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Urea imports rise three-fold last year
03-07-2017 00:00:00
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According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam spent US$1.43 billion importing 4.56 million tons of fertilizer products last year, up 15% and 20% against 2014 respectively.
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Earths soils could play key role in locking away greenhouse gases
03-07-2017 00:00:00
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[phys.org - April 6, 2016] The world's soils could store an extra 8 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases, helping to limit the impacts of climate change, research suggests.
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Flood crisis threatens to kill Vietnam’s rice bowl
03-07-2017 00:00:00
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The Mekong Delta makes up 55.5 percent of the country’s annual rice output. Shortage of floods has resulted in a hefty 50 percent decrease in sediment deposited in the Mekong Delta each year, causing Vietnam’s largest delta to face serious subsidence and likely disappearance in the future.
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Mekong Delta urged to restructure agricultural sector
05-09-2016 00:00:00
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Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Comission Vuong Dinh Hue has stressed the urgent need to promote the restructuring of agriculture for strong and sustainable development in the Mekong Delta
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International Workshop on Innovation in Biomass Resources Use: Biomass to Biochar
05-09-2016 00:00:00
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The Food and Fertilizer Technology Center for the Asian and Pacific Region (FFTC/ASPAC) in collaboration with Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute (SFRI) are organizing International workshop on Biochar
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Luc Ngan lychee to be offered in the Japanese market
05-09-2016 00:00:00
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For less dependent on the Chinese market, farmers in Hong Giang commune are trying to export lychee to Japan.
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International workshop on Sustainable management of coffee plantations in Asia
05-09-2016 00:00:00
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On November 13-14, The Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute (SFRI) organized a workshop entitled “Sustainable management of coffee plantations in Asia (India, Thailand, Vietnam)”, sponsored by RPP-SELTAR project from the Institute for Research and Development (IRD) – France
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2015 International Year of Soils
04-05-2016 00:00:00
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has been nominated to implement the IYS 2015, within the framework of the Global Soil Partnership and in collaboration with Governments and the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
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Fertiliser demand to rise 700,000 tonnes this year
22-04-2016 00:00:00
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development estimates that the country's total demand for fertiliser will reach 10.3 million tonnes, up 700,000 tonnes compared with last year's figure.
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Vietnam, IRRI boost cooperation
12-02-2014 00:00:00
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Vietnam and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) on May 7 inked a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on technological cooperation to develop Vietnam ’s rice sector.
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