1. Soros' Aspada, the social venture capital investment firm has invested in India's EM3 Agri Services, a provider of farm operations services aimed at increasing smallholder farmer productivity by 20%.
2. After Syngenta rejected Monsanto's $44.5bn takeover offer last month, Monsanto has said it will keep pursuing the deal.
3. According to International Food Policy Research Institute, Middle East, North Africa spending on agri R&D must increase to reach UN standards.
4. Brookside Dairy - East Africa's largest processor - has acquired Ugandan dairy Sameer Agriculture and Livestock Limited (SALL), according to reports from the region.
5. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) has received a USDA food safety grant to enhance low-moisture food safety by improving pasteurization technologies.
6. The number of hungry people in the world has fallen again this year to 795 million – 10m fewer than last year and 216m fewer than in 1990-92 – according to FAO figures.
7. The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has urged the European commissioner for health and food safety to practice caution when making ‘adjustments’ to health claim and botanical rules.
8. Canadian dairy giant Saputo will refuse milk from farms that fail to treat cows humanely under a new animal welfare policy.
9. A lack of dietary variety is creating nutritional imbalances in a large number of young children in urban China, a Nestlé-sponsored study suggests.
10. Nestlé Middle East has lost around US$220m in the last three years due to regional conflicts, but insists it will not withdraw from troubled markets.
11. Consumption of a green tea extract has been suggested to reduce rates of cancer in certain indiviuals while reducing levels of the cancer biomarker prostate-specific antigen (PSA), say researchers.
2. After Syngenta rejected Monsanto's $44.5bn takeover offer last month, Monsanto has said it will keep pursuing the deal.
3. According to International Food Policy Research Institute, Middle East, North Africa spending on agri R&D must increase to reach UN standards.
4. Brookside Dairy - East Africa's largest processor - has acquired Ugandan dairy Sameer Agriculture and Livestock Limited (SALL), according to reports from the region.
5. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) has received a USDA food safety grant to enhance low-moisture food safety by improving pasteurization technologies.
6. The number of hungry people in the world has fallen again this year to 795 million – 10m fewer than last year and 216m fewer than in 1990-92 – according to FAO figures.
7. The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has urged the European commissioner for health and food safety to practice caution when making ‘adjustments’ to health claim and botanical rules.
8. Canadian dairy giant Saputo will refuse milk from farms that fail to treat cows humanely under a new animal welfare policy.
9. A lack of dietary variety is creating nutritional imbalances in a large number of young children in urban China, a Nestlé-sponsored study suggests.
10. Nestlé Middle East has lost around US$220m in the last three years due to regional conflicts, but insists it will not withdraw from troubled markets.
11. Consumption of a green tea extract has been suggested to reduce rates of cancer in certain indiviuals while reducing levels of the cancer biomarker prostate-specific antigen (PSA), say researchers.
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