The deal is expected to provide the EU farmers, processors and businesses greater access to South Korea’s growing market for organic products. (Image source: Emil Asli/Flickr)
Effective 1 February 2015, South Korea and the EU will be able to sell organic products with one certificate, issued in either the East Asian nation or in Europe
In a bid to arrest the price fall in India, 17 India-based tyre companies have agreed to procure natural rubber from domestic market at 25 per cent rate higher than the international price
The US department of agriculture revised the exports to a four-year low of 2.5m tonnes in 2014-15. (Image source: Maja/sxc.hu)
China has clamped down corn imports from the USA by 500,000 tonnes this year over claims of containing a genetically modified variety not approved by Beijing
The increase in demand for chocolate was almost seven times greater in Asia compared to that of traditional European markets. (Image source: Salina Hainzl/sxc.hu)
The world will run out of cocoa by 2020 and even bumper crops may not be able to keep up with soaring demand from Asia, biggest international confectionery manufacturers have warned
TUF is the first and only Thai company in the food category to be selected as an official member of DJSI Emerging Markets 2014. (Image source: TUF)
Thai Union Frozen Products Public Company Limited (TUF) has been selected by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) Emerging Markets 2014 as the first-time member in the food category
