January 17, 2024 | Beverages

Alfa Laval’s juice mixing plant minimises environmental footprint for CO-RO

The solution will be delivered by Alfa Laval’s units in Søborg Kolding in Denmark and Parma in Italy Denmark’s beverage and home-freeze ice lolly producer CO-RO has chosen a complete juice mixing plant from Alfa…

January 16, 2024 | Food

New global fisheries management body focuses on sustainable practices in fisheries

COFI Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management is also set to discuss improvements in the methodology to assess the state and health of the world’s marine fisheries stocks A new global fisheries…

January 11, 2024 | Academic

Bottled water contains hundreds of thousands of nanoplastics: Columbia University

A New Microscopic Technique Zeroes in on the poorly explored World of nanoplastics, which can pass into blood, cells and your brain A recent study conducted by scientists from Columbia…

January 11, 2024 | Food

Saudi’s KSrelief distributes 1,125 food baskets in Pakistan’s Balochistan, Sindh

The initiative is part of the third phase of the food security support project in Pakistan Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed 1,125 food baskets…

January 9, 2024 | Ingredients

Iran inaugurates modern glass greenhouses to grow bell peppers

This glass greenhouse is located on 60 hectares of land and uses the latest technologies in the form of a modern glass structure and a hydroponic cultivation system The President…

January 8, 2024 | Food

FAO Food Price Index declines by 13.7% in 2023

The benchmark measure of world food commodity prices ends 2023 about 10 per cent below its year-earlier level The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined in December compared to…

January 5, 2024 | Company News

Saudi Fund inaugurates Arkiz Project in support of water and food security

The Arkiz Agricultural Project aims to enhance water and food security in the country and contribute towards developing a key developmental sector In the presence of the President of the…

January 5, 2024 | Food

Small fish a small solution to big problems

The new FAO paper ‘Small fish for food security and nutrition’ makes a compelling case that food insecurity and poverty can also be addressed through the harvesting and production of…

January 5, 2024 | Ingredients

Standard Chartered and BASA Foundation collaborate to foster apiculture in Bangladesh

The project will focus on enhancing the marketability of honey products by providing access to certification and forward market linkages Standard Chartered Bangladesh and BASA Foundation are collaborating to foster…

January 2, 2024 | Policy and Regulatory

Philippine’s local food producers urge to put up digital agri-food database

Easy access to crucial information will guide poultry farm managers in setting production targets that accurately reflect prevailing consumer demand Philippine’s local food producers have urged the National Economic and…