Various types of beans are widely grown across the world. (Image source: Shanlung/Flickr)
The FAO has declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses to raise awareness on the benefits of pulses and boost global production
The Minabe-Tanabe Ume System involves the production of Ume or Japanese aprociots on nutrient-deficient slopes, by maintaining upper coppice forests for landslide prevention and using Japanese honeybee for pollinators
Four farming systems in Bangladesh and Japan have been recognised as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) by the FAO
Grow Asia plans to survey production of Cambodias main crops such as rice. (Image source: DeptofForeignAffairsandTrade/Flickr)
Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has entered a partnership with Grow Asia to boost the country’s agriculture sector
Through the HCS+ Science Study, the Sabah Forestry Department hopes to increase the size of Total Protected Areas (TPAs). (Image source: RainforestActionNetwork/Flickr)
Malaysia’s Sabah Forestry Department has agreed to run a trial of the newly-released High Carbon Stock (HCS+) methodology, which helps assess carbon stock in palm oil plantations
Thai RSS3 rubber was quoted at US$1.3 per kg, which are the lowest prices since December 2008. (Image source: WorldBankPhotoCollection/Flickr)
Thailand has approved a US$139mn loan to the country’s rubber farmers who have been affected by the falling global prices of the commodity
