By M. MAGESWARI PUTRAJAYA: The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry (KPKM) is set to reform the padi and rice industry, focusing on padi pricing, local white rice production, separation of powers and enforcement measures. The ministry aims to improve the quality of life for over 211,000 padi farmers who rely on the rice industry as […]
By Mohd Nasaruddin Parzi KUALA LUMPUR: The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry believes that the ceiling price for local rice needs to be reviewed, taking into account current production costs, future cost projections and the movement of global white rice prices. Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said the maximum price for local white rice (BPT) […]
By Zachary Sosland WINDSOR, ONT. — Les Aliments Dainty Foods (or Dainty Rice), a Canadian rice producer owned by the Marbour Group, has begun the largest capital investment in the company’s history (C$20 million) to add ready-to-heat rice production lines to its Windsor facility. Dainty said the expansion in North American production capacity will allow […]
ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, organized a Brainstorming Workshop on ‘Sustainable Rice Production: Strategies and Policies’ on 16 October 2024. The Chief Guest Dr B. Venkateswarlu, Former Vice-Chancellor, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani, Maharashtra, emphasized the need for rationalization of rice areas and suggested focusing on improving the paddy yields in low-productive […]
Significant growth in basmati and silver rice production marks a new milestone for the nation’s economy. Samaa Web Desk Pakistan has achieved a historic milestone this fiscal year, generating $4 billion in revenue through rice exports for the first time. This accomplishment supported by the Sustainable Industries and Financial Corporation (SIFC) has prompted an increase […]
By Umar Sani Farmers in Bauchi State have been advised to adopt advanced dry season rice farming techniques to improve yield and profitability. The advice was made by a stakeholders’ forum organised by the Bauchi State Agricultural Stakeholders Interactive Forum. The forum, which aims at educating farmers on modern rice production practices, emphasised the need […]
By: Jordeene B. Lagare The Philippines is expected to import more rice this year and next, remaining as the world’s top importer of this staple food as the El Niño, La Niña and recent typhoons have curbed local production. In its latest Grain: World Markets and Trade report, the US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural […]
Luanda, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) Angola boosts today the production of rice through a development program and technical advice, with the purpose of reducing imports of an item of which the country buys annually about 400,000 tons. The national director of Forestry and spokesman of the Agricultural Campaign 2024-2025, Domingos Veloso, said that the production […]
Shania Shayal Prasad, Multimedia Journalist With 75 percent of rice producers located in the Northern Division, rice production currently totals just 8,000 tonnes, translating to a self-sufficiency rate of only 20 percent. This highlights the urgent need to strengthen the sector and reduce the country’s reliance on rice imports, which amount to approximately $51 million […]
For the first time, Bangladesh has bagged more than 4 crore tonnes of rice in a fiscal year (FY) thanks to increasing yields of the most grown crop, according to official data. Local farmers have been gradually switching to high-yielding and hybrid varieties of the cereal grain, bringing the country’s need for rice imports down […]
