South Korea's exports of agricultural products and food hit a record high in the first half of this year due to strong demand from China and Southeast Asian nations, a government report showed Tuesday.
Outbound shipments of food and agricultural products reached 3.55 billion U.S. dollars in...
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2018.07.15
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With various crops grown in the district possessing immense health benefits being pushed to the verge of extinction as their value was not being understood by a majority of the people, the rural municipality formed Masta Small Farmer Cooperative.
It has organized the farmers to run a campaign to...
2018.07.15
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China has lifted a ban on importing British beef lasting more than 20 years that was triggered by the “mad cow disease” outbreak, the U.K. government said Wednesday.
“China has today lifted its long-standing ban on exports of beef from the U.K., in a landmark move for British...
2018.07.15
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State-run National Food Authority (NFA) is intensifying its monitoring of rice prices to ensure that subsidized rice goes directly to the marginalized sector as cheaper imported rice floods the market.
This as NFA administrator Jason Aquino warned of alleged reports on diversion or adulteration of...
2018.06.27
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China said on Tuesday it will remove import tariffs on soybeans from Bangladesh, India, Laos, South Korea and Sri Lanka, after Beijing hit imports of the oilseed from the United States with a hefty penalty as part of an escalating trade dispute.
The Ministry of Finance said the cut will be...
2018.06.26
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Thailand wants to form a coalition with Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, all cassava-producing nations, to guarantee a stable price for the commodity and avoid future price wars, according to an article published yesterday in the Bangkok Post.
The resulting bloc would be the largest cassava...
2018.06.26
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The use of farm machinery is set to be increased in Thailand’s agricultural practices, according to the international experts.
An exclusive interview forum for media to discuss the topic “Improving Efficiency in Crop Production – How New Technologies Support Farmers in Modern...
2018.06.26
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region IV-A has trained agricultural teachers, education program supervisors, department heads and principals from Department of Education’s (DepEd) school divisions of Quezon province on organic agriculture (OA) theories, practices and principles.
The...