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Half of 2015 aquaculture production eaten in Peru

April 27, 2016 About 50 percent production that was last year obtained by the Peruvian aquaculture sector - exceeding 85,000 tonnes - was consumed in the domestic market.

UN guidelines and technologies to help curb ghost fishing

April 27, 2016 International guidelines being developed by a United Nations agency and new technologies are expected to boost efforts to cut down levels of abandoned fish gear.

Vietnam's seafood exports set to grow 6.3 percent

April 27, 2016 New free trade deals with EU and Asian markets are expected to increase Vietnam’s seafood exports to more than $7 billion in 2016.

Number of farmers, fishermen continue to fall in South Korea

April 26, 2016 The number of South Koreans in the agrofisheries sector continued to decrease due to a rapidly aging population and urbanization, government data showed.

RSPCA introduces new checks to pig welfare scheme

April 26, 2016 Pigs reared under the RSPCA’s animal welfare scheme will be subject to new on-farm welfare assessments under a change to scheme rules.

Korean processed food exports to China up 18% in 2015

April 26, 2016 Korean processed food exports to China saw a nearly 20 percent increase in 2015 despite an overall drop in total China-bound exports, data showed.

Bulgarian farmland prices keep rising, up 7%

April 26, 2016 Prices of arable land in Bulgaria continued to rise last year, maintaining their upward trend for a sixth year running,official statistics show.

Egypt to buy 4 million tonnes of local wheat

April 26, 2016 Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, plans to buy 4 million tonnes of domestic wheat in the local season which began on Friday.

Northern Ireland develops potential anti-cancer potato

April 26, 2016 A purple potato, known as Purple Magic, has been developed by the AFBI (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) in Northern Ireland.

British farmers want UK to leave EU

April 25, 2016 The results of Farming Online’s April poll of farmers’ views ahead of the June referendum on EU membership show a majority in favor of Britain leaving the union.

Pork trade future dominated by U.S. and China

April 25, 2016 Pork import demand in China and the level of pigmeat supplies available in the U.S. are the two challenges for the global pigmeat market according to Rabobank.

Brazil cuts import tax on maize from 8% to zero

April 25, 2016 The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade announced that the import tax on bulk maize was slashed from 8% to zero.