Transaction marks KKR’s second investment in Masan to accelerate its growth as Vietnam’s future consumer champion
Livestock
Global shrimp production in 2016 hit by high prices and diseases

The farmed shrimp season in Asia ended in November with an overall sluggish production. (Image source: Stux/Pixabay)
FAO’s latest Globefish report has revealed that global production of farmed shrimp in 2016 remained stagnant, or even fell, compared to the year before owing to lower international prices and outbreaks of disease in a few leading producing countries
Far East Agriculture weekly digest - 3 - 7 April
Here is a brief overview of the weeks new on fareasternagriculture.com, from 3 - 7 April 2017
Hamlet Protein opens sales office in China
Hamlet Protein has opened a new sales office to support customers in China and South East Asia with specialty vegetable proteins for young animal nutrition
Genesus tour South Asia to VIV Asia and experience loss of pig profit

Paul Anderson, General Manager for Genesus, writes about their tour around South East Asia. (Image source: Stephen Fulljames/Commons)
Genesus Technical Sales Manager, Nguyen Van Hung, Vietnam, attended the Embassy of Canada roundtable meeting with the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC), on 28 February in Hanoi