Vegetable project to help Marawi recovery
ENTREPRENEURSHIP advocacy group Go Negosyo has set up a pilot vegetable growing project in the province of Lanao del Sur to provide sustainable livelihood...
Japan beef imports may hit 17-year high
JAPAN’S beef purchases are set to climb this year as growing demand for affordable meat counters the first rise in import duties in 14...
Thanks to Trump, more US milk will be coming from robots
THE ROBOTS are coming — this time, to a dairy farm near you.
It wasn’t long ago that cow-milking robots were a novelty in the...
Halal accreditation to expand in 2018 to attract more businesses
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it wants to increase the Philippines’ 5% share of the growing global market for halal products...
Fish sauce makes Vietnam billionaire’s fortune
FOR VIETNAMESE consumer tycoon Nguyen Dang Quang, placing his fish sauce and other “must-have” condiments in the kitchen shelves of just about every home...
Ghana considers pay cut for cocoa farmers as prices stay low
GHANA’S GOVERNMENT will consider cutting the price it pays to cocoa farmers because a slump that started more than a year ago shows little...
Davao’s Sagrex Foods developing Middle East frozen plantain market
DAVAO CITY-BASED Sagrex Foods, Inc. is investing about $1 million in a facility that will export frozen plantain, a variety of cooking banana known...
PHL plans to import 250,000 tons of rice to raise stocks
THE PHILIPPINES, one of the world’s top rice buyers, plans to import 250,000 tons of rice as soon as possible to boost thinning stockpiles,...
PCIC to further develop weather-index products, seeking USAID deal
THE Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) hopes to explore an agreement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to further develop a...
Big push for halal products in Gulf states
THE Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will be developing more halal food products for export to markets...
Food price slump may relieve inflation concerns at central banks worldwide
FOR ALL THE WORRY about soaring oil and metals prices fueling inflation, consumers may at least catch a break at the dinner table.
Globally, food...