Agriculture
UN warns of food shortages in Philippines
Filipino farmers face imminent financial hardship in the wake of super Typhoon Haiyan without further aid, the UN warned on November 26. Dominique Burgeon,...
Palm oil exports from Indonesia rise 11%
Palm old shipments from Indonesia advanced in September 2013 for the first time in four months on reduced supplies of substitutes, boosting demand for...
Next in line: Thai maize farmers stage protest
After protests and street rallies by rice and rubber farmers in Thailand, the next group is maize farmers that demand that the government raises...
Singapore’s urban farming industry blossoms
Urban farming is taking root in Singapore as the city-state’s wealthy, cosmopolitan population discovers the joys of growing their own vegetables.
Green Valley Farm started...
GM rice field destroyed by activists in the Philippines
Last week a large group of activists and farmers in the Philippines raided a government facility and destroyed a 1000 square meter field of...
Forest fire haze: Still no effective solution
The suffocating smog that much of Southeast Asia suffered through in June is back. Last week it started to again blanket much of Malaysia,...
Philippines: Poultry with prospects
An interview with San Miguel Pure Foods' president Rita Palabyab
Vietnam is the world’s top pepper exporter
Vietnam defended its title as the world's top pepper exporter, with 85,000 tonnes of pepper worth $554 million shipped abroad in the first six...
UAE scopes out Philippine poultry
A UAE mission including halal inspectors recently took a tour of the Philippines to visit poultry plants just weeks after a ban on meats...
Intellectual property mixed within our meals
How many times have you sat down for dinner and thought about intellectual property (IP) rights? Never, probably. But the food you eat contains...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...