The ongoing US-China trade war will greatly impact the structure of the world economy in the future, causing damage but also generating indirect opportunities for countries where the economy relies heavily on agricultural production like Việt Nam.
According to head of the Việt Nam Cashew...
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Farmer-to-farmer communication might be the best way to scale climate-smart agriculture.
During a one-day roving workshop, farmers from My Loi Climate-Smart Village (CSV) in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam demonstrated several climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices to visiting local leaders,...
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Japan’s food exports rose 20% in April from a year earlier on strong demand for wagyu beef and fishery products, the government said.
Shipments of products such as agri-food, meat and seafood totaled 77.6 billion yen in April, 12.8 billion yen higher in the same month a year earlier,...
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The Japanese agriculture ministry said on June 15 that it has suspended tenders and sales of Canadian wheat indefinitely after the discovery of genetically modified wheat in the exporting country.
This is the first case Tokyo suspended wheat imports from Canada.
Canada is Japan’s No. 2...
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Japan has set up a target to halve household food waste to 2.15 million tons by 2030 from the fiscal 2000 level, the government said.
The environment ministry will work with municipalities to reduce household food waste, including campaigns to raise awareness among consumers.
The move is part of...
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Along with the development of nontropical banana plants that can survive cold weather, banana production is increasing in various parts of Japan, the nation which imports 99 percent of bananas it consumes.
The bananas are cultivated using plants developed by Tomoiki BIO, a seeds and plants...
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Total area cultivated with genetically modified (GM) crops rose 3% to a record in 2017 from a year earlier, as farmers in developing countries seeked to boost output, a study has showed.
The area planted with GM crops totaled 189.8 million hectares in 24 countries last year, according to the...
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Argentina has officially opened its meat market to Japanese fresh beef, giving Japan a boost to agricultural export ambitions.
Shipments of eligible Japanese beef have been allowed to enter Argentina without any age limit conditions, the Japanese agriculture ministry said on June 29.
Japan will...