1. Home
  2. Global

Category: Global

Global
UN calls for urgent action to tackle acute malnutrition

UN calls for urgent action to tackle acute malnutrition

To protect the most vulnerable children in 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis Currently, more than 30 million children in the 15 worst-affected countries suffer from wasting or acute malnutrition

Global
Australia helps deliver food security with major international grant

Australia helps deliver food security with major international grant

Project aims to end hunger worldwide by improving the complex process of photosynthesis to increase crop production An international consortium of scientists has received a $34 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural

Global
Korea establishes food consortium for UN Organisations and WFP procurement

Korea establishes food consortium for UN Organisations and WFP procurement

Korean companies to recognise their possibilities to enter the UN procurement markets for the near future Under the Fortified Food Project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), for the purposes

Global
Tajikistan receives $50 M grant to address food and nutrition insecurity

Tajikistan receives $50 M grant to address food and nutrition insecurity

$50 million grant will help enhance the overall resilience of the agriculture sector The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved additional grant financing of $50 million from the Crisis Response window for the Strengthening

Global
Nestlé to invest over CHF 100 M by 2030 in low-carbon logistics for water brands

Nestlé to invest over CHF 100 M by 2030 in low-carbon logistics for water brands

Partnering to roll out a hydrogen-powered train route in France from 2025 Nestlé is investing over CHF 100 million by 2030 in low-carbon logistics for its three international water brands - S. Pellegrino, Acqua Panna and Perrier. This investment will focus

Global
Mondelēz sells gum business to Perfetti Van Melle Group for $1.35 B

Mondelēz sells gum business to Perfetti Van Melle Group for $1.35 B

Advances strategy to accelerate growth and focus portfolio on attractive chocolate, biscuits and baked snacks categories Mondelēz International has entered into definitive agreements to sell its developed-market gum business in the United States, Canada and Europe

Global
Danone propels research forward with fellowship grants for probiotic studies in North America

Danone propels research forward with fellowship grants for probiotic studies in North America

Announced 2023 Fellowship Grants for Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotic studies French multinational food company Danone has announced that for the 11th year in a row, it will award two graduate students $25,000 each for conducting research to

Global
France helps address child malnutrition in Congo

France helps address child malnutrition in Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo remains one of the largest hunger crises on earth, with almost 26 million people facing food insecurity The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a EUR 2.5 million

Global
Fonterra and Nestlé to sell DPA Brazil joint venture for NZD $210 M

Fonterra and Nestlé to sell DPA Brazil joint venture for NZD $210 M

DPA Brazil has been held for sale in Fonterra’s financial statements since January 2020 Fonterra and Nestlé have agreed the sale of their Dairy Partners Americas (DPA) Brazil joint venture to French dairy company Lactalis

Global
Novozymes and Chr. Hansen to combine and produce better foods

Novozymes and Chr. Hansen to combine and produce better foods

Combined group will operate a global network of 38 R&D and application centres and 23 manufacturing sites Denmark-based Novozymes and Chr. Hansen have entered into an agreement to create a leading global biosolutions partner through