Mitti Labs, a tech-enabled project developer, has initiated its first projects aimed at transforming rice farming in South Asia. Collaborating with the Syngenta Foundation, Ebro Foods, and Dr Reddy’s Foundation, the company has launched five projects across India to reduce methane emissions, increase water security and build farmer resilience.
Quietly but steadily, corporate money is betting on Pakistani agriculture. One of the country’s largest business conglomerates — Nishat Group — for example, which began to expand into agriculture by setting up a modern dairy farm near Sukheki more than a decade ago is now planning to venture into the manufacturing of “precision” farm machinery […]
It focusses on ensuring the long-term viability of advancements in rice production and value chains across the region. With the APART’s closure approaching, IRRI and partners are starting to discuss a comprehensive exit strategy that will ensure the continuation and sustainability of the technologies and practices introduced by the project for the rice value chain […]
As the world’s fifth-largest rice producer, Vietnam has tremendous potential to generate revenue from by-products such as straw, husk and bran, as well as to adopt ecological and circular farming practices, according to industry insiders. Rice harvest in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – As the world’s fifth-largest rice […]
The Deputy Chairman of the All-Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos chapter, Mr. Shakin Agbayewa has stated that local price production can only meet 57% of the 6.5 million metric tonnes of rice consumed annually in the country. He mentioned this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, alongside the Chairman of the […]
RAJSHAHI, July 7, 2024 (BSS)- Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has said Bangladesh will export rice in future instead of importing. “In the last two consecutive years, our government didn’t import rice and there is also no need of importing rice this year,” he said whileinaugurating a three-day Agriculture Technology Fair-2024 at Sapahar Upazila Parishad […]
Dai tells the Post about the personal interactions that make the challenges of his work in Pakistan’s rural areas worthwhile Dai, a Chinese agricultural expert, has been travelling through Pakistan’s countryside for years promoting the benefits of hybrid rice and his pictures of rural life have won him more than 700,000 fans on social media. […]
A worker arranges sacks of rice at a local rice store in Quezon City on October 4, 2023. MANILA, Philippines — Farmers’ groups will troop to the Supreme Court (SC) today to seek a halt to the implementation of Executive Order 62 on the 15 percent reduced tariff on imported rice, expected to take effect […]
Recent floods in China are threatening the country’s harvest of early-season rice, a dietary staple and a major component of Beijing’s campaign to ensure food security. Photo: Weibo China is set to see a drop in its early-season rice harvest after recent bouts of extreme rainfall in major production areas, putting pressure on annual output […]
Farmers harvest rice in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh Vietnam exported 4.68 million tonnes of rice in the first six months of this year, earning almost $3 billion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The figures represent an increase of 10.4% in volume and 32% in value over the same period last […]
