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South Korea will buy around 80,000 metric tonnes of rice, traders claim.

Posted to Maritime Reporter European traders reported on Monday that the state-backed Agro Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation of South Korea has published international tenders for the purchase of about 80,000 tons metric tonnages (tonnages) rice. The deadline for submitting price offers to tenders is April 15, 2019. The tenders are seeking different grades of […]

World’s largest deforestation project fells forests for bioethanol fuel, sugar, rice in Indonesia.

Local communities say they’re already experiencing harm from the government-backed project, which environmental watchdogs say is the largest current planned deforestation operation in the world. Jakarta: Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to […]

Bayer to issue carbon credits generated by rice farmers in India.

Bayer Rice Carbon Program being implemented in 11 states over past two years. By BL Bengaluru Bureau Bayer is announcing its first tranche of carbon credits from thousands of rice farmers implementing regenerative practices like direct seeded rice (DSR) farming in India. Credits of up to 250,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) are being […]

Kenya, Korea in partnership to improve rice production in the country.

Kenya and Korea are jointly undertaking the development of the Africa Rice Cultivation Complex, which will be based in Mwea, Kirinyaga County. The foreign government, through Korea Rural Community Cooperation, will oversee construction of a 65-ha scale Rice Seed Cultivation Complex that has already commenced. The facility is scheduled for completion in 2028. The project, […]

Rice crisis: Japan releases strategic reserves to ease prices of nation’s most important food

By Chris Lau, Junko Ogura, Mai Takiguchi and Minori Konishi, CNN TokyoCNN — It’s eaten with almost every meal, used to make sushi, made into sweets, fermented into alcohol and offered to the spirits at religious ceremonies. Rice is everywhere in the diet of Japan – there are at least six ways in Japanese to […]

Trump’s new tariff to affect basmati rice export from Punjab, likely to benefit Pakistan.

Disputes have already arisen between the exporters and the buyers with the new US tariff order to be implemented from April 9. Harpreet Bajwa CHANDIGARH: The 26 percent tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump will directly hit the basmati rice export from India. It is likely to affect Punjab, the highest producer of Basmati […]