A wide range of digital tools might prove helpful to smallholder farmers. In theory, anything from online trading to AI imaging could add...

Southeast Asia is a leading agricultural exporter, placing it at the fulcrum of the global food system. It is responsible for 85 percent...

As the demand for the raw material in the region has surpassed local growers’ ability to supply cocoa beans, Southeast Asia’s cacao...

With over 100 key universities and institutions in ASEAN, there is a lot of value in agriculture research that is yet to be unlocked in...

The 2019 Grow Asia Country Partnerships Workshop held last month in Singapore was an eye-opener for the Myanmar Agriculture Network (MAN)...

In the interests of clarity, we generally divide Grow Asia’s activities into two work streams: Track One, where the focus is on the...

Why is it that multi-sector partnerships – collaboration across business, government and the social sector – offer such an opportunity...

Grow Asia was invited by the ASEAN Secretariat to present the case for a regional approach to managing the Fall Armyworm (FAW), a pest...

The Sustainable Development Impact Summit had two important roles. Firstly, to facilitate a conversation on what are the new ideas,...

In January 2019, we met Ruel Amparo, founder and CEO of Cropital at a start-up technology fair in Unilever Singapore. We got to know his...

Together with MUFG and Yara, Grow Asia just completed the first cohort of the Digital ASEAN Program, a program designed to accelerate the...

I met Paul Voutier in Singapore about a year ago; within 10 minutes of information and idea exchanges, we instantly agreed upon the idea...

We are delighted to welcome Ivan Pomaleu as Executive Director of Grow PNG, Grow Asia’s newly launched Country Partnership for Papua New...

In the second Grow Asia Digital Learning Series Workshop we brought together 100 industry stakeholders (including 50 joining by webcam...

We are delighted to welcome U Ye Htut as Country Director of the Myanmar Agriculture Network (MAN). In this Q&A, we invite you to get to...

There are some 100 million small farms in ASEAN. When we imagine what it would be like to make a living from a single acre of corn, rice...

When we imagine the farm of the future, it is exciting to picture a drone hovering over each plant carefully spraying chemicals on just...

On 28 January – 1 February 2019, I had the privilege to again be part of the annual Grow Asia Secretariat Workshop that was held in...

Over the past six months, I have worked with Grow Asia to interview and profile more than 60 businesses who are using technology to...

There is significant agricultural research being led and conducted in ASEAN. However, it is difficult for private sector actors to...