Indonesia plans to set up a digital dashboard by August to track its agricultural commodities, its economics ministry said, as the world’s top palm oil exporter looks to monitor $6.5 billion wor…
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Govt. to transform agriculture using modern tech – President Sri Lanka
President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that the government plans to transform Sri Lankan agriculture using modern technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI). The government is committed to …
In Vietnam, New Rice Growing Methods Aim to Reduce Methane
Farmers in Vietnam are growing rice using a new method thought to reduce emissions of methane gas and labor costs. The method is called alternate wetting and drying, or AWD. It uses about 30 percent l…
Transforming agricultural insurance in the Philippines to help farmers cope with natural disasters: Three essential reform areas
Sitting down with farmers in Bicol early this year, we heard a clear message: “We suffer many losses after disasters; reliable agricultural insurance could be our financial safety net,” they say…
Engineers are turning roads into ‘green’ infrastructure with game-changing benefits: ‘Once there is a road, there is everything’
In many developing countries, unpaved roads are a liability, as they can quickly be made unusable by rain. But one group of engineers has figured out how to turn these roads from a liability to an ass…
Việt Nam promotes development of green agriculture
Việt Nam wants to promote the development of green agriculture to ensure sustainable growth and higher quality of products, especially export goods. At the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai,…
Is Cambodia a new agricultural power?
Hun Manet, the new Cambodian prime minister and son of the previous prime minister and former military general Hun Sen, recently announced the implementation of a new strategic policy for local agricu…
Filipino farm owners experience the ‘future’ of agriculture in Vietnam
Fully automated greenhouses with very minimal human intervention, farming with insects as a tool, and controlling a farm by means of smartphones. These are just some of the futuristic ways of farming …
Why Aren’t Farmers In South Asia Adopting Climate Smart Agriculture?
A researcher originally from Bangladesh has been looking at farms in South Asia to determine why agricultural practices aimed at reducing carbon emissions haven’t been adopted. The agricultural …