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India rice traders want easing of export curbs as competition from Pakistan stiffens

Rice traders have told Indian authorities their exports are becoming uncompetitive against Pakistan in terms of price. Biman Mukherji India, the world’s top rice exporter, is under growing pressure from domestic traders to ease export curbs over fears of losing their export market share as they stand to reap a strong harvest. Indian traders have […]

Food Exports Up 8.7 Pct through Aug. on Instant Noodles, Rice Products: Data

SEJONG, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of food products over the first eight months of 2024 increased 8.7 percent from a year earlier on the back of robust shipments of instant noodles and processed rice products, data showed Tuesday. Outbound shipments of processed and fresh foodstuffs reached US$6.47 billion over the January-August […]

Abandoned food basket

Lamentations in Omor, Anambra’s agrarian community where wasted produce could feed millions of Nigerians. From Emmanuel Uzor, Awka Omor community in Anyamelum Local Government, Anambra State, is arguably the food basket of the state. Blessed with arable land suitable for rice production, its swampy nature presents opportunity to engage in all round and all year […]

Wild rice harvest down so far this year

WXPR | By John Burton, The DNR reports a below average wild rice harvest in northern Wisconsin so far this year. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced that northern Wisconsin’s wild rice crop production is generally below average this year across lakes, flowages and rivers. “A mild winter in 2023-2024, coupled with heavy storms […]

Why rice-wheat need to be de-hyphenated

With wheat facing production challenges amid rising consumption, and rice seeing a surplus problem, the two cereals have become grains apart. Written by Harish Damodaran Most economics commentators and policymakers tend to club wheat and rice, treating them as part of a “cereal surplus” and “mono-cropping/lack of diversification” problem. But today, the situations in the […]

Climate-Smart Agriculture Enables Asian Farmers to Increase Rice Productivity

Monika Shifotoka, IAEA Office of Public Information and Communication. To achieve sustainable rice production and food security in the region, farmers in six Asian countries have used nuclear derived climate-smart agricultural practices and significantly increased their rice yields, with the help of the IAEA and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). […]

News Navigator: What’s with the spiking price of rice in Japan?

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about why the price of rice has risen so steeply in Japan recently. Question: Rice prices are rising, aren’t they? Answer: Yes, they are. According to the National Supermarket Association of Japan, as of August, the retail price of rice has increased by about 10-20% […]

Kurdistan Region gears up for potato, rice exports to Jordan

This development comes on the heels of successful potato exports to the UAE and Syria earlier this year, with further exports to these and other Gulf countries anticipated. Dr. Kamaran Aziz ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – The Kurdistan Region is poised to export a substantial quantity of potatoes and rice to Jordan, marking a significant milestone in […]