While Indonesia still has a significant amount of immature land to come into production, its rate of new plantings has slowed in recent years. While in Malaysia, growth has slowed as suitable new land for planting is diminishing rapidly. (Image source: Martin H/Wikimedia Commons)
The crude palm oil market in Asia will grow due to the consumption in the emerging markets such as China and India in spite of the recent downturn in prices, a Frost & Sullivan report stated
With the various funding schemes, AVA and NParks will work closely with the farms and nurseries respectively to help them build up their capabilities. (Image source: fauxto_digit/Flickr)
The Singaporean government has pledged US$50.4mn to aid farmers in transforming their farms and nurseries into high-tech, productive plots
The oilseed rape has the most duplicated genome among all flowering plants or angiosperms. (Image source: Evelyn Simak/Wikimedia Commons)
Scientists from France’s INRA, Genoscope and University of Evry, in collaboration with international teams, have sequenced the reference genome of the oilseed rape
Russia-ASEAN trade turnover topped US$17.5bn in 2013. (Image source: Wong Mei Teng/sxc.hu)
Russia has called for increased agricultural product exports from the ASEAN region, according to local reports
According to CRD, exporters can loan or buy rice from the bank’s stockpiles while millers can sell to the mass storage provider. (Image source: IRRI)
Cambodia has launched its first paddy rice bank to ensure uninterrupted supplies to millers and exporters, according to local sources
