The success of the rice sector is the fruit of a concerted effort spanning research, production and trade, with high-quality seeds delivered to farmers’ hands, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has assessed. At the Tien Thuan cooperative’s rice field in Vinh Thanh district, Can Tho city, a combine harvesters collect […]
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 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 […]
Rice is the staple crop of more than half of the world’s population. Demand is growing with the rising population in South and Southeast Asia. However, a significant portion of rice farming still relies on traditional cultivation methods that lead to substantial methane emissions, which are a major contributor to climate change — methane is […]
Copyright Canva Agri-tech startup Rize is helping rice farmers In Southeast Asia to reduce their methane emissions, while giving their businesses a boost. Rice feeds nearly half the world’s population, but the way we grow it has left a surprisingly high methane footprint. Of the 42 per cent of global methane emissions that agriculture accounts […]
Rice farming in the Western Division is set to thrive with the opening of a new mill in Ba today. Fiji Rice Pte Limited Chair Raj Sharma says there are 600 registered rice farmers across Fiji, with only 100 from the West. Sharma says research shows that some rice variety can be grown in dry […]
By Asmadee Bueheng In the lush landscape of Thailand’s Deep South, a quiet revolution is brewing. A network of farmers and activists is breathing new life into abandoned rice fields – and preserving local culture as they go along. The grassroots movement is encouraging young people to return to their forgotten family fields, build granaries […]
“Chinese experts brought seeds, pesticides, fertilizers, machinery, and technology, guiding me step by step in scientific rice cultivation, bringing new hope to our lives,” said Guinea-Bissau farmer Acosdo. by Xinhua writers Wang Zizheng, Lyu Chengcheng, Zhou Chuyun BISSAU, July 12 (Xinhua) — After a successful dry-season harvest in July, farmer Acosdo in Bafata, a town […]
A farmer works on a rice paddy field in central Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. Photo by Reuters Vietnamese exporter Tan Long Group has refuted an allegation by an Indonesian civil society organization that it sold rice to that country at much higher than market prices. The People’s Democracy Study (SDR) recently complained to an Indonesian […]
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 […]
