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How Digital Farming is Redefining Risk Management

Cropaia

Agriculture is inherently risky, with farmers and agribusinesses constantly facing uncertainties related to weather. How ICT Supports Risk Management in Agriculture ICT includes a wide range of digital technologies, such as mobile applications, remote sensing, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and big data analytics.

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World Food Safety Day: How ESG Regulations Drive Transparency in the Food Industry?

AGRIVI

Keeping food safe is a complex process that starts on the farm and ends with the consumer. According to FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), one in ten people falls ill from eating unsafe food yearly.

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For Contract Farmers, the Election Could Change Everything—or Nothing at All

Civil Eats

The order included a long to-do list for Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to, among other goals, “address the unfair treatment of farmers” and a directive for the chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to “address the consolidation of industry in many markets across the economy.”

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