Over 10% increase in paddy crop this year: Officials MeT predicts dry weather for a week Another farmer, Mukhtar Ahmad Sheikh said, “The farmers gather in family circles and
PRECIOUS GRAINS Farmer Irene Soriben uses a “saki” (rice shovel) to collect sundried palay (unhusked rice) at a rice drying facility in the village of Kita-Kita in Balungao,
MANILA, Philippines — A rice mafia is behind efforts to bring down the tariff on the imported grains, Rosendo So, chairman of farmers’ group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura
A farmer harvests rice in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, Sept. 20, 2023. (Photo by Ahmadi/Xinhua) A farmer carries newly-harvested rice in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, Sept. 20,
Farmers in Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila tend to their crops. The agriculture ministry aims to bag 1.71 crore tonnes of Aman rice this season. The photo was taken yesterday.
By Devjyot Ghoshal, Napat Wesshasartar and Pasit Kongkunakornkul CHAI NAT, Thailand, Sept 18 (Reuters) – After finishing her latest rice harvest, Sripai
In this report, our correspondents investigate what has become of the over N1.7trn Central Bank of Nigeria-disbursed Anchor Borrower’s Loan given to supposed rice farmers across
The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has repeated its strong advice to rice farmers not to plant a crop after the harvest in October and November this year, due to the water
The quantum physicist turned environmentalist said that fertilisers are not just poisoning humans but also creating a biological disaster The chemicals we put in our crops are