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).

Price prospects for U.S. rice are better than expected. The USDA Outlook Board Chairman says globally, rice is set to reach record production and near record ending stocks, but in the U.S.

Hyderabad, Feb 13 (PTI) As part of its efforts to ensure nutrient-rich food, the government would start distribution of fortified rice through fair price shops all over the country by 2023, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ashwini Kumar Choubey said here on Sunday.

Doubling of freight rates for shipments to West Asia from the beginning of February has started impacting basmati rice exports to the region. As a result, basmati exports are likely to decline more than 10% year-on-year in this financial year, said industry executives.

Ambassador of Romania to Pakistan Nicolae Goia called on Minister of National Food Security Syed Fakhar Imam in Islamabad today

More than 200 rice growers gathered in Jonesboro on Tuesday for a joint meeting of the Arkansas Rice Federation and Arkansas Rice Council, their first full in-person meeting in two years. The growers were joined by several members of the state legislature, area politicians, representatives of Congressional leaders, USA Rice staff, and Governor Asa Hutchinson.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Trade said on Monday it has decided to import 100,000 tonnes of white rice from Myanmar to control the rising price of rice in local markets.