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Salinity tolerant rice varieties

Mobile apps to monitor poultry

Trading farmland for nitrogen protection

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Bulletin04 A round-up of key developments in the regional market

Agenda06-07 FAO food outlook; Greater efficiency in poultry cuts; Indonesia looks to Australia for tuna

management

Events08-10 SIMA ASEAN; World’s Poultry Congress 2016; Seafood Expo Asia 2016

Poultry12 Countering early losses in chick condition

13 Reducing broiler heat stress with light

Aquaculture14 Vietnam and World Bank aim to build resilience in Mekong Delta; Government of Thailand

commits to combating illegal fishing

15 International effort to fight deadly shrimp disease; In-situ net cleaning can lead to gill damage in salmon

Livestock17 Innovation in animal feed additives

18 Fighting peste des petits ruminants; Nutriad targets growth in Indonesia

Crops20 Call for increased investment in sustainable farming

21 Protecting plants from fusarium

23 Enzyme biodiversity key to future of crops; Attack of the mealy bugs

Equipment24 New satellite tasking service for agriculture industry; CLAAS wins IF Design Award for

panoramic cab

25 Kubota and NTT to partner on self-driving farm machinery

AWILA Anlagenbau GmbH ............................................7

Ayurvet Ltd ..................................................................5

Cobb Asia-Pacific..........................................................2

DLG Service GmbH ......................................................9

Eurofeed Technologies S.p.a.......................................17

Evans Vanodine International plc ................................21

Farmavet International................................................27

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH ............................................19

Impex Barneveld b.v ..................................................13

Omex Agrifluids Ltd.....................................................23

Promech Resources Co. Ltd. ......................................25

PT Pelita Promo Internusa(IFT September 2016) ........11

Special Nutrients, Inc ..................................................28

Unipoint AG ................................................................26

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CAMBODIA’S AGRO-INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATE MongReththy Group is constructing a new US$10mn feed mill to supplyits own livestock operations as well as the domestic market, CEOMong Reththy said.“We will focus on producing feed for pigs, fish, chickens and ducksas an initial step.” He said the feed mill was being built on 10 hectaresin Prey Nop district of Preah Sihanouk province. The new factory willhave a capacity to produce 20 tonnes of animal feed per hour fromlocally grown corn and paddy rice, or about 60,000 tonnes per year.The company had planned to open the feed mill in August, but havedelayed the launch until the end of the year. “There is still someminor work to be done, so we have extended the launch ofoperations from August until the end of the year,” he added.According to officials at the Ministry of Agriculture, Cambodiacurrently has eight animal feed mills in operation, the largest ofwhich is Thai-owned CP Cambodia.The factories supply over one million tonnes of feed per year to thedomestic market, covering about 80 per cent of its demand.Srun Poav, director of the Cambodian Pig Farmer Association, saidthe addition of a new feed mill would help improve margins for thecountry’s livestock farmers and bring consumer prices down.

Thailand’s CPF set to buy Sri Lanka’s food company

THAILAND’S CHAROEN POKPHAND Foods (CPF) has announcedthat it will acquire an 80 per cent stake Sri Lanka’s Norfolk Foods(Private) Limited (Norfolk) for US$4mn. CPF Investment Limited(CPFI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CPF, will acquire 2,752,800ordinary shares of Norfolk in Q3 2016. Norfolk manufactures anddistributes ready-to-eat food products such as samosa, processedchicken, meat stuffed with cheese and sausages under the Crescenttrademark. Norfolk’s products are distributed through localdistributors, hotels, restaurants and retail shops in Sri Lanka. Norfolkhas a current capacity of 400 tonnes per month and it has a 21 percent share in the ready-to-eat food segment in Sri Lanka.

Adib to develop cold chain capacity in Indonesia

ADIB GLOBAL FOOD Supplies, Indonesia’s seafood distributor andprocessor, is set to increase its cold logistics capacity. “Cold chainis crucial for seafood and its value added products, and Indonesia isstill lacks this. We plan to develop our internal and commercial coldstorage facilities,” Ardi Wijaya, vice-president told Asian Agribiz. Adib currently has a 7,000-tonne cold storage facility in Bekasi, West

Java, and reefer trucks to cover the Greater Jakarta region. Thefacility is equipped with CO2 refrigeration system from Japan. “Weare one of several companies that have been using the CO2technology. It’s better than the NH3 technology in terms of energyusage, maintenance, quality and eco-friendliness,” Wijaya added. Inthe near future, he added that Adib plans to set up new cold storagefacilities beyond the Greater Jakarta region.

China beef supplier to buy out Uruguayan plant

CHINESE BEEF SUPPLIER Foresun Group is partnering with LatAmValue Partners (LAVP) to acquire Lorsinal S.A., a beef processingplant in Uruguay, for US$33.3mn. Foresun and LAVP will take a 50per cent stake each of Lorsinal that has a daily cattle slaughteringcapacity of 500 heads. The plant has gained export permits to mostmarkets including China, Hong Kong, South Korea, EU and the USA,and generated more than 80 per cent of its revenue from exports, ofwhich 45 per cent went to China, according to Foresun. Before the bid,Foresun already owned two beef plants each in Australia and Uruguay.

Millhouse exports grass-fed beef to Singapore

AUSTRALIA’S MILLHOUSE PASTORAL is exporting beef from grassfed cattle to Singapore restaurants, with plans to expand intoIndonesia and Taiwan, later this year. Frank Pereira, director atMillhouse Pastoral, said that at the moment a tonne of beef isairfreighted weekly to Singapore. He expected that to growsignificantly by the end of the year. The company is also in theprocess of signing an MoU with Taiwanese buyers. Pereira addedthat one of the biggest challenges is sourcing appropriate stock, tosell into the Asian markets. “The prices of cattle at the moment arehigh, and that’s our biggest issue,” he added.

Hy-Line China expands poultry capacity

POULTRY GENETICS FIRM Hy-Line International has announcedfurther market growth of Hy-Line layers in the China. NingxiaXiaoming Agriculture & Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd, a Hy-Linedistributor in China for the past seven years, is expanding hatcherycapacity in Henan Lankao. The hatchery, outfitted with hatchers andsetters imported from Europe with the most up-to-date technology,will increase its annual capacity by 30mn chicks. Currently, XiaomingAgriculture hatches 50mn chicks annually. At full capacity, thecompany will produce 80mn female day-old chicks. This hatcherycapacity is among the largest in the world.“This expansion will enable us to meet the demands for high-qualityday-old chicks and create value for our high-end customers,” saidWei XiaoMing, chairman of Xiaoming Agriculture.

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AUGUST25 - 27 INAGRITECH 2016 Jakarta, Indonesia www.inagritech-exhibition.net

26 - 28 International Poultry & Livestock Expo Bangalore, India www.iplexpo.com

SEPTEMBER05 - 09 XXV World's Poultry Congress (WPC2016) Beijing, China www.wpc2016.cn

06 - 08 Seafood Expo Asia 2016 Hong Kong, China www.seafoodexpo.com/asia

06 - 08 VIV China Beijing, China www.vivchina.nl

08 - 10 SIMA ASEAN Bangkok, Thailand www.sima-asean.com

28 - 30 IFT Internatıonal Farming Technology Expo Jakarta Jakarta, Indonesia www.farmingtechnology-expo.com/web

OCTOBER12 - 14 Gardex (horticultural fair) Chiba, Japan www.gardex.jp

14 - 16 Taiwan International Green Industry Show (TiGiS) Taipei, Taiwan www.greentaiwan.tw

19 - 21 Vietstock Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam www.vietstock.org

22 - 24 Agri Fest Lucknow, India www.key2green.com

NOVEMBER09 - 13 EIMA International Bologna, Italy www.eima.it/en

15 - 18 EuroTier Hanover, Germany www.eurotier.com/home-en.html

23 - 25 Poultry India 2016 Hyderabad, India www.poultryindia.co.in

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THE FAO FOOD Price Index (FFPI)averaged 161.9 points in July 2016, 1.3points (0.8 per cent) below June and 1.4 percent below the corresponding month lastyear. The modest decline in July thatfollowed five consecutive monthly increaseswas largely caused by drops in internationalquotations of grains and vegetable oils,more than offsetting firmer dairy, meat andsugar prices.The FAO Cereal Price Index averaged

148.1 points in July, down 8.8 points (5.6 percent) from June and 11 per cent below theJuly 2015 level. Among the major cereals,maize values dropped sharply as weatherconditions in the key growing regions of theUnited States proved more favourable thanwas predicted. Wheat prices also fell inJuly mainly on very large worldsupplies and, in particular, prospects forabundant export availabilities from the BlackSea region. By contrast, rice pricesstrengthened somewhat, as dwindlingavailabilities underpinned Basmati and long-grain quotations.The FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index

averaged 157.4 points in July, down 4.6points (2.8 per cent) from June and fallingfor the third consecutive month. The slidewas mainly on account of palm oil, whoseprice dropped to a 5-month low as regularrainfall underpinned a seasonal recovery inproduction in Southeast Asia while global

import demand remained subdued.International prices for soy, sunflower andrapeseed oil also eased on better thanearlier anticipated supply prospects, furthercontributing to the fall in the index. The FAO Dairy Price Index averaged

142.3 points in July, up 4.3 points (3.2 percent) from June. Prices rose for all the dairycommodities that compose the Index, inparticular for butter. Yet, they remain at verylow levels compared to recent years. In theface of lacklustre international demand,especially for milk powders, the EU isconsidering measures to foster a reductionof milk output, which rose by 4.4 per cent inthe year to May.The FAO Meat Price Index* averaged

159.9 points in July – 2.0 points (1.3 percent) higher than its revised June value. Allmeat products covered by the Index sawprices firm, in particular pigmeat,underpinned by limited availabilities. Notabledevelopments include a shortage of pigs forslaughter and lighter slaughter weights inthe EU and reduced output of sheep andbovine meat in Oceania, caused by herdrebuilding. At the same time, internationaldemand for meat remains firm, supported bya recovery in purchases by China, andsustained imports by several countrieselsewhere in Asia.The FAO sugar price index averaged

278.7 points in July, up 2.7 points (1.0 per

cent) from June. International sugar priceswere largely influenced by movements in theBrazilian Real, which strengthened againstthe United States dollar (up by around 4 percent in July compared with June). A strongerReal is supportive for international sugarprices because it limits Brazilian sugarexports to the world market as producersprefer to process sugarcane into ethanol forlocal sale.Unlike for other commodity groups, most

prices utilised in the calculation of the FAOMeat Price Index are not available when theFAO Food Price Index is computed andpublished. Therefore, the value of the MeatPrice Index for the most recent months isderived from a mixture of projected andobserved prices. This can require significantrevisions in the final value of the FAO MeatPrice Index which could in turn influence thevalue of the FAO Food Price Index.

WITH THE CONSTANTLY changingcustomer demand for food safety and animalwelfare and growing global population,processors need to become more proactive. Modern cut-up systems are being

increasingly used in poultry processing forgreater efficiency and higher yields. Poultry processing company Meyn has

launched Flex Plus cut up system to cater to

industrial poultry processing. Meyn hasintegrated their modules and options into anew processing line, the Flex Plus, which,according to the company, provides highsystem flexibility for increased yieldand profitability.Meyn claims that the system offers a

capacity of 7,500 birds per hour and deliversmore than 95 per cent A-grade cut quality anda touch-free bypass system that does notcontribute to cross contamination. The system also ensures up to 10 g of

additional dark meat and skin harvestedper bird.The Flex Plus cut up system can produce

several product types simultaneously whenintegrated with weighing and vision grading.The Flex Plus cut up systems can also beconfigured to a wide range of end productrequirements. The system includesautomated camera inspection for the visual

grading and an inline weighing process.The system is a modular set-up and has a

system design that enables an optimum useof the floor space taking individual processinginto account. The Flex Plus system modules are user-

friendly because of the incorporatedelectronic height adjustment to increaseproduction flexibility.The overhead-mounted cut up frame for

supporting cut up modules on the Flex Pluscut up system allows for precise adjustmentwith incorporated electronic heightadjustment for fast lot change adjustments.The overhead hanging frame facilitates anopen floor space making it ideal for logisticconveyors and transportation of products.The system also provides the advantage

of fast electronic height adjustment ofmodules through the push of a button forincreased uptime.

The Meyn frame for the Flex Plus cut up systemis an overhead-mounted cut up frame forsupporting cut up modules. (Photo: Meyn)

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THROUGH A PROGRAMME conducted bythe International Rice Research Institute(IRRI), in collaboration with the Consortiumfor Unfavourable Rice Environments (CURE),sixty farmers participated in evaluating newsalinity-tolerant rice varieties in a farmer’sfield in Meikhtilar District, Mandalay to identifynew high-yielding varieties, select the bestvarieties for their fields and become aware ofthe sustainable adoption of improved varietiesin stress-prone environments.Myanmar has a predominantly agricultural

economy based on rice production, with 32per cent of the total rice area composed ofunfavourable lowland areas. Salinity-affectedrice-farming areas account for two per cent ofthese unfavourable areas—almost 110,000ha—spread across different states and regions. The collaboration between IRRI and

CURE with Myanmar’s Department ofAgricultural Research (DAR) to developsuitable rice varieties for these challengingareas has resulted in successfully developingas well as distributing to farmers seeds ofthree salinity-tolerant varieties—Sangnakhan

Sin Thwe Latt, Pyi Myanmar Sein, andShwe Asean.All the nine tested varieties out-yielded the

check varieties, except for one variety, 11T265. Among the tested varieties, IR11T 159had the highest yield (5.1 tonnes/ha), followedby Salinas 15 (4.6 tonnes/ha) and IR77674-2B and IR11T256 (4.5 tonnes/ha each).

A demonstration trial was held in a ricefield in Meikhtilar District, Mandalay,to compare Pyi Myanmar Sein, a newlyreleased salinity-tolerant variety, with fourfarmer-preferred varieties. Among the fivetested varieties, Pyi Myanmar Sein performedbest and produced the highest yield(4.3 tonnes/ha).

Salinity-tolerant variety, Pyi Myanmar Sein, providedgreater yield than four other farmer-preferred varieties.

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A DELEGATION FROM Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine Affairs andFisheries has travelled to Port Lincoln Australia in a bid to gainknowledge about tuna management.

The delegation met with local Australia industry representatives,who gave them practical guidance on various aspects of tunamanagement including individual examples of success.

Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association liaison officerClaire Webber said Australia and Indonesia were key members of theCommission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT).

“A big motivation is to improve regional relationships withIndonesia, not just with the link through the CCSBT but also becausethey are our closest neighbour,” she said.

Webber also pointed out that there were lessons to be learnt fromthe infrastructure of South Australia’s tuna industry and stressed theneed for Indonesia’s fisheries to organise themselves through industryassociations.

“The Indonesian minister for marine affairs and fisheries SusiPudjiastuti is determined to promote sustainable marine resourcemanagement,” she added.

The two countries have earlier collaborated on the Close-KinProject, where DNA from older fish caught in the economic exclusivezone is compared with younger fish caught off Port Lincoln todetermine tuna numbers and catch quotas.

According to the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesiaaccounts for 16 per cent of the world’s total tuna supply and the tunafishing industry is a vital component of Indonesia's fishing industry.Pudjiastuti stated in a press interview that the main challenges inIndonesia’s tuna industry include the conservation of tuna resourceswhile taking into account the sustainability of tuna resources.

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THE SHOW WILL form an important partof a week full of activities andinformation for professionals from the

global animal protein industries.VIV China 2016 takes place at the New

China International Exhibition Center (NCIEC) in the Shunyi district of Beijing,close to the airport. The show opens on 6September and runs until 8 September.

Strategic partnershipThe dates allow the 9 edition to run in parallelwith the 2016 World’s Poultry Congress. Thiscongress of the World’s Poultry ScienceAssociation is held every four years. The latestis organized by the Chinese branch of WPSAto be in Beijing on dates of 5-9 September2016.

A strategic partnership agreed between VIVworldwide and the congress organisation willsee two events co-operate closely. Indeed,World’s Poultry Congress 2016 has chosen 7September as industrial day, with anafternoon session of company-sponsoredseminars and activities that actually occurs atthe VIV China venue.

To cement the link even more, free shuttlebuses are being arranged on 6 and 7September to carry congress delegates to VIVChina and return them later in the day. “Itmeans that poultry scientists from around theworld can learn all about the latest researchand new thinking on technologicaldevelopments at their own scientific forumand discover at VIV China 2016 how theseideas are being applied in a practical way,”comments Anneke van Rooijen, showmanager at VIV worldwide.

More exhibitors, morenationalitiesOn the trade show itself, VIV China 2016 willnow fill three complete halls at the NCIECshowground because it has needed toaccommodate more exhibits for suppliers fromboth inside and outside China. In 2014 ithad 440 international exhibitors; this hasnow increased to 550. Including the homecontingent, Anneke van Rooijen calculatesthat 27 nationalities will be represented by

the exhibitors in September. The number isboosted by various national pavilions thatinclude one for the USA which is about 33per cent larger than in 2014.

Clear navigation, bi-lingualsignageAs in 2014, the organisers are creating zonesof exhibits according to theme of pork, poultryor aquaculture. Clear navigation to thesezones is provided by bi-lingual signage and avisitor pocket guide that is also in English and Mandarin.

About one-third of the internationalcompanies who will be represented on VIVChina 2016 stands are suppliers of feedingredients, additives or animal healthproducts. Another 28 per cent specialise inhousing or production equipment, mainly forpoultry.

Those offering processing equipment formeat or eggs comprise about 12 per cent ofcompanies present, approximately nine percent provide feed manufacturing systems andsix per cent are genetics companies.

Within the domestic Chineserepresentation, half of all companies are inthe feed materials or animal health businessand 41 per cent in housing or equipment forpigs and poultry. Most of the remainder ismade up of suppliers of feed milling, breedingand processing systems.

Conference highlights pork“VIV China has always been strong onpoultry,” says Anneke van Rooijen,” and thatwill certainly be true again for the 2016edition, but the pig sector is also stronglyrepresented.” The pre-show day of Monday5th September brings the Pork ProductionConference segment, being organised by WattGlobal Media/Pig International China withShanghai Lyja Cultural Media Co. It discussessustainable and efficient pork production in aChinese context and it will be located at theChina National Convention Center venue ofthe World’s Poultry Congress 2016.

Attracting visitors from othercountriesA VIV China 2016 promotion campaign inAsian focus countries including South Korea,Philippines and Indonesia is emphasising theinformation value of the week in Beijing alsofor non-Chinese visitors. Foreign visitors at VIVChina 2014 comprised around 20 per cent ofthe total attendance. The aim this time is to atleast equal that percentage, within a growth ofoverall visitor numbers to exceed 15,000 overthe three days of the show. VIV show managerAnneke van Rooijen says, “VIV China 2016and its international conferences will be co-located in Beijing with the latest World’sPoultry Congress. It promises to be anexcellent week, for science and business.” �

Bigger than ever and earlier in the year than its previous editions, the major international Feedto Food trade fair platform VIV China returns to Beijing in September

VIV China 2016: Wherescience meets business

VIV China 2016 will take place in the Shunyi district of Beijing. (Photo: VIV)


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SIMA ASEAN THAILAND, the biggest international trade show for the agri-

business industry in the ASEAN region, will take place from 8-10 September

2016 at Halls 5-6, IMPACT Exhibiton and Convention Centre, Bangkok,

Thailand following the first exhibtion in 2015.

The event will bring together innovations, machinery and equipment in

addition to other agricultural services from across the globe in an attempt to

meet the growing needs of agricultural professionals in areas such as tractors

and agricultural machinery, spare parts and accessories, embedded

electronics, sowing and planting equipment, chemical fertilisers and

pesticides, irrigation systems, organisers of the show said. An industry forum

was held back in March at Sofitel Sukhumvit Hotel Bangkok, where the show

organisers officially signed a MoU with key respresentatives of the Thailand

Agri-business industry to form the show advisory committee.

“SIMA ASEAN Thailand 2016 will be a key platform that will help boost

and increase the potential of the Thai agricultural industry through exposure

to new technologies and innovations which will also be able to increase the

standards of the ASEAN agricultural industry to match international

standards,” said Olan Pitak, director general of Department of Agricultural

Extension, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.

According to event organisers, SIMA ASEAN Thailand 2016 is expected to

welcome more than 450 exhibitors and 25,000 professional trade visitors from

across the globe. Dares Kittiyopas, president of Thai society of agricultural

engineers noted that the show will also be held at the same time as four other

international conferences that are expected the latest innovations and

technologies that are needed to develop Thailand and South East Asia’s

agricultural industry in order to succeed in the competitive world market.

“The Ministry has focused on four key areas to further develop the

agricultural industry of Thailand: reducing cost, increasing yields and produce,

organizing and managing as well as marketing by using the ‘Single

Command’ strategy, which is the gathering and compilation of research

results after which they are translated realistically into large agricultural plots

in order to revolutionise the agricultural industry towards greater stability and

sustainability under good governance,” added Pitak.

The director general continued that the ministry will also push for the use

of organic fertiliser, instruct related organisations to source for high quality

plants and livestock to be used by the farmers and support the production of

rice while also adhering to global agricultural standards. Pitak said that is key

in order to ensure continued consumer confidence and to create new tangible

market opportunities on the international level.”

SIMA ASEAN Thailand 2016 is co-organised by IMPACT Exhibition

Management Co. Ltd., Comexposium Co., Ltd. from France and AEXMA. The

event will give companies a platform to showcase their latest technologies as

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THE WORLD’S POULTRY Congress runs inparallel with VIV China, taking place between5-9 September 2016 in Beijing, China. It willbe co-hosted by the China Branch of theWorld’s Poultry Science Association (WPSA-CN) and the Chinese Association of AnimalScience and Veterinary Medicine (CAAV).

There will be a number of topics coveredat the event including nutrition and feeds,genetics and breeding and health anddisease. VNU Exhibitions Europe, theheadquarters of VIV Worldwide, and itsChinese partner Beijing Tech Convention andExhibition Center are the official organisers ofthe exhibition. “The exhibition has become animportant activity as part of the World’sPoultry Conferences,” said Ning Yang, Ph.D.,president of the China Branch of the World'sPoultry Science Association. “In VIV China wehave found our preferred partner to establisha high-quality international exhibition.”

According to Anneke van Rooijen, showmanager at VIV worldwide, poultry scientistsfrom across the globe can learn all about thelatest research and new thinking on

technological developments at their ownscientific forum and discover at VIV China2016 how these ideas are being implementedin a practical way.

“In plenary session, a keynote speech onconservation and utilisation of indigenouspoultry breeds will be presented by ProfessorChangxin Wu, an animal breeding andgenetics scientist and academician fromChinese Academy of Science,” noted NingYang, president of China branch WPSA.

WPC2016 will join forces with VNU topresent a VIV China Show during the sameperiod of WPC 2016. It will feature a largescale exhibition for poultry industry to bringtogether global and local companies andorganisations to showcase their products andexpertise to the global market.

The theme of this year’s congress is‘Quality and Safe Poultry Products: MeetingPeople’s Needs’, which aims at a moresustainable poultry production.

SEAFOOD TRADE EVENT, Seafood Expo Asia 2016, will take placefrom 6-8 September 2016 in Wanchai, Hong Kong. The event willwelcome buyers and suppliers of seafood from across Asia and theworld to come together to network and conduct business in the HongKong and Asia Pacific markets. The show will give companies the opportunity to innovate their

businesses through unique opportunities, such as key conferencesessions on seafood topics, master classes discussing the way tosource, select and prepare some of the most popular seafood species,culinary demonstrations and a seafood networking and tasting event. Seafood Expo Asia, industry buyers will be able to meet with

suppliers of fish and shellfish from Asia and the rest of the world andfind the products they are looking for to meet their customers’ growingneeds, including abalone, clams, bass, crab, shrimp, salmon, prawns,scallops, lobster, cod and oysters. “Asia has become increasingly important to the global seafood

market as with the growth of the region’s middle class population,

consumers in this income bracket are able to afford higher value goodsand products, one of them being premium fish and shellfish,” said LizPlizga, Seafood Group vice president of diversified communications,organisers of Seafood Expo Asia. “Improving living standards and risingincomes, coupled with an already well established dining out culture,are driving market expansion as individuals become more conscious oftaste and quality particularly in China and South East Asia, whereeconomic growth is positively impacting seafood imports making thesecountries especially attractive to producers and exporters of premiumproduce.”Attendees will be able to speak to seafood experts who will offer

business advice, support and insight during the three-day show. Thepresentation theatre will deliver culinary demonstrations, masterclasses, networking events and educational seminars covering a rangeof issues and trends concerning the industry that are designed toprovide delegates with new ideas to grow their businesses. Through Seafood Expo Asia’s key buyer programme, high volume

trade customers will also be able to enjoy special privileges that rangefrom access to an exclusive lounge for meetings and networkingopportunities, to participate in the exposition’s Business Matchmakingprogramme. “With lifestyles becoming busier, Asian consumers are turning to

ready meal solutions that are quick and easier to prepare,” said Plizga. The Seafood Group vice president noted that this trend along with

increasing demand for higher value seafood is providing uniqueopportunities for food manufacturers to create new culinarycombinations from fish and seafood to enjoy food at home. Accordingto event organisers, Seafood Expo Asia continues to expand its role inthe consumption of global seafood and is estimated to account for 70per cent of global consumption by 2030. The event is a platform forseafood professionals seeking to capitalise and satisfy market growth.

Seafood Expo Asia last year welcomed more than 8,700 seafood suppli-ers and buyers from 62 countries in Asia. (Photo: Seafood Expo)

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Hong Kong to host Seafood Expo Asia 2016


The China National Convention Centre will host the poultry event. (Photo: Yiyuan new home)


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IT IS VITAL for the farm to provide the bestconditions for a fast recovery andcontinued chick development. Early

hatching and high incubation temperaturescan impair chick quality. Chicks hatching earlyare subject to a higher air temperature thantheir thermo–neutral zone of 40 to 40.6°C,and start to dehydrate as other chicks hatch.Humidity increases as other chicks arehatching, and together the higher temperatureand humidity will lead to chicks panting and losing moisture faster.The chicks can dehydrate fast unless they

are removed on time, which is why hatcheriesendeavor to reduce the time the hatched chicksstay in the machine. Failure to do this willlead to many being dehydrated and overheated.Once removed from the hatcher, the chicks

should be quickly processed to remove theweak and undesirable ones so that only viable

chicks go to the farms. Depending on thevaccination programme, broiler chicks maystay longer in the processing area waiting tobe counted and vaccinated.Often, due to lack of proper chick transport

trucks, especially in warm weather countries,most broiler chicks are transported during theevening to provide a temperature where thechicks do not pant and dehydrate. Thesechicks arrive at the farm late in the evening orin the early morning and can have rectaltemperatures of below 40°C. These chicks endup using their reserve energy to keep warmrather than for early chick development.Sometimes the chicks are transported

overnight and arrive at the farm at mid-morning. Here rectal temperatures can behigher than 40.6°C and chick conditions could have deteriorated. Dehydration andoverheating can lead to increased mortality

and culls in the first week and in the lastweeks before catching.The volume of chick placement can also

complicate how brooding is done. Chickscould be coming from different breedersources and different hatcheries, and withvariation in chick conditions. This can resultin a high variation of chick condition whichmakes management much more difficult.

So what can we do?If the chicks are coming from various sources,it is best to plan for chicks from the samehatchery and same breeder age group, to beplaced together.Make sure the house is properly prepared

where preheating is done to ensure thettemperature is similar in all areas. Taking atemperature reading at only one place, orrelying on the sensors, can cause an unevenhouse temperature, leading to uneven feedand water intake and poor uniformity.Knowing that chicks may have lost

condition, do not waste time in unloadingthem into the comfortable brooding area. Thesooner they are placed, the sooner theircondition will improve, with a goal of nofurther dehydration and weakness.Ensure that they are placed on top of feed

with the drinkers nearby. Making the chickseat as soon as they are placed will providethem with much needed nutrients, electrolytesand energy to recover. Their organs will startdeveloping and the chicks will actively use thenutrients and antibodies from the yolk sac fortheir overall benefit.Flush water lines out just before placement

to allow the chicks access to cooler water.This will make the water more attractive forthe dehydrated and hot chicks to drink more,leading to recovery.Also ensure that the waterline nipples are

not too tight as can happen with high waterpressure. This results in water restriction.Especially in weaker chicks, the waterlinesshould have soft nipples for easy waterrelease. Supplementary drinkers will also helpweak birds get easy access to water. �

- By Raul Elias Lopez, Broiler Specialist,Cobb-Asia

Chick quality varies from pullout to farm placement due to vaccination, quality control andtiming of delivery making it important for the farm to provide a good environment for their health.


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Newly pulled out hatcher basket with hatched chicks. (Photo: Cobb Asia)


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A UNIVERSITY OF Georgia study has shown that extended lightingperiods help enhance welfare and production of big broilers duringhigh temperatures

The research involved observing the air temperature, velocity,relative humidity and deep-body temperature in broilers. Poultryextension scientist Brian Fairchild confirmed the research – that wascarried out in six commercial poultry barns – revealed an interestingmultifactorial process.

He said, “We were looking at deep-body temperature during thehottest months of the year on the biggest birds, definitely a stressfultime.” They discovered that the birds’ temperature actually increasedduring the night when the outdoor temperatures cooled. “This isopposite what research shows happens in rats and humans,” he said.

They found that light (or a lack of it) played a major role in thisnighttime increase in body temperature.

“The lights go off at dusk, the birds sit down and their litter is like awarm blanket,” Czarick said. “When sitting, a bird also decreases itssurface area available for cooling by air movement.”

They also observed to understand how feeding was directlyaffected by the time duration of the light and dark periods. They noticedthat the birds went to rest soon after the lights were turned off but byextending the light period they could increase the feeding time, thuscausing the birds’ core temperature to rise during the day as well.

According to Czarick, growers concentrate too much on birdtemperature during the day. “The key is how much the light programaffects bird temperature during the night. It really comes down to birdbehavior,” he said.

FARMERS IN INDONESIA can now monitorthe health of their poultry through their phones,thanks to a mobile app, Petelur.ID.

Developed through a joint collaborationbetween the Food and AgricultureOrganisation (FAO), the Indonesian

Association of Poultry Veterinarians and aprivate developer, Intelligence Dynamics, theapp aims to help small to medium scalefarmers manage their poultry better.

“This tool will assist farmers greatly inmanaging their farms, in tracking poultryhealth and disease and also the productivity oftheir layer flocks,” said FAO Emergency Centerfor Transboundary Diseases (ECTAD)Indonesia team leader James McGrane.

He added that the functions available on theapp were developed based onrecommendations from a study conducted onthe effectiveness of biosecurity interventions inorder to improve productivity and the controlof diseases.

The app, which is free to use and download,aims address rising cases of bird flu, FAO

officials said. It helps farmers to key in data onegg production, the weight and amount offeed distributed, and the number of poultrydeaths. The app then analyses the data andalerts the farmers when the vitals are notoptimum, for instance, when feed is lacking.

“I believe that the use of this tool will assistfarmers greatly in managing their farms, intracking poultry health and disease and alsothe productivity of their layer flocks,”McGrane said at the launch of the app.

FAO-ECTAD national technical adviser saidErny Setiawan pointed out that small-rangefarmers do not keep track of poultryproduction and they usually make farmingdecisions based on intuition, not data. Theapp, he stressed, can potentially help themimprove farming productivity.

Mobile app to monitor poultry launched

The study tried to understand how lighting affected poultry welfareoverall. (Photo: cowgirljules/Flickr)

Poultry

Reducing broiler heat stress with light

The app aims to fight the incidence of bird fluin Indonesia. (Photo: FiledIMAGE/Fotolia)


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AQUACULTURE FARMS AND fishing households will be among thoseexpected to benefit from a new World Bank initiative worth US$310mn.In June 2016, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approvedthis significant infusion of funds which is aimed at helping Vietnambuild climate resilience and ensure the sustainable livelihoods of1.2mn people living in nine Mekong Delta provinces which have beennegatively affected by climate change, salinity intrustion, coastalerosion and flooding. The total cost of the project is US$387mn.As well as the multi-billion-dollar rice industry that comes from the

Mekong Delta, 70 per cent of Vietnam’s aquaculture products alsocome from this important region. Additionally, the wetlands andestuaries are important sources of biodiversity.“Recent extreme weather in the Mekong Delta, including drought

and salinity intrusion, are negatively affecting the lives of farmers, mostof whom are poor,” said Achim Fock, acting country director for theWorld Bank in Vietnam. “We believe this innovative project bringstogether an effective multi-sectoral model to help farmers adaptagriculture and aquaculture livelihoods to the impacts ofclimate change.”The project will, in particular, benefit farmers in the upper delta and

coastal Mekong regions, including the Khmer ethnic minority peopleliving in the provinces of Soc Trang and Tra Vinh. The project is part ofthe World Bank’s long-term engagement in the Mekong Delta tostrengthen integrated adaptive delta management by uniting different

sectors and provinces in order to plan, prioritise and implementresilient investments.“Working on complex landscapes such as the Mekong Delta, which

faces both climate and development threats, requires a partnershipwith the government,” said Anjali Acharya, environment sectorcoordinator for the World Bank in Vietnam. “This project exemplifies thevalue and benefit of close cooperation among key developmentpartners, and can be replicable in other countries.”

THAILAND HAS MADE commitments tocombating illegal, unregulated and unreported(IUU) fishing and embarked on dialogue withthe European Union (EU) with a view tofurthering cooperation in achieving asustainable fisheries industry.In a statement from the Royal Thai

Embassy to Belgium and Luxembourg andthe Mission of Thailand to the EuropeanUnion, it acknowledged the value of dialoguewith the European Commission, following ameeting with Karmenu Vella, EuropeanCommissioner for Environment, MaritimeAffairs and Fisheries. The statement said thatthe dialogue with the EU “provides useful

advice and bolsters cooperation in tacklingIUU fishing and labour abuses in the fisheriessector, in line with international standards”. “The Thai government attaches high priority

in advancing the comprehensive fisheriesreform,” the statement said. “Tangibleprogress has been achieved over the pastyear, especially in the overhaul of legal andpolicy frameworks on the Thai fisheries.However, there remain a number of issues thatneed to be promptly tackled.”Commitment to enforcing the law, building

capacity and strengthening cooperation withall partners and with countries in the regionwere all cited in the statement as being

important in overcoming IUU fishingchallenges, which the Thai governmentdescribes as being “deep-seated problems”.The statement reiterated the importance ofmeeting international standards in regard tocombating IUU fishing and that Thailand iscommitted to “sustaining the constructive IUUdialogue with the European Commission inorder to realise the shared goal of promotingsustainable fisheries”.Earlier this year, Thailand Sustainable

Fisheries held an event to showcase theprogress made so far in overhauling thecountry’s fisheries sector. The event, which washeld in Brussels in April 2016 as part of theSeafood Expo Global exhibition, highlighted theachievements that were made in the sector lastyear and early this year. In that period, morethan 130,000 previously undocument migrantworkers in the fishing and seafood processingsectors were given access to the full range ofwelfare and protections under the Thaigovernment’s regularisation scheme. Forty-onecases of human trafficking in the fishing industrywere taken up by Thai law enforcementagencies, 13 countries have signed or are in theprocess of negotiating agreements withThailand on mutual cooperation in the fields offisheries and labour, and there are 28 newlyestablished port-in-port-out control centres tohelp shore up control of commercial fishingvessels and their crews.

A fish farm in Koh Lanta, Thailand. (Photo: Alex Berger/Flickr )

Vietnam and World Bank aim to build resilience in Mekong Delta

Government of Thailand commits to combating illegal fishing


Floating Mekong fish farms are set to benefit from this project. (Photo: Katy Wrathall/Flickr )

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SIXTEEN MEMBER STATES of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture

Organization, along with specialists and producers from the shrimp farming

sector gathered in June 2016 for a seminar in Bangkok to discuss ways to

combat acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (ANPND), commonly known

as “early mortality syndrome” (EMS). EMS caught the shrimp-farming industry,

scientists and governments by surprise in 2009 and it continues to have a

devastating impact on producers.

EMS is considered to be the most serious non-viral disease in cultured

shrimp and it has affected producers in a number of Asian and Latin American

countries. In Asia, EMS has been particularly prevalent in China, Malaysia,

Thailand and Vietnam. The pathogen associated with the disease, vibrio

parahaemolyticus, spread to the western hemisphere, emerging in Mexico in

early 2013.

The disease is characterised by mass mortality in shrimp farms during the

first 35 days of culture. This is when affected shrimp show massive sloughing

of hepatopancreatic epithelial cells followed by death. The disease differs from

other diseases affecting farmed shrimp in that the pathogen can be present in

the water, sediments and associated pond organisms as well as in the shrimp

themselves.

Shrimp-related diseases are on the increase in markets across the world.

The international spread of these diseases is facilitated by careless and

sometimes illegal movement of live shrimp between continents.

“It is essential to maintain a healthy global aquaculture industry. Therefore

aquaculture health is a shared responsibility of all of us to achieve that,” said

Vili A. Fuavao, FAO Deputy Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific,

when he addressed the seminar in the Thai capital.

He further pointed out that a health threat to any one country can rapidly

become a threat to all countries culturing similar aquatic crustaceans,

fish or shellfish.

International effort to fight deadly shrimp disease


Baby shrimp at a farm in Thailand. (Photo: Autan/Flickr)

IN THE RECENT years, in-situ cleaning hasbecome a more common method ofbiofouling management as the need forcleaner fish in salmon farming is growing. In-situ cleaning is often used in

combination with anti-fouling products,coating or on untreated netting. Thetechnology is based on remote-controlledrigs that use rotating discs with high pressurenozzles to remove fouling. Varied waterpressure and flow are used but lowerpressure and higher volumes of water are themore preferred technique.Recent findings indicate that in-situ

cleaning may pose a set of challenges callingthe need for the industry to re-evaluate this method. A recent article published by Steen-

Hansen, a company that specialises in anti-fouling products for aquaculture, describeshow in-situ cleaning dislodges considerableamounts of biological material that is thencrushed into small and large fragments. Thismaterial could pose a threat to the gill healthof the fish. The most damage is caused bythe polyps or tentacles of hydroids, whichjelly fish on stalks. These polyps are coveredwith stinging cells that shoot out harpoon-

like needles that pump poison. The polypsfloat around in the cage that is being flushedand easily spread into other cages. Researchconducted in fish farms have revealed thatthe number of polyps in the water increasesto 300/m3 during in-situ cleaning wherethere were none before in-situ cleaning.The damage is characterised by

inflammation and slime formation in the gills,which can lead to other problems. To avoidthe negative impacts of in-situ cleaning, thereport advises the monitoring of the gillstatus of the fish before and after in-situ cleaning.

In-situ net cleaning can lead to gill damage in salmon

Research has revealed that gill damage is causedby contact with stinging cells that are spreadthrough in situ cleaning. (Photo:Radzonimo/Fotolia)

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Impact of livestock drugs onthe environment


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An international research group includingevolutionary biologists from theUniversity of Zurich have been

scrutinising the reliability of such laboratory tests,evaluating the implementation of a field testbased on the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin atfour climatically different locations. The scientiststhus presented a novel approach for moreadvanced environmental compatibility tests.

Livestock medications can impair beneficialorganisms that break down dung. Too high adosage of ivermectin, a common drug againstparasites, harms coprophilous organisms, forinstance. Dung beetles in particular areimportant to healthy cattle pasture ecosystemsas they provide for nutrient recycling, removalof waste products from the soil surface andassist in the reduction of pestiferous flies. But etoxicity of new livestock medications thereforeneeds to be verified in ecotoxicological testswith individual animal species such as thecommon yellow dung fly, the barn fly or a dungbeetle. This involves determining the lethal

dose leading to the death of half the maggots(LD50 test). However, sensitivity to toxicsubstances is known to vary significantly evenamong closely related coprophilous organisms,which begs the question as to howrepresentative the reaction of any individualanimal species actually is in such laboratorytests. After all, there is a high risk that moresensitive species will continue to be harmed bythe substance, jeopardising key ecosystemfunctions in the long run.

An international research group includingUZH evolutionary biologist Wolf Blanckenhornrecently proposed extending the testing scheme

to a representative selection of all organismsthat break down dung, ideally in their naturalenvironment. The scientists now presented asuccessful and more comprehensive higher-tierecotoxicological field test. Their study providesimportant insights into minimising the risks ofdrug residues in nature.

Earthworms compensate for lossof coprophilous insectsFor their feasibility study, the scientists workedon cattle pastures in the Canadian Prairie andthe agricultural landscapes of southern France,the Netherlands and Switzerland - fourlocations with very different climatic conditions.On these pastures, they distributed dung patswith different concentrations of ivermectin. “Asexpected, the overall number and diversity ofdung beetles, dung flies and parasitoid waspsdecreased as the ivermectin concentrationincreased,” explains Blanckenhorn. However, anumber of species also proved to be resistant:earthworms and springtails living in the ground

Newly developed medical substances need to be tested on single species in the lab as drugsfor livestock can harm the beneficial organisms that break down dung.

Livestock medications can impair beneficial organismsthat break down dung. (Photo: giorgenko/Fotolia)

“Too high a dosage ofivermectin, a common drug (given to livestock) against

parasites, harmscoprophilous organisms.”

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underneath the cowpats were not notablyaffected, and a parallel test ultimately revealedthat dung degradation was not significantlyimpaired. “Evidently, beneficial organisms notaffected as much by the drug, such asearthworms, were apparently able tocompensate for the loss of other organisms,”sums up Blanckenhorn.

A basis for decision makers andlicensing authoritiesDespite diverse environmental conditions andmethodological details, the results were verysimilar and reproducible in all four habitats.“Our field approach was therefore a successand in principle can be recommended. Theregulation authorities responsible, such as theEuropean Medicines Agency EMA, now have todecide whether this more conclusive yet morecomplex test should be required in the future,”says Blanckenhorn. The amount of effortinvolved in determining the numerous dung

organisms is tremendous and impossiblewithout expert biological knowledge.“Classifying species via so-called DNAbarcoding, based on each organism's uniquegenetic fingerprint, is possible in principle andwill probably be more cost-effective in the

future. However, this approach requires theestablishment of a complete database forcoprophilous organisms, which does not yetexist,” concludes the scientist. �

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Dung-beetle are important tohealthy cattle pasture ecosystems.(Photo: creativenature.nl/Flickr)

RECENTLY, THE STORY of a natural growth promoter Farmagulatorwas highlighted in a TEDx conference. The export manager ofFarmavet International told the story of Farmagulator at the event. A

new scientific innovation in the history of feed additives, Farmagulatoris a product that replaces the antibiotic use in animal feed as a growthpromoter while also improving the immune system. The innovation hasbeen developed by Dr. Ercan Petekkaya, founder and the CEO ofFarmavet International.According to the company, the product has had positive effects on

lowering FCR and increasing BWG in poultry and swine since its earlyyears in the market. Subsequently, the company’s R&D department re-developed it for bovine use, thus creating Bovifarm, a naturalperformance enhancer for ruminant animals. They also developedFarmarine for aquaculture use. And lastly, Blackboom, a re-design ofFarmagulator for horses and camels, was also introducedto the markets.In 2013, The European Union Commission Feed Material

Catalogue included the active ingredient of Farmagulator in theirapproved list: E.C. 68/2013.Farmavet International intends to keep its title as the ‘specialist’ in

animal health and nutrition over the world with the sheer variety ofproducts in feed additives.

The export manager at Farmavet International speaking at theTEDx event. (Photo: TEDxReset)

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PESTE DES PETITS ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious viraldisease affecting small ruminants including sheep and goats, whichcan kill as up to 90 per cent of the animals it infects within days. In the past two decades, PPR has spread rapidly, mostly in Africa,

Asia and the Middle East, which are home to some 80 per cent of theworld’s 2.1bn small ruminants. The disease is continuing to extend itsglobal reach, and according to a report by the FAO, is now present in76 countries.The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World

Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) have been mobilising support towipe out PPR. In 2015, the international community agreed on a globalstrategy for PPR eradication and 2030 was set as the target date forthe elimination of the disease.The two organisations recently held a two-day strategy session at

the FAO headquarters in Rome, which was attended by animal healthexperts, government representatives, livestock professionals andglobal stakeholders, to address the threats posed by the disease.At the conference, FAO and OIE launched the global campaign that

concentrates on areas in Asia, the Middle East and Africa affected bythe disease. The two organisations will lead and coordinate the globalefforts of governments, regional organisations, research institutions,funding partners and livestock owners to eradicate the disease. The eradication effort will involve a combined approach of

strengthening veterinary health services and systems for disease

surveillance and implementing vaccination campaigns, awareness-raising and capacity building in affected regions. Experts from the FAO and the OIE have recommended control

measures including vaccination of 800,000 sheep and goats. Theyhave implemented quarantine zones and called for strongersurveillance of animals in adjacent regions.

PRR is estimated to kill from 30 to 70 per cent of infected animals. (Photo: Vladimir Gerasimov/Fotolia)

Fighting peste des petits ruminants


ANIMAL FEED ADDITIVES company, Nutriad,is focussing on expanding its presence inIndonesia. The company launched their threegenerations of mycotoxin deactivators; Toxy-Nil Dry, Toxy-Nil Plus and Unike Plus as wellas Sanacore GM for aquacultureat Indolivestock, one of the largest livestocktradeshows in the region held from27–29 July 2016.

Pointing out how Indonesia is a dynamicfeed producing country in the region, Nutriadregional director Asia Pacific BK Chew said,“We are excited about the Indonesian marketand at this show we work towards fulfilling ourstrategy of becoming the practical expert inmycotoxin management, offering our servicesto poultry breeders, broilers, layersand cattle.”

Nutriad offers a wide range of products withspecific mode of action such as mycotoxininactivation, mould inhibition, immunestimulation and organ protection to fight thenegative impact of moulds and mycotoxins onanimal production.The company also said that it will be

launching the other services along with themycotoxin deactivators, including theMycoman app, which helps farmers inmycotoxin risk management, in theIndonesian market. The app can be used as amanagement tool for complete mycotoxinhazard assessment and to monitor allinformation required regarding the level ofmycotoxin contamination in the feed. The Indolivestock event was attended by

more than 12,000 trade visitors anddelegates. Nutriad was one of the 350exhibitors from 33 countries that participatedin the gathering of the regional feedcommunity. Nutriad held interactive sessionswith customers and distributers at the event.Speaking about Nutriad’s investment in

Asia, regional aquaculture manager (AsiaPacific) Allen Wu said, “The Asian market is ofstrategic importance in the growth strategy forNutriad. Combining farm experience withscientific knowledge and having accessto a global network allows us to be a realsolution provider.”

Nutriad targets growth in Indonesia

Mycotoxin deactivators help to fight the negative impact of moulds and mycotoxins onanimal production. (Photo: Jolanta Mayerberg/Fotolia)


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NEW HOPE GROUP, one of China’s largestmeat conglomerates, has entered a deal withAlibaba, the e-commerce and cloudcomputing company for data analysisAccording to the strategic cooperation

agreement, data from New Hope’s various

operations mined for targeted sales of meatand other agri-products to consumers fromvarious regions of China by with AliCloud, asubsidiary of Alibaba, which is behind the e-commerce sites Tmall, Taobao and TamlInternational and Alibaba’s B2B magazine.

The new deal will see Alicloud storing andanalysing data from various New Hopeoperations to spot patterns and trends thatthe company can then exploit forcommercial gain. According to New Hope group’s Li

Jianxiong, the deal will improve synergy andefficiency in the company and allow it tochange its business models. He pointed outthat the data from the company’s operationswill help in determining spending power andpreferences among customers acrossthe region. New Hope, which had earlier focussed

on feed production, have in recent yearsventured into high margin activities includingpackaged meat sales and has pledgedsignificant investments in overseas beef andlamb operations.The deal has been lauded by the Chinese

government, which stressed on the need tocloud computing and ‘big data’ to improve thecompetitive edge of the nation’s companiesboth in domestic and export sales.



New hope is one of China’s leading private agribusiness firm with an annual kill of nine millionpigs and multiple subsidaries. (Photo:Compuinfoto/Flickr)


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THE ARTICLE PUBLISHED inEnvironmental Science & Policy hasbeen selected for the Elsevier Atlas

Award of June 2016. According to thearticle, an estimated 25-35 per cent ofglobal greenhouse gases are produced fromagriculture. Modern agriculture alsocontributes to the loss of biological diversity,habitat loss, water pollution, degradation ofsoil quality, and loss of beneficial organismsincluding pollinators and animals that keeppests under control, but which pose a riskto human health through pesticide exposureand excess nitrogen in drinking water.Sustainable agriculture, including practicessuch as organic farming and crop rotation,has the potential to alleviate manyenvironmental problems and health risksassociated with the modern industrialagricultural system.

“Quite frankly, we have to make thistransition to sustainable agriculture,” said LizCarlisle of the University of California, Berkeleyand corresponding author of the study.” Thequestion is – can we be proactive about it sothat our institutions and economy are preparedto make the transition in a more intentionalway and can we be sure that all rural

communities will have access [to sustainablyproduced goods]. We don't want anotherunjust system like we have now in whichsome people eat and farm organically andothers are stuck with agricultural toxins in theirwater supply and fast food for dinner.”

To assess the level of political andeconomic support for sustainable agriculture,Carlisle and her colleagues Albie Miles at theUniversity of Hawai'i - West Oahu and MarciaDeLonge of the Union of Concerned Scientistsin Washington, D.C. identified USDA-fundedprojects beginning in 2014 and searched keysections of project reports for majorcomponents emphasising sustainableagriculture. Those components were groupedinto four categories: improving systemefficiency to reduce inputs including fertilisersand pesticides, substituting more sustainableinputs and practices into farming systems,

redesigning agricultural systems based onecological principles, or strengtheningconnections between producers andconsumers.

The team searched 824 projectsaccounting for almost US$300mn in fundingor about 10 per cent of the 2014 USDAResearch, Extension, and Economics budget.In many cases, sustainable agriculture wasincluded in projects but not as the primaryfocus. The findings suggest that significantimprovements in sustainable agriculture couldbe made with additional investments andsupport. The researchers note an urgent needfor additional public funding for research aimedto advance highly promising areas ofbiologically diversified farming and ranchingsystems.

“Prior to this, there was no clear accountingof how much funding had gone for agro-ecological research,” DeLonge said. “We knewanecdotally that there was a need for morefunding, but we needed to understand thenumbers better and to understand whatresearch areas might hold the most untappedpotential.” �

– phys.org

Based on a new analysis of federal funding from the US Department of Agriculture, researcherssay there is an urgent need for increased investment in research and development aimed atmaking sustainable food production more effective.

Call for increased investmentin sustainable farming

The public funding is aimed at advancing areaslike biologically diversified farming and ranching

systems. (Photo: Banana Republic/Flickr)


“An estimated 25-35 percent of global greenhousegases are produced from

agriculture.”

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fungi through the use of pesiticides is well-known, however the use ofenvironmentally safer and more specialised disinfectants to preventtransmission of plant pathogens is perhaps much less known as one

of the key methods used againstthe spread of plant disease.In the early 1970s, the spread of

Moko’s disease across the bananaplantations in central and LatinAmerica was brought under controlthough the introduction of Vanodinedisinfectant, claims the company.Regular disinfection of the tools,handling and crating equipment,coupled with vehicle and improvedplantation biosecurity programmestogether brought control to apathogen, which previously had acommercially devastating impacton the crops.

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The product is being used to pro-tect banana plantations.(Photo: denishc/Flickr)

DUPONT PIONEER, Acompany that works with thedevelopment and supply ofadvanced plant genetics haslaunched a new tool for plantbreeding, CRISPR-Cas,which is claimed to allowbreeders to precisely removeor add a specific trait within acrop genome.“Using this process we canmove desirable alleles from avariety - a good allele for aparticular trait - in one step,into an elite inbred,” explained DuPont Pioneer research anddevelopment vice president Neal Gutterson.CRISPR stands for clustered regularly interspaced shortpalindromic repeats and when combined with Cas, a specialisedenzyme for cutting DNA, the technology allows for targetedgenome editing using guide RNA to specifically place traits into thegenome directly. Gutterson pointed out that this is the next step in advanced plantbreeding. With the technology the company can very preciselygrab a needed trait from even the most exotic crop variety.

New genetic tool to boost productivity

DuPont aims to bring improved effi-ciency in plant breeding with thenew tool. (Photo: Zephyr_p/Fotolia)


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EXCESS NITROGEN FROM agriculturalrunoff can enter surface waters withdevastating effects. Algal blooms and

fish kills are a just a couple of possibleconsequences. But riparian buffer zones -areas of grasses, perennials, or trees -between farmlands and streams or riverscan help.

“Riparian buffer zones are nature'shydraulic shock absorbers,” says DeannaOsmond, a soil scientist at North CarolinaState University. They can reduce pollution andprovide habitat for wildlife. Trees can holdstream banks together and provide food foranimals. These buffer zones can also dampenthe flow of agricultural runoff. This can lead tolower amounts of nitrogen reaching streamsand rivers.

But what kind of vegetation makes bufferzones most efficient at removing nitrogen fromrunoff? That is the question that Osmond andher colleagues set out to answer.

Their recent study showed that - at least forsome areas - it doesn't matter what kind ofvegetation buffer zones are made up of. Thereappeared to be no significant differences inhow efficiently they removed nitrogen fromagricultural runoff.

Irrespective of vegetation type, wider bufferzones have been found to be more effectivethan narrower ones. It is important to considerthe width of buffers, says Osmond. “There is atrade-off between productive farmlands andbuffer zones.” Farmers cannot grow crops inbuffer zones.

Previous studies had typically involvedbuffer zones measuring at least 30 m wide.The buffers in this study were either 15 oreight meters wide. But even these narrowerbuffer zones lowered the amount of nitrogenreaching streams. The 15 m wide buffers wereoften more than twice as efficient at removingnitrogen from runoff compared to the eight-meter wide ones.

There are a number of ways buffer zonescan reduce the amount of nitrogen reachingwater sources. Nitrogen in agricultural runoff isusually present as nitrates. Nitrates can betaken up by plants in buffer zones or soil

microbes can transform nitrates into theatmosphere as nitrogen gas.

Some previous studies had found thatcertain vegetation types are more effective atnitrogen removal. That could be because ofdifferences in soil conditions and stream flow.“Location matters when studying riparian bufferzones,” says Osmond.

For example, the majority of previousstudies were in areas where streams are moreconnected to their floodplains. The increasedconnectivity leads to a higher groundwatertable. In areas where the water table is high,nitrates are transformed more efficiently tonitrogen gas.

This study was conducted in the uppercoastal plains of North Carolina where thestreams were not connected to their

floodplains. That could have affected howefficiently the different vegetation typesremoved nitrogen from runoff.

Also, the microbes need carbon to eat andlive. The process is most efficient when levelsof dissolved organic carbon in the soil are high.At all the measurement sites in this study, thedissolved organic carbon levels were low. Thatmay have limited the amount of nitrates beingremoved from runoff and equalised differencesbetween different vegetation types.

Finally, while many studies measure theeffectiveness of preexisting buffer zones, “Westarted from scratch,” says Osmond. That’simportant as it more closely reflects the realityin many farms where buffer zones are notpreexisting. Osmond’s study also tracked thebuffer zones for 12 years, far longer than mostother studies. The longer time-span could alsohelp explain why these results are differentfrom some previous studies.

“Many factors affect how efficiently riparianbuffer zones remove nitrogen from runoff,” saysOsmond. Studies in different regions can helpus better understand those factors. �

– phys.org

With riparian buffer zones in place, extra nitrogen can be prevented from flowing down tostreams and rivers to a large degree.

Trading farmland fornitrogen protection

Wider buffer zones are more effective than narrower ones. (Photo: snohonichcd/Flickr)


“There is a trade-offbetween productivefarmlands and bufferzones. Farmers cannotgrow crops in buffer zone.”


Crops


PESTS AND DISEASE outbreaks are threatening to decreasecassava production by 30-40 per cent this year in South-East Asia,home of the world’s largest cassava producers. The pestilence will endanger the livelihood of 40mn people

in the region, according to a recent study published in PestManagement Science.In recent years, the invasion of the mealybugs and the insect-

vectored witches’ broom disease has cut cassava yields in South-EastAsia. In Thailand, the mealybugs have infected 200,000 ha of cassavaplantations, resulting in 30-50 per cent yield loss. In Indonesia, the mealybugs have infected areas in Java and

southern Sumatra and are now heading to the eastern part ofIndonesia, where cassava is a primary food source, says Aunu Rauf,senior entomologist at the plant pest and diseases department of theInstitut Pertanian Bogor in Indonesia. According to Rauf, the mealybugs have decreased cassava

production in West Java to 30-40 per cent, and if the same casehappens to other places in Indonesia, the losses will reach 9.6mntonnes per year. Indonesia’s annual cassava production is 24mn tonnes,grown in 1.1mn ha of cassava plantations across the archipelago.The invaders, which originated from South America, are a serious

threat for cassava agriculture in Southeast Asia because of their rapidspread throughout the region in just a matter of years, said KrisWyckhuys, the co-author of the study who is an entomologist at thenon-profit International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).To alleviate the problem, Wyckhuys says, “Work is needed on a

surveillance and monitoring angle, forecasting and early warning front,as well as on developing adult education tools to train SoutheastAsia’s cassava farmers to deal with these threats.”

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Attack of the mealy bugs

A RESEARCH STUDY conducted in collaboration between LancasterUniversity and the University of Illinois has made an important advancein understanding the natural diversity of a key plant enzyme which couldhelp address the threat of global food security.Rubisco is the central enzyme responsible for photosynthesis in

plants. The enzyme enables plants to absorb carbon from theatmosphere, which provides fuel for photosynthesis. However,the extent of natural diversity of Rubisco across plant species wasrelatively unknown.The Lancaster University-led research team has discovered that

some of the species they looked at had more effective and high-performing Rubisco than several of the major crops species, like wheatand soybean. As part of the study, the researchers studied 75 plant species,

including grass, wild rice, melons and beans from across the world andassessed the ability of their Rubiscos to assimilate CO2 at a range ofdifferent temperatures - to replicate the effects of a changing climate.The superior characteristics of some of the Rubisco enzymes present

the possibility of engineering plants which grow more quickly and withless need for additional fertilizers. The study was supported by Realizing Increased Photosynthetic

Efficiency (RIPE), a research grant led by Illinois University at the Carl RWoese Institute for Genomic Biology. As part of the consortium RIPE,the Lancaster researchers and their collaborators are working toward

improving crops, including rice, cassava, soybean and cowpea.Lancaster University research associate Douglas Orr said, “The

plants we examined came from a range of environments, fromsub-Saharan Africa to temperate regions of Europe and Asia, andnorthern Australia.”He also pointed out that the study analysed the effect of temperature

on Rubisco biochemistry in all the species to explore how differentRubiscos respond to changing temperatures, which can help tounderstand how climate change may impact plant growth.

Enzyme biodiversity key to future of crops

The researchers studied Rubisco biodiversity 75 plant species, includinggrass, wild rice, melons and beans from across the world.

(Photo: Pentax K-3/Fotolia)


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AIRBUS DEFENCE AND Space has launched its latest development in

satellite imagery acquisition and distribution, One Tasking, for the

agriculture sector.

The new One Tasking service provides 24/7/365 access to Airbus

Defence and Space’s high-resolution and wide-swath satellite sensors. A

team of dedicated in-house experts ensures that any requested area is

captured on time and in line with the customer’s requirements.

Thirty years ago, Airbus Defence and Space was the first to offer satellite

tasking services, helping to support a variety of unique agriculture-related

challenges ranging from monitoring growth and optimising water, fertiliser

and pesticide usage to forecasting crop yield and assessing the impact of a

natural disaster. With One Tasking, Airbus Defence and Space is resetting the

bar once again, with a capability to only deliver the very best results. This

flexibility goes beyond the current approach, where cloud cover and other

environmental factors can too often reduce the extractable value from the

resulting imagery.

“We wanted to create a product which was unlike anything already on

the market and truly focused on the agriculture industry and its specific

needs. The result was a clear desire to eliminate some of the risk and

simplify the longwinded ordering-process clients associated with tasking

satellites,” said Bernhard Brenner, head of intelligence business cluster at

Airbus Defence and Space, adding that with One Tasking, those objectives

have been met and in many areas exceeded.

A variety of tailored One Tasking solutions are also available to meet

specific industry needs and requirements including:

• OneDay: Risk-free imagery acquisition for a specific day – Weather fore-

cast will be sent 24 hours before the acquisition date, enabling cus-

tomers to confirm, postpone or even cancel a tasking request, at no cost.

• OneNow: Immediate and useful imagery in an instant – Satellites are

tasked to deliver valuable insights in the shortest possible timeframe.

• OnePlan: Qualified coverage within an agreed timeframe – The qualified

coverage is agreed and delivered according to customer selected time-

frames and dates to meet specific project milestones.

• OneSeries: Repeated coverage – Imagery is acquired and delivered on a

regular basis to monitor long-term changes or highly dynamic situations.

THE ARION 400 with panoramic cab has beenawarded the IF Design Award 2016. Itsconvex windscreen with a frame-freetransition to the glass roof provides anunrestricted view of the front loader forimproved safety, greater ease of operationand outstanding visibility.The CLAAS Arion 400 range already offers awide range of cab, transmission andspecification options, but is now also availablewith a range of new equipment optionspreviously only found on higher poweredtractors in the CLAAS range.

A completely new feature that will appealwhen the Arion is being used for steering-intensive work is the Dynamic Steering, whichprovides three steering modes that enable thesteering to be adapted to individual tasks.Currently it takes 4.5 turns of the steeringwheel to go from stop-to-stop on the Arion400. However, with the new Dynamic Steeringsystem, this can be reduced to as little as oneturn, making handling significantly easier,especially when turning at the headland orwhen using a loader. Using the Steering AngleDependent mode, which will be applicable to

about 90 per cent of work done by a tractorthis size, the steering speed increases themore the steering wheel is turned, making thisespecially ideal for loader work.In addition to the current four-speed, four -range Quadrishift transmission, all models willnow be available with the six-speed, six-rangeHexashift transmission from the Axion 800and Arion 600/500 ranges.Also new is the availability of the CLAAS CSM(CLAAS Sequence Managment) headlandmanagement system, designed specificallyfor the CIS colour display used on the Arion400. The Arion 400 is also now the latestmachine in the CLAAS range that can bemonitored using Telematics.Telematics automatically records the tractor’soperating data, in addition to its position, andautomatically uploads this data to thededicated server. This information can then beviewed remotely and also allows for remotediagnostics if necessary.A further major benefit of CLAAS Telematics isthat tractor and compatible implement datacan optionally be automatically recorded andallocated to individual field files, ensuringaccurate record keeping of operations,application rates, etc., which can then bequickly and easily viewed, comparedand analysed.

The ARION 400 models are ideal universal tractors for use with any operation because of theircompact design and an engine range from 90 to 140 HP. (Photo: CLAAS)

New satellite tasking service for agriculture industry

CLAAS wins IF Design Award for panoramic cab


One Tasking service provides24/7/365 access to Airbus Defenceand Space’s high-resolution andwide-swath satellite sensors.

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AGRICULTURE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER Kubota will work withNippon Telegraph & Telephone to develop cutting-edge agriculturaltechnology, including autonomous equipment, in an effort to support aailing Japanese agricultural sector while lifting sales in such regions asSoutheast Asia, according Nikkei.

The two Japanese companies will set up a new IT service forfarmers, which they plan to use to help put self-driving farm equipmenton the market, targeting a 2018 rollout.

Kubota has commercialised systems that use such data as theflavour and water content of rice harvested from individual paddies toautomatically adjust fertiliser application. NTT will supply accurate GPStechnology as well as systems using artificial intelligence to forecastweather and harvest times.

The new service will use sensors positioned around farmland tomeasure temperature and water levels. This data, along with croppictures taken by drones, will be used to perform a detailed analysis ofgrowth. After taking climate and crop types into account, the systemwill determine when to fertilise and harvest each paddy, then send theappropriate directions to equipment over the internet. Customers willalso be able to use drones to apply agrochemicals to just disease-affected areas.

The Japanese agricultural sector faces an ageing problem and asevere labour shortage. The average age of farmers reached 66.4 in2015, up more than three years from a decade earlier, shows data fromthe Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Incorporatinginformation technology into farm machinery will let even young,inexperienced operators perform farm work easily.

And if the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement is ratified,exports of agricultural products could pick up. NTT’s worldwide networkof internet service bases will let Kubota supply autonomous equipmentin such regions as Southeast Asia, where rice is a major crop.

Kubota is also accelerating its global businesses in the fieldsincluding agriculture machinery and water management under abusiness restructuring strategy named Global Major Brand Kubota. Thecompany is strengthening its development of agricultural technologiesand solutions, such as the Kubota Smart Agri System that leverages ICTfor enhanced agricultural management.

Kubota and NTT to partner on self-drivingfarm machinery


The new service will use sensors positioned around farmland to measuretemperature and water levels. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

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