Agriculture/farming

Vietnamese coffee farmers ride China’s durian wave

Vietnam’s durian exports are expected to reach US$4 billion (S$5.1 billion) in 2026, up from US$180 million in 2021.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Aug 29, 2026

Nepali military personnel evacuating a pregnant woman during rescue operations at Trishuli camp in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on Aug 28, 2026.

Trump vows legal order to break up ‘nasty monopoly’ in US food processing

Packages of meat are seen at a supermarket in Houston, Texas, on Aug 11, 2026.

France eases cow diets as cheesemakers sweat

The summer’s drought, which affected 95 per cent of mainland France in July, has left normally rich pastures dry and bare.

As US border reopens to Mexican cattle, concerns persist over screwworm spread

A view of the larval growth area during a media tour following the opening of a sterile fly production plant, a key step to contain the cross-border spread of the New World screwworm and its impact on cattle trade, in Metapa de Dominguez, Chiapas, Mexico, June 27, 2026. REUTERS/Damian Sanchez

Matcha, with a twist of Assam: India enters the global matcha production line

Chota Tingrai’s tea bushes. The section on the right with additional shading produces tea leaves used to make matcha at this tea estate in India’s Assam state.

‘Ray of hope’: Gaza seed bank rebuilds after wartime destruction

The Al Qarara Seed Bank in Deir el-Balah is rebuilding its stocks of Gaza’s heirloom seeds that were destroyed during the Israel-Hamas war.

Japan’s farmers go nocturnal as deadly heat intensifies

Motoaki Iijima, owner of the Nikko Engei flower farm, harvests gerbera flowers inside an illuminated greenhouse at night in Nikko, Japan, on Aug 8.

Monsoon rain submerges villages, fields in Myanmar

Residents travel by boat through floodwaters in Wetlet, Myanmar.

Japan defence minister visits contentious Yasukuni Shrine to war dead

Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi visits at Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two, in Tokyo, Japan, August 15, 2026, in this photo taken by Kyodo Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS

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