The standard was introduced at the Biofach Southeast Asia 2019 and Natural Expo Southeast Asia 2019 held from July 11-14 in Nonthaburi province, Thailand.

ASEAN builds standards for organic products.

It integrates common organic product standards for livestock, agricultural and processed food, thus contributing to a more efficient supply chain management and reducing production costs for ASEAN member countries.

The area of organic agricultural land in ASEAN is almost 4,800 hectares with an organic farming market worth around US$100 million. Of which, US$29.1 million comes from domestic consumption and US$67.9 million from exports.

The global organic agriculture market is now worth US$104 billion with an annual growth rate of 20% on average. The US is the biggest organic market with a value of US$45.2 billion, followed by Germany at US$10.04 billion.

Luc Ngan: 12 fruits of organic lychee worth over 8 USD

(BGO) – This year, Luc Ngan district (Bac Giang province) introduced the first ever organic lychees that worth 200,000 VND (over 8 USD) per box consisting of 12 fruits.

Mekong farmers make organic switch to improve business

More and more farmers and entrepreneurs in the Mekong Delta are realising that new organic farming models help increase their income.

Bac Giang produces 20 hectares of organic lychee

(BGO) – Targetting to enhance the lychee quality and supply quality product to customers, Luc Ngan district (Bac Giang province) has focused on applying high technology in lychee production, in which the district will cultivate 20 hectares of organic lychee in 2019.

Vietnam exports organic Bapula chocolate to Japan

Vietnam’s Amazon Foods Co., Ltd., and Vung Tau Red Sun Co., Ltd., have signed an exclusive contract with Japan’s Cpoint Corporation to distribute organic Bapula chocolate products in Japan.

Japan’s organic waste treatment tech introduced in HCM City

A workshop introducing Japan’s advanced organic waste processing technology was held at an experimental laboratory of the Saigon Innovation Hub (SIHUB) in Ho Chi Minh City on March 28.

Source: NDO