The government of China has granted rice import quotas to businesses, providing an impetus to the exports market especially cross-border exports
Agriculture
Vietnam aims for greener rice cultivation
Vietnam plans to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from rice cultivation alone by 14 per cent by 2030
Malaysia’s palm oil prices fall as export taxes set to be reimposed
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
Myanmar’s agriculture sector gets foreign investment worth US$928mn
Myanmar has received US$928mn in foreign aid to support 16 agricultural projects in the country
Vietnam and Thailand secure contracts to supply rice to Philippines
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