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Reuters have reported that China officials have agreed to allow imports of U.S. rice for the first time ever, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Thursday 20 June

Vietnam PM Phuc with the Vietnamese Netherlands Chamber of Commerce at Kurhaus Scheveningen. (Image source: East- West Seed Group)

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

The agreement will make it easier for farmers from the participating countries to access climate change resilient seeds. (Image source: John1cse/Pixabay)

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

Farming and livestock sectors typically bear more than 80 per cent of the damage and losses caused by climate change. (Photo: Deankruger/Pixabay)

FAO and IOM call for renewed focus on rural development and sustainable agriculture to mitigate climate disasters that are displacing one person every second