Nigeria’s information minister said this is the first step as the government takes steps to address food shortages in the country. By Lanre Lasisi FILE: Bags of grains are offloaded from a truck at the market in Jibia on February 18, 2024. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) The Federal Government has distributed 20 trucks […]
Louella Desiderio – The Philippine Star Tons of imported rice are hauled at a port in Manila. MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) are conducting a nationwide price monitoring to assess the impact of the tariff reduction on rice imports on the supply chain. In […]
PRICEWATCH Rice prices in this stall at the Marikina City public market on Feb. 15 range from P45 a kilo, the cheapest variety of well-milled rice, to P70 a kilo for the “fancy” red rice. Keeping food, especially rice, affordable to ordinary wage earners is among the major challenges faced by the Marcos administration. —GRIG […]
The prices of Vietnamese rice increased strongly in many foreign markets in the first half of this year, according to statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs. The average rice export price went up by over 18% over the same period last year. The grain was sold at 959 USD per tonne in Brunei, […]
Retail inflation in urad in May was 14.06% on year and the prices had been in the double digit since November, 2023 Written by Sandip Das The price for wheat is lower than its prevailing market price of Rs 2400/quintal. (Bloomberg) The government has approved sale of wheat and rice in the open market for […]
Farmers harvest rice in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh. Photo by VnExpress/An Binh The average rice export price went up by over 18% over the same period last year, according to data from the General Department of Customs. The grain was sold at US$959 per ton in Brunei, $868 in the US, $857 […]
Thailand’s rice exports in the first five months of 2024 increased 16.5% year on year to nearly 4.06 million tonnes worth 94.6 billion THB (2.6 billion USD), but exports in the third quarter are expected to drop as compared to the first half of 2024, said President of the Thai Rice Exporters Association (TREA) Charoen […]
Amid armed conflict following the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s fast-depreciating currency is destabilising the economy. A woman shops inside a supermarket in Yangon, November 13, 2013 [Minzayar Oo/Reuters] Myanmar’s military authorities have arrested 11 people, including a Japanese executive, for selling rice at prices higher than prescribed levels. Officials said on Monday that the detainees include […]
