By: Jordeene B. Lagare – @inquirerdotnet. MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) plans to introduce before the end of the month a maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for imported rice to bring down prices. In an interview on Monday, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the policy MSRP would be “released very […]
By Reuters. BANGKOK- Thailand’s rice exports will likely drop by 25 percent in 2025 from last year, an industry group said on Monday, partly due to more shipments from India. Thailand expects to export about 7.5 million tons of rice in 2025, down from 10 million tons in 2024, Chookiat Ophaswongse of the Thai Rice […]
Rizwan Bhatti. KARACHI: The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has received 11 bids for the supply of 50,000 metric tons of long grain white rice to Bangladesh. The procurement is part of an ongoing effort to meet Bangladesh’s rice import requirements, with TCP evaluating the offers. The successful bidder will be responsible for ensuring timely […]
Ministry proposes increasing rice imports allocation from Tk2,898cr to Tk6,270cr. The Ministry of Food has requested an additional Tk4,150 crore in the revised budget for FY2024-25 to cover increased food subsidy and rice import allocations This reflects a 75% rise in food subsidy requirements, driven by heightened demand for rice and flour under government programmes […]
Morocco’s rice production has fallen drastically due to climate change, dropping from 55,000 tons in 2023 to just 7,000 tons this year. Firdaous Naim. Morocco has started importing rice to address the drastic shortfall in domestic production mainly caused by drought. The first shipments are expected to arrive this month as the country turns to […]
By HPJ Staff. Jason Norsworthy’s origin story as a weed scientist began on a truck farm in south Arkansas, and it was told through the unnumbered long, hot hours spent at the end of a gooseneck hoe, chopping weeds from in between sweet potato and purple hull pea plants. “We didn’t have a lot of […]
