Agriculture

According to the 2010 National Greenhouse gas inventory, there will be an increase in emissions on both livestock and farm land in Vietnam. (Image source: CatSh/sxc.hu)

Vietnam plans to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from rice cultivation alone by 14 per cent by 2030

Export restrictions on crude palm oil encourage local processing while duty-free exports mean more crude palm oil leaving the country, rather than going to local refiners. (Image source: Eva Schuster/sxc.hu)

Malaysia’s crude palm oil prices fell to their lowest in nearly six weeks after the country announced that taxes will be reimposed on exports of the vegetable oil starting April 2015

Existing bilateral rice agreements allow the Philippines to import stocks from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia through government-to-government procurement mode. (Image source: Jim Waldron/sxc.hu)

Vietnam and Thailand have won contracts to supply a total of 500,000 metric tonnes of rice to boost the Philippines’ buffer stock for this year’s lean months that starts in July, Vietnam’s National Food Authority (NFA) has announced

India has been taking steps to create rural infrastructure and to ensure timely delivery of credit and other inputs. (Image source: Arun Kumar/Flickr)

India has recorded an increase in agriculture employment from 234.1mn workers in 2001 to 263.1mn workers in 2011, revealed the Indian population census 2011

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