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The average wholesale prices of 18 vegetables registered a 4.2 per cent increase. (Image source: AndyRobertsPhotos/Flickr)
The recent hot and rainy weather spells in China have affected the agri-food prices in the country
The average wholesale prices of 18 vegetables registered a 4.2 per cent increase. (Image source: AndyRobertsPhotos/Flickr)
The recent hot and rainy weather spells in China have affected the agri-food prices in the country
Rapid development of GM seeds is one of the primary factors affecting the growth of the commercial seeds market. (Image source: CIMMYT/Flickr)
The global commercial seeds market will be expected to touch US$53.32bn in 2018 growing from US$34.50bn in 2011, registering a CAGR growth of 6.5 per cent from the period between 2012 and 2018
Corn serves as an important source of biofuel but with a growing rise in food prices, Japan is facing the dilemma of whether to use crops as a source of biofuel. (Image source: Dodo-Bird/Flickr)
The government of Japan has plans to introduce 500,000 kilo litres of oil-based biofuels by 2017 reaching up to 1.8mn kilo litres by 2020 in an attemp to supplement the countrys energy source