A team of researchers at Tawian’s Tunghai University (THU) is working to create wood-eating, environmentally-friendly pigs, by splicing genes from cellulose-digesting microbes in termite guts into pigs
Livestock
Fish farming sees a technological breakthrough
Hawaii Oceanic Technology has unveiled a fishing tank that is equipped to offer advanced and environmental way of seafood farming
China ups Vietnamese seafood imports
China has surpassed South Korea in Vietnamese seafood imports for the year 2012 to the second quarter of 2013
India prepares to meet rising milk demand
The Indian ministry of agriculture and food processing industries has claimed that the National Dairy Plan, with an investment of US$374mn, will help in meeting the rising demand of milk and milk products in the country
Breeding project to lift Liuzhou’s beef, milk production
Liuzhou in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has plans to promote crossbreeding of cows in an attempt to improve the performance, milk quality and beef production in the city