Author: Shraddha Warde

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has allocated $165 million to the second phase of the Singapore Food Story (SFS) R&D programme, known as SFS 2.0. The programme was launched to support research projects in agriculture, aquaculture, future foods and the food safety domain. According to SFA’s statement, the second phase will emphasis addressing food security challenges, which include intensifying sustainability and circularity for Singapore’s climate change commitments and enhancing food safety amidst the emergence of novel food. The Singapore Food Story R&D Programme was initiated in 2019 to support the national agenda of strengthening Singapore’s food security and achieving the”30…

Indorama Corporation announced that effective November 1st, 2022, Indorama Holdings Brasil Ltda, has consummated the acquisition of Advert Aditivos Industria e Comercio LTDA and its affiliates (Adfert), a specialty fertilizers and crop nutrition solution company in Brazil. All condition precedents have been fulfilled and customary regulatory approvals have been received with no further amendments.Indorama welcomes Adfert´s team to the family and looks forward to having Adfert´s team on board.Indorama Corporation is one of Asia’s leading chemical companies. Which is headquartered in Singapore, and manufactures a multitude of products including nitrogen fertilizers, phosphate fertilizers, polyethene, polypropylene, polyester, textiles, cotton fiber, and medical…

Taiwan Agricultural Chemical and Toxic Substance Research Institute has developed a toxin-free biopesticide which can protect crops from intractable pests. For the last 18 years, researchers are working on biopesticide, which is based on photorhabdus luminescence, a bacterial insect pathogen. Taiwan is the first country to mass produce this product. According to the statement, the biopesticide has been proven to have excellent ovicidal activity against hard-to-control pests such as spider mites, which are often found in papaya, other fruit trees and flowering plants. The institute will apply to the Council of Agriculture to authorize the mass production and sale…

On 650 square metres of land can produce 3000 kilograms new variety of Chilli China’s city of Jize has come up with a new variety of Chilli. On 650 square metres of land, more than 3000 kilograms of chillies production can be taken. This year Peng Ruiling a farmer in Jize city will get 20,000 RMB (2.792USD) income from the production of a new variety of Chilli. A new variety of Chilli has been planted over 1000 acres of land this year. In May 2021 Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, the Agricultural University of Hebei and Tianxia Red Chilli…

China’s agrochemical company Maxunitech has acquired the majority shares of Inner Mongolia Shijie Chemical with its own funds to control this company. Inner Mongolia, Shijie is a manufacturing enterprise integrating the research, development, production and sales of pesticides and fine chemicals. Shijie also has production lines of Sulfentrazone, Flumioxazin and several chemical intermediates. Maxunitech lnc, which was established in 2000, is a multinational enterprise engaged in plant protection, water ecological restoration and reconstruction, and environmental engineering. Maxunitech lnc already has the production capacity of Sulfentrazone and Flumioxazin. However, after holding the shares of Shijie Chemical, Maxunitech lnc will jump to…

Cambodia’s Cashew Federation (CCF) necessarily boost the export of cashews above $1 billion every year. CCF has decided on the target according to Cambodia’s National Policy in Cashew Nuts for 2022-2027. The newly launched CCF looks after investments, processing and export of raw cashew nuts. CCF also will work as a coordination and supporting body to promote Cambodian Cashews in production and marketing in the interest of local producers, processors and exporters.   The new National Policy on Cashew Nuts was drafted by the Ministry of Commerce to boost capacity to grow, store, process, package, market distribute and export cashew nuts…

Cambodia exported 449,325 tons of rice to international markets in the first nine months of this year, up by 10 per cent over the same period last year, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF).The Southeast Asian nation made nearly $287 million in revenue from the exports of milled rice from January to September this year, the CRF said. China remained the top buyer of Cambodia’s milled rice, purchasing 198,107 tons, or 44.09 per cent. Cambodia’s 81 per cent of rice exported to the nine countries including China 44.9 per cent , France 14.83 per cent , Malaysia 5.58 per…

Indo-Israel Agriculture Project (IIAP) establishing proposed Centres of Excellence (CoE) in Jammu and Kashmir. Under the Agriculture Attache MASHAV (Israel’s agency for international Development Cooperation) at the Embassy of Israel in India, centres are going to develop, via the establishment of Centres of Excellence IIAP aims to introduce crop diversity, increase productivity and optimise water use efficiency. MASHAV will guide the CoE and transfer Israeli knowledge into the IIAP. CoE will comprise nursery management, best practices cultivation techniques, irrigation, and fertigation. The region has the potential to produce vegetables and fruits by using modern technology for which MSHAV is ready…

The Philippines Government approved the commercial cultivation of the borer-resistant Bt Eggplant in the Philippines. The Philippines is the second country after Bangladesh to be approved for the cultivation of Bt Eggplant. This regulatory approval came after strict and comprehensive biosafety evaluations conducted by the Joint Assessment Group comprised of representatives from Competent National Authorities-Biosafety Committees, and the certification of the Event EE-1 as a Plant Incorporated Protectant (Group 11A Insecticide) by the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority. Prior to this approval for commercial propagation, the DA-BPI also approved Bt eggplant for direct use as food, feed, or for processing, affirming…

China’s agriculture products maintained steady growth momentum in foreign trade in the first three quarters of this year. The trade volume of the country’s agriculture products totalled $248.51 billion in the first nine months of 2022, up 10.4 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Exports rose by 21.5 per cent over the same period last year, while imports up by 6.4 per cent. China’s agriculture sector saw its industrial added value up 4.2 per cent year-on-year during the period. Consumption in the country’s rural areas also quickened, with the retail sales of consumer goods rising 0.9…