Agriculture and fishing
Cattle feeders in Vietnam feel sting of fast changing market
Vietnam cattle feeders spent millions of US dollars importing 311,523 head of Australian young beef calves last year— betting that retail prices for beef on the supermarket shelves had nowhere to go but up. Now the feeders, who buy calves and fatten them for sale to ...
VN’s cashew industry booming
Viet Nam’s cashew industry is expected to enjoy strong export growth in the coming years, especially shipments to the US, according to the Viet Nam Cashew Association. Viet Nam has been the world’s largest cashew nut exporter for many years, with exports reaching US$2.5 billion last ...
Govt revamps illegal fishing command hub
Thailand government has ordered a restructuring of the Command Centre to Combat Illegal Fishing with Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chatchai Sarikulya replacing navy chief Na Areenij as head of the center. Under the new structure, the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry, particularly its Fisheries Department, will be the ...
Agro, food to spearhead Betagro
Betagro group is consolidating six business units into two to allow the agribusiness and food group to play a more prominent role in the regional and world markets. The six old business units were food, swine, poultry, regional, feedmill and animal health. The two new core ...
Entrepreneurs want help to boost local goods
The central message delivered to the ministry at launch of the “Buy Khmer Products” campaign in Phnom Penh on 23 May was to take concrete actions to get Cambodian products to the front of supermarket and mart displays. President of Cambodia Women Entrepreneurs Association Ms Keo ...
Public had no say in Tak SEZ, NHRC finds
The National Human Rights Commission will report to the government after its investigation on 23 May into alleged human rights violations in the Tak Special Economic Development Zone. Its conclusion was that the main problem in the dispute was the lack of opportunity for public involvement in the ...
Savannakhet folk get lesson in fruitful farming methods
Provincial agriculture officials are helping the people of Nateuy village in KaysonePhomvihane district, Savannakhet province, to improve crop cultivation and livestock production methods. The Savannakhet Agriculture and Forestry Department and village authorities gathered on 18 May to explain the best ways to grow fruit, rice and ...
Organic produce becoming popular, lucrative
Demand for organic farm produce has increased significantly both in Viet Nam and globally, and this offers good prospects for businesses investing in the field, a seminar heard in HCM City on 16 May. Nguyen Ba Hung, general director of Organik Da Lat, said organic farming ...
Finishing touches coming for Sugar Act
A draft of the long-awaited Sugar Act is to be revised with recommendations from industry figures at a meeting of the Sugar and Sugar Related Products Merchants and Manufacturers Association on 17 May. Once the revision is complete the act will be submitted to parliament through Myanmar’s ...
Drought weighs on fishery production target
While Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries aims to increase fish production by 1.3 per cent this year, members of fishery organisations believe that is an unlikely target as drought conditions have tapped out natural resources. Eng Chea San, director general for the fishery administration ...
