PRICES rose for most major agricultural commodities in mid-April except for rice, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). A kilo of regular-milled rice posted a national average retail price of P44.44 during the April 15-17 monitoring period, which the PSA refers to as the second phase of April. In the first phase of April […]
ANM Mohibub Uz Zaman– Journalist Rice and edible oil imports to the country have shot up while wheat and sugar import decreased in the first eight months of the 2024-25 fiscal year (FY25). The data, published in the Bangladesh Bank’s Monthly Update on Major Economic Indicators, points to policy-driven market adjustments in the country’s food […]
Windarto Jakarta. Indonesia’s national rice stock has reached a historic milestone, surpassing 3.5 million tons as of Sunday — the highest level recorded in any January-May period over the past 57 years, according to government data. Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman hailed the achievement as a landmark in the country’s food security efforts and a […]
By John Lovett A new economic study shows the potential for an ancient process to develop new domestic demand for rice and offset declining exports. That process is malting, which has been around for millennia but is usually associated with another grain — barley. But rice, which is grown prolifically in Arkansas, can also be […]
Story by Kaiser Jan Fuentes. CEBU CITY — Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has temporarily suspended the sale of P20-per-kilo rice under the provincial government’s Sugbo Merkadong Barato (SMB) program. She said this just two days after publicly asserting that Cebu’s implementation of the program will continue despite the order from the Department of Agriculture to defer […]
Santo Domingo.- In a landmark event for the agricultural sector, President Luis Abinader and Minister of Agriculture Limber Cruz inaugurated the 2025 Rice Harvest at the Dr. Yin Tieh Hsieh Experimental Station, also known as Bioarroz. This event marks a significant advancement in the country’s rice production and underscores its ongoing pursuit of food sovereignty. […]
Minister releases world’s first genome edited rice varieties with higher yield, shorter duration. By Prabhudatta Mishra. India has set a target to reduce acreage under rice by 5 million hectares (mh) and raise the production from the reduced area by 10 million tonnes (mt) to expand the cultivation of oilseeds and pulses, two major areas […]
