The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday highlighted the expanded food security ties between the Philippines and Japan, which now include the fisheries sector.
The partnership is a result of an enhanced Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) signed on the sidelines of President Ferdinand R. Marcos...
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UNEP
2026.05.22
28
The state of Andhra Pradesh in India may be famous for its stunning emerald-green slopes covered in lush vegetation. Over the past few decades, however, the region has lost 30 to 40 per cent of its original forest cover, according to Dinesh Kumar, a local government official.
“...
The Japan Times
2026.05.22
11
The stoppage of Japan’s oil imports through the Strait of Hormuz has raised questions about what happens to available supplies of petroleum-derived naphtha across a broad range of industries.
For the agricultural industry and food-packaging businesses, worries are particularly acute about what...
FAO
2026.05.07
12
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, emphasized today that the global fertilizer scarcity caused by disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz will lead to lower yields and tightening food supplies in the latter half of 2026 and into 2027....
RTI
2026.04.30
12
The import tariff on United States mandarin oranges has been reduced from 35% to 10% according to the U.S.-Taiwan Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART), raising concerns about potential pressure on domestically grown produce.
The Agriculture Ministry provided a written explanation, clarifying that...
RTI
2026.04.29
5
Taiwan bans over 1,000 Chinese agricultural and fishery products, but China is rerouting vegetables like Napa cabbage, cabbage, and shiitake mushrooms through Vietnam in an “origin washing” scheme, the agriculture minister said Wednesday.
Agriculture Minister Chen Junne-jih (陳駿季) told lawmakers...
Taipei Times
2026.04.16
1
Ministry of Agriculture officials have proposed to increase the quota for agricultural migrant workers by 20,000, but the Ministry of Labor said it would initially approve 7,000.
The proposal aims to address the labor shortage in agricultural sectors, such as farming, dairy production, livestock...
FFTC-AP Platform
2026.04.08
20
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ABSTRACT
Indonesia is the world’s fourth-largest coffee producer, with a diverse array of region-specific coffee profiles increasingly protected through Geographical Indications (GIs). This review synthesizes recent...