List of Countries by Rice Production. Worldwide 742,541,804 tons of rice is produced per year. China is the largest rice producer in the world with 211,090,813 tons production volume per year. India comes second with 158,756,871 tons yearly production. Which country is the largest producer of rice? China is the world’s largest producer of rice, […]
In this file photo taken on Nov. 18, 2019, workers unload sacks of rice from the Vietnam cargo ship in the port of Tabaco, Albay. The National Food Authority (NFA) imports 10,800 metric tons of rice from Vietnam due to shortage of supply. MANILA, Philippines — A large coalition of farm groups, Samahang Industriya ng […]
The giant rice stalks sprouting up in Qingyuan City in south China’s Guangdong Province makes one wonder if they have a secret supply of magic beans. Check out the bumper harvest yielded from 40 hectares of these impressive two-meter-tall rice plants and find out what future could possibly hold! Produced by Xinhua Global Service
NEW DELHI (Web Desk) – June saw scant rains in India meaning that the farmers were unable to sow crops on time but the abundant rains during July in the regions that can be described as rice belts meant that the growers were encouraged to plant rice on more area as they saw an opportunity […]
Some farmers and agriculture experts say scorching temperatures and drought are causing a strain on rice production. Some farmers in Vermilion Parish are feeling the heat and the pinch from hot temperatures. Christian Richard, Owner of Richard Farms said it hasn’t rained in nearly three months and Mother Nature is costing him a pretty penny. […]
It will help disseminate rice-ICM technology as a component of SRP to farmers through training, it said LT Foods on Monday said it has signed an initial pact with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Research Centre for Integrated Pest Management (ICAR-NCIPM) to train 10,000 farmers in four states on sustainable farming practices. As per […]
Varsha Sharma has been through some turbulent years on her small farm in the mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh, in northern India. For more than a century her family have been rice farmers, but erratic rainfall and water being diverted for industry have made cultivating rice more difficult. Seven years ago she switched to a […]
This aerial photo taken on Aug 5, 2023 shows flooded areas in Yanshou county of Harbin, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. [Photo/Xinhua] Famous quality product from Wuchang hard-hit by damage from recent deluge As floodwaters subside in Northeast China, farmers in the country’s “rice kingdom” are worried profits from this year’s harvest are disappearing with them. […]
The government through the Ministry of Agriculture has provided 20,00 litres of pesticide to rice farmers in order to combat apple snails. The snails have been destroying rice plantations in the region and have been leading to huge losses to farmers. According to Crop Development Principal Secretary, Kello Harsama, the program, which is still in […]
COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Agriculture Ministry said on Monday (7) that if water is provided by Tuesday (8) for the rice fields in the Walawa Zone in the south of the country, around 60% of the rice fields can be saved. Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera told News 1st that if that effort fails, there […]
