March 19, 2024 | Middle East

Saudi Govt raises awareness of food consumption in Ramadan to reduce waste

According to the ministry’s statistics, rice is the most wasted food at a rate of 34, followed by flour and bread at 30 per cent Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment,…

March 18, 2024 | Africa

Heliponix tackles food insecurity in Lesotho and rural southern Indiana

Heliponix LLC, doing business as anu, commercialises fully automated, in-home smart gardens that grow daily servings of produce using aeroponics An agricultural startup founded by Purdue University alumni is addressing international…

March 15, 2024 | Food

Food security situation in Afghanistan improving but the crisis far from over

The food security situation remains alarming with over 15 million people or 36 per cent of the population being food insecure Afghanistan is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the…

March 14, 2024 | Australia

Australia’s Costa Group develops world’s heaviest blueberry

The blueberry was of the Eterna variety, as part of the Variety Improvement Programs (VIP) of Costa, which licenses blueberry varieties grown by Costa in regions including the Americas, Morocco, China…

March 12, 2024 | Food

Philippines expands zero-kilometre food project to Limay, Bataan

The ‘0KM’ project is a research initiative designed to develop an efficient data collection system on the supply and demand for food at the local government level The Philippines Department…

March 11, 2024 | Africa

Somalia’s 1.7 million children likely to suffer from acute malnutrition

Senior UN officials met people on the frontlines of the climate crisis as well as government officials, donor partners, and aid workers to scale up response efforts With nearly 7…

March 5, 2024 | Company News

Fonterra ingredients brand launches game-changing tool

Customers will also be able to request carbon footprint certificates for specific New Zealand NZMP products In an industry first, Fonterra’s ingredients and solutions brand, NZMP, has launched a tool to help…

March 5, 2024 | Company News

ABC Impact invests in Winnow for food waste solutions

Winnow develops Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools that help large hospitality businesses operate more profitable and sustainable kitchens by cutting food waste in half  Impact private equity fund ABC Impact announced…

March 1, 2024 | Food

Egyptian Food Bank launches mobile kitchen to distribute meals in Egypt’s streets

The implementation of ‘Tekeya Al-Mahrousa – the mobile kitchen’ by the Egyptian Food Bank aims to assist and facilitate the lives of people by providing them with nutritionally healthy meals…

February 28, 2024 | Beverages

Tetra Pak, Al Rabie and Alssad join forces to address food security in Iraq

This strategic partnership is geared towards meeting the escalating demands for food and beverages within Iraq’s growing population Tetra Pak, Al Rabie and Alssad joined forces at Gulfood 2024 to…