Behind the scene of organic business
Writer: By Chhai Kosal, Nop Sopheak and Oum Sina Improvement of Livelihood and Food Security of Landless and Land-Poor Households Despite of imbalance financial returns, organic business in Cambodia currently still keeps moving forward. In doing this organic business, Ms. Thlang Sovann Pisey, a director of Khmer Organic Cooperative (KOC) initially expected to get a …
Be My Guest, NBT World Thailand, 4 June 2017, Chemical pesticide use and promotion of integrated pest management in Viet Nam
Interview with Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, Senior Project Officer of ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems According to Mr. Binh, rice farmers in Viet Nam are quite conservative and have a long history on the use of chemical in agriculture. Because of the over application, pest becomes resistant, and farmers would have to apply more and more …
Food standards video is now available in seven ASEAN languages
Consumers increasingly want information and assurance about what they eat, but are often overwhelmed by the many different kinds of food standards. To explain food standards and why they are important for the ASEAN region in a concise and visual manner, the GIZ-supported project Standards in the Southeast Asian Food Trade (SAFT) produced a five-minute …
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Rice Today, 22 November 2017, The SRP in the Philippines: “We now know that we are eating safe rice”
Farmers who are considering adopting the SRP standard have already set their expectations of obtaining higher yield and a higher market price for their produce. Pilot testing of the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) standard in the province of Iloilo has shown Filipino farmers’ strengths in managing their farms in a sustainable manner as well as opportunities to …
Rice farmers in Viet Nam earn more income through the use of integrated pest management methods
Writer: Agriculture and Food Cluster Team Trained farmers in integrated pest management (IPM) are proved to make more profits in their rice production, according to a report from Plant Protection Department, Viet Nam. Integrate Pest Management in rice cultivation has been developed in Viet Nam 20 years ago which control pest based on the rice …