Rice production in Thailand represents a significant portion of the Thai economy and labor force. (Image source: n1kw/Flickr)
Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) has renewed its collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture in an effort to continue a rice development programme in the country
The country has to import nine million tonnes of maize for feed production annually. (Image source: Waytru/Flickr)
Vietnam’s Agriculture Ministry has approved the import of four corn varieties in August 2015
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
FGV CVC, located in Tbong Khmum province, is currently involved in the processing and marketing of processed rubber. (Image source: Marina & Enrique/Flickr)
Malaysia’s Felda Global Ventures (FGV) is planning a US$297mn investment in Cambodia’s plantation sector
BIOTEC has organised a seminar educating farmers in the province on low cost farming techniques. (Image source: Timo Laaksonen/sxc.hu)
Thailand’s National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) has piloted a project to deploy the newly developed flood- and pest-resistant rice strain in Ubon Ratchathani Province
