US – Plenty Unlimited is building the world’s largest and most advanced vertical farming research center in Laramie, Wyoming, parallel…
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Day: February 4, 2023
Record tax hike is unsustainable and threatens Australia’s spirits industry: Associations cry foul
AUSTRALIA – Two leading associations supporting Australia’s spirits industry and its producers, Spirits, Cocktails Australia, and the Australian Distillers Association,…
Read MoreSingrow debuts world’s first climate-resilient strawberry variety using advanced genomics technology
SINGAPORE – Singrow, a Singapore-based agri-genomics firm, has launched the world’s first climate-resilient strawberry variety using its transformative technology ‘genomics…
Read MoreThe UK govt invests US$18.5M in Kenya’s first processing facility for Irish and sweet potatoes
KENYA-The UK government has launched the construction of a KS2.3 billion (US$18.5M) production facility for Irish and sweet potato processing…
Read MoreGavin Hudson resigns as Tongaat Hulett CEO amid delayed business rescue plan
SOUTH AFRICA-Gavin Hudson has resigned as CEO of Southern Africa’s biggest sugar group Tongaat Hulett effective February 28 adding another…
Read MoreNorfund invests US$4.7M in South-African food ingredient producer, Synercore, in expansion move
SOUTH AFRICA-Norfund, the Norwegian Investment Fund for developing countries, is investing ZAR 80M (US$4.7M) in Synercore Holdings, a South African…
Read MoreKenya locks out sugar millers from duty-free imports window to cushion cane farmers
KENYA – Kenyan local sugar millers have protested their lockout from the multi-billion-shilling duty-free sugar imports window, terming the move…
Read MoreSouth African prices for frozen potato chips set to fall as anti-dumping duties lapse
SOUTH AFRICA – The anti-dumping tariffs on French fries placed on three European countries by the International Trade Administration Commission…
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