MANILA – More relief packs are on their way to typhoon-hit Visayas and Mindanao after the Chinese government on Wednesday turned over 150,000 sacks of rice to the Philippine government.

The cabinet on Tuesday approved a combined 141 billion baht to support an income guarantee scheme for rice and rubber farmers in the 2021-22 season. According to government spokesman Thanakorn

The E.U. and the U.K. have approved the trademark for ST25, the Vietnamese rice variety that was adjudged the world’s best in 2019, within five months of submission.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Agriculture Ministry has ensured adequate stocks of rice ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays until the next harvesting period in 2022.

Two Haryana government agencies involvement in the procurement of fortified rice kernels (FRK) have raised a red flag citing delays by five companies empanelled by the Haryana food, civil supplies and consumer affairs department in supplying the fortified rice kernels

On the issue of Parboiled rice, Goyal said that the Food Corporation of India had enough stocks to meet the demand for four years and the MoU with the State clearly says that the Food Corporation of India’s purchase of rice for the central pool will depend on the demand in the rest of the country.

THE AVERAGE consumption of well-milled rice in the top income tier in 2018 was more than six times the total of the poorest consumers, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in a report.

Suryapet district police on Saturday busted adulterated rice bran racket that is being used as feed for fish farming. On a tip off, Suryapet, Kodad and Chivemla police in joint operation with officials of fisheries department officials conducted simultaneous joint raids at Sri Sai Traders at Amma Garden in Suryapet town, at Devarashetti Shankar’s warehouse located at New Agricultural Market in Suryapet town, Rice bran godowns located at Huzur Nagar Road in Kodad town and also at Palakurti Someshwara Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy trader located at Bibi Gudem in Chivemla mandal in the district

China has started importing Indian rice for the first time in at least three decades due to tightening supplies and an offer from India of sharply discounted prices, Indian industry officials told Reuters.

Egypt is a prominent rice market in the North African region with the country’s rice supply being tabulated at 60.9 kg paddy/capita/year. The demand is higher than production which makes the region dependent on rice imports. The government in the country imports rice from China, India, Thailand, and Russia.