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As Vietnam stretches rubber output, risk of price war grows

November 3, 2021 at 8:37 p.m.

SINGAPORE/HANOI (Reuters) - After years of massive expansion, tearing up forests and swallowing land in neighboring countries to create rubber plantations, Vietnam is reaping what it sowed: a swelling of...

As Vietnam stretches rubber output, risk of price war grows

December 23, 2018 at 5:22 p.m.

SINGAPORE/HANOI (Reuters) - After years of massive expansion, tearing up forests and swallowing land in neighboring countries to create rubber plantations, Vietnam is reaping what it sowed: a swelling of...

Indonesia’s “Frankentrees” turn cocoa dream into nightmare

August 23, 2021 at 3:52 p.m.

PINRANG/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Nurhaedah, a vivacious Indonesian cocoa trader, shakes her head in disappointment as she sifts through a pile of blackened, shriveled beans. Yet another crop from "Frankentrees": weak,...

Indonesia’s “Frankentrees” turn cocoa dream into nightmare

August 22, 2019 at 6:21 a.m.

PINRANG/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Nurhaedah, a vivacious Indonesian cocoa trader, shakes her head in disappointment as she sifts through a pile of blackened, shriveled beans. Yet another crop from "Frankentrees": weak,...

Asia faces threat to crops if El Nino unleashed again

August 23, 2021 at 6:16 a.m.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A return of the El Nino weather pattern may threaten food output in Asia, the world's top producer of rice and palm oil, but drier conditions in...

Asia faces threat to crops if El Nino unleashed again

December 24, 2018 at 2:59 a.m.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A return of the El Nino weather pattern may threaten food output in Asia, the world's top producer of rice and palm oil, but drier conditions in...

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