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‘4,000 5,000 litres of water for 1kg of rice’: Punjab is farming itself into a grave, warns Acharya Prashant

The state produces nearly 12 million metric tons of rice annually, using 97% of its extracted groundwater solely for paddy cultivation. This has made Punjab the largest extractor of groundwater in India. Business Today Desk Punjab is staring down a looming ecological disaster, as relentless paddy cultivation pushes the state closer to desertification, warns Acharya […]

UNACA urges immediate halt to rice imports

Santo Domingo.- The National Peasant Union (UNACA), affiliated with the National Confederation of Dominican Workers (CNTD), has issued an urgent appeal to the Dominican government to suspend rice imports, warning that the excessive influx of foreign rice is driving thousands of local producers—particularly in the northeast—into bankruptcy. According to UNACA President Juan Ramón Rondón, over […]

Indonesian president decries rice cartel practices, cites huge annual losses

by Agency Report Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, on Monday expressed deep concern over massive losses inflicted by fraudulent practices in the country’s rice trade. He said he had received reports indicating that so-called food cartels had manipulated both rice prices and supply, resulting in annual losses of up to 100 trillion rupiahs (around 6.1 billion […]