Rice output up 1.1 million tonnes in 2021
Vietnam’s rice output topped 43.86 million tonnes in 2021, up 1.1 million tonnes year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Published on: 05/01/2022Category:
Sushi rice prices set to explode
Raw material price for the commodity has increased by about 35% due to short supply and very high demand, on the back of increasing freight costs since 2020 – up 19%.
Published on: 05/01/2022Category:
Researchers See a New Path to Curbing Methane in Rice
Jill Banfield, a University of California at Berkeley ecosystem scientist and 1999 MacArthur Foundation fellow, had become curious in 2006 about mysterious repeating DNA sequences that were common in microbes that live in some of the planet’s most extreme environments, such as deep-sea heat vents, acid mines and geysers. She just needed a biochemist to help explain what the sequences known as Cris
Published on: 04/01/2022Category:
Non-Basmati rice is India’s top export item under APEDA basket; contributes 1/4th to total
India’s agricultural and processed food exports have grown at a steady pace in the last decade notwithstanding several logistical challenges faced in the global trade of the commodities, according to a year-ender released by Ministry of Commerce & Industry recently.
Published on: 04/01/2022Category:
Nearly 20K Caraga farmers grow inbred rice seeds in 2021
A total of 19,615 farmers from the provinces of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, and Surigao del Sur devoted their farms to certified inbred rice production in 2021.
Published on: 03/01/2022Category:
Loc Troi Group ships over 4,000 tonnes of rice to Europe
Loc Troi Group (LTG) has announced that it completed the export of final batch of rice this year to Europe, including 4,170 tonnes of jasmine and white rice.
Published on: 03/01/2022Category:
Reap urges govt to devise strategy
Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) has suggested the government to devise a strategy that allows export of maximum 20 percent empty containers aimed at ensuring availability of containers for export to Pakistan.
Published on: 03/01/2022Category:
Acadiana farmer and LSU Ag Center develop new, healthier variety of white rice
Rice may soon be able to return to the plates of many Louisianans with the development of a new, more nutritious type of white rice with 53% more protein and a low glycemic index score, which was created and farmed in Acadiana.
Published on: 30/12/2021Category:
Indonesia not import rice for third consecutive year
The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) of Indonesia on December 28 reported that the Southeast Asian nation did not import rice for the third year in a row.
Published on: 30/12/2021Category: