Agriculture experts warn of a looming food crisis and are urging a shift to water-efficient techniques such as the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to mitigate losses. Khalid Gul Srinagar, Jun 30: Farmers across Kashmir are watching their paddy fields wither as irrigation canals run dry amid alarmingly low water levels in the Jhelum River […]
Source: Xinhua / Editor: huaxia Farmers plant rice seedlings at a field in Sharqia Governorate, Egypt, on July 1, 2025. Despite challenges such as water scarcity, rice cultivation remains a vital source of income for many farmers in northern Egypt. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) Farmers plant rice seedlings at a field in Sharqia Governorate, Egypt, on July […]
“Rice prices keep rising while market activity stays sluggish, and many people are struggling to put food on the table,” a source in Ryanggang province told Daily NK By Seulkee Jang North Korean rice prices have settled around 12,000 won per kilogram after breaking the 10,000 won barrier for the first time on record. Meanwhile, […]
By Carah Hart Jarrod Hardke with the University of Arkansas tells Brownfield “when it starts raining April 15 and the lucky ones got a day here and there to plant the following eight weeks. That was the train we were on for two solid months.” Hardke says some of the rice acres went to prevent […]
Japan All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki’s rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost of the staple in the country is threatening to deal the government a blow at the ballot box. Shortages of the grain caused by a supply chain snarl-up have seen prices almost […]
Fayzah Inshirah Cosna A.Ala, intern DAVAO CITY, Philippines – For farmers in the country, their cycle in life not only revolves around planting and harvesting, but also the harsh cycle of empty plates and hungry stomachs as a result of meager income from their harvests. Such is the plight shared by rice farmers Ignacio Sulit […]
By Eric Johnston Recent pressure on Japan by the United States to import more American rice, soybeans and maize, which can be used as livestock feed or for bioethanol, is of special concern to Hokkaido. The Japanese government sees potential for expanding imports of these agricultural products as part of the ongoing tariff negotiations between […]
All of these raise questions over the government’s annual commitments to self-sufficiency in paddy and rice production by boosting local farming. Every year, the government sets a target for increased paddy production, yet the fields utilized for paddy production continue to shrink. By REPUBLICA Even as Nepal marked the 22nd National Paddy Day on Sunday, […]
BSS RANGPUR, June 29, 2025 (BSS) – Harvesting of short-duration Aush rice crop has begun with excellent yield making farmers happy in Rangpur agriculture region during this Kharif-1 season. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said farmers will transplant Aman rice seedlings on the same land after completing harvest of the less irrigation-water […]
Taipei, June 29 (CNA) At 91, Lo Mao-hsiang (羅茂祥) is still out in his fields in Taitung County every day, faithfully tending the rice he has grown for decades — especially his favorite variety, “Ugly Beauty.” Lo is the oldest member of the Taitung Chishang Farmers’ Association and still heads out to the fields, rain […]
