Agriculture

First COFCO Responsible Standard soy shipment to Thailand

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COFCO International has shipped its first soybeans certified under its own COFCO International Responsible Agriculture Standard to Thailand. The cargo, shipped for Thanakorn Vegetable Oil Products Co., Ltd., a leading vegetable oil and animal feed manufacturer, was loaded this week in Santos, Brazil. Under Module 2 of the COFCO Standard, the certified soybeans are verified as deforestation- and conversion-free (DCF) since 31 December 2020, with on-farm audits covering sustainable water … [Read more...] about First COFCO Responsible Standard soy shipment to Thailand

Tecnologico de Monterrey promotes sustainable agriculture with nanobiotechnology

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Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. July 2025.– Researchers at Tecnologico de Monterrey are leading a pioneering project in the country that explores the potential of nanobiotechnology to improve the natural processes of nutrition, immunity, and development in plants, marking an important step toward more sustainable and resilient agriculture in Mexico. Although nanotechnology has been widely applied in sectors such as electronics and materials, its integration with biotechnology for agricultural … [Read more...] about Tecnologico de Monterrey promotes sustainable agriculture with nanobiotechnology

SMART researchers unlock the secrets to plant growth with breakthrough universal nanosensor

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Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) interdisciplinary research group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, in collaboration with Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have developed the world’s first near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent nanosensor capable of real-time, non-destructive and species-agnostic detection of … [Read more...] about SMART researchers unlock the secrets to plant growth with breakthrough universal nanosensor