The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is providing funds worth US$32.7mn for the production of the third phase of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)'s stress tolerant rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA) over a period of five years
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has developed an irrigation technique called alternate wetting and drying (AWD) that can cut down water use in producing rice by 25 per cent
The Philippines department of agriculture (DA) has signed a deal with South Korea allowing increased local corn and feedstock exports
Malaysia will see a 10 per cent rise in pepper exports in 2014 compared to last year, plantation industries and commodities minister announced
Filipino farmers have to diversify their crops to make the agricultural sector more resilient to climate change, World Bank said
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