Some 1,041 farmers in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental have received financial assistance totaling PHP5.2 million from the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA) of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

Rice export prices in top exporter India this week touched their highest levels since last June, supported by tight supplies and a stronger rupee, while an uptick in demand buoyed

The rice milling market share growth in India by the 50-ton segment will be significant for revenue generation.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that due to lack of proper procurement mechanism and committed efforts, majority of the paddy produced in the state is procured by middlemen depriving the farmers of fair price.

Fewer rice fields were destroyed by drought last year than in the previous one, largely due to the prevalence of flash floods.

Pakistani growers are set to get hybrid seeds of the famous Basmati rice soon with the help of China, a prominent rice grower revealed.

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday filed an appeal against a High Court judgment on Wednesday, which banned the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and Treasury from charging 14,5% value-added tax (VAT) on all imported rice products.

The millers have been deceiving consumers by pruning rice to make it attractive, State Minister for Planning Shamsul Alam said today.

The Si Lankan government has decided to import 100,000 Metric Tons of rice from Myanmar in order to maintain a buffer stock.

ISLAMABAD: Shahzad Ali Malik, chief executive officer of Guard Agri and Guard Group of Companies director, claimed that the growers of the basmati rice are likely to get the much-awaited hybrid seeds in the next two to three years.