Agriculture 4.0

The onions from India have arrived, and my suki is selling them: large, bright red, clean and shiny. Initially retailed for P200 per kilo against the less physically appealing local variety’s P250, yo…

Japan will launch a 390 million yen ($3.6 million) project in May in Myanmar to boost irrigation and agricultural management as part of efforts to increase productivity and eradicate poverty in the So…

Water is a fundamental driver of economic development and human well-being across the world. In the near future, water demand is expected to far outpace supply. In South Asia, the impact will be felt …

Data-driven digital ecosystems can address bottlenecks in the agriculture value chain, including poor market linkages, lack of access to finance, knowledge and inputs, and shortcomings to an enabling …

It’s common to see roads in Shan State full of trucks loaded with vegetables. The state produces 60 percent of all vegetables consumed within the country. Some of the crops are even exported to neighb…

Cambodia has sent representatives to attend a Vietnamese programme that seeks to strengthen the relationship between them and the agricultural sectors of Vietnam and Laos, Vietnamese media reported. F…

Value-chain financing is an important aspect of agriculture, Myanmar’s most important industry, that requires more attention, a Yangon University of Economics academic association says. UK-funded priv…

It’s been a privilege to attend China International Agricultural Machinery Exhibition (CIAME) for the third time. This year the exhibition was held at Shandong’s Qingdao in China. I have attended the …

The government is encouraging private firms and government-owned companies such as Khazanah Nasional Bhd to invest in large scale fruit and vegetable farming to reduce the nation’s food import bill, w…