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Vietnam’s MARD endorses Mechanized Direct Seeding combined with Fertilizer Deep Placement as an advanced technology for rice cultivation

CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega Hanoi, Vietnam (October 8, 2024) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development-Department of Crop Production (MARD-DCP) has officially recognized the “Technical guidelines on mechanized direct seeding combined with fertilizer deep placement for rice production in the Mekong River Delta” as a technical advancement in crop production. The guidelines, authored […]

With granaries full, India axes export duty on parboiled rice

The removal of the duty reflects the government’s confidence in a better harvest this year, said Vijay Setia, former president of the All-India Rice Exporters Association. Dhirendra Kumar New Delhi: The union government has removed the export duty on parboiled rice, according to a notification issued by the finance ministry late on Tuesday. It also […]

UNISAME urges govt to enforce zero tolerance on rice quality for exports.

By Our Correspondent KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has called on the government to enforce strict zero-tolerance policies within its phytosanitary departments to ensure no quality complaints arise from the European Union (EU) or other global importers regarding any variety of rice, whether basmati or non-basmati. In a statement on Tuesday, […]

Pakistan’s rice exports surge, earning over $720 million in first quarter

In Sept alone, Pakistan exported 374,000 metric tons of rice, generating $257.2m in foreign exchange. Zaheer Ali Khan Pakistan has witnessed a significant rise in the demand for its rice in international markets, earning over $721.8 million in foreign exchange from rice exports during the first quarter of the current fiscal year. According to official […]

Indian origin supplies permitted in Indonesia’s 340,000 MT rice tender

Traders said an initial announcement from Bulog said the rice could be sourced only from Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam or Pakistan. Indonesian state purchasing agency Bulog has told traders that Indian supplies can be offered in its new international tender to buy 340,000 metric tons of rice and the offer deadline is postponed by one day, […]

NIA-Bicol aims to sell more cheap rice via contract farming expansion

By Connie Calipay LEGAZPI CITY – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) 5 (Bicol) targets to expand the contract farming program with more than 3,000 hectares of rice fields to be planted by next year. During Tuesday’s “Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas” forum at the NIA-5 office in Naga City, NIA regional manager Gaudencio John De Vera […]

Sikkim’s Organic Certification Body Suspended Over Controversial White Rice Exports

In a significant move that has sent ripples across India’s organic agriculture sector, the Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has suspended the organic certification body of the state of Sikkim. This comes in the wake of a scandal involving the export of regular white rice being falsely labeled as organic. The […]

India, Pakistan arrest farmers for burning crop waste as pollution rises

By: Sakshi Dayal and Ainnie Arif Summary NEW DELHI, Oct 22 (Reuters) – At least 16 farmers have been arrested in India’s northern state of Haryana for illegally burning paddy stubble to clear fields, a practice that stokes air pollution in the region around New Delhi at the onset of winter, authorities said on Tuesday. […]