Pakistan’s rice export rose by 3.9% to $132.59 million in the first two months of this year, according to the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC).

India is planning to supply fortified rice throughout the country using the targeted public distribution system in a phased manner by 2024

THANKS to consistent rainfall and well-timed warm temperatures, the New South Wales rice crop is set to be the largest in five years, with the industry predicting 600,000-650,000 tonnes to be received into storages by the end of May.

A shipment of 11,000 MT of rice from India arrived here on Tuesday to help the economic crisis hit Sri Lankans celebrate the traditional national new year.

The prices for Vietnamese 5 percent broken rice rose to $420 per ton late March, the highest in the past 3.5 months.Vietnam exported 1.48 million tons of rice worth $715 million in the first three months this year, up 24 percent in volume and 10.5 percent in value against the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Ministry of Trade said that another 40,000 MT of rice imported via the Indian Line of Credit will reach Sri Lanka on Monday (11).

Amid the euphoria of India clocking the highest ever agriculture exports of over $50 billion in FY22, basmati rice, one of the country’s oldest anchors in farm exports, seems to have fallen off the radar screen. For the third consecutive year, basmati rice exports saw a fall over the previous year in value terms, according to provisional figures.

Led by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, TRS leaders will on Monday hold a dharna in Delhi, the first since the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, say leaders, to demand 100 per cent procurement of Telangana paddy by the Centre.

Farmer-scientist group Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) slammed agriculture secretary William Dar for “railroading” golden rice (GR) distribution in the Philippines.

In a major cabinet decision on Friday, the Central government has approved the supply of fortified rice in government-run food schemes to tackle malnutrition, poor health among women and children.The proposal was approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA).