Singapore Cooperation with Indonesia in Combating the Haze: Mitigating Forest Burning for Cultivation

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT Transboundary haze pollution, which occurs annually, is Southeast Asia’s visible environmental challenge. The haze, which consists of pollutants is caused by several factors, including El Niño weather patterns that occur once a few years, its resulting dry season, the dense peatlands...
Country: Singapore Topic: ForestryEco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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The Development of Singapore’s Koi Aquaculture

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT Some major Singaporean koi breeders specialized in koi dealing (i.e. the mono-culture koi farms) were all founded by hobbyists. They turned their interests into money-making ventures while keeping in touch with the koi-collecting community, global distributors and even Japanese breeders...
Country: Singapore Topic: Fisheries
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Potato Crop Sector and Value Chain of Ware Potato in Southern Shan State and Magway Region, Myanmar

Zar Ni Hlaing, Theingi Myint, Nilar Aung, Nyein Nyein Kyaw, Mya Kay Khaing
ABSTRACT Potato is an important cash crop for many farmers in the rural area of Myanmar and especially in the hilly region of Southern Shan State and riverbanks in the lowlands in Magway Region. The consumption of potatoes in curries, crisps and French fries increases substantially in the coming...
Country: Myanmar Topic: Agricultural value chains
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People’s Business Credit (KUR) Program Supporting Agricultural Development in Indonesia

Rangga Ditya Yofa, Iqbal Rafani (late), Tahlim Sudaryanto
ABSTRACT People’s Business Credit (KUR) is a financing scheme for working capital and investment provided to prospective beneficiaries who have productive and viable businesses, including agricultural businesses, but do not have additional collateral or the additional insufficient collateral....
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agribusiness
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Pandemic-era Taiwanese Food Promotion and its Soft Cultural Power Potential in Singapore

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT There is a touch of cosmopolitanism to Taiwanese food cultural soft power. Taiwanese indigenous food and agricultural practices are infused with colonial-era Japanese cuisines, mainland provincial dishes and Italian and American influences. The cultural cross-pollination of global...
Country: Singapore Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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