Mobile court demolishes five illegal brick kilns in Bangladesh
Local farmers said that these illegal brick kilns were built on agricultural land a few years ago and had repeatedly complained about it.
Agriculture
Indonesian government to continue oil palm cultivation on confiscated land
The government plans to utilise 221,000 hectares of confiscated oil palm plantations, much of it protected forest land, to continue planting oil palm as part of its effort to…
150,000 tons of rice released from Japan’s stockpile to douse prices, after Tokyo prices hit all-time high
This is the first time for the government to make a release from its stockpile to stabilise the rice market.
Japan starts receiving bids for stockpiled rice
It is the first release of stockpiled rice to relieve distribution bottlenecks. Previously, the government had limited releases to cases of serious poor harvests and large-scale…
New onions bring no smiles to Bangladeshi farmers
Production costs outweigh current prices.
Mekong Delta faces intensifying saltwater intrusion amid declining dry season flow
The phenomenon threatens agricultural production and freshwater supplies in one of the country’s most important rice-producing regions.
In Philippine province of Pangasinan, milkfish growers brace for fish kills amid extreme heat
To mitigate losses, a cooperative official advised pond operators with overstocked ponds to harvest some fish early, even if they are below the marketable size of 350 grams.
Nearly 100 pigs drown as truck plunges into canal in Thailand’s Suphan Buri
Rescuers struggled for hours but only managed to pull 40 pigs to safety.
Thai farmers rally near Government House, demand rice price guarantee
Asst Prof Natthachalai Mayurasak, the group’s coordinator, called on the government to guarantee a rice price of 11,000 baht per ton at 15% moisture content. If legal barriers…
Crisis looms: The Statesman
India is once again staring at the prospect of a reduced wheat harvest as above-average temperatures threaten the winter-sown crop.