Thursday, 13 August 2015

Global Agriculture, Food & Nutrition updates - 14Aug'15 !

1. New York-based Blue Road Capital, which is currently raising its debut fund, is helping Vanguard International to grow its fruit and vegetable business by investing $250 million.

2. Defying predictions, the decade-long increase in US farmland prices had been tipped to come to an end.

3. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says rising obesity rates among mothers and ready availability and attractiveness of formula has left Europe with the world’s lowest breastfeeding rates.

4. Around 80% of the 22 million tonnes of food wasted in the European Union is ‘avoidable’, according to new research that puts the UK bottom of the food waste league.

5. Denmark’s pig meat industry is trying to promote pork as a nutritious alternative to chicken, which can be even healthier if the right cuts are consumed, an industry expert said.

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