Agriculture

With drip irrigation, one cu/m of water can irrigate 2,000 square metres. (Image source: H2O-C/Wikimedia Commons)

Scientists have successfully tested a new water-saving irrigation technology in the growing area of Hami in China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region

India boosted exports of the country’s palm oil. (Image source: Bill Barclay/Flickr)

Indonesia has witnessed highest exports of palm oil in July this year at 1.8mn metric tonnes after India boosted purchases

The vegetables, produced within a 248 square metre indoor facility in Tuas, includes green lettuce, white radish, rocket lettuce, basil, mint herb, wild parsley, baby spinach. (Image source: Panasonic)

Electronics firm Panasonic has recently set up a farm in Singapore to produce local vegetables, becoming the country’s first licensed indoor farmer

Japan ranked the second among markets of Vietnamese fruits and vegetable during the six-month period. (Image source: The Open University/Flickr)

China was the biggest importer of Vietnamese fruits and vegetable in the first half of 2014, accounting for 31.77 per cent of the export value, according to a report