Agrimetrics, the UK’s agri-tech centre for innovations in data science, has launched the Agri-Food Data Marketplace, a move that aims to enable data-owners to safely share and monetise data, while making it easier for data-consumers to find the information they need
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USDA launches cashew value chain project for West African countries
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a US$38mn project in The Gambia, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau to enhance the regional cashew value chain and improve the trade of processed cashews in local and international markets
Data-driven roadmap towards accurate harvest forecasts
Hoogendoorn Growth Management’s Harvest Forecast module is set to enable the international snack vegetable grower Greenco to calculate a harvest forecast one week in advance for the coming four weeks
Reducing food waste is most important to tackle climate crisis: GODAN executive director
Andre Laperrière, executive director of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), has highlighted the importance of reducing food waste
FAO: Urgent need to fight Desert Locust upsurge in Horn of Africa
As the Desert Locust upsurge in the Horn of Africa threatened to provoke a humanitarian crisis, FAO director-general QU Dongyu appealed for urgent funding to tackle the outbreak and protect livelihoods and food security
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