July 30, 2025 - Rice News Today

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NFA to sell P20 rice to registered farmers beginning Aug. 13

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By TED CORDERO, GMA Integrated News The government’s P20-per-kilo rice initiative, initially for vulnerable sectors, will be opened to farmers registered under the Department of Agriculture’s Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) starting mid-next month. In a news release on Wednesday, the DA said, beginning August 13, RSBA-registered farmers will be allowed to […]

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Pakistan Kissan Ittehad warns of agriculture collapse due to current govt policies

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The Newspaper’s Staff Reporter LAHORE: The Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) has warned of imminent collapse of farming sector due to years of neglect and mismanagement and criticised the agricultural policies of the current government During a press conference at the Multan Press Club on Sunday, PKI President Khalid Mahmood Khokhar painted a bleak picture of […]

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Rice farmers left high and dry as state opens duty free importation window

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By Vincent Obadha Hard working Kenyan rice farmers early this year voiced complaints that the government was facilitating too much rice importation at the cost of their local produce which could not find market due to unfair competition from the imported rice. The farmers alleged that some unscrupulous traders were branding the imported rice to […]

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Jul

Controversy over rice varieties should end

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The row over ‘miniket’ and ‘jeerashail’ has turned uglier with the ministry of commerce (MoC) revoking the directive of the Directorate of National Consumers’ Right Protection (DNCRP). Here, the bone of contention is the fictitious name given to rice after cutting and polishing coarser varieties like BRRI Dhan 28 manifestly to deceive consumers and making […]

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Japan’s rice price controls expose US trade deal hypocrisy

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Source: Asia Times While Japan was negotiating agricultural market access with the United States, Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi was busy implementing policy to abandon competitive bidding and set rice prices by government decree. This contradiction between Japan’s negotiating position and its domestic policy demonstrates a dangerous erosion of crisis standards that threatens both bilateral trade […]

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MoC revokes DNCRP’s directive on Miniket, Jeerashail rice

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Yasir Wardad The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) on Tuesday rescinded the recent Directorate of National Consumers’ Right Protection (DNCRP) directive that rice mills have to stop selling rice under the names of Miniket and Jeerashail. The DNCRP is an entity under the MoC. It also requested the food ministry to look into the matter and […]

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Myanmar rice mills go solar, boosting sustainability, global market appeal

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Source: Xinhua, Editor: huaxia YANGON, July 30 (Xinhua) — Myanmar is taking a big step toward sustainable agriculture as the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) initiates the use of solar power in rice mills. Twenty-eight rice mills across Yangon, Ayeyarwady, Bago, and Nay Pyi Taw will operate on solar energy in the current fiscal year 2025-26, […]

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Pakistani farmers incur Rs1.26 trillion in losses in six months, with rice and maize contributing nearly Rs1 trillion

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Agricultural sector faces collapse as government policies fail to support farmers; agro-exports drop by over $1 billion for January-June 2025 period. By Monitoring Desk Official data for January-June 2025 shows that Pakistani farmers suffered over Rs1.26 trillion in losses, with rice and maize accounting for nearly Rs1 trillion of the damages. In the same period, […]

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High rice price hinders easing inflation

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Despite a record Boro harvest, rice prices in Bangladesh remain unusually high, raising questions about market manipulation amid weak monitoring as well as regulation. A visit to several rice wholesale markets in Dhaka reveals only a marginal decrease in prices. Coarse rice is selling at Tk 55 per kilogram, while the ‘Atash’ variety is priced […]

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Exporters urge VAT exemption for green coffee beans and rice

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In the first half of this year, coffee exports surged to $5.5 billion, with rice exports totalling $2.45 billion. HÀ NỘI — The Vietnam Coffee Cocoa Association (VICOFA) and the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) have petitioned the Prime Minister to exempt exported green coffee beans and rice from value-added tax (VAT), citing the need to […]

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NFA to sell P20 rice to registered farmers beginning Aug. 13

Pakistan Kissan Ittehad warns of agriculture collapse due to current govt policies

Rice farmers left high and dry as state opens duty free importation window

Controversy over rice varieties should end

Japan’s rice price controls expose US trade deal hypocrisy

MoC revokes DNCRP’s directive on Miniket, Jeerashail rice

Myanmar rice mills go solar, boosting sustainability, global market appeal

Pakistani farmers incur Rs1.26 trillion in losses in six months, with rice and maize contributing nearly Rs1 trillion

High rice price hinders easing inflation

Exporters urge VAT exemption for green coffee beans and rice

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