Norway has recently donated rice seedlings to 1,914 typhoon-affected farmers at three Samar districts in the Philippines
Agriculture
Taiwan exports agriculture goods worth US$87 million to Brunei in 2013
Taiwanese agriculture exports to Brunei for the first 10 months of 2013 reached a total of US$87mn
China gets US$305.1 million loan from World Bank for agriculture projects
The World Bank has approved loans totalling US$305.1mn for two projects to support development of climate-resilient sustainable agriculture and control agricultural pollution in China
Thai food exports ‘to reach US$31 billion in 2014’
Thailand’s food exports are expected to touch US$31bn in 2014, a seven per cent increase from the previous year, according to Thai Chamber of Commerce
Malaysia to set up agropolitan agriculture university
The Malaysian government will set up an agropolitan agriculture university to emphasise on agricultural development in the country, according to a minister