for farmers will continue and the proposed…
COVID-19 Fallout! Number of children living in multidimensional poverty soars to 1.2 billion: Report
According to a new UNICEF and Save the Children analysis, the number of children living in multidimensional poverty – without access…
