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Azerbaijan asks rice traders to utilise duty-free status.

Envoy seeks to enhance trade, investment and B2B ties. LAHORE: Economic collaboration between Azerbaijan and Pakistan is set to expand as significant initiatives are underway to enhance trade, investment, business-to-business and people-to-people ties. “We are going to establish Azerbaijan Trade Centre in Lahore and Pakistan-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce to bring business communities of both countries […]

Lower retail prices of imported rice seen

By: Lisbet K. Esmael – @inquirerdotnet MANILA, Philippines — The government may cut the maximum suggested retail price (SRP) for imported rice if the “sharp decline” in global prices continues, an agriculture official said on Monday. Department of Agriculture (DA) Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said that the global market had seen a drop in […]

Food security: Kwara targets dominance in rice processing.

Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, at the weekend, said his administration has risen to reposition the state towards making it a hub for food processing, especially rice production and other value chains in Nigeria. AbdulRazaq stated this at Elerinjare Ilobo Community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state during his facility visit to the […]

Fields of Hope! Thai Farmer Creates Stunning Rice Art After Devastating Floods.

After experiencing devastating floods, a Thai farmer has created a stunning rice field art featuring a dragon and other symbolic figures.By Esha Dasgupta Tanyapong Jaikham, a Thai farmer, has transformed his rice fields into a vibrant and poignant work of art, paying tribute to the devastating floods that ravaged parts of Northern Thailand, including Chiang […]

Suggested imported rice profit cap sought

Bella Cariaso – The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — Former agriculture secretary Leonardo Montemayor yesterday said that the government should impose a maximum suggested imported rice profit instead of maximum suggested retail price, amid the impending implementation of a P58 per kilo maximum SRP on outsourced grains beginning Jan. 20. “Why not a maximum suggested […]

Commerce Ministry eager to beef up rice exports.

The Commerce Ministry wants to expedite rice trade liberalisation with a meeting scheduled for Jan 17. The meeting is meant to finalise measures to help small businesses become rice exporters, aiming to achieve tangible results in the first quarter this year. During a meeting Friday to address urgent policies, Commerce Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said he […]