Source: The Indian Express The central government has increased the reserve prices of wheat and rice to be offloaded to private traders from its strategic reserves by about 11 per cent and 3 per cent respectively over the last fiscal (2024-25). Reserve price is the minimum price at which the Food Corporation of India (FCI) […]
By Society for Experimental Biology What happens when scientists try to reinvent rice for life on the Moon? You get a tiny, 10cm-tall “super-rice” that might one day nourish astronauts living on lunar bases. The Moon-Rice project, a collaboration among top Italian institutions, is on a mission to genetically craft space-ready crops that can grow […]
By : Gbenga Akinfenwa Towards a greener future, the Africa Rice Centre (AfricaRice), through its research and field activities, including the AICCRA project in Mali, is developing climate-smart innovations aimed at increasing rice productivity, while significantly reducing the use of plastic in agricultural and post-harvest practices. This integrated approach, which balances yield and environmental protection, […]
Story by Published By: Isa Isawade By Mercy Omoike The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Lagos State Chapter, has blamed unscrupulous elements for frustrating the cultivation of local rice. The RIFAN Chairman, Mr Raphael Hunsa, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. Hunsa spoke against […]
ASIA-RICE/ (REPEAT):RPT-ASIA RICE-Surplus supply, tepid demand push India rates to over two-year low. Reuters Thai rates widen on increase in production costs Summer-autumn harvest in Mekong Delta peaking, trader says Bangladesh to import rice ahead of upcoming flood season By Ishaan Arora July 17 (Reuters) – Indian rice prices fell to their lowest level in […]
The Centre plans to procure 50 lakh metric tonnes of paddy from five States, including Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha. Express News Service VIJAYAWADA: Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar has called upon rice millers in the State to be prepared to supply custom milled rice (CMR) with 10% broken rice to the Centre […]
By Zheng Caixiong in Guangzhou Under the scorching heat, multiple unmanned harvesters operate at full capacity to harvest rice at the Wanlyu Intelligent Unmanned Farm in Dongyuan county, located in Heyuan, Guangdong province. As the largest high-tech agricultural demonstration base in Guangdong, the farm has recently welcomed the start of the local summer grain harvest. […]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government has increased the target of domestic absorption of rice by state-owned logistics company Bulog for this year by 1 million tons. As per Presidential Instruction Number 6 of 2025, Bulog’s rice absorption target for 2025 was 3 million tons. This has now been increased to 4 million tons. “Throughout […]
Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2% in June year-on-year, official data showed today, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend. Public support for Ishiba’s administration has tumbled to its lowest level since he took office last year, partly because of frustration over the cost of living. One of the […]
Kyoko HASEGAWA Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend. Public support for Ishiba’s administration has tumbled to its lowest level since he took office last year, partly because of frustration over the cost of living. […]
