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European Green Deal: New initiatives to boost the organic farming sector
The European Commission has today launched a public consultation on its future Action Plan on Organic Farming. This sector will play an important role...
State of Agriculture in Fast-Developing and Integrating ASEAN
Agriculture remains a key driver of ASEAN economic development. As of 2018, it accounts for more than a quarter of total exports of Cambodia...
ADB to Help Boost Farm Incomes in the Philippines with $400 Million Loan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $400 million policy-based loan to support reforms by the Philippine government aimed at raising the productivity...
Rising uncertainties from COVID-19 cloud medium-term agricultural prospects
The fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented uncertainties in global food supply chains, with potential bottlenecks in labour markets, input industries,...
Organic Farming and Climate Change
In early 2019, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, published an interesting study related to the effects of organic agriculture on the Earth's climate. Stefan...
A Story about a World Heritage in Bali
Monday, June 29, 2020, when you open the Google search engine, you will see a picture of a farmer sitting in a hut. His...
Sri Lanka Can Boost its Development Tapping Agriculture and New Technology
The World Bank reaffirmed its continued support to Sri Lanka’s
growth and development for the benefit of all its people, as World Bank Vice President for...
Appetite for Change: 4 New Ideas to Incentivize Change in How We Produce and Consume Food
A
new report by the World Economic Forum, Incentivizing
Food Systems Transformation, highlights the role of incentives
to effectively shift behaviour of 7.7 billion people who produce...
Italy funds projects for agri-business development in Egypt and investment promotion in Iraq
The Italian Development Cooperation is contributing more than €4.55m to
two United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) projects in
Egypt and Iraq. A signing ceremony to...
Bangladesh Needs Climate Smart Investments for Higher Agricultural Growth
Climate change and sea-level rise pose a serious
threat to Bangladesh’s impressive growth in agricultural productivity. To
address impacts of climate change on agriculture as well...