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The recognition of its ten-year milestone, the European Bee Award gathered various projects and initiatives dedicated to safeguarding pollinators and bees. Inaugurated in 2014 by the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Industry Association (CEMA), the award aims to commend inventive, effective, and scalable projects that protect bees and pollinators. This initiative underscores…

In a recent appearance on CNBC-TV18, DeHaat’s CEO, Shashank Kumar, took center stage to share his valuable insights and thoughts on the company’s significant acquisition of Freshtrop. This strategic move has sent ripples through the industry, and Kumar’s appearance shed light on the vision and rationale behind this groundbreaking decision. During the interview, Shashank Kumar…

DeHaat, the leading AgTech platform in India providing comprehensive agricultural services for farmers, announced today that it has entered into a Business Transfer Agreement (BTA) with Freshtrop Fruits Ltd., paving way the company to absorb Freshtrop Fruit’s export network and grading, packing & precooling centers as well as manpower including the top leadership team into…

American Vanguard Company (NYSE: AVD) today announced that OHP® Inc., a leading provider of technology-based solutions for greenhouse and nursery production applications, has agreed to become master distributor in U.S. non-crop markets of biological technologies developed by Certis® Biologicals. With the agreement, OHP, an American Vanguard® Company and a vital part of the AMGUARD™ Environmental Technologies specialty brand, becomes…

Agri-biomolecule developer Fyteko has announced the appointment of Rico Christensen to its board An experienced crop protection executive, Mr Christensen joins the Belgian agtech start-up’s board at a significant time. September saw Fyteko sign a distribution agreement with Janssen PMP Crop Management that will take the company’s novel ‘drought proofing’ biostimulant to farmers on four…

An agreement has been reached between Certis Belchim and Danish company, Novozymes, for the development and distribution of a promising new biorational fungicide product throughout the European crop protection market. The product will control or suppress a broad range of soil-borne and foliar diseases across a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and ornamental crops. Based…

In a groundbreaking development for the BioAg industry, INTERMAG has achieved a significant milestone by securing certifications for their innovative products to be used in organic farming. The recognition comes as a testament to INTERMAG’s unwavering commitment to sustainable and eco- friendly solutions, marking a pivotal moment in the intersection of technology and agriculture. With…

American Vanguard® Corporation (NYSE: AVD), through its wholly owned subsidiary AMVAC Chemical Corporation, is pleased to announce the extension of our North American partnership with NewLeaf Symbiotics® of St. Louis. Building on the agreement announced in late 2022, AMVAC and NewLeaf will collaborate to bring innovative biologicals solutions to multiple markets in key locations internationally. The expanded relationship…

The construction of the UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank (UK-CMCB) – the first publicly available resource of its kind anywhere in the world – is now complete after three years of research led by CABI and a variety of partners. Scientists from the UK’s foremost agricultural research institutes created the facility, which will safeguard future research…

Invasive plants can be extremely harmful to crops. “Famine weed” or parthenium is one such plant. Native to tropical America, it was accidentally introduced to several countries. In Pakistan, the weed now covers thousands of hectares of agricultural and rangeland. And it poses an economic burden to farmers. Parthenium can reduce crop yields by between…