The government of Tonga, GroFed and FAO are promoting contract farming as a means to coordinate links between farmers and agribusiness firms
Agriculture
Caritas Asia to develop sustainable farming
In an attempt to develop sustainable agriculture and reshape farming communities in Indonesia, Caritas Asia has taken initiatives to revive food sovereignty in the region
Far East Holdings quarterly profit dips on higher costs
Malaysias Far East Holdings Berhad reported a drop in quarterly net profit due to higher costs
Malaysian government looking to nearly double urban farming communities
The Malaysian government is looking to nearly double its urban farming communities by 2020 in an effort to improve food security and ease living costs in the country
China’s Alibaba Group and Thailand boost agri-trade between the countries
Thailand and Chinese multinational Alibaba entered into a strategic partnership to drive the development of Thailands digital economy and the Eastern Economic Corridor under the Thailand 4.0 policy, as well as developing smart tourism and Thai agricultural exports to China