The reputation of China's domestic dairy industry has been badly damaged by production-related scandals and despite demand, farmers have turned to dumping milk and slaughtering cows to cut their losses.
The World Bank will increase lending towards development of weather prediction tools for Kenyan small holders, officials said on Tuesday.
Most Thai rice farmers are used to producing rice for a living on a permanent basis and cannot turn to doing any occupation other than the rice-growing business, said a leading farmer on Monday.
Kenya's flower farms on Friday threatened to relocate to neighbouring countries after talks between EU and East Africa Community (EAC) collapsed and thus attracted taxes in accessing European markets.
For the past 50 years, Hu Shaobai has been toiling on a piece of farmland, planting rice and rapeseed. "Finally I can get a rest," he said, as he has recently transferred the land to an e-commerce company.
The State Minister for Resources and Energy Anthony Roberts on Thursday condemned the intimidation of a farmer and his family by extremist groups in rural New South Wales (NSW).
Overdue payments for rice-pledging scheme remained a big headache for Thai caretaker government as Yingluck's cabinet has failed to seek loans.
The Thai government on Tuesday agreed to promptly review last week's decision to cut the rice price by 100 U.S. dollars a ton in response to protesting farmers.
Cambodia's National Assembly on Thursday adopted a law on farmers' cooperatives in order to support government policies in bolstering the agricultural sector, particularly paddy production and milled rice exports.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday that Japan intends to join in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade liberalization talks.
China included farmers' property rights into its government report for the first time on Tuesday - which could give them more protection against land grabs in the countryside.
Agriculture has supported China's development for thousands of years. Yet, the recent years have seen factory workers' wages outpacing farmers' and expanding Gini coefficient index between rural and urban population, calling for more efforts to boost the development of rural areas.
An average of 20,000 Chinese families buy farm produce online every day. Online shopping is becoming a new and promising way on consumption
China's farming market is undergoing changes in the digital era, while farmers open stores online, riding on people's rising demand of original and healthy food products.
Thailand's rice program remained one of the country's most heated issues in 2012, triggering charges and counter-charges among government officials and critics from the opposition but getting unequivocal support from Thai farmers.
China will look to improve farmers' income growth and reduce obstacles in agricultural development next year, in a bid to boost vitality in rural areas, according to an annual conference.
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