Four indigenous Taiwan grains have entered into the Ark of Taste, an international database of endangered heritage foods, at the Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre expo held recently in Turin, Italy
Agriculture
South Korea builds Cameroon’s first mechanised district
South Korea has completed building Cameroon’s first mechanised rice farming district, which will help modernise the African country’s overall agriculture industry and improve food production
USA farmers look towards Southeast Asia to sell potatoes
The USA’s Oregon and Washington agricutural officials will leave for a trade mission to Southeast Asia October-end to promote Northwest potatoes
Cambodia’s milled rice exports up 1.2 per cent in first nine months this year
Cambodia’s milled rice export hit 269,370 tonnes in the first nine months of 2014, up 1.2 per cent from 266,123 tonnes over the same period last year, according to latest official data
PepsiCo signs potato farming MoU with Vietnam
PepsiCo Vietnam has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with department of agriculture and rural development (DARD) and Phivang Collaboration of Farmers to introduce a sustainable potato-farming model in Lam Dong province