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China plans to raise grain output in 2013
![Raising grain output and increasing farming subsidies will be the focus of the Chinese government policy in 2013. (Image source: mattbuck4950/Flickr)](/images/crop__mattbuck4950.jpg)
Raising grain output and increasing farming subsidies will be the focus of the Chinese government policy in 2013. (Image source: mattbuck4950/Flickr)
Bhutan plans to become an organic country
Thai rice exports expected to increase 15 per cent in 2013
Rice shipments from Thailand are expected to increase 15 per cent in 2013, making the country the top rice exporter in the world
Philippines to have germplasm laboratories for corn development
The Philippines agriculture department has revealed plans to set up two germplasm laboratories by 2015 in an attempt to preserve and develop corn varieties