By Carah Hart Jarrod Hardke with the University of Arkansas tells Brownfield “when it starts raining April 15 and the lucky ones got a day here and there to plant the following eight weeks. That was the train we were on for two solid months.” Hardke says some of the rice acres went to prevent […]
Japan All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki’s rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost of the staple in the country is threatening to deal the government a blow at the ballot box. Shortages of the grain caused by a supply chain snarl-up have seen prices almost […]
Bloomberg News India’s stash of rice is running at the highest for this time in at least two decades, raising the risk it will run out of room to store it all as another record crop looms. Overflowing reserves—equal to more than one-tenth of the annual global production—are becoming a headache for the world’s second-biggest […]
All of these raise questions over the government’s annual commitments to self-sufficiency in paddy and rice production by boosting local farming. Every year, the government sets a target for increased paddy production, yet the fields utilized for paddy production continue to shrink. By REPUBLICA Even as Nepal marked the 22nd National Paddy Day on Sunday, […]
The widening gap between imports of paddy and domestic production has cast doubts on the government’s commitment to make the country self-reliant in paddy and rice production. This is clearly reflected by the records maintained by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD). By REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, June 30: The widening gap between imports of […]
The stagnation in domestic rice production is attributed to various factors including fallow arable land, lack of improved seed varieties, inadequate chemical fertilizers and limited irrigation infrastructure. By DILIP PAUDEL As the government marks the 22nd National Rice Day on Asar 15 (June 29) today with the slogan ‘Intensification in Rice Cultivation: Food Security and […]
RANGPUR, June 26, 2025 (BSS) – The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing 20,10,505 tonnes of clean Aman rice (30,15,757 tonnes in terms of paddy) from 6,20,430 hectares of land for Rangpur agriculture region. “Farmers are preparing their seedbeds for Aman rice to start planting seedlings in their croplands from […]
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government will allow the import of 40,000 tonnes of rice as a substitute for Keeri Samba, a higher grade, amid a shortfall in production, the President’s media office said. Foreign in general is also taxed at about 220 dollars a tonne to give profits to farmers when Indica rice similar to […]
Reuters MUMBAI: India is allocating record rice volumes for ethanol production as it struggles with unprecedented inventories that are likely to swell further with the arrival of the new season crop, a reversal from earlier shortages that led to export curbs. Turning more rice to ethanol is helping to reduce rice stocks in the world’s […]
TRN Online Kathmandu, June 26: The government has set ‘Intensity in Rice Cultivation: Food Security and Self-reliance’ as the slogan for the National Paddy Day this year. This slogan has been set to increase rice production for food security. The Department of Agriculture is organising various programmes on the occasion of the 22nd National Paddy […]
