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November 5, 2020 10:39 AM
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CHINA: Why China developed a fresh taste for milk 

CHINA: Why China developed a fresh taste for milk  | ASIES | Scoop.it

For many generations, Chinese adults mostly ignored milk, seeing it as a food for children or the elderly. And there’s a biological reason why it took so long to catch on.

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November 5, 2020 9:48 AM
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ASIA: Asia’s future hangs on who wins US election

ASIA: Asia’s future hangs on who wins US election | ASIES | Scoop.it

There is little doubt that strategic competition with China will grow, and with it, greater confrontation between Washington and Beijing

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November 5, 2020 4:44 AM
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Indonesia’s ‘militarized agriculture’ raises social, environmental red flags

Indonesia’s ‘militarized agriculture’ raises social, environmental red flags | ASIES | Scoop.it
JAKARTA — Observers and activists have raised concerns about the leading role the Indonesian government plans to give to the military and to big corporations in a program to establish vast crop plantations across the country. The move appears to be part of a creeping rollback of Indonesia’s civilian democracy by the administration of President […]
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November 5, 2020 4:37 AM
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China inspects, quarantines imported seafood to ensure food safety: FM spokesperson - China.org.cn

China inspects, quarantines imported seafood to ensure food safety: FM spokesperson - China.org.cn | ASIES | Scoop.it

China on Monday said its customs imposes inspections and quarantines on imported seafood in accordance with the law, and permits clearance after establishing that goods conform with relevant standards to ensure food safety for Chinese consumers.

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November 2, 2020 5:42 AM
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Cheese bloc: India’s dairy farmers become hurdle to trade deals 

Cheese bloc: India’s dairy farmers become hurdle to trade deals  | ASIES | Scoop.it

Indian PM Modi reluctant to allow in foreign milk products due to dairy farmers’ opposition, sources tell Bloomberg.

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October 30, 2020 4:31 AM
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VIETNAM: sign $500 million deal to form 'Pork Consortium' 

VIETNAM: sign $500 million deal to form 'Pork Consortium'  | ASIES | Scoop.it

The Vietnam Trade Alliance, a grouping of buyers and producers, signed a pact on Wednesday to buy up to $500 million worth of American pork over three years, the U.S. embassy in Hanoi said on Wednesday.

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October 28, 2020 7:37 AM
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COMMERCE: Virtual expo taps China-Africa digital cooperation

COMMERCE: Virtual expo taps China-Africa digital cooperation | ASIES | Scoop.it

The pandemic has hurt trade across the globe, but it has also spurred new ways of conducting business and allowed the further embrace of digital technologies among major and developing economies, according to latest analyses.

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October 28, 2020 7:05 AM
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Boom and bust: Is China bowing out of Australian agriculture?

Boom and bust: Is China bowing out of Australian agriculture? | ASIES | Scoop.it

Has there been a change in sentiment since COVID-19? It is certainly more difficult for the Chinese to get money out of mainland China and it is more difficult to bring it into Australia with tightening Chinese financial regulations.

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October 28, 2020 6:58 AM
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CHINA: experiencing a drone 'revolution' in agriculture

CHINA: experiencing a drone 'revolution' in agriculture | ASIES | Scoop.it

While China is leading the way in military uses for drones, it is facing a revolution of sorts in another sector. 

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October 24, 2020 11:35 AM
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CHINE: Researchers unveil roadmap for a carbon neutral China by 2060

CHINE: Researchers unveil roadmap for a carbon neutral China by 2060 | ASIES | Scoop.it

Chinese president Xi Jinping told the UN general assembly on 22 September that China would achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. The announcement sparked a huge response and gave rise to speculation as to how this would be achieved. 

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October 24, 2020 10:47 AM
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ASIE: Drought and hunger drive Nepal farmers to India, defying Covid ban

ASIE: Drought and hunger drive Nepal farmers to India, defying Covid ban | ASIES | Scoop.it

When India imposed a strict lockdown to curb the pandemic, thousands of Nepalese migrant workers returned home across the border. But now they wish to go back illegally due to poverty.

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October 24, 2020 10:42 AM
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ASIE: How blockchain changes the game for smart cities of Cambodia

ASIE: How blockchain changes the game for smart cities of Cambodia | ASIES | Scoop.it

Phnom Penh & 2 other cities in Cambodia are using blockchain as the foundation of plans to enhance urban living and create smart cities.

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October 21, 2020 1:13 PM
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CHINE: Au cœur du commerce mondial des produits agricoles

CHINE: Au cœur du commerce mondial des produits agricoles | ASIES | Scoop.it

L’appétit de la Chine et de ses 1,4 milliard d’habitants pour les produits agricoles est croissant avec la hausse du pouvoir d’achat et l’urbanisation. Pour assurer sa sécurité alimentaire, la Chine doit avoir recours aux importations. En 2019, elle est devenue le premier importateur mondial de produits agricoles, surpassant à la fois les Etats-Unis et l’Europe, avec $133,1 milliard d’importation, montre le département américain de l’Agriculture (USDA).

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November 5, 2020 10:15 AM
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INDIA: Why Gandhi would have loved Modi’s new Agriculture Inc.

INDIA: Why Gandhi would have loved Modi’s new Agriculture Inc. | ASIES | Scoop.it

Perhaps the most exciting thing happening in the Indian economy today is a reimagining of its agriculture.

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November 5, 2020 9:45 AM
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AGRICULTURE: Just when Australia needs it, wheat farmers start bumper harvest

AGRICULTURE: Just when Australia needs it, wheat farmers start bumper harvest | ASIES | Scoop.it

For the past few years, crop machinery has sat idle in many Australian farm sheds as a devastating drought left almost nothing to harvest across the country's pancake-flat eastern wheatbelt.

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November 5, 2020 4:38 AM
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Japan's food industry grows hot with high-tech freezing

Japan's food industry grows hot with high-tech freezing | ASIES | Scoop.it
TOKYO -- A small shop located near Kajiwara Station along Tokyo's only streetcar line sells about 20 different kinds of bread, including milk bread, b
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November 3, 2020 3:36 AM
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China aims to reach 'new level' of prosperity by 2035

China aims to reach 'new level' of prosperity by 2035 | ASIES | Scoop.it

The Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee on Thursday adopted an economic plan for 2021 to 2025, along with an ambiguous target of becoming a global technology leader by 2035.

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November 1, 2020 1:08 PM
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FOOD: a Chinese tradition with modern twist 

FOOD: a Chinese tradition with modern twist  | ASIES | Scoop.it

Covid-19 has increased interest among China's consumers for functional food and the country's domestic manufacturers have reacted. How can international suppliers capitalise?

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October 30, 2020 4:30 AM
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USDA:  defends estimate of China corn imports, despite hot sales pace 

USDA:  defends estimate of China corn imports, despite hot sales pace  | ASIES | Scoop.it

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday defended its latest monthly forecast of China's corn imports, a figure that surprised analysts given that corn sales to China have already outpaced the USDA's estimate.

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October 28, 2020 7:16 AM
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COMMERCE: Les chênes des forêts françaises s'exportent en Chine... au détriment des scieries locales

COMMERCE: Les chênes des forêts françaises s'exportent en Chine... au détriment des scieries locales | ASIES | Scoop.it

Dans les forêts françaises se joue une guerre commerciale dont le roi des arbres, le chêne, est l'enjeu. Un quart de la production brute est désormais exporté vers l’Asie. Les nouveaux acheteurs, en majorité chinois, font monter les prix, et les scieries françaises peinent à s’aligner. Extrait de "Pièces à conviction" du 28 octobre 2020.

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October 28, 2020 7:02 AM
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ASIA: The Singaporean firm that aims to transform Asia's crayfish sector 

ASIA: The Singaporean firm that aims to transform Asia's crayfish sector  | ASIES | Scoop.it

Desmond Chow, the founder of Singapore Crawfish, is so convinced that crayfish aquaculture is ripe for investment that he’s spent the past two years, and considerable amounts of his own capital, developing a range of crayfish farming technologies and products, including specialized crayfish feed and high-tech integrated farming systems

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October 26, 2020 10:39 AM
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CHINE : le pays est appelé à jouer un rôle important dans la sécurité alimentaire mondiale

CHINE : le pays est appelé à jouer un rôle important dans la sécurité alimentaire mondiale | ASIES | Scoop.it
Selon un organe majeur des Nations Unies, la stabilité de la production et des prix alimentaires en Chine contribuera grandement à la sécurité alimentaire mondiale, qui a été remise en question par la pandémie de COVID-19 en cours.
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October 24, 2020 10:51 AM
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Tadjikistan et Kirghizistan : deux foyers d’incertitude aux portes de la Chine

Tadjikistan et Kirghizistan : deux foyers d’incertitude aux portes de la Chine | ASIES | Scoop.it

La Chine a commencé à s’intéresser véritablement au Tadjikistan (pays persanophone de près de 9 millions d’habitants) et au Kirghizistan (pays turcophone de près de 6 millions d’habitants) dans les années 1990, en raison de leurs ressources naturelles et de l’impératif de sécurisation de son espace proche au lendemain de l’effondrement de l’URSS. Depuis, son influence dans ces deux États avec qui elle partage des frontières communes n’a fait que croître.

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October 24, 2020 10:45 AM
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Agri-Tech Asia: These 9 sustainable startups are fixing our food systems

Agri-Tech Asia: These 9 sustainable startups are fixing our food systems | ASIES | Scoop.it

Here's our round-up of Asian startups and their disruptive food technologies they're bringing to the region's Agri-Food Summit next month.

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October 24, 2020 10:40 AM
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MYANMAR: At the crossroads of a tech-driven agriculture boom

MYANMAR: At the crossroads of a tech-driven agriculture boom | ASIES | Scoop.it

Now, with Myanmar's agriculture output on the rise and modernization efforts picking up, change is on the horizon – if not here already. 

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