The latest news from the agricultural sector
2022-12-21
Swiss consumer food group Hero offloads UK gluten-free brand Juvela to S-Ventures
UK- Swiss international consumer food manufacturer Hero Group, has sold its Hero UK which trades as Juvela to a London Stock Exchange-listed enterprise comp ... Read more
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2022-12-21
Bunge to expand soy protein ingredients production with new US$ 550M facility in Indiana
USA – American multinational commodity trading giant Bunge is planning to invest US$550 million in the construction of a new facility soybean processing pla ... Read more
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2022-12-21
Ynsect partners ADM, Corporativo Kosmos in US$106m North American expansion drive
NORTH AMERICA - Ynsect, a France-based insect protein company, is on a North American charm offensive to woo more North Americans into embracing insect ... Read more
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2022-12-20
Improving agricultural value chain coordination and gender inclusiveness in Papua New Guinea
Challenges and opportunities for women to engage in more profitable work. Read more
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2022-12-16
Unga Group considers future beyond milling as sector becomes increasingly competitive
KENYA-Unga Group Holdings Ltd, one of the largest millers in East Africa with a heritage of over a century in grain milling, is considering a transition pla ... Read more
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2022-12-16
Angola to invest US$5.7B in 5 year plan to raise grain production to 6m tonnes
ANGOLA – Angola has announced plans to invest US$5.7 billion in various agriculture-focused projects under the National Plan for Grain Production dubbed Pla ... Read more
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2022-12-15
Europastry bulks up European frozen bakery business with assets from Dawn Foods
SPAIN -Europastry, Barcelona-based and a family business specializing in frozen bakery, has acquired the European frozen bakery business of US-based baker D ... Read more
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2022-12-15
Burkina Faso miller Agroserv receives US$14.5m investment to expand agro-processing plant
BURKINA FASO- Agroserv, a provider of sustainable agro-processing solutions in Burkina Faso, has received a €12.2 million (about US$14.5m) investment from s ... Read more
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2022-12-14
AfDB sets aside US$91m to support grain self-sufficiency initiatives in Sudan, Sierra Leone
AFRICA – The African Development Bank (AfDB) under its African Emergency Food Production Facility is committing US$90.91 million to support wheat and ... Read more
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2022-12-14
PepsiCo opens oat testing lab in UK to boost high-quality productivity
UK - PepsiCo, Inc, in partnership with UK’s National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), has opened a new research lab dedicated to testing oats from i ... Read more
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2022-12-14
The global food price crisis threatens to cause a global nutrition crisis: New evidence from 1.27 million young children on the effects of inflation
Research links high food prices to wasting and stunting. Read more
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2022-12-13
2 Sisters Foods in talks to sell bakery division to an Irish investment firm
UK- 2 Sisters Foods, one of the largest privately owned food manufacturing companies in the UK, is in the process of offloading its bakery division as part ... Read more
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