Greater global efforts should be taken to safeguard precious world water supplies to secure food production, the agriculture ministers of the group of 20 leading economies (G20) said on Sunday 22 January
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Piñol: "Philippines are ready to export corn in 2017"
Emmanuel F. Piñol, Secretary of Agriculture of the Philippines, has stated on his official Facebook page that the Philippines is ready to export corn
Farming is sixth best performing sector in China Q4
Zhaopin Limited, a leading career platform platform in China that focuses on connecting users with relevant job opportunities, has partnered China Institute for Employment Research (CIER) at Renmin University to produce the CIER Employment Index Report for Q4 of 2016 where farming ranked six in the best performing sectors in the fourth quarter of 2016
Urbanisation to hit Asia's agricultural land
![Agricultural land is set to decline at current rates, according to a study. (Image source: True Free/MaxPixel)](/images/jch-optimize/ng/images_Girl-Field-Farm-Countryside-Grass-Cropland-1851503.webp)
Agricultural land is set to decline at current rates, according to a study. (Image source: True Free/MaxPixel)
According to a paper produced by the National Academy of Science of the USA, by 2030, the world could lose millions of hectares of fertile agricultural lands to expanding cities, amounting to a total lose of 80 per cent of agricultural land in Asia
Philippines agriculture secretary reverses growth target after typhoon
The agriculture secretary for the Philippines, Emmanuel Piñol has reversed agricultural growth targets after the Typhoon Nina causes US$110mn (5.47bn pesos) of damage to the countrys agricultural sector