The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a project to promote sustainable cocoa and coffee production in Indonesia in partnership with Olam Food Ingredients (ofi), Rikolto, Hershey’s, and the Government of Indonesia. The Landscape...
Aqua-Spark, a global aquaculture investment fund based in the Netherlands, AgFunder, a global agrifood tech venture capital firm, and Son Tech Investment, a Vietnam-focused venture capital firm, have joined forces to invest via the AgFunder GROW Impact Fund in Tepbac,...
The Philippines is projected to increase chicken and beef production and imports in 2023 due to rising demand. However, pork output and shipments are expected to decline due to African swine fever (ASF) and increased prices. According to the United States Department...
Several aquaculture alternative seafood startups are participating in the fourth SPACE-F food-tech startup incubator and accelerator program. The initiative is a collaboration between the National Innovation Agency, Thai Union Group, Mahidol University, Thai Beverage...
Singrow, the Singapore company that has developed “climate-resilient strawberries” designed to be grown in tropical climates, has announced its intentions to collaborate on agricultural projects in Malaysia and Thailand. The planned farmlands in these countries will...
Malaysia will produce its own lab-grown meat by 2025, thanks to domestic company Cell AgriTech Sdn Bhd, which is building the country’s first cultivated meat production facility in Penang worth MYR 20 million (USD 4.4 million). The plant is set to be completed by the...
Intermap Technologies, a global pioneer in 3D geospatial products and intelligence solutions from Colorado, has announced a deal to offer 3D digital elevation models (DEMs) to a prominent agricultural firm in Indonesia to decrease crop loss. The agriculture industry...
In a statement recently made by Malaysia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, it was announced that Malaysia and Singapore intend to expand their current level of collaboration in modern agriculture to improve the food security in their countries. During a...
German specialty chemicals company Evonik is expanding its capacity to produce MetAMINO® (DL-methionine) on Jurong Island, Singapore, by 40,000 metric tons to around 340,000 metric tons per year. The high double-digit million-euro investment in this technological...
The Indonesian government has granted authorization for genetically modified organisms (GMO) wheat for human consumption, including Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp’s HB4 wheat. This wheat is now approved for usage in human consumption, going beyond its allowed...
President Bongbong Marcos announced that the government plans to build cold storage facilities in several fish ports to lower post-harvest losses, increase the nation’s fish supply, and minimize reliance on imports. The announcement was made during the meeting...
Thai food conglomerate CP Group’s Feed Ingredients Trading Business Group (FIT) and Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CP Foods) have announced the implementation of a corn traceability system to verify the sourcing of maize for feed production. The...
