Policy-Related News

2021.05.04
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While India battles soaring Covid-19 infections, on the outskirts of New Delhi thousands of farmers still occupy camps where they are keeping up a months-long sit-in protest against government legislation that they say harms them. Underlining the organised nature of the movement as it tries to...
2021.05.04
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A university-launched venture in Japan has been striving to spread its meat quality evaluation technology using artificial intelligence, aiming to make the wagyu beef grading done by human eyes more precise, while using the data to improve cattle breeding. MIJ labo Inc. in the northernmost main...
2021.04.14
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Malaysia’s Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) has expressed interest in developing mango exports to Europe in the coming years. According to a report from Bernama, Fama hopes to export Harum Manis mangoes to European countries in the next three to four years. Mohamad Fasiah Mohd...
2021.04.14
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The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) has kicked off the ‘Thailand Deliver with Safety’ campaign to bolster the value of Thai food exports and boost confidence among buyers and importers of Thai agricultural products, food products and Thai halal food overseas. The goal is to...
2021.04.14
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The irrigated agriculture and rural development project will be an essential contribution to food security, commercial crop farming, and rural development to reduce poverty in Savannakhet province. A construction groundbreaking ceremony for the project took place last week, attended by the...
2021.04.14
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Thirty-one Cambodian tariff lines – mostly agricultural products – now carry the zero rate to neighbouring Vietnam for 2021-2022, the Ministry of Commerce announced on March 25. This comes as the Bilateral Trade Facilitation Agreement for 2021-2022 was formally ratified after the completion of...
2021.04.14
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Deputy Agriculture Minister Chen Junne-jih (陳駿季) said Wednesday that a series of new incentives being offered by China to attract Taiwanese agricultural talent and investment may run afoul of local laws, but he acknowledged that the Taiwan government may be hard-pressed to enforce those regulations...
2021.03.04
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The government has entered negotiations to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for implementation of the “Smart Farm Project”, an initiative of the South Korean government. Ngin Chhay, representing the General Directorate of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and...

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