Agriculture and fishing
Agriculture
MADB’s ministry relocation aims to improve efficiency
Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank, the only state-owned bank in the agriculture sector, was under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation. But from now on, the institution has been relocated to the Ministry of Planning and Finance which will make loan processes more efficient, according ...
Slack paddy trading in NPT
There is a slowdown in the paddy market in Nay Pyi Taw, with prices remaining stagnant since late last year. Ko Myo Lin Aung, a paddy stocker from Pyinmana township, said the price was stuck at over K500,000 per 100 baskets. “Some get K520,000 at ...
Yusen Logistics building halal warehouse in Thailand
Japan’s Yusen Logistics will build a warehouse that complies with Islamic law in Thailand as early as this month, aiming to capture transport demand in Southeast Asian countries with large Muslim populations such as Indonesia and Malaysia. Islamic law sets various restrictions on products; food ...
Rice bank project awards contracts
Thaneakea Srov (Kampuchea) Plc, the recipient of a low-interest $15 million loan from the state-run Rural Development Bank, inked contracts on April 24 with three companies to build and outfit its massive 200,000-tonne capacity silo and warehouse facility in Battambang province. The facility, which will have ...
More products seek GI status
The European Union is expected to include Kampong Speu palm sugar into its registry of protected geographical indicators products by July, with the government now hoping the increased demand and added value of Cambodian agricultural products would pave the way for Kampot salt to receive ...
Lifting of farmland limit to spur exports of produce
Expansion of land limits and accumulation of land for large-scale production are expected to be the foundation for the branding of farm produce. Vietnam has become a big farm produce exporter, but most of the products are exported as raw materials and don’t bear a ...
Clean, organic agriculture production set to expand
Expanding clean agriculture production to supply market demands together with improved international market access can serve to catalyse growth in the Lao organic produce sector, an audience including the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry was told on April 20. Director General of Department of Agriculture, ...
China yet to give okay to eight rice traders
China has yet to respond to a request made by the Ministry of Agriculture to add another eight local rice traders to the list of 26 that have passed quality control tests to export rice to the Chinese mainland. “Eight local rice traders are still ...
Cambodian rice a big hit in China
A senior official in China’s biggest import and export commodity center has praised the quality of Cambodian rice and called for more agricultural products – mainly milled rice – to be sold on the Chinese market. “Cambodia’s milled rice here has become very popular among ...
High-tech farms for Đà Nẵng
The central city of Đà Nẵng plans seven suburban communes in Hòa Vang District for high-tech farms on a total area of 540ha – a crucial step to boost high quality and safe agriculture. The director the city’s agriculture and rural development, Nguyễn Phú Ban, said the ...