Thailand is planning to explore more opportunities to increase fruit exports to China. (Image source: plumandjello/Flickr)
Thailand has outlined plans to export fruits worth US$150mn to China this year
Indonesia is all set to promote its seaweed industry. (Image source: iamkaspar/Flickr)
The government of Indonesia has outlined plans to increase exports of processed seaweed in an attempt to boost the industry
The crops include 15 varieties of groundnut, eight of greengram, five of blackgram, four of pigeonpea, three of mustard, two of soyabean and one each of sunflower, cowpea, rice and jute. (Image source: R E B E L/Flickr)
India’s Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has developed 41 new crop varieties under its nuclear agriculture programme
The most advantageous characteristic of the rice variety is that its roots go deep and grow straight downwards, delving into parched soil for water. (Image source: sxc.hu)
Japanese biotechnologists have developed a rice plant with deeper roots that can sustain high yields even in droughts that wipe out conventional rice crops
In recent times, novel dimensions using combinations of micronutrients and biostimulants to manipulate oil palm physiology, growth and development is opening up avenues to maximise production. (Image source: Manoj K/Flickr)
Southeast Asia, currently the hub of oil palm industry with Indonesia and Malaysia accounting for about 85-90 per cent of the worldwide production, needs to introduce innovative production methods for better gains
