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These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient. Mitigation requires slashing production and consumption, he adds, and increasing recycling and reuse all along the supplychain. Simply put, “there are no magic solutions,” says Demokritou.
Furthermore, digitalization in agriculture can solve supplychain problems, environmental and health concerns, regulatory restrictions, etc. It can result in better visibility and traceability in agriculture supplychain from farm to fork.
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In a county that was intentionally poisonedand a world suffering from a changing climatehe is reviving the soil under his feet by transitioning away from pesticide-dependent row crops like tobacco to industrial hemp, which is known to sequester carbon and remediate soil, and using earth-friendly organic and regenerative methods.
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But while the world watched as engineers scrambled to remove this gargantuan threat to a multi-billion dollar supplychain, CAFF was back home planting seeds for local resilience. While the plight of that oversized boat and its 20,000 shipping containers did finally come to an end, our country’s supplychain woes have not.
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Regional Food Economies ($600 million) — Regional food processing, storage and distribution infrastructure to strengthen small- and medium-scale businesses across the food supplychain, and to increase equity, energy conservation and efficiency of farm (and sea) to table. "AB
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And because they grow quickly with minimal resources—and without herbicides or pesticides—scientists point to their potential to help bolster nutritional security, hedge against disruptions in the food supplychain and even generate fresh produce on long-term space missions.
Even the whirlwind supplychain on which many foods travel don’t have a meaningful impact on the individual fingerprints. This uses light to measure energy levels, and it can detect specific organic molecules such as antibiotics or pesticides in food. Rajwa plans to continue testing his technology and expanding his research.
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The seed stage deals generally favored e-Grocery and Agrifood fintech players seeking to improve food distribution in the supplychain and those strategizing to reach more consumers. Among other countries in the Gulf region, Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world, was affected by the harsh realities of the ban.
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This agreement focuses our organizations on collectively addressing matters of efficiency in the global supplychain, collaboration to enhance security within the cotton trade, and recognition of cotton’s comparative sustainability to manmade fiber.
The main differentiators we typically see are “pesticide-free,” “locally grown,” “uses less water,” and “uses less fertilizer.” When you have bespoke systems with custom engineering and immature supplychains, that essentially leads to delays which has a negative impact on competitive advantage in terms of scalability.
The ability to monetize transparency and higher food safety by implementing production traceability is a major benefit and a strong incentive for agri-food companies to digitalize their agriculture supplychains.
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Despite key benefits such as reduced water use, lack of pesticide use, avoidance of freshwater pollution, and shorter supplychains, the emission totals from vertical farms prevent the industry from being able to assert all-encompassing sustainability claims. kWh per kg of harvested crop, on average.
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