Over the weekend, Western Cluster Liberia Ltd. conducted its first rice harvest project in Tubmanburg, Bomi County, as part of a seed multiplication initiative aimed at benefiting local communities affected by the company’s mining activities. This project marks the start of a broader plan to replicate the agricultural effort across multiple communities in the region. […]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Arief Prasetyo Adi is pushing for the use of superior rice seeds to boost productivity in supporting the achievement of food self-sufficiency in the country. Adi in a Bapanas statement here on Sunday highlighted the importance of developing quality rice seed centers that are able […]
According to the ministry, a total of 90.69 LT of paddy has arrived at mandis across Punjab as of November 2, with 85.41 LT already procured by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and various state agencies. Written by FE Online In the ongoing 2024-25 Kharif marketing season, Punjab has procured an impressive 85.41 lakh […]
As the matter came up for resumed hearing, the Bench was told that high-level meetings had already been held with the Punjab government. Saurabh Malik /Tribune News Service The Centre on Tuesday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that a two-pronged strategy was being adopted to address the shortage of storage for paddy in […]
The rice harvest season is here and it is being celebrated in Qingpu District in a grand way with a slew of activities this autumn. As a highlight of the “Shanghai Summer” International Consumption Season, a harvest festival opened in the district over the weekend. Rice field walks, farming experiences, agricultural product tastings, folk performances, […]
The photo, taken on October 25, shows staff members of the Yifeng Agricultural Machinery Cooperative harvesting late-season rice in Qingyuan Group, Fengyu Village, Yongan Town, Liuyang City. As a major grain-producing county in the country, Liuyang has a grain sown area of more than 1.212 million mu or 80,800 hectares this year. Late-season rice here […]
In the long term, Punjab must diversify its crop base to avoid the problem of surplus which lies at the heart of the current crisis. Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba The paddy procurement process in Punjab has been marred by significant delays and mismanagement this year. Despite favourable weather conditions, the pace of harvesting has […]
CHONGQING (Oct 25): Autumn is in full swing across China, and with it comes the bustling season of harvest. Wang Disheng, standing at some 170 centimeters tall, steps into a rice paddy only to find himself nearly “drowned” by the towering rice stalks. “These rice plants are essentially twice as tall as the regular ones, […]
A late-season rice yield monitoring was conducted in the “four-high (high standard, high technology, high yield, and high quality)” test fields in Changsha on October 23. The monitored area consists of five core demonstration fields, respectively located in Jinzhou Town in Ningxiang City, Chunhua Town in Changsha County, Jinggang Town in Wangcheng District, Shashi Town […]
By Dimsumdaily Hong Kong 21st October 2024 – (Tokyo) Reports from local media on Monday revealed a significant 48% surge in the average price of newly harvested rice in Japan in September compared to the previous year. This sharp increase has been attributed to escalating production costs and heightened market demand following a supply shortage […]
