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
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Philippines records US$447.2mn in agricultural sales in 2014
The NEDA is working on improving the production of coconut-based commodities as the Philippines is a major exporter. (Image source: Hans Dekker/Flickr)
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
The farm is located at central China’s Hunan Province. (Image source: Stéphane Toumayan/Flickr)
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
The winter rice is growing well due to favourable weather and good irrigation, MARD said. (Image source: Mee Lin Woon/sxc.hu)
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)
Smartphone app to test seed quality launched in Australia
The development of the app stemmed from a collaboration between Seed Services Australia and UniSA’s School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences. (Image source: IRRI/Flickr)
Australian researchers have developed a new smartphone app to help farmers and exporters test the quality of seed
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