Setting up of strategic food grain banks or funds is important for D-8 countries
Bangladesh, one of the Developing 8 (D-8) member countries, is to propose the setting up of strategic food grain banks or funds to be activated in…

Bangladesh expects the vegetable production target to be surpassed as they provided supports to the farmers
A good number of Bangladeshi farmers of different parts of the district are very happy and dreaming of becoming economically solvent following bumper winter…

SG visited MayAgro Seeds, Turkey, to encourage them to take advantage as one of D-8 Seed Bank.
The world has been facing oil, food, and financial crisis.  The impacts to developing countries surely affect food security that may postpone the…

Indomie emerged as the Most Socially Responsible in Child Centered Corporate Social Responsibility at the 2nd Social Enterprise Reports and Awards (SERA) 2008 held in Lagos
Dufil Prima Foods, manufacturer of children’s favourite meal, Indomie Instant Noodles emerged the Most…

Poulterer Banvit confident of weathering financial crisis and emerging a winner.
The CEO of Bandırma Vitaminli Yem Sanayi A.Ş (Banvit) Ömer Görener
“We will expand our market share in 2009 and have no plans to lay off any of our…

The Bangladesh government cut down the fertiliser price to help farmers
The government today brought down the prices of non-urea fertilisers in a bid to help the farmers in the coming Boro season.
The price of TSP (triple super phosphate)…

Biofuel as an alternative source of energy
Malaysia has urged its private sector to work with its counterpart in Brazil in developing biofuel as an alternative source of energy.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Rais Yatim said with the abundant natural…

Indonesia is ready to export rice in 2009
Indonesia would be able to export rice next year to alleviate a global food crisis, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda told the Australian Parliament recently.
The planned export will be the country’s…

the 4th meeting the Working Group on Industrial Cooperation (WGIC) D-8 in Bali
Eight developing countries joined in the Group D-8 (Developing Countries) agreed to increase cooperation and trade industries, including creating food security (food security program) among member countries.…

According to an agricultural report drawn up by the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and submitted to the Prime Ministry, the country’s agricultural revenues increased by 80 percent between 2002 and 2007, showing the success of Turkey’s recent…