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Global agricultural R&D spending steadily increased between 2000 and 2008. (Image source: Eunice/Flickr)

Global agricultural research and development spending in the public and private sectors steadily increased between 2000 and 2008

The global forest products industry is slowly recovering from the economic crisis. (Image source: Joshua Mayer/Flickr)

The global forest products industry is slowly recovering from the economic crisis, with the Asia-Pacific region and particularly China taking the lead

Rising consumption patterns on the back of growing incomes is expected to double the demand for food ingredients in Asia. (Image source: tquiddle/Flickr)

Rising consumption patterns on the back of growing incomes and a burgeoning middle class is expected to double the demand for food ingredients in Asia

Funds for the Comprehensive Agricultural Development Project will improve irrigation and drainage. (Image source: Lori Ann/Flickr)

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a US$200mn loan to improve crop output and farming productivity in some of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) most important grain producing regions