Leading tropical vegetable seed company East-West Seed renewed its commitment to smallholder farmers and the development of Vietnams rural economy through a project to enable farmers to respond to drought and salinity in the Mekong River delta
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Asian countries sign agreement on seed-sharing
A multi-country seed policy agreement that speeds up the distribution of modern rice varieties across countries in South and Southeast Asia has been signed following a meeting of agriculture ministers and representatives of nine countries at Siem Reap, Cambodia
Sustainable agriculture to fight climate change and involuntary migration
FAO and IOM call for renewed focus on rural development and sustainable agriculture to mitigate climate disasters that are displacing one person every second
Micro-irrigation industry to grow at CAGR of 5 per cent
The global micro-irrigation systems market is expected to grow at a CAGR over five per cent from 2016 to 2022 according to a report published by Market Research Future
IoT is accelerating the globalisation of food production and processing
A new Internet of Things (IoT) research study from Inmarsat reveals that the use of IoT for environmental monitoring is helping businesses meet import requirements in more countries than ever