Tim Golding, Founder and Managing Director at Peak Recruitment, a regional recruitment specialist for the ASEAN food and agriculture sector, speaks to Far Eastern Agriculture about recruiting talent in Asia for food and agriculture industries
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Australia contributes towards a conservation agriculture centre in India
The Australian Government, supported by ACIAR contributed to a project in India for the opening of the ‘Centre of Excellence for Conservation Agriculture’ in West Bengal, India
Vietnam and Japan strengthen agricultural cooperation

Vietnam’s deputy minister of agriculture and rural development Nguyen Hoang Hiep said that he highly values the contributions of universities and research centres in Kyushu to Vietnam’s agricultural sector. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
The scientific conference with the theme “Vietnamese and Kyushu Agriculture: Issues and future development” was the first scientific conference on agriculture between Vietnam and Japan
CarobWay and JNF join hands to begin research on carob trees

CarobWay announced that it also sealed agreements with R&D farms and local farming communities in Israel. (Image Source: CarobWay)
Agri-tech start-up CarobWay Ltd and Israel’s oldest environmental arm, the Jewish National Fund (JNF-KKL), have joined hands to launch a research initiative for carob trees across Israel
ADM and Vland launch joint venture to meet growing Chinese demand for human probiotics

Global demand is growing for ingredients and supplements that give consumers the power to support digestive health and immune function and elevate their general well-being. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
ADM, a global nutrition company, and Qingdao Vland Biotech Group, a producer of enzymes and probiotics, announced an agreement to form a joint venture to serve the growing Chinese demand for human probiotics