High tech and age-old agricultural traditions are being used to reverse the decline in one of Japan’s top rice-growing regions. More than four centuries of agricultural tradition are at risk of coming to an end in Niigata prefecture in Japan. The region is the famed origin of koshihikari rice — one of the most prized […]
BEING an agrarian economy, Pakistan has one of the world’s best food baskets that provides a variety of crops to feed 250 million people. The sector is a source of raw material as well. However, it has suffered a lot due to the climate change phenomenon. The national economy is struggling because of low crop […]
By: Zacarian Sarao – Reporter MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wished that the lives of Filipino farmers would improve with the help of the various agricultural programs of the government. On his 67th birthday Friday, September 13, Marcos led the launching of the “Agri Puhunan at Pantawid” (APP) program in Nueva Ecija. “Talagang […]
by: Neale Zeringue STUTTGART, Ark. – While Arkansas farmers would have loved the precipitation from Francine during the growing season, it’s been a headache during harvest. Producers Rice Mill Inc. president and CEO Keith Glover said his mill ran for 14 hours each day this week ahead of the Francine system’s rain. Glover said they […]
by Tractor Junction The Basmati Rice crop is likely to grow by 15-20% this year due to farmers planting more land with good rains. The All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA) expects a higher crop production. The quantity of basmati crop production will be estimated after the survey. India’s basmati rice exports rise by 15 […]
Thai bidders lose out to other exporters in Indonesian auction. Thai rice prices fell to their lowest level in over a year as bidders were forced to reduce their high prices in a recent auction held by Indonesia, while Indian rice export prices extended losses this week to hit an eight-month low. Indian 5% broken […]
James Whitehead / Khmer Times The Cambodian agro-processing sector is growing in leaps and bounds in recent periods, and playing a critical role in enhancing the value of Cambodia’s rice and agricultural production sectors, said Hem Vanndy, Minister of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTI). Speaking at the ‘7th Cambodia Rice Forum 2024’, Vanndy said […]
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the World Bank are discussing a method on how to pay rice farmers for carbon credits. The Department of Crop Production and the Soc Trang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development have reviewed the 7-month implementation of the pilot plan on farming of 1 million hectares […]
BENGALURU/ MUMBAI/ BANGKOK/HANOI AND BANGLADESH: Thai prices fell to their lowest level in over a year as bidders were forced to reduce their high prices in a recent auction held by Indonesia, while India’s rice export prices extended losses this week to hit an eight-month low. Top exporter India’s 5% broken parboiled variety was quoted […]
Juergen Eckhardt Juergen Eckhardt leads Bayer’s impact investment unit, Leaps by Bayer. The farmers in Italy needed help, remembers Vittoria Brambilla, a plant scientist at the University of Milan. “We asked them, ‘how can we apply technology to do something for you?’” she recalls. “They all said rice blast is a problem. The fungus is […]
