Scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Japan announced on Tuesday the discovery of a rice gene that has the potential to increase the production of modern long-grain indica rice varieties.
Nasa is planning to grow plants and vegetables – such as turnip and basil – on the Moon, by 2015, to understand whether humans can live and work on the Earth’s natural satellite.
Breakthrough science with the ability to control the life-cycle of plants could be the solution to increasing food production as population exceeds nine billion by 2050.
Rapak, a producer of bag-in box packaging and filling systems in North America, has introduced new sustainable bag for oxygen sensitive products including fruit puree and smoothies.
The National Statistics Institute (INEI) reported that asparagus led the ranking of non-traditional exports of Peruvian agricultural sector in the first 9 months of the year
European Union has put up 1.9 million Euros, towards the building of six innovation and demonstration centres (IDC's) situated in Westland, Lansingerland and Greenport Duin & Bollenstreek.
The newly developed KSM 100 cutting machine is perfectly suited for cutting vegetables, salads as well as harder fruits. It is easy to handle with its big cutting door with two infeed openings for every requirement.
Mexican cheese and sour cream producer Los Altos Food Products has selected the Deacom Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to streamline its manufacturing operations.
The tin manufacturer Hoffmann, a business unit of Hoffmann Neopac based in Thun, presented its newly developed method "3D coating" as a novelty for metal tin decoration at various fairs in this fall.
