As soon as she milks her cow, 52-year-old Punam B K is off, pedaling her bicycle furiously along the highway with a blue milk can in the front basket. By the time she arrives at the Jaya Shiva Ganesh …
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Revolutionizing Agriculture with Dual-purpose Crops Bridging Food, Beauty
The “Breeding and Application of Dual-purpose Food Crops for Both Edible and Ornamental Use” project has recently been selected as a finalist in the Global Excellence Engineer Competition,…
Graphjet Technology begins operations at agricultural waste-to-graphite Facility in Malaysia
Graphjet Technology, a manufacturing company focusing on carbon-based materials, producing artificial graphite from biomass waste residues from the process of palm oil, announced the start of operatio…
Researchers launch Bangladesh’s first biocontrol program to combat invasive weed
A Virginia Tech team has introduced Bangladesh’s first biocontrol program to combat an invasive weed. Parthenium hysterophorus, a tropical weed native to Central and South America, first reached the S…
Vietnam’s agricultural products strive to meet EU’s higher standards
The EU recently introduced a draft regulation to lower the Maximum Residue Level (MRL) for four pesticide active substances starting next February. A representative of the Office of the Vietnam Sanita…
Malaysia agritech adoption to accelerate as 5G connectivity spreads
Technology-related investments in Malaysia’s agribusiness sector are expected to pick up over the next five years, as 5G connectivity becomes more widespread and the state’s support for increased prod…
Climate-Smart Agriculture Enables Asian Farmers to Increase Rice Productivity
Local farmers during the basic agricultural practices training in 2023 in Myanmar. (Photo: Mynamar Department of Biotechnology Research) To achieve sustainable rice production and food security in the…
Vietnam’s pilot low-emission rice farming shows promise: Increased yields, profits, and sustainability
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) of Vietnam and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)featured promising results of a pilot farming under the Sustainable Development …
Vietnam’s pilot low-emission rice farming shows promise: Increased yields, profits, and sustainability
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) of Vietnam and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)featured promising results of a pilot farming under the Sustainable Development …
Laos plans to boost sustainable agriculture
Vientiane, July 17 Laos will carry out a green and sustainable agriculture demonstration project in 10 northern provinces of Laos, aiming to improve the quality of agricultural produce and develop agr…