To improve productivity and avoid water contamination, the use of chemical and antibiotic should be minimised. (Image source: Janie Easterman/Flickr)
Chemicals used throughout agriculture have contributed towards pollution in the air, soil and water, which has placed the domestic food safety in East Asia and international market at a serious risk
The initiative aims to better the livelihoods of the farmers. (Image source: Dennis Jarvis/Flickr)
The Forest and Farm Facility initiative, a partnership among FAO, IIED, IUCN and AgriCord initiated in 2013, has announced efforts to help forest and farm producers and their organisations develop climate-resilient landscapes, strengthen enterprises and generate work opportunities and create more enabling policy environments for the rural poor
With IIoT, agri-businesses to increase in the coming years. (Image source: uncoolbob/ Flickr)
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is set to make a sizeable contribution to the global economy by 2023, according to a new global study by Inmarsat, the world’s leading mobile satellite communications company
Demand for grapes, pears and strawberries are on top in the Southeast Asian nations. (Image source: evic dong/Flickr)
The exports of agricultural products have hit a record high in the first half of 2018, mainly because of the strong demand from China and Southeast Asian countries, according to a report by South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Thailand aims to increase coconut production to meet the domestic demand. (Image source: Hafiz Issadeen/Flickr)
Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce is planning to reduce the import of coconut and institute a tighter control on the importers, aiming to address the price slump of Thai coconut
