The extensive drought situation in the Asia-Pacific region has hugely impacted the crop production and eventually affected livelihoods of thousands of farming communities in the region
Agriculture
Korean ag-tech company exports smart farming solution to UAE
South Korea’s agricultural technology startup n.thing has started exporting indoor farming solution Planty Cube to the UAE
Biodiversity in Asia-Pacific are under threat: FAO
The Asia-Pacific region has some of the world’s richest concentrations of earth’s biological diversity, but human activities, including the expansion of agriculture, are threatening the survival of many species and their ecosystem services, according to a regional biodiversity conference
Lean farming can make agricultural operations more effective: experts
Lean farming has the power to make agricultural operations more effective and improve profit margins – but it requires a radical shift in thinking, said Conor Colgan, farmer and business consultant who has spent the last 10 years pioneering lean farming methods as a result of his MBA Masters Thesis
Cambodia’s rice exports to China up, EU sales down
Following the tariffs imposed by the European Union (EU) on Cambodian rice, Cambodia’s rice export to EU fell sharply 32 per cent in the first six months, showed data from the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality