To achieve global food security, there is a need not only to increase domestic production, but also to adapt to the climatic impacts on agriculture. This is particularly pertinent in Southeast Asia. I…
Agriculture
Revitalizing rivers of life in Asean
Many of the largest cities in the world were built beside rivers. This is also the case in Southeast Asia, a region that is rich in biological diversity. Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City prospered because o…
Saving South Asian farming communities from climate change: Learnings from a project
Climate change impacts on agriculture can have significant social, economic and political consequences, particularly in developing countries such as Nepal that rely heavily on agriculture for their li…
Economic managers eye modernizing agri sector as inflation hits historic high
The Philippines is looking at modernizing the agriculture sector and seeking a whole-of-society approach to combat the continuous increase in consumer prices, with inflation the highest among ASEAN co…
Nuclear Science Helps Bangladeshi Farmers Resist Climate Change
Over the past two decades, Bangladesh, with its low-lying river delta and lengthy coastline, has been listed among the top ten countries most affected by climate change, according to the Global Climat…
Indonesia targets sugar self-sufficiency in 5 yrs, eyes ethanol production
Indonesia will expand its sugar plantation area to try to become self-sufficient in the next five years and is eyeing development of renewable sugar-based ethanol afterwards, President Joko Widodo sai…
Commodity Market Report – 17 Oct 2022
Gold prices dropped last week as Dollar strengthened again. This week, the yellow metal is prone to challenge the USD1620 /oz support again to form a double-bottom. Market movements are expected to tr…
Weekly Rubber Report – 17 Oct 2022
Market Fundamentals: Dollar Index (USDX) is poised to rise on Friday as traders are expecting another rate hike in early November. General commodity prices are waning due to fear of market correlation…
Will China Produce Its Own Palm Oil?
Palm oil is produced by pressing the flesh and kernel of the fruit of the oil palm, a tropical plant originating in West Africa. People in the region may have consumed the reddish oil even in prehisto…
Malaysia’s palm planters eye robots, drones to combat labour crunch
Watch on YouTube Malaysian research student Haziq Ramli wore an outfit resembling a light jetpack, with poles strapped to his biceps, to wield a long pole that clipped the sharp fronds and heavy bunch…