Food security deteriorating in conflict-hit Mideast, Africa 鈥 UN
FOOD SECURITY in the Middle East and North Africa 鈥渋s fast deteriorating鈥 because of conflicts in countries from Syria to Yemen, the United Nation鈥檚...
End of 47-year Japan rice program signals ramen wheat boost
THE END of Japan鈥檚 four decades of rice market control could be good news for noodle lovers.
That鈥檚 because rice farmers may plant alternative crops...
Florida orange industry hit by hurricane, disease
HIT by Hurricane Irma and a citrus ailment known as 鈥淵ellow Dragon Disease,鈥 Florida orange growers are bracing for potentially the worst harvest in...
Russia eyes Saudi wheat market dominated by European suppliers
MOSCOW is lobbying Saudi Arabia to open its rapidly growing market to Russian wheat, giving it another destination to offload a record harvest and...
鈥楥hocolate capital鈥 title for Davao City pushed in Senate
DAVAO CITY 鈥 The Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao (CIDAMI) has asked Senator Cynthia A. Villar, who chairs the Senate committee on agriculture...
Hurricanes, heat waves, fires ravaged planet this year
FIERCE HURRICANES, heat waves, floods and wildfires ravaged the planet in 2017, as scientists said the role of climate change in causing or worsening...
Belgian company in talks to buy US fruit giant Dole
BELGIAN FRUIT and vegetable company Greenyard said Tuesday it was in advanced negotiations to buy US giant Dole, one of the world鈥檚 leading producers...
California may usurp Florida as US orange king
IT鈥橲 BEEN A miserable few years for Florida鈥檚 orange crop. And now to add insult to injury, California is gearing up to steal the...
Villar urges more extensive coconut-cacao intercropping
DAVAO CITY 鈥 The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and cacao industry stakeholders should strengthen links to maximize the potential of existing coconut farms for...
Coffee glut鈥檚 fate hinges on whether growers keep products from market
HOANG THI THOM, a coffee grower in no. 2 producer Vietnam, isn鈥檛 keen to sell this year鈥檚 harvest.
With prices for the robusta coffee she...
Meat taxes seen joining carbon, sugar to help curb emissions
MOVE OVER, taxes on carbon and sugar: the global levy that may be next is meat.
Some investors are betting governments around the world will...
Davao expands partnership with Japanese city to agri ventures
DAVAO CITY 鈥 Davao and its Japanese sister city Kitakyushu will be exploring cooperation in agribusiness, particularly in cacao and eel farming, as an...