The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan have undertaken a project to develop a new crop insurance system for small farmers in Bangladesh who often lose crops to natural calamities
Agriculture
Better wheat variety possible with genetic code mapping
A team of Chinese and US scientists have mapped out the genetic code of wheat which will help farmers across the globe to grow much better varieties of the crop soon
Philippines and Cambodia sign rice supply deal
The Philippines has signed a rice supply agreement with Cambodia that has added Cambodia to a list of leading suppliers of the grain globally
Thailand to set up rice trade zones
The Thai Department of Foreign Trade has outlined plans to set up a rice trade zone project in the east to process Cambodian rice for export to other countries
Thai rice exports to global markets increase
Increasing exports of Thai rice to countries like China, Iraq, the US and and several African nations has resulted in almost a 31 per cent increase in Thailands rice exports
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