Author: Shraddha Warde

About 633 million tonne of grain consisted of rice, wheat, corn, sorghum, and other cereal crops which are up 490,000 tonne from a year ago. China’s food grain production has reached 686.5 million metric tonne increased by 0.6 per cent, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In 2022, China’s total growing area expanded to 118.3 million hectare, up by 0.6 per cent. According to the data, about 633 million tonne of grain consisted of rice, wheat, corn, sorghum, and other cereal crops which are up 490,000 tonne from a year ago despite the total growing area shrunk by…

Gulf Guardians Fund has been set up by Auckland Foundation to support vital work being done to regenerate the health of the Hauraki Gulf. Okuma New Zealand is partnering with Gulf Guardians to help regenerate the Hauraki Gulf by putting mussels back into the ocean. The once-abundant Hauraki Gulf is on the brink of collapse and the Gulf Guardians Fund has been set up by Auckland Foundation to support vital work being done to regenerate the health of the Hauraki Gulf. By donating 100 tonne of mussels towards shellfish restoration programmes, Okuma is allowing vulnerable species underwater a second chance.…

Total investment in the Mowreq and YesHealth Group JV, Vertical Farms Company, is valued at more than 100 million Saudi Arabian Riyals, or approximately $28 million. Agtech companies, Mowreq (Mowreq Specialized Agriculture Co.) and YesHealth Group (YesHealth Agri-Biotechnology Co., Ltd.) have initiated a joint venture to develop a network of indoor vertical farms throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The JV, Vertical Farms Company, will begin by building the Kingdom’s largest indoor vertical farm in Riyadh. This first farm is slated to be fully operational by Q4 2023, providing jobs and healthy, sustainable produce to the local community. Mowreq already supplies vertically farmed produce…

Global pesticide use peaked in 2012 and began declining in 2017, reveals FAO’s Annual Statistical Yearbook The production of primary crops in the world, such as sugarcane, maize, wheat and rice, grew by 52 per cent from 2000 to 2020 to reach 9.3 billion tonne, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) annual Statistical Yearbook. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) published its annual Statistical Yearbook. FAO Yearbook stated vegetable oil production increased by 125 per cent over the period, with palm oil output growing by 236 per cent. Meat output, led by chicken, grew by…

The project has helped 42 large and middle-sized cities to bolster the local economy China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project has diverted 58.6 billion cubic meters of water to arid regions in the north through its middle and eastern routes, according to the Ministry of Water Resources. According to the Xinhua news agency, More than 150 million people have directly benefited from a massive water-diversion project that has been pumping water from major rivers in the south to the drought-prone north over the past eight years. Annual water transfers have risen from more than 2 billion cubic meters to nearly 10…

The province has maintained its annual grain output at over 75 billion kilograms for five years China’s Northeast Province Heilongjiang known as the country’s ‘grain barn’ has produced about 77.63 billion kilograms of grain in 2022, accounting for 11.3 per cent of the country’s total output, according to China’s State Council Information Office. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Heilongjiang’s annual grain output has ranked first in the country for 13 consecutive years. The province has maintained its annual grain output at over 75 billion kilograms for five years. Heilongjiang’s grain output this year was its second-highest in history,…

The new import ban includes the East Asian four-finger, skipjack tuna, Pacific saury, and squid Taiwan will redirect seafood exports to Southeast Asia from China after a fresh ban imposed by China. Officials in Taiwan are criticising it as politically motivated. According to the Taiwanese media, China has imposed a new import ban on Taiwan’s fish products including the East Asian four-finger, skipjack tuna, Pacific saury, and squid, referring to registration issues. According to Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA), more than 178 items have been affected by the new measure by China. Most of the banned seafood is shipped to…

Japan targets 2 trillion yen worth export for 2025 Japan’s agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food exports has hit 1.12 trillion yen ($8.34 billion) for the 10 months in October, marking the second time ever have passed the 1 trillion-yen mark. It is a record annual high, amid the adversarial situation of the yen and rebounding global demand on the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the local media, Japan’s agricultural and aquatic exports first time reached the milestone came in 2021 when exports for the full year grossed 1.23 trillion yen. Export data up till now shows…

This is considered a historical record of Vietnam’s seafood industry Vietnam’s seafood export reached more than $10 billion by the end of November increased by 25 per cent. It is estimated to reach $11 billion by the end of 2022. This is considered a historical record of Vietnam’s seafood industry, after more than 20 years since entering the world market, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). Pangasius exports reached $2.2 billion, up 14.6 per cent, because of the Russia-Ukraine conflict average price of pangasius increased by 50 per cent. Vietnam’s shrimp exports reached $4.3 billion, up…

Agri ministry recommends 5 per cent reduction of chemical pesticides used for rice, wheat, corn and other major grain crop cultivation China will expand the use of organic fertilisers and cut that of chemical fertilisers to promote green agriculture. According to plans released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, by 2025, the proportion of land with the use of organic fertilisers will be increased by more than 5 per cent. The intensity of chemical pesticides used for growing rice, wheat, corn and other major grain crops should be reduced by 5 per cent compared with the 2016-2020 period,…