Squatting to survey his fields, Reung Siroth digs his hands into the moist soil and inspects the black earth at his feet. He has spent the morning ploughing and harrowing, aprocess of aeration that grinds the field into finely churned particles, which improves soil health after the rice harvest. Around him, fields are covered in […]
Global New Light of Myanmar Myanmar’s rice and broken rice exports totalled over 1.7 million tonnes in the past eight months of the current financial year 2024-2025 beginning 1 April, with an estimated value of $804 million, statistics of the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) showed.The export volumes are 111,862 tonnes worth $55 million in April, […]
By Janine Alexis Miguel RICE imports have surpassed last year’s level, data from the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed, reaching a new record high of 4.25 million metric tons (MT) just before the end of November. The latest report from the DA’s Bureau of Plant Industry said that rice shipments as of Nov. 28 had […]
By Vietnam News Agency Indonesia’s rice production is projected to reach 32 million tons in 2025, marking a 3% increase over the estimated 31 million tons for this year, according to the country’s Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan. The minister highlighted that the country’s national rice reserves have hit the highest levels in […]
NEWSPAPER SECTION: Business WRITER: Phusadee Arunmas The Commerce Ministry set a rice export target of 7.5 million metric tonnes for 2025, declining from an estimated 10 million metric tonnes this year. Arada Fuangtong, director-general of the Department of Foreign Trade, said for the first 11 months this year, rice exports rose by 14% year-on-year to […]
National Agricultural Research System has developed 524 new varieties and hybrids of field crops and 167 of horticultural crops, says Agriculture Minister. By BL Mangaluru Bureau The Centre has entrusted IIT-Kharagpur to conduct a study into claims of a lower turn-out ratio of rice from certain new hybrid varieties of paddy grown in Punjab, the […]
Vadrevu Srinivas Kakinada: Customs commissioner S. Narasimha Reddy made it clear that their department has no role in verifying from where rice meant for export has been procured from. He maintained that customs enter the picture only after a commodity (including rice) enters in the customs notified area within the Anchorage Port (JJ Ghatty) in […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to rollout the KADIWA ng Pangulo’s Rice-for-All program to select public markets in the National Capital Region to provide affordable rice options for consumers and help curb high retail prices. “The DA, in partnership with the Food Terminal Inc., will deploy KADIWA ng Pangulo kiosks in major public […]
