Agriculture & Aquaculture

British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced that it will step up its sourcing of tobacco leaves from the Philippines by doubling purchases to 3.6...

Malaysian palm oil reached more than a three-month high in exports in late January 2013 due to dry weather in main soy-producing areas in...

The World Bank in its latest "Food Price Watch" report released on November 29 said that a "new norm" of costlier food was setting...

Thailand's push to reach a rice pact with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam faces headwinds as it remains unclear how the countries can reach...

The continued dispute about the new Myanmar investment law is unsettling investors and has sparked concerns that foreign companies might reconsider entering the country...

Global consumer goods giants Nestlé and Procter & Gamble are set to open new factories in Indonesia to capitalise on rising demand attributable to...

Agribusiness in the Philippines is set to benefit from the construction of high-grade slaughterhouses in Luzon, with similar facilities slated for the Visayas and...

Food security is becoming a pressing issue in the Asia-Pacific region, global agribusiness company Syngenta said at the World Economic Forum in Bangkok. Syngenta...

Saudi Arabia and Turkey are set to announce a joint partnership to increase food production exports in Turkey to be sent to the kingdom. ...