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From Field to Future: Transforming Rice Cultivation for a Sustainable World

The World Bank’s Sustainable Rice Market Insights highlights the urgent need for sustainable practices in rice farming to address its environmental and social impacts, including methane emissions and labor issues, while ensuring global food security. Through initiatives like the SRP and climate-smart financing, stakeholders aim to balance sustainability with economic resilience for farmers. CoE-EDP, VisionRI […]

Davao City remains ‘rice reliant’ on nearby provinces

Davao City’s rice production is insufficient to meet local demand, forcing the city to rely on neighboring provinces. Rojean Grace G. Patumbon THE City Agriculturist Office (Cagro) reported that local rice production cannot sustain Davao City for even a month, thus it is heavily reliant on supplies from neighboring provinces. Pablita Almador, focal person of […]

Inquiry on rice interceptions leaves ministry officials discontent

Absence of robust federal regulations allegedly overlooked in inquiry report. By Ghulam Abbas ISLAMABAD: A high-powered inquiry committee which was formed to investigate interceptions of Pakistan’s rice shipments to the European Union (EU) due to pest contamination and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) is reported to have overlooked key technical issues. In fact, officials of the […]

Another welcome check on India’s wheat, rice subsidies from USTR

U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers. U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers praised the Office of the United States Trade Representative for submitting a counter-notification to the World Trade Organization on India’s domestic support, input subsidies, and market support prices for wheat and rice. This is the […]

How a change in rice farming unexpectedly made India’s air so much worse

No one anticipated that an initiative to save groundwater by delaying the annual rice season would aggravate northern India’s already miserable air pollution. By Karishma Mehrotra BATHINDA, India — An Indian initiative to preserve vanishing groundwater by delaying the annual sowing of rice has led to a dramatic worsening of air pollution in New Delhi […]

Vietnam to set new record in rice exports in 2024

Despite challenges in the global rice market, Vietnam is on the right track to achieve a new export volume record of over 8 million tonnes in 2024, surpassing last year’s result, according to insiders. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said Vietnam’s rice exports for the first 10 months of 2024 totalled nearly 7.8 […]

Hill’s, Riceland announce sustainably grown rice collaboration

By Sofia Muller STUTTGART, ARK. — Riceland Foods Inc. and Hill’s Pet Nutrition recently announced a new collaboration to incentivize Riceland farmer-members to incorporate sustainable practices in their rice farming. The Riceland-Hill’s Pet Nutrition Sustainable Rice Program will focus on helping these farmers overcome obstacles to adopting environmentally friendly practices. As a result of the […]

Bangladesh Govt approves rice import from India

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Government has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Food to import 50,000 tons of non-basmati parboiled rice from India through an open tender process. The total expenditure for the purchase will amount to Tk282.96 crore. The decision was finalized at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchases, chaired by […]