Initially, the agriculture department will focus on cassava, along with corn, coffee, coconut and fisheries as focus commodities. (Image source: Pixabay)

The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture has entered a formal partnership with Grow Asia Agriculture Forum, through the newly-formed Philippine Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (PPSA)

Taiwan’s FDA will soon launch a comprehensive inspection of beverage chains to address consumers’ concerns about the presence of pesticide residues in their drinks. (Image source: A Girl with Tea/Flickr)

Taiwanese government has launched a cloud-based traceability system for domestic tea, which will allow consumers to trace the source and production of tea, the council of agriculture (COA) said

Brunei’s efforts are already in place to increase rice production through various incentive schemes, such as buy-back programmes, improvement of infrastructures and others, according to Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources

Vietnams vegetables and fruit exports to South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong have increased by 100 per cent, 300 per cent and 230 per cent. (Image source: Pixabay)

Vietnam has earned US$274mn from exporting vegetables and fruits in Q1 2015, which is a 13 per cent increase YoY