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
According to the 2010 National Greenhouse gas inventory, there will be an increase in emissions on both livestock and farm land in Vietnam. (Image source: CatSh/sxc.hu)
Vietnam plans to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from rice cultivation alone by 14 per cent by 2030
