farmers

Retail Asia25/08/2022

Agricultural e-commerce platform Pinduoduo has helped to raise incomes for rural farming communities by widening market access for producers, who can now bypass intermediaries to sell directly to consumers. But while many farmers are aware of the benefits of selling online, they may still find it daunting to set up and run their own e-commerce […]

Retail Asia03/09/2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has made it difficult for Vietnamese dragon fruits, in season now, to be exported. China, which accounts for some 80 percent of Vietnam’s total dragon fruit exports, has restricted the flow of goods at some border gates as part of its pandemic safety precautions. Meanwhile, for markets like the European Union, the U.S. and […]

Retail Asia20/07/2021

Nearly 8,000 Vietnamese farmers started trading on e-commerce platforms in the first six months, up 191 percent year-on-year, as authorities pushed the development of the digital economy. The total value of agriculture produce on e-commerce platforms in the period tripled to VND944 billion ($41 million), according to a Ministry of Information and Communications report. It […]

Retail Asia12/06/2019

Employees of local department store chain Farmers have walked off the job in the first of a series of planned actions to combat the retailer’s reliance on an “unfair performance pay system”, according to First Union. Workers gave Farmers an ‘F’ for payment issues, including the performance pay system that keeps wages down, as well […]

Retail Asia17/04/2018

The administrators of Aussie Farmers Direct have recommended that the company be wound up after failing to find a buyer for the business ahead of a second creditors meeting later this week. Owing $86.7 million, Stay in Bed Milk & Bread (traded as Aussie Farmers Direct) is expected to yield only $3.4 million in realisable […]

Retail Asia14/12/2017

Cargill Joy Poultry Meat Production Inc. opened on Tuesday, giving chicken farmers in Batangas and nearby provinces new income opportunities, Jollibee Foods said Wednesday. A joint venture between Jollibee Foods and Minneapolis, USA-based Cargill , the largest poultry processing plant in the country has a yearly capacity of 45 million chickens. “The plant increases income […]

Retail Asia27/09/2017

Hailed as a Singapore first, the Premium Japanese Farmers Market offers everything from seasonal vegetables and fruits to meat products and sake imported from Japan – in Changi Airport’s Terminal 3 departure hall. Some items, including egoma tea, a special sushi selection and wagyu sake, are new to Singapore. The store also offers ready-to-eat bento […]

Retail Asia20/01/2017

Australian egg farmers have sent the first shipment of eggs to South Korea, to help ease a major shortage caused by an Avian influenza outbreak. Approximately 30 million birds have been culled to stem the spread of the disease, causing a shortfall of around 15 million dozen eggs each week. Prices of eggs and other […]

Retail Asia09/01/2017

DHL eCommerce, a division of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has collaborated with the Ministry of Commerce in Thailand to offer e-commerce expertise and logistics services free of charge for a period of four months to help Thai farmers grow their business and reap the benefits from selling on e-commerce platforms. This follows recent challenging market […]

Retail Asia21/11/2016

Thailand is the world’s second largest rice exporter, and it is confronted by a fall in prices that has mostly affected the rice farmers, with prices hitting a thirteen months low. Now the Thai Government has taken action and has proposed a set of measures with would help alleviate the pressure from the country’s rice […]

Retail Asia12/08/2016

Oxfam Indonesia’s economic justice program director Dini Widiastuti said that the number of households working in the agriculture sector decreased by 5 million in the period of 2003-2013. “The decreasing number of farmers will have impacts on the domestic food availability,” Dini said in Jakarta on Thursday, August 11, 2016. Dini added that another issue […]

Retail Asia16/12/2015

One would not think it from the holiday bustle in Bangkok’s glittering shopping malls, but the rest of Thailand is bracing itself for a lean year. A rainfall deficit has left a series of reservoirs that are crucial sources of Thailand’s dry-season water at between a third and half of their capacities. Experts say the […]

Retail Asia15/12/2015

As many as 4,000 hectares of rice fields belonging to Balinese farmers are included in the rice farming insurance program for the planting period of October 2015-March 2016, an official has said. “Our previous target this year is 11 thousand hectares of rice fields, but only 4,000 hectares can be insured due to limited time,” […]

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Pinduoduo Trains Farmers in Online Commerce to Boost Agricultural Incomes

Dragon fruit suffers pandemic troubles

Nearly 8,000 Vietnamese farmers take to online sales

Farmers staff go on Strike

No new buyer found yet for Aussie Farmers Direct

Jollibee poultry plant gives chicken farmers new income opportunity

Japanese Farmers’ Market lands at Changi

Australian egg farmers have sent the first shipment of eggs to South Korea

DHL eCommerce offers e-commerce expertise and logistics services to help Thai rice farmers

Thai farmers receive government loans to stabilize market prices

Indonesia Desperately Needs Young Farmers

Thailand’s farmers left high and dry

Balinese farmers insure 4,000 hectares of rice fields