The PPP Tea group’s objectives are to enhance exports via Unilever, and to improve the quality of Vietnamese tea from 3.6 to 4.0 standard under the brand name ‘Tea Made in Vietnam’. (Image source: Syahir Hakim/Pixabay)
Since 2011, after Vietnam joined with 12 global companies to launch a public-private partnership (PPP) programme, the country’s agricultural output has risen by an average of three per cent a year
Output for the 2014-15 may exceed 104mn tonnes, beating an earlier forecast of 102.8mn tonnes. (Image source: Sweeter Alternative/Flickr)
Sugarcane output in Thailand, world’s second-biggest exporter of the sweetener, will be at an all-time high this year after rice farmers switched crops for better income, government sources have announced
IRRI is an international research and training organisation headquartered in the Philippines. (Image source: IRRI)
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its partners have announced that they had released at least 28 new rice varieties to eight countries in Asia and Africa last year
Thai farmers have lost about 12 per cent of their yields to planthoppers over the past eight harvest seasons. (Image source: IRRI/Wikimedia Commons)
Thailand’s Pathum Thani Rice Research Center has developed a new rice variety that is resistant to pests and cold temperature
The Vietnam Food Association has stated that China imported 30 per cent of rice from Vietnam in 2014. (Image source: Henningklevjer/WikimediaCommons)
The government of China has granted rice import quotas to businesses, providing an impetus to the exports market especially cross-border exports
