Cambodia’s milled rice export hit 269,370 tonnes in the first nine months of 2014, up 1.2 per cent from 266,123 tonnes over the same period last year, according to latest official data
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PepsiCo signs potato farming MoU with Vietnam
PepsiCo Vietnam has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with department of agriculture and rural development (DARD) and Phivang Collaboration of Farmers to introduce a sustainable potato-farming model in Lam Dong province
Philippines records US$447.2mn in agricultural sales in 2014
The Philippines’ National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has stated that the southeast Asian country recorded US$447.2mn in sales of agricultural products in 2014
China’s hybrid rice yield hits record
Chinese researchers have created a record for hybrid rice production with an average yield of 66.7 kg per ha
Vietnam’s rice output forecast at 45mn tonnes this year
Vietnam is expected to produce 45mn tonnes of paddy rice in 2014, up almost 800,000 tonnes over 2013, according to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)