1. Below Agro & Poultry Trade Fairs 2016:
- Agro & Poultry Tanzania 2016, 18 - 20 March, Diamond Jubilee Hall, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
- Agro & Poultry Kenya 2016, 14 - 16 October, Sarit Expo Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
2. The Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance upped its lending by 56% last year to $564million, arranging loans for 658 businesses in 64 countries.
3. The Silicon Valley-based private equity and real estate firm 'Trinitas'– whose assets include more than 7,000 acres of California almond orchards – is raising its fourth agriculture-focused fund worth $250m.
4. The NYSE listed Farmland REIT is raising $31million fresh capital for future deals and to pay down mortgage debt.
5. Bosch Packaging Technology has redesigned its Delta robotic (D3) packaging portfolio to give food producers a more simplified platform design, faster changeovers and ease of use.
6. Nestlé has filed an international patent for pomegranate skin extract as a strategy against metabolic syndrome, in particular fatty liver disease.
7. A combination of green tea extracts and vitamin C may not protect skin from sun burn, says a new double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial from England.
8. With the average age of the Japanese farmer being 67 years, technology giants such as Fujitsu are offering technology services to the farmer community based on sensors, historical weather data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things. Farmers get real-time alerts on their mobiles with actionable inputs.
- Agro & Poultry Tanzania 2016, 18 - 20 March, Diamond Jubilee Hall, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
- Agro & Poultry Kenya 2016, 14 - 16 October, Sarit Expo Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
2. The Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance upped its lending by 56% last year to $564million, arranging loans for 658 businesses in 64 countries.
3. The Silicon Valley-based private equity and real estate firm 'Trinitas'– whose assets include more than 7,000 acres of California almond orchards – is raising its fourth agriculture-focused fund worth $250m.
4. The NYSE listed Farmland REIT is raising $31million fresh capital for future deals and to pay down mortgage debt.
5. Bosch Packaging Technology has redesigned its Delta robotic (D3) packaging portfolio to give food producers a more simplified platform design, faster changeovers and ease of use.
6. Nestlé has filed an international patent for pomegranate skin extract as a strategy against metabolic syndrome, in particular fatty liver disease.
7. A combination of green tea extracts and vitamin C may not protect skin from sun burn, says a new double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial from England.
8. With the average age of the Japanese farmer being 67 years, technology giants such as Fujitsu are offering technology services to the farmer community based on sensors, historical weather data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things. Farmers get real-time alerts on their mobiles with actionable inputs.
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