By Reuters HANOI, July 8 (Reuters) – Vietnam will soon sign an agreement with Indonesia to boost long-term rice shipments, the Vietnamese government said on Tuesday in a statement, after exports plunged in the first half of the year. The statement came hours after Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto […]
By Elyssa Ludher Southeast Asia’s food production has faced mounting challenges in recent years from increasingly severe climate events such as heat waves, droughts, floods, and storms. However, the looming threat of extreme heat is poised to overshadow these other impacts, based on climate modelling in Singapore’s Third Climate Change Study (V3). As the region […]
Nyein Nyein The Ministry of Commerce is collaborating with major trade associations to hit monthly export targets and streamline the export process. Myanmar shipped over 614,000 tonnes of rice and broken rice to foreign trade partners in the first quarter of the current financial year 2025-2026, beginning 1 April, bagging US$214 million, Myanmar Rice Federation […]
Global agencies led by FAO project record production in the 2025-26 season. By Subramani Ra Mancombu The global rice market remains bearish, with the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s all rice price index near a five-year low. The bear grip on the market is firm as prices of Thailand’s 5 per cent broken white rice have […]
DAILY NEWS Reporter MOROGORO: The Rice Council of Tanzania (RCT) has called for strategic reforms to boost rice production countywide. Despite the country’s vast fertile land and abundant water resources, rice production continues to face several challenges including low productivity, poor infrastructure, limited access to competitive markets, and unstable prices. Rice is among the most […]
Global New Light of Myanmar The Myanmar Rice and Paddy Traders’ Association (MRPTA) announced that it will make arrangements to expand the sale of rice at affordable prices at the Wahdan Rice Commodity Depot in Lanmadaw Township, Yangon Region, as well as at markets managed by the Yangon City Development Committee’s Markets Department.As part of […]
Global New Light of Myanmar Myanmar Rice Federation says it will continue working on its solar energy project as there are further rice mills proposed for using the sustainable energy source.“We will continue this plan as there are further proposals,” MRF responded to the Global New Light of Myanmar concerning the solar energy project.As of […]
TBS Report DNCRP issued formal warnings to all three businesses and held a meeting with the local market committee to raise awareness on consumer rights The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) has fined three rice wholesalers a total of Tk 1.18 lakh for violations including mislabeling, underweight sales, and price irregularities during a […]
