Likely to levy ₹10-20/t fee for registration; charges for Basmati shipments may be hiked to ₹50/t. By Prabhudatta Mishra The government is considering making registration of export contracts mandatory with its agri-export promotion body APEDA for non-Basmati rice before shipments are allowed by the Customs Department. This is on the lines of the current system […]
DINAJPUR, May 20, 2025 (BSS) – Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) has developed chemical and pesticide-free rice aiming to boost rice production in the country. “A research team led by Associate Professor Dr. Azizul Haque of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department of HSTU has been able to invent chemical and pesticide-free […]
Eto came under fire earlier this week after saying that he never had to buy rice thanks to his supporters’ gifts. AP Tokyo. Japan’s agriculture minister resigned Wednesday over his inappropriate remark about buying rice as the public struggles with record high prices of the country’s traditional staple food. At a party seminar Sunday in […]
Vietnam exported over 3.43 million tonnes of rice in the first four months of this year, raking in nearly 1.77 billion USD, a 8.1% jump in volume but a 13.3% dip in value from the same period last year. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Export-Import Department introduced a raft of measures to improve […]
By Kate Abnett. BRUSSELS, May 20 (Reuters) – The European Union’s agriculture sector loses an average of 28.3 billion euros ($31.9 billion) each year from extreme weather made worse by climate change, EU-backed analysis published on Tuesday showed. Most of these losses – which are equivalent to 6% of annual EU crop and livestock production […]
The $1.5 million KPWF grant, “Viet Nam: Facilitating Low-carbon and Green Agriculture Transformation” is providing demand-driven policy and advisory services that contribute to key building blocks of the government of Viet Nam’s overall green transformation program. The grant’s activities focus on enabling a well-designed, high-quality, and national low-carbon rice investment program, addressing knowledge gaps on […]
Source: Farm Progress. The global rice market is experiencing significant volatility due to export restrictions and record harvests in India, which are putting pressure on prices, said Alvaro Duran-Morat, an associate professor at the University of Arkansas. According to the USDA, India set a new rice production record in 2024 of 147 million tons (in […]
Nyein Nyein. China is the largest importer of Myanmar rice, with over 61,500 tonnes of rice and broken rice in April, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF).Belgium is the second largest importer of Myanmar rice with over 20,000 tonnes, followed by 13,300 tonnes to the UK, over 12,000 to Bulgaria, over 8,500 to Spain, […]
SGGP. Vietnam is set to make a groundbreaking entry into the ‘low-carbon’ rice market in Japan with its first export shipment in May 2025. The above information was heard at an international workshop to assess the role and potential of rice production systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Vietnam, held on May 19 in […]
By The Japan News Soaring rice prices and increased consumer frugality are driving changes in dining habits of Japanese, including adding glutinous barley to rice and switching from rice to alternatives like bread and pasta. There have also been moves to introduce foreign-grown rice, though it was unpopular at the time of the 1993 rice […]
