ISLAMABAD: Imran Mansha is distressed. The wheat sowing season is fast passing by, but his fields are still dominated by the standing rice crop. “A rain spell in October damaged
The Asian agri-food sector is a huge source of carbon emissions – but it has the potential to cut down emissions by 12% by 2030, which would be equivalent to the total amount of
LARKANA: Longping High-Tech, a leading Chinese agricultural company, in collaboration with its Pakistani counterpart, Guard Agricultural Research & Services (Pvt.) Limited,
Sarawak Deputy Minister of Food Industry, Commodities and Regional Development Datuk Abdul Rahman Ismail said that with the floating price, paddy farmers can enjoy better income
COLOMBO, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), along with the Department of Agriculture and the Mahaweli Authority of Sri
For African countries, it increases landing cost by $80/tonne India has resorted to curbs on rice exports since September 2022 on food security grounds | Photo Credit: REUTERS
Robust procurement for free grain scheme, higher MSP, tepid response to open market sales jack up stocks. Currently FCI has 19.44 MT of rice, against the buffer of 7.61 MT for
Government has repeatedly tightened restrictions on shipments in a bid to curb domestic price rises India, the world’s top rice exporter, is expected to maintain its curbs on
From Dr Raj Mann, Lecturer in Economics, Department of Finance and Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK The Big Read (October 24) covers most of the