Indonesian cocoa production is likely to fall over 10 percent in the year to Sept 2018 following a deep slide in prices, a leading trader told Reuters. Asia’s biggest cocoa producer, will produce some 240,000 tons in 2017/18, down from 270,000 tons a year ago, Paul Davis, deputy head of cocoa at French commodity trader Sucden
Demand for the green smoothie mainstay has surged in Japan the past few years. In 2016, Japan imported 74,000 tons ($211m) of the fruit, up 2.5 times from a decade earlier. Mexico is the major supplier with 93 percent share followed by US, Newe Zealand, Peru and Chile. Demand has risen in other countries, too.
The University of Asia and the Pacific is pleased to invite you to its YEAR-END FOOD AND AGRI BUSINESS CONFERENCE with the theme “Sustainable Philippine Food and Agribusiness: How to shape the future?” This will be held on December 5, 2017 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the PLDT Hall, 4/F APEC Bldg, UA&P,
The Philippines and France have signed a cooperation agreement on agriculture that seeks to further intensify scientific and commercial exchanges between the two countries. According to the French Embassy in Manila, the agreement was signed by Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol and French Embassy Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Laurent Legodec at the conclusion of the French-Philippine Forum
Prof. Rolando T. Dy, Ph.D Executive Director, CFA-UA&P China imports from Vietnam is thriving. In 2016, it imported $383M of dragon fruit, $143M of longan, and $28M of lychee, $13M of bananas, and $32M of watermelons. There is a large volume of dried jackfruit imports but these are not well-recorded, as shown by the quantities
THE 17th Meeting of the Asean Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministers of Agriculture of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (17th AMAF Plus Three) was recently held in Brunei. They endorsed the Asean Plus Three Cooperation Strategy on Food, Agriculture and Forestry (APTCS) 2016-2025 to provide scope and joint action for
Soft drinks are the most popular drink consumed by Koreans, followed by coffee, a survey showed. The survey by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs revealed 26.8 percent picked soda as their most favored drink, trailed by coffee at 17.6 percent. Beverages for water supplement came next at 17.3 percent, followed by fruit beverages at
HÀ NỘI — Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vũ Văn Tám met with a Dutch company Jan Zandbergen and some partners exporting livestock products to the European Union. The Dutch rep said the EU currently imports the meat mainly from Brazil, Thailand and Ukraine. In 2017, the EU had demand for 950,000 tons of
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As the world’s biggest exporter of palm oil, Indonesia plans to increase production to 42 million tons by 2020 to maintain its global lead, according to a top industry player. Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (GAPKI) chairman Joko Supriyono said in New York on Wednesday that Indonesia had a lot of room to increase production,