Wheat imports in Philippines is likely to get slashed by more than one-third in 2013 with local farmers expecting a better harvest of yellow corn than that of the previous years

The satellite will be able to monitor five major crops through real imageries. (Image source: DFID/Flickr)

China will offer financial assistance to Pakistan in launching a project for satellite monitoring of crops

Thailand and Cambodia will establish a special trade zone for two major agricultural products, corn and cassava, produced in the two countries. (Image source: alternative heat/Flickr)

Thailand and Cambodia have revealed plans to set up a special trade zone that will see the two neighbouring countries increase cassava and corn trade\

Use of visibly diseased pods may result in off flavours and taints and mycotoxin contamination in cured beans further down the chain. (Image source: Terry Mabbett)

Drying and storage conditions applied to coffee and cocoa commodity ‘chains’ are essential in maintaining the long term integrity of these crops