During the annual rural work conference held from 23-24 December 2022, Xi Jinping, Chinese President, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission called for efforts to enhance agricultural strength as part of the CPCs plans to push China into becoming a great modern socialist country

In a report by Xinhua, Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Dith Tina, on 26 December stated that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) had added momentum to Cambodian agriculture development

Nurasa, A*STAR’s Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI) and Trendlines Agrifood Innovation Centre (AFIC), along with the support of Enterprise Singapore have launched an open call for submissions to the inaugural Food Tech Start-Up Challenge in a collective effort to accelerate the production and commercialisation of sustainable foods in Asia

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Binh Duong Water Environment Joint Stock Company (BIWASE) signed a US$13mn loan to finance the construction and operation of a composting plant and waste-to-energy (WTE) facility in Binh Duong province in Vietnam