Like clockwork, haze descends over Southeast Asia as wildfires and forest fires, whether natural or human-induced, flare up in the dry season. This year’s transboundary haze is expected to be even wor…
Agriculture
How India Is Turning Bamboo Waste Into a Growing Green Economy
Walk past a bamboo processing unit in Assam or Tripura and you’ll see it before you smell it. Piles of bamboo offcuts. Splinters, knots, and stumps that didn’t make the cut for furniture or handicraft…
How Much Effect Will El Nino Have On Local Palm Oil Sector
Kenanga Research has maintained its OVERWEIGHT stance on Malaysia’s plantation sector, expecting crude palm oil (CPO) prices to remain elevated through the rest of 2026 and into 2027 as stronger biodi…
Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin: Understanding Digital Assets in Agriculture
Key Takeaways Blockchain technology, which creates secure, transparent and permanent records, is the technology that allows cryptocurrency to exist. Tokenizationand smart contracts expand blockchain&#…
Bangladesh tests solar farming without losing cropland
First agrivoltaic pilot will grow crops beneath solar panels, testing whether Bangladesh can expand clean energy without taking scarce farmland out of food production Bangladesh has launched its first…
Vietnam eyes $100 bln agri-export goal through strategic economic thinking
Vietnam’s agriculture, forestry, and fishery sector charts an ambitious course toward a historic $100 billion export milestone by 2027, after surpassing $70 billion in 2025. Experts at the July 9 semi…
Philippines accelerates El Niño preparations for agriculture
The Philippine Department of Agriculture is shifting to a data-driven, integrated food systems approach for the second half of 2026, with Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. calling for …
A stock trader’s guide to navigating a rare ‘Super El Niño
As concerns over the Iran war recede, stock investors are confronting another threat: climate risk, which is prompting a reassessment of bets across sectors from agriculture to insurance. A high proba…
Agriculture business rating programme launched to improve access to finance
The General Council of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam on May 22 launched a programme to rate the credibility of agricultural businesses and entrepreneurs through the Vietnam Agriculture …
Cookies and grains: The digitalisation of Cambodia’s agricultural export boom
Anyone who’s dropped their phone in the bath should know to submerge it in rice. For Cambodia’s economy, the fix works in reverse: their agricultural potential can be unlocked, and problems can be fix…