Ghana aims to secure $1.5bn to improve cocoa production
The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has obtained $35m from China’s Eximbank to build a cocoa...
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Chinese researchers find colistin-resistant genes in commercial chickens
Chinese researchers at the Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University have isolated colistin-resistant E...
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China to import more palm oil from South East Asia to offset falling EU demand
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to buy another 500,000t of Indonesian palm oil during...
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Sensor quickly detects harmful ions in food
Scientists in Russia have developed a sensor that can quickly detect harmful oxalate ions in...
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WHO calls for international elimination of trans fats in foods
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all nations to eliminate artificial trans fats from...
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Brazil to surpass US as world’s top soy producer
Brazil is set to overtake the US as the largest soybean producer worldwide for 2018,...
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New Zealand Government failing to limit campylobacter in chicken, says public health expert
University of Otago professor of public health Michael Baker has responded to Food Safety New...
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Defra receives 44,000 responses on future of UK farming
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has received more than 44,000...
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Good Food Institute responds to ‘unnecessary’ draft bill on cultured meats
Non-profit organisation the Good Food Institute (GFI), which represents the interests of the plant-based and...
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Food and Agriculture Organisation calls for trade to prioritise healthy foods
Director-general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) José Graziano da Silva has suggested...
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