By Abdulai Abdul-Kadir || Upper East Region Farmers in Gbedembilsi, a major rice-producing community in the Builsa South District of the Upper East Region, are in distress as they struggle to find buyers for their harvested rice. Despite investing heavily in production, many farmers say they are unable to sell their crops, leaving them on […]
Kerala is a land full of natural beauty. That is the main reason why it has been called God’s Own Country. Backwaters, rivers and paddy fields used to enhance the beauty of Kerala. All of them are now deteriorating. The paddy fields that used to look like a sea of green during the sowing phase […]
Jane Rickards Domestic rice supply is a great security concern in Taiwan, one that’s been stoked by trade negotiations with the United States. Washington wants more access to Taiwan’s rice market. In Taiwan, the worry is that greater imports would damage the domestic production that it would need for stretching out stocks if China blockaded […]
By Alexander Lopez BUTUAN CITY – Some 4,052 rice farmers from Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte and Butuan City received their fuel subsidy from the Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region (DA-13) in a five-day distribution activity conducted last week. In a statement on Tuesday, the DA-13 reported that a total of PHP12.16 […]
Sohel Parvez, S Dilip Roy Farmers have started harvesting Aman season paddy in some northwestern regions amidst expectations of an increase in production, according to agricultural officials citing a year-on-year rise in acreage and favourable weather. Farmers transplanted the rain-fed crop on 59.28 lakh hectares of land, which was 6 percent higher year-on-year, according to […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has officially recognized Batanes as an “Organic Farming Practitioner Province,” a landmark declaration that celebrates the province’s century-old sustainable farming practices and paves the way for stronger livelihood and agro-tourism growth. Organic by tradition and geography In a statement, the DA said the designation was formalized through an administrative order […]
By Siraj Khan Nepalgunj, Oct. 20: Farmers in Banke are now busy harvesting paddy using modern machines. With the end of the monsoon and favourable weather conditions, farmers in the district have intensified their paddy harvesting activities. Fearing that the year’s hard work may go to waste if the paddy is not harvested on time, […]
The Osudotu Agriculture Co-operative Society, a group made up primarily of rice farmers in Asutuare, has appealed to the government for urgent intervention to help boost rice production and sustain livelihoods in the area. The farmers say they face numerous challenges that continue to limit their productivity and competitiveness, including inadequate access to funding, the […]
While Pakistan earns $3.2 billion from rice exports, the farmers who grow it receive barely half the price they did a few seasons ago, leading to widespread anger. Iftikhar Talpur October marks the start of Sindh’s paddy-harvesting season, from the lush lowlands of lower Sindh to the upper reaches of the province. Yet what should […]
New research reveals that rice paddy microbes, and not soil arsenic levels alone, dictate arsenic toxicity and crop losses; managing microbial balance may thus be key to protecting the yield and its safety Ashmita Gupta Research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently has warned that the type of microbes in rice […]
