Efforts are needed to protect biodiversity in all sectors of agriculture. (Image source: GIOVANNI_MARCELLO/Pixabay)
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
Lean farming has the power to make agricultural operations more effective and improve profit margins – but it requires a radical shift in thinking, said Conor Colgan, farmer and business consultant who has spent the last 10 years pioneering lean farming methods as a result of his MBA Masters Thesis
Cambodia is looking to expand new international markets. (Image source: Ulrike Leone/Pixabay)
Following the tariffs imposed by the European Union (EU) on Cambodian rice, Cambodia’s rice export to EU fell sharply 32 per cent in the first six months, showed data from the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality
Demand of wheat is increasing in Philippines. (Image source: Hans Braxmeier/Pixabay)
Philippines is among the top five countries that are seen to comprise a quarter of the world’s wheat imports over the next 10 years, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
The prevalence of hunger or undernourishment is also higher in SIDS than globally (17.5 per cent compared to 10.7 per cent), according to the latest SOFI report. (Image source: Sasin Tipchai/Pixabay)
Obesity affecting populations of the small island developing states (SIDS) is a health emergency and these nations need to take ownership of measures to address this worrying trends underlying causes, said FAO director-general José Graziano da Silva
