BlueNalu, a California-based company that develops cell-cultured seafood products, has announced the signing of two different memorandums of understanding (MoU) with Mitsubishi Corporation and Thai Union. Both agreements are designed to assess market development...
Irish taste and nutrition company Kerry Group has announced plans to invest EUR 30 million (USD 36.2 million) to build a manufacturing facility in Karawang, Indonesia. Construction has started, and the plant is scheduled to be operational in late 2022. The new...
Singapore’s Future Ready Food Safety Hub (FRESH) was jointly launched by Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore), Singapore Food Agency (SFA), and the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR). FRESH is set up to drive research and build...
The Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) under the Department of Agriculture has given conditional registration to two products of Syngenta Philippines, namely the Alika 247 ZC and the Match 050 EC, allowing it to be applied to crops with the use of drones. The...
Despite Covid-19’s impact in the first quarter of 2021, Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports value showed positive growth of 6.1% year-on-year, reaching USD 944 million. In addition to the increasing turnover, there was also a greater diversification in...
German pharmaceutical and agricultural firm Bayer has built a second vegetable farm in the Philippines in line with its push for sustainable farming. Situated beside Southville 7 in Barangay Dayap in Calauan, Laguna, the 2,200-square meter farm is intended to support...
Agro-industrial and food conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CP Foods) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chiang Mai University to develop insect-based protein from black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens). According to Dr. Pairat Srichana, Senior...
Milk manufacturer PT Frisian Flag Indonesia (FFI) has begun developing a new production facility worth IDR 3.8 trillion (USD 264.6 million) at the Cikarang industrial district, West Java. The unit of Dutch manufacturer Friesland Campina BV plans to produce liquid milk...
The Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM), which is the agency responsible for overseas halal certification in Malaysia, has released a draft of the Malaysia Procedure for the Recognition of Foreign Halal Certification Bodies (FHCB) 2021, as a measure to...
High tech shrimp farming is gaining traction in Vietnam. For instance, the province of Bac Lieu, in the Mekong Delta, recently revealed plans to expand super – intensive shrimp farming. The province is one of the Vietnam’s key areas for the farming of shrimp,...
Singapore’s first commercialized vertical farm company Sky Urban Solutions has launched a new micro-farming system that combines aquaculture, vertical vegetable farming, and customizable spaces for storage. The company uses minimal land, water and energy...
The Departments of Agriculture (DA), Transportation (DOTr), and Energy (DOE) joined forces to provide farming and fishing communities in the Philippines access to refrigerated container vans or reefer vans. This is expected to benefit both producers and consumers. On...
