Responding to the impacts of El Niño on the agriculture sector through cash-based interventions Since late-2023, Malawi has been affected by the El Niño phenomenon, which is typically associated with drier conditions in the country. In line with these projections, El Niño has resulted in prolonged dry spells, particularly during February 2024 (corresponding to the ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) together with the Kingdom of Belgium contribute to the Government of Cameroon’s Emergency Plan to Combat Food Crisis in the country through agriculture and livestock support in the eastern region Cameroon, as most countries in the Sahel, is currently facing shocks that are affecting people’s ...

Since acquiring TOMRA sorting machines, Michigan-based potato grower Sackett Ranch has decreased labor-dependence and increased product quality. By :Nuria Martí Leuven, Belgium, 14 March 2024 – The Sackett family has been growing potatoes in Michigan for six generations since first planting 20 acres of the crop in 1905. Today, Sackett Ranch covers more than 8,200 ...

This award recognizes how the TOMRA Insight data platform and artificial intelligence are making food sorting and grading more accurate than ever before Leuven, Belgium, 2 November 2023 – The foreign material identification accuracy of TOMRA Food’s sorting and grading solutions has won a prestigious International FoodTec Award for “using artificial intelligence and cloud technology ...

Syngenta Crop Protection and Biotalys (Euronext – BTLS) today announced a collaboration to research, develop and commercialize new biocontrol solutions to manage key pests in a broad variety of crops. The new solution will be based on Biotalys’ AGROBODY™ technology and will offer a new mode of action to broaden farmers’ access to novel technologies ...