Vietnamese lychee and other fruits are subject to high air freight fee when exported to other countries. Photo by AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam

The shipping fee per kilogram of fruit can be three times higher than the price at farmer’s garden.

Several cheap and common Vietnamese herbs and fruits are instead sold at high prices in foreign markets.

Shiso

Shisho, a common Vietnamese herb, could be sold for VND500-700 per leaf (2-3 cent) in Japan, used mostly by restaurants to wrap...

A trader wait amongst baskets containing fresh produce on sale at a wholesale market in downtown Hanoi. Photo by AFP

Reliance on China for agricultural exports has hurt Vietnamese farmers and businesses.

Vietnam should expand its agricultural exports to other...

A cooperative project between Vietnam and Japan has helped set up the Basic GAP process for safe vegetable production, which gives farmers simpler technical requirements.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will ban all imports of U.S. food products as well as fruit and vegetables from the European Union after President Vladimir Putin ordered retaliation for Western sanctions against Moscow, a state news agency reported on Wednesday.

June's inaugural GreenTech show highlighted the latest developments in glasshouse systems and equipment, Gavin McEwan reports.

Applications are invited for fellowships to pursue a Master programme in Montpellier, France, as specialization in plant biology and plant breeding within either one of two curricula:

•      University of Montpellier, Master Biologie Agrosciences (www.biopmbb.univ-montp2.fr), BP track (Biologie des Plantes), or
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