Here is a brief overview of the weeks new on Far Eastern Agriculture, from 17 - 21 April 2017
Livestock
KKR closes US$250mn investment in Masan Group and Masan Nutri-Science
Transaction marks KKR’s second investment in Masan to accelerate its growth as Vietnam’s future consumer champion
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