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Indonesians Losing Rp99tn per Year to Adulterated Rice, Minister Says

Reporter: Annisa Febiola TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman said Indonesians suffer losses amounting to Rp99.35 trillion due to adulterated rice circulating in the markets. This was revealed by Amran during a working meeting with the House of Representatives’ Commission IV, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. “This is just in a year. […]

Dealing with unpredictable rice market

Published by: The Financial Express Rice prices in Bangladesh markets do not seem to follow the laws of supply and demand, the fundamental principles of economics. Reports published in this paper on the basis of information from the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) and the city’s kitchen markets, the prices of this basic staple of […]

Vietnam’s major rice exporter Vinafood 1 tasked with developing mega agri-logistics hub

By Chau Anh Vinafood 1, Vietnam’s top rice exporter, has been asked to develop an integrated hub for agricultural trade, logistics, warehousing, exports, customs, banking, irradiation, and research and development activities. Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha made the request at a meeting of the state-owned company (Vietnam Northern Food Corp.) in Hanoi last Friday, […]

West Asia conflict hits rice exports from U.P; farmers, millers suffer

By Haidar Naqvi Exporters and rice mill owners report that prices of both Basmati and non-Basmati rice have dropped by over 30%, while payment channels to key buyers like Iran remain severely affected. The ongoing conflict in West Asia has significantly disrupted rice exports from Uttar Pradesh, resulting in plummeting demand, stalled payments, and sharp […]

Vietnam, Indonesia agree to sign rice trade deal as shipments plunge

By Reuters HANOI, July 8 (Reuters) – Vietnam will soon sign an agreement with Indonesia to boost long-term rice shipments, the Vietnamese government said on Tuesday in a statement, after exports plunged in the first half of the year. The statement came hours after Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto […]

Bear grip tightens in global rice market as FAO all rice index falls to near 5-year low 

Global agencies led by FAO project record production in the 2025-26 season. By Subramani Ra Mancombu The global rice market remains bearish, with the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s all rice price index near a five-year low. The bear grip on the market is firm as prices of Thailand’s 5 per cent broken white rice have […]

In reversal, Japan now wants rice farmers to produce more. Will it work?

By Kaori Kaneko Summary JOETSU, Japan, July 4 (Reuters) – For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices of the national staple grain remained relatively high and steady. Now, under an ambitious agricultural policy announced this year, Tokyo is preparing […]