The ongoing economic recession due to coronavirus pandemic has created opportunities for countries to replace the standard growth path with the green growth. There is a renewed effort in many develope…
Cambodia: Rubber exports stretch 17%
Cambodia exported 97,175 tonnes of natural rubber in the first five months of this year, surging 17 per cent compared to the same period last year as the Covid-19 pandemic stretches on, Ministry of Ag…
Nepal: Tourism infrastructure development continues
Although the country is in a lockdown, infrastructure development activities under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) have continued. Organising a press meet today, Tourism M…
Malaysia worries new EU food rules could hurt palm oil exports
Malaysia’s massive palm oil industry has warned that the European Union’s (EU) recent proposal to make its food industry more sustainable could eventually lead to stricter regulations for imports of t…
Bangladesh energy start-up SOLshare wins Ashden Awards for climate change innovation
Ashden announced a total of 11 winners from the UK and developing countries in a video celebration featuring films of the organisations on Thursday. SOLshare, set up in 2014, helps rural Bangladeshi o…
Digital transformation key for small businesses in ASEAN
An expected hit on revenue because of the COVID-19 pandemic will not prevent small businesses operating in South-east Asia from continuing their investment in technology. According to a survey of 1,00…
India: Rubber Board readies online trading platform, but growers are worried – Here’s why
Rubber growers, however, are jittery that this would cause cartelisation among buyers, as it happened during tea e-auctions. There are also fears that costs of maintaining the e-platform would add to …
Farm tourism first to take off post-pandemic
AS PEOPLE become more conscious about their health and wellness under this pandemic-induced environment, the Department of Tourism (DOT) sees farm tourism as the first tourism niche-product to take of…
Digital readiness for the new normal
I did my first Zoom meeting last week. Like shaving, I tried to hold back as long as I could. At the back of my mind, I was thinking that doing a Zoom meeting is like surrendering to the new normal be…
With coronavirus under control, Vietnam and New Zealand see different travel trends
Laura Douglas’ tourism start-up, a farm surrounded by snow-tipped mountains in southern New Zealand, was attracting hundreds of mostly foreign visitors a month until the coronavirus pandemic bro…