Connect with:
Tuesday / February 4. 2025

logo
mobile-logo
Home2021April (Page 7)
Acquaculture, Acts & Schemes – Centre, IT

It will enhance quality levels, traceability of fish and provide new options for aqua farmers 

Piyush Goyal, Union Commerce and Industry Minister, has virtually inaugurated e-SANTA, an electronic marketplace providing a platform to connect aqua farmers and the buyers. It will enable the farmers to get a better price and the exporters to directly purchase quality products from the farmers enhancing traceability, a key factor in international trade. The term e-SANTA was coined for the web portal, meaning Electronic Solution for Augmenting NaCSA farmers’ Trade in Aquaculture. National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA) is an extension arm of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Govt. of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

 Goyal said that e-SANTA will raise income, lifestyle, self-reliance, quality levels, traceability, and provide new options for our aqua farmers. He said that the platform will change the traditional way of carrying out business from a word of mouth basis to become more formalised & legally binding.

The Minister said that e-SANTA is a digital bridge to end the market divide and will act as an alternative marketing tool between farmers & buyers by eliminating middlemen. It will revolutionize traditional aquafarming by providing cashless, contactless and paperless electronic trade platform between farmers and exporters. “e-SANTA can become a tool to advertise collectively the kind of products the buyers, fishermen & fish producing organisations are harvesting, so people in India & internationally can know what is available & in the future, it can become an auction platform”, he added. The Platform is available in many languages, which will help the local population.

e-SANTA is a completely paperless and end-to-end electronic trade platform between Farmers and exporters. The farmers have the freedom to list their produce and quote their price while the exporters have the freedom to list their requirements and also to choose the products based on their requirements such as desired size, location, harvest dates etc. This enables the farmers and buyers to have greater control over the trade and enables them to make informed decisions. The platform provides detailed specification of each product listing and it is backed by an end to end electronic payment system with NaCSA as an Escrow agent.

After crop listing and online negotiation, a deal is struck, advance payment is made and an estimated invoice is generated. Once the harvest date is fixed, the buyer goes to the farm gate and the produce is harvested in his presence. Once the harvest is completed, the final count, quantity of material is verified, the final amount is decided and delivery challan is issued. Once the material reaches the processing plant, the final invoice is generated and the exporter makes the balance payment. This payment is reflected in the escrow account. NaCSA verifies it and accordingly releases the payment to farmer.

It will enhance quality levels, traceability of

AgroPolicy, Finance, Institutions

FPOs would be able to access easier credit and market through the NCDC agreements with ICC and Deutsche Bank 

The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has secured Rs 600 crore loan from Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest bank, for onward lending to cooperatives in the country. An agreement was inked between NCDC and the German Bank in this regard in presence of the Union Agriculture Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar in New Delhi . The Minister also presided over signing of an agreement between the Indian Chamber of Commerce and NCDC to boost farmers’ linkages with markets. 

The Agriculture Minister said that the Farmer Producer Organizations being set up in the country would be able to access easier credit and market through the NCDC agreements with ICC and Deutsche Bank, this will help small and marginal farmers.

This is for the first time that one of the largest European banks in the world is lending to the NCDC, thus reflecting the confidence of the global financial institution in the Indian development finance institution, particularly at a time when global economic turmoil created by the Covid-19 crisis has made lending a challenging proposition.

Deutsche Bank’s initiative in India is just one of the many key business interests shown by German companies in India over the years. Today, more than 1700 German companies are active in India, providing around 4, 00,000 direct and indirect jobs. Germany is India’s largest trading partner in Europe and among India’s top ten global trade partners.

Parshottam Ruapala, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Kailash Choudhary, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, DAC&FW, GOI,  Sundeep Kumar Nayak, MD, NCDC and Shri Dileep Sanghani, President, NCUI were also present on this occasion.

 

 

FPOs would be able to access easier

China

Researchers installed sensors at several key sites on the stem of watermelon and observed the distribution of water

Recently, a wearable electronic sensor for plants has been jointly developed by LIU Xiangjiang and YING Yibin from the College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, WANG Xiaozhi from the College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, and HU Zhongyuan from the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology.

Meanwhile, they found that fruit growth and photosynthesis are not synchronised, which not only alters people’s long-standing perception of the plant’s growth and development process but also opens the door to new technologies in high-yield crop breeding and cultivation. 

A plant-wearable sensor capable of continuously monitoring the stem flow

It is the rising fluid flow in the stalk of plants under internal and external pressures such as transpiration and osmotic potential. Therefore, continuous real-time monitoring of stem flow enables researchers to resolve the mysteries of water and nutrient distribution, signaling, and responses to the environment.

The Intelligent Bio-industrial Equipment Innovation Team (IBE), the Institute of Smart Sensor and Micro/Nano Systems (ISSMNS), and the Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding Team carried out inter-disciplinary research and developed a plant-wearable sensor based on the idiosyncratic physiological traits of plant stems and a wide range of recent advances in materials, micromechanics and nanofabrication.

New discovery altering the traditional understanding of the watermelon growth

Researchers installed sensors at several key sites on the stem of watermelon and observed the continuous and dynamic distribution of water in different organs, such as leaves, fruits and stalks, without any damage.

Watermelon is primarily composed of water (roughly 95%). However, according to data from stem flow sensors, only a small amount of water (5%) is transported to the fruit for growth at the daytime, while virtually all water is transported to the fruit at nighttime. 

These findings imply that the accumulation of fruit fresh weight mainly happens during the night, which is contradicted with the common view that the fruit growth rate should be synchronized with the photosynthesis activities.

 

Researchers installed sensors at several key sites

Agro chems – Pesticides, North America, R&D

 It gives the rice enhanced tolerance to Highcard herbicide and is labelled for post emergence control of grassy weeds in rice, including red and weedy rice and IMI-resistant weeds.  

Following EPA approval in February, RiceTec and ADAMA are bringing to market their new Max-Ace Rice Cropping Solution. This herbicide-tolerant technology with Highcard herbicide, gives rice growers an excellent tool for weed control, high-yield, a rice rotation alternative to the FullPage Rice Cropping Solution and conventional offerings from RiceTec. Max-Ace with Highcard will be available in limited supply for the 2021 growing season.

“Max-Ace will finally give rice farmers what they’ve been waiting for. A high-yielding herbicide tolerance partner to the FullPage system, which will provide control of red rice and other grass weeds that have built resistance to the IMI herbicides,” said Leandro Pasqualli, Marketing Manager for RiceTec. “It’s the perfect rotational partner with the FullPage Rice Cropping Solution and soybeans to control weeds and maintain herbicide options.”

The Max-Ace technology takes advantage of a unique, non-GMO trait that gives the rice enhanced tolerance to Highcard herbicide and is labelled for post emergence control of grassy weeds in rice, including red and weedy rice and IMI-resistant weeds. Highcard needs to be applied sequentially both early (2-leaf or later) and before panicle initiation to meet stewardship requirements and maximize the effectiveness and longevity of the technology.

“Highcard is a novel formulation specifically designed to be used with Max-Ace Rice Cropping Solution. And with no residual carryover from Highcard, growers get full rotational flexibility to maintain their options year-over-year,” said Dave Feist, ADAMA’s US Product Strategy Manager for rice. “The exceptional yield potential of the new rice cropping solution is due not only to the quality of the seed, but also to the weed and grass control offered by Highcard, a proprietary, safened herbicide developed by ADAMA,” added Feist.

 It gives the rice enhanced tolerance to

AgroPolicy

The Symposium was aimed at advanced biotechnological applications, including CRISPR/Cas based Genome Editing Technology

The ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi, Jharkhand in association with the prestigious Plant Tissue Culture Association (India) virtually recently organised an International Symposium on ’Advances in Plant Biotechnology and Genome Editing (APBGE – 2021)’ from April 8 to 10, 2021.

In his address, Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) encouraged the researchers for understanding the limiting processes of plant sciences using a system biology approach. Accentuating the importance of hardy plant species, the DG urged to utilise them for identifying the novel genes for various traits. Dr Mohapatra stressed continuing the support to Centres of Excellence and capacity building in traditional and advanced Biotechnological approaches.

Sudhir K Sopory, Former Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi urged for harnessing the biotechnological advances to provide unorthodox solutions to the lingering agricultural problems.

The Symposium was aimed at advanced biotechnological applications, including CRISPR/Cas based Genome Editing Technology for developing agricultural and horticultural crops with improved abiotic and biotic stress tolerance and higher yield and quality.

 

The Symposium was aimed at advanced biotechnological

Agro chems – Chemicals

The use of tetflupyrolimet is being tested in other crops, including sugarcane, wheat, soybeans and corn

FMC Corporation, a leading agricultural sciences company, obtained a new mode of action classification for its proprietary herbicide molecule, tetflupyrolimet. It is the first active ingredient in the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) and Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Group 28 and the first new herbicide with a novel mode of action in the crop protection industry in over three decades.

Studies show this new mode of action herbicide provides season-long control of important grass weeds in the rice market, as well as key hard-to-control broadleaf weeds and sedges. As disclosed at its November 2020 Investor Technology Update, FMC plans to start the registration process and expects to launch products containing tetflupyrolimet in the transplanted and direct-seeded rice markets in 2023. The use of tetflupyrolimet is being tested in other crops, including sugarcane, wheat, soybeans and corn.

Kathleen Shelton, FMC vice president and chief technology officer commented, “the organization believed that resistance to herbicides would present a significant challenge for growers in the coming years, and they endeavored to discover a novel mode of action. To achieve this, the research and development team screened over 60,000 compounds, synthesized 1,200 analogs and tested molecules in different crops and weeds around the world. We are proud of the accomplishments of our scientists who bring their passion and creativity for innovation to discover new modes of action, especially in the herbicide area.”

The use of tetflupyrolimet is being tested

Agro Universities, Agrotech

Proposed agro processing centre will act as a bench mark for the rural youth and progressive farmers of the state. 

 The Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon, recently, laid the foundation stone of the agro-processing centre at the Ludhiana campus. Dr Dhillon emphasised that keeping pace with changing agricultural environment, PAU intends to establish a modern Agro Processing Center (APC). He added that every grain produced must be exposed to all possible avenues for its profitable end-use. “The loss of even single grain during post-harvest is an offence against the efforts of producers”, he observed, while emphasising making agriculture a profitable venture through value addition.

He stressed that the farming community must come up with agro-based products at production catchment in order to meet the consumer demand for quality products. Dr Dhillon stated that the proposed agro-processing centre will act as a benchmark for the rural youth and progressive farmers of the state. He lauded the efforts of Dr Mahesh Kumar, Head, Department of Processing and Food Engineering and his team in this direction.

On the occasion, a live demonstration-cum-trial of the newly acquired Modern Jaggery Unit of 25TCD was conducted. Dr Jaskarn Singh, Director of Extension Education, has played a pivotal role in popularizing the concept of adulteration free jaggery in Punjab during the last three years and motivated for establishing this facility at PAU. This unit is being established with the financial support of the Department of Agriculture and involves the active efforts of Dr Gurvinder Singh, Joint Director Agriculture (T&E), Punjab.

Dr Ashok Kumar, Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, appreciated the efforts of the Department of Processing and Food Engineering in popularizing and establishing Agro-Processing Centers across Punjab.

Senior officials and faculty of PAU were also present on the occasion. Jasbir Singh, President, FAPRO Kangmai (Hoshiarpur) along with his team comprising  Harprem Chand Vasisht and Mr Sukhminder Singh as well as Gurpreet Singh of Khalsa Foods Village Khuda (Dasyua) especially visited PAU to attend the foundation stone ceremony.

Proposed agro processing centre will act as

Agrotech, Environment, R&D

It will provide farmers with simple and clear access to incentives and initiatives related to sustainable and regenerative agriculture practices.

Corteva Agriscience has announced the creation of a new Carbon and Ecosystems Services portfolio to develop innovative products and services. The initial offering will enable the carbon sequestration process, ease access to carbon credits and create flexible solutions to help farmers increase profitability while contributing to a climate change solution.

Additionally, Corteva has created the 2021 Climate Positive Leaders Program, which will recognise ’early adopter’ farmers and ranchers who have successfully implemented climate positive agriculture practices. These efforts support Corteva’s 2030 Sustainability Goals and are key components of the company’s Climate Positive Commitment.

“As a company committed to helping farmers drive their businesses forward and working to ensure global food security, we are focused on bringing advanced innovations to market that will help increase yield and profitability while also making a measurable impact in reducing climate change,” said James C. Collins, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Corteva Agriscience.

Anne Alonzo, Senior Vice President, External Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer, Corteva Agriscience, added, “We recognise the urgency of addressing climate change to ensure farmers will be able to produce a healthy food supply for generations to come. There is an increased understanding that sustainable climate change mitigation is not only critical for our environment but also for ensuring the ongoing health of the farming sector globally. Corteva Agriscience is dedicated to providing our customers with best-in-class solutions to address environmental issues while strengthening their businesses.”

Carbon and Ecosystems Services Portfolio

Corteva’s new Carbon and Ecosystem Services portfolio, part of Corteva’s Digital Business Platform, will provide farmers simple and clear access to incentives and initiatives related to sustainable and regenerative agriculture practices.

Corteva’s integrated approach with agronomy support, digital solutions, carbon advisory services and access to carbon markets will help farmers make impactful and sustainable changes that return economic and environmental benefits. Dedicated Corteva Carbon Specialists will work with farmers and industry collaborators across the food and agriculture system to uncover carbon market opportunities. The initiative builds on Corteva’s strong history of putting farmers first, as illustrated by the company’s facilitation of the first modern carbon payout in 2019 to a farmer for adopting regenerative practices and capturing carbon credits.

 

The introductory launch of Corteva’s Carbon Initiative will be targeted to row crop farmers in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa this year, with the intent to expand to new geographies and crops for the 2022 growing season.

It will provide farmers with simple and

IT, R&D

 It uses advanced machine learning to help farmers and agronomists pinpoint what their crops and soils need to boost yield in a sustainable way.

The scientific teams of Bayer Crop Science and Biome Makers tested and disclosed the first application of this ground-breaking technology on bioRxiv, the preprint repository operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The study and resulting scientific paper details the analysis of the soil microbiome to assess the effectiveness of Bayer´s biological fungicide Minuet®. Specifically, machine learning software allowed Bayer CS to predict potato yield improvement before the application of the input. The predicted result was a yield bump of up to 40 per cent in one of the fields tested in Idaho.

“It’s a unique approach to utilise soil biology and optimize the use of crop inputs moving forward towards sustainable and economically favourable solutions to improve crop productivity,” said Varghese Thomas the project leader at Bayer CS.

Agronomists should be happy. This technology is a giant leap forward for them who, up until now, have lacked the data required to accurately determine biological solutions for their seasonal soil and crop decisions. Soil is a valuable asset to increase crop yield and quality, but as it currently stands, agronomic recommendations are based on little knowledge of the biological processes occurring in it. But today, the availability of an AI virtual assistant to help predict the effect of different solutions is game-changing, and progress towards a more productive and sustainable agriculture system.

AI is an ever-evolving resource and, as such, is currently being “trained” to resolve other farming concerns as well, including questions about produce shelf-life, nutrient quality of the produce, and projected carbon credits based on the use of different products or management practices. Input manufacturers can add their own, custom solution to the AI recommendation system by testing it under the strict Gheom® field trials protocol, a service Biome Makers offers. 

Currently, select growers in the US and EU can test the recommendation system with complimentary functional soil analytics for their fields.

 It uses advanced machine learning to help

Agro chems – Fertilizers, AgroPolicy

The companies have been advised to continue the movement of fertilisers so as to achieve the desired level of pre-positioning before the peak phase of the Kharif season.

To assess the preparedness for Kharif 2021 season, Union  Minister (C&F)  D V Sadananda Gowda took a review meeting with the CMD/MDs of various fertilizer companies on 15.03.2021. The various issues viz expected indigenous production, anticipated imports of raw material/finished fertilizers were discussed in detail.  A follow-up meeting was held on 01.04.2021 under the Chairpersonship of Secretary (Fertilizers) wherein the various fertilizer companies submitted their preparedness, inventory position and movement plans for the Kharif 2021 season. It was also informed by fertilizers industries in the meeting that the price of raw materials of P&K fertilisers has increased.

On the issue of Price revision of Complex fertilizers by IFFCO, Union Minister (C&F)  D.V. Sadananda Gowda had a discussion with senior officials of the Department of Fertilisers and IFFCO representative on 08.04.2021 and the company was suitably advised to ensure that the existing stock of DAP and complex fertilizers are sold on the old prices to the farmers. The same was confirmed by IFFCO that they will be selling nearly 11.26 LMT available stock of DAP/Complex fertilizers on the older rates.

A meeting was again convened under the chairpersonship of Secretary (Fertilisers) on 09.04.2021 wherein the availability scenario was reviewed specifically with regard to P&K fertilizers. The companies have been advised to continue the movement of fertilizers so as to achieve the desired level of pre-positioning before the peak phase of the Kharif season. The manufacturers and the importers have given assurance with regard to achieving the target indigenous production and imports of fertilizers.

There was a clear message to all the companies that the comfortable availability situation has been in recent years, the same shall continue through concerted efforts. The Fertilizer Association of India (FAI) presented an analysis wherein it was highlighted that the given level of inventory already placed in the States is sufficient to meet the requirement of the next three months for various fertilizers. The Government is closely monitoring the availability and price of fertilisers in the interest of farmers.

The companies have been advised to continue

AgroPolicy, Agrotech, Machinery - Pre-harvesting

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved her appointment as the Chairperson of PESB for a period of 3 years from the date of assumption of charge 

TAFE Chairman & MD – Mallika Srinivasan, has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), Department of Personnel & Training under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension, Government of India.

While commenting on the appointment Mallika Srinivasan said, “It is an honour to be given this opportunity to serve in the national interest. I thank the Honourable Prime Minister and his Government for the confidence reposed in me. The public sector plays a crucial role in every sphere of economic activity and in the strong economic growth of our nation. It is the largest employer in the country. I am privileged to be a part of the team working towards the fulfilment of our national vision of making India the most vibrant economy globally.”

This is for the first time that a private sector specialist has been appointed as the head of PESB, responsible for appointment of top management posts in the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs).

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved her appointment as the Chairperson of PESB for a period of 3 years from the date of assumption of charge, or until the attainment of the age of 65 years.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has

Agro Universities, R&D

About 10-20 ml of essential oil can be extracted by one person a day using an extractor in three shifts, while the oil commands a price of between Rs 30,000 to Rs 1, 00,000.

Extraction of essential oil from fresh and cured betel leaves is of high interest for industrial applications including medicines, cosmetics chewable mouth fresher which has a very large market in the world. However, the extraction processes suffer from low economic viability and wastage in the value chain of betel leaves. Prof. Proshanta Guha and his research group from IIT Kharagpur’s Agricultural and Food Engineering Department have addressed this challenge by developing a novel betel leaf oil extraction technology that can improve the overall process efficiency. The extractor is capable of saving 44 per cent of the time and 30 per cent of the energy requirement while increasing the oil yield by more than 16 per cent, as compared to the current process and apparatus popularly used. 

Describing the equipment, Prof Guha said, “It is a distillation unit with special modifications for recycling evaporated water which carries the vapours of essential oil from the distillation flask to the condensation unit. It has also a special device to minimise the formation of emulsion for increasing the recovery of essential oil.”

The extractor was envisaged to be affordable to the betel leaf growers since the cost of fabrication of the extractor was calculated to be Rs 10,000 and Rs 20,000 for 10L and 20L sizes, respectively. “This could be easily maintained by the small farmers and would also be sufficient for the processing of surplus leaves in any average-sized Boroj (~0.02 ha) on a daily or weekly basis. About 10-20 ml of essential oil can be extracted by one person a day using an extractor in three shifts. The price of the oil varies from Rs 30,000 to about Rs 1, 00,000 depending upon the quality of the oil, Mitha variety being costlier than the other varieties,” Prof. Guha remarked.

For large rural installations, the researchers have tried to improve the efficiency further by insulating the heat-radiating portions of the apparatus with cheap insulators. Use of fuel requirement can also be reduced substantially if the byproduct i.e. de-oiled exhausted leaves are used as fuel. They have developed Microwave heating-based equipment as well to improve the efficiency of the extraction process and to increase the yield of essential oil. In this attempt, the extraction process was completed within about 50 minutes. Thus, there was a saving of time and energy by about 76 per cent and 43 per cent respectively.

 

About 10-20 ml of essential oil can

IT, Machinery – Post-harvesting

It aims to provide AppHarvest with a baseline of harvesting support working alongside crop care specialists focused on more complex tasks 

AppHarvest, Inc., a leading AgTech company, has announced  that it has acquired Root AI, an artificial intelligence farming start up that creates intelligent robots to help manage high-tech indoor farms. The acquisition of Root AI and its robotic universal harvester, Virgo, is expected to provide AppHarvest with a baseline of harvesting support working alongside crop care specialists focused on more complex tasks. AppHarvest expects the game-changing advantage of the technology to be in the data that the robots can collect as they harvest, which can help evaluate crop health, precisely predict yield and optimise overall operations of the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) facility.

Jonathan Webb CEO & Founde AppHarvest said, “One of the key challenges in agriculture is accurately predicting yield. Many downstream decisions from work scheduling to transportation to retail planning are based on that. Any deviation between projection and actual yield can result in fire drills for numerous functions to adjust for the change, and AI can help solve for that.” 

Root AI co-founder and CEO Josh Lessing will take on the role of Chief Technology Officer for AppHarvest where he will take the lead in continuing to develop the robots and their AI capabilities for the network of indoor farms that AppHarvest is building. Lessing, along with co-founder Ryan Knopf who will join AppHarvest as vice president of technology, helped establish Root AI as an early leader in employing artificial intelligence in CEA. Virgo is the world’s first universal harvester, which can be configured to identify and harvest multiple crops of varying sizes including tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and more delicate fruits such as strawberries among others.

 Gathering more data through AI enables growers to use real-time information to improve a number of sustainability efforts such as detecting and eliminating pests naturally, helping indoor farms successfully grow chemical pesticide-free fruits and vegetables.

AppHarvest is investing approximately $60 million, consisting of approximately $10 million in cash and the balance in AppHarvest common shares, to acquire Root AI. The Company will issue approximately 2,328,000 shares for the transaction.

It aims to provide AppHarvest with a

Agro chems – Pesticides, Agrotech, Korea

Currently available in 49 of the 50 states in the U.S., this partnership marks AgBiome’s first commercial opportunity in Asia of Howler 

 AgBiome Innovations International AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of AgBiome, a leader in developing innovative products from the Earth’s microbial communities, has announced the signing of a Commercial Supply Agreement with FarmHannong Co., a South Korean agrochemical company and subsidiary of LG Chem, to expand the use of AgBiome’s biological fungicide Howler®, internationally. Currently available in 49 of the 50 states in the U.S., this partnership marks AgBiome’s first commercial opportunity in Asia of Howler.

Howler is a revolutionary biofungicide that harnesses the power of the plant microbiome with multiple modes of action that provide preventive, long-lasting activity on a broad spectrum of soilborne and foliar diseases. Howler can be used throughout the growing season from pre-planting to before harvest, in greenhouse and field applications on a wide range of specialty crops.

“Sustainable agricultural practices, as well as the demand for high quality agricultural produce are factors that are projected to drive the biofungicides market growth in Asia.Howler has proven to be effective on several major crops that are grown in South Korea including vegetable and fruit crops. We are pleased to partner with FarmHannong, the leading provider of sustainable crop solutions to farmers in South Korea,’’ said  Toni Bucci, COO at AgBiome.

“Growers in South Korea are looking for biological alternatives that are effective and easy to use,” said Taehyun Oh, Product Development Team Leader at FarmHannong. “A partnership with AgBiome reinforces FarmHannong’s commitment to the distribution of next-generation products that encourage sustainable farming practices. The addition of Howler to our product offering is another step towards providing sustainable solutions to farmers,” continued Taehyun Oh.

Currently available in 49 of the 50