Reducing the price of rice to P20 per kilo was one of the campaign promises Marcos made during the 2022 presidential race FILE PHOTO: A worker carries on his head a sack of rice inside a government rice warehouse National Food Authority in Quezon city, Metro Manila in Philippines, August 9, 2018. Picture taken August […]
Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman stands at the edge of rice fields in Merauke District, South Papua, Wednesday (24/7/2024). ANTARA/HO-Humas Kementan Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Agriculture has developed a superior Cakrabuana Agritan rice variety in Merauke District, South Papua, to make the area a food basket for eastern Indonesia. “This variety is […]
Pakistan rice exports, both Basmati and coarse varieties, during July 2020 to May 2021 (11MFY21) are 14 per cent less than that of the previous year. — Reuters/File India is likely to cut the floor price for basmati rice exports and replace the 20 per cent export tax on parboiled rice with a fixed duty […]
ICAR working on releasing 100 seed varieties and 100 technologies in 100 days The government is targeting to cover almost 25 per cent of this year’s kharif paddy area with climate-resistant seeds. This comes as it looks to build on the success of such seeds in the bumper wheat harvest this year, a senior government […]
The central government has extended the exemption of a particular kind of inspection certificate that was needed for rice exports, both basmati and non-basmati, to certain European nations by another six months. The central government has extended the exemption of a particular kind of inspection certificate that was needed for rice exports, both basmati and […]
When exposed to poor storage conditions such as high temperatures and humidity, rice can become contaminated with fungi. While half the global population relies on rice as a staple, about 15 percent of rice produced each year is contaminated by potentially fatal aflatoxins. Seeing this threaten lives in her home country of Kenya prompted a […]
The Ministry of Agriculture and Plantation Industries has planned to start a program to produce the total amount of rice required for the country from six major agricultural areas. This program is to be started from the Maha season of 2024 and accordingly, the program is to be started to get the highest yield in […]
By Stephen Angbulu The Federal Government said, on Monday, that it had dispatched 20 trucks of rice to each of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The recent move is part of measures to douse the food crisis and the economic burden of Nigerians. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed […]
By Nanette Guadalquiver CASH AID. Some 861 rice farmers receive PHP5,000 each in cash assistance under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA) of the Department of Agriculture during a distribution event held at the Barangay Sampinit covered court in Bago City, Negros Occidental on July 15, 2024. A total of 2,792 rice […]
A vendor arranges his rice products for sale at a public market along M. Dela Fuente Street in Sampaloc, Manila on July 14, 2024. MANILA, Philippines — The retail price of local rice remains cheaper compared to those of imported grains despite the implementation of Executive Order 62 on lower tariff on imported rice after […]
