Middle East countries News
APEDA, LuLu Group organise mango export promotion programme in Dubai
India has been able to boost mango exports this season, especially from the non-traditional northern and eastern regions of the country, notwithstanding logistical challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of this initiative, APEDA in collaboration with the India embassy and the importer LuLu Group, organ...Read more
TomaTech files patents for ToBRFV-resistant DNA markers for tomato varieties
Israel based company TomaTech, Ltd., has announced a major advancement in the fight against the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV), which has caused significant economic damage estimated as much as billions of USD in the last few years globally. Lead by Assaf Eybishitz PhD, the company furthered the fight ag...Read more
Israeli firm ICL to supply 6 LMT of Potash to India through Dec 2021
Israel-based ICL, a leading global specialty minerals and specialty chemicals company, has announced that it has signed a contract with Indian Potash Limited (IPL), India’s largest importer of potash, to supply an aggregate 600,000 metric tons of potash – with mutual options for an additional 50,000 me...Read more
FarmLink to showcase highest quality Indian Basmati Rice at Gulfood 2021, Dubai
FarmLink Basmati, the flagship basmati rice brand of Desai AgriFoods, an India-based food producer and exporter, will showcase its finest quality aromatic basmati rice, along with other rice products at Gulfood 2021, the world's largest annual food & beverage trade show organized in Dubai, UAE. The five-day e...Read more
NRGene, Israel completes IPO on the TASE, raises $30 Mn
Israel-based NRGene, an AI-based genomic company operating in the agricultural and livestock industry, announced that it has successfully completed its initial public offering on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). NRGene raised NIS 100 Million (US$30 Million), with a post-money valuation of circa NIS 370 Million ...Read more
Vertical Field, Moderntrendo S. R. O to jointly promote vertical farms in the Ukraine
Israel-based Vertical Field, an innovative agtech company that specializes in vertical farming, has signed an agreement with Moderntrendo S.R.O, one of the largest agricultural distributors in Ukraine, for promotion of nationwide deployments of vertical farms. Vertical Field will conduct an initial pilot at V...Read more
Agrowing, VetorGEO achieve breakthrough in aerial HLB detection in Citrus
Agrowing Ltd., an Israeli world leading provider of award-winning AI-Enabling multispectral sensors, and Vetorgeo, a Brazilian start up focused on Agriculture 4.0 solutions, collaborating with São Paulo University (UNESP) announce a significant breakthrough in leaf-level and aerial HLB detection in Citrus. ...Read more
Saipem, Haifa Group to construct Ammonia plant in Israel
Haifa Group and Saipem have signed a contract worth over 200 million USD for the building of a long-awaited ammonia plant at Mishor Rotem site. The contract was signed during an online ceremony in the presence of Haifa Group CEO, Motti Levin, Haifa Group board member and project leader, Dr Eli Abramov, and S...Read more
Dutch-based SMARTKAS partners with Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan , UAE
Dutch-based SMARTKAS is going to build an R&D centre in Toulouse to research artificial pollination (mimicry), full automated harvest and a new generation farming AI. SMARTKAS wants to create a platform (the SMARTKAS platform) where experts can tackle social, economical, and environmental challenges with speci...Read more
New farm bills will empower Indian farmers: Israeli envoy
India’s latest agricultural reform legislations will empower farmers and give them more options to sell their produce and earn maximum profits, Ron Malka, Israeli envoy to India has said, citing his country’s experience. He said the Indian farmers would realise the real benefits of these reform measur...Read more
DMCC launches block chain based e-marketplace
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), a global free zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise has launched Agriota e-marketplace, a technology-driven agri-commodity trading and sourcing platform in partnership with India's CropData Technology. The e-marketplace uses block...Read more
Iranian Agri product exports up by 30%
Export of agricultural products increased by 30 percent in the first 4 months of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2020-July 20, 2020) compared to last year’s corresponding period, according to Mehrdad Jamal Arvanghi, deputy head of Iran’s customs office. He said 2.706 million tons of goods wo...Read more
