Andre Laperrière, executive director of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) has highlighted the importance of sustainable farming practices to deal with global food security issues
Agriculture
Australian medicinal cannabis startup signs deal with US-listed EPHS
Australia-based Greenfield MC has signed a deal with the US-Canadian company Emerald Plants Health Source (EPHS) to boost cannabis market in Australia and accelerate export across the Asia-Pacific marketplaces
Water shortage affects Asian crop production
The extensive drought situation in the Asia-Pacific region has hugely impacted the crop production and eventually affected livelihoods of thousands of farming communities in the region
Korean ag-tech company exports smart farming solution to UAE
South Korea’s agricultural technology startup n.thing has started exporting indoor farming solution Planty Cube to the UAE
Biodiversity in Asia-Pacific are under threat: FAO
The Asia-Pacific region has some of the world’s richest concentrations of earth’s biological diversity, but human activities, including the expansion of agriculture, are threatening the survival of many species and their ecosystem services, according to a regional biodiversity conference