Cuba has let farmland to a foreign company for the first time since the revolution in 1959. But can a Vietnamese investor help rescue the island’s struggling agriculture — and feed a nation in crisis?...
The Russia–Ukraine conflict and recent tensions in the Middle East have major implications for the world’s agricultural, food, and fertiliser markets. Global markets are reacting, and crude oil prices are climbing. This conflict has caused...
Growth in hybrid seeds is essential for a resilient and sustainable growth in the agriculture sector. However, in India the use of good quality seeds is way below optimal level. To scale up the usage...
The recent proposal by the US president Donald Trump to impose reciprocal tariff to counter foreign trade barriers on US goods has unsettled emerging markets, including India. India is one of the major contributors to...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to address several challenges in agriculture. However, to reap the gains it is also important to strengthen the ecosystem. Government support in terms of financial incentives for integrating advanced...
Young people are lured to the cities with the promise of more money and entertainment. This in turn leaves traditional farms short of workers — and Japan potentially short of food. Keiko Ishii admits to...
The EU wants to champion “green agriculture” in Southeast Asia. But limited trade relations, regulatory nightmares and distrust could stymie it. As manufacturing and tourism collapsed in the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, several Southeast Asian governments...
The war in Ukraine has made wheat farming and export difficult. So local farmers are turning to oil-producing plants instead. The government plans to build an innovative pipeline into Poland to help them. In seven...
Colombia’s president-elect Gustavo Petro will take up his office on August 7th. He is trying to bring together a coalition of politicians to make sure he can get through his economic, tax and land reforms....
Farm laborers from Asia flock to the European country known for its booming agricultural exports. The workers are often brought by gangs of traffickers and are forced to endure inhumane living conditions. They look like...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been shown to play an important role in promoting economic growth, raising a country’s technological level, and creating new employment in developing countries (Chaudhary, 2016). In the current scenario, when many countries are...
Global trade uncertainty as COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy can lead to painful consequences across all sectors. As per the World Trade Organisation (WTO), global trade is expected to fall by between 13% and...
