Rico Osmeña The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) yesterday bared that it had extended Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) of P5,000 to 68,000 farmers as part of the budget allocation of P699 million for 2024. Disbursed to farmers from Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental and Siquijor was already P340 million. Central Visayas has more […]
By Nef Luczon CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The provincial government of Misamis Occidental issued fertilizer vouchers to 2,180 rice farmers in Plaridel town on Tuesday. Governor Henry Oaminal Sr. said the distribution aims to help farmers prepare for the wet season and reduce production costs. The initiative is part of the province’s efforts to […]
Rico Osmeña The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) announced on 2 September 2024 that it has provided Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) to 68,000 farmers, each receiving P5,000. The budget allocation for these beneficiaries is set at P699 million for 2024. Of this amount, DA-7 has already disbursed P340 million to 68,000 farmers […]
Rice traders have told Indian authorities their exports are becoming uncompetitive against Pakistan in terms of price. Biman Mukherji India, the world’s top rice exporter, is under growing pressure from domestic traders to ease export curbs over fears of losing their export market share as they stand to reap a strong harvest. Indian traders have […]
ANI New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with the IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), hosted a workshop on August 29 in New Delhi. The event focused on “Profiling of Potential Varieties of Non-Basmati Rice and […]
India and Pakistan, the only growers of basmati, both try to promote the premium grade of rice in a manner similar to French Champagne or Darjeeling tea. Indian authorities need to promptly cut or remove a floor price for basmati rice exports to help farmers to boost overseas sales of the premium grade and avoid […]
SEJONG, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of food products over the first eight months of 2024 increased 8.7 percent from a year earlier on the back of robust shipments of instant noodles and processed rice products, data showed Tuesday. Outbound shipments of processed and fresh foodstuffs reached US$6.47 billion over the January-August […]
Lamentations in Omor, Anambra’s agrarian community where wasted produce could feed millions of Nigerians. From Emmanuel Uzor, Awka Omor community in Anyamelum Local Government, Anambra State, is arguably the food basket of the state. Blessed with arable land suitable for rice production, its swampy nature presents opportunity to engage in all round and all year […]
WXPR | By John Burton, The DNR reports a below average wild rice harvest in northern Wisconsin so far this year. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced that northern Wisconsin’s wild rice crop production is generally below average this year across lakes, flowages and rivers. “A mild winter in 2023-2024, coupled with heavy storms […]
With wheat facing production challenges amid rising consumption, and rice seeing a surplus problem, the two cereals have become grains apart. Written by Harish Damodaran Most economics commentators and policymakers tend to club wheat and rice, treating them as part of a “cereal surplus” and “mono-cropping/lack of diversification” problem. But today, the situations in the […]
