Agriculture/farming

Letter From Dak Lak

Beyond bitter: Vietnam brews a new image for robusta, one sip at a time

Aeroco’s owner Le Dinh Tu drinking coffee with visitors at the cafe on his farm near Ea Kao Lake in Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam’s coffee capital in Dak Lak province, on June 30.

Tractors out, oxen in for fuel-starved Cuban farms

Farmers ride an ox cart along a street in Bauta, Artemisa province, Cuba, on June 27.

Japan government urges use of rice flour amid slump in consumption of staple

The Japanese government is encouraging the use of rice flour to make sweets as a way of expanding how the dietary staple is consumed.

Locally grown vegetables from at least 3 S’pore farms to be taken off FairPrice shelves

The decision highlights the tussle between providing customers with the best value for money products, and the national effort to support local growers.

Japan registers its tea under protection system to curb imitation products

The new designation for Japanese tea applies broadly to all green tea cultivated and processed domestically.

Chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut does not expect repeat of cocoa crisis despite El Nino

The firm supplies key chocolate players such as Nestle or Hershey.

EU launching probe into allegations that China is dumping Pekin duck meat

EU producers filed the complaint in May, citing factors such as China’s intervention in the poultry sector.

Farmer jailed for 16 years in Italy for abandoning injured Indian worker

Mr Satnam Singh, who was working without legal papers, was cutting hay when his arm was sliced off by a machine.

Brazil implements new regulations for meat exports to EU, Globo Rural reports

Pieces of meat are stocked inside a refrigerator at a butcher shop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 31, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

NATO project tests perennial grass to clean Ukraine’s war-hit soil

Under a NATO-sponsored project, a university is working to study whether a certain strain of grass, the giant miscanthus, could remove pollutants like oil products, explosives, and trace elements from the soil.

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