The programme is funded through the Chinese Trust Fund with a total budget of nearly US$1mn. (Image source: Mark Forman/sxc.hu)
China, Mongolia and the FAO have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for South-South Cooperation (SSC) tripartite agreement to implement the National Program for Food Security and the National Livestock Program
Indonesia currently relies heavily on Australia for its beef and live cattle. (Image source: Koos Schwaneberg/sxc.hu)
Indonesia’s Jakarta and the East Nusa Tenggara Timor (NTT) region have signed a deal for more supply of beef to the capital in order to meet the rising demand
Agriculture currently accounts for about 12 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, in part from methane from animals released into the environment. (Image source: Lenka Pumanov/sxc.hu)
Livestock bred on a high-calorie diet are more climate-friendly and more profitable to farmers, a new Austrian study has found
Imported beef is currently subject to a 38.5 per cent tariff. (Image source: Humusak2/sxc.hu)
Japan has announced that its beef exports reached 909 tonnes in 2013, up 5.3 per cent from 2012, according to Ministry of Finance
Production in livestock sub-sector rose 1.75 per cent in 2013. (Image source: Bev Lloyd Roberts/scx.hu)
The Philippines’ department of agriculture (DA) has said that the country’s farm sector will grow at three per cent this year due to sustained good performance in the livestock, poultry and fisheries sector
