Bangladesh’s spending on rice and wheat import rose by 93 per cent in the July–November period of the current fiscal year 2021–22 compared with the same period of FY21 amid the government claim of the nation’s self-sufficiency in the staple food.

THE Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) estimated the volume of smuggled rice in 2020 at 300 million kilograms (kg), making it by far the most smuggled food commodity.

Vietnam’s rice output topped 43.86 million tonnes in 2021, up 1.1 million tonnes year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Raw material price for the commodity has increased by about 35% due to short supply and very high demand, on the back of increasing freight costs since 2020 – up 19%.

Jill Banfield, a University of California at Berkeley ecosystem scientist and 1999 MacArthur Foundation fellow, had become curious in 2006 about mysterious repeating DNA sequences that were common in microbes that live in some of the planet’s most extreme environments, such as deep-sea heat vents, acid mines and geysers. She just needed a biochemist to help explain what the sequences known as Cris

India’s agricultural and processed food exports have grown at a steady pace in the last decade notwithstanding several logistical challenges faced in the global trade of the commodities, according to a year-ender released by Ministry of Commerce & Industry recently.

A total of 19,615 farmers from the provinces of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, and Surigao del Sur devoted their farms to certified inbred rice production in 2021.

Loc Troi Group (LTG) has announced that it completed the export of final batch of rice this year to Europe, including 4,170 tonnes of jasmine and white rice.

Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) has suggested the government to devise a strategy that allows export of maximum 20 percent empty containers aimed at ensuring availability of containers for export to Pakistan.

Rice may soon be able to return to the plates of many Louisianans with the development of a new, more nutritious type of white rice with 53% more protein and a low glycemic index score, which was created and farmed in Acadiana.