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Breathing Room for Growers: How New Zealand’s Freshwater Policy Shift Brings Practical Certainty to the Field
POLICY & FIELD INSIGHTS[cite: 3] Breathing Room for Growers: How New Zealand’s Freshwater Policy Shift Brings Practical Certainty to the Field[cite: 3] By Kusha Sindha, Lead, BAW Digest[cite: 3] Figure: Summary of New Zealand’s key freshwater and resource management regulatory adjustments for commercial growers.[cite: 3] Farming is inherently unpredictable—weather patterns shift, markets fluctuate, and soil…
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Health Begins in the Field: redefining the drivers of agricultural transformation
Health Begins in the Field: redefining the drivers of agricultural transformation By, Alice Toderi, Chief Marketing Officer, Hello Nature When we think about health, agriculture is rarely the first thing that comes to mind.[cite: 2] We often associate well-being with healthcare systems and lifestyle choices.[cite: 2] Yet the foundation of human health begins much earlier,…
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Beyond Regulation: Rethinking the Global Biological Regulatory Landscape
Beyond Regulation: Rethinking the Global Biological Regulatory Landscape Insights from the Global BioAg Alliance Regulatory Forum Podcast Featuring José Carvalho, Daniela Maia, and KRK Reddy By Sue B The biological agriculture industry is entering a defining decade. While scientific breakthroughs are rapidly transforming crop protection and nutrition, regulation has not always evolved alongside this progress.…
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Brazil Highlights Bioinputs, Innovation and Women’s Leadership at FAO COAG 30
Brazil Highlights Bioinputs, Innovation and Women’s Leadership at FAO COAG 30 Charing the 30th Session in Rome, Brazil Showcases Microbial Breakthroughs and Inclusive Rural Development Rome, Italy | July 2026 The 30th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Agriculture (COAG 30), held in Rome from July 20–24, 2026, brought together representatives…
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Elevating Global Sustainable Agriculture
Elevating Global Sustainable Agriculture Bridging Laboratory Science and Commercial Field Application What is BAW Academy? BioAg World Academy (BAW Academy) is a flagship global educational hub established under Global BioAg Linkages. It functions as an advanced, specialized training platform dedicated to advancing systematic knowledge, fostering innovation, and driving international integration within the bio-agriculture sector. As…
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Beyond Representation: Global BioAg Alliance Advancing Women’s Leadership
Creating Space, Voice, and Leadership for the Future of BioAg by Nishant Malhotra [Image of women in agriculture leadership forum] Across farms, laboratories, startups, and boardrooms, women are shaping the future of agriculture. This tends to happen quietly, often without visibility, and too often without equal access to opportunity. While the agriculture and BioAg sectors…
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Women in BioAg: Leadership, Innovation and the Road to Equity
Insights from the Women Leaders & Entrepreneurs at the 6th BioAgTech World Congress by Nishant Malhotra Agriculture is shifting toward regenerative, biological, and climate-smart solutions. Women play a foundational role in this transformation, yet face systemic constraints in leadership, ownership, and visibility. Globally, women account for 43 percent of the agricultural workforce but hold less…
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Global BioAg Alliance (GBA): A Unified Global Effort to Shape the Future of BioAg
Global BioAg Alliance (GBA) Officially Launches by Nishant Malhotra As the global agricultural landscape undergoes rapid transformation, biological solutions have moved from the fringes to the center of sustainable crop production. Yet despite their potential, the BioAg ecosystem continues to face significant fragmentation, uneven regulatory frameworks, slow market adoption, and limited avenues for global collaboration.…
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Driving into 2026: Regulatory Choices Facing European Agriculture
Happy New Year! Are You Traveling by Car or by (Omni)bus in 2026? by Dr. José Carvalho, Europe Regulatory Lead (Certis Biologicals) I begin this text using my phone’s AI, speaking while driving and allowing thoughts to flow as the landscape changes and the car moves forward. The output of this conversation with myself was…
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From the Podcast : A Turning Point for Biologicals in Europe
A Conversation with Karel Bolckmans President, IBMA • By Roger Tripathi, Editor-in-Chief, BAW Digest December 2025 marks a momentous occasion that many have been anticipating for a long time. To discuss the recent developments in the EU, I spoke with Karel Bolckmans, president of IBMA. This discussion is particularly important from IBMA’s perspective. European farmers…