Chocolate forests: Can cocoa help restore the Amazon?
NEW YORK/MEDICILÂNDIA, Brazil -- For years, Valdomiro Facchi has made a living ranching on land carved from the Amazon rainforest. He’s a small player...
Another trade war looming with US over Spanish olives
THE US FLAG still flutters next to others in front of the AgroSevilla factory, the world’s biggest exporter of black olives based in southern...
Halal exports hampered by lack of harmonization
THE Philippine Food Processors and Exporters Organization, Inc. (Philfoodex) wants unified halal certification rules to make it easier for products to be globally accepted.
Philfoodex...
Indonesia’s salt spat gives industry a shake
JAKARTA -- Indonesia’s efforts to protect farmers from imports have sometimes gone spectacularly wrong, creating shortages of staples such as rice and beef, and...
Halal accreditation delayed over failure to harmonize standards
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that the accreditation of halal-certifying bodies has been delayed due to a failure to harmonize standards.
Bureau...
China still considering curbs on US soybean imports, association says
BEIJING -- China is still considering import curbs on US soybeans in retaliation for moves by Washington to impose trade tariffs, US Soybean Export...
Bats give French winegrowers a helping hand in moth war
HUNGRY MOTHS are the bane of French wine growers’ lives due to their ferocious ability to feast on vines, but producers have discovered an...
Agriculture trade deficit widens in Q4
By Ranier Olson R. Reusora
Researcher
THE TRADE DEFICIT in agricultural commodities widened in the fourth quarter of 2017, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.
Data from...
Bunge struggles to sell sugar trading operation
LONDON -- Bunge is struggling to sell its sugar trading operations, according to two sources familiar with the matter, frustrating the 200-year-old agricultural merchant’s...
Cotabato province hopes to revive rubber industry with trading posts
COTABATO — The provincial government of Cotabato, which is aiming to be one of the country’s top producers and exporters of natural rubber-based products...
World Bank highlights need to address agri-based pollution
THE WORLD BANK said governments should develop ways to measure agriculture-based pollution as well as provide incentives to farmers to minimize their impact on...
As trade tensions mount, China soybean buyers looking for Plan B
BEIJING — Chinese buyers of soybeans, the United States’ biggest agricultural export to the country, are quietly drawing up contingency plans to ensure supplies...