How to achieve higher crop yield in the Mediterranean, crop breeding with food safety as a priority, and the benefits of micronutrient biofortication of staple crops.
A fund-raising campaign established by a consortium of international crop researchers aims to raise US$100m in five years to support development projects to increase global wheat production by 50% over the next 20 years.
Severe winter affects ADM earnings, India’s foodgrain storage problem, Perton launches first-of-its-kind grain analyzer, Mühlenchemie moves into India and Horizon’s New York mill gets upgraded.
The Ardent Mills deal is near to fruition, the US corn industry has been hit hard by China rejections, Ukraine is set to benefit from duty-free imports and Nigeria is close to achieving flour self-sufficiency.
Glanbia Nutritionals has implemented quality best practices for hygienic industries in its food-grade Next Generation Grains processing facility in Sioux Falls, S.D., its sales director says.
Traditional vs. modern wheat, Russian wheat priced competitively, best practices for Indian GM crop regulation, and securing high rice yields with minimal global warming impact.
China will continue to maintain a high rate of self-sufficiency in major grain output in order to achieve its food security target over the next decade, according to an official government-backed report.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand, the industry regulator in the Antipodes, has strengthened its cautionary stance on raw apricot kernels following findings showing that eating the seeds could pose a public health and safety risk to consumers.
Elevated levels of carbon dioxide can block plants' absorption of nitrates, leading to foods and crops with a reduced nutritional quality, new field trials have found.
India needs around 43m tonnes of additional warehousing and storage capacity if it wants to reduce the amount of food grain that is at risk of being damaged by poor conditions.
Global contamination of non-genetically modified (GM) food and feed by GMOs will only increase without clearer policies and a tightening of the regulatory framework, says the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).
Maize for food consumption is falling, ancient grains boost immunity to a deadly disease, short-term heat stress could threaten wheat output, and widespread biofortification of staple crops a distinct possibility.
