Big Data meets grain markets! The $34B Bunge–Viterra merger could rewire global food trade and supply chains. Find out how tech will drive this agribusiness powerhouse forward: https://agtech.industryexaminer.com/bunge-viterra-merger-tech-implications/ #AgTech #BigData #FoodTrade
Big Data, Big Grain: How the $34 Billion Bunge–Viterra Tie-Up Could Rewire Global Food Trade – Agtech Industry Examiner

📄🍍 #ReadingRecommendation: Learn about the potentials and the pitfalls of global food trade in this #Science article by Joel K. Bourne Jr.: https://www.science.org/content/article/burgeoning-global-food-trade-lifeline-billions-is-it-breaking-planet

The article also features a statement by Prof. Marianela Fader on how #Covid19 has impacted the global food trade! 🗨️

#researchnews #sciencemagazine #science #food #foodtrade #geography #scicomm #covid

🧵 Thread: #FoodTrade disruption after #GlobalCatastrophes

1/ 🌍 Our study shows the global food trade system is vulnerable to major shocks. We focused on #wheat, #maize, #soybeans, and #rice, which make up ~60% of global calorie intake and analyzed two scenarios: abrupt sunlight reduction and global infrastructure loss.

New NIOO publication: DARTS: Evolving Resilience of the Global Food System to Production and Trade Shocks. #foodsecurity #resilience #foodtrade #agentbasedmodelling
https://doi.org/10.18564/jasss.5307
DARTS: Evolving Resilience of the Global Food System to Production and Trade Shocks

by Hubert M.J. Fonteijn, Pepijn A.J. van Oort and Geerten M. Hengeveld

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation

#FoodTrade bodies consider legal action over post-Brexit ‘not for #EU#labelling | Food & drink industry | The Guardian

#Brexit would cut down on red tape, they said. Are you telling me they were fibbing?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/29/food-trade-bodies-consider-legal-action-brexit-not-for-eu-labelling

#UK #Politics

Food trade bodies consider legal action over post-Brexit ‘not for EU’ labelling

Producers say the labelling could add £250m a year to their costs, further fuelling inflation

The Guardian

Vessels loaded with foodstuffs are among those avoiding #Houthi attacks in the key waterway by sailing around #Africa, a longer and costlier route. But unlike #gas, #oil and #ConsumerGoods cargoes that have also been affected, lengthier shipping times risk making #PerishableFoods unsellable. #Yemen #Israel #Gaza

#RedSea attacks disrupt #FoodTrade and may result in higher #GroceryPrices
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/red-sea-attacks-disrupt-food-trade-risk-higher-grocery-prices

Back toot: https://noc.social/@Norobiik/111782026117755884

Red Sea attacks disrupt food trade, risk higher grocery prices

If disruptions worsen, they could halt the slowdown in food inflation. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times
Export, l'agroalimentare siciliano piace. Sicindustria chiama i buyer

Sono stati oltre 250 gli incontri b2b durante la manifestazione sull'export dell'agroalimentare promossa da Sicindustria

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