Han Revanda TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan, or Zulhas, has expressed confidence in the current rice supply, which exceeds 8 million tons. He believes this ample supply will ensure stable rice prices ahead of Christmas and New Year. “Our rice stock is the highest in history. There are more than 8 […]
By Kizito CUDJOE The president of the Ghana Rice Inter Professional Body (GRIB), Nana Adjei Ayeh, has urged Ghanaians to prioritize the consumption of locally produced rice as a critical step toward strengthening domestic farmers, reducing unemployment, and enhancing economic stability. Speaking after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between GRIB and agro-input […]
The home ministry has warned the government about the possible shortfall of rice due to volatile global market, rising dollar price, soaring production cost and recent floods. Exploiting the issues, unscrupulous traders is destabilising the rice market by hoarding it, adversely affecting the country’s consumers. The ministry has conducted an investigation against the backdrop of […]
Hanin Marwah TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman is optimistic that rice production will increase next year, targeting 32 million tons by 2025. “God willing, in 2025 we can reach 32 tons in one year,” he told reporters when met at his office in South Jakarta on Tuesday, November 26, 2024. Based […]
PDS rice seized during recent raid at Kakinada Anchorage Port; rice released from seizure based on bank guarantee given by the exporter. T. Appala Naidu A whopping 640 metric tonnes of rice, supplied through the Public Distribution System (PDS), which was recently seized by the Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, is being allowed […]
A farmers’ group has called out the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) for belatedly sending an invitation to a public consultation on Executive Order 62 slashing import tariffs on rice. The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura or SINAG, which has been vocal in opposing lower tariffs on imported rice supply, said NEDA sent out an […]
To invest SAR 185 million over the next 5 years in the Kingdom. FoodTechBiz Desk LT Foods, a global Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Company in the consumer food space, has announced its official entry into Saudi Arabia with the inauguration of a new office in Riyadh, to tap the U.S. $ 2 billion rice and […]
At WTO agriculture meet, India maintained that it had complied with its domestic support notification obligations. By Amiti Sen India has “unequivocally” rejected the counter-notification issued earlier this month by five countries at the WTO—US, Australia, Canada, Argentina and Ukraine, targeting India for allegedly under-reporting its market price support for rice and wheat. The country’s […]
Khmer Times Dith Tina, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, called on farmers to cultivate rice with specific varieties, especially Phka Romduol and Sen Kra-ob (SKO), which are Cambodian rice varieties that have received good rice classification and are in high market demand and price. He made this statement on the occasion of leading the […]
Terry Friel / Khmer Times The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), backed by the US government, has launched a new project to cut methane emissions from rice fields in Cambodia and other Southeast Asian nations. The Methane Accelerator for Southeast Asia (MASEA) programme aims to combine measures to cut methane gas emissions with practical steps […]
