By News Source Guyana President Irfaan Ali, this morning launched a crop insurance initiative which will benefit more than 6,000 rice farmers across the country. The initiative is aimed at providing financial and other support to rice farmers that experience crop damage due to flooding, pesticide or pesticide infestation. During the launch of the initiative […]
P. Laxma Reddy Nearly 10,000 paddy farmers will soon undergo training in village and campus settings under the ‘Promotion of Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) for Sustainable Rice Production’ project launched by the Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR) with financial support from the SBI Foundation. “We are conducting this training for farmers to promote mechanised […]
By Observer Research Foundation, By Shoba Suri and Tanya Verma According to recent reports, arsenic has been detected in all samples of rice in the United States (US), with over a quarter exceeding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food safety guidelines. Thus, it becomes imperative to mention that climate change is impacting not only […]
By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO, July 23 (Reuters) – Japan will import more rice from the United States but within the existing tariff-free quota, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday, stressing Tokyo’s success in protecting the agricultural sector in agreeing a bilateral trade deal. After months of negotiations, the two countries struck a deal to […]
by News Desk In the first half of 2025, Pakistan’s rice exports to China have soared by 84%, reaching a total value of $35.93 million. This indicates the success of China’s economic policies, which aim to foster trade relations and diversify import sources to stabilize its food security. According to the latest data from the […]
By Amanda Lim Vietnam’s key low-emission rice project is delivering higher yields and profits while cutting costs and carbon, earning further support from government. The pilot programme of Vietnam’s 1 Million Hectares of High-Quality, Low-Emission Rice project was reported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment on July 13. For the Summer-Autumn 2025 crop, the […]
South Korean trade minister arrives in Washington, says his country will do all it can to reach a trade deal with the US. Anadolu staff ANKARA South Korea has decided not to use the further opening of the country’s beef and rice markets as bargaining chips in tariff negotiations with the US, setting them as […]
Source: Eastern Mirror. India’s exports of agricultural and processed foods got off to a great start in FY26, growing 7 per cent year-on-year to $5.96 billion in the April–June quarter (Q1 FY26). The centre-piece of India’s agricultural exports is still rice. The shipments of both non-basmati and basmati rice increased by 3.5 per cent to […]
TNN Varanasi: In a step toward transforming rice-potato cropping systems into more sustainable and climate-resilient models, the International Rice Research Institute – South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) and the International Potato Center (CIP) jointly convened a multi-stakeholder consultation in Varanasi recently. The consultation focused on advancing a prototype innovation designed to enable Potato Zero Tillage […]
They have urged the government to take immediate action to resolve this pressing public crisis. The Bangladesh Food Security Network (Khani), an organisation working on food security and farmer rights, has called for the introduction of rationing for the nation’s poor and vulnerable population amidst a continuous surge in rice prices. The organisation expressed deep […]
