The director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has launched the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021 (IYFV) with a call to improve healthy and sustainable food production through innovation and technology and to reduce food loss and waste
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SeeTree raises US$30mn in funding to scale globally and expand into new crops
SeeTree, an AI-powered, end-to-end service that provides growers with intelligence on trees and tree clusters, has raised US$30mn in a Series B funding round led by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group
EU-funded ‘ARTOLIO’ project to support small olive oil producers across the Mediterranean
The US$3.5mn ARTOLIO project is coordinated by Israel’s Agricultural Research Organization and sees the participation of nine partner organisations from Cyprus, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Palestine and Spain
Rust-resistant bread wheat varieties widely adopted in Ethiopia, study reveals
A study of plant DNA provides strong evidence that farmers in Ethiopia have widely adopted new, improved rust-resistant bread wheat varieties since 2014
Post-COVID-19 era - Change is afoot with influx of AI and drones
Looking beyond COVID-19, agricultural yields must rise to meet food needs of a growing population
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