Saturday, 22 August 2015

Global Agriculture, Food & Nutrition updates - 23Aug'15 !

1. First State Super, the A$53bn Australian superannuation fund, has bought more than 4,000 hectares of almond orchards and land across New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

2. The Gates Foundation and Syngenta back $34.5m round in AgBiome, a North Carolina-based agtech company to launch its first biological fungicide product, Howler.

3. Agri land prices in Russia set to rise after $26m China deal.

4. Integrated Ag targets $250m for distressed farmland.

5. Farmland Partners raises $35m in equity offering. 

6. Foodborne pathogens were found in 5% of items entering Germany, according to a study which looked at illegally introduced and confiscated products from two airports.

7. Global Insulated packaging market to reach $14.2bn by 2020.

8. Food security is not just about hunger and poverty – it must move into the mainstream as the challenge of feeding nine billion people comes into sharper focus, according to the European Commission.

9. Norwegian strategies to up organic consumption are failing, say researchers.

No comments:

Post a Comment