Basmati, prized for its aroma and long grain, is witnessing a demand surge from traditional global buyers in the Middle East, the US and European Union. In the new season, over
With market price ruling high, chances of recovery in purchases are slim, say experts Rice procurement by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) for the Centre’s buffer stocks in
Iran is suffering from a shortage of medicine and medical supplies. But the country’s financial assets are in the hands of a government that uses oil revenues and national
Amid an escalating global rice crisis, the most severe in two decades, India’s export bans on rice varieties have only fueled the fire, causing international concern. The
The production of high quantities of food grains have compromised the nutritional quality of these products, noted the study. Rice and wheat form the cornerstone of food security
By Okechukwu Nnodim Despite the skyrocketing cost of rice and the recent halt on the ban of foreign exchange for its imports, the crop is still a restricted commodity, the
An inter-ministerial committee, which looks into MEP on onion, has recently decided on basmati rice. The government on Friday said there are “strictly” no plans to impose the
Pakistan’s rice exports seem to be coming into their own. According to the monthly external trade statistics reported by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), total rice