Cambodia has sent representatives to attend a Vietnamese programme that seeks to strengthen the relationship between them and the agricultural sectors of Vietnam and Laos, Vietnamese media reported. F…
Agriculture
US promotes inclusive agriculture-led growth in Kachin State
Myitkyina – US Ambassador Scot Marciel met with more than 60 members of the Kachin State agriculture sector in Myitkyina last Thursday, to discuss how the new US Agency for International Develop…
How rubber farmers can reduce risk and help the environment (commentary)
Since as far back as the early 1990s, Thailand has been the world’s largest exporter of natural rubber, responsible for as much as 35.1 percent of rubber exports in 2016. That year, Thailand globally …
Myanmar: Value chain finance could improve agricultural productivity: economists
Value-chain financing is an important aspect of agriculture, Myanmar’s most important industry, that requires more attention, a Yangon University of Economics academic association says. UK-funded priv…
Advanced agro-machinery controls modern farming
It’s been a privilege to attend China International Agricultural Machinery Exhibition (CIAME) for the third time. This year the exhibition was held at Shandong’s Qingdao in China. I have attended the …
Reshaping Philippines agriculture through farm tourism
At the recent 6th Philippine Farm Tourism Conference held at the Marco Polo Plaza in Cebu City I was pleasantly surprised to hear that big landlords from different places across the country had joined…
ADB to develop agriculture, improve food safety in Nepal
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$50mn policy-based loan to help support the Government of Nepal’s reforms to improve food safety measures, enhance agricultural trade standards, and p…
Malaysian PM: Govt wants private firms to invest in large scale vegetable farming
The government is encouraging private firms and government-owned companies such as Khazanah Nasional Bhd to invest in large scale fruit and vegetable farming to reduce the nation’s food import bill, w…
Sustainable agriculture: Thinking beyond subsidies
Agriculture remains the mainstay of the Nepalis, hence making it sustainable is important. The conventional agricultural system, which was of a subsistence type, used pesticides on a large scale, whic…
Felcra and Qatar’s Baladna to set up Malaysia’s largest dairy farm
Felcra Bhd and Baladna Food Industries WLL, Qatar’s largest dairy producer, aims to set up Malaysia’s largest dairy farm in the next two years, in line with the country’s National Food Security Policy…