Agriculture

High-tech, niche ideas for agribusiness

For most developing countries the agriculture sector is central as a major employer and generator of export earnings and GDP. Watch how new technologies and practices are being applied to solve old problems of increasing farm productivity: niche crops, seed improvement, contract farming for ethical producers, food safety, agri-drones and satellite sensing.

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Viet Nam shows how to integrate an agricultural value chain(3min)-- In 2010, Viet Nam launched a public–private partnership project called the Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture, which drew interest from big companies. The partnership successfully established training programs for farmers, which increased their productivity and income, and improved both crop quality and yield.

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