Agriculture and fishing
Hi-tech agriculture needs better credit policies
Better credit policies and higher consumption of farming products are necessary to ensure efficient use of funds borrowed for high-tech agricultural projects, experts said at a seminar in Hà Nội yesterday.Keep reading ...
US provides over 24 billion kip for unexploded ordnance clearance
The US government has agreed to provide a grant worth 24 billion kip (US$3,026,000) to the project for supporting rural development through Unexploded Ordnance clearance in Xieng Khuang province. The grant will contribute to non-technical and technical survey and clearance of the Unexploded Ordnance clearance (UXO) ...
HCM City tracing poultry origins
After gaining encouraging results from a pilot programme that allow consumers to check the origin of pork, the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade on July 1 announced the implementation of a plan to use information technology to control and trace the origin of ...
Huế to invest US$52 million in agricultural restructuring
The central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế will invest VNĐ1.19 trillion (US$52 million) through 12 projects as part of its plan to restructure its agricultural sector with a vision till 2020.Keep reading ...
Call to limit imports, use of chemicals in agriculture
Imports of farming chemicals should be restricted to ensure food safety for the public, a social forum in Bangkok featuring government ministers proposed this week.Keep reading ...
Funds needed for hi-tech agriculture
Agricultural productivity and quality should be increased by investing more in innovation and strengthening links between all stakeholders, including farmers, enterprises and research institutes, experts say. At a seminar held in Hà Nội on Tuesday, they also said that access to land, capital and markets were ...
Cassava prices hit a new low
Cassava prices in Cambodia experienced a sharp drop this month leading to heavy losses for smallholder farmers unable to quickly switch to more profitable crops and recoup their mounting losses, a provincial agriculture official said yesterday.Faced with low prices of around 144 riel ($0.035) per ...
Vietnam’s black pepper race persists notwithstanding price dip
Though per-kilogram prices of black pepper in Vietnam have dropped 65 percent since their record high two years ago, local growers are still racing to increase production. After peaking at VND200,000 ($8.81) per kilogram in 2015, the price of black pepper in Vietnam has plummeted ...
100 rai of violated land seized by officials on Koh Lanta
Department of Forestry and allied officials on Thursday seized about 100 rai of land in Phuket’s Koh Lanta that had been encroached upon by parties they described as “too powerful, unfazed by law and willing to threaten authorities with death”.More than 30 officials from several ...
Mandalay to China rice exports dip
Rice exports from Mandalay to China have dropped to almost nil due to finance difficulties caused by China’s decision to freeze 132 bank accounts of Myanmar citizens on June 14, said rice traders in the border region.The freezing of the bank accounts has caused difficulties ...
