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Innovative production techniques

Preview of Livestock Asia

GM diet and pig health

Philippines coconut industry

Climate data for crop yield prediction

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

Agenda

5 China may become top wheat importer globally; Fish farming sees a technological breakthrough; Natural feed for fishes, livestock; Vietnam ups Australian cattle import

Event

9 Previews of Livestock Asia 2013, Ildex Myanmar and Indonesia; Reviews of LivestockPhilippines, International Congress of Plant Pathology

Livestock

13 Poultry housing in the tropics

16 GM diet may harm pig health, says study

Crops

19 New dimensions to oil palm production

22 Coconut industry holds promises despite challenges

24 Climate data to help predict crop yield

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26 The latest innovation in agricultural technology

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Vietnam prepares to address growing milk demand

VIETNAMESE DAIRY PROCESSOR Vinamilk has unveiledexpansion plans to increase domestic industry presence in a bid tokeep up with rising demand and imports.A new dairy foods plant will address self-sufficiency issues and thecurrent dependence on buying overseas products from countriessuch as Chile.Last year, dairy imports to Vietnam increased 12.8 per cent.Consumption levels were at 15 litres per head for 2012, up fromthree in the mid-1990’s, according to the Central Statistics Office.Completion is expected by September 2013 after a two stagebuilding process.Stage one promises a 1.2mn litres a day plant and stage two will seecapacity doubling to 2.4mn litres daily.

Ceva joint venture with Sichuan Hengtong

FRENCH VETERINARY GROUP Ceva and China-based SichuanHengtong Animal Pharmacy have signed an internationalpartnership agreement that will result in the setting up of CevaHengtong. This new Franco-Chinese venture will offer acomprehensive range of pharmaceutical products and services toimprove the production of swine and poultry in China.More than a quarter of all the meat produced worldwide is noweaten in China. With the country’s demographic growth andimprovement of living standards, this consumption will continue togrow, particularly that of pork and chicken. Chinese livestockproduction will therefore continue to rise, bringing strong demand forveterinary pharmaceuticals. Ceva Hengtong will focus on the poultry and swine segments,providing these businesses with the services they need in order toimprove efficiency.Ceva Santé Animale will own 55 per cent of the shares in CevaHengtong while Sichuan Hengtong Animal Pharmacy will have 45per cent. Liang Guo, current CEO and the largest shareholder ofSichuan Hengtong Animal Pharmacy, will be appointed managingdirector of the joint venture. The new company will continue to bebased in Neijiang but relocate to a purpose-built facility in Sichuanmeeting all international quality standards by 2015.

Claas acquires Shandong Jinyee

GERMAN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING company Claas hasacquired Chinese agricultural machinery manufacturer ShandongJinyee Machinery Manufacture.The transaction was worked out inJuly and signed by the Chinese shareholder and Claas.Claas spokesperson Theo Freye said, “China is the largest and

fastest-growing market for agricultural engineering in Asia, a market

in which Claas has been represented for many years. By acquiringthe majority share in Jinyee, we are creating local productioncapacity for machines aimed at the Chinese market. “We have production plants in the western and central Europeanmarkets, as well as in the USA, Russia and India. Purchasing aproduction plant in China is another step towards Asia, a step thatfits in with our long-term focus in this area.”Claas said that it wanted to use this acquisition to take advantage

of the enormous potential for growth that it provides.Jinyee produces various harvesting machines, mainly for the maizeand wheat harvest, at two main sites in Gaomi and Daqing. Each ofthe sites lies right in the heart of a main agricultural region – one incentral China and the other in northeastern China.Jinyee's headquarters are in the city of Gaomi, which is located

between Beijing and Shanghai in the province of Shandong.

Cargill acquires shrimp feed manufacturer

CARGILL’S ANIMAL NUTRITION business has acquired shrimp feedmanufacturer Siamakme Aquatic Feeds in Thailand. Cargill Feed & Nutrition, Thailand, managing director WatcharapongPoomongkutchai said, “Thailand is a major producer of fish andshrimp with strong growth potential, and we are delighted about thisstrategic acquisition because it strengthens our presence in Asia.”Siamakme managing director Jeanny Hung said, “Siamakme’sambition has always been to manufacture the best shrimp feedsin Thailand. We feel that under Cargill’s ownership the businesswill be able to continue this legacy and tap into Cargill’s globalexpertise to provide Thai shrimp producers with innovativesolutions and high-quality products.”

Cobb to set up parent stock producing farm in China

COBB HAS SIGNED a joint venture agreement with integratedchicken producer Hubei Tong Xing Agriculture for setting up of a farmand hatchery facility for the production and sale of parent stock. As part of the agreement signed by Cobb-Vantress president JerryMoye and Tong Xing chairman Yang Shenghong, a total ofUS$35mn will be invested in establishing the farm in the city ofSuizhou in Hubei province, west of Shanghai. The farm will start producing the parent stock early in 2015. The jointventure company, officially known as Hubei Tong Xing CobbBreeding Company, will be 85 per cent owned by Cobb and 15 percent by Tong Xing with an initial production target of five millionparents a year.Jerry Moye said, “Tong Xing has been one of our customers forthe past four years and we’re excited at this opportunity to workcloser together in this joint venture. They are located in an area ofChina with a low chicken population, yet it’s very accessible withgood transport links.”

Construction of the new dairy farm will be completed by September 2013

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SEPTEMBER

23-25 Asian Pig Veterinary Society Congress Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam www.pig333.com

24-26 Livestock Asia Expo & Forum 2013 Malaysia www.livestockasia.com

25-28 Kistock (Korea International Livestock Expo) Daegu, Korea www.kistock.kr

OCTOBER

2-4 Palmex Indonesia 2013 Medan, Indonesia www.palmoilexpo.com

3-5 Ildex Indonesia 2013 Jakarta, Indonesia www.ildex.com

13-15 Leman China Swine Conference Xi'an, China www.cvm.umn.edu

13-15 China International Meat Industry Exhibition Qingdao, China www.meat-ims.org

24-26 Livestock Myanmar 2013 Expo & Forum Yangon, Myanmar www.livestockmyanmar.com

NOVEMBER

06 - 08 Fifth World Waterfowl Conference Hanoi, Viet Nam http://wwc2013hanoi.vn/

11-14 International Conference on Green Agro-industry (ICGAI) Yogyakarta, Indonesia www.icgai.upnyk.ac.id

19-21 PIPOC 2013 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia www.pipoc.mpob.gov.my

23-24 Fourth International Conference on Phuket, Thailand www.cbees.org

Agriculture and Animal Science

DECEMBER:

03 - 05 AgriLivestock 2013 Yangon, Myanmar http://ambexpo.com

Events 2013


CHINA IS EXPECTED to become the biggest wheat importer in the world

with the country increasing its wheat imports from US and Australia to a

substantial extent after its domestic wheat harvest was damaged by rains

and frost in May 2013.

China has recently rushed into the Australian wheat market, buying

close to 1.5mn tonnes of the grain in the last four months

The splurge has sparked hopes among Australian grain traders that

China may buy a record three to four million tonnes of new-season wheat

from Australia this year to boost its own dwindling supplies.

Earlier in the year, China made the largest wheat purchase from the US

in July buying 360,000 tonnes of US soft red winter wheat for shipment in

the 2013/14 marketing year. Grain purchases of this scale may see China

overtake Egypt as the single largest buyer of wheat globally.

About 16 per cent of the country’s wheat harvests were damaged by

frost and rain earlier in 2013.

The US Department of Agriculture,

had raised its forecast for China's total

grain imports from 3.2mn tonnes last

year to 8.5mn tonnes in 2013-2014, as

the Asian nation turned to imports to

fill the looming shortfall between

production and demand.

Traders and analysts have now

estimated China’s total wheat imports

this year to rise above 10mn tonnes.

The soaring Chinese wheat purchases

will also be expected to lift global

prices of the grain by about 10 per cent

in the next few months.

China may become top wheat importer globally

About 16 per cent of China'swheat harvests were damagedby frost and rain earlier in 2013

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THE FAO FOOD price index averaged 205.9points in July 2013, four points (nearly twoper cent) below its revised value for June andseven points (or 3.3 per cent) lower than inJuly 2012. The decline in July, whichmarked the third consecutive monthly drop,was largely driven by lower internationalprices for grains, soy and palm oil whilesugar, meat and dairy quotations were alsodown from the previous month.

The FAO cereal price Index averaged 227.7points in July, down 8.8 points (3.7 per cent)from June and as much as 33 points (or nearly13 per cent) below July last year. The sharpdecline mostly reflected falling maize prices asfavourable weather boosted hopes of asignificant production increase in several leadingmaize producing countries. Wheat prices alsofell but the strong pace of exports limited thedecline. Rice price changes varied according toorigins, with a decrease in Thai pricescontrasting with higher Vietnamese quotations.

The FAO oils/fats price Index averaged 191points in July, down by seven points (or 3.3

per cent) from June and the lowest level inthree years. The slide in the index mainlyreflects easing quotations for both soy andpalm oil. Soy oil values have fallen in responseto ample export availabilities, especially inArgentina, combined with weak demand(including from the biodiesel sector), as wellas good soybean crop prospects in the UnitedStates. The palm oil price weakness mainlyresulted from the combination of ampleproduction and lower than expected importdemand, most notably by China. Prices forrape and sunflowerseed oil also fell, reflectingimproved 2013/14 crop prospects.

The FAO dairy price index averaged 236.3points in July, a fall of 2.6 points (1.1 percent). While prices fell overall, the declinewas by a smaller margin than in the previoustwo months as a result of tighteningavailabilities in Oceania and stagnating milkproduction amongst other exporters, principallyin Europe, South America and the UnitedStates. Milk powder prices were underpinnedby limited supplies but the increase was more

than offset by a fall in cheese prices due toreduced import demand.

The FAO meat price index averaged 173.3points in July, more or less unchanged from therevised June level. Prices for poultry and pigmeat were lower, while those of bovine andovine meat rose. Overall, there are signs thatinternational prices for meat are weakening inthe face of reduced import demand – especiallyfrom Asian countries – reflecting productiongrowth and, in some cases, a build-up ofdomestically produced meat inventories.

PHILIPPINES MAY SOON be able tohelp livestock farmers lower theirproduction costs by introducing sweetsorghum as a cheaper feed alternative.

The country’s state-run PampangaAgricultural College (PAC) iscollaborating with the private sector inthe pilot use of sweet sorghum topotentially lower feed cost and raisethe net income of farmers.

The development of sweetsorghum grains as complementary tocorn grains as feed raw material mayhelp raise the Philippines’ poultry andlivestock sector’s competitivenessthrough cost reduction.

The Philippines still significantlyimports corn feed and feed wheat, at one million metric tonnes asprojected for 2013 by the Philippine Association of Feed Millers.

The government is conducting research and development on feedswith its important role in making the local poultry and livestock industrycompetitive, according to Bureau of Agricultural Research directorNicomedes P Eleazar.

Eleazar said, “We need to do more R&D on feeds since feedsaccount for a significant amount of our animal growing cost.

“Any competitiveness in cost will have an important impact inraising the standard of living, especially of our small farmers.”

Cost of feeds may account for a significant 50 per cent of the costof raising poultry and livestock.

Sweet sorghum as feed rawmaterial may help raise the

Philippines’ livestock sector’scompetitiveness through cost

reduction

Food Outlook

INDIA'S CORN EXPORTS may plummet by around 40 per cent inthe next marketing year, with buyers turning to cheaper suppliesfrom South America after a rain-damaged crop pushed up Indianprices and shook confidence in the grain.

India's winter-planted corn was hit by untimely rains duringharvest across its eastern crop belt in May, prompting key buyers inSoutheast Asia to shift to imports from Argentina and Brazil, whichhave been aggressively marketing bumper crops.

The setback to Indian shipments comes as global corn stockpilesare set to rebound in 2013/14 after three years of tight supplies.

A Singapore-based trader who sells feed grain in Asia said,“Indian corn is overpriced and consumers for the time being havelost confidence in it because of quality issues. India is not in aposition to sell its corn anywhere.”

Corn exports from Asia's top supplier may drop to less than threemillion tonnes in the year to October, 2014 from 4.8mn tonnes in2012/13, traders said. That is a far steeper decline than the 27 per

cent fall in the US Department ofAgriculture's (USDA) latest estimate.

Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam havealready covered most of their demand forthe grain until December with cargoesfrom Argentina and Brazil paying betweenUS$260 and US$280 a tonne, includingcost and freight, for Argentine corncompared with Indian cargoes quoted atUS$310-$315 a tonne.

Feed millers usually take Indian cornonly when it has US$10-US$15 discountto rival South American cargoes.

Indian corn exports may fallSweet sorghum may become Philippines livestock feed alternative


India's winter-planted cornwas hit by untimely rainsduring harvest across thecountry’s eastern crop belt


HAWAII OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY hasunveiled its futuristic fishing tank that hasalready met with an approval in the US,Philippines and Canada. The firm, however,wants to widen its reach to other parts of theglobe and show how open ocean seafoodfarming can be sustainable.Hawaii claimed that its Oceansphere, apatented technology of the company, is anadvanced and environmental way of seafoodfarming that has yet to be deployed. Honolulu-based aquaculture company Hawaii OceanicTechnology recently received a Canadianpatent for its open ocean farming system andthe company is hoping to receive more fromthe European Union, Japan and Australia.Oceansphere fishing system is an automatedpositioning and submersible open oceanplatform that can grow yellow fin tuna andother pelagic species in an efficient andsustainable manner. Currently, farmed fish provides half of allseafood consumed in the world. However,according to the United Nations FoodAgriculture Organisation (FAO), by 2030 an

additional 62mn metric tonnes of seafoodneeds will be required to be producedannually to meet the growing demand withoutdepleting wild ocean stocks. For Hawaii Oceanic Technology, the solutionlay in Oceansphere. The firm’s chief executive officer Bill Spencersaid, “The Oceansphere is designed to beenvironmentally responsible and economicallysustainable.” It utilises proven off-the-shelf technologies thatare well-suited for large-scale deep ocean fishfarming, which can satisfy future demands.“The idea is to move fish farming off-land, awayfrom industrialised near shore waters, bays and

estuaries, out into the deep ocean, where it is adesert-like environment,” said Spencer. The farming system will be isolated andsubmerged and not be affected by surfaceactivities like high winds or typhoons. The Oceansphere is what the FAO deems asan aquaculture type of high technology closedsystem. It is a spherical cage with anexoskeleton made of neutrally buoyantmaterials with netting that is stronger thanKevlar. There is an automated buoy on thetopside and this can hold 100 tonnes of fishfeed that will automatically dispense to thefish contained inside the Oceansphere.Spencer explained that employing this system,though not tethered to the ocean floor, enablesnatural processes to occur. This is better forthe fish and it results in low food conversionrations, better health and faster growth.However, the company founded in 2006 hasyet to deploy an Oceansphere. Spencerdetailed that they have been obtaining permitsfor the past seven years. So far, the company has patents in the UnitedStates and the Philippines, aside from Canada.

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Oceansphere is an automated positioning andsubmersible open ocean platform that can grow

yellow fin tuna and other pelagic species

VIETNAMESE EXPORTS of tuna to Portugal rose by 419 per cent in the first

five months of this year, reaching more than US$4mn,

This has made Portugal one of Vietnam’s ten largest tuna importers

while Vietnam has become the second largest tuna exporter to Portugal

after Spain, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters

and Producers (VASEP).

In the period, Portugal imported more than US$2.5mn worth of tuna

fillet from Vietnam, up over 941 per cent over the same period last year

and 1.4 times higher than the 2012 figure.

Vietnam also recorded a strong surge in exports of fresh and frozen tuna

products to Portugal in the period, bringing in more than US$924,000, up

67 per cent year-on-year.

Vietnam is currently fourth among exporters of processed tuna products

to Portugal with an export value of almost US$809,000.

It is forecast that the exports of Vietnam’s steamed tuna fillet to

Portugal will continue to increase in the coming time.

AQUA AND LIVESTOCK feed ingredients have taken an eco-friendly turn with

marine and natural elements becoming the main source of the ingredients.

Ireland-based firm Ocean Harvest Technology (OHT) has developed a

cost-effective feed ingredient based on marine and natural products for

salmon, shrimp and pigs.

OceanFeed-Salmon

and OceanFeed-Shrimp

are among the first

completely natural and

sustainable, marine-based

formulas that have been

developed without the use

of chemicals and synthetic

ingredients found in

aquaculture feed.

The feed formula

guarantees a healthy,

economical growth in

animal and aquatic feed,

allowing food producers to achieve significantly improved yields as well as

taste, flavour and texture, whilst complying with organic standards and

ever-stricter regulatory restrictions. For the global shrimp farming industry,

the seaweed formula-based shrimp feed has demonstrated significant effect

against white spot viral disease. White spot is a viral disease that kills 80-

100 per cent of the shrimp harvest and causes damage to shrimp

cultivation industry in Asia at a large scale.

Ocean Harvest Technology in June 2013 opened a production and

distribution centre in Vietnam to service increasing global demand for

OceanFeed formulas from the aquatic and animal feed industries.

With production facilities in Ireland, Canada and Vietnam and offices in

North America, Asia and Australia, OHT has built a very strong global focus.

Fish farming sees a technological breakthrough

Natural feed for fishes, livestockVietnam’s tuna exports to Portugal sees a surge


Vietnam has recorded a strong surge in exports of fresh and frozen tuna products to Portugal

The seaweed formula-based shrimp feedhas demonstrated significant effect against

white spot viral disease


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THE SOUTH KOREAN Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairshas increased livestock health inspections to prevent the recurrence offoot-and-mouth disease and Avian Influenza.

The ministry is concerned that outbreaks of such diseases couldresult from a lack of epidemic prevention activities at livestockfarmhouses during the summer period and the ending of the specialanimal health control period in June which was needed before thecountry attained foot-and-mouth disease-free nation status from theOffice International des Epizooties (OIE) in 2014.

The ministry said that since foot-and-mouth disease and AvianInfluenza have not recurred over the past two years, livestock farmhouseshave tended to pay less attention towards animal health controls.

To resolve this, intensive inspections will be implemented as ameasure to promote attention to animal health control and encourageepidemic prevention activities at livestock farmhouses, the ministry said.

In addition, livestock industry vehicle registration is just 63 per cent,despite the implementation on 1 January 2013 of the regulationdesigned to help prevent the spread of animal disease.

Central and local government inspections will be implementedseparately after vulnerable livestock farmhouses have been selectedfor intensive inspection and epidemic prevention, including foot-and-mouth disease vaccinations. Joint inspection will be carried out by theMinistry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Animal andPlant Quarantine Agency by 18 officials from nine offices.

VIETNAM HAS RECORDED the highest live cattle import fromAustralia in 2013. The Australian Live Export Council hasestimated that close to 20,000 head of cattle have been exportedto the Southeast Asian country so far this year.

Darwin port manager for South East Asia Livestock Services SidParker said that Vietnam has proved to be a crucial market forAustralia because it imports heavier cattle, almost weighing up to400kg to 500kg.

Parker said, “Vietnam imports quite a number of bulls and cowsand the heavier steers. There will be a lot of heavy cattle left in theAustralian markets if Vietnam had not opened up a bit.”

The Australian Livestock Exporters Council said that Queenslandcattle producers have been on the front foot with the trade.

Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council CEO Alison Penfold saidthat Queensland's contribution to Australia's overall cattle exports has

increased over thepast year.

Last year, 2.8 percent of all cattle exportedout of Australia camefrom Queensland. ThisMarch, 9.4 per cent ofall cattle exportedalso came fromQueensland.

THE INDONESIAN BUREAU of Logistics(Bulog) has revealed plans to import at least600,000 tonnes of rice later this year due tolow production caused by weather anomaliesand poor irrigation systems.Bulog president director Sutarto Alimoesosaid that the rice imports will be unavoidablebecause the inventory had declined sharplyafter the government needed to provide morerice for the poor after the recent fuel increases.Alimoeso added that the rice imports werealso necessary because of the lower thanexpected unhusked rice production thisyear, which was expected to increase only0.31 per cent to 69.27mn tonnes due toinclement weather. The Bulog president director noted, “Buloghas to at least keep a year-end stock of twomillion tonnes to supply needs and stabilisethe price during the January-March plantingperiod next year, when stocks are low. Lowproduction combined with the additionalallocation for Raskin might lead us to import600,000 tonnes of rice to keep a minimumamount of stock.”According to Central Statistics Agency (BPS)data, last year Indonesia produced 69.06mntonnes of unhusked rice or around 40mntonnes of rice. The annual nationalconsumption of rice is around 34.05mn tonnes.Last year, rice production rose 5.02 per cent

year-on-year, enabling Bulog to purchase3.65mn tonnes of rice domestically, which is theagency’s record high for local rice procurement.In July last year, the government told Bulog toimport up to one million tonnes of rice, butonly 670,000 tonnes were brought in,600,000 tonnes from Vietnam and 70,000tonnes from India.Agriculture ministry staple food director

general Udhoro Kasih Anggoro said, “If wecould rehabilitate the damaged irrigationsystems, we could boost products by sevento nine million tonnes of rice a year,” he said ata conference last week.Agriculture ministry infrastructuredirector general Gator Irianto said thegovernment needs at least US$2.04bn tofix irrigation systems.

Rice imports are unavoidable this year due to lower than expected unhusked rice production

Vietnam ups Australian cattle import South Korea increases livestock health inspections

Indonesia to import rice after low production


Vietnam has proved to be a crucial market forAustralia because it imports heavier cattle


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Asian feed, livestock and meat industry isset to get a major boost with Malaysiabeing chosen as the host for this year’s

Livestock Asia Expo & Forum. The show holds a lot of significance at

the moment with many experts predictingAsia's pork, beef and other livestockconsumption to double by 2020. The steepincrease in livestock consumption will posemassive production, demand and supply-related challenges for the industry.

Livestock Asia 2013 will take place at theprestigious Kuala Lumpur Convention Centrefrom 24 to 26 September. The expo will be

Malaysia to host Livestock Asia 2013The seventh edition of the showis expected to host visitors andlivestock traders from 32countries across the world

The seventh edition of Livestock Asia will feature 300 exhibitors


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hosted by the Department of VeterinaryServices, Malaysia.

The 2013 event is expected to be brimmingwith ideas and packed with information thatwill further advance the development of theindustry. ‘Increase your profit from our StockMarket!’ has been chosen as the theme forLivestock Asia 2013.

The seventh edition of this major exhibitwill feature 300 exhibitors from 32 countries.Key participants will include integrators,farmers, feed millers, pre- mixers, meatprocessors, slaughter house operators,veterinarians, distributors and retailers.

The show will be a golden opportunity forvisitors to inspect the innovations in feedmanagement, animal health and nutrition,closed housing systems, centralisedslaughtering facilities and advanced meatprocessing and packaging systems. It willalso provide several business opportunities tothe participants.

It will have experts and industry leaderssharing their views and expertise regarding

future industry trends and their impact inAsia. Top local and international speakerswill discuss and address a variety of topicsrelevant to the industry.

The show will feature national pavilions

from Singapore, UK, China and Thailandamongst others. It will include the AsianLivestock Industry Award and the MalaysianLivestock Industry Award to recognise andreward prominent livestock producers. nn

The show will have experts and industry leaders sharing their views about key future industry trends and their impact in Asia


AN OLMIX EVENT held recently in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Citystressed on the importance of marine biomass and its use inimproving animal health. The event, which had the theme of ‘Marine Biomass for Nutrition andHuman and Animal Health’, was attended by more than 100participants including feed millers, scholars, livestock specialists andexperts, traders and researchers. Speakers from Vitalac, Benefiq, Inra (French National ResearchInstitute for Agronomy), Amadeite and Zoopôle presented their viewson food and safety issues and algae as a source of health forhumans and animals.Visitors were impressed with arguments and explanations offered byrepresentatives from the Parc d'Iroise, a marine natural park offwestern Brittany, about the high-quality marine algae fields ofMolène which could become a resource in active ingredients for therenowned actors of the pharmaceutical. Some experts argued that freeing the use of antibiotics in thenutrition and health sector and replacing it with the use of algae canbe beneficial for improving the quality of livestock products.

L I V E S T O C KPHILIPPINES 2013scored anothersuccessful showwith more than5,000 visitors and200 exhibitors from20 countries.

P h i l i p p i n e sPresident BenignoS Aquino IIIinaugurated theshow that took place early in August at the SMX Convention Centrein Pasay City, Manila.

An event like Livestock Philippines is always a great opportunityfor local and foreign firms to forge partnership to spur thedevelopment of Philippine livestock industry. Expos like this form abreeding ground for other bigger opportunities and this year’s showwas no exception.

President Aquino led the recognition of the 11 organisations andlivestock industry professionals during the first Philippine FeedsIndustry 2013 Recognition Rites, for exemplary contribution to thedevelopment of the Philippines livestock and feed industries.

UBM Asia (ASEAN Business) managing director M Gandhi said,“Livestock Philippines 2013 is a perfect springboard for all industryplayers to take full advantage of opportunities to enhance thelivestock industry in the region, grow their business and learn fromexperiences of industry experts and decision makers.”

Former House Speaker of the Philippines Jose de Venecia IIIsaid, “The Philippines livestock industry is growing by leaps andbounds and it is part of the strategic food program for the Philippines,Asia and for the world.

“Livestock Philippines 2013 will definitely help in pushing the foodsufficiency and augment the income of the Filipino families.”

Philippines President Benigno S Aquino III atLivestock Philippines 2013 show

Marine Biomass for better livestock health and nutrition

Livestock Philippines scores success

Feed millers, scholars, livestock specialists and researchers attended the event in Vietnam


ILDEX SHOWS ARE set to create a buzz inthe Asian livestock industry with IldexMyanmar scheduled to take place in

Yangon and Ildex Indonesia set to take place inJakarta in the months of September andOctober this year.

Ildex Myanmar will be organised from 12–14 September, 2013 at Tatmadaw ExhibitionHall in Yangon while Ildex Indonesia will beheld from 3-5 October in JI Expo in Jakarta.

After the resounding success of the show in2012, a lot of hope has been pinned on theIldex Myanmar show this year as well. It isidentified as on the most premier livestocktrade fairs in the region.

Ildex Myanmar is appreciated by the localtraders, and livestock industry experts fromacross the world as well.

Livestock industry professionals are lookingforward to take part in the show, whichpromises to be more focussed on technologytransfer for effective production this year.

Myanmar’s government has established aneconomic zone to stimulate substantialexports, such as agricultural products andrefrigerated and frozen fish. The country’sOpen Door Policy has enabled it to be astrategic hub linking South Asia, ASEAN, andChina. The scheme has led to regionaleconomic development.

Myanmar’s economic structure isdependant on agricultural sector whichresults in an increase on needs for farmingmachinery in Myanmar.

The government is also aiming to expanddomestic livestock and aquaculture markets to

the international markets. Therefore, a showlike Ildex Myanmar holds utmost importance inthe country at the current moment.

Ildex Myanmar 2012 had brought togetherleading trade partners from several countriessuch as Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, andIndia to display and demonstrate theirtechnology innovations and share theirknowledge on livestock and aquaculture

development through seminars, trainingsessions, and business talks.

Ildex Myanmar’s success in 2012 also laidon efficient cooperation and support fromgovernment, and private sectors for exampleMyanmar Fisheries Federation, MyanmarLivestock Federation, the International TradeExhibition & Seminar of Livestock and FisheryTechnology (VIV).

Ildex Indonesia similarly holds a specialplace in the Indonesian livestock markets asan established show on the livestock industry.Indonesia's economy is huge and has a brighteconomic growth outlook currently.

The consumption demand on thelivestock products has been increasingrapidly. Although the livestock industry isstrong, it can still be further improved withtechnology transfers in order to be able toproduce locally and not relying too much onimported products.

The show will try to address such issuesand try to open up avenues that can enablesuch technology transfer. The modernisationof livestock industry will aim to producehygienic, safe and affordable products tomeet domestic needs. nn

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Myanmar and Indonesiaawaits IldexThe show will be held in two of the most significant locationsof Southeast Asia and seek to address issues being faced bytheir livestock industries


Ildex brings together trade partners from countriessuch as Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and India todisplay and demonstrate their latest technology

innovations and share knowledge on livestock andaquaculture production

Scenes from Ildex Myanmar 2012


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BIOMIN WILL HOST the Asia NutritionForum (ANF), an event spanning sixcities, Qingdao, Guangzhou, Ho ChiMinh City, Seoul, Tokyo and Hyderabadfrom 14 to 24 October 2013.

The theme of the forum will beNutriEconomics – Balancing GlobalNutrition & Productivity, with a focus onpeople, performance, profit and planet.

Biomin founder and director ofexecutive board Erich Erber said,“Survival alone is not enough. We needto progress in order to feed an ever-growing world population. Despiteincreasing crop yields and moreadvanced food production techniques,hunger and starvation are problems thatstill exist today.

“Where food needs are adequate, theright balance of nutrients is mostimportant, especially for a young child.”

At the ANF, key industryprofessionals from the poultry, pig, dairyand aquaculture sectors will gather todiscuss issues faced by the food andagri-industry at present.

The forum will see a high-levelpanel of renowned industry experts,including University of South Australiaprofessor Mary Barton, John C Baizeand associates president John Baize,University of New England professorand consultant research scientist(Nutrition) of Barneveld Nutrition andRobert Van Barneveld and Aviagentechnical service nutritionist LeonardoLinares.

A statement from ANF said, “Thefundamental aim of the intensivelivestock production is to convert plant-derived feed into animal protein in themost efficient, cost-effective andsustainable manner.

“Genetics, nutrition, husbandrypractices, the environment andconsumer demands will continue to bethe fundamental drivers of change.”

It added that addressing the issue ofthe environment, NutriEconomics willcontinue to influence the role of animalnutrition in achieving sustainable yetprofitable farming. Besides growingcompetition for agricultural commoditiesfrom the food, feed and biofuel sectors(feed security), producers are alsofaced with obligations to cap carbonemissions – a move that will havesignificant bearing on production costs.

THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL Congress ofPlant Pathology was held recently at theBeijing International Convention Center(BICC) in China.

The theme of the Congress for 2013 was“Biosecurity, Food Safety and PlantPathology: The Role of Plant Pathology in aGlobalized Economy”.

The event also incorporated the annualmeeting of the Chinese Society for PlantPathology.

The event, which is held every five years,saw a huge success in its 2013 chapter withvisitors and participants pouring in fromvarious corners of the globe. It provided aforum for the presentation and disseminationof the most recent advances anddevelopments in plant pathology, with the aimof promoting international collaborationamong researchers from different countries

and regions. Plant pathologists from aroundthe world are invited to participate in thisCongress

The Congress discussed the scientificadvances made in the world of plant heathand productivity dealing with diseases, itscontrol, recovery, nourishment and cultivation.

The sessions at the meet also discussedthe much-debated topic of organic farming ingreat detail. Such a topic holds a lot ofsignificance in current times with the greaterpart of the Asian agriculture communitydivided about the concept and usefulness oforganic farming.

The event also witnessed cultural showsand corporate dinners.

The International Society of PlantPathology is already looking forward to its11th International Congress of PlantPathology in Boston, USA, in 2018.

THE WORLD ASSOCIATION for AnimalProduction (WAAP) and the ChineseAssociation of Animal Science &Veterinary Medicine (CAAV) will behosting the 11th World Conference onAnimal Production (11th WCAP) in Beijingfrom 15-20 October 2013.

The show, which takes place every fiveyears, had taken place in South Africa in2008.

This year, China has been chosen as thevenue for the show due to the country’ssignificant livestock industry, which isbrimming with the latest innovations, trendsand challenges. The expo will be hosted atthe Beijing International Convention Centerand Beijing Continental Grand Hotel.

A statement from the 11th WCAPOrganizing Committee president Defa Liclaimed, “Meat production in China is in thetop level in the world. Chinese pigs, sheep,

chicken, ducks make up the largestpercentage of the world livestock.

“China localises in the North TemperateZone, characterised by a typicalcontinental climate and distinctive fourseasons. Numerous regional domesticanimals with unique genotypes representthe local environmental characteristics.This populous country has created such ahuge consuming market that attracts theworld agricultural industries.”

The show promises to be a valuableexperience for all foreign visitors, livestockindustry traders, experts, farmers, feedand health experts and participants due tothe wide range of information andknowledge that the show will offer.

Needless to say, it’ll prove to be animportant meeting point for traders fromacross the world and help in developingmore valuable business contacts.

Plant pathology meet provides scientific outlook

Biomin to host nutrition forum

Conference on livestock production returns after five years


China has been chosen as the venue for the show due to the country’s significant livestock industry


POULTRY HOUSING IS often custom-designed for the tropicalregions keeping in mind conditions related to latitude and relativeimportance of physical factors like temperature, humidity, solar

radiation and air movement. Poultry farmers need to design the housingfor the poultry according to the exact conditions experienced in theparticular tropical zone.

A wide range of options are available to poultry producers in thetropics to alleviate heat stress in birds. Passive measures such as houseorientation to the sun, poultry houses designed with open sides and useof shade trees, shrubs and ground cover plants are part and parcel ofpoultry house and farm design and construction in the tropics.

More proactive measures include the use of fan systems to create aircirculation and mist and fogging systems for evaporative cooling of thehouse and the birds. Manipulation of diet is increasingly recognised asan important strategy. Vitamins such as ascorbic acid (Vitamin C),mineral elements like zinc and the plant extract betaine have all shownbenefits in the alleviation of heat stress in poultry.

However, some of the aspects that a farmer needs to consider beforemaking a poultry housing arrangement in a tropical areas are:

Temperature, humidity and solar radiationAmbient air temperature and relative humidity are closely bound, althoughrelative importance of each varies markedly within tropical latitudes.

Relative humidity is the pre-eminent factor at and around the Equator,especially in rain forested areas. Temperature is clearly the most importantfactor in semi-arid and arid (desert) zones. The significance of day lengtheffect which is most important for laying hens becomes more critical furtheraway from the Equator.

Everyone knows that air temperature is consistently and uniformlyhigher the nearer you get to the Equator, but few stop to think exactly why.

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Poultry housing in the tropicsHeat, humidity and environmental stress pose several challenges to poultry housing in tropical areas

Air temperature and relative humidity can affectpoultry heath and quality of poultry products


Domestic poultry is less tolerant to heat than cold and much more likelyto die from heat stress than stress associated with low temperature

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Virtually all heat energy affecting the earth at any one time comes fromsolar radiation. Total amounts received in various parts of the world aredetermined by two simple factors which are the duration and the intensityof solar radiation striking the earth. These twin factors are governed by twoaspects of global movement – the planet earth continually travelling aroundthe sun and the globe (earth) constantly spinning on its own axis.

Those areas receiving solar radiation from the sun at its maximumelevation (i.e. ninety degrees and directly over the Equator) enjoy themost intense radiation because it is concentrated over the smallestsurface area of land mass. In addition, the solar radiation travels througha shorter distance of atmosphere to reach the earth thus minimising itsliability to diffraction (diversion from its path) caused by mineral particlesin the air. This is why Equatorial regions are always hotter thantemperate regions although high frequency of dense cloud cover andheavy rainfall over the Equator will modify these conditions.

Altitude plays a part too because the atmosphere is heated from theearth’s surface upward so for every 1,000 metres increase in elevation,ambient temperature falls by five degree centigrade. The extent to whichtemperature affects the birds is also modified by relative humidity. Airsaturated with water vapour at high temperature significantly reduces thebirds’ capacity to cool down through heat loss by evaporation. Of all theconditions experienced by poultry in tropical zones high temperature andhigh humidity in tandem is by far the most stress inducing scenario.

The duration of natural daylight may change throughout the year andthe only time day and night are of closely comparable length (12 hours:12 hours) is at the vernal (spring) and autumn equinox of 23 March and22 September, respectively. On the Equator (0° latitude), day length isperpetually a fraction over 12 hours. As you move away from theEquator, with progressively increasing latitude (north or south), there is acorresponding increase in disparity between the longest day at the heightof summer and the shortest day in the depth of winter.

For instance poultry produced in central India will typically experiencevery high June daytime temperatures around 40°C, falling by up to half atnight. January daytime temperatures may be substantial at around 25°Cbut fall to a distinctly chilly 10°C or below at night. On the other hand,poultry produced along the Equator in Malaysia and Indonesia, especiallynear dense rain-forested regions, will experience high temperatures varyinglittle throughout the year, although in these locations relative humidity posesthe biggest constraint on efficient production.

For example, average New Delhi daytime/night-time temperatures inJanuary are 21ºC falling to 7ºC at night, while June temperatures are 39ºCfalling slightly to 28ºC at night. But this does not tell the whole temperaturestory because maximum recorded June high is 46ºC and January low -1ºC.Daytime (am) humidity varies widely throughout the year, approximatelyfrom 35 per cent to 80 per cent, but only exceeds 70 per cent in July andAugust. Temperature at particular times of the year is clearly the singlebiggest factor for heat stress in this region of India.

However, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia has average daytime and night-time temperatures of 32-33ºC and 22-23ºC, respectively, throughout the

year and an extremely high day time humidity reaching a stifling 97 percent. Clearly, for the Kuala Lumpur area, high temperature in tandem withhigh humidity is the most significant component causing heat stress.

Environmental stress in poultryThe physiology of domestic poultry and how it interacts with variousphysical factors in relation to environmental stress is complex but thereare several key points which help to explain the broader picture.

First and foremost, the internal body temperature of domesticatedgallinaceous birds (chickens) at 41.2 – 42.2°C is measurably higherthan that of mammalian livestock and humans (36 – 39°C). The uppertemperature limit beyond which living cells and tissues will progressivelyfail to operate is governed by the temperature at which enzymes(enzymic proteins) are denatured or destroyed by loss of configurationand chemical activity. This starts to occur in the region of 47°C and thuspoultry have considerably less leeway than other animals when sufferingfrom heat stress and quickly succumb to this kind of temperature.

In contrast, the actual body temperature of poultry can fall as muchas 20°C below the normal range with birds still making a full recovery ifcarefully re-warmed. Domestic poultry is clearly less tolerant to heat thancold and much more likely to die from heat stress (hyperthermia) thanstress associated with low temperature (hypothermia).

Poultry are poorly adapted and ill-disposed to high ambient airtemperatures because they lack sweat glands in the skin and aretherefore unable to gain much from natural evaporative cooling, althoughthere is some direct diffusion of water through the skin tissue. Only thehead appendages (e.g. comb) are very rich in blood vessels and thusable to act as sites for direct loss of heat. Net result is poultry have fewand limited inherent options for heat loss in warm conditions.

Chickens dip their faces in water and allow drips to fall from thefacial appendages thus encouraging some loss of heat when the waterevaporates from the surface of the body. Blood vessels in the facialappendages and the legs vasodilate (come closer to the surface of theskin). This accelerates so called sensible heat loss (conduction,convection and radiation) from the body in addition to the so called‘insensible’ heat loss by evaporation. The distinction is made becausesensible heat loss contributes to a warming up of the poultryenvironment whereas evaporation actually takes heat out of theenvironment by absorbing ‘Latent Heat of Evaporation’.

Be that as it may, most of the heat loss achieved by hens occursthrough the respiratory system and more specifically the lungs. Thelungs, although small in relation to total body size, have big non-vascular air sacs which play no role in gaseous exchange of oxygen andcarbon dioxide. Instead they present large areas of wet surface for loss ofwater by evaporation and therefore evaporative cooling. Birds lose thisheat through an activity called ‘panting’ which starts to occur when body

Poultry are poorly adapted to high ambient air temperatures becausethey lack sweat glands in the skin


Birds can lose heat through an activity called ‘panting’ which starts tooccur when body temperature reaches 43°C


temperature reaches 43°C. When negative effects of high humidity

come into play, additional related problemsspecifically dangerous to poultry are posed. Airsaturated (full up) with water vapour preventsfurther water loss from birds throughevaporation. The role of relative humidity isclosely associated with temperature. At around20°C relative humidity can be raised up to 90per cent with seemingly little effect on eitherfood conversion efficiency or growth rate but at29°C the elevation of relative humidity toaround 70°C has a discernible inhibitory effect

on the growth rate of broiler birds. Bird’s continually generate heat through

body metabolism but during high ambient airtemperatures of 35 to 40°C, which are notmuch below normal internal bodytemperature, they are unable to discharge allof this extra heat through evaporation ofmoisture. Body temperature therefore starts torise causing even more heat to be producedand if unchecked can cause acute heat stressand death from hyperthermia. nn

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WHEAT, LIKE MANY other cereals, canvary widely in chemical compositionbecause it is affected by cereal cultivar,soil type, environmental conditions andfertilisation. However, most wheat used infeeds has 10 to 15 per cent crude protein.It can prove to be a great source ofenergy in feed for both pigs and poultry.

Wheat contains 50 per cent more lysineand 300 per cent more tryptophan thanmaize and has about the same amino acidprofile (as relates to protein) as barley.Therefore, wheat-based diets need lessprotein supplementation than maize-baseddiets. Amino acid digestibilities in wheat arenot drastically different from those in maizewith digestibilities of lysine, methionine,threonine and tryptophan of 72, 84, 70, and79 per cent compared to 68, 85, 69, and 67per cent in maize.

The crude fibre concentration in wheatis two to three per cent the same as inmaize. However, wheat has only 1.5 to twoper cent lipids compared to three to fourper cent for maize, which contributes to thelower energy content compared with maize(about 95 per cent the energy of maize).

Mineral concentrations in wheat areabout the same as in maize. However,wheat has natural phytase that releasesphytin phosphorus, much like anexogenous phytase. Thus, wheat has aphosphorus digestibility of 50 per cent asopposed to just 15 per cent in maize.Vitamin and trace mineral concentrations inwheat are not different enough from maizeto justify changes in vitamin or tracemineral premixes when changing frommaize to wheat.

Wheat has been reported to have afeeding value 92 to 100 per cent of maize.It has 10 to 15 per cent more digestibleenergy than barley and has about a fiveper cent higher feeding value thansorghum. The feeding value does not

differ among soft and hard varieties ofwheat, or white and red varieties.

Pig research has shown consistent andsignificant increases in digestibility ofnutrients and performance as particle sizeis reduced, but this has not been confirmedin poultry. Similarly, in pigs, fine grindinghas been blamed for increased stomachulceration. However, more than onestressful factor seems to be needed fordevelopment of severe stomach ulceration.In contrast, poultry can be fed diets basedin full or part on whole wheat without lossof performance, but this requires carefulplanning of the whole nutrition program.

Wheat contains a significant amount ofnon-starch polysaccharides known aspentosans, in addition to beta-glucans(which abound in barley). Pentosans areconsidered the primary source of anti-nutritional activity in wheat. In severalresearch reports, the inclusion of enzymesto break down these anti-nutritionalcompounds has resulted in improvedgrowth performance in pigs. But practicalresults have been variable, perhapsbecause wheat variety plays such a hugerole in the response of pigs to enzymes. Incontrast, results appear to be moreconsistent in poultry, where such enzymesas pentosanases and glucanases are usedquite frequently.

Ioannis Mavromichalis/Wattagnet

Wheat as an energy source for pig and poultry

The feeding value of wheat does not differamong soft and hard varieties of wheat, or

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ASTUDY CONDUCTED IN a US piggeryhas revealed that GM diet may becomeharmful to animal health if administered

for a long time. A long-term study of pigs fed a combination

of genetically modified (GM) soybeans and GMcorn maize showed differences in the animals’reproductive and intestinal tracts and livercompared with those fed a non-GM diet.

In a paper published in Journal of Organic

Systems, Judy Carman from the Institute ofHealth and Environmental Research inKensington Park, South Australia and co-authorsreport differences in the reproductive system ofgilts and the health of the stomachs and livers ofgrowing pigs fed a diet based on GM maize andGM soybean meal compared with those fed asimilar diet based on non-GM ingredients.

Researchers took 168 just-weaned pigs andfed them a typical diet for the piggery,

containing soy and corn, for 22.7 weeks (overfive months) until the pigs were slaughtered attheir usual slaughter age. Half of the pigs werefed widely-used varieties of GM soy and GMcorn for this whole period and the other half ofthe pigs were fed an equivalent non-GM diet.

The researchers chose pigs because theyhave a similar digestive system to humans,and because some of the investigators hadbeen observing reproductive and digestiveproblems in pigs fed GM crops.

They took blood from the pigs a few daysbefore they were slaughtered to do standardbiochemistry tests. Autopsies were done byveterinarians who did not know if a given pigwas fed the GM diet or not, so that theirobservations remained completely unbiased.

The researchers reported that some of theinvestigators had previously seen a reducedability to conceive and higher rates of

miscarriage in piggeries where sows were fed aGM diet and a reduction in the number ofpiglets born if boars were used for conceptionrather than artificial insemination.

Artificial insemination guarantees thepresence of a certain number of viable sperm.Because male pigs were neutered at three daysof age in order to provide meat free of boar-taint, the researchers were only able to look atthe female reproductive system in these pigs.

They found that, on average, the weight ofthe uterus of pigs fed the GM diet, as aproportion of the weight of the pig, was 25 percent higher than the control pigs. Theresearchers found that this biologically significantfinding was also statistically significant. They listsome of the pathologies that could be occurringin these uteri in the paper.

Some of the investigators had alsopreviously seen higher rates of intestinalproblems in pigs fed a GM diet, includinginflammation of the stomach and smallintestine, stomach ulcers, a thinning ofintestinal walls and an increase inhaemorrhagic bowel disease, where a pig canrapidly bleed-out from their bowel and die.

The researchers were not able to lookinside the intestines, due to the amount of foodin them, but were able to look inside thestomach. They found that the level of severeinflammation in stomachs was markedly higherin pigs fed the GM diet.

Pigs on the GM diet were 2.6 times morelikely to get severe stomach inflammation thancontrol pigs. While 22 per cent of male pigs and42 per cent of female pigs on the GM diet hadsevere stomach inflammation, when these pigswere compared to pigs on the control diet, it wasfound that male pigs were actually more stronglyaffected. While female pigs were 2.2 times morelikely to get severe stomach inflammation whenon the GM diet, males were four times morelikely. These findings are both biologically andstatistically significant.

The researchers report that these keyfindings were not reflected in the standardbiochemistry tests that are done in GM feedingstudies, probably because standardbiochemistry tests provide a poor measure ofinflammation and matters associated withuterus size. They did, however, find amarginally significant change on a measure ofliver health in the blood of GM-fed pigs. nn

Source: www.thepigsite.com

Prolonged use of GM crops and feed supplements candamage pig intestinal tracts and reproductive health

GM diet may harm pighealth, says study

Researchers chose pigs for the study becausethey have digestive systems similar to humans



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HEAT-PROCESSED PEA PROTEIN concentrate (PPC) can prove to be a

good alternative to fermented soybean meal and unheated PPC in

broiler starter diets, according to researchers at the University

Polytechnic in Madrid.

The effects of autoclaving two varieties of micronised (fine grinding)

PPC on the ileal digestibility of crude protein and amino acids were

studied in broilers by M Frikha and colleagues at the university.

According to their paper in Poultry Science, there was a control diet

based on fermented soybean meal and four additional diets in which

the FSBM was substituted on a crude protein basis by PPC from two

different pea cultivars, either unheated or autoclaved. Chicks were fed

a common diet from one to 17 days of age and, then, their respective

experimental diets from 18 to 21 days of age. Each treatment was

replicated six times.

Autoclaving reduced trypsin inhibitor activity but had little effect on

the saponin content of the PPC. The apparent ileal digestibility (AID) of

crude protein was similar for the FSBM and the unheated PPC and lower

for both than for the autoclaved PPC. In the PPC, autoclaving improved

the AID of crude protein (87.6 per cent versus 82.2 per cent) and most

indispensable amino acids, e.g. 92.1 per cent versus. 88.8 per cent for

lysine and 83.6 per cent versus 76.5 per cent for threonine.

The improvements in crude protein and amino acid digestibility with

autoclaving varied with the PPC used and was consistent with the

reduction in TIA observed from 9.4 to 2.8mg per/g for PPC-1 and from

9.1 to 5.3mg per/g for PPC-2.

A TEAM OF researchers at Tawian’s Tunghai University (THU) is working to

create wood-eating, environmentally-friendly pigs, by splicing genes from

cellulose-digesting microbes in termite guts into pigs.

The wood eating pigs will be expected to reduce production costs of

farmers with consuming of wood rather than corn.

A report in Taiwan Today said that professor Cheng Teng-kuei, who

is leading the project and also known as Taiwan’s pioneer in cattle

cloning, said that his team at THU has isolated five termite gut

bacteria enzymes.

The genes from these termites were spliced into rats, and the first

litters of transgenic rats carrying the enzymes were born last month, the

first step in the team’s effort to create transgenic pigs.

Previously, Cheng created the world’s first grass-eating swine by

splicing genes from cow-stomach microbes into pigs. This time, Cheng

said his inspiration came from a tree trunk on campus that had been

hollowed by termites.

Cheng’s cross-departmental team found that termites have a microbe

in their gut that produces an enzyme able to break down cellulose, the

main component of wood.

According to Cheng, once the gene is successfully spliced into pigs,

the genetically modified animals will be able to consume wood waste

instead of corn.

This could produce cleaner, less odorous excrement in addition to

lowering production costs.

www.isapoultry.com

Breeding for 500 Eggs!

Wood eating pigs to soon become a reality

Pea pro tein, a potential broiler feed



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ELECTROLYSED OXIDISING WATERcan be used to reduce shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) on beef,according to a recent study conducted atUniversity of Georgia.

The process has earlier been used tosanitise poultry, kill fungi on nursery-grown plants and remove pathogensfrom produce.

Food scientist Yen-Con Hung hascarried out a series of research on the useof electrolysed oxidising (EO) water tomake food safer and surfaces cleaner. EOwater is created when a saltwater solutiongoes through an electrolysis process thatseparates the water’s positive andnegative ions.

Hung’s latest project uses EO water toinactivate levels of seven strains of STECpathogens in beef processing. This yearalone, more than 55,000 pounds of beefproducts have been recalled due to thepresence of STEC, he said.

To inactivate the pathogens, Hung and hiscolleagues applied EO water to beef hides

during processing.Hung said, “If we can prevent the STEC

from getting on the carcass, we can prevent itfrom getting in the ground beef.

“This uses both EO water forms,alkaline to clean the hide and acidic to killthe STEC on the surface.”

This project is part of a five-year, US$4.9mngrant from the US Department of Agriculture to

study ways to kill foodborne pathogens onbeef before it arrives on supermarketshelves and in restaurant kitchens.

The overall project focuses on sixdifferent processing technologies for theentire beef-value chain, from meatprocessing facilities to super markets.The goal is to determine whichtechnology or combination oftechnologies is effective and feasible toadopt across the industry, he said.

The food industry currently uses achlorine solution to kill bacteria. Acidic EOwater can be up to 10 times more

effective at killing harmful bacteria thantraditional methods, Hung claimed.In 2009 the USDA Economic Research

Service estimated the annual economic costof illness caused by STEC O157 wasUS$478mn.

This estimate included medical costs dueto illness, kidney dialysis and transplantcosts, the value of time lost from work due tononfatal illness and the value of prematuredeath, Hung said.

THE NATIONAL TAIWAN University (NTU)has reported that it has developedtransgenic bananas to vaccinate swineagainst Porcine Reproductive andRespiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV), alsoknown as blue ear pig disease.NTU Department of Horticulture andLandscape Architecture professor HuangPung-ling and NTU Graduate Institute ofMolecular and Comparative Pathobiologydirector professor Jeng Chian-ren headedthe research team. With this new oral vaccine, Huang said, “Pigscan eat the vaccine as raw food. It isextremely convenient and there is no risk ofsecondary infection or attenuation of vaccineproteins in the cooking process.”In the industry, current PPRS vaccines are

seen as limited and not extremely effective. “After feeding the pigs with 50gm of bananaleaves from the transgenic banana plants,three times at a two-week interval, the serumand tissue viral loads dropped,” Huang said. Genetic engineering technology was usedto transfer genetic material of the virus tothe banana chromosome. The bananafunctions as a bioreactor, resulting in avegetable oral vaccine. “Patents have already been secured inTaiwan, the US and mainland China,”Huang said.Europe, US and Asia have all faced PRRSproblems in the respective livestock sectors.Taiwan, Vietnam and China have all beenaffected by the disease over the decadessince the 1980s while researchers across theglobe worked hard to find a cure for thedisease. Recently, the World Organisation forAnimal Health (OIE) confirmed that India hasreported PRRS for the first time.PRRS causes reproductive failure inbreeding stock and respiratory tract illnessin young pigs. Initially referred to as “mystery swinedisease” and “mystery reproductivesyndrome,” it was first reported in 1987 inNorth America and Central Europe. Thedisease costs the United States swineindustry around US$600mn annually.

Electrolysed oxidising water to kill beef pathogens

Transgenic bananas to be used as oral vaccine for PRRS


Acidic EO water can be up to 10 times more effective inkilling harmful bacteria on beef than traditional methods

Pigs can eat the vaccine as raw food with thehelp of this oral vaccine

THE VIETNAMESE NATIONAL steeringcommittee on bird flu prevention hasinstructed local governments in thecountry to build lines of defense and banbreeding of waterfowl from September.

The Vietnamese minister ofagriculture and rural development CaoDuc Phat said in a statement in Hanoithat to prevent bird flu outbreaks,especially in northern Vietnameseborder provinces, the country shouldestablish three lines of defense.

These include controlling border areasto prevent poultry trafficking, preventingtransport of infected birds and tighteningpoultry farming norms.

Bui Ba Bong, his deputy, announcedthat any waterfowl stocks hatched after 1September 2013 will be destroyed.

As for birds hatched before that date,owners will have to pledge they willvaccinate the birds and keep them inrestricted areas.

Although a nationwide duck ban untilFebruary 2007 is already in place,Vietnamese farmers have not taken itseriously.

Vietnam tightensbird flu combatmeasures


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SOUTHEAST ASIA IS currently the hub of oil palm cultivation withIndonesia and Malaysia accounting for 85-90 per cent of worldwideproduction of the crop. The two countries together produce

50,000mn tonnes of oil palm with the next three biggest producers beingThailand with 2,100mn tonnes and Colombia and Nigeria with around1,000mn tonnes each. The mass extraction, production and processing ofoil palm posses several challenges that can be addressed with innovativedimensions introduced to the production process.

Despite the huge plantation areas, there are no easy economicoptions for oil palm. Breeding higher yielding trees of small stature tomake harvesting of bunches easier and extend the period when nuts canbe economically harvested from tall mature trees, continue as importantplant breeding strategies. However, in recent times, novel dimensionsusing combinations of micronutrients and biostimulants, to manipulateoil palm physiology, growth and development, is opening up newavenues to maximising production.

As the area and intensity of oil palm planting increases, more andmore new plantings are made on land previously occupied by oil palm orother plantation monocultures like rubber. This has intensified traditionalplant health problems caused by root and stem base infectingpathogens, such as Ganoderma spp, which infect a broad range of treesincluding oil palm. Infections in old redundant trees and plant debris inthe soil readily transfers onto outreaching roots of newly planted trees.Integrated micronutrient and biostimulation technology is used toenhance the oil palm plant’s capacity to ward off or cope with fungalinfection and manifestation of the disease.

Oil palm agronomists in Malaysia are focussing on enhancing growthand development of nursery seedlings so that transplanted oil palm startyielding and comes into maximum oil production much sooner, whilemaking these field plants more resilient to disease.

Shortening the non-productive periodGrowing oil palm is all about maintaining economic flow of the goldenliquid (palm oil) over the longest possible period. As a tree crop,

commercial oil palm is an inherently long term yielder, but economicproduction eventually comes to an end, around 25 years earlier thanother tropical tree crops.

Oil palm production targets are invariably pre-occupied with yield perseason and extending economic life by breeding shorter stature treesfrom which bunches can be more easily harvested. Oil palmagronomists often look at the early deficit in grower income caused bythe inevitable ‘oil dry’ and ‘oil lean’ periods. These occur from seedgermination and nursery planting until transplanted trees bear bunchesand come into their peak oil production years.

On-going investigation is focused on minimising these lean periodsfor trees by hastening growth and development of nursery plants so thattransplanted trees start to bear fruit sooner and reach peak oil productionmore quickly.

The working life profile of healthy oil palm covers a 20-30 year timespan. Seed takes around 120 days to germinate with seedlings spending10-12 months in the nursery. Transplanted oil palm comes into peakproduction at around the sixth year. Economic production is terminatedsome 25 years later, basically because the trees become too tall for thecomfortable harvesting of bunches.

At the centre of current research into trimming the period from

New dimensions to oil palm production Implementing innovative production processescan offer the palm oil industry in Southeast Asiaan edge over the other markets

Oil palm estates occupy a huge area across Indonesia and Malaysia in Southeast Asia

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transplanting and onset of peak production is a bio-stimulant productfrom Omex Agrifluids called Bio20, a highly-concentrated emulsioncontaining macro nutrients (plus magnesium), chelated micronutrientsand a marine alga (seaweed) derived extract. Bio20 has already provedits worth in maximising crop resilience to stress caused by hightemperatures, soil conditions, including moisture availability, andpathogenic microbes across a wide range of crops including citrus, fruitsand vines, ornamentals and cereals including rice.

The product is formulated to supply seedlings and more matureplants with essential nutrients and ‘elements’ from a single seaweedvariety extract that have proven root stimulation properties and effects.Bio20 use in oil palm aims to accelerate the growth and accumulation ofroot biomass and to maintain and sustain it at higher overall levels. Trialsinvolving foliar sprays and root drenches of nursery oil palm plants withBio20 are underway with the aim of bringing plants into bearing andpeak oil production more quickly.

Fighting the oil plant diseases rightThe oil palm trees are under constant threat from a wide range of insectpests and diseases that can affect this tree crop. The most damaging, asfar as Southeast Asia is concerned, is a lethal and terminal diseasecalled basal stem rot (butt rot or trunk rot). The disease is caused by aBasidiomycete (bracket forming) fungal pathogen called Ganodermawhich exists as a number of different species.

These root and basal stem diseases are caused by a range ofBasidiomycete fungal pathogens and affect a wide range of tree cropsincluding rubber and coconut, as well as oil palm. They are difficult tocontrol from biological, logistical and economic perspectives. Firstly,

because they are soil-borne diseases which easily transfer from infectedold trees and plant debris onto re-planted oil palm. And, secondly due tothe deep-seated nature of infection which makes it extremely difficult tomanage with fungicides. Infection foci on individual trees invariably leadto huge collateral losses as healthy trees around these infection foci aregrubbed out in an effort to stop the spread of disease.

Oil palm plants infected with Ganoderma exhibit a range ofcharacteristic disease symptoms. Spears stay closed and the lowerleaves dry out and droop forming a ‘cloak’ around the plant. Fungalfruiting bodies (brackets) may grow on the stem. A sponge-like rotdevelops at the base of the stem weakening the tree which eventuallykneels over and collapses.

Complete removal of old oil palm trees (also rubber and coconuts) fromland earmarked for re-planting with young oil palm plants is an essentialrequirement for economic disease management, but invariably not enoughbecause some plant debris will always remain as residue in the soil. Severalproducts from the Omex are being investigated and trialled in Malaysia toboost oil palm defences and resilience to Ganoderma.

First in line is Biomex Plus a biological fertiliser that works in thecrop plant’s favour as a soil amendment product. Biomex Plus is aunique patented co-formulation of macro and micronutrients aspotassium, manganese, zinc and phosphate (as water soluble phosphite)plus Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, an unmodified rhizobacterium andnaturally occurring soil micro-organism.

Plants treated with Biomex Plus are better equipped and able tocompensate for stress caused by biotic factors (pathogens) and abioticfactors (e.g. drought and salinity). Biomex Plus is applied to the oilpalm planting hole.


Trials to trim the time period before transplanted oil palm starts to bearbunches are targeted at the nursery seedling stage

Harvesting bunches from tall mature trees requires high reach cutting activity

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The working life profile of healthy oilpalm covers a 20-30 year time span.

Seed takes around 120 days togerminate with seedlings spending 10-12 months in the nursery. Transplantedoil palm comes into peak production at

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Reduced disease frequency, intensity and severity with enhancedplant health are proven for Biomex Plus across a wide range of crops.The two key biostimulatory and soil amendment factors in Biomex Plusare water soluble phosphite ions and beneficial bacteria.

Some more disease control measuresPhosphite ions are well-established in bolstering the defences of crop plantsagainst infection and disease development. Phosphite is rapidly taken up byroots and mobilised throughout the plant via the xylem (water conductingtissue). It acts as a vehicle for the rapid and substantial movement of lowmobility calcium ions (Ca2+) into the plant where they play vital tissuestrengthening roles in the middle lamella made of calcium pectate whichcements the cell walls together. The beneficial bacteria in Biomex Plusdevelop on the root system to stimulate growth and shield the roots frominfection by soil borne pathogens.

Also under investigation by Omex Agrifluids is a novel phosphiteformulation called Phytomex (0-28-0-8Mn) based on manganesephosphite. Omex is trialling this product as a working alternative to moretraditional use of potassium phosphite and ammonium phosphite inOmex’s DP98. Omex believes that oil palm estates should be given thechoice and opportunity of making most of manganese an essentialmicronutrient for oil palm.

Potassium is a crucially important macronutrient for oil palm but theplants should generally receive more than enough from carefullymeasured and balanced macronutrient NPK applications. As withBiomex Plus, the phosphite component plays a crucial role instrengthening the oil palm plant’s ability to cope with infection anddisease development. Nutrients are also being used in a biostimulatory

capacity to enhance the ability of nursery oil palm seedlings to cope withfoliar disease. Screening trials currently underway are investigating howOmex’s DP98 can improve plant health through optimum nutrition byenhancing the natural resistance and resilience of plants to theCurvularia spp fungal pathogen that causes a debilitating leaf spottingdisease of seedlings in Southeast Asian oil palm nurseries. nn

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AS ONE OF the pillars of Philippinesagriculture sector, the coconut industrycontributes greatly to the country’s

coffers, earning at least US$700mn toUS$1bn yearly. It also directly or indirectlyaffects one fourth of the total population of95mn in the Philippines.

The coconut crop and its by-productscontinue to be the source of livelihood forseveral thousands of people in Southeast Asia,which is the most prominent destination forthe cultivation of this crop. The crop is alsobeing considered as one of the prominentsources of biodiesel in the near future.

Challenges faced by the industryThe industry is confronted with somechallenges that need immediate attention.Foremost are the low prices of coconutproducts in the world market where totalexport value in 2012 went down toUS$1.54bn from US$1.95bn in 2011.According to the Philippine Coconut Authority

(PCA), the decline was due to the ongoingrecession in many countries.

Another problem is the Brontispa pestinfestation which swarmed the plantation inCALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas,Rizal and Quezon). Although the PCA assuredthat only 0.05 per cent or around 931,139trees of the total 340mn coconut trees wereinfested, the situation was neverthelessalarming as it could have worsened.

The PCA, however, claims that it has beenintensifying efforts to eliminate the insectsthrough biological means.

The coconut farmers’ dependence on copraor the dried meat kernel of the coconut is ofprime importance. Coconut by-product, coprameal is among the biggest export earners atUS$114.86mn in 2012, a big jump fromUS$58.79mn a year ago. For the longest time,farmers have relied much on copra whereasnumerous products can be made out of coconut.

Now that copra prices have collapsed toUS$0.09 a kilo from US$1.01 a kilo,

farmers should be more resourceful inutilising the crop. In his column inPhilippines daily Business Mirror, financialanalyst and former banker Bingo Dejarescosaid that he believed that there was more tococonut than just copra.

“The wonder tree still has a hundreddifferent uses...for instance, by August this year,a new US$4.61mn coconut processing plantwill open in Baybay City, Leyte to sell coco juiceand cater to the big demand of health-consciousAmericans for organic-based food and drinks.Imagine the company’s buying stations in Leyteand Samar will buy 200,000 coconuts daily toproduce 80,000 litres of coconut juice forshipment to America.”

Coconut by-productsWhile other countries like Brazil, Indonesia andThailand are cashing in on coconut watersales, some coconut industry experts believethat Philippines should also tread the samepath and try to generate more revenue formsale of coconut water. One reason behind theidea is its soaring sales which went up by 800per cent last year. “We are sure that demand ismuch bigger than that and it can be a high-selling product for Western nations as well as

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Even with falling coconut prices and pest scare, Philippinescan continue to bank on its coconut crop, which stillcontributes substantially to the country’s coffers

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health-conscious Japan,” added Dejaresco.On the other hand, PCA administrator

Euclides Forbes noted that other coconut-basedproducts were making waves in theinternational market like coco sugar and thevirgin coconut oil (VCO).

A research conducted by University ofSanto Tomas said that VCO helps in reducingrisk of stroke and heart attack. VCO, whichearlier concluded by the western countries as“deadly” because of its huge fat content, hasbeen contradicted by American expert BruceFife who even published a book about thebenefits of VCO.

VCO is also known as anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and also a beauty enhancer whichhelps skin and hair. Another healthy productthat farmers can earnestly profit from iscoconut flour.

Dejaresco said that coconut flour can be ahealthier substitute from the imported flourfrom the US as it is free from gluten andsupplies great dietary fibre to produce a lot ofrecipe-based food for desserts, drinks andpastries like pies, cookies, muffins and even asa thickening agent for sauces like gravies.

A new biodiesel?With fluctuating prices of fuel in the worldmarket, the Philippines government is alsoexploring the possibilities of using coconut oilas a blend for biodiesel which is environment-friendly and will make the country lessdependent on oil imports as well as anadditional income for the farmers.

According to Forbes, the five per centmixture of coconut methyl ester willsignificantly reduce emissions and if approvedby the Aquino administration, biofuel producerswill need an additional 21,000 tonnes ofcoconut oil for blending which will greatlybenefit coconut farmers.

Based on studies, PCA said that cocobiodiesel is a clean burning alternative fuelwhich can be used in diesel engines withoutmodification. The Department of Agriculturesecretary Proceso Alcala said that thePhilippines can save billions of pesos inimported petroleum if the National BiofuelsBoard approved the five per cent mix from thetwo per cent mandated biofuels blend.

The biofuel mix, however, will also entailhigher pump prices as it is “market driven”,

nevertheless, a higher biofuel price would alsomean high prices of coconuts which will addmore income to farmers.

Forbes said intercropping on coconutplantations since a gap of at least 10 meters canbe utilised in planting other crops. “It is such awaste if we cannot utilize these vacant areaswhere 27 per cent of our agricultural farms areplanted with coconuts. These 3.4mn hectares ofcoconut plantation will be very lucrative if ourfarmers know how to optimize it,” he added.

Forbes has also expressed hope that thefarmers would not just earn their revenuesduring harvest time but also be entrepreneursby engaging in coconut ventures such asproducing coconut oil and other viableproducts. “President Aquino’s dream is tosee farmers take control or own the integratedprocessing plants and other feasible products.We have a lot of emerging products like cocosugar and VCO which can really lift thefarmers from the poverty threshold. And, Ihope to see many viable products to come outsoon,” he noted. nn

By Gemma Delmo


JAPANESE BIOTECHNOLOGISTS HAVE developed

a rice plant with deeper roots that can sustain

high yields in droughts that wipe out

conventional rice crops.

It is the third breakthrough in new cereal

strains in less than two years, boosting the quest

to feed the world’s growing population at a time

of worsening climate change.

A team from the National Institute of

Agrobiological Sciences described in Nature

Genetics journal how they found a remarkable

gene in a rice plant cultivated in the dry uplands

of the Philippines.

This rice strain, also called cultivar, is called

Kinandang Patong. Its big characteristic is roots

that are deep and grow straight downwards,

delving into parched soil for water, as opposed to

root systems that are shallow and grow out

sideways in typical water-rich paddy fields.

The gene for this, called Deep Rooting, dubbed

DRO1, was spliced into a cultivar called IR64, a

paddy rice plant that is grown around Asia.

The team then put the new plant through its

paces, planting it and standard IR64 in upland

fields in three kinds of conditions – no drought,

moderate drought and severe drought.

Moderate drought reduced yield from IR64 to

just 42 per cent of no-drought conditions. Severe

drought destroyed it totally. But IR64 with the

DRO1 gene was almost unaffected by moderate

drought. In severe drought, yield fell but not

catastrophically, by around 30 per cent.

Yusaku Uga, who led this research, said,

“Based on our results, this variety can be adapted

to upland agriculture without irrigation.

“We are also evaluating the DRO1

performance under rain-fed lowland with the

International Rice Research Institute. If we can

get positive results in farmer’s fields, we hope to

release the variety for Asian countries. We are also

going to introduce the DRO1 into leading varieties

in Latin America with CIAT.”

In January last year, scientists in Britain and

Japan said that they had developed a fast-track

technique, called MutMat, that identified useful

genetic variants, or mutations, in rice plants. They

used it to derive a strain from Japan’s Hitomebore

wild rice that is resistant to salinity, a boon for

farmers whose fields have high salt content

through irrigation.

In March last year, researchers in Australia said

they had bred durum wheat with a salt-loving gene

whose yields were up to 25 per cent greater than

ordinary counterparts when grown on saline fields.

Drought-resistant rice variety developed in Japan

The biggest characteristic of this rice variety is that its roots go deep and grow straight downwards, delving into parched soil for water


AGROUP OF researchers at NASA’sGoddard Space Flight Center inGreenbelt, Maryland have found that

climate data can help predict crop failuresseveral months before harvest.

Rice and wheat crop failures can beforecast using climate and crop models insome cases, according to the study. Scientistshave found that in about one-third of globalcropland, temperature and soil moisture havestrong relationships to the yield of wheat andrice at harvest. For these two key crops, acomputer model can predict crop failures threemonths in advance for about 20 per cent ofglobal cropland, according to the study,published in Nature Climate Change.

Goddard’s Biospheric Sciences Laboratoryofficial Molly Brown said, “You can estimateultimate yields according to the climaticcondition several months before. From thespring conditions and the pre-existingconditions, the pattern is almost set.”

The team of researchers wanted to examinethe reliability and timeliness of crop failureforecasts in order for governments, insurersand others to plan accordingly.

The team, led by Toshichika Iizumi with theNational Institute for Agro-EnvironmentalSciences in Tsukuba, Japan, created and testeda new crop model, incorporating temperatureand precipitation forecasts and satelliteobservations from 1983 to 2006. They thenexamined how well the data predicted the cropyield or crop failure that actually occurred at theend of each season. For example, by looking atthe temperature and soil moisture in June of agiven year, they wanted to predict the successof a corn harvest in August and September.

Wheat and riceThe team studied four crops, corn, soybeans,wheat and rice, but the model proved mostuseful for wheat and rice. Crop failures inregions of some major wheat and riceexporters, such as Australia and Uruguay,could be predicted several months in advance,according to the study. The model also forecastsome minor changes in crop yield, not just thedevastating crop failures resulting from severe

droughts or other weather extremes.Co-author of the study and a professor with

the University of Leeds in the United KingdomAndy Challinor said, “The impact of climateextremes, the kind of events that have a largeimpact on global production, is morepredictable than smaller variations in climate,but even variations of five per cent in yieldwere correctly simulated in the study for manyparts of the globe.”

How much weather matters?Economic factors, including agriculturaltechnology, fertiliser, seeds and irrigationinfrastructure, are key to determining howmuch a farmer can grow, Brown said. A farmerwith expensive equipment and high-yieldingvarieties can efficiently plant seeds and growmore productive crops than a farmer plantinglow-yielding varieties, one seed at a time.

If economics set the bar for crop yield, otherfactors, including climate, can still cause variationsthat lead to good years and devastating years.

Brown said, “We’re trying to understand howmuch the weather matters. For particular crops,

in particular places, it makes a huge difference,especially with wheat. Our study gives us thetools we need to understand the sources ofvariability outside of the economic sphere.”

While climate’s role in crop yields andfailures may seem intuitive, it’s difficult todemonstrate in part because of theoverwhelming influence of social and economicfactors, Brown said. But, integrating climateand economic predictions can lead to a betterunderstanding of crop yields and failures,especially in a changing climate.

Brown added that if satellite data and climatemodels forecast a good season for rice beforeseeds are even planted, farmers or communitieswill be able to get loans to invest in technologiesto take advantage of the good weather, whileinsurers can keep insurance premiums low.

Brown said, “If the forecast calls for apoor growing season, the loans would besmaller and insurance premiums larger. Itcould work as both a social safety net foragricultural communities.” nn

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NASA’s climate data model for crop yield predictions has proved to be most successful for two key crops, rice and wheat


With one-third of global cropland, temperature and soil moisturehaving strong relationships with each other, forecasting cropyield accurately may soon become a possibility

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INDIA’S BHABHA ATOMIC Research Centre(BARC) has developed 41 new crop varietiesunder its nuclear agriculture programme.

These include 15 varieties of groundnut,eight of mungbean (greengram), five of urdad(blackgram), four of tur (pigeonpea), three ofmustard, two of soyabean and one each ofsunflower, chavali (cowpea), rice and jute.

BARC’s Nuclear Agriculture andBiotechnology Division head SureshBhagwat said, “If India has to be food self-reliant, it is imperative to embrace nuclearagriculture technology, particularly withagriculture land getting scarcer and fooddemand growing exponentially.

“Not many are aware that nuclearradiation-based technologies can contributeto this effort very significantly.” A majorbenefit of radiation effect on plants isenhancement of genetic variability, which canbe harnessed to develop new crop varieties,including cereals, pulses and oilseeds withdesirable characteries like increased yield,early maturity, salinity or water stresstolerance and disease resistance.

Till date, the 41 crop varieties developmentat BARC, in collaboration with someagriculture universities, in different Indianstates have been approved by the centralgovernment for commercial cultivation.

Bhagwat said BARC had also developedseveral protocols for micro-propagation ofelite varieties of banana.

Chief of BARC’s Food Technology DivisionArun Sharma said the key to sustainability

was in ensuring proper food preservation andsafety, for which reduction in post-harvestlosses was of utmost importance.

Sharma said, “Radiation processing ofagricultural produce offers a majortechnology alternative to chemicalfumigants for this purpose.

“Treatment with gamma radiation orelectron beam enables dis-infestation ofinsect pests in stored products, delay inripening of fresh fruit, inhibition of sproutingin tubers and bulbs like potatoes andonions, destruction of food spoilagebacteria and elimination of parasites andpathogens in food.”

Since India is the world's second largestproducer of fruits and vegetables, theimmense potential of radiation processing forexport needs to exploited for which BARC hasdeveloped irradiation protocols for severalfood products.

“Very encouraging signs are increasedpublic acceptance of food irradiation andinterest of private entrepreneurs in setting upradiation processing plants,” Sharma said.

Nuclear agriculture technology can contributeto meeting food demand challenges in

countries like India

THE INTERNATIONAL

POTATO Centre (CIP), a part

of the CGIAR Consortium,

has outlined plans to

develop sustainable farming

practices of pro-vitamin A

sweet potatoes to increase

food availability.

CIP functions as a non-

profit international

agricultural research

organisation with a global

mandate to conduct

research on potatoes, sweet potatoes, Andean root and tuber crops and

sustainable management of natural resources.

The project will consist of field-based research to promote and adopt

pro-vitamin A sweet potatoes.

CIP is currently scaling up its research efforts and development impacts

in Asia and Africa in an effort to reach 15mn households with orange-

fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) by 2020.

A statement from the organisation said, “CIP plans to develop

sustainable farming practices of pro-vitamin A sweet potato and promote

the adoption and utilisation of the commodity.”

The organisation believes that the project will contribute to reducing

poverty levels and also give people the opportunity to lead a healthy and

productive life.

“Pro-vitamin A will help eradicate poverty, help countries to develop

and prosper, and give every human being the opportunity to lead a healthy

and productive life by ensuring the right to a safe, nutritious, and sufficient

food supply,” said the statement.

LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF fossil fuels has stimulated a search forother energy resources and use of biofuels has increasingly becomeone of the possible alternatives.

Sugars derived from the grain of agricultural crops can be used toproduce biofuel but these crops occupy fertile soils needed for foodand feed production. Fast growing plants such as poplar, eucalyptus,or various grass residues such as corn stover and sugarcanebagasse do not compete and can be a sustainable source for biofuel.

An international collaboration of plant scientists from VIB andGhent University (Belgium), the University of Dundee (UK), TheJames Hutton Institute (UK) and the University of Wisconsin (USA)has identified a new gene in the biosynthetic pathway of lignin, amajor component of plant secondary cell walls that limits theconversion of biomass to energy.

Stanford University's Global Climate and Energy Project directorSally M Benson said in a report published in Science Express journalrecently, “This discovery provides an alternative pathway for alteringlignin in plants and has the potential to greatly increase the efficiencyof energy crop conversion for biofuels. We have been so pleased tosupport this team of world leaders in lignin research and to see thehighly successful outcome of these projects.”

A plant cell wall mainly consists of lignin and sugar molecules suchas cellulose. Cellulose can be converted to glucose which can then beused in a classical fermentation process to produce alcohol, similar tobeer or wine making. Lignin is a kind of cement that embeds the sugarmolecules and thereby gives firmness to plants.

However, lignin severely reduces the accessibility of sugar moleculesfor biofuel production. The lignin cement has to be removed via anenergy-consuming and environmentally unfriendly process. Plants with alower amount of lignin or with lignin that is easier to break down can be areal benefit for biofuel and bioplastics production. The same holds true forthe paper industry that uses the cellulose fibres to produce paper.

Nuclear agriculture programme develops 41 new crop varieties

New way of biofuel productionEnhanced sweet potatoes for battling hunger


CIP believes that pro-vitamin A sweetpotatoes will help eradicate poverty andgive every human being the opportunity

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DUPONT PIONEER HAS launched a mobile app that features three agronomy

tools to help farmers with this season's management decisions. The Pioneer

Field360 Tools app from DuPont Pioneer features the GDU Estimator,

Precipitation Estimator, and Growth Stage Estimator.

DuPont Pioneer product manager Matt Snyder said, “Conveniently

packaging DuPont Pioneer agronomy expertise into one mobile application

that growers can use to make decisions anywhere they farm is one of the

benefits of the new Pioneer Field360 Tools app.”

The paid app has improved usability, requiring one-time input of

location, start date and comparative relative maturity (CRM).

“Farmers can easily navigate between the calculators within the Pioneer

Field360 Tools app without re-entering data,” Snyder said.

This new app combines analysis tools and real-time data. Farmers can

track multiple field scenarios, including progress of the crop with a growth

stage estimator, view precipitation forecasts and daily precipitation, and

calculate GDUs and key crop stages. The Pioneer Field360 Tools app can

also estimate harvest dates for each Pioneer brand corn hybrid planted.

Part of the Pioneer Field360 services offering, this app can be located by

searching Field360 in the App Store. The app will be upgraded with

additional best-in-class agronomy tools as they are available. An Android

version of the app will be available later in July in the Google Play Store.

Farmers can also go to Pioneer’s web portal to access the Pioneer

Field360 Tools app and other Pioneer applications such as Pioneer Field360

Notes app and the Plantability app which have also been designed to aid

cultivation activities.

NEW HOLLAND AGRICULTURE haslaunched its low horsepower range ofproducts, the upgraded TC48R four-wheeldrive tractor, for Thailand’s rice farming sector.

The compact size of the TC48R tractor isequipped to deliver a powerful performance.The tractor is provided with new fenders andbigger tires to meet the demand of Thaicustomers. With a 47hp 4-cylinder dieselengine and 16x16 shuttle transmissions, thistractor will enable customers to work with awide range of implements.

TC48R’s draft control lever makes life a littleeasier when plowing, sub-soiling or using otherground engaging implements by automaticallyraising the implement just enough to restorenormal loading of the tractor for saferoperations and extended life span of the tools.

Implements can be mounted to thethree point hitch. The PTO features threespeeds and is also equipped with anautomatic stop feature when theimplement rises from the ground.

Full hydraulic power is always available atthe remote valves and lift linkage, but only asmuch as is needed. The variabledisplacement pump only works on demand,thus reducing fuel consumption.

This compact and solid model is theideal companion for a wide range of farmingtasks thanks to the powerful engine,matched with reliable transmissions, threePTO speeds and other features that makefarming more efficient and easier. The seatand steering wheel can be adjusted to acomfortable and ergonomic position forbetter operations of the driver.

APAM, New Holland’s official distributor

in Thailand, which has just inaugurated fournew outlets in the first six months of thisyear, has further plans of extending itsstrong dealer network to offer a betterservice to its customers.

The new upgraded model featuredprominently at the recent Isrmax Asia 2013,the International Sugar Rice Maize &Agriculture Expo held in Bangkok from 15 to17 August 2013.

MASSEY FERGUS ON HAS launched three new four-cylinderpowered MF 5600 Series tractor models that are purpose-built todeliver exactly the right specification for the 110hp to 130hp sector. The MF 5600 Series models are built to provide performance in thefield and on the road, combined with the manoeuvrability, visibilityand exclusive features that make them unrivalled loader tractors.Loader-ready models come supplied with a factory-fitted sub-frame,as well as a wide range of novel features and controls to ease andenhance operation.Powered by the latest AGCO POWER four cylinder engines, the newMF 5600 tractors are built on a new 2.55 metre wheelbase chassis,equipped with specifically designed Dyna-4 or Dyna-6 transmissions. There is also a choice of essential or efficient cab specifications aswell as a completely new exclusive front axle suspension option,designed and manufactured by Massey Ferguson. With maximum powers of 110hp, 120hp and 130hp and weighing 4.8tonnes, the new Massey Ferguson MF 5600 Series four cylinder modelsoffer a distinct specification choice and are developed specifically tomeet all customer requirements in this important power sector. The engine powers of all the new tractors also overlap with threemodels in the MF 6600 Series, to provide further choice. Massey Ferguson brand development manager Campbell Scottsaid, “The new MF 5600 Series are purpose-built for this powersector and application, offering uncompromising quality,specification and performance. “The 110hp to 130hp bracket is expanding rapidly as customers need,and expect, a tractor with the specifications the MF 5600 Series offers.”

New Holland presents upgraded tractor for Thailand’s rice sector

DuPont Pioneer’s mobile app for farmers

New tractor series from Massey Ferguson


The compact size of the TC48R tractor is equipped to deliver a powerful performance

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EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS,

QUALITY Equipment, has

come up with a high

density plastic slat plate,

which can prove to be

better than concrete slat

panels that are usually

prone to wear and costly

to replace.

Slat plates launched

by the company are

simply placed over the

worn area and are secured

by stainless steel anchor

bolts, either directly

through the plate or via clips fixed around the edges.

Suitable for weaners, growers and finishers, the 15mm plates are

generally supplied at 1m x 0.5m (3ft 3in x 1ft 7in) and slots can be cut to

ensure a snug fit around equipment.

The product is priced at US$46.09 per plate, including fixings, they are

suitable for areas too badly damaged or eroded for conventional repairs.

Larger plates can be supplied if required.

Quality Equipment director Graham Baker said, “With pig welfare rules

tightening, piggeries are coming under increasing scrutiny, particularly

slatted floors. We produced these panels in response to requests from

customers and have already had a good feedback.”

Quality Equipment has sold large quantities of a stainless steel slat

inert which it developed in 2012 as a result of new EU regulations on

maximum slat gaps. The slat plate complements this product.

CEVA HAS RECENTLY added the Cevac IBird, a live attenuated IBvaccine, to its portfolio of 16 new technology vaccines.

With this addition, infectious bronchitis can now be brought undercontrol from the hatchery. The company’s efforts in 2012 had madepossible to treat Newcastle and Gumboro with a single, combineddose of vaccines.

The vaccine, which is a yellowish white in colour, requires that allchickens on a site be vaccinated at the same time and within thesame premises. The vaccine strain may spread to non-vaccinatedchickens. Vaccinated chickens may excrete the vaccine strain for up to28 days or longer following vaccination.

Poultry farmers should take care to avoid spread of the vaccinevirus from vaccinated chickens to pheasants and turkeys.

Cevac IBird is intended to protect chickens against respiratorydisease caused by variant strains of infectious bronchitis virusbelonging to the 793/B group and should not be used as areplacement for other IBV vaccines.

Ceva said in a statement that it has 16 new technology vaccinesregistered in key countries, but innovation meant nothing, if it couldnot be applied in the field.

That is why, the company added, it has also invested in the provisionof vaccination and handling equipment Desvac and Ecat and expertservice programs (C.H.I.C.K Program) to ensure that poultry producersbenefit from over 60 service managers working in 14 countries.

Ceva biology business unit head Arnaud Bourgeois commented,“We are delighted to be able to support the cause of vaccination andspreading awareness about the importance of it.

“I am very proud that we are also able to provide so manysignificant vaccination innovations to poultry producers. Combiningexcellence in scientific, industrial and market support is something wetry to achieve each day and we must continue to work hard to drivefurther innovation in the future.”

Ceva adds new vaccine to its rangePlastic slat plate from Quality Equipment


BREEDER MANAGEMENTTECHNIQUE has undergonerefinement with time and becomemore convenient for poultryfarmers and safer for the birds.Big Dutchman has recentlylaunched two breedermanagement equipment thatinclude a group laying nest andnew-generation poultry cages. The group laying nest ‘Relax’ isdesigned specially for broilerbreeders. Equipped with twoseparate, easy-to-lift nest roofs, itsignificantly facilitates nest andegg belt inspection.Another new feature is the eggbelt with a three-point bearingdesign. Due to the increasedshare of perforated surface andthe triangular shape of theholes, contact surfacesbetween the eggs and the eggbelt are minimised. Eggs thatroll off are slowed down gently,

which reduces the number ofhair-cracked and dirty eggs.‘Relax’ is made of high-quality,durable materials, increasingnest acceptance and improvingnest hygiene. The smoothsurfaces facilitate cleaning andreduce the bacteria load aswell as insect infestation during

the grow-out. The system hasbeen designed as a nearlyscrew-less connector systemand can therefore be installedeasily and rapidly.The second Big Dutchmannovelty for breeder managementis a new generation of poultrycage developed specifically for

the reproduction of layer andbroiler breeders by means ofartificial insemination. Thisdevelopment has made BigDutchman one of the firstsuppliers of poultry equipmentresponding to the trend of usingartificial insemination in hatchingegg production.

Big Dutchman’s breeder management novelties

The soft flooring of the poultry cage reduces the riskof breast blisters

Quality Equipment’s slat plate is easilyfixed and provides a simple solution to

worn slats

Relax is equipped with two separate roofs which facilitate the breeder management considerably


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AGRICULTURE PROFESSIONALS WILLsoon be able to visualise the world ofroots, tubers and bananas using a

mapping system that provides knowledge ofthe global production zones.

Using 25 categories, RTBMaps can paint acomplex picture of the world of roots from theplantain harvest zones to the meantemperature, from cassava to mealybugpresence, or potatoes to food accessibility.

Associate researcher for the project HenryJuarez claims that the visual combinations forthe map are extensive and complex.

He said, “It’s a powerful tool to shareinformation and make it not only available toourselves but also to scientists.

“There are specialists in our team with aGIS (Geographic Information Systems)background but there are a lot of scientists thatdo not have GIS background. For them, itsimply depends on having a web address, aclick to see the potato map, another click tosee potato diseases.

“Through that simple exercise, they canvisualise the vulnerability of the potato tothat disease. That has a lot of impact. We’realready seeing scientists, decision makersand farmers participate because theinformation is available.”

The map brings together the research andbrainstorming of scientists from four diverseagricultural institutions: the InternationalCenter for Tropical Agriculture, BioversityInternational, the International Institute ofTropical Agriculture and the International PotatoCenter, where Juarez is based.

The collaborative project utilises GIS andcloud technology to organise a mass of globalinformation and shed light on the greatestareas of need.

Juarez explained, “It will make it easier tomake decisions for scientists who don’totherwise have this concept of spatiality.

“If you have 100,000 hectares in Peru at

risk for a certain disease, you can think, ‘well,it’s 100,000 hectares.’ But if you see wherethey are, you can see where to placeresources. You can decide, ‘in this more humidarea of Peru, we can have greater impact.’”

Beyond disease, the map also revealsproduction inconsistency and crop opportunities.

The researched noted, “Using the map, wewant to find where the production voids are.We know what is produced and where in eachzone and what the potential would be if thereweren’t any limitations.”

Although the map went live just over a weekago, researchers already have plans to build on

its potential and expand its possibilities.Juarez said, “We would like to have a lot

more layers. Right now we’re at 25 and wehope to reach 100 or 200 more.

“We’re also creating a priority setting platformto see a combination of various factors todetermine the greatest impact. Users can go tothe page, pick the factors he or she wants andcreate a unique map. That will serve researchersto determine where the most poverty, the mostdisease or the most potatoes are. That will beavailable over the coming months.” nn

Source: FreshFruitPortal

RTBMaps developed by ateam of researchers can helpin presenting a detailedpicture of underground cropslike cassava, potatoes orbanana to aid and enhanceproduction

Mapping system to visualise the world of roots

The map is equipped to provide information onproduction inconsistency and crop opportunities


The map brings together the research and brainstormingof scientists from four diverse agricultural institutions:

the International Center for Tropical Agriculture,Bioversity International, the International Institute of

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Annual Buyers’ GuideSection One - Listings by categories Section Two - List of suppliers Section Three - Contact details of agents in Asia

PLEASE MENTION FAR EASTERN AGRICULTURE WHEN CONTACTING YOUR SUPPLIERS

CattleExports

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH

Feed

Eurofeed Technologies S.p.A.

Feeding Systems

Technical Systems

Health Products


Milking Equipment

MIK International AG

Veterinary Equipment

ISL Animal Health


Watering Equipment

Impex Barneveld BV

Lubing Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG

ChemicalsFertilizers

Fertikal N.V. / Organic Fertilizers andSoil Conditioners

Minerals


CropsBalers

Case IH

New Holland

Conveyors

Technical Systems

Harvesters

Case IH

New Holland

Horticul tural Equipment

Irrometer Co. Inc.

Swingtec GmbH

Integrated PestManagement

Swingtec GmbH

Irrigation Equipment

Irrometer Co. Inc.

New Holland

Moisture Testing

Irrometer Co. Inc.

Soil/Environment Testing

Irrometer Co. Inc.

Sprayers, Hand

GOIZPER GROUP - Goizper SprayingBusiness

Sprayers, Knapsack


Sprayers, Rotary Atomizer


Sprayers, Tractor-Mounted

Case IH

Sprayers, ULV


Impex Barneveld BV

Swingtec GmbH

Spraying Accessories


Tillage

Case IH

Tractors

Case IH

New Holland

FeedAdditives


Perstorp

Concentrates


Intraco Ltd. n.v

Feed mills

Awila Anlagenbau GmbH

DSL Systems Ltd.

Grinding/Pelleting/Cooling


Mixing


Premixes


Intraco Ltd. n.v

Supplements


Vitamins


PigsBreeding Equipment

Technical Systems

Breeding Stock

Institut de Sélection Animale (ISA)

Exports


Feed


Intraco Ltd. n.v

Feeding Systems

Big Dutchman International GmbH


Schauer Agrotronic GmbH

Technical Systems

Flooring



Hatchery and IncubationEquipment

Technical Systems

Health Products


Housing


Medicators

Impex Barneveld BV


Pest Control

Swingtec GmbH

Ventilation & ControlEquipment

Hotraco Agri b.v


TPI - Polytechniek b.v


ISL Animal Health


Watering Equipment

Impex Barneveld BV


PoultryCages


Drinking Equipment


Impex Barneveld BV


SKA S.r.l.

Egg Handling

Hotraco Agri b.v


Evisceration, Portioning

Marel Stork Poultry Processing

Feed


Intraco Ltd. n.v

Feeders


Impex Barneveld BV

SKA S.r.l.

Technical Systems

Flooring

SKA S.r.l.

Health Products


Housing

Intraco Ltd. n.v

Layer Supplier


Medicators

Impex Barneveld BV


Nest Pads

Impex Barneveld BV

Nest Systems

SKA S.r.l.

Poultry Genetics


Poultry Stock


Processing


Slaughtering Equipment


Turnkey Operations

SKA S.r.l.

Ventilation & ControlEquipment

Hotraco Agri b.v





ISL Animal Health

OtherAnimal Health



ISL Animal Health

Perstorp

Aquaculture Services


Computerization

DSL Systems Ltd.

Hotraco Agri b.v

Evaporative Cooling


Fogging Equipment


Swingtec GmbH

Goat Farming


Laboratory Equipment


Micronutrients


Mould Inhibitors


Perstorp

Non-ElectricalProportional Dispenser orMedicator


Production Control

DSL Systems Ltd.

Rendering Equipment

Haarslev Industries A/S

Sheep Farming


Silos


Veterinary Instruments


ISL Animal Health

Ventilation

Hotraco Agri b.v


Water

Impex Barneveld BV

Weighing Equipment

DSL Systems Ltd.

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Awila Anlagenbau GmbHDillen 1Lastrup49688GermanyTel: +49 4472 8920Fax: +49 4472 892220Web: www.awila.deE-mail: [email protected]

Big Dutchman International GmbHPO Box 1163, Vechta49360, GermanyTel: +49 4447 8010Fax: +49 4447 801237Web: www.bigdutchman.deE-mail: [email protected]: Australia - Australasian Agricultural Services (Pty) Ltd.Australia - Stockyard Industries

Bangladesh - AFS EnterpriseChina - Big Dutchman (Tianjin) Livestock Equipment Co. Ltd.China - Big Dutchman (Tianjin) Livestock Equipment Co. Ltd. -

BeijingIndia - Big Dutchman International / GmbH BD Agriculture

India Pvt. Ltd.Indonesia - Aneng Gunawan Lim (BD-ML)Indonesia - PT BD Agriculture IndonesiaJapan - Fuji Kasei Co. Ltd.Japan - Masahiro SumiyaJapan - Nakajima Seisakusha Co. Ltd.Japan - Tohzai Sangyo Boeki Inc.Korea - Ganong International Co. Ltd.Korea - Jeong Jin SooMalaysia - BD Agriculture (Malaysia) Sdn BhdNew Zealand - Agrieze Ltd.New Zealand - Mike McNaughtNew Zealand - Steve CadwalladerPakistan - Eastern Veterinary ServicesPhilippines - Asia Giant EnterpriseSingapore - Morgan EnterpriseSri Lanka - JK Tradelink Pvt. Ltd.Taiwan - Global Ace Trading Co.Taiwan - Mr. Bartholomew Lo, Siu-ManThailand - BD Agriculture Thailand Ltd.Vietnam - P&N Agro Business Co. Ltd.

Brinsea Products Ltd.Station Road, SandfordNorth Somerset, BS25 5RAUnited KingdomTel: +44 8452 260120Fax: +44 1934 820250Web: www.brinsea.co.ukE-mail: [email protected]

Case IHCNH Services Thailand Ltd.23rd Floor Asia Center173 South Sathorn Road ThungmahamekSathorn, Bangkok10120ThailandTel: +66 2 6782786Web: www.caseih.comE-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]

Compact Seeds and Clones S.A.PO Box 30-1000San JoséCosta RicaUSATel: +1 506 22841120Fax: +1 506 22572667Web: www.asd-cr.comE-mail: [email protected]@gmail.com

DSL Systems Ltd.Adbolton HallAobolton LaneWest Bridgford, NottsUnited KingdomTel: +44 115 9813700Fax: +44 115 9813702Web: www.dsl-systems.comE-mail: [email protected]: Indonesia - PT Kaliber Mitra Sakti

Eurofeed Technologies S.p.A.Via L. Einaudi12 Loc. BettolinoBrandico (Bs)25030ItalyTel: +39 030 6864682/9973064Fax: +39 030 6866560Web: www.eurofeed.itE-mail: [email protected]

Eurofeed Techno logies S.p.A. is an Italian Company thatproduces and trades feed additives all over the world.We are GMP+Certified. Eurofeed Technologies portfolioincludes the following additives as Acidifiers,Antioxidants, Antimicrobials, Aromas, Mould Inhibitors,Mycotoxin Binders, Natural Diarrhea Preventions,Nutraceutical Feed Supplements, Pellet Binders, TraceMineral Chelateds, Vegetables Protein Concentrate.

Fertikal n.v / Organic Fertilizersand Soil ConditionersMolenweg Haven 1938Kallo, 9130BelgiumTel: +32 3 5700183Fax: +32 3 5758615Web: www.fertikal.beE-mail: [email protected]

GOIZPER GROUP - Goizper Spraying BusinessBarrio Antigua 4C.P. 20577 - Antzuola Guipuzcoa20577SpainTel: +34 943 786000Fax: +34 943 766008Web: www.goizper.comE-mail: [email protected]

Goizper-Spraying division has been for more than 50years, present on the market and it is a World-WideReference On The Manual Spraying Sector for differentapplications on the fields of gardening, agriculture,industry, vector control and home.

We pursue the continuous innovation as our strategicgoal. We research and innovate in our sprayers,accessories, nozzles with the commitment of offeringquality, ergonomy, efficient and useful sprayers, adaptedto the needs of the final user of our products.Agents: Singapore - GOIZPER Spraying Asia Pte Ltd

Haarslev Industries A/SBogensevej 85DK-5471SondersoDenmarkTel: +45 63 831100Fax: +45 63 831120Web: www.haarslev.comE-mail: [email protected]

Haarslev Industries is a dedicated process technologycompany, providing powerful solutions for the benefit ofthe global environment. We supply complete systems andequipment for the processing of animal by-products,fishmeal and fish oil, domestic waste, sewage sludge, biofuels, bio-mass, DDGS and by-products from foodproduction. Other Office in Malaysia: Haarslev Industries PTE Ltd.2A, Jalan Anggerik VanillaW31/W, Kota KemuningShah Alam, Selangor DarulEhsan, West Malaysia40460Tel: +60 87 423763Fax: +60 87 419763E-mail: [email protected]: www.haarslev.com

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SUPPLIERS


Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbHKeltenstraße 1Tuttlingen78532GermanyTel: +49 7462 94660Fax: +49 7462 94665000Web: www.henkesasswolf.deE-mail:[email protected]: India - National MeditekIndonesia - Pesona ScientificKorea - Yushin CorporationPhillippines - P & J Agricultural TradingTaiwan - Ennchih Co. Ltd.

Hotraco Agri b.vStationsstraat 142Hegelsom5963The NetherlandsTel: +31 77 3275020Fax: +31 77 3275021Web: www.hotraco.comE-mail: [email protected]: China - Beijing HMA New-Tech Co. Ltd.India - Polaris Equipment Ltd.Korea - JLFA Co.Korea - Myung Sung System Co. Ltd.Malaysia - Progress AgricultureThailand - Systemate Co. Ltd.

Impex Barneveld BVHarselaarseweg 129The NetherlandsTel: +31 342 416641Fax: +31 342 412826Web: www.impex.nlE-mail: [email protected]

Impex Barneveld BV is a pioneer and specialist indrinking equipment for poultry, pigs and livestock. Impexautomatic AGRILAND® drinking systems originate fromthe need for efficient animal breeding automation andare perfected by our technical staff with more than 45years of experience in the coordination of automation forpoultry and pig management.

Institut de Sélection Animale (ISA)Villa ‘de Körver’Spoorstraat 69CK Boxmeer5831The NetherlandsTel: +31 48 5319111Fax: +31 48 5319112Web: www.isapoultry.comE-mail: [email protected]

ISA is one of the world’s leading breeders of brown andwhite laying hens, which thrive in both conventional andalternative production systems and in different climaticconditions. Our mission is to contribute to profitable andsustainable egg production by improving the economiclife of laying hens.Agents: Indonesia - PT ISA Indonesia

Intraco Ltd. n.vJordaenskaai 24Antwerp, 2000BelgiumTel: +32 3 2269850Fax: +32 3 2269852Web: www.intraco.beE-mail: [email protected]

Irrometer Co. Inc.PO Box 2424Riverside, CA92516USATel: +1 951 6891701Fax: +1 951 6893706Web: www.irrometer.comE-mail: [email protected]: China - Chongqing Enpro Tech and Trading Ltd.India - A/C Agro Instruments (P) Ltd.

ISL Animal Health13 Kaimiro StreetPukete Industrial EstateHamilton3200New ZealandTel: +64 7 8496018Fax: +64 7 8491414Web: www.islanimalhealth.comE-mail: [email protected]: Korea - P&C Korea

Lubing Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KGLubingstrasse 6Barnstorf49406GermanyTel: +49 5442 98790Fax: +49 5442 987933Web: www.lubing.comE-mail: [email protected]

Ultramodern Drinking-, Conveyor- and Climate-Systemsfrom Barnstorf, Germany: LUBING systems are completesolutions for all modern requirements in animal farming,but at the same time are modular in design so that theycan be individually matched to customer wishes.Agents: China - Lubing System Engineering (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.India - Lubing India Pvt. Ltd.Indonesia - PT. Charoen PokphandJapan - Hytem Co. Ltd.Malaysia - Tong Seh Industries Supply Sdn BhdPakistan - Ample Trade ImpexThailand - KSP Equipment Co. Ltd.Vietnam - Dong A Material-Veterinary JSC

Marel Stork Poultry ProcessingPO Box 118AC Boxmeer5830The NetherlandsTel: +31 48 5586111Fax: +31 48 5586222Web: www.marel.com/poultryE-mail: [email protected]

Marel Stork Poultry Processing is the global supplier of

poultry processing equipment, providing inline solutionsfor each process stage and every capacity level. Theproduct range includes live bird supply, stunning, killing,scalding, de-feathering, evisceration, giblet harvesting,chilling, grading, cut-up, deboning, X-ray bone detection,portioning, production software and service contracts.Other office in Asia: Marel Stork SE-Asia97, Rama IX Soi 59, Rama IX RoadSuanluang sub-district, Suanluang districtBangkok 10250 ThailandTel: +66 84 7512203 Email: [email protected]

MIK International AGBerggarten 1Siershahn56427GermanyTel: +49 2623 600800Fax: +49 2623 600870Web: www.mik-online.deE-mail: [email protected]

New HollandCNH Services Thailand Ltd.23rd Floor Asia Center173 South Sathorn RoadThungmahamekSathornBangkok10120ThailandWeb: www.newholland.comE-mail: [email protected]@cnh.com

OlmixZ.A. Du Haut du BoisBrehan56580FranceTel: +33 297 388103Fax: +33 297 388658Web: www.olmix.comE-mail: [email protected]

Omex Agrifluids Ltd.Saddlebow Road, King’s Lynn, NorfolkPE34 3JA, United KingdomTel: +44 1553 817500Fax: +44 1553 817501Web: www.omex.co.ukE-mail: [email protected]

PerstorpIndustrieweg 8, NH Waspik, 5165The NetherlandsTel: +31 41 6317700Fax: +31 41 6316698Web: www.perstorpfeed.comE-mail: [email protected]

Schauer Agrotronic GmbHPassauerstrasse 1Prambachkirchen4731AustriaTel: +43 72 7723260Fax: +43 72 77232622Web: www.schauer-agrotronic.comE-mail: [email protected]: China - Beijing Kingpeng Global Husbandry Technology Co. Ltd.China - GSI Group ShanghaiPhillippines - Broad Science Phil. CorporationTaiwan - Broad Science Co. Ltd.

Schaumann Agri InternationalGmbHAn der Muhlenau 4, Pinneberg25421, GermanyTel: +49 4101 2185300Fax: +49 4101 2185399Web: www.schaumann.infoE-mail: [email protected]: China - Schaumann Agri Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.

SEC91 Simmons Industrial PlaceDallas, Georgia, 30132USATel: +1 770 4456085Fax: +1 770 4439058Web: www.simmonsengineeringcom-pany.comE-mail: [email protected]

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AustraliaAustralasian AgriculturalServices (Pty) Ltd.PO Box 230134 Millennium PlaceWellington PointQueensland4160Tel: +61 73 3960166Fax: +61 73 3960266E-mail: [email protected]

Stockyard IndustriesKing Street 54, CliftonQueensland, 4361Tel: +61 7 46973344Fax: +61 7 46973532E-mail: [email protected]

BangladeshAFS EnterpriseApt. C5, House 74, Road 21Block BBanani Dhaka, 1213Tel: +880 2 8858404Fax: +880 2 8815210/9858547E-mail: [email protected]

ChinaBeijing HMA New-Tech Co. Ltd.Room 435Guang Yaun MaBeijingTel: +86 10 68726736Fax: +86 10 68703225

Beijing Kingpeng GlobalHusbandry Technology Co.Ltd.7th Floor, Advanced MateriaBuilding No. 7, Beijing10094Tel: +86 10 58711009Fax:+86 10 58711003Web: www.jpxm.comE-mail: [email protected]

Big Dutchman (Tianjin) Livestock Equipment Co. Ltd.Shuang Yuan Road, No. 21Yin He, Beichen Dist., Tianjin300400Tel: +86 22 26970158Fax: +86 22 26970157E-mail: [email protected]

Big Dutchman (Tianjin) Livestock Equipment Co.Ltd. - BeijingBeijing Branch Com 13/FlTower A #9, WangjingZhong Hvan Nan RoadChaoyang District Beijing100102Tel: +86 10 64761888Fax: +86 10 64761999E-mail: [email protected]

Chongqing Enpro Tech andTrading Ltd.10-11, 102#, Yuzhou RoadChongqing, 400042Tel: +86 23 66100377Fax: +86 23 68583267Web: www.enpro168.comE-mail: [email protected]

GSI Group Shanghai6th Floor, Building 7, No. 51Xinzhuan RoadShanghai, 201612Tel: +86 21 61159777/6607Fax:+86 21 61920880Web: www.gsichina.comE-mail: [email protected]

Lubing System Engineering(Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.Song Ming Industrial ParkGongming TownGuangming DistrictShenzhenGuangdong Province, 518106Tel: +86 755 27411888Fax: +86 755 27411124Web: www.lubcn.comE-mail: [email protected]

Schaumann Agri Trading(Shanghai) Co. Ltd.Room 2603325 Tian Yao Qiao RoadGateway International PlazaShanghai200030Tel: +86 21 33632585Fax: +86 21 33632586Web: www.schaumann.cnE-mail: [email protected]

IndiaA/C Agro Instruments (P) Ltd.62/J/1Maharaja Tagore RoadDhakuriaKolkataWest Bengal, 700031Tel: +91 33 24732151Fax: +91 33 24733215Web:www.aicagroinstrument.comE-mail: [email protected]

Big Dutchman International/ GmbH BD AgricultureIndia Pvt. Ltd.BD Agriculture India Pvt. Ltd.No. 8-2-L/26/A MLA ColonyRoad No 12 Banjara HillsHyderbad Andra Pradesh500034Tel: +91 40 23551192Fax: +91 40 23551183E-mail:[email protected] [email protected]

Lubing India Pvt. Ltd.271/P/B Ingawale Patil EstateBhugaonPaud RoadTal Mulshi, PuneMaharashtra411042Tel: +91 20 2952404Fax: +91 20 67900200Web: www.lubingindia.comE-mail: [email protected]

National MeditekB2 Jhilmil DSIDC IndustrialComplex JhilmilDelhiTel: +91 11 22094246Fax: +91 11 22124346Web: www.nationalmeditek.comE-mail: [email protected]

Polaris Equipment Ltd.S R Purandare32 Ashok NagarTel: +91 20 25537702Fax: +91 20 25582732

IndonesiaAneng Gunawan Lim (BD-ML)Taman Palem LestariJakartaBlock D 5ANo. 27, 11730Tel: +62 21 54391968Fax: +62 21 54399284E-mail: [email protected]

Pesona ScientificKomplek Kopo Mas RegencyBlock 8-j, 40225BandungTel: +62 22 5430583Fax: +62 22 5430314E-mail: [email protected]

PT BD Agriculture IndonesiaPergudangan Prima Center 2Unit No. 9Jl.Pool PPD Pesing PoglarJakarta Barat11710Tel: +62 21 29031020/29031021Fax: +62 21 29030955E-mail: [email protected]

PT Inesco EstikakreasiKomplek RukoJl. Letjen Suprapto No. 121Blok B-1/3AJakarta PusatTel: +62 21 4249096Fax: +62 21 4222335E-mail: [email protected]

PT ISA IndonesiaPlaza 3 Pondok IndahJL TB Simatupang Blok F/7Jakarta, 12310Tel: +62 21 7661515Fax: +62 21 7661616Web: www.isapoultry.comE-mail: [email protected]

PT Kaliber Mitra SaktiGraha Anggrak Mas C38Tel: +62 31 70966577Fax: +62 31 8051726Web: www.kaliber.co.idE-mail: [email protected]

PT. Charoen PokphandJl. Raya Serang Km. 30Balaraja, Tangerang, 15610Tel: +62 21 64701200Fax: +62 21 64700968Web: www.lubing.comE-mail: [email protected]

JapanFuji Kasei Co. Ltd.Shiguma Industrial Park1004-5 Ariko-ChoKumamoto PrefKumamoto-City861-5501Tel: +81 96 2453711Fax: +81 96 2453770E-mail: [email protected]

Hytem Co. Ltd.2-10 Techno PlazaKakamigahara CityGifu Prefecture, 509-0109Tel: +81 583 850505Fax: +81 583 851230Web: www.hytem.comE-mail: [email protected]

Masahiro Sumiya5-18-3-1402 MinamikasaiEdogawa - Ku, Tokyo1340085Tel: +81 3 59397061Fax: +81 3 59397061E-mail:[email protected]

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SKA S.r.l.Via Agosta 3Sandrigo (Vicenza)36066, ItalyTel: +39 0444 659700Fax: +39 0444 659322Web: www.ska.itE-mail: [email protected]: Malaysia - SKA Asia Sdn Bhd

Swingtec GmbHPO Box 1322, Achener Weg 59Isny im Allgaeu, 88307GermanyTel: +49 75 627080Fax: +49 75 62708111Web: www.swingtec.deE-mail: [email protected]

Agents: Indonesia - PT Inesco EstikakreasiKorea - Daeyoung GS Co.New Caledonia - Austral ImportPapua New Guinea - Belltek Chemicals (Pty) Ltd.Philippines - Alog & Co. Inc.Republic of Maldives - Ilaa Maldives Pte. Ltd.Sri Lanka - De Soysa & Co. Ltd.Taiwan - Tsing Hua Environmental Protection Co. Ltd.Thailand - United Engineering & Agricultural (Thailand) Ltd.Vietnam - Thang Long Health Equipment & Material Joint Stock

Co.

Technical SystemsAmpere Street, StiklandBellville Cape Town7530South AfricaTel:+27 21 9499191Fax:+27 21 9499195

Web:www.technicalsys.comE-mail:[email protected]

Supplier of feed conveying equipment like auger spiraland feeder chain for the automated Poultry and Pigindustry.

TPI - Polytechniek b.vDe Steenbok 24, ‘s-Hertogenbosch5215METhe NetherlandsTel: +31 73 6569194Fax: +31 73 6566933Web: www.tpi-polytechniek.comE-mail: [email protected]

Unipoint AGGewerbestrasse 2Ossingen, 8475SwitzerlandTel: +41 52 3052041Fax: +41 52 3052042Web: www.unipoint.chE-mail: [email protected]

Zagro Singapore Pte. Ltd.Zagro Global Hub5 Woodlands Terrace738430, SingaporeTel: +65 67591811Fax: +65 67591855Web: www.zagro.comE-mail: [email protected]@zagro.com

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Nakajima Seisakusha Co. Ltd.33 Ai ShinonoiNagano PrefNagawo City388-8004Tel: +81 26 2921203Fax: +81 26 2931611E-mail: [email protected]

Tohzai Sangyo Boeki Inc.2-Chome, Yushima 17-8Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113-0034Tel: +81 3 3815 4491Fax: +81 3 38154456Web: www.tohzai-sangyo.co.jpE-mail: [email protected]

KoreaDaeyoung GS Co.980-4, Geumsan-riWaegwan-eupChilgok-gunGyoungbukTel: +82 54 9731021Fax: +82 54 9731023E-mail: [email protected]

Ganong International Co. Ltd.PO Box 465816349-1 Cheonhyun DongHanam-shiKyunggi-do465816Tel: +82 2 34366790Fax: +82 2 34366792/317926305Web: www.ganongbio.co.krE-mail:[email protected] [email protected]

Jeong Jin Soo486-18 Ui-green villa 6-202Ssangmun-dongSeoulDobong-KuTel: +82 10 52174518E-mail: [email protected]

JLFA Co.Jinsa-ri, Juen-ChungsulAnsung-si Gongdo-upGyunggi-doTel: +82 11 3298987Fax: +82 31 6295317E-mail: [email protected]

Myung Sung System Co. Ltd.43-3 Jinan-dongGyeonggi-DoTel: +82 31 2357745Fax: +82 31 2357819

P&C Korea3rd Floor, Shin Ah B/D 89-8Moonjung-DongSongpa-GuSeoul, 130200Tel: +82 2 4094608Fax: +82 2 4094522E-mail: [email protected]

Yushin Corporation7F, 751 Bldg203 Nonhyon-DongKangnam-Ku, 135-010, SeoulTel: +82 2 5682525Fax: +82 2 5693113E-mail: [email protected]

MalaysiaBD Agriculture (Malaysia)Sdn BhdNo. 20Lorong Keluli 1BBukit RajaSeksyen 7Shah AlamSelangor Darul Ehsan40000Tel: +60 3 33615555Fax: +60 3 33422866E-mail: [email protected]

Progress AgricultureLat 5016 BaturYongfeng, JoharTel: +60 74678832Fax: +60 74678428

SKA Asia Sdn BhdKuala LumpurTel: +60 3 126239561Web: www.ska.itE-mail: [email protected]

Tong Seh Industries SupplySdn BhdLot 780Block AJalan Sg. PutusOff Jalan Kapar 3 3/4 MilesKlangSelangor42100Tel: +60 3 32916958Fax: +60 3 32915198Web: www.tongseh.com.myE-mail: [email protected]

New CaledoniaAustral Import24, Rue Reaumur DucosNoumea CedexTel: +687 276459/287270Fax: +687 284649E-mail: [email protected]

New ZealandAgrieze Ltd.4, Ranfurly StreetOtorohanga3900Tel: +64 7 8738900Fax: +64 7 8738905E-mail: [email protected]

Mike McNaught86a Hastings RoadNorth Shore CityMairaugi BayAuckland0630Tel: +64 2 1893333E-mail: [email protected]

Steve Cadwallader43 McCallum DriveWarkworthRD 2 SandspitTel: +64 9 4223476Fax: +64 9 4223475E-mail: [email protected]

PakistanAmple Trade ImpexOffice 3-4, 2nd Floor, Sarjah Centre62 - Shadman Market, LahoreTel: +92 42 7584400Fax: +92 42 7532102Web: www.lubing.comE-mail: [email protected]

Eastern Veterinary Services7, 2nd FloorAllied Plaza, Chandi ChowkMurree RoadRawalpindiPunjab46000Tel: +92 51 4421771Fax: +92 51 4421776E-mail: [email protected]

Papua New GuineaBelltek Chemicals (Pty) Ltd.PO Box 2358BorokoTel: +675 3257855Fax: +675 3250949/2777/7861E-mail: [email protected]

PhilippinesAlog & Co. Inc.Unit 301 Alabang BusinessTower1216 Acacia AveMadrigal Business ParkAyala AlabangMuntinlupa1780Tel: +63 2 4789675Fax: +63 2 4783878Web: www.aloginc.comE-mail: [email protected]

Asia Giant EnterpriseUnit 403 Goldhill TowerGreenhills, San JuanMetro Manila1500Tel: +63 2 7236347Fax: +63 2 7253942E-mail: [email protected]

Broad Science Phil. CorporationOrtigas Center, Passig CityManilaTel: +63 2 6331876Fax:+63 2 6331339E-mail: [email protected]

P & J Agricultural Trading184, St. Antonio AvenuePasig City, MetroManilaTel: +63 2 6410053Fax: +63 2 6410054E-mail: [email protected]

Republic of MaldivesIlaa Maldives Pte. Ltd.Fasmeeru Building3rd FloorMaleTel: +960 315514/315480Fax: +960 310702/315482Web: www.ilaamaldives.comE-mail: [email protected]

SingaporeGOIZPER Spraying Asia Pte Ltd194 Pandan Loop # 04-28Pantech Business Hub128383Tel: +65 8721618Fax: +65 8722628E-mail: [email protected]

Morgan EnterprisePO Box 0815, Bedok CentreSingapore, 914614Tel: +65 7861218/Fax: +65 7861489E-mail: [email protected]

Sri LankaDe Soysa & Co. Ltd.PO Box 207ColomboTel: +94 1 684901/902/903Fax: +94 1 684905E-mail: [email protected]

JK Tradelink Pvt. Ltd.No. 44, Thalawathugoda RoadPitakotte, ColomboTel: +94 1 12878243Fax: +94 1 12774280E-mail: [email protected]

TaiwanBroad Science Co. Ltd.No. 16, Kejia RoadDouliu CityYunlin, 640Tel: +886 5 5511822Fax: +886 5 5511833E-mail: [email protected]

Ennchih Co. Ltd.No.310Chung Shan S. Rd.Taoyuan HsienTel: +886 34 758168Fax: +886 34 753803E-mail: [email protected]

Global Ace Trading Co.11F-1 No. 2391 Hsin 1st RdKaohsiungTel: +886 7 3335481Fax: +886 7 3314190E-mail: [email protected]@ms23hinet.net

Mr. Bartholomew Lo, Siu-Man#50, Floor 8-1Chung Ching 1 StreetJen-Te Shiang -717Tainan HsienTel: +88 69 39375876Fax: +88 66 2709332E-mail: [email protected]

Tsing Hua EnvironmentalProtection Co. Ltd.4F No. 2, Lane 60, TaipeiTel: +886 2 25320777Fax: +886 2 25329630Web: www.pestcontrol.com.twE-mail: [email protected]

ThailandBD Agriculture Thailand Ltd.Block F7 & F841/76-77 Moo 6 BangnaTrad Rd. Km. 16.5BangchBangpleeSamutprakarn10540Tel: +66 2 3496531Fax: +66 2 3496535Web: www.bigdutchman.co.thE-mail: [email protected]

KSP Equipment Co. Ltd.51/845 Moo 3Tumbon LamsaiAmphoe Wang NoiPranakhonsiAyuttaya 13170Tel: +66 2 8176410Fax: +66 2 8176439Web: www.lubing.comE-mail: [email protected]

Systemate Co. Ltd.26/47 MOO9 Soi YuyenTharankBangkhenTel: +66 2 9438359Fax: +66 2 9437139Web: www.systemate.co.thE-mail: [email protected]

United Engineering & Agricultural (Thailand) Ltd.Part. 20/6 Boon-Poon-SangT. BangsrimuangA. MuanNonthaburiTel: +66 2 24474681/87/88Fax: +66 2 28816480E-mail: [email protected]

VietnamDong A Material-Veterinary JSC62, Ho Tung MauCaudienTuliemHanoiTel: +84 4 37632583Fax: +84 4 37632602Web: www.lubing.comE-mail: [email protected]

P&N Agro Business Co. Ltd.798 Tnong Sa Steet Ward 14District 3Ho Chi Minh CityVietnamTel: +84 8 8465765Fax: +84 8 9350687E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Thang Long Health Equipment & Material JointStock Co.Thamed JSCNguyen HongDong Da DistrictHanoiTel: +84 4 66724417Fax: +84 4 62510820E-mail: [email protected]

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