Amanda Ruggeri Rice is a staple food for billions of people around the planet, but a new study suggests climate change may increase arsenic levels contained within the grain. Rice is a staple food for more than half of the global population. It is consumed on a daily basis by more people than either wheat […]
By Leslie Rose A. Uyao ISABELA CITY, Basilan (PIA) – The Ayudahan Rice Farmers Association in Barangay Tabiawan is grateful to the local government here after receiving much-needed agricultural equipment, which they consider a significant step in empowering their organization to enhance rice production in the community. The assistance, funded through the Gender and Development […]
Exports have risen for 20 consecutive months despite unprecedented food inflation. (Web Desk) – Pakistan’s raw food exports increased by 1.62per cent to $5.75 billion in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, up from $4.66 billion during the same period last year, largely due to a notable surge in sugar and basmati […]
By Animashaun Salman The Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority has assured rice farmers across the Middle Rima Valley of immediate and adequate water release to salvage their crops. This comes after growing concerns over the dwindling water level downstream, threatening thousands of rice farms across parts of Sokoto and Kebbi states. The Managing Director […]
The Japanese government on April 9 announced that it would release another 100,000 tons of stockpiled rice onto the market — the third such move to combat the recent surge in prices of the staple. Further releases are planned monthly through July. The sharp rise in prices has dealt a blow to our daily lives, […]
By Hyonhee Shin /Bloomberg Surging rice prices in Japan have opened a rare window of opportunity for South Korean producers to export the staple food to the country. Japan imported South Korean rice for the first time since 1999 this month as soaring prices of domestic grain fueled demand for foreign products despite heavy tariffs, […]
JAKARTA – Indonesian Deputy Minister of Agriculture (Wamentan) Sudaryono said rice production in Indonesia is currently abundant compared to neighboring countries such as Malaysia. “Our production is abundant in the midst of neighboring countries, rice is difficult. Malaysia is difficult, then the Philippines is also having a hard time, including Japan also rising, from Rp40,000/kg […]
By PIA. It was a timely and crucial initiative to address the rising food prices and many families’ financial strain. Last week, the government ramped up efforts to provide affordable rice to the country’s most vulnerable households. At the forefront of this initiative is the PhP29 per kilo rice program, which has recently been expanded […]
(Xinhua) BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists have devised a detailed map of wild and cultivated rice genes, providing resources for the development of superior and more productive crop varieties to tackle global food shortages and environmental challenges. Published in Nature this week, the study compiled 145 representative rice samples, most of which were […]
