Agriculture/farming

French wine harvest set to hit historic low

This latest decline is down not just to hot weather, but also a reduction in cultivated areas.

Thailand asks firms to cut egg exports after flood losses

Thailand has asked companies to cut egg exports until December 2026.

Purple reign: Philippines seeks to keep grip on ube throne

Ube was a staple of Philippine gardens as long as 5,000 years ago, boiled and eaten by families as a substitute to rice when their provisions ran out.

Ex-UN director who protested Gaza famine challenges his dismissal

Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen after the global hunger monitor, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), said that Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine that will likely spread, in Gaza City, August 28, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

S’pore’s fourth egg farm, set to produce Japanese eggs, breaks ground after four-year delay

Minister of Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu (second from right) and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and the Environment Goh Hanyan (right) viewing the scale model of the DoMo farm on Sept 29.

Japan veers from rice shortage to glut, dealing blow to farmers

Farmers, who depend on rice for livelihood, face challenges such as weather extremes, rising costs for machinery and lower prices for their product.

Ukraine expects no Black Sea ceasefire in coming months

Attacks on commercial vessels have multiplied in recent months as the Russia-Ukraine war has spilled into the Black Sea.

Rising coffee prices drive search for substitutes in Japan

Brown rice decaf is among the new beverages that recreates coffee’s distinctive roasted flavour as a coffee substitute.

Raccoons spread into Japanese cities as farm damage mounts

Raccoons caused 84.06 million yen worth of crop damage in Osaka Prefecture in fiscal 2024.

Letter From Guizhou

That matcha in your cup? It probably didn’t come from Japan

The Gui Tea plantation is one of the largest matcha farms in China’s Guizhou province, which is known as the matcha capital of China.

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