Agribusiness

Youth and Agri-Entrepreneurship in Lao PDR

Dethsackda Manikham
ABSTRACT   Half of the population of Lao PDR is under 23.5 years old giving Lao PDR a demographic opportunity to accelerate economic development. About 59% of the country’s population is still living in the rural areas, where the poverty rate is 2.9 times more than those living in the...
Country: Lao PDR Topic: Agribusiness
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Youth and Agri-Entrepreneurship in Thailand

Decharut Sukkumnoed
ABSTRACT The demographic changes in Thai agricultural sector have raised concerns over the lower participation of young agri-entrepreneurs and the sustainability of the sector. Oppositely, the digital economy has, however, widened the opportunities for younger generations in various ways. This...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agribusiness
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Implementation of the New Farmers’ Cultivation Program in Taiwan

Cheng-Ray Yang
ABSTRACT According to the statistical data of Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) of Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan) in 2017, the number of farmers in Taiwan have gradually decreased from 1.6 million in 1978 to 557,000 in 2017. According to the 2015 census of...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agribusiness
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Best Practices of Agri-entrepreneurs in the Philippines

Glenn N. Baticados, MM, LIF
ABSTRACT The future challenges facing agriculture will require a paradigm shift from a production orientation to a market-centric orientation. There should be a mindset shifts from a traditional perspective of agriculture of production to a market-centric agribusiness model. Philippine...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agribusiness
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Harvesting with Harbest: Agri-Entrepreneurial Lessons from the Philippines

Kurnia Suci Indraningsih
ABSTRACT The author discusses his personal account on the humble beginnings of Harbest, a company which he started when he was a young entrepreneur working and staying in Taiwan and soon took shape when he returned to his native land in Negros Island in the Philippines. From a company that first...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agribusiness
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