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India's National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has announced guidelines for funding worth $20bn to make affordable credit available to agro-processing units being designated as food-parks.
Greek yogurt maker Chobani has launched a food incubator in New York to help support entrepreneurs who are interested in providing improved food accessibility.
Limiting the chance of the use of genetically modified (GM) crops in European Union countries, EU politicians have supported a plan to allow nations to ban GM crops on their...
Unilever has filed a lawsuit against vegan mayonnaise producer Hampton Creek, accusing it of misleading customers by calling its Just Mayo eggless product 'mayonnaise.'
Mondelez International will acquire 80% stake in Vietnam’s Kinh Do Corporation’s snacks business for $370m.
China's largest agriculture and food products supplier China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) has signed an agreement with New Zealand Government-owned food safety firm AsureQuality and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)...
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved Innate Potato, a genetically engineered (GE) variety of potato that is resistant to bruising and claims to provide potential health benefits.
Dairy Crest has agreed to sell its Dairies milk business to Müller UK & Ireland Group for approximately £80m.
The Taiwanese Government is to establish stricter monitoring procedures to tackle food industry violators.
Scientists from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have found that there is a remote possibility of the spread of the Ebola virus through bushmeat illegally imported from Western and...
