The mountain rice terrace agro-systems of Southeast Asia are one of the FAO’s designated GIAHS. (Image source: Pandu Adnyana/Flickr)
Indigenous farming methods have a key role to play in achieving food security, FAO has announced
Wuxi in China’s Jiangsu province has opened a smart agricultural garden, featuring the latest technologies of Internet of Things (IoT), in the Hongshan Eco-Agriculture Base
The Philippines’ heirloom rice, inherently unique in its natural features and quality, was featured at the Madrid Fusion Manila (MFM), Spain, in April 2015
Initially, the agriculture department will focus on cassava, along with corn, coffee, coconut and fisheries as focus commodities. (Image source: Pixabay)
The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture has entered a formal partnership with Grow Asia Agriculture Forum, through the newly-formed Philippine Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (PPSA)
Brunei’s efforts are already in place to increase rice production through various incentive schemes, such as buy-back programmes, improvement of infrastructures and others, according to Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources
