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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 rice production initiatives…
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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…
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LDC creates new food, feed solutions platform to meet need for healthy, nature-based products
NETHERLANDS — Global agricultural commodities trading company Louis Dreyfus Company BV (LDC) has created a new Food & Feed Solutions platform within its value chain…
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Bunge considers Switzerland as place of incorporation, trims board to 11 seats
USA — American agribusiness and food company may move its place of incorporation from Bermuda to Switzerland if shareholders approve the proposal that recently received…
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PepsiCo SSA launches US$16.92M production line to boost its Weet-Bix capacity
SOUTH AFRICA – PepsiCo Sub-Saharan Africa has launched a new production line at its Weet-Bix plant in Atlantis, West Cape worth R300m (about US$16.92m) in…