Introduction Malaysia relies heavily on imports to satisfy its domestic demands for dairy products. In 1970, the import value of dairy products was RM69 million and increased to RM1.2 billion in 2014. Although milk production has increased over the past four decades, Malaysia is still unable to...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agriculture
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Introduction Indonesia’s agricultural policy is shaped by its Food Law of 2012 and a set of core objectives. The food law sets out the principles of food sovereignty (kedaulatan pangan) and food self-reliance (kemandirian pangan) as the dominating approaches to food security. The objectives...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Overview
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Traditionally, agricultural production is highly dependent on the natural environment conditions and weather conditions. The progress of agriculture has been mainly contributed by innovative variety-bred, land reform, chemical fertilizers, agricultural machineries, and cultivating management....
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During the Great East Japan Earthquake, atomic power generation has been destroyed by Tsunami and lots of radioactive substances have been spread over Japan. Now conversion of energy source from atomic power generation to renewable power generation becomes much urgent issue than before, and...
Country: Japan Topic: Rural development
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Source: Council of Agriculture http://www.coa.gov.tw/show_news.php?cat=show_news&serial=coa_diamond_20150811171409   Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) recently launched a trial of the crop natural disaster insurance specifically for top-grafting sand pears in 2015. The...
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