The Mediterranean fruit fly is an agricultural pest that causes extensive damage to crops. (Image source: siamesepuppy/Flickr)
Releasing genetically engineered (GE) fruit flies into the wild is an effective and environmentally friendly way to control pests, a new study has found
The vegetables, produced within a 248 square metre indoor facility in Tuas, includes green lettuce, white radish, rocket lettuce, basil, mint herb, wild parsley, baby spinach. (Image source: Panasonic)
Electronics firm Panasonic has recently set up a farm in Singapore to produce local vegetables, becoming the country’s first licensed indoor farmer
Japan ranked the second among markets of Vietnamese fruits and vegetable during the six-month period. (Image source: The Open University/Flickr)
China was the biggest importer of Vietnamese fruits and vegetable in the first half of 2014, accounting for 31.77 per cent of the export value, according to a report
Asia Plantation Capital is already producing agarwood tea using leaves from selected organic agarwood plantations in Thailand and Sri Lanka. (Image source: Karitsu/Flickr)
Asia Plantation Capital has established over 462 ha of new agarwood plantations in Thailand, with a view to increase its market share in the perfume industry across the globe
All of the countries with cassava mealybug populations are now equipped with the technical skills to quickly produce and release the wasps on a large scale. (Image source: International Center for Tropical Agriculture )
Wasps can help protect cassava plants against the fatal mealybug, according to an FAO project
