Bahrain to raise food production by 40pcBahrain is set to increase domestic food production from 20 per cent to 60 per cent in the next four years, said a senior government official. Concerns about food security and plans to enhance the role of small farmers and local b More… |
Farming boost as normal monsoon likely in IndiaIndia on Tuesday forecast normal rains for the 2011 monsoon, strengthening the prospects of a plentiful farm output. Rainfall is likely to be 98 percent of the long-term average, Earth Sciences Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal told reporters, a More… |
Yemen grain imports fall 12pc, food output hitYemen's grain imports are expected to decline 11.7 per cent in 2010, a report said on Saturday, further straining the Gulf Arab country's food production, which has already been hit by shrinking harvests and low groundwater. Yemen grain im More… |
New technologies, processes to go on showExperts will present the latest technologies, equipment and ecological methods aimed at increasing local food production at an upcoming major agribusiness show in Dubai. A series of free seminars by leading names in international agribusin More… |
DuPont 'investing $700m in food R&D'DuPont said it invests around $700 million, half of its annual $1.4 billion research and development budget, on boosting food production and technologies that can help address the expected rapid growth in global food demand. A science More… |








