Syngenta and Kyoyu Agri partner to bring new rice herbicide to Asian markets

Syngenta and Japanese agrochemical manufacturer Kyoyu Agri are joining forces to bring a new herbicide technology to sel…

Fitó, HRB Partner on disease-resistant, longer-lasting tomato varieties

Spanish vegetable seed company Fitó and Netherlands-based Hudson River Biotechnology (HRB) have entered a long-term part…

China grants GMO Safety Certificate to SSMM-15 Corn Seed Technology

China has approved its first nuclear male sterility transformation event for corn seed production, marking a step toward…

Can regenerative agriculture become agriculture’s new mainstream?

Regenerative agriculture has gained corporate sponsorship, investor interest and policy attention, but its growing popul…

BASF | Nunhems expands lettuce breeding capacity with automated greenhouse

BASF’s vegetable seeds business, operating under the Nunhems brand, has completed a new automated greenhouse facil…

India needs to ensure that palm oil expansion is undertaken in a sustainable manner

India’s push for edible-oil self-sufficiency is raising a difficult question: can the country expand domestic palm…

Coffee and seaweed lead Philippines’ $57.4 Million agrifood investment push

The Philippines is taking five agricultural value chains to international investors in a bid to mobilise $57.4 million f…

Taiwan’s Holstein breakthrough could help address Philippine milk deficit

Taiwan is preparing to export breeding cattle to the Philippines for the first time after Manila approved imports, openi…

Molagri raises $5.8m to build ‘updatable’ biopesticides

Toronto-based startup Molagri has raised $5.8 million in pre-seed and seed funding to develop a new generation of “preci…

Corteva Completes Split as Vylor Launches with $30bn R&D Pipeline

54 KEY POINTS Corteva completed its planned split, spinning off its seeds and genetics unit into Vylor while refocusing …