Indonesia has witnessed highest exports of palm oil in July this year at 1.8mn metric tonnes after India boosted purchases
Agriculture
Panasonic opens first indoor farm in Singapore
![The vegetables, produced within a 248 square metre indoor facility in Tuas, includes green lettuce, white radish, rocket lettuce, basil, mint herb, wild parsley, baby spinach. (Image source: Panasonic)](/images/Panasonic.jpg)
The vegetables, produced within a 248 square metre indoor facility in Tuas, includes green lettuce, white radish, rocket lettuce, basil, mint herb, wild parsley, baby spinach. (Image source: Panasonic)
Electronics firm Panasonic has recently set up a farm in Singapore to produce local vegetables, becoming the country’s first licensed indoor farmer
China top importer of Vietnam’s fruits and vegetable in first half of 2014
![Japan ranked the second among markets of Vietnamese fruits and vegetable during the six-month period. (Image source: The Open University/Flickr)](/images/veggies.jpg)
Japan ranked the second among markets of Vietnamese fruits and vegetable during the six-month period. (Image source: The Open University/Flickr)
China was the biggest importer of Vietnamese fruits and vegetable in the first half of 2014, accounting for 31.77 per cent of the export value, according to a report
Thailand sees increased plantation of agarwood
![Asia Plantation Capital is already producing agarwood tea using leaves from selected organic agarwood plantations in Thailand and Sri Lanka. (Image source: Karitsu/Flickr)](/images/agarwood.jpg)
Asia Plantation Capital is already producing agarwood tea using leaves from selected organic agarwood plantations in Thailand and Sri Lanka. (Image source: Karitsu/Flickr)
Asia Plantation Capital has established over 462 ha of new agarwood plantations in Thailand, with a view to increase its market share in the perfume industry across the globe
Wasps to the rescue of Southeast Asia’s cassava crops
![All of the countries with cassava mealybug populations are now equipped with the technical skills to quickly produce and release the wasps on a large scale. (Image source: International Center for Tropical Agriculture )](/images/cassava.jpg)
All of the countries with cassava mealybug populations are now equipped with the technical skills to quickly produce and release the wasps on a large scale. (Image source: International Center for Tropical Agriculture )
Wasps can help protect cassava plants against the fatal mealybug, according to an FAO project