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Thailand Rice Convention 2025 set to boost Thai rice exports

The Thailand Rice Convention (TRC) 2025 will take place from May 25–27 as part of efforts to promote the Thai rice market and drive exports. Organised by the Department of Foreign Trade (DFT), the global rice summit will bring together key rice buyers and importers from various countries, including new importers from regions such as […]

Japanese consumers turn to rice alternatives in price surge

Soaring rice prices and increased consumer frugality are driving changes in dining habits of Japanese, including adding glutinous barley to rice and switching from rice to alternatives like bread and pasta. There have also been moves to introduce foreign-grown rice, though it was unpopular at the time of the 1993 rice shortage. Lawson introduced new […]

Experts for popularising DSR tech to enhance rice production

NILPHAMARI, May 14, 2025 (BSS) – Experts in a training program have stressed the need to popularise the mechanized direct-seeded rice (DSR) technology among farmers to enhance rice production at reduced cost and braving the adverse effects of climate change. They viewed this in the hands-on training on ‘Power tiller operated seeder (PTOS) for local […]

Govt set to increase rice farming by 2,000ha in 2025.

Charles Nyandwi Rwanda plans to expand its rice cultivation area by an additional 2,000 hectares, from 35,167 hectares in 2024 to approximately 37,167 hectares by the end of this year, according to Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Board (RAB). The expansion is among efforts to address the growing gap between rice demand and local production. […]

RI leading in rice production in Southeast Asia: minister.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has claimed that with the government’s rice reserves touching 3.7 million tons as of May 13, 2025, Indonesia has taken the lead in rice production in Southeast Asia. “This result is the hard work of all stakeholders, including farmers, central and regional governments, as well as (the […]

Cuban province for further progress in rice production

cubanew/acn ENCRUCIJADA, VILLA CLARA, Cuba, May 13 (ACN) During the first months of 2025, in the municipality of Encrucijada, in the central province of Villa Clara, more than 40 hectares dedicated to rice cultivation were planted and a harvest of nearly 100 tons is expected, as a result of the implementation of modern agricultural techniques […]

Indonesia’s rice production forecast raises, creating export opportunities: official

Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia. JAKARTA, May 9 (Xinhua) — Indonesia’s rice production projection for 2025 has been revised to over 34 million tons, up from the initial estimate of 32 million tons in November last year, creating potential opportunities for exports, an official announced on Thursday. According to Sam Herodian, special staff to the Minister […]

Rice imports up over 2,900pc in 9 months

Jasim Uddin Haroon. Bangladesh’s rice imports soared further during the first nine months of the current fiscal year as the government scrambled to replenish food reserves and stabilise markets in the wake of higher inflationary pressure on the economy. Rice imports jumped over 2,900 per cent year-on-year to US$492.4 million in the July-March period of […]

India–Pakistan Tensions: Basmati Rice Prices Surge

The increase was also driven by other factors, like changes in government’s rice export policy and weather patterns. Pallavi Nahata India-Pakistan tensions appear to be driving up prices of Basmati rice. Prices of Basmati rice in India have surged by about 18% over the past two months, rising from Rs 55 to Rs 65 per […]