The Rising Nepal By Our Correspondent,Tulsipur, June 29: As farmers have started earning more from hybrid rice on less land, it has become difficult to protect indigenous rice. Farmers in Dang have been planting indigenous rice varieties such as simtharo, anadi and tilki only for household consumption. Although the provincial and local levels have introduced […]
Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas – The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will pilot a $200,000 (around P11.33 million) program to help rice farmers learn how to undertake sustainable mechanization business such as hire services and machinery repair to improve their income. FAO has launched the Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization […]
The rice cultivation process starts with planting seeds in a nursery for up to 45 days By: Azza Al Ali Despite the desert climate, Nasser Saeed Al Mazrouei has turned a farming experiment into a small but successful rice production effort, yielding 60kg annually and showing new possibilities for local agriculture. The rice planting began […]
RANGPUR, June 26, 2025 (BSS) – The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing 20,10,505 tonnes of clean Aman rice (30,15,757 tonnes in terms of paddy) from 6,20,430 hectares of land for Rangpur agriculture region. “Farmers are preparing their seedbeds for Aman rice to start planting seedlings in their croplands from […]
VOV.VN – Vietnamese rice is gaining momentum in Austria thanks to high quality, competitive prices, and preferential tariffs under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), amid rising European demand for sustainable, healthy food products. According to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Austria, although the country of nine million is not traditionally a rice-consuming nation, shifting […]
Minister Sulaiman issued a 14-day deadline for businesses to rectify practices, while cautioned that failure to comply would prompt strict enforcement measures. Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s Agriculture Ministry has revealed the results of a recent investigation into fraudulent activities in the rice trade, estimating consumer losses at approximately 99.35 trillion IDR (around 6 billion USD) due […]
By: Jordeene B. Lagare – Reporter MANILA, Philippines – The National Food Authority (NFA) has introduced stricter rules on buying palay (unmilled rice) from local farmers. These are meant to address claims that traders are taking advantage of this procurement process. In a Zoom interview on Thursday, NFA Administrator Larry Lacson said on Thursday the […]
Europe is facing a severe drought that is already affecting agriculture, according to the Joint Research Centre’s report on Drought in Europe – June 2025. Fast and coordinated actions can help reduce risks and impacts. Europe’s growing drought conditions A severe drought is affecting large regions in central, northern and eastern Europe as well as […]
A group of scientists calling themselves the ‘Agricultural Scientists Manch’ have written to the Prime Minister denouncing the recent release of India’s first genetically edited rice varieties, stating that the technology used–CRISPR-Cas9–could face intellectual property rights (IPR) issues, potentially negating the real advantage Indian farmers could derive from genome-edited rice. The Centre has repeatedly clarified […]
TRN Online Kathmandu, June 26: The government has set ‘Intensity in Rice Cultivation: Food Security and Self-reliance’ as the slogan for the National Paddy Day this year. This slogan has been set to increase rice production for food security. The Department of Agriculture is organising various programmes on the occasion of the 22nd National Paddy […]
