Perdue Agribusiness invests in soybean production

Mar 30, 2022

Perdue Agribusiness and Virginia Governor, Glenn Youngkin, plans to invest in the production of high protein soybean. The agriculture and service company plans to invest $59.1 million to expand operations in the City of Chesapeake, modernize its facilities and...

Closing the loop – making food systems circular

Nov 16, 2021

This blog post was written by Kimberly Spirito, intern at SLU Global. It was first published at SIANI, Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative. We have all heard about the idea of creating circular systems and how they could create sustainable societies....

Closing the loop: making food systems circular

Oct 27, 2021

We have all heard about the idea of creating circular systems and how they could create sustainable societies. But what would it take to transform our current linear systems into circular ones? This question was at the heart of one of the themed panel discussions at...

The SmartBite project at the Faculty of Agriculture

Oct 20, 2021

A team of researchers ( Dr B. Ramasawmy and Dr H. Neetoo)  from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius formulated a healthy snack bar made from pulses and other low-cost natural ingredients as a healthier alternative to currently available energy...

Maggot meal, a sustainable livestock feed resource

May 27, 2021

Sustainable feed resources are what farmers would opt for in an economy but oftentimes, because of poor evidence a particular feed ingredient introduced to farmers is mostly sidelined. However, with time it gradually gains popularity and gets...