In the Philippines, where rice is a staple food eaten daily by most households, Vitamin A deficiency continues to affect children’s health. This deficiency can lead to blindness, stunted growth and higher rates of illness. To combat this, researchers and development partners are fighting malnutrition in the Philippines with biofortified rice. Also known as Golden […]
Kim Han-joo SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s rice output is projected to fall for the fourth consecutive year in 2025 primarily due to a record low cultivation area, data showed Thursday. Rice production is expected to fall 0.3 percent on-year, or 1.1 tons, to 3.57 million tons this year, according to the data […]
Song Hà The Multilateral Trade Policy Department will promote negotiations with the EU and the UK to amend the list of fragrant rice varieties eligible for tariff quotas under the EVFTA and the UKVFTA. To thoroughly implement the Prime Minister’s directive on strengthening synchronous solutions to promote rice production, export, and market regulation, the Ministry […]
Growth reflects Pakistan’s expanding presence in China’s food market, strengthening agri-cooperation. China Economic Net BEIJING: Pakistan’s rice exports to China recorded robust growth in the first eight months of 2025, rising around 70% year-on-year, according to data from the General Administration of Customs of China. From January to August, Pakistan exported rice worth $44.31 million […]
By Tara Yap ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) urged rice farmers in the Visayas to explore corn production to beef up the country’s needed supply. “We are looking into corn after rice planting,” said Milo delos Reyes, director of the DA-National Corn Program. “It means, one crop is rice and the other […]
SGGP The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued a directive to stabilize the domestic rice market and boost exports. The new measures focus on a multi-pronged approach involving international negotiations, market monitoring, and brand promotion. The MoIT has tasked several departments with specific roles in this effort: In addition to these government actions, […]
By Tooba Khan Recent heavy rains and floods have damaged about one-fifth of the rice crop in Pakistan’s Punjab province, which accounts for majority of the production in the world’s fourth-biggest exporter of the staple. Rice yields in the region, which saw the worst flooding in more than three decades, are likely to drop by […]
India produced 1,490.74 lakh tonnes of rice in 2024–25, with Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Punjab, and Odisha leading the list. By CNBCTV18.com India remains one of the world’s largest rice producers, recording a total output of 1,490.74 lakh tonne in the 2024–25 crop year, according to the Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare (DA&FW). […]
Finimize Newsroom What’s going on here? Indonesia’s rice prices soared to record highs in August, even as warehouses were overflowing with home-grown rice and global prices kept falling. What does this mean? Despite ramping up rice production by almost 16% in the first seven months of 2025, shoppers in Indonesia still found shelves thinly stocked. […]
RANGPUR, Sept 21, 2025 (BSS) – Tender plants of Transplanted Aman rice are growing superbly following recent rainfalls predicting an excellent production of the crop in Rangpur Agricultural Region this season. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said transplantation of Aman rice seedling was already completed last week, exceeding the fixed farming target […]
