The recognition received is believed to greatly benefit exports as well as the community in a number of ways. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
On 17 November, the Phka Rumduol jasmine variety rice was crowned the World’s Best Rice for the fifth time at the TRT (The Rice Trader) World Rice Conference which took place in Phuket, Thailand
Joerg Schaller and colleagues discovered that silicon, which is also known to play a key role in growing rice, can replace phosphorus in soil. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
A team of researchers based in Europe used the Canadian Light Source to understand how to make fertiliser nutrients more available to rice plants
The eggplant contains a natural protein from the soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which makes it resistant to the eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB). (Image source: Adobe Stock)
A statement by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) announced that Philippines had officially granted regulatory approval for the commercial cultivation of Bt eggplant, becoming the second country after Bangladesh to approve the splicing of a pest-resistant gene taken from the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacterium into the well-known vegetable
The project aims to stabilise and strengthen agricultural value chains by facilitating improved cooperation between farmers and agribusiness. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$157mn loan to improve sustainable agricultural production systems in the Yellow River Basin in the People’s Republic of China (PRC)
The Finnish Minister hopes that the MOU will help them strengthen cooperation in the forestry sector between the two countries. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan organised a discussion with Finnish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Antti Kurvinen to talk about issues of mutual concern, including sustainable forest development
