The country’s biggest banana companies are considering venturing into rice farming as the government continues to look for ways to boost supply of the country’s main staple.
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the Philippine Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA...
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A bountiful onion harvest is expected in Bayambang, Pangasinan next year after the Department of Agriculture provided farmers with pesticides to avert another armyworm attack.
Municipal agriculturist Artemio Buezon said red onions planted in October would be harvested by February or March...
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Planters in Bengal tea belt are expecting bright post winter high value first flush output for the consecutive second year due to prevailing favorable weather conditions.
Entire tea belt in Bengal has taken submergence deep under chill. While the mercury at in TeraiNSE 0.00 % and Dooars tea...
2019.01.04
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The reaction to Japan leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has been predictable, offering nothing new.
The Australian Government has said it's "extremely disappointed", while UK Secretary of State for the Environment Michael Gove tweeted that Britain would "...
2019.01.03
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Travelers are notably advised not to smuggle pork and other banned meat products into Taiwan or will receive a fine of NT$200,000 for first-time violation
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – In order to prevent the contagion of African swine disease onto the island, Taiwan has beefed up penalties for...
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A turkey farm was found to be infected with the H5N2 bird flu virus on Dec. 27
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – After a difficult year for poultry farmers in Yunlin County, another farm was discovered to have been infected with the bird flu virus, leading to prompt action by the local government and...
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Japan has set a target by 2027 to get more than half of Southeast Asian members to accede to the 1991 revision of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Convention.
Japan has been pushing the neighboring countries to build an intellectual property system that...
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Japan’s food exports rose for the seventh consecutive month in September, thanks to largely to appetite for wagyu beef and fruits in neighboring Asian countries, official data has showed.
Total shipments of agriculture products, processed foods and seafood soared 14% to 79.2 billion yen in...