On the occasion of COP28s Gender Day, the International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) announced the launch of the Women Alliance for Climate Action in Agriculture (WACAA), which aims to reach one million women globally by 2050
Agriculture
Precision weeding prototype tool to eradicate herbicide use
Pesticide-free agriculture is just around the corner with the introduction of a precision weeding prototype tool, that successfully eradicates the use of herbicides, thereby improving the productivity and competitiveness of crops
CGIAR launches million dollar investment to accelerate agricultural innovation
In an attempt to tackle the ongoing global food and climate crisis, CGIAR, the worlds largest publicly-funded agricultural research network has secured more than US$890mn to accelerate progress
Accelerating nature-positive crop protection pipeline solutions
Bio platform company, Invaio Sciences has announced the acquisition of agtech startup, Peptyde Bio to bring an established platform and IP portfolio that enables Invaio to speed up the design and discovery of biologically active peptides capable of sustainably protecting crops from pests and disease
Alfa Laval joins forces with Bisviridi to revolutionise biofuel production from organic waste
Alfa Laval, a world leader in areas of energy, marine and food and water, has collaborated with the UKs leading anaerobic digestion (AD) operator improve the sustainability potential of organic and food waste recycling