Revival of Coconut Industry in Malaysia

Rohani Yon
Introduction Coconut or Cocos nucifera L. is synonym as a ‘versatile tree’ due to its multifunctional attributes that have generated a wide range of usage from food to cosmetics, and high value household to industrial products. Coconut is widely distributed throughout Asia,...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agricultural science policies
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Agribusiness Venture Arrangements (AVAs) in Agrarian Reform Areas in the Philippines: Identifying Alternative Schemes

Ruel C. Limbo
INTRODUCTION Agribusiness venture arrangements (AVA) are business partnerships between private investors and agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) involving the awarded lands planted to high value crops.The Philippines’ Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recognizes the existence of AVAs,...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
6,976
244

China Moderate-scale Agriculture Development

Zhen Zhong
BACKGROUND After the general office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council issued the Guiding Opinions of the State Council on the Orderly Circulation of Rural Land Contracted Management Rights and the Development of Moderate scale Agriculture Operations, the...
Country: China Topic: Overview
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Recent Development of Agricultural Products Market System in China

Zhen Zhong
INTRODUCTION At present, the Country has 4 469 agricultural products wholesale markets, about 70 percent of which are at production bases. According to statistics from National Bureau of Statistics, as of end of 2014, there were 999 agricultural products specialized wholesale markets with trading...
Country: China Topic: Agriculture
4,936
131

Revitalising the Ecosystem for Food Sovereignity

Indu Bala Jaganath
INTRODUCTION Malaysia as a country has the tight to define and control its food sovereignty but the country is open and vulnerable to the challenges of the environment, urbanization, changing demographics, and rising amounts of food waste. Thus, Malaysia desperately need a food revolution movement...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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