IN the late 1960s to early 1980s, there were droves of Thai students who pursued their graduate studies in agriculture and agriculture-related fields at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños …
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Weekly Rubber Report – 19 July 2021
Market Fundamentals: Rubber prices recovered towards the end of last week despite the Dollar regained strength. The world is sinking a new fear of delta variant in pandemic crisis. Traders are remaini…
Commodity Market Report – 12 July 2021
Gold prices traded in narrow movement last week. Technically, the market is still held in the consolidation range and limited to USD1720 /oz resistance. This week, we project the range will be contain…
Weekly Rubber Report – 12 July 2021
Market Fundamentals: Dollar Index (USDX) topped 92.70 level last week and began to wane. The softening greenback has lent some recovering forces to commodity prices in the market. However, the fatal r…
Can the UAE’s agritech plans help meet the global food challenge?
Throughout history, humans have had to innovate to produce enough food to eat. Even as technology advances today, that challenge has not gone away. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, …
Commodity Market Report – 5 July 2021
Gold prices have shown a recovery pattern on the day-chart and the support lies at USD1760 /oz region. Basically, the market sentiment remains unchanged from last week and we speculate the range will …
Weekly Rubber Report – 5 July 2021
Market Fundamentals: Rubber prices underperformed last week as U.S. Dollar survived a strong recovery. Dollar Index (USDX) climbed above 92.00 region and put traders on the fence for commodity demand.…
Minister: Vietnam looks towards sustainable agriculture
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan has pledged to tackle obstacles to two projects on food safety and hygiene, and sustainable fishery development, saying that they are urgent …
Virginia Tech Research Explores Climate Change and the Future of Food in Nepal
When you think of Nepal, you might imagine people climbing Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain above sea level. However, people aren’t the only ones scaling the vast and varied elevations of t…
Indonesian exports surge in April on high commodity prices
Indonesia’s exports racked up their strongest rise in 11 years in April, boosted by surging prices of key commodities such as palm oil and coal, data from the statistics bureau showed on Thursday as t…