by Stephanie Sevillano The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday, April 23, announced the pilot launch of P20 per kg. rice sale in the Visayas, in line with the food security, accessibility, and affordability targets of the Marcos administration. The program’s pilot was announced shortly after a closed-door meeting with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. […]
To accelerate the transformation of the Philippine rice industry, the Department of Agriculture-Masagana Rice Industry Development Program (DA-MRIDP) convened key rice industry stakeholders for the 2025–2026 Assessment and Planning Workshop for Rice Clustering and Consolidation on April 21–23, 2025. DA Undersecretary for Rice Industry Development Christopher Morales urged the participants during the opening program to […]
BSS DHAKA, April 23, 2025 (BSS) – The Entomology Division of the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has achieved significant success in paddy production without using pesticides. To manage insect-pests in an environmentally friendly way, a field trial was recently implemented by non-governmental organizations Solidarity and Jagrani Chakra Foundation with technical assistance from BRRI. Talking […]
sameer Srinagar, April 22: The Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) Tuesday organised a successful Training-cum-Distribution Programme under the Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP)-Rice initiative on April 22, at the Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops (MRCFC) in Khudwani. The event saw enthusiastic participation from a large group of tribal farmers from Pulwama […]
EQS Group HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 April 2025 – DFI Retail Group (DFI or the Group), a leading Asian retailer with diverse business formats, has launched a low-carbon rice cultivation pilot programme in 2024 in Thailand. This initiative aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the rice industry. By […]
Reuters NAKHON PATHOM: Thai farmer Daeng Donsingha was already worried for her family of nine when rice prices in the world’s second-largest exporter of the staple crashed this year after India resumed exports. Now, she’s also fretting over the tariffs unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which could slash demand for Thai rice in its […]
Yasir Wardad Even after the start of a “promising” Boro harvest, the upsurge in rice prices continues in the market, raising concerns among consumers. According to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), about 10-12 per cent of the total 5.07 million hectares of cultivated land has been harvested, with the haor regions reporting around 50-per […]
Japan. TOKYO: The government may propose increasing duty-free imports of US rice in negotiations over US. tariffs, according to government sources. The United States has said that it would be difficult for it to revise tariffs on imports of automobiles, which is Japan’s top priority. Tokyo hopes to break the deadlock by making a bold […]
For over a decade, Punjab witnessed a widespread cultivation of Pusa-44 due to its high yield.Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba. Advancing the date of paddy transplanting this year — from June 10 to June 1 — has raised serious concerns, with farmers and agriculture officials of Punjab fearing this may “unintentionally encourage” the sowing of […]
According to the study, rising temperatures and CO2 levels could lead to a substantial increase in arsenic levels in rice, potentially causing tens of millions of cancer cases in Asian countries by 2050. PTI. Climate change could be resulting in higher levels of arsenic in rice, potentially increasing lifetime cancer and health risks for people […]
