The University of Birmingham and industry partners like Carrier are supporting the effort K T Rama Rao, the Minister of IT and Industries of Telangana called for ideas to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainable cooling systems. He inaugurated the Telangana Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain,[Read More…]
Policy and Regulatory
Fish in school meals, a nutritious initiative for children in Timor-Leste
Tilapia served weekly in school lunches in a new pilot to boost nutrition outcomes A new pilot program, ‘Fish in School Meals,’ was launched in Timor-Leste to enhance fish consumption in rural areas. Over 1,200 students from 10 schools in Ermera will now receive a wholesome fish dish every week[Read More…]
Indonesia exports Oolong tea to Vietnam
The collaboration of Suntory and PTPN gave Suntory access to one of the largest plantation holdings in Indonesia with commercial and operational excellence PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) Group, in collaboration with PT Suntory Garuda Beverage, has successfully embarked on its maiden export of Oolong tea to Vietnam for Suntory Pepsico Vietnam Beverage. This milestone marks[Read More…]
India’s sugar stock reaches 108 LMT
Sufficient sugar stock to meet domestic demand The government of India has been successfully maintaining stable retail prices of sugar in the country. Though international sugar prices have touched the highest level in a decade in April-May 2023, domestic prices of sugar have nominal inflation of about 3 per cent,[Read More…]
UAE announces 500 Mn dirhams boost for food purchases
The ministry team successfully secured the supply of food and agricultural products from national farms, amounting to AED 500 million over five years Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, witnessed the signing of a deal facilitated by the National Farm Sustainability Initiative (NFSI) Task Force. The[Read More…]
Bangladesh enters into Global School Meals Coalition program with WFP
The new school feeding programme aims to reach 3.5 million students in 20,000 government primary schools over the next three years The government of Bangladesh has joined a Global School Meals Coalition and promoting child education and nutrition in the country with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The[Read More…]
Indian Government launches plantation drive for oil palm cultivation under National Mission for Edible Oils
Three major oil palm processing companies, Patanjali Food Pvt. Ltd., Godrej Agrovet, and 3F, are actively promoting and participating with farmers The Indian Government has launched the National Mission for Edible Oils- Oil Palm to increase the oil palm production area to 10 lakh hectares and boost Crude Palm Oil[Read More…]
Australia’s donor breast milk trial shares $73 million in funding
The grant aims to study the advantages of using pasteurised donor human milk (donor milk) versus infant formula for pre-term babies when maternal breast milk is not readily available Researchers from the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute have been awarded more than $2.2[Read More…]
SFA lifts suspension on Nosh Cuisine
In a joint statement with the Ministry of Health (MOH), the SFA said that Nosh Cuisine had implemented the measures required by the agency Nosh Cuisine, a food caterer in Singapore, has been allowed to resume operations after the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) lifted its suspension. The suspension was imposed[Read More…]
Singapore Food Agency seizes 600kg of illegally imported food
Seized food includes pork, chicken, beef, duck and fish products from Thailand The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has seized over 600kg of illegally imported food from Thailand, following raids conducted at various food retail establishments across Singapore. According to SFA, during raids conducted at eight food retail establishments across Singapore,[Read More…]
