The Bangkok Post recently reported that Thailand’s Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry intends to commence a drone project for communities nationwide with the goal of facilitating the adoption of smart farming solution. At the same time, the initiative aims at...
The US government, through the US Commercial Service, sent its first Agricultural Technology Trade Mission to Davao City and Manila to explore trade and investment opportunities that will help support the resiliency of the Philippine agricultural supply chain. Nine...
According to the city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is planning to develop sustainable urban agricultural production by applying modern technologies for at least 70% of its farmland by 2030. Statistics show that the...
Food company Bella Bulgaria and Indonesian firm Garuda Mitra Utama (GMU) signed a cooperation agreement during the Indonesia-Europe Business Forum in Jakarta. The Bulgarian-Indonesian investment is worth USD 72 million in total. USD 34 million will be destined to raw...
Toray Industries recently announced an investment of over USD 8 million in Thai entity Cellulosic Biomass Technology Co., Ltd. in order to upgrade cellulosic sugar production for fibers, resins, and films derived from inedible biomass. Toray Industries is a...
The United States government launched its first agricultural e-commerce platform in the Philippines through the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Philippine’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Nueva Ecija...
Dutch company Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) and Polish specialist Instanta Sp. z o.o. (Instanta) have officially launched ILD Coffee Vietnam, a freeze-dried instant coffee production facility situated in Binh Duong province, Vietnam. This venture boasts an annual output...
Petronas’s education arm, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) and Malaysian Kuwaiti Investment Co Sdn Bhd (MKIC) have collaborated on the ‘Optimization of Biomass Waste-to-Wealth’ project in Sabah, which aims to explore the use of biomass from palm oil...
RegenX, headquartered in Singapore, has successfully secured USD 500,000 in pre-seed funding from Wavemaker Impact, a venture capital firm specializing in climate tech solutions. RegenX’s core mission revolves around regenerative agriculture, with a central goal...
Private equity firm Growtheum Capital Partners just announced a strategic partnership with PT ABC Kogen Dairy. KIN Dairy is a vertically integrated dairy manufacturer producing yogurt and milk products under the brand “KIN” and also operates one of the largest and the...
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has just launched the Aquatic Animal Health Services (AAHS). The service aims to help aquaculture farms prevent and control diseases that can affect the survival and growth rate of aquatic animals and impact harvests. SFA has engaged...
The industrial park and real estate logistics developer and operator arm of Ayala Corporation, AyalaLand Logistics Holdings Corporation (ALLHC), is placing a significant bet on its cold storage facilities as it seeks to increase its capacity by at least four times its...
