Indonesia’s rice harvest may create a record for second straight year, curbing the need for the country to import the grain
Agriculture
Better yellow corn harvest in Philippines to witness feed wheat imports get slashed
Wheat imports in Philippines is likely to get slashed by more than one-third in 2013 with local farmers expecting a better harvest of yellow corn than that of the previous years
China to help Pakistan in satellite monitoring of crops
Thailand and Cambodia to set up trade zone for cassava-corn trade
Maintaining the quality of stored coffee and cocoa
Use of visibly diseased pods may result in off flavours and taints and mycotoxin contamination in cured beans further down the chain. (Image source: Terry Mabbett)
Drying and storage conditions applied to coffee and cocoa commodity ‘chains’ are essential in maintaining the long term integrity of these crops
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