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A "carbon butter" made without animal and vegetable fats and without microbes

The race is on to find more sustainable and functional or healthy alternatives to animal or tropical fats (coconut, palm, cocoa). Does this new generation of "synthetic fats" live up.

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School meals to the rescue of regenerative agriculture

School meal programs feeding 418 million children have created about 4 million direct jobs worldwide. They also require massive amounts of food, promoting sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture. The Rockefeller Foundation is.

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Worrying global rise in obesity

A study published in The Lancet warns of the continued rise of obesity and overweight worldwide. If no action is taken, about 60% of adults and a third of children.

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Grain supplies in the Mediterranean basin severely compromised

Grain trade for the 2022-2023 season is already estimated at 407 Mt by the ICC. The export capacities of the world's major cereal exporting countries will barely be sufficient to.

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The future of the agri-food system depends on sobriety

Proposals to build a more reasoned agri-food chain are often associated with a risk of food insecurity for emerging countries or with deprivation for developed countries. Accompanying consumers and producers.

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$10 million for cashew processing in Africa

Established in 1980, Finnfund is a Finnish public investment fund that supports projects led by private institutions in developing countries. The company recently granted a $10 million loan to a.

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Saving the cocoa industry in the long term

CIRAD has studied the state of the cocoa sector, which is facing a multitude of challenges: climate change, deforestation, poverty, diseases... It is urgent to reform this sector to make.

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Danone bets on the virtues of the tree

The French dairy brand is interested in edible oil and vegetable proteins from the Pongamia tree (also known as Milletia Pinnata), processed by Terviva, a young American company. The tree.

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Land-based salmon farming in Japan

The seashore is a few dozen kilometers away, but those are salmon swimming in a large saltwater pond in Saitama, a city of one million people located in the suburbs.

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The animal industry faces the challenge of alternative meats

 Since the 1970s, vegetarians have tried to launch meat substitutes based on vegetable proteins. It is only in the last twenty years that innovative companies have been offering alternative meats.

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Controlled return of animal feed with insect meal

On August 18, the European Union authorized the return of animal proteins and the introduction of insects in feed for pigs and poultry. This relaxation will reduce dependence on European.

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The 3 C's - Conflict, Conflict, Climate - make food insecurity worse

Between conflict, health crisis and climate change, eradicating hunger is looking like a pipe dream. The multiplication of crises is dramatically increasing the number of hunger-related deaths. This number exceeds.

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"Millenial Salmon", for a more sustainable salmon.

Atlantic salmon accounts for 90% of the world's farmed salmon. Caught or farmed, it is produced at a rate of almost 40 kilos per second, according to Planetoscope. Cargill and.

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The golden future of wheat, corn...and barley

Since the summer of 2020, the price curve for cereals has been steadily rising. Various concomitant factors are at play: the Niña phenomenon, the pandemic, Chinese demand and Russian policy?.

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Scientists to the rescue of laboratory meat

A collective of academics is making its voice heard in front of the powerful meat lobby to put forward the interest of laboratory meat, an interesting sanitary and ecological path.

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The Diaspora must bet on Africa

Chinese, Russians and Americans are gaining a foothold in Africa. They understood that this continent still has untapped potential. Africa has already welcomed a large number of investing countries, always.

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Startups are revolutionizing the agri-food industry

To strengthen their development strategies, players in the agri-food industry are now calling on startups. They finely identify consumer expectations and develop specific know-how to the point of representing a.

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