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Over 3,000 new Phalaenopsis varieties debut at the Guangdong Phalaenopsis Exhibition
Recently, the 2025 Guangdong Phalaenopsis New Variety Exhibition opened at Guangdong Wanqing Horticulture World. It is understood that the exhibition area is nearly 10,000 sq m, with more than 100 leading Phalaenopsis seed enterprises and related industry enterprises from around the world participating, among which the number of Phalaenopsis varieties on display reached more than 3,000. From images exposed online
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Kunming roses sell over 6 million stems on Valentine's Day
Recently, according to media reports, with the arrival of Valentine's Day in recent days, some cut flowers have also gained popularity among many consumers, with roses being especially popular. Relevant data shows that the Kunming Flower Auction Center has a daily average trading volume of up to 4.5 million stems, with the highest single-day trading volume exceeding 6 million stems. The best-selling varieties are mainly
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India's World Heritage Railway Privatization: Residents Lose Livelihoods as Government Pushes Economic Growth
The "Darjeeling Himalayan Railway" (DHR), designated as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), is located at the tri-junction of India, Bangladesh and Nepal. It is the most famous mountain railway in India and even the world.
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Over a thousand rejects of flowers destroyed; florist says they can still hold on, but the ones suffering are the flower farmers
During the pandemic prevention period, fresh flowers cannot wait for the outbreak to ease. Jing Zhiming, the second-generation head of Yongjin Flowers, said over 100,000 yuan worth of flowers were thrown away in a month, but he feels even more for the flower farmers who lost everything. Photo by Chen Zhiyuan. Image source: Apple Daily News "This year is the year the most flowers have been thrown away
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Kochi Prefecture Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Builds IoP Cloud Computing for New Agriculture
On January 20, Kochi Prefecture established an agricultural platform utilizing digital technology through industry-academia-government collaboration involving JA Kochi Prefecture, Kochi University, Kochi University of Technology, Kochi Prefectural University, the IoP Promotion Organization, the Kochi Prefecture Industrial Association, and the Kochi Prefecture IoT Promotion Laboratory Research Group.
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Pandemic Pushes Traditional Agriculture to Transform, Agricultural E-commerce Sees New Opportunities
As COVID-19 entered community transmission, a level 3 alert was implemented across Taiwan, China, schools suspended classes, companies and businesses switched to remote work, and small farmers everywhere saw their livelihoods hit hard. With people staying at home, various organic produce e-commerce platforms provided services at the right time, with sales growing severalfold; consumers buying directly
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Credit Suisse points out that over 30% of global food production is lost and wasted
The Credit Suisse Research Institute released the report "Global Food System: Exploring Sustainable Development Solutions", pointing out that more than 30% of global food production is lost and wasted, and that if the sustainability of the global food system is to be enhanced, then a shift to plant-based diets is imperative.
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Li Yongde and his wife grow native mountain tea in Liugui, taking over his father's tea plantation
Liugui District in Kaohsiung City is the largest native mountain tea area in Taiwan, China. Mountain tea grown without fertilizer or pesticides often reaches two to four stories in height, and tea farmers have to climb the trees to pick the leaves. A husband and wife returned to their hometown to take over the family tea plantation, and through tea-tasting sessions they lead the public to experience
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Heirloom seeds passed down through generations, yet over 95% have already disappeared from farmland
More than ten thousand years ago, humans realized they could keep part of the harvested seeds to replant the following year. "Xin Yu": The common people ate meat and drank blood, and clothed themselves in hides and fur; as for Shennong, he thought that crawling insects and running beasts were difficult to raise the people on, so he sought things that could be eaten, tasted the fruits of the hundred plants, and examined sour, bitter, and
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Jackie Chan Endorses Datong Daylilies, Helping a Specialty Agricultural Product Out of a Poverty-Stricken County
Nowadays celebrities rarely endorse agricultural products, but on the afternoon of the 7th, renowned film star and National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) member Jackie Chan called at the joint group meeting of the CPPCC culture and arts sector for more literary and art workers to help impoverished households shake off poverty, helping them sell lettuce and daylilies, so that
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