Small-scale farmers are vital to feeding West and Central Africa and transforming food systems
Amid increasing global hunger and poverty, devastating climate change impacts, the Covid-19 pandemic and the widespread effects of the war in Ukraine, small-scale producers...
European Investment Bank confirms EUR 500 million loan to IFAD to invest in global food security
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed their first financial agreement today. The EIB will...
EIMA 2022 turns the spotlight on agricultural drones
Aerial drones, mainly used for data collection, are seeing an increase in their use for certain important agricultural operations, such as pesticide treatments. The...
Agrinfluencer, an interesting phenomenon in the world of agro-mechanics
The Agrimachinery Creators Report 2022, which is a snapshot of an evolving world, was presented at Eima International. The report discusses the different types...
Paolo De Castro at Eima in Bologna: “technology in agriculture is the weapon to...
"Technological innovations, with the application of Smart and Precision Farming, confirm their place as necessary tools that can no longer be postponed for farmers...
MEPs at EIMA: a policy for specialised crops
A delegation of 10 parliamentarians visited the agricultural machinery exhibition. A conference, a guided tour and a round table were the programme of an...
Still too many work-related accidents in the agricultural sector
Every year in Italy, 100 to 150 fatal accidents occur in the fields, in the EU 500. And the numbers are underestimated. New-generation machines...
Minister Lollobrigida: increase productivity with machines, not GMOs
During a meeting held as part of EIMA 2022, the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry said he was in favour of an...
Minister Lollobrigida visiting EIMA International
"Full immersion" of the new Minister of Agriculture in the agricultural machinery exhibition taking place at the Bologna Exhibition Centre. Support for agriculture and...
Robots in the fields are no longer science fiction
In France, the USA and some Eastern European countries, they are already at work on farms. But in Italy, too, the demand for robots...