Growing rice in the traditional paddy field method takes a lot of water and area, and it is weather sensitive. Many individuals are therefore surprised to know that rice can be cultivated in Singapore.

 The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Negros Station based in Murcia town has donated some 7.6 tons of milled rice to the provincial government of Negros Occidental for victims of Typhoon Odette.

Nagpur, Feb 16 (PTI) Police said they seized 40 tonnes of rice meant for supply under the public distribution system (PDS) and arrested a man in this connection on Wednesday in Nagpur.

Kellogg is spending $2 million on a program called In Grained that will help farmers in the Lower Mississippi River Basin reduce their methane emissions.

Rice farmers in five towns of Surigao del Sur can now benefit from a laboratory that will help eliminate pest infestation and rice farm diseases in the area, the Department of Agriculture in Caraga (DA-13) said Tuesday.

Thailand’s Commerce Ministry donated 10 tonnes of Thai jasmine rice to poor women and children in China’s Fujian province recently in a bid to raise awareness of Thai rice and penetrate the Chinese market.

Rice farmers in five towns of Surigao del Sur can now benefit from a laboratory that will help eliminate pest infestation and rice farm diseases in the area, the Department of Agriculture in Caraga (DA-13) said Tuesday.

CBI booked Nellore-based Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swami Rice Mill for committing a Rs 17.7 crore Canara Bank loan fraud.

Rice farmers from the Mwea Irrigation Scheme have decried the increased cost of fertiliser and other farm inputs.

Pakistan’s export of rice to China (HS Code 1006) crossed $400 million in 2021, up 133 percent year on year, and in the first five months of the last year once Pakistan remained the largest rice supplier to China, according to the official data from the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC).