JAKARTA, Nov 11 (Reuters) -Indonesia may not import rice in 2025, Zulkifli Hasan, a senior minister overseeing food affairs, said on Monday. Indonesia’s rice output is estimated to fall 2.43% this year to 30.34 million metric tons, due to a delay in planting and the harvest season after dry weather in 2023, the statistics bureau […]
The jeera masino rice, which cost Rs1,600 per 25 kg, jumped to Rs2,500 after India’s export ban in July last year. Despite India lifting the rice export ban and removing the export duty more than a month ago, prices in the domestic market have refused to come down. Most of Nepal’s city residents eat fine […]
The Punjab government promoted PR-126 to conserve groundwater, but experts argue that the rush to adopt this variety led to inadequate seed supply, allowing spurious and poor-quality hybrid seeds to flood the market. Vibha Sharma/Tribune News Service The Centre has released its first advance estimate for the Kharif season, predicting a record food grain harvest […]
The central government has fixed an estimated target of 185 lakh tonnes for paddy procurement for the ongoing KMS (kharif marketing season) 2024-25 which will continue till November 30. Press Trust of India New Delhi The Centre has procured 120.67 lakh tonnes of paddy so far from Punjab, or 65 per cent of the estimated […]
By Mayank Bhardwaj and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (Reuters) – India’s rice inventories surged to an all-time high of 29.7 million metric tons in November, sources said on Friday, nearly three times the government’s target, as export curbs imposed over the past two years bumped up local supplies. Higher stocks would allow the […]
The government will pay higher prices to buy paddy and rice during the current Aman season, the harvest of which has already begun in rural areas. Amid rice prices edging up in local markets and concerns over the paddy output, this decision was made by the Food Planning and Monitoring Committee (FPMC) yesterday. Farmers will […]
Area under paddy this year surged to record 43.37 million hectares (mh) from 40.73 mh year-ago. By BL New Delhi Bureau India’s rice production in 2024 kharif season is estimated at 119.93 million tonnes (mt), which shows that the output has jumped by about 30 mt in the past decade alone. The rice output in […]
Harlene Delgado, ABS-CBN News MANILA — The National Irrigation Administration has suggested changing the planting calendar for rice to minimize damage to crops due to storms. This was after severe tropical storm Kristine caused an estimated P6 billion worth of damage to rice production. NIA administrator Engr. Eduardo Guillen said this translates to around 100,000 […]
Farmers suffer major losses in second rice planting due to wind and rain. Sean Scanlan TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Rice crops in Hualien and Taitung have suffered from torrential rains and winds associated with Typhoon Kong-rey, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA). In Hualien County, the losses from the second rice planting have been […]
Thai rice exporters are bracing for increased competition as India’s decision to lift its export restrictions threatens to drive down global prices, the Rice Exporters Association of Thailand has warned. Despite the looming challenges, October exports are expected to reach at least 700,000 tonnes, according to Lt Col Charoen Laothamatas, the association’s president. This robust […]
