Africa: Arla opens office, facility in Ghana
Arla announces its subsidiary, Arla Foods in Accra, Ghana, which will supply products from its Dano range also sold in Nigeria, including powdered milk...
World: Food insecurity spreads in Pacific, Caribbean states
Drought linked to El Niño and civil conflict have pushed the number of countries currently in need of external food assistance up to 37...
Africa: Health authority uses green system to pasteurize milk
South Africa's Department of Health has endorsed ongoing studies of the use of SurePure's ultra-violet (UV) photopurification as an alternative to pasteurization for the...
World: Report finds unsustainable food system with hungry people
Today’s global food system has major weaknesses: nearly 800 million people are left hungry, one-third of the human race is malnourished, over half of...
Africa: Biolabex opens lab in Mauritius
Biolabex, a Mauritius-based research and development (R&D) laboratory, launches development and manufacturing activities in BioPark Mauritius.
Recently accredited as the first good manufacturing practice or...
World: Mondelēz International employees impart business skills to farmers
More than 12,000 employees volunteered nearly 40,000 hours across 70 countries during Mondelēz International's annual Global Volunteer Month campaign in October 2015.
Among the volunteers,...
Africa: Cameroon cocoa farmers beneficiaries of Cargill’s program
More than 9,500 cocoa farmers in Cameroon have received more than €1.4 million (US$1.57 million) in premium payments – the largest ever certification premium...
World: Use powdered food for safer meal preparation, personalized nutrition, says Blendhub
With the Covid-19 pandemic disrupting how people live, work and play, the food supply change is adapting to the volatile changes and directives by...
World: Hershey, partners build health center in West Africa
The Hershey Company, Blommer Chocolate and Olam Cocoa have together funded and built a community health center in Teapleau, Cote d’Ivoire as part of...
Europe: Cargill program deploys in Cameroon’s cocoa cooperatives
The Cargill Coop Academy, an adult education managerial program aimed at cocoa farmer cooperative leaders, will now deploy in Cameroon.
The training aims at helping...