Laura Douglas’ tourism start-up, a farm surrounded by snow-tipped mountains in southern New Zealand, was attracting hundreds of mostly foreign visitors a month until the coronavirus pandemic bro…
Agriculture
Thailand: B310bn farm rehab scheme to begin
An agricultural rehabilitation scheme worth 310 billion baht is set to begin this month, helping 2 million people who lost jobs and returned to their home provinces, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid …
Webinar: Rubber Economy Beyond the Coronavirus Crisis: Prospects and Measures
Watch on youtube The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has unturned our lives and businesses and caused major economic disruption. No doubt, the rubber economy is one of it. Output and demand contractio…
Indonesia to develop 165,000ha land in Central Kalimantan for food-estate programme
President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has instructed the Public Works and Housing Ministry to expand the government’s food-estate programme by developing 165,000ha of land in Pulang Pisau regency…
Tech overhaul to lead Bangladesh’s agriculture to the future
The current coronavirus pandemic has created giant seismic shifts in our day-to-day living and has presented us with a new set of challenges. As the pandemic rages on putting us in a quagmire, we have…
TREND: Supply crunch, rising demand seen driving rubber prices
MUMBAI – After two months of the COVID-19-led lockdown that battered economic activity, natural rubber prices are now looking up amid a supply crunch and resurgence in demand from tyre makers and othe…
Agriculture can save the Philippines from COVID-19 havoc
A resounding yes to “Hope in agriculture” (Editorial, 5/24/20). As a country with vast untapped agricultural lands and abundant bodies of water, we need to revive the agriculture sector. And this glob…
India: Driving synergy in energy and agriculture through Agro-Photovoltaics
Ambitious goals have been laid down by the government in the areas of solar energy and agriculture. Yet, the two goals are often seen as independent of each other. Agro-photovoltaics (APVs) emerge as …
Malaysia signs record rice deal with India
Malaysia has agreed to import a record 100,000 tonnes of rice from India for shipment this month and next, in a further sign of improving trade relations between the countries after a diplomatic spat.…
Malaysian Rubber Board: Covid-19 pandemic to push up rubber price, demand for rubber gloves
The Covid-19 pandemic will drive up the rubber price in the market to a higher level as well as increase the demand for Malaysian rubber gloves this year, said the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB). Direct…