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Planning documents for the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit shed new light on the agenda behind the controversial food summit that hundreds of farmers’ and human rights groups are boycotting. The groups say agribusiness interests and elite foundations are dominating the process to push through an agenda that would enable the exploitation of global food systems, and especially Africa.
The documents, including a background paper prepared for summit dialogues and a draft policy brief for the summit, bring into focus “plans for the massive industrialization of Africa’s food systems,” said Mariam Mayet, executive director of the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), who provided the documents to U.S. Right to Know.
Verofax Secures $1.2M Seed Round for Automation and Traceability Platform
ABU DHABI, UAE, Mar 9, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Verofax Limited, an automation and traceability platform, has secured $1.2M in a Seed funding round, led by Trove Capital Limited UK. Other investors included MFD Holding, Kepler Fund Managers, and Casablanca Holding. This funding marks Verofax porting its platform on Microsoft Cloud and its recent Q4 expansion into Asia and Africa.
Mssrs Wassim Merheby and Jamil Zablah of Verofax Limited.
Established in 2018, Verofax has developed an automation and traceability platform that allows enterprises to prevent counterfeit, improve manufacturers engagement with consumers, and increase staff productivity with data insights. Verofax offers services such as Item ID serialization, traceability, and transaction certification on private Blockchain with cost and time to market advantage.
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PSL Ventures has raised a $100m fund targeting the “increasingly powerful and diverse ecosystem” of the US P
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MTSU s women needed some momentum going into this week s Conference USA tournament, and they got it Friday night by defeating Marshall 61-54 to clinch the East Division.
The days of March are passing right along. Springtime is on the horizon. It’s time to get outdoors for some playing in the dirt, planting, and whatever you feel like