Vietnams Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that the countrys export of rice rose nearly 40 per cent in value in the first four months of 2018 due to demand from Indonesia
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Demand in China and India increases global tea consumption and production

Tea consumption has grown particularly rapidly in China, India and other emerging economies. (Image source: CIFOR/Flickr)
Global tea consumption and production are projected to keep rising over the next decade, driven by robust demand in developing and emerging countries, thus creating new rural income opportunities and improve food security in tea-producing countries, according to FAO
Tonga to implement more contract farming operations

The agreement should be mutually beneficial to the buyers and farmers. (Image source: Anoop Kumar/Flickr)
The government of Tonga, GroFed and FAO are promoting contract farming as a means to coordinate links between farmers and agribusiness firms
TechnipFMC awarded contracts for two fertiliser plants in India

The natural gas-based fertiliser complexes in India aim to boosting the economic growth of the country. (Image source: Row17/Wikimedia Commons)
TechnipFMC, in consortium with L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), has received major engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contracts for two natural gas-based fertiliser complexes in eastern India
Hong Kong's CFS finds more traders who sold imported cheese linked to E.coli contamination

Two more traders were found to have sold the type of cheese in a follow up on the investigation. (Image source: Chris Buecheler/Flickr)
Hong Kongs Centre for Food Safety (CFS) said that two more local importers who sold a type of imported French raw milk cheese linked with an E.coli contamination have issued a product recall