IRRI said that the partnership would result in better service for Intertek clients. (Image source: International Rice Research Institute)
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said that it has entered a partnership with Intertek, an industrial testing services provider to allow the company use rice DNA markers that IRRI develops
The company is the first European company with a Sodium Butyrate portfolio in Japan. (Image source: Nutriad)
Animal feed additive maker Nutriad said that Watanabe Chemicals agreed to distribute its products in Japan
Rice is among the dominant crops in Vietnam. (Image source: Lucy Reid/Flickr)
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
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
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
