13 Dec 2019 --- In business news this week, Azelis expanded its partnership with Roquette to distribute its food ingredients in Indonesia and Vietnam. Meanwhile, founding members of the industry-wide initiative to modernize global trade operations have announced its new project name: Covantis. Verdeca, a joint venture (JV) between Arcadia Biosciences and Bioceres Crop Solutions, has received approval of HB4 drought and herbicide-tolerant soybeans in Paraguay. Also this week, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Secretariat published members’ oil palm concession maps for Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak on its interactive map application GeoRSPO.