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Myanmar aims to become seed exporter in next five or ten years
Myanmar is working to become a seed-exporting country in the next five or ten years, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation. Dr. Ye Tin Tun, Director-General of the Agricul…
Broad Coalition to Ramp Up Food Safety in Myanmar
YANGON—Myanmar’s food safety advocacy groups plan to bring around 400 stakeholders from the food industry together to discuss food safety issues and challenges in the country. Myanmar Innovative Life …
Malaysia turning to food crops as palm oil price falls
Malaysia is looking to diversify into food crops, in the face of fluctuating commodity prices and Western countries’ hostility towards palm oil. In an interview with The Straits Times, Agriculture and…
Malaysia has right to slap ban on anti-palm oil products, says Kok
Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok said Malaysia has every right to impose a ban on products with anti-palm oil labels. She added there is no reason for a palm oil producer country like Malaysia t…
Expert Disagrees With EU’s Palm Oil Concerns, Says Forest Will Be Replenished
A Nigerian palm oil expert, John Omale, has said that he disagrees with concerns been spread by the European Union and other global warming advocates that palm oil cultivation was contributing to glob…
Jokowi encourages production of palm oil-based avtur
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has encouraged Indonesia to produce palm oil-based aviation fuel to make it no longer rely on imported avtur. “We have produced avtur and we don’t need to im…
Indonesia’s palm oil finds silver lining in biofuel, China amid EU trade row
As Indonesia, the world’s top palm oil producer and exporter, commits to fighting the EU’s ban on the use of palm oil for its member countries’ biodiesel, it may find solace near home. President Joko …
Southeast Asians learn best practices in climate-smart agri in Quezon
‘It takes a village to scale climate-smart agriculture.” This statement of Leocadio S. Sebastian, regional program leader for CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in…
Italy signs irrigation and agricultural mechanization agreement with Myanmar
The Ambassador of Italy, Ms Alessandra Schiavo, has just signed in Nay Pyi Taw, together with the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Hla Kyaw, two MoUs between the above mention…