World inventories of wheat at the end of the 2014-15 season may total 195mn tonnes. (Image source: Nupur Das Gupta/Flickr)
Global wheat production will rise to a record 717mn tonnes in the 2014-15 season and 0.6 per cent higher than the previous year, UK-based International Grains Council (IGC) said
TUF is the first and only Thai company in the food category to be selected as an official member of DJSI Emerging Markets 2014. (Image source: TUF)
Thai Union Frozen Products Public Company Limited (TUF) has been selected by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) Emerging Markets 2014 as the first-time member in the food category
While Indonesia still has a significant amount of immature land to come into production, its rate of new plantings has slowed in recent years. While in Malaysia, growth has slowed as suitable new land for planting is diminishing rapidly. (Image source: Martin H/Wikimedia Commons)
The crude palm oil market in Asia will grow due to the consumption in the emerging markets such as China and India in spite of the recent downturn in prices, a Frost & Sullivan report stated
With the various funding schemes, AVA and NParks will work closely with the farms and nurseries respectively to help them build up their capabilities. (Image source: fauxto_digit/Flickr)
The Singaporean government has pledged US$50.4mn to aid farmers in transforming their farms and nurseries into high-tech, productive plots
The oilseed rape has the most duplicated genome among all flowering plants or angiosperms. (Image source: Evelyn Simak/Wikimedia Commons)
Scientists from France’s INRA, Genoscope and University of Evry, in collaboration with international teams, have sequenced the reference genome of the oilseed rape
