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
The SII technology was first introduced at a shrimp farm by Hasanuddin Atjo, currently the head of the Central Sulawesi Maritime and Fishery Agency. (Image source: Timothy Tolle/Flickr)
Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province has introduced a new, environmentally-friendly technique to boost Vannamei shrimp farming production
Shipments from Thailand to Japan take seven to 10 days compared with two months from Brazil. (Image source: Martin Walls/sxc.hu)
Japan has announced that it will import 5,000 tonnes of raw chicken from Thailand in Q1 2014 after Tokyo lifted its 10-year ban on from Thai imports
In 2013, Vietnamese seafood products were sold to 156 countries and regions, generating a total revenue of US$6.7bn. (Image source: Luca Baroncini/sxc.hu)
Vietnam’s exports of seafood products saw growth of over 10 per cent in 2013 on the previous year, and the trend is expected to continue in 2014
The good export performance has been reportedly due to the record aquaculture production of vannamei shrimp species in Andhra Pradesh. (Image source: Tony Alter/Flickr)
India’s seafood exports, which is now around US$65mn, is expected to cross the US$162mn mark by 2020, according to government official
