The National Strategic Committee on Country Competitiveness aims to push Thailand to become a super power in the global agriculture market. The committee has completed and handed over its first draft to the National Economic and Social Development Board, the state think-tank, said committee chairman Sathit. Sathit says Thailand has a comparative advantage in the
Asia is expected to be the biggest engine of growth in the grocery market, exceeding the sales of Europe and North America combined in five years, according to the UK-based research organization Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD). The organization also said that the drivers of global growth include inflation, population, and rising incomes. According to
China will complete its product quality traceability system by 2020, which will include key products such as farm produce, food, medicine, special equipment, dangerous materials and rare earth. The system will provide important information including sources, destinations and accountable persons in reinforcing product quality and safety. It is expected that the system will raise quality
Costa Rica will close this year with a record in banana exports, both in volume and in revenues. Jorge Sauma, the general manager of the National Banana Corporation, expects total exports by the end of 2017 to have reached about 125 million boxes [of 18.14 kilograms each]. It is also estimated that -for the first
The year 2017 could have proven itself as one of the memorable years for the agriculture sector in the early years of the Duterte administration. For one, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is still on its quest to achieve rice self-sufficiency for the Filipinos. And this year might be one of the closest years that
THE Department of Agriculture (DA), together with the National Food Authority (NFA) and the Philippine Maize Federation, Inc. (PhilMaize), targets for a healthier and more practical staple food as they launched Bigas-Mais Blend at Sasa Wharf last week. “The rice and white corn combo is a healthier choice for the rice-eating Filipinos as corn contains
Thai Beverage Pcl is doubling down on Vietnam after it partnered with a local company to buy a $4.8 billion stake in the country’s largest brewer, a key step for the company controlled by billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi as it seeks to dominate Southeast Asia’s beverage market. Vietnam Beverage, the local unit which ThaiBev holds a stake in, said
Nutrition scientists must not be “pilloried” for working with industry on research projects that could lead to advances in public health and a reduction in obesity, a leading academic in the field has argued. Original article can be accessed here: https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2017/11/30/Food-scientist-industry-link-attacks-unfair-says-professor
Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science have been working on the development of new varieties of fruits and vegetables, with unusual colors but with additional nutritional values. These scientists created colorful fruits and vegetables after introducing beetroot genes into tomatoes and eggplants. These purple-red vegetables have additional nutritional value. They contain about 60% more
“A newly study from the Global Coffee Platform provides a broad outline for improving farmer incomes throughout the global coffee sector through yield improvements, quality improvements, training, and empowering women farmers, among other opportunities. The study, described by the group as a “scan” of the current and potential conditions in 11 key coffee-producing countries, was