The organisations will combine their resources to breed potato varieties suitable for South Asia markets. (Image Source: 16:9clue/Flickr)
The International Potato Center (CIP), global seed potato company HZPC and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) have come together in a new partnership to develop better potatoes for tropical and subtropical conditions
According to statistics from Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, over 9,000 tonnes of mangoes were exported in 2015, the majority shipped to Vietnam. (Image source: Eric Havir/Flickr)
Cambodia-based agro-industrial company Mong Reththy Group has sent 13 shipments of mangoes to Europe this year, totalling 54,000 kg
Reparing Myanmar’s dams and canals could more than double the supply of water to rice-growing areas and could increase rice exports, stated the countrys deputy agriculture minister
The technology is already being used under RIICE (remote sensing-based information and insurance for crop in emerging economies) project. (Image source: 9bombs/Pixabay)
Swiss-based technology company Sarmap has launched a new digital data monitoring system to reduce vulnerability of smallholders engaged in rice production by setting up an easy accessible rice information system to better manage domestic rice production
Panama disease is affecting banana crops across Asia. (Image source: Olaf Speier)
The main talk among the delegates assembling in Miami for the 6th International Banana Congress was about how to combat the Panama Disease – Fusarium Oxysporum, that is doing so much damage to crops across the region and in other parts of the world
