By Aaron A. Cotejar Calbiga farmers’ days of backbreaking toil under the scorching sun could be coming to an end. The burdensome tasks of planting, harvesting, and hauling that could take weeks can now be completed in days. Thanks to modern farm machines that have reached their fields. “It’s very difficult for us to harvest,” […]
By Thi Ha Rice traders are keeping their purchases from farmers to a minimum after the Philippines, a key market, suspended all imports. Hang, a trader in the Mekong Delta Province of An Giang, a major rice-growing area, bought only a few tons last week compared to the usual hundreds of tons. Exporters are also […]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Deputy Agriculture Minister Sudaryono confirmed that national rice production in 2025 is projected to record a surplus of 3.5 million tons, ensuring sufficient domestic supply without the need for imports until the end of the year. “According to data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS), by the end of December 2025, rice production is […]
Vietnam’s rice industry has the capacity to maintain export targets, but businesses need to actively expand markets and reduce dependence on a few major partners to build a more sustainable foundation for growth, said Nguyen Anh Son, Director of the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s rice industry […]
Unprecedented floods destroy rice, maize, vegetables crops on millions of acre. JAVAID UR RAHMAN ISLAMABAD – As the devastating floods of 2025 continue to wreak havoc by taking lives, dislocating millions of people, and damaging the economy, the cruel floodwaters have submerged vast agricultural lands, threatening to worsen the food crisis with soaring prices and […]
Author: Avizha Khorshid Some farmers in Baghlan province are complaining about low rainfall and the continuation of drought. They say this situation has severely reduced their crop yields and caused them heavy losses. At the same time, experts warn that the persistence of this phenomenon is posing serious challenges to Afghanistan’s agriculture-dependent economy, with consequences […]
Chea Vanyuth / Khmer Times Synopsis: The Kingdom ships 472,803 tonnes of milled rice to 66 destinations worldwide. Cambodia has earned a total of $1,462 million from paddy rice and milled rice exports in the first eight months of this year, a report from the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) showed on Tuesday. From January to […]
In 2024, the sector smashed records with a 17.9 billion USD trade surplus, soaring 46.8% from last year. That was a huge slice of Vietnam’s total 24.8 billion USD trade surplus, cementing its influence on Vietnam’s balance of trade. Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s agriculture scene has gone from scraping by to raking in over 60 […]
To stabilise the rice market and seize export opportunities, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the Ministers of Agriculture and Environment, Industry and Trade, Finance and Foreign Affairs, along with provincial and municipal leaders, to urgently implement coordinated solutions. Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 9 signed an official dispatch ordering […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has urged Congress to support its proposal to restore and expand the National Food Authority’s (NFA) powers to directly buy corn and rice from local farmers and cooperatives. Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. said this initiative is embedded in the proposed RICE Act bill filed by House Speaker […]
