Rising saltwater intrusion in the Vietnam Mekong Delta threatens the survival of its signature crops, like the king of fruits durian, jeopardizing the region’s agricultural heritage and livelihoods, experts have said. “Saltwater intrusion is penetrating deeper, and durian and rambutan are among the fruit trees least tolerant to salinity in the Vietnam Mekong Delta region,”…
By: Genevieve Donnellon-May Hun Manet, the new Cambodia prime minister and son of the previous prime minister and former military general Hun Sen, recently announced the implementation of a new strategic policy for local agriculture development. Under the new policy, the national government aims for Cambodia to become one of the world’s top ten agriculture-producing…
Yum Brands-owned KFC Thailand announces it is working with Meat Zero to create new plant-based fried chicken menus to be initially served at two KFC Green Stores in Thailand. Thai pork and poultry giant Charoen Pokphand Foods PLC (CPF), Thailand’s largest agro-industrial food business, unveiled MEAT ZERO this May with goals of becoming the top…
TOKYO — Japanese trading house Itochu has begun full-scale sales in Japan of plant-based frozen precooked “chicken” products from Thailand’s biggest conglomerate, Charoen Pokphand Group. In cooperation with Itochu group company Prima Meat Packers and other partners, Itochu is selling the plant-based chicken, including nuggets and Japanese-style cutlets, at supermarkets and online shopping sites, through which…
Poised to reinvent the Vietnam culinary and beverage sector with its trailblazing, cost-effective approach to product development, Bloom. represents a dynamic leap forward for the industry. The event was attended by high-profile representatives, including Sweden’s Ambassador to Vietnam Ann Måwe, Pham Hong Quat, director-general of the National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation, along with…
Climate change might make growing produce indoors via vertical farming a necessity. But despite taking in more than a billion dollars in venture capital investment, most companies in the industry seem to be failing, unable to turn a profit on lettuce in a bubble that seems to be bursting. When workers arrived at Fifth Season,…
SHAH ALAM: Sirim Bhd is working towards increasing jackfruit exports globally by commercialising the fruit as a meat substitute. President and chief executive officer Datuk Dr Ahmad Sabirin Arshad said that based on demand from Europe, the fruit had been accepted as an alternative to meat by people on a vegetarian diet. “As part of…
Jackfruit or Artocarpus heterophyllus, the spiky, green, bulky fruit is a common sight in the backyard of almost every household on the south coast of India. When ripe and cut open, its yellow, fleshy and stringy interior wafts a very intense tropical smell. Besides being unique in their look and smell, they are also known…
Lyndal Hugo is a scientist and entrepreneur with a knack for metaphor. This is how she describes the difference between using microbes in hydroponics and deploying them in her Orlar vertical horticulture system, where they grow on rocks.“Just imagine you’re a microbe,” she says. “You’ve been thrown into a river, and you spend all day…
Tyson yesterday (1 June) unveiled a range of three plant-based meat products featuring bamboo fibre, soy protein and wheat protein. The company is selling the products under a new brand, First Pride. Tyson said it will initially sell the nuggets, bites and strips in Malaysia. It plans to “roll them out to other markets in…
