(FILES) Consumers can still benefit from ‘Program 29,’ which offers rice at P29 per kilo to vulnerable households at government-run KADIWA Centers. Shoppers are seen
Chencho Dema Punakha-Inconsistent rainfall patterns and drying water sources are impacting paddy yields in Punakha, a dzongkhag renowned for producing varieties of rice in the
By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Federal Government has concluded plans to sell a 50kg bag of rice at N40,000 to public servants with a view to alleviating the food crisis in the
A worker carries a sack of rice at the warehouse in Jakarta. (Reuters Photo) HAMBURG- Indonesian state purchasing agency Bulog is believed to have purchased about 320,000 metric
Louise Maureen Simeon Workers arrange sacks of National Food Authority (NFA) palay or unmilled rice inside their warehouse in Balagtas, Bulacan on May 22, 2024. MANILA,
By TED CORDERO, GMA Integrated News File photo/Bernadette Reyes/GMA Integrated News The retail prices per kilo of rice are expected to go down this month due to combined base
A push for direct-seeded rice and zero-tillage wheat, using a new non-GM herbicide-tolerance technology, has the potential to reduce the environmental footprint of India’s two
By Vietnam News Agency Rice exporters of Vietnam and Thailand are competing to gain a larger market share in the Philippines, reported Nikkei Asia. Workers package rice for
The increase in paddy sowing and comfortable buffer stocks have eased concerns of rice shortages. According to Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand, plentiful rains in key agricultural
Villagers drive a rice transplanter planting rice seedlings in Liantuo Village of Xiangtan County, central China’s Hunan Province, Aug. 5, 2024. Dike breaches occurred
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations organized an inception workshop for the formulation of “Sustainable and Regenerative Management of Rice