The governments of Indonesia and Malaysia, two of the world’s largest palm oil producers, have intensified their criticisms against European Union trade policies, which they deem to be discriminatory toward palm oil.
Indonesia’s and Malaysia’s outcry has sown doubts over the two countries’...
Policy-Related News
GMA news online
2023.01.31
28
The Senate is yet to ratify the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) due to some concerns on its effect on the agriculture sector, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said Tuesday.
In an interview with reporters, Zubiri said RCEP is among the topics that he discussed with President...
Taipei Times
2023.01.30
23
Taiwanese aquaculture researchers have raised the survival rate of lobster hatchlings from 40 percent to 70 percent, the Council of Agriculture’s Taitung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station said.
The station unveiled the breakthrough at a trade convention in November last year...
Miragenews
2023.01.05
20
Meat has multiple nutritional benefits and is consumed as the primary source of protein by an increasing segment of the world’s population. However, there have been significant environmental costs associated with the growing demand for meat. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
The Korea Times
2023.01.04
59
The government will establish what it calls a "K-rice belt" across seven countries in Africa, in order to advance current official development assistance (ODA) programs to countries that are struggling with a lack of agricultural infrastructure, compounded by geographical and other limitations...
Vietnamnet
2023.01.04
37
This year, many Vietnamese agricultural products have been permitted to enter many countries, including durian, sweet potato, and bird's nests exported to China; pomelo to the US; longan to Japan; and lemons and pomelo to New Zealand. That helps Viet Nam diversify export markets for its farm...
Asia Business Law Journal
2022.12.28
55
Since 2016, the Taiwan government has committed to phasing out three active nuclear power plants by 2025, while diligently promoting development of new forms of sustainable energy, in particular wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies.
Compared to wind power projects, which require longer...
Inquirer.net
2022.12.08
631
The country’s agriculture and forestry industry continues to suffer as it had the largest employment drop in the third quarter of 2022, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
Based on preliminary results of the October 2022 Labor Force Survey (LFS) presented...