Japan agriculture has remained a relatively neglected area of concern since the 1950s economic boom that left farmers behind in both income and agricultural technology. (Image Source: Gullevek/Flickr)
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has submitted proposals to assist Japanese farmers and businesses cope with the likely impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
In a bid to reduce production costs and keep up with market demand, Thailand is set to implement a new rice plan, in conjunction with the private sectors and farmers. (Image source: Zuki/Flickr)
Thailand has invited the country’s private and farming sectors to join the government to develop a new rice plan for the current year
The Minabe-Tanabe Ume System involves the production of Ume or Japanese aprociots on nutrient-deficient slopes, by maintaining upper coppice forests for landslide prevention and using Japanese honeybee for pollinators
Four farming systems in Bangladesh and Japan have been recognised as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) by the FAO
Grow Asia plans to survey production of Cambodias main crops such as rice. (Image source: DeptofForeignAffairsandTrade/Flickr)
Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has entered a partnership with Grow Asia to boost the country’s agriculture sector
Through the HCS+ Science Study, the Sabah Forestry Department hopes to increase the size of Total Protected Areas (TPAs). (Image source: RainforestActionNetwork/Flickr)
Malaysia’s Sabah Forestry Department has agreed to run a trial of the newly-released High Carbon Stock (HCS+) methodology, which helps assess carbon stock in palm oil plantations
