1. Featured image for "The fifth Vietnam Rice Festival is underway in Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta on January 7 – 10 as part of an effort to promote Vietnamese rice domestically and globally."

    Fifth Vietnam Rice Festival underway in Vinh Long


    The fifth Vietnam Rice Festival is underway in Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta on January 7 – 10 as part of an effort to promote Vietnamese rice domestically and globally.


    Published on:   08/01/2022

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  1. Featured image for "Vikas Lifecare was locked in an upper circuit of 5% at Rs 5.16 after the company bagged an order for its recently initiated agro product segment worth Rs 20 crore from an Indian rice brand firm."

    Vikas Lifecare hits the roof on bagging deal from Indian rice brand company


    Vikas Lifecare was locked in an upper circuit of 5% at Rs 5.16 after the company bagged an order for its recently initiated agro product segment worth Rs 20 crore from an Indian rice brand firm.


    Published on:   08/01/2022

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  1. Featured image for "Sri Lanka’s farm gate paddy prices have risen to around 95 rupees a kilogram, amid rising retail rice prices above 75 rupees promised in a relief package,"

    Sri Lanka farmgate rough rice prices sharply up: millers


    Sri Lanka’s farm gate paddy prices have risen to around 95 rupees a kilogram, amid rising retail rice prices above 75 rupees promised in a relief package,


    Published on:   08/01/2022

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  1. Featured image for "The country’s rice imports last year expanded by 32 percent year-on-year to 2.771 million metric tons (MMT), the second-largest import volume by the Philippines in history, latest government data showed."

    BPI data: PHL rice imports jump 32 percent to 2.771 MMT in 2021


    The country’s rice imports last year expanded by 32 percent year-on-year to 2.771 million metric tons (MMT), the second-largest import volume by the Philippines in history, latest government data showed.


    Published on:   07/01/2022

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  1. Featured image for "PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed into law a bill authorizing direct monetary assistance to rice farmers, who are among the hardest-hit members of the industry as a result of"

    Duterte signs rice farmer cash assistance bill into law


    PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed into law a bill authorizing direct monetary assistance to rice farmers, who are among the hardest-hit members of the industry as a result of


    Published on:   07/01/2022

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  1. Featured image for "Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], January 7 (ANI): The police on Thursday seized 78 quintals of Public Distribution System (PDS) rice, which was being illegally transported in a truck near Buland Pravas Colony, Kalaburagi."

    Karnataka: Police seizes 78 quintals of illegally transported PDS rice


    Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], January 7 (ANI): The police on Thursday seized 78 quintals of Public Distribution System (PDS) rice, which was being illegally transported in a truck near Buland Pravas Colony, Kalaburagi.


    Published on:   07/01/2022

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  1. Featured image for "Police on Wednesday busted a major racket and recovered 445 quintals rice, worth Rs 7.56 lakh, which was disrtibuted for free to the economically-weaker sections or provided at subsidized rate during the pandemic. The racketeers were ferrying the rice to mills in Gondia for polishing it and selling at higher rates through upmarket outlets."

    Cops bust racket, recover rice worth Rs7.56 lakh given to poor in Covid


    Police on Wednesday busted a major racket and recovered 445 quintals rice, worth Rs 7.56 lakh, which was disrtibuted for free to the economically-weaker sections or provided at subsidized rate during the pandemic. The racketeers were ferrying the rice to mills in Gondia for polishing it and selling at higher rates through upmarket outlets.


    Published on:   07/01/2022

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  1. Featured image for "Bhola Singh and Suresh Tiwari, both paddy growing farmers of Rohtas district of Bihar, have been worried over slow paddy procurement by government agencies in the last 50 days."

    Poor Paddy Procurement From Rice Belt Upsets Farmers


    Bhola Singh and Suresh Tiwari, both paddy growing farmers of Rohtas district of Bihar, have been worried over slow paddy procurement by government agencies in the last 50 days.


    Published on:   07/01/2022

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  1. Featured image for "MSP (minimum support price) is a major demand from farmers for their produce across the country. This ensures a decent and minimum price for agriculture produce regardless of market forces controlled by middlemen."

    Farmers turn away from MSP, sell paddy in open market


    MSP (minimum support price) is a major demand from farmers for their produce across the country. This ensures a decent and minimum price for agriculture produce regardless of market forces controlled by middlemen.


    Published on:   05/01/2022

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  1. Featured image for "Bangladesh’s spending on rice and wheat import rose by 93 per cent in the July–November period of the current fiscal year 2021–22 compared with the same period of FY21 amid the government claim of the nation’s self-sufficiency in the staple food."

    Rice-wheat import spending doubles


    Bangladesh’s spending on rice and wheat import rose by 93 per cent in the July–November period of the current fiscal year 2021–22 compared with the same period of FY21 amid the government claim of the nation’s self-sufficiency in the staple food.


    Published on:   05/01/2022

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