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Govt approves import of 50,000 tonnes rice from India, 2.2 lakh tonnes wheat from US

UNB The price of per tonne rice has been fixed at $359.77. The government today (7 October) approved a proposal to import 50,000 tonnes of non-Basmati parboiled rice from India under the international open tender system for 2025–26 fiscal year. The Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) in its meeting approved the proposal. According […]

Agri exports up 30%, generates nearly $4 billion in nine months

Mom Kunthea / Khmer Times Synopsis: Besides rice, Cambodia exports many key agricultural products, including fresh and dried cassava, cashew nuts, fresh mangoes, fresh bananas, corn and longans. In the first nine months, Cambodia exported over 11 million tonnes of agricultural products, marking a 30.43 percent increase compared to the same period last year, and […]

Pending DA budget short of rice self-sufficiency demands

By: Kurt Dela Peña – Content Researcher Writer With almost 20 typhoons lashing at the Philippines every year, farmers, especially those tilling lands for palay, find themselves stricken even more by poverty – poor yield, low sales, and piling debt. Last month, as Nando (Ragasa) battered northern Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 215 kph, […]

Rice breeding reduces methane emissions without lowering yield: New Study

Neel Kamal Bathinda: A new study, ‘A Global Synthesis Of Genotypic Variation In Crop Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under Variable Nitrogen Fertilisation,’ published in Frontiers in Agronomy, performed the first comparison of crop variety impacts on greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) on a global scale. The analysis shows that the choice of crop variety (specifically rice) has […]

Tilda scales sustainable rice farming across India

Tilda, the UK’s best-selling rice brand, has now successfully recruited all of the farmers it works with in northern India to adopt the Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) method of growing Basmati rice, a major milestone in its sustainability journey. The breakthrough means that every farmer in Tilda’s northern Indian supply chain is now using […]

Rice farmers to get P7,000 aid

Delon Porcalla – The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — At least one million rice farmers will get P7,000 each next year as earmarked by the Marcos administration in the P6.973-trillion national budget for 2026, Speaker Faustino Dy III said yesterday. “Aid is ensured for our farmers. The P7,000 cash aid will be given to them […]

Is basmati rice Indian or Pakistani? Do not ask the European Commission

By Peggy Corlin From the Punjab plains to Brussels — who would have thought that the dispute over basmati’s origin would end up on Europeans’ plates? In the midst of negotiating a long-awaited trade deal with India, European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič is facing a real headache: how to avoid a clash with Pakistan […]

‘Farmers will suffer most’: Vietnam rice sector slump deepens as Philippines import ban may extend to year-end

By Amanda Lim Vietnam’s rice sector faces mounting pressure as the Philippines import ban could stay in place until year-end, raising concerns over further price falls for the top exporter. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. announced a 30-day extension on its rice import ban, a measure to support domestic farmers during its peak harvest […]

Rice prices forecast to fall in 2025 marketing year

Broad decline in the world rice price points to India’s decision to lift rice export ban. Ryan Loy, Alvaro Durand-Morat At a Glance The 2025 planting season was marred by considerable challenges. Farmers in the Midsouth faced historic flooding in April that forced replanting across a significant portion of the Mississippi Delta. As Delta farmers […]

BD gets offers in tender to buy 50,000 tons of rice

Reuters HAMBURG: The lowest price offered in the tender from Bangladesh’s state grains buyer to purchase 50,000 metric tons of rice which closed on Monday was estimated at USD359.77 a metric ton CIF liner out, traders said. The offer was believed to have been made by Indian trading house Bagadiya Brothers, they said. Offers are […]