Agriculture

Nepal launches transformative agrifood programmes for resilient food systems

The CPF is a strategic framework that aims to strengthen the countrys food and agriculture sector by identifying priority areas of investment and intervention. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

The Government of Nepal has launched a series of programmatic frameworks in the food and agriculture sectors that will help the country transform its agrifood systems, making them more resilient and sustainable for the benefit of all people in Nepal, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)

Improving rice production in Japan: optimal results through collaboration

The field trials will be held during the 2023 growing season. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

BASF, Kubota and ZEN-NOH will collaborate to help improve and optimise rice production in Japan

ADB and Indorama Agro: US$15mn loan boosts Uzbekistan's farming sector

The loan will be used to finance advances to cotton and wheat farmers. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Foreign Enterprise Indorama Agro LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indorama Corporation (IRC), signed a US$15mn loan to support the livelihoods of farmers in Uzbekistan, enhance their climate resilience, and support ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

Expanding market opportunities: China agrees on direct trade with Cambodia

The current price of pepper ranges from US$3,000 to US$3,500 per ton. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

China has granted approval to Cambodias export proposal, allowing Cambodian pepper to be directly available in China

Revolutionising agricultural mapping: Philippines space agency uses space data to monitor crops

Representatives of PhilSA SIIB and DA BAFE during their April 2023 coordination meeting. (Image source: Philippines space agency)

Scientists from the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA); Space Information Infrastructure Bureau (SIIB); the Department of Agriculture (DA); and Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE), are preparing to conduct a joint research to map and monitor crops and farm to market roads in the country using satellites

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