Agriculture

Only an improved cold chain can raise farmers’ income

India

Only an improved cold chain can raise farmers’ income

By RJ Whitehead

Though the government has embarked on a number of projects over recent years to improve farm production, some states are yet to realise the importance of post-harvest management and have been missing out in revenue as a result, according to agriculture...

China rushes to research its newest staple

China direct

China rushes to research its newest staple

By RJ Whitehead

An institute co-founded by research agencies and potato processors in China and Kazakhstan has been established in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to study China’s newest staple. 

China's bird flu struggles have hit local chicken prices, which could dent return on investment

Booming Asian mega farms are an ‘economic risk’

By Oscar Rousseau

Investors should not get overexcited by the risky Asian meat industry as booming production may not translate to soaring profits, a FAIRR (Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return) Initiative report has claimed.

Philippines urges the crop-rich to give to the crop-poor

Dateline Southeast Asia...

Philippines urges the crop-rich to give to the crop-poor

By RJ Whitehead

The Philippines has called for the establishment of a world food bank to receive agricultural products as “deposits”, which in turn would be loaned out to other needy countries.

Hollande’s Indonesia trip leads to agriculture research project

Southeast Asia

Hollande’s Indonesia trip leads to agriculture research project

By RJ Whitehead

An Indonesian consortium led by Singaporean palm oil planter Golden-Agri Resources’ local offshoot, PT Smart, has signed a new agreement with a French partner to support the development of sustainable plantations and develop maritime logistics.

Nepal’s offered agriculture road map as it prepares for federalism

Nepal’s offered agriculture road map as it prepares for federalism

By RJ Whitehead

Adjusting Nepal’s complex agricultural economy to a federalist system laid out by the new constitution will require some adjustment, though a new paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute proposes several policy measures to ease the...

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