Tag: crop
Europe, Asia Pacific: ADM buys UK company, inks distribution deal with...
ADM will have exclusive distribution rights of the Thai-based General Starch Limited's modified tapioca starch products in the majority of the European countries, as...
Americas: US organic sales worth US$43.3B in 2015
The booming US organic industry posted new records in 2015, with total organic product sales hitting a new benchmark of US$43.3 billion, up 11%...
Asia Pacific: Farmers vital to delivering food security
On World Food Day (October 16, 2015), CropLife Asia heralded the contributions farmers enabled by plant science technology are making to combat hunger around...
Americas: USDA grants US$3M for improved plant health
The US Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced US$3 million in grants to mitigate crop losses by arthropods and...
Asia Pacific: Mitsubishi Corporation buys 12% stake in Olam International
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) will acquire 12% stake in Singapore's Olam International by subscribing to 332.73 million new shares.
The Japanese company is also acquiring 222.0...
Asia Pacific: BASF’s new anti-fake technology to tackle counterfeit crop protection...
BASF is introducing to China a product label that features an identification system it has developed with a local partner for local farmers to...
World: Africa should improve output of tree, root crops not mimic...
African countries cannot blindly adopt food policy initiatives that spurred the Green Revolution in Asia as a way to promote agricultural development, according to...