Sustainability
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The Rockefeller Foundation donates US$10.7M to support WFP school feeding programs
GLOBAL-The Rockefeller Foundation has donated a US$10.7 million grant to The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to help the agency support school feeding programs…
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Egypt plans to purchase maize for the first time in history to boost feed manufacturing
Egypt- The General Authority in Charge of Raw Materials (GASC) has floated a public tender to purchase maize, the first time the public body embarks…
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Grain Australia receives US$17.5M from GRDC to bolster the competitiveness of Australian grain
AUSTRALIA – The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) has pledged US$17.5 million to Grains Australia Limited (GAL) to bolster the competitiveness and profitability of…
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China expands its soybean hectarage to 10.6 million as it strives to achieve self-sufficiency
CHINA-China, the world’s top buyer of soybeans, has expanded its planting area to 10.26 million hectares, an increase of 1.82 million hectares year-on-year as the…
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Ghana schemes to offset US$1.3 billion rice import bill by increasing local production
GHANA-The government of Ghana plans to start producing its local rice to offset the US$ 1.3 billion financial burden used to import the commodity annually.…