Pakistan harvested a record rice crop of 8.9 million tonnes in the 2021-22 marketing year, up from 8.4 million tonnes the prior year, according to a Global Agricultural Information Network report from the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Published on: 08/01/2022Category:
Fifth Vietnam Rice Festival underway in Vinh Long
The fifth Vietnam Rice Festival is underway in Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta on January 7 – 10 as part of an effort to promote Vietnamese rice domestically and globally.
Published on: 08/01/2022Category:
Vikas Lifecare hits the roof on bagging deal from Indian rice brand company
Vikas Lifecare was locked in an upper circuit of 5% at Rs 5.16 after the company bagged an order for its recently initiated agro product segment worth Rs 20 crore from an Indian rice brand firm.
Published on: 08/01/2022Category:
Sri Lanka farmgate rough rice prices sharply up: millers
Sri Lanka’s farm gate paddy prices have risen to around 95 rupees a kilogram, amid rising retail rice prices above 75 rupees promised in a relief package,
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BPI data: PHL rice imports jump 32 percent to 2.771 MMT in 2021
The country’s rice imports last year expanded by 32 percent year-on-year to 2.771 million metric tons (MMT), the second-largest import volume by the Philippines in history, latest government data showed.
Published on: 07/01/2022Category:
Duterte signs rice farmer cash assistance bill into law
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed into law a bill authorizing direct monetary assistance to rice farmers, who are among the hardest-hit members of the industry as a result of
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Karnataka: Police seizes 78 quintals of illegally transported PDS rice
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], January 7 (ANI): The police on Thursday seized 78 quintals of Public Distribution System (PDS) rice, which was being illegally transported in a truck near Buland Pravas Colony, Kalaburagi.
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Cops bust racket, recover rice worth Rs7.56 lakh given to poor in Covid
Police on Wednesday busted a major racket and recovered 445 quintals rice, worth Rs 7.56 lakh, which was disrtibuted for free to the economically-weaker sections or provided at subsidized rate during the pandemic. The racketeers were ferrying the rice to mills in Gondia for polishing it and selling at higher rates through upmarket outlets.
Published on: 07/01/2022Category:
Poor Paddy Procurement From Rice Belt Upsets Farmers
Bhola Singh and Suresh Tiwari, both paddy growing farmers of Rohtas district of Bihar, have been worried over slow paddy procurement by government agencies in the last 50 days.
Published on: 07/01/2022Category:
Farmers turn away from MSP, sell paddy in open market
MSP (minimum support price) is a major demand from farmers for their produce across the country. This ensures a decent and minimum price for agriculture produce regardless of market forces controlled by middlemen.
Published on: 05/01/2022Category: