Return of Indian rice to the world market shakes up competition Thailand’s rice exports in the first quarter of 2025 are estimated to drop by 33 per cent to 2 million tonnes, from 3 million tonnes in the same period of last year, the Thai Rice Exporters Association (TREA) said on Friday. From January 1 […]
Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: Controversy over rice export disruptions to European countries dominated discussions during a National Assembly panel’s meeting on Friday. The meeting was discussing a calling attention notice moved by MNA Sharmila Faruqui, which disclosed that the European Union (EU) had intercepted 104 consignments of ‘substandard’ rice from Pakistan in 2024, which resulted […]
Despite having no farming background, Gullapali Sujatha’s Vishwamata Farms spans 47 acres with nine cows supporting her organic methods. By ETV Bharat English Team Ongole: Not everyone dares to leave the comforts of city life to embrace the challenges of farming. But for Andhra Pradesh’s Gullapalli Sujatha, organic farming was not just a choice, it […]
Xinhua BEIJING — China plans to expand its ratoon rice cultivation area by approximately 10 million mu (about 666,666 hectares) by 2030, as part of efforts to bolster food security, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Ratoon rice, which is grown from the seedlings of buds that remain at nodes of rice […]
UNB. A consignment of 10, 500 tonnes of parboiled rice arrived at Chattogram Port from India this morning (27 February). Imdad Islam, senior information officer of the Ministry of Food, said Indian vessel ‘MV VCT OCEAN’ carrying the rice anchored at outer anchorage of the port. After testing the samples of rice kept on the […]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Coordinating Minister for Food, Zulkifli Hasan, said he is optimistic that with domestic rice production projected to reach up to 34 million tons, Indonesia will not need to import rice this year. “We believe, we are optimistic, this year, we will not import rice anymore,” he said at the CNBC Indonesia Economic […]
by Staff Report. LAHORE – The Punjab Seed Council has approved 20 new seed varieties of wheat, cotton, potato and rice. The decision was taken at a meeting held on Tuesday with Minister for Agriculture & Chairman Punjab Seed Council Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani in the chair. Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture Usama Khan Leghari and […]
By ZAKIAH KOYA and KHOO GEK SAN. 400,000 households to benefit from 2.4 million 10kg bags for half a year PUTRAJAYA: For the next six months, the government will ensure that even the hardcore poor will be able to afford good-quality local white rice, says padi and rice regulatory director-general Datuk Badrul Hisham Mohd (pic). […]
Reuters HAMBURG: Bangladesh’s state grains buyer has issued a new international tender to purchase 50,000 metric tons of rice, traders said on Tuesday. The deadline for submission of price offers is March 11. The tender continues Bangladesh’s heavy rice purchasing in international markets, after its domestic crop was heavily damaged last year. Floods in Bangladesh […]
By ZAKIAH KOYA and KHOO GEK SAN. PUTRAJAYA: There will be 2.4 million 10kg bags of subsidised local rice available in the market from March 1, targeted at poor and hard-core poor households. Agriculture and Food Security Ministry deputy secretary-general Datuk Badrul Hisham Mohd said this marks the start of the government’s RM150mil targeted subsidy […]
