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From mango orchards to consumers: Value chain analysis makes sure we all get our juicy bits
Writer: ASEAN Sustainable Agrofood Systems Vietnam Team Vietnamese participants learned how they were linked in a value chain of mango to understand their roles and relations in developing mango production in Vietnam. Twenty actors in the value chain of mango participating in a one-day workshop “Value Chain Analysis of Mango” in Dong Thap Province included …
What does the Philippines want for sustainable plant industry?
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems Interview with Chief of Crop Pest Management Division Ms. Wilima Cuaterno talks to ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems about the agriculture sector in the Philippines, challenges, and necessary supports. Agriculture sector in the Philippines “Agriculture is the backbone of the Philippine economy. Rice is the most important crop since …
Food Standard for ASEAN: VDO launched
https://www.youtube.com/embed/_dy6qG0BV_U 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 …
Mid-season rice area and irrigated rice yield forecast 2016: Thailand
BULLETIN – Thailand, 2016 Wet Season – Volume 1 Mid-season rice area and irrigated rice yield forecast for the 2016 Main Wet Season in Thailand Rice area progression in the early stage of the 2016 Wet Season (as of mid of July 2016) in Thailand is presented in this report. The rice …
ICTs in agriculture: Option for solutions
Writer: Wannipa Soda, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems “Setting in place a national e-agriculture strategy is an essential first step for any country planning on using ICTs for agriculture” The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Telecommunication Union (TIU), together with support from partners including the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA), …
Public-Private Partnership cooperation on sustainable pepper initiative project in Vietnam kicked off
Writer: Nguyen Thanh Binh, Senior Project Officer, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS) Over the last three decades, pepper cultivation has expanded rapidly in the southern and central regions of Vietnam. Today, the country is the world’s largest producer and exporter of pepper. But, the misuse of chemical products leads to high production costs and …
Food Security in ASEAN: VDO
Despite recent progress in achieving food security, over 60 million people in Southeast Asia remain hungry or malnourished. Watch Suriyan Vichitlekarn, a Senior Regional Advisor at GIZ’s ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood, explain the food security situation in the region. See the entire video on the ‘Food and Our Future: Sustainable Food Systems in Southeast Asia’ free …
Myanmar experts push ASEAN Guidelines on Soil and Nutrient Management
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems About 40 national experts in Myanmar recently gathered in the 2nd Meeting of National Soil and Nutrient Management (SNM) Expert Group for ASEAN Guidelines on Soil and Nutrient Management in Yangon, Myanmar on 25 August 2016. The Meeting aimed to discuss soil and nutrient issues in the country …
Standard is needed to lift Thailand’s agrifood trade, says exporter
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems The outbreak of fatal mad cow disease found in red meat and other dairy products in 1999 in Belgium had fired up the food safety issue among the consumers not only in Europe, but around the world. This effected directly to Thai exporters and manufacturers, who export products …