Nutrient Manager for Rice Mobile (NMRiceMobile)—designed to give fertilizer guidelines to rice farmers via their mobile phones—is now available via smartphones with Android operating systems
Agriculture
US Corn Mission sees potential in Vietnam
The rapidly increasing entrepreneurial spirit witnessed in Vietnam encouraged participants of the U.S. Grains Council’s Corn Mission about future opportunities for U.S. agricultural products.
The Philippines’ money-making tree
With its seemingly endless products derived from its various parts, the coconut indeed deserves to be called the “tree of life”. From root to tip, the coconut tree can provide almost anything—from food to industrial needs
IFAD for southern grown development solutions
While the financial crisis still casts a shadow over many countries, the benefits of South-South cooperation are setting the stage for sustainable development.
Vietnam chalks out plan to draw investors to agriculture
An appropriate policy on the public-private partnerships would attract more private investors to the agricultural sector, Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said in Hanoi recently.