When exposed to poor storage conditions such as high temperatures and humidity, rice can become contaminated with fungi. While half the global population relies on rice as a staple, about 15 percent of rice produced each year is contaminated by potentially fatal aflatoxins. Seeing this threaten lives in her home country of Kenya prompted a […]
The Ministry of Agriculture and Plantation Industries has planned to start a program to produce the total amount of rice required for the country from six major agricultural areas. This program is to be started from the Maha season of 2024 and accordingly, the program is to be started to get the highest yield in […]
By Stephen Angbulu The Federal Government said, on Monday, that it had dispatched 20 trucks of rice to each of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The recent move is part of measures to douse the food crisis and the economic burden of Nigerians. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed […]
By Nanette Guadalquiver CASH AID. Some 861 rice farmers receive PHP5,000 each in cash assistance under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA) of the Department of Agriculture during a distribution event held at the Barangay Sampinit covered court in Bago City, Negros Occidental on July 15, 2024. A total of 2,792 rice […]
A vendor arranges his rice products for sale at a public market along M. Dela Fuente Street in Sampaloc, Manila on July 14, 2024. MANILA, Philippines — The retail price of local rice remains cheaper compared to those of imported grains despite the implementation of Executive Order 62 on lower tariff on imported rice after […]
Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas – The Philippine Star Workers unload sacks of rice from a delivery truck along Dagupan Street in Tondo, Manila on January 22, 2024. MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for the restoration of its powers to register, monitor and visit rice warehouses and retailers to boost its surveillance […]
Rice is the staple crop of more than half of the world’s population. Demand is growing with the rising population in South and Southeast Asia. However, a significant portion of rice farming still relies on traditional cultivation methods that lead to substantial methane emissions, which are a major contributor to climate change — methane is […]
Alternate wetting and drying can help reduce emissions and save water in rice cultivation. Age old methods of rice cultivation can be modified slightly to reduce emissions from cultivation. ASingapore-based startup is helping Southeast Asian farmers reduce methane emissions from rice cultivation. The crop that feeds nearly half of the world’s population has a large […]
Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian at a coordination meeting on regional inflation control in Jakarta on Monday (July 15, 2024). (ANTARA/HO-Puspen Kemendagri) Jakarta (ANTARA) – Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has urged regional governments to raise rice production to bolster national food security. “Specifically today, our attention is on the rice issue. Rice (prices), that […]
Nigeria’s information minister said this is the first step as the government takes steps to address food shortages in the country. By Lanre Lasisi FILE: Bags of grains are offloaded from a truck at the market in Jibia on February 18, 2024. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) The Federal Government has distributed 20 trucks […]
