“Society will be forced to bring technology to the farmer”/ How agtech prioritizes indian farmers in pulse production No more should farmers of India be made to front the bill for agricultural innovation, now it is the policymakers' turn to take a risk, says Deepak Pareek in an exclusive interview.
Room for improvement/ unleashing the potential of the mungbean The ACIAR-funded International Mungbean Improvement Network (IMIN) project is now in its second phase, working with countries across the world to tailor new mungbean varieties to local conditions and markets, and improve food, income and nutrition security.
“I expect China will come back strong”/ Skane Group on green mung, white beans and the European market Lara Gilmour talks to Vanesa Tejero and Andres Gil from Skane Group about recent developments in Venezuelan agriculture and the lowdown on selling beans in Europe.
Indonesia’s pulse market/ Mung beans, kidney beans and the balance between domestic and imported product Soumaya El-Filali speaks to Vony Sintiawati, founder of PT Sinar Indo Agro Pulses about the country’s mung and kidney bean production and imports as well as the different market segments for imported and domestic beans.
For the love of lupins/ The Lupin Co's David Fienberg on the next big plant protein Speaking to Madaline Dunn from his factory in Perth, David Fienberg, founder and Chief Lupinologist at The Lupin Co, talked about the increasing popularity of the lupin bean, changing diets in Australia and supporting the global effort to popularize lupins for human consumption.
From Argentina to the world/ Eugenia Campanelli on KC Agribusiness and her career in pulses Eugenia Campanelli is the director of KC Agribusiness, formerly KC World Trade. In an interview with Ana Krepp, she shares her experiences with and perspective on agribusiness in Argentina.
