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Adviser: Rice imports to be increased to stabilize prices

If necessary, special Open Market Sale (OMS) programs will be initiated, the adviser said. Tribune Desk To stabilize rice prices, the Ministry of Food has been instructed to increase rice imports from any available sources, said Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed. During a press briefing at the Secretariat on Tuesday following a meeting of the […]

Govt to procure 1 cargo LNG, 50,000 tonnes non-basmati boiled rice.

The approval came from the 2nd meeting of the Advisers’ Council Committee on Government Purchase today. The government today (7 January) approved separate proposals for procuring one cargo LNG and some 50,000 tonnes of non-Basmati boiled rice to meet the growing demand of the country. The approval came from the 2nd meeting of the Advisers’ […]

No rice for TCB family cardholders in Jan amid supply shortage.

The shift from handwritten cards to the smart family cards will result in more than 37 lakh cardholders not receiving any product from the TCB in January. The hardship of low-income family cardholders is set to worsen as the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has excluded rice from its list of subsidised food items for […]

Gov’t to set maximum SRP for imported rice

By: Jordeene B. Lagare – @inquirerdotnet. MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) plans to introduce before the end of the month a maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for imported rice to bring down prices. In an interview on Monday, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the policy MSRP would be “released very […]

Rice export to BD: TCP receives 11 bids.

Rizwan Bhatti. KARACHI: The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has received 11 bids for the supply of 50,000 metric tons of long grain white rice to Bangladesh. The procurement is part of an ongoing effort to meet Bangladesh’s rice import requirements, with TCP evaluating the offers. The successful bidder will be responsible for ensuring timely […]

Food ministry seeks Tk4,150cr more for subsidies, rice import amid rising demand.

Ministry proposes increasing rice imports allocation from Tk2,898cr to Tk6,270cr. The Ministry of Food has requested an additional Tk4,150 crore in the revised budget for FY2024-25 to cover increased food subsidy and rice import allocations This reflects a 75% rise in food subsidy requirements, driven by heightened demand for rice and flour under government programmes […]

Morocco Imports Rice to Offset Severe Drop in Production Amid Drought.

Morocco’s rice production has fallen drastically due to climate change, dropping from 55,000 tons in 2023 to just 7,000 tons this year. Firdaous Naim. Morocco has started importing rice to address the drastic shortfall in domestic production mainly caused by drought. The first shipments are expected to arrive this month as the country turns to […]

Norsworthy honored with USA Rice Industry Award.

By HPJ Staff. Jason Norsworthy’s origin story as a weed scientist began on a truck farm in south Arkansas, and it was told through the unnumbered long, hot hours spent at the end of a gooseneck hoe, chopping weeds from in between sweet potato and purple hull pea plants. “We didn’t have a lot of […]