Agriculture

Japan and Vietnam to build agriculture ties

During the first phase of bilateral agricultural cooperation between the two countries, Japan will focus on helping Vietnamese products such as shrimp and coffee. (Image source: Pen Waggener/Flickr)

Japan will assist Vietnam in building a high-quality agricultural production chain covering the production, processing, distribution and sale of Vietnamese agricultural products, especially those destined for the Japanese market

Bt corn to aid Philippines to become global exporter of chicken

The study on the poultry industry was part of the assessment entitled ‘Productivity Growth in Philippine Hog and Poultry Industries’. (Image source: WayTru/Flickr)

The Philippines can secure a niche in the global chicken export market if it can reduce feed prices by producing more high-yielding Bt corn, according to experts

New boron-tolerant wheat genes discovered

The characterisation of boron tolerance in wheat illustrates the power of the new wheat genomic resources to define key adaptive processes that have underpinned crop improvement. (Image source: Luke Chan/Flickr)

Scientists in Australia have found genes that make wheat tolerant to boron, a chemical element which, when present in soils, damages the quality of grain crops

Gates Foundation funds production of 'smart rice' variety

STRASA was initiated seven years ago and the first two phases was funded with US$20 million. (Image source: Christopher Lance/Flickr)

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is providing funds worth US$32.7mn for the production of the third phase of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)s stress tolerant rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA) over a period of five years

IRRI introduces water saving technique in producing rice

AWD is easy to learn and makes use of inexpensive tools to gauge water level to know whether it is time to flood or drain the field. (Image source: IRRI)

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has developed an irrigation technique called alternate wetting and drying (AWD) that can cut down water use in producing rice by 25 per cent

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