Indonesia is the largest importer of Myanmar’s rice, with over 210,000 tonnes in the first half of the current financial year 2024-2025, beginning 1 April, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF).Myanmar conveyed over 217,600 tonnes of rice and broken rice to Indonesia, over 209,000 tonnes to China, over 162,900 tonnes to Belgium, over 72,600 […]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Union of India (UOI) to file a detailed reply on the availability of storage space for rice and the testing protocols for hybrid paddy varieties. “Additional Solicitor-General of India Satya Pal… Tribune News Service The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Union of India […]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government is working to implement a program to develop 3 million hectares of new rice fields to strengthen the country’s food resilience amid global challenges and increasing population demands. “This program is part of our strategic steps to address the threats of a global food crisis and maintain stability in […]
Rice traders in Bangladesh are less interested in importing the grain despite the recent slash in related tariffs as they do not believe there is enough of a profit margin because of high prices on the international market. They added that doing so would have little effect on reducing domestic prices at this time. The […]
KYODO NEWS Tokyo rice prices in October soared a record 62.3 percent from a year ago, government data showed Friday, as rising living costs have become a key issue in Japan’s general election being held this weekend. The surge in prices in the Japanese staple food, the largest since comparable data became available in 1971, […]
A late-season rice yield monitoring was conducted in the “four-high (high standard, high technology, high yield, and high quality)” test fields in Changsha on October 23. The monitored area consists of five core demonstration fields, respectively located in Jinzhou Town in Ningxiang City, Chunhua Town in Changsha County, Jinggang Town in Wangcheng District, Shashi Town […]
By Niamh Leonard-Bedwell Tilda claims to have helped increase the annual rice yields of a group of north Indian farmers by 7%. It worked with 1,270 farmers in northern India in 2023, teaching them the alternate wet and dry (AWD) irrigation technique for more sustainable rice growing as part of an ongoing programme. Traditional rice […]
Food and consumer affairs minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said “we are committed to create space and evacuating surplus rice stocks from Punjab and Haryana is our highest priority.” Written by Sandip Das Amidst a storage crunch due to surplus stocks held with agencies, the food ministry has chalked out a weekly evaluation plan of […]
NEW DELHI: India has removed the floor price for the export of non-basmati white rice, the government said in an official order on Wednesday, to help farmers and exporters sell various grades of rice on the world market. Buoyed by forecasts of higher rice output, farmers and rice exporters recently urged the government to remove […]
by News desk A delegation from the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) held an important meeting with UAE Consul General, Dr. BakheetAteeq Al-Remaithi, at the UAE Consulate on Wednesday. The primary objective was to enhance rice exports from Pakistan and expand business opportunities in the UAE. The REAP delegation, led by Chairman Malik Faisal […]
