Nutreco invests in India’s leading dairy-tech startup Stellapps

Nutreco, a global animal nutrition and aquaculture company based in the Netherlands has announced its investment in India’s leading dairy-tech startup Stellapps to enable farmers to increase productivity and efficiency. Since 2019, Nutreco has made over 10 investments across Asia, Latin America, Australia, Europe, and the USA, reflecting its ongoing commitment to support innovative new technologies that advance sustainability across the feed-to-farm value chain. India is the world’s largest dairy market; approximately 570 million liters of milk is produced daily, and recent research indicates that the country’s dairy market is…

FAO launches new Global Information System for Animal Disease

EMPRES-i+ aims to improve intelligence, forecasting, and early warning, enabling countries to monitor disease spread and risk of new outbreaks. The world must be alert to new threats from animal diseases, with COVID-19 underlining the need for greater vigilance, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) urged, as it launched a new global animal disease information system. “We need to prioritize and strengthen the animal health sector, “ FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said at an event to launch the EMPRES- i+ system. He added: “Strong international and national…