Staff Reporter A team of Chinese agricultural experts spent the runup to Lunar New Year working furiously to help farmers in Guinea-Bissau plant their next crop – part of a decades-long effort by China to support its West African ally, reports Xinhua. The members of the 12th Chinese Agricultural Technical Assistance Mission are based in […]
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, 4 October 2024 – The 2024 NARES-IRRI Joint Advancement Meeting in Zanzibar, Tanzania, reaffirmed a shared commitment to tackling food security challenges in East and Southern Africa (ESA). Hosted by the Zanzibar Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI), the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), and the International Rice Research Institute […]
By Vietnam News Agency. The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture (DA) has declared a food security emergency for rice in response to a sharp increase in domestic rice prices. The declaration, issued on February 3, empowers the National Food Authority (NFA) to release rice buffer stocks, aiming to stabilize prices and ensure the continued availability of […]
Sum Manet / Khmer Times. The Royal Government’s financing to stabilize agricultural prices and support farmers’ livelihoods has been highly effective, increasing rice production from 9 million tonnes in 2016 to over 13 million tonnes in 2024, according to Kao Thach, the Royal Government Delegate in Charge and CEO of the Agricultural and Rural Development […]
Dr Solomon Gyan Ansah, the Director of Crop Services, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has called for the need to improve local rice production in the West Africa sub-region. He said the knowledge of farmers and experts and stakeholders in the rice value chain ought to be enhanced to add value to local […]
Crop production, especially rice and wheat, has increased at a steady state over the last several years (Table 6.1). During the first half of FY25, Aman was produced and harvested; however, no official data is available. The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has set a target of 22.6 million tonnes of Boro production for FY25, which […]
The country’s floriculture industry has grown into a high-performing sector, earning its status as a ‘sunrise industry’ with a 100% export orientation, according to the Survey. Written by Sandip Das. The survey has noted that growing flowers in rice-based crop sequences gave higher net returns than other intercropping patterns such as rice-soybean, rice-bell pepper, rice-fodder […]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman informed that budget refocusing by his ministry last year helped push up rice production by 1.49 million tons year on year in August–December 2024. According to him, the budget was refocused to tackle the challenges wrought by climate change last year, such as the El Nino phenomenon, […]
Nigeria’s rice production has fallen to 8.3 million tonnes for the 2024/2025 cycle, down from 8.9 million tonnes the previous year, despite ongoing government efforts to boost agricultural output. This decline raises concerns about the nation’s food security, as rising food prices and inflation continue to strain households. According to data from the United States […]
Reporter: Aisha Shaidra TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said rice production in January-March 2025 is predicted to increase by 50 percent. Amran said that the data was obtained from Statistics Indonesia (BPS), which said that in January 2025 it rose 50 percent compared to last year and was predicted to rise 49 […]
