Agriculture ministry gears up for possible attack of desert locusts
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is prompting preparations for the possibility of an invasion by desert locusts in the time ahead.
Vietnam aims to double farmers’ income by 2020 in ambitious plan
In one of its most ambitious anti-poverty plans yet, Vietnam has set the target of lifting the income for farming communities by the year 2020, as it tries to improve living standards for rural areas.