Finnish food program discusses further collaboration with China
During an online Agriculture and Food conference, Finland's efforts and results in sustainable agriculture and green transformation of the food industry were introduced.
Agriculture
Powered by seeds from flowering bamboo, rats attack standing crops in Mizoram
Since locals began reporting rodents in their fields in August, the government has been providing rodenticides to farmers as well as training locals to carry out mass poisoning of…
Japan keen to use sewage sludge as fertilizer
By promoting the domestic production of fertilizers, the government aims to keep prices down and protect agricultural businesses from negative impacts.
Lampung coffee farmers dream of welfare and price independence
As coffee shops grow in trend, Lampung grows to embrace its coffee industry and local farmers.
Transition to aquaculture a better path ahead for Vietnam
Vietnam has over 1 million square kilometres of sea area available for aquaculture but a major part of the area is untapped.
Longer flooding will not greatly affect Cambodia’s rice exports
The Ministry of Agriculture reported that in the first seven months of 2022, Cambodia exported more than 350,000 tonnes of milled rice to 53 countries.
Food estate program dubbed ‘total failure’ as technical problems persist
The plan was to prepare land for the cultivation of rice and other staple crops, however, acidic soil had hampered the growth of some crops.
Marcos wants to accelerate efforts to build agricultural sector back
He said the Philippines is currently only “playing catch-up” in building back the agriculture sector but expressed confidence that it will be a leading resource hub in the…
China’s policy bank lends billions more to agriculture
To ensure grain security, the bank has issued loans worth 372 billion yuan to help purchase summer and autumn grain over the past year.
Indonesian Agriculture Ministry under pressure to release detained imports
With around Rp 30 billion worth of imports detained, demurrage, utility costs and other expenses so far amount to some Rp 8 billion in losses incurred by the importers.