by Staff Report LAHORE – Pakistan lost Rs496.39 billion due to improper handling of five crops last year. As per the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, wheat witnessed 9% post-harvest losses, rice, corn and hot pepper green 15% each, and potato 19%. As such post-harvest loses of wheat were amounting to Rs158.12 billion, rice […]
By John Reidy TOKYO, JAPAN — Unfavorable weather conditions and disease outbreak in Japan’s main production regions have reduced wheat and barley production estimates, but rice is bucking the trend with higher yields and better quality for marketing year 2024-25, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of […]
Traders have been accused of setting rice prices at will, exploiting local farmers. THATTA: Traders have been accused of setting rice prices at will, exploiting local farmers and causing widespread discontent among the community. Farmers from different villages of Thatta District, accompanied by leaders from the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) – including Shahnawaz Brohi, Mir […]
MUMBAI/ HANOI: Global rice prices fell on Monday after India, the world’s No.1 exporter of the grain, gave the go-ahead for exports to resume, boosting global supply and helping poor Asian and African buyers secure more affordable supplies, exporters said. India on Saturday allowed exports of non-basmati white rice. That came a day after New […]
Boby Basnet Rice is Nepal’s primary staple crop, serving as a daily essential in nearly every household. Whether rich or poor, rice is a common meal that satisfies the hunger of most Nepali. As an agrarian country, much of Nepal’s population is engaged in farming, and rice farming is a central focus for securing food […]
The process will roll out in phases, beginning in western Uttar Pradesh and extending to the eastern districts later in the month, according to an official statement Press Trust of India Lucknow The Uttar Pradesh government will commence paddy procurement across the state starting October 1 and payments to farmers will be processed within 48 […]
MUMBAI: India on Friday reduced export duty on parboiled rice to 10% from 20% earlier, the government said in a notification, as inventories in the world’s biggest exporter of the grain surged and farmers are set to harvest a new crop in the coming weeks. The reduction in export duty will lower India’s export prices, […]
As globalisation impacts everything, food choices everywhere are liberalising — and the potential of Basmati rice as a major export product to South-East Asian nations is yet to be mapped. By Anshul Garg Rice is one of the major staple foods in Asia, particularly in the South-East Asian nations. ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) […]
Water has become the most crucial limiting factor for Pakistan’s agricultural growth. Despite the availability of millions of acres of barren land, particularly in Balochistan and Punjab, the country’s cultivated area could not be expanded in the past due to the scarcity of surface and quality groundwater. In Pakistan, water scarcity is an increasingly important […]
The narrow window between paddy harvesting and sowing of wheat is at the root of farm fires in Punjab and Haryana. Here’s why that happens, and how a new rice variety could help.Written by Harish Damodaran Harpreet Singh has been cultivating Pusa-44 paddy since 2000, if not earlier. “Why not, when it yields 35-36 quintals […]
