The Terraforming LIFE project in Iceland, which aims to revolutionise waste management and value creation in land-based aquaculture systems, has been awarded a EUR 6.3 million (~US$6.7 million; EUR 1 = US$1.07) grant from the Environment and Climate Program of the European Union (LIFE), The Fish Site reported.
A merger of US grains merchant Bunge Ltd with rival Viterra would grow the combined entity s businesses in the United States, Brazil and Australia and may raise competition concerns in parts of Canada and Argentina, where key oilseed processing assets overlap, analysts said.
Four prominent US research institutions have received US$5 million from the US Department of Agriculture s National Institute of Food and Agriculture in developing artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics specifically designed for the poultry industry s processing sector, Poultry World reported.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has partnered with the Ugandan Dairy Development Authority (DDA) to bolster the export of Ugandan milk and other dairy products, NewVision reported.
US officials from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) recently celebrated the dedication and ribbon-cutting of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF).