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Gujarat Woman Farmer Earns Big from Black Rice, Turning Rs 4,000 Investment into 650% Returns with Natural Farming.

Sunita Choudhary, a natural farmer from Gujarat’s Tapi district, cultivates 15 rice varieties, including black rice and Sonamati. Earning a 650% return on black rice, she trains 3,000+ farmers, empowers tribal women, and promotes sustainable farming through workshops and community initiatives. KJ Staff. Sunita Choudhary, a resident of Kanjod village in Gujarat’s Tapi district, began […]

Rice production projected to hit seven-year high in Jan-Apr 2025: BPS.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) stated that Indonesia’s rice production is projected to reach 13.95 million tons from January to April 2025, the highest in the last seven years. Rice production stood at 13.63 million tons in 2019, 11.52 million tons in 2020, 13.58 million tons in 2021, 13.71 million tons in 2022, 12.98 […]

Local white rice shortage: PM instructs urgent action.

Among the key reasons cited were structural issues concerning padi purchase prices, rising rice production costs, and the existing price ceiling for BPT rice. PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (KPKM) to expedite efforts aimed at resolving the ongoing shortage of local white rice (BPT) in […]

Japan Govt to Auction Stockpiled Rice on March 10.

Tokyo, March 3 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will auction off part of its rice stockpiles on March 10, the agriculture ministry said Monday. The government last month decided to sell 210,000 tons out of its rice stockpiles to relieve distribution bottlenecks. To be put up in the first tender this time are 150,000 tons for […]