Global experts meeting during a panel session at the second international summit on food production in Dakar called for accelerated avenues to close the financial gap in agriculture and address barriers to the growing finance market for agricultural Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
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FAO and Somaliland government open desert locust monitoring and pest control centre in Hargeisa
The Vice President of Somaliland, along with Ezana Kassa, head of programme of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), has officially opened the first pest control centre in Hargeisa, Somaliland, which will act as desert locust early warning and control base
Capital increase for Biobest is leverage for further growth
Biobest and Floridienne have reached an agreement with Sofina and several private investors to increase the capital of Biobest by a minimum of €98.5mn (approx. US$105.3mn)
Genome boost for nature-friendly pest control
A new database of 19 insect genomes encompassing some of the most damaging crop pests such as wireworm, cabbage stem flea beetle and pollen beetle has been made publicly available
CELPLAST: Care for the environment: not a slogan, but a concrete commitment
Founded in Vigonza, near Padua, in 1981 as a small workshop for the production of packaging, Celplast immediately stood out for its strong innovative spirit, a reflection of the attentive and visionary minds of its founding members