The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact, once in effect, will provide a much-needed boost to participating countries working to reverse the current economic downturn caused b…
Rubber farmers take to coffee to supplement income
The crop holds out promise of maximum land utilisation and better yields As farmers cope with plummeting income from natural rubber, coffee has turned out to be a choice crop, holding out promise of s…
Opportune time to invest in tourism infrastructure
Investing amid a crisis seems counterintuitive, but that might be an advisable course of action for the tourism industry, which continues to be ravaged by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pande…
China economy rebounds in Q2 after virus hit: AFP poll
China returned to growth in the second quarter after the coronavirus pandemic handed the world’s second largest economy its first contraction in decades, according to an AFP poll of analysts. Th…
India is a more cost-effective option for Kathmandu than China. Here’s why.
India has a major role to play India accounts for 64% of Nepal’s total volume of trade, according to data sourced from Economic Survey of 2018-19. Non-tariff Trade: Informal trade happens in the Terai…
Boosting rubber tappers’ incomes through pineapple and mushrooms
The primary industries and commodities ministry will come up with a suitable integrated farming model to enable rubber smallholders to earn extra income through other crops rather than just depending …
Turning on the Lights for 450,000 People in Rural Myanmar
More than 450,000 people in rural Myanmar are expected to gain access to clean energy for the first time following the signing of a grant agreement between the World Bank Group and the Government of M…
Philippines seen as geothermal power investment hotspot in 10 years
The Philippines is seen as an outperforming geothermal power investment hotspot in the next decade given its strong capacity for the renewable energy (RE) resource, according to Fitch Solutions Countr…
Agricultural machinery: Where is Bangladesh heading?
The whole world is saying that the corona situation will paralyze all economic sectors for long. At such a stage, turning back to the ancient profession of agriculture seems to be a ray of hope. The s…
Worst is almost over! Global body of rubber producers foresees demand bounce-back in Q3
On the production side, the ANRPC report pointed out that Covid-19 was to be blamed for the loss of nearly one million tonne potential NR supply across the globe. The world NR consumption had dropped …