An exhibition during Agri World 2016. (Image source: Agri World)
The Agri World 2017, one of the largest agricultural industry trade shows in Asia, will take place in Makuhari Messe in Tokyo, Japan from 11-13 October 2017
The role of agricultural biotechnologies is increasing to improve nutritional security and fight malnutrition across the Asia-Pacific region. (Image source: egorgrebnev/Flickr)
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said that the smallholder farmers in the world’s hungriest and most populous region need greater access to biotechnologies to improve food and nutrition security and fight poverty
FAO aims to achieve the SDG targets for 2030 to achieve food security in Asia-Pacific region. (Image source: Deborah Bates/Pixabay)
Although the world’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are clear in targets, it has become more of a challenge to accurately measure progress to reach them, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
An example of satellite farm management. (Image source: Public Domain/Commons)
BASF and Proagrica have signed a development and operation agreement to bring one of the first farm management system interfaces to market
Onions undergoing foliar feeding using a low volume shoulder mounted sprayer. (Photo: Omex)
Foliar feeding using soluble products is an effective method of providing nutrients to a plant and can help to improve the production of upland vegetables from the latest issue of Far Eastern Agriculture, available online from 23rd August
