Niger State Government has signed a strategic pact with AfricRice Farm Centre in Bouake, Côte d’Ivoire, worth over $1.2 billion to boost rice production in the state. This partnership aims to increase the state’s annual paddy rice output from 1.5 million metric tons to 10 million metric tons by 2030. The agreement involves a 5,000-hectare […]
By JAMIL SANTOS, VINCE ANGELO FERRERAS, GMA Integrated News In his 2024 State of the Nation Address, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. highlighted the hardships confronting the Filipinos due to the rising prices of food. “The hard lesson of this last year has made it very clear that whatever current data proudly bannering our country as […]
The kharif paddy, transplanted in the monsoon and harvested in the winter, accounts for nearly 81% of Assam’s annual rice cultivation. Written by Sukrita Baruah. With rain just starting to pick up in various parts of Assam, which has witnessed a significant shortfall of rain this monsoon and a drought-like situation across nearly half the […]
Tour participants spoke with industry members and toured mills, warehouses, driers, rice fields, and research facilities. On July 15, 16 and 17, the California Rice Commission (CRC) hosted an industry tour with representatives from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The 5 members of the USEPA were from […]
Source: GlavArgronom Spain’s agri-food cooperatives are sounding the alarm, asking the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to take urgent action to save the rice crop. The country’s rice production is on the verge of extinction due to the reduction in the use of authorised pesticides. The cooperatives are insisting on the authorisation of active […]
By News Source Guyana President Irfaan Ali, this morning launched a crop insurance initiative which will benefit more than 6,000 rice farmers across the country. The initiative is aimed at providing financial and other support to rice farmers that experience crop damage due to flooding, pesticide or pesticide infestation. During the launch of the initiative […]
P. Laxma Reddy Nearly 10,000 paddy farmers will soon undergo training in village and campus settings under the ‘Promotion of Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) for Sustainable Rice Production’ project launched by the Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR) with financial support from the SBI Foundation. “We are conducting this training for farmers to promote mechanised […]
By Observer Research Foundation, By Shoba Suri and Tanya Verma According to recent reports, arsenic has been detected in all samples of rice in the United States (US), with over a quarter exceeding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food safety guidelines. Thus, it becomes imperative to mention that climate change is impacting not only […]
By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO, July 23 (Reuters) – Japan will import more rice from the United States but within the existing tariff-free quota, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday, stressing Tokyo’s success in protecting the agricultural sector in agreeing a bilateral trade deal. After months of negotiations, the two countries struck a deal to […]
by News Desk In the first half of 2025, Pakistan’s rice exports to China have soared by 84%, reaching a total value of $35.93 million. This indicates the success of China’s economic policies, which aim to foster trade relations and diversify import sources to stabilize its food security. According to the latest data from the […]
