The Education Ministry's Office of the Education Council (ONEC) held a workshop on Friday to brainstorm over guidelines for providing vocational courses in rice-growing and dairy-farming to boost the qualifications and competency of workers as part of the government’s “Smart Farmers” programme under its Quick Win strategies.

IN A BID TO rally Asean members and other rice-growing countries in Asia to invest more in research and innovation, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) will present a 10-point action plan to the region’s top agriculture policymakers at the an