By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN CNN — President Donald Trump is threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States over what he claims is the country’s unwillingness to buy American-grown rice. “They won’t take our RICE, and yet they have a massive rice shortage. In other words, we’ll just be sending them […]
Bloomberg News India’s stash of rice is running at the highest for this time in at least two decades, raising the risk it will run out of room to store it all as another record crop looms. Overflowing reserves—equal to more than one-tenth of the annual global production—are becoming a headache for the world’s second-biggest […]
By Judith Albano Critics called it impossible. Skeptics dismissed it as mere campaign rhetoric. Yet today, Filipino families are bringing home quality rice at ₱20 per kilogram—proof that the Marcos administration has transformed what many considered an unrealistic election promise into tangible relief for millions of households. The ₱20 rice program represents one of the […]
Press Release The Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), in collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), has launched a digital seed demand forecasting tool designed to bridge the gap between rice seed supply and actual farmer demand. The initiative was formally launched at an inception workshop held on June 26, 2025, in Dhaka, with […]
Inventories totaled almost 39 million tonnes this month, according to the state-owned Food Corporation of India. Bloomberg By Pratik Parija India’s stash of rice is running at the highest for this time in at least two decades, raising the risk it will run out of room to store it all as another record crop looms. […]
Reuters There is ample supply in Southeast Asia REUTERS — Indian rice prices rose for a second straight week on rupee strength despite sluggish demand. Meanwhile, ample global supplies pushed Vietnamese rates lower. India’s 5 percent broken parboiled variety was quoted at $382-$387 per ton, up from last week’s $380-$386. Indian 5 percent broken white […]
Posted By: Gopi New Delhi, June 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Israel-Iran ceasefire has paved the way for India’s Basmati exports to resume to the Gulf region, which is a major market for the aromatic rice, with Iran accounting for as much as 35 per cent of the total shipments. Around one lakh tonnes of Basmati rice […]
Vietnam’s draft amendment risks alienating small rice exporters and contradicting reform goals. We must not conflate “management” with “control.” In the digital age, modern governance must be driven by data, transparency, and trust. A recent article published by VietNamNet, titled “Vietnam’s rice export policy at a crossroads,” provides a candid and commendable critique of the […]
Reuters MUMBAI: India is allocating record rice volumes for ethanol production as it struggles with unprecedented inventories that are likely to swell further with the arrival of the new season crop, a reversal from earlier shortages that led to export curbs. Turning more rice to ethanol is helping to reduce rice stocks in the world’s […]
A group of scientists calling themselves the ‘Agricultural Scientists Manch’ have written to the Prime Minister denouncing the recent release of India’s first genetically edited rice varieties, stating that the technology used–CRISPR-Cas9–could face intellectual property rights (IPR) issues, potentially negating the real advantage Indian farmers could derive from genome-edited rice. The Centre has repeatedly clarified […]
