Source: Down To Earth Kenya has announced plans to import half a million tonnes of rice duty-free, mostly from India and Pakistan, to address what it calls an imminent shortage. But the decision has sparked outrage among local farmers, who insist they are already sitting on unsold stocks from recent good harvests and warn that […]
Market analysts and consumers call the trend ‘abnormal,’ blaming syndicates, with many seeing the government as helpless. Shafiqul Islam Rice prices in Bangladesh have been climbing for several days across all varieties—coarse, medium, and fine grains—despite repeated government assurances of sufficient production and supply. Currently, coarse rice that was selling at Tk50–54 per kilogram is […]
Shahadat Hossain Since August last year, prices have surged in waves, even during peak Aman and Boro harvests. Global rice prices have slumped to their lowest in eight years, yet in Bangladesh, they continue to climb—defying record harvests, high imports, and large government reserves. The result: record-high retail prices for the country’s staple grain, persisting […]
By Carah Hart Rice harvest has started in southern Arkansas, but an assistant agronomy professor at the University of Arkansas says it’s not expected to be a record crop. Justin Chlapecka tells Brownfield it’s a smaller crop than in previous years. “Especially from what we predicted earlier,” he says. “Especially with all the rains, we’ve […]
India and other countries have ended export restrictions, flooding the market with supply. Susannah Savage in London Global rice prices have tumbled to their lowest level in eight years, in a blow to many farmers across Asia, as record harvests and the ending of export bans in India flood the market with supply. Export prices […]
Government unveils new strategy to aid rice supply amidst looming crisis. By Yun Hee-hun With the rice shortage phenomenon emerging in the market ahead of this year’s harvest season, the government is implementing rice lending for the first time. Until now, the government had adjusted supply by releasing rice when there was a shortage and […]
Agency Report Rice farmers in Abakaliki in Ebonyi State have raised concerns over incessant rainfall, which they say is threatening the 2025 rice production and harvest. The farmers expressed their concerns in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abakaliki. It was amidst persistent downpours that have led to flooding, waterlogging, […]
By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, TED CORDERO, GMA Integrated News President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. directed the suspension of all rice importation for 60 days starting September 1, 2025. Presidential Communications Office Acting Secretary Dave Gomez said this is to protect local farmers reeling from low palay prices during this current harvest season. The Agriculture Department […]
By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA Integrated News The Department of Agriculture’s recommendation to increase the tariffs on imported rice aims to ”flush out local rice” to the local markets, Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said Monday. ”Well basically, marami tayong stocks ng [we have lots of stocks of] local rice and we have to move […]
By: Jordeene B. Lagare – Reporter MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has recommended an increase in tariff on imported rice or a temporary suspension of imports to protect local farmers. Agriculture Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said in an interview on Monday that the DA had proposed raising the import duty on […]
