Author: Shraddha Warde
Malungon’s Training of Trainers (TOT) aimed to train coffee farmers on good agricultural practices to produce better yields and quality coffee beans. Philippines’ The Sarangani Coffee Industry Development Council (SCIDC) through the Lnag Coffee Farmers Association Inc., in partnership with the local government unit (LGU) of Malungon, conducted the first ‘Kape Malungon’ to highlight the significance of coffee farmers and the coffee industry itself. The newly trained coffee mentors of Malungon who underwent Training of Trainers (TOT) also participated in the event. The TOT aimed to train coffee farmers on good agricultural practices to produce better yields and quality coffee…
The new agri office will help to increase and diversify Canadian agriculture and agri-food exports to the Indo-Pacific, strengthening trade on both sides of the Pacific. The Government of Canada to establish a new agricultural office in the Indo-Pacific region. The government will also provide $31.8 million in funds to the new agri office. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement in Thailand at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting. According to the official statement, the office will form part of Canada’s larger overall Indo-Pacific Strategy, which is expected to be fully released soon. The new agri office will…
In the first ten months of this year, China completed investments worth 921.1 billion yuan in water conservancy projects, including 97.5 billion yuan in October. China’s annual investment in water conservancy projects is expected to reach 1 trillion yuan around $142 billion for the first time in 2022, Vice Minister of Water Resources Liu Weiping told in a press conference. In the first ten months of this year, China completed investments worth 921.1 billion yuan in water conservancy projects, including 97.5 billion yuan in October alone. Since the beginning of this year, China has begun construction on 24,000 water conservancy…
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems: China, Mexico, Morocco and Spain get additional sites, along with the first one in Thailand. Five new sites – a mushroom-growing area in China, a traditional Maya agroforestry system in Mexico, an ancient community linking pastoralists and farmers in Morocco, a diverse mountain agrifood system in Spain and a buffalo-centric landscape in Thailand – have been officially recognised as Globally Significant Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). According to the statement by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the sites were designated at a meeting of the…
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) will issue a $20 million loan to enable Agri Exim Global Philippines. The United States will support the Philippines to achieve food security and a digital economy. Vice President Kamala Harris launches initiatives toward this end, according to the U.S. Embassy. According to the U.S. Embassy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to establish a dialogue on food security with its counterparts in the Philippines, with the participation of USAID and the U.S. Department of State. This dialogue will allow the two countries to work together to build resilient food systems and discuss…
Additional loans worth P102.9 million are in the pipeline to support the production and trading of onion and the acquisition of cold storage equipment. The Land Bank (LANDBANK) of the Philippines has released P 1.1 billion in loans to onion farmers till the end of September this year. According to the statement released by LandBank, additional loans worth P102.9 million are in the pipeline to support the production and trading of onion and the acquisition of cold storage equipment. Onion is a high-value crop that can be financed under the LANDBANK Sulong Saka Program, designed to provide credit assistance to…
CP Group is interested to invest in the Philippines’ aquaculture, rice and swine production. Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group has pledged to make additional investments in the Philippines in aquaculture, rice, and swine production, following a meeting with President Ferdinand R. Marcos in Bangkok, Thailand. According to the press statement of the Office Press Secretary, CP Group officials expressed interest in collaborating with the Philippines’ aquaculture, rice and swine production during the meeting with President Ferdinand R. Marcos in Bangkok. CP Group is Thailand’s largest private company with a $2 billion investment in the Philippines. The largest and the…
The Department of Agriculture targets to start the distribution of fertilizer assistance for the Dry Season 2022–2023 by December 2022. The Philippines Department of Agriculture will distribute additional fertilizer next month to support rice farmers nationwide. According to the statement, this is in line with the recent meeting of President Marcos with the top officials of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) regarding the country’s fertilizer importation requirements to boost local production. The PITC was tapped to import the required volume of fertilizer at a lower cost through…
Veggitech commenced the Saffron farm project in the summer this year with harvest expected to peak at the end of November. Agritech Company Veggitech inaugurated the first-ever Saffron farm in Sharjah. It is the first of its kind in the UAE and the largest in the Mena region, spread over 165sqm but equivalent to 3.5 hectares of land. Veggitech began the Saffron farm project in the summer this year with harvest expected to peak at the end of November. Saffron is often referred to as ‘red gold’ due to its prestigious value and reputation for being the most expensive spice…
The new commercial indoor vertical farm in Qatar will deploy AeroFarms’ latest generation of proprietary growing technology that achieves up to 390 times greater productivity per square meter annually. AeroFarms, Qatar Free Zones Authority (QFZA) and Doha Venture Capital (DVC) to build a commercial indoor vertical farm in Qatar Free Zones (QFZ) that offers unparalleled connectivity and access to the region. QFZA and AeroFarms, a US-based Certified B Corporation and leader in indoor vertical farming, announced their plan to expand further in the Middle East with a partnership with QFZA and DVC. AeroFarms corporate headquarters in Newark, NJ, where leafy…