China to keep up high grain production tempo
China will continue to maintain a high rate of self-sufficiency in major grain output in order to achieve its food security target over the next decade, according to an official government-backed report.
Archives for April 22, 2014
Infrastructure needs to keep up with India’s dairy production gains
Milk production in the world’s biggest dairy producing country continues to grow quickly, with India seeing an increase of around 19% in the five years from 2006 to 2010.
Analysis
Aus and NZ must have guts to nuke alien invaders
Isolated from the rest of the world, New Zealand and Australia are critically at risk from alien invaders of the most threatening kind: biological pests from overseas that prey on the countries’ indigenous and vulnerable agricultural produce.
Indian government urged to probe Nutricia India doctor bribery allegations
The Indian government has been urged to investigate claims that infant formula manufacturer Nutricia India, a subsidiary of the Danone Group, approved illegal payments by its employees to doctors.
Exclusive interview: Pat Crowley, director and founder of Chapul
Chapul cricket bars founder: ‘Our marketing approach has been absolute, utter optimism’
As one of the forerunners of the commercialization of edible insects in the US, Chapul, makes its first big push into the national market with its cricket protein bars, founder Pat Crowley caught up with FoodNavigator-USA on the enviable efficiency of...