January, 2020 - Willagri - Comprendre les enjeux de l'agriculture

New generation smart refrigerators

WillAgri31 January 2020

At the CES 2020, both Samsung and LG exhibited a new generation model of refrigerator that recognises food thanks to the use of artificial intelligence. Samsung... Lire la suite...

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The food sector in India is changing rapidly

WillAgri30 January 2020

The food sector in India is the focus of renewed interest for start-ups and big groups alike. There are 150 million farmers, 40 million retailers and over one b... Lire la suite...

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Agricultural commodities in 2019

WillAgri29 January 2020

Here is how the agricultural commodities markets have behaved for the crops most widely produced in Africa: Cocoa: on the futures market in London, a tonne of ... Lire la suite...

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Severe food insecurity in southern Africa

WillAgri28 January 2020

The World Food Programme (WFP) has just announced that 45 million people are facing acute food insecurity in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). ... Lire la suite...

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France, the Netherlands and New Zealand, undisputed leaders of the global dairy economy

Michel Bourdoncle27 January 2020

According to Agrex Consulting, which every year conducts an analysis of the competitivity of the dairy cattle industry on an international scale on behalf of Fr... Lire la suite...

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Nestlé and Cargill accused of child labour

WillAgri24 January 2020

The United States Supreme Court recently indicated that it would ask for the advice of the Solicitor General, Noel Francisco, to rule on the admissibility of Ne... Lire la suite...

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Project to create an agricultural raw materials stock exchange in Egypt

WillAgri23 January 2020

The Egyptian government plans to launch an agricultural raw materials stock exchange in the coming years. The announcement was made by Ibrahim Ashmawy, head of ... Lire la suite...

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Drop in income for farmers in France

WillAgri22 January 2020

During the National Agricultural Accounts Committee (CCAN) which met on 10 January 2020, INSEE published provisional national agricultural accounts which confir... Lire la suite...

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Naïo Technologies offers three farming robots

WillAgri21 January 2020

After an initial funding round worth 3 million euros in 2015, the French company Naïo Technologies, a specialist in farming robots, has raised another 14 millio... Lire la suite...

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The digital revolution, precision agriculture and conservation farming

Jean-Marie Séronie20 January 2020

Conservation farming and digitalisation are two transitions the farming world needs to come to terms with. These root-and-branch changes are having to be implem... Lire la suite...

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Microalgae, and not the Amazon, claimed to be the lungs of the Earth

WillAgri17 January 2020

Hundreds of thousands of microalgae float on the surface of the world's seas and oceans. Only a fraction of them have been studied. The findings are amazing. Su... Lire la suite...

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The year of the mushroom

WillAgri16 January 2020

US specialists have called 2019 the year of the mushroom, labelling it the "It product" of the year just ended. The consumption of the ten highest-selling types... Lire la suite...

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Might blockchain and the IoT help the food industry?

WillAgri15 January 2020

According to a Juniper Research study, blockchain and the internet of things (IoT) are poised to revolutionise the food industry. Blockchain could reduce food f... Lire la suite...

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Highest rise in food product prices in two years

WillAgri14 January 2020

Global food product prices hit their highest levels for two years at the end of the year mainly due to the prices of meat and vegetable oils. The FAO's price in... Lire la suite...

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From west to east: two tales of French “ecological” farmers

Hélène Le Teno13 January 2020

To help understand a transition - here the ecological transition in farming - it is always interesting to hear smaller stories: typical individual stories which... Lire la suite...

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A new stance on aridity

WillAgri10 January 2020

At COP 25, the FAO presented its report on arid land worldwide established from satellite data. Two interesting figures emerged, which suggest a less “catastrop... Lire la suite...

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RIP sustainable fishing?

WillAgri9 January 2020

6 December 2019 will certainly enter the history books as the date that sustainable fishing ended. On this day, the final wild cod farm in the Gulf of Alaska cl... Lire la suite...

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Planting trees is not a quick fix for climate change

WillAgri8 January 2020

Political parties in developed countries have made various promises to plant billions of trees. And many private companies have also got in on the act. EasyJet ... Lire la suite...

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Meat consumption will peak in 2020

WillAgri7 January 2020

Will meat consumption peak, like we used to think about peak oil? Noisy and passionate vegan demonstrations along with concerns for health and the environment h... Lire la suite...

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Agricultural land available in sub-Saharan Africa?

Pierre Jacquemot2 January 2020

Download it in PDF Forecasts on the potential of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa on the basis of which large scale land transactions are being deployed, are ... Lire la suite...

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A quarter of African food trade is intercontinental

WillAgri2 January 2020

As we know, the worldwide goods trade has fell by 2.4% in 2019, as a result of a resurgence in protectionism. Service trade growth, meanwhile, has suffered a se... Lire la suite...

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When Ford concerts MacDonald’s coffee waste into spare parts

WillAgri1 January 2020

Ford is trying to do its part to combat climate change by recycling coffee waste from McDonald's into car parts. The carmaker will collect food waste from the f... Lire la suite...

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Month: January 2020

New generation smart refrigerators

The food sector in India is changing rapidly

Agricultural commodities in 2019

Severe food insecurity in southern Africa

France, the Netherlands and New Zealand, undisputed leaders of the global dairy economy

Nestlé and Cargill accused of child labour

Project to create an agricultural raw materials stock exchange in Egypt

Drop in income for farmers in France

Naïo Technologies offers three farming robots

The digital revolution, precision agriculture and conservation farming

Microalgae, and not the Amazon, claimed to be the lungs of the Earth

The year of the mushroom

Might blockchain and the IoT help the food industry?

Highest rise in food product prices in two years

From west to east: two tales of French “ecological” farmers

A new stance on aridity

RIP sustainable fishing?

Planting trees is not a quick fix for climate change

Meat consumption will peak in 2020

Agricultural land available in sub-Saharan Africa?

A quarter of African food trade is intercontinental

When Ford concerts MacDonald’s coffee waste into spare parts

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