Far from Nueva Ecija’s sun-baked paddies, a fragment of the Philippines now lies in slumber beneath Arctic ice. It is not a misdirected balikbayan box—it is 4,417 samples of Filipino rice, safely stored in the world’s most secure freezer: Norway’s Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Think of it as agriculture’s Noah’s Ark. Instead of elephants and […]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The National Food Agency (Bapanas) has ensured that the rice stock rotation period will be kept to a maximum of six months to maintain the freshness and quality of rice distributed to the public. “A maximum six-month rotation period is ideal to ensure that the public receives rice in its best condition,” […]
Pakistan became the country’s significant rice supplier after India banned non-basmati rice exports in 2023 to cool down domestic markets. Sanjeeb Mukherjee New Delhi Mauritius is looking to enter into long -term deals with India for import of around 33,000 tonnes of rice to keep its subsidised food programme running and to ease out Pakistan, […]
