TOKYO (Kyodo) — Demand for rice in Japan in the year through June was 7.11 million tons, 380,000 tons more than initial government projections made last year, the farm ministry said Wednesday. With 6.79 million tons of rice produced in 2024, it marks the third consecutive year that demand has exceeded supply, according to the […]
CROSS COUNTY — Some Cross County producers are nearing the finish line on early planted rice, according to Extension Agent – Staff Chair Jenna Martin. Martin said some producers are expected to be draining rice within the next week or two on the earlier planted rice. She said a few farmers are already advancing towards […]
Global New Light of Myanmar Fourteen rice mills will install 18.4 megawatt solar power in the current financial year 2025-2026 under the Public-Private Partnership, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation.Shwe Wah Yaung rice mills inaugurated a ceremony to generate electricity with solar in Shwelinpan Industrial Park in Hlinethaya Township. Yangon Region Chief Minister U Soe […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
