India’s agricultural exports, including aquaculture products, increased 5.1 per cent to US$37.29bn in 2013-14, due to the rise in exports of rice
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Thailand ‘must explore opportunities in other ASEAN nations’
Thailand has considerable opportunities to expand its agriculture in other Southeast Asian nations, especially those sharing its border, the office of agricultural economics (OAE) announced
Japan and Vietnam to build agriculture ties
Japan will assist Vietnam in building a high-quality agricultural production chain covering the production, processing, distribution and sale of Vietnamese agricultural products, especially those destined for the Japanese market
Bt corn to aid Philippines to become global exporter of chicken
The Philippines can secure a niche in the global chicken export market if it can reduce feed prices by producing more high-yielding Bt corn, according to experts
New boron-tolerant wheat genes discovered
Scientists in Australia have found genes that make wheat tolerant to boron, a chemical element which, when present in soils, damages the quality of grain crops