agriculture

Retail Asia16/05/2017

Cau Dat Farm Da Lat, famed in the central highlands town of Da Lat since 1927, has applied IoT to its crops since mid-2016. Though occupying a large land area, productivity at the farm has been quite low under traditional farming methods and an unpredictable climate. It is, however, one of the first farms in […]

Retail Asia23/03/2017

The Philippines on Monday signed agricultural deals with Thailand, three months before it scraps a quantitative restriction on rice imports under an agreement with the World Trade Organization (WTO). The agricultural agreement encompasses information exchange concerning best practices in irrigation, livestock and fisheries, and technology for soil and water conservation, said President Rodrigo Duterte in […]

Retail Asia07/02/2017

Vietnam plans to have at least 10 hi-tech agriculture production zones comprising 200 enterprises by 2020. To date, it has attracted 20 enterprises. 1. Vietnam-Australia JSC, a foreign invested enterprise with a branch in Bac Lieu province, has pioneered shrimp super-intensive farming in greenhouses. The company has spent VND180 billion to farm shrimp on an […]

Retail Asia28/12/2016

The Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development launched a programme dubbed “Green Connection towards A Clean Agriculture” in HCM City yesterday to strengthen the linkages between various players in the agricultural production chain. It is also aimed at strengthening co-operatives and farmers’ ties with businesses, considered an important measure to improve the competitiveness of and […]

Retail Asia19/08/2016

CropLife Asia announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Asian Apicultural Association (AAA) to support a research initiative to catalogue and study the bee species and populations in Asia. CropLife Asia Executive Director Dr. Siang Hee Tan and AAA President Dr. Siriwat Wongsiri signed the agreement at Singapore’s M […]

Retail Asia20/06/2016

Faced with the highest-ever surge in food prices in the past two years, the NDA government did some brainstorming on Wednesday to devise steps to check prices, especially of pulses. At a review meeting convened by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here, it was decided to boost supply by increasing buffer stocks and imports. The Centre […]

Tag: agriculture

Vietnam moves towards high-tech agriculture

Philippines forges agri deals with Thailand in Duterte visit

Vietnam trials hi-tech agriculture production zones

Programme for clean agriculture launched in City

CropLife Asia Signs Partnership with Asian Apiculture Association

India may import pulses from Myanmar, African nations