What is causing this stark divide in rice supply, and is there a way to restore balance? HAENAM, South Korea / TOKYO: Japan is grappling with rice shortages and price hikes, forcing it to ramp up imports. Just across the sea, South Korea is facing the opposite problem — an overwhelming surplus that has driven […]
By Gurpreet Singh Nibber With water table depleting at alarming rate and pollution from stubble burning on the rise, experts say the future of Punjab’s agricultural model is bleak. Punjab is on track for a record paddy harvest this kharif season, with 30.94 lakh hectares already sown. While farmers are jubilant over the predicted bumper […]
MANILA: Las Piñas Rep. Mark Anthony Santos has urged colleagues in the House of Representatives to prioritise deliberations on proposed amendments to Republic Act No. 11203, or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), to ensure sustained availability of affordable rice in public markets. In a statement on Monday (July 21), Santos said the benefits promised under […]
Source: Xinhua, Editor: huaxia JAKARTA, July 22 (Xinhua) — Indonesia has recorded a 48 percent increase in rice production, with government rice reserves reaching 4.2 million tons, according to President Prabowo Subianto. “Our food production has never before in history reached government rice reserves of more than 4.2 million tons. Corn production has also risen […]
By: Jordeene B. Lagare – Reporter MANILA, Philippines – Domestic palay (unmilled rice) output likely rose in the second quarter of this year due to favorable weather conditions, leading to reduced imports of the staple. In its latest report, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) estimated palay production at 4.35 million metric tons (MT) in the […]
The state produces nearly 12 million metric tons of rice annually, using 97% of its extracted groundwater solely for paddy cultivation. This has made Punjab the largest extractor of groundwater in India. Business Today Desk Punjab is staring down a looming ecological disaster, as relentless paddy cultivation pushes the state closer to desertification, warns Acharya […]
Kathmandu, July 22: The country recorded 72 per cent of paddy seedlings plantation till the third week of the month July, which is 12 percent point less compared to the same period of the last year. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development said that paddy plantation is done in around 1 million hectares of […]
Santo Domingo.- The National Peasant Union (UNACA), affiliated with the National Confederation of Dominican Workers (CNTD), has issued an urgent appeal to the Dominican government to suspend rice imports, warning that the excessive influx of foreign rice is driving thousands of local producers—particularly in the northeast—into bankruptcy. According to UNACA President Juan Ramón Rondón, over […]
by Agency Report Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, on Monday expressed deep concern over massive losses inflicted by fraudulent practices in the country’s rice trade. He said he had received reports indicating that so-called food cartels had manipulated both rice prices and supply, resulting in annual losses of up to 100 trillion rupiahs (around 6.1 billion […]
BR Web Desk Pakistan’s rice exports observed a notable drop in revenue in FY25 on account of a sharp decline in international prices, showed data released by Optimus Capital Management on Monday. As per the brokerage house, the country’s total rice exports stood at 5.8 million metric tons (MMT) in FY25, down by a modest […]
