EdenFarm, a B2B food supply chain start-up based in Indonesia, has secured US$13.5mn in a pre-series B bridge round of funding
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Model Agriculture Communes to aid farmers in Cambodia
10 ‘Model Agriculture Communes’ are to be set up with agricultural officers stationed to help farmers with marketing and cultivation techniques
Largest rice mill in Thilawa SEZ to be built by Wilmar Myanmar
Wilmar Myanmar, a subsidiary of Singapore-listed Wilmar International, one of the largest agribusinesses in Asia, will be building the largest rice mill in Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
Atemoya fruit to be exported to Brunei
A shipment of a hybrid variety of sugar apples grown by Taitung farmers is to be shipped to Brunei, as local growers eye new markets following a Chinese import suspension, according to the Taitung County Agriculture Department
WTH Foods brings frozen plant-based meat for the Philippines with Umani
Philippines-based plant-based meat manufacturer, WTH Foods, has launched Umani, a new range of frozen plant-based products drawing on Filipino culture