Nalgonda: Farmers staged a road blockade by parking their paddy-loaded tractors on the Narketpally-Adhanki State Highway at Shettipalem in Vemulapally mandal on Sunday, protesting against rice millers allegedly forming a syndicate and failing to provide the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their paddy. The farmers blocked the highway in front of a rice mill in […]
AKIPRESS.COM – Rice import from Pakistan increased by more than 61% in 8 months of 2024, according to the National Statistics Committee. Kyrgyzstan imported 1,600 tons of rice from Pakistan worth $706,000 in January-August. This is 61% more than last year, when 1,000 tons of rice worth $398,000 were imported. In addition to Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan […]
Thailand has exported 7.45 million tonnes of rice during the first nine months, up 22.13% yoy. The Commerce Ministry expects that rice exports this year will rise to 9 million tonnes and generate revenue of US$6.4 billion, or 230 billion baht, for the country, Commerce Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said on Sunday. Pichai said Thailand has […]
TEHRAN – Director of Agriculture Ministry’s Wheat and Rice Plan Sohrab Sohrabi says using new cultivation methods has increased Iran’s rice production by 10 percent in the current crop year compared to last year. Stating that 16 percent of the country’s rice is harvested by the ratooning method, Sohrabi said: “The use of high-yielding seeds, […]
LAHORE: Secretary Agriculture Punjab Iftikhar Ali Sahoo on Saturday said that the department of agriculture Punjab has intensified its actions against the burning of rice straw. To date, 1,289 incidents of burning rice straw have been reported. A total of 1,700 acres of land have been affected by rice straw burning across the province. As […]
The Punjab government promoted PR-126 to conserve groundwater, but experts argue that the rush to adopt this variety led to inadequate seed supply, allowing spurious and poor-quality hybrid seeds to flood the market. Vibha Sharma/Tribune News Service The Centre has released its first advance estimate for the Kharif season, predicting a record food grain harvest […]
By Adrian H. Halili, Reporter PHILIPPINE rice imports in 2025 will be driven by the expected decline in the production of palay (unmilled rice) this year, analysts said. “We will have to import more next year to cover up the drop in production this year. Aside from this, demand for rice will increase because of […]
