Hamza Habib ISLAMABAD: Sluggish performance of the textile sector and a sharp decline in the rice exports are seen as factors mainly responsible for ballooning the trade deficit
The NBDF will use the funds for promotional and research activities, training, and trade initiatives, while APEDA’s share is to be used as “service and infrastructure
India’s ambitious target of exporting 20 million tonnes of non-basmati rice in 2024–25 faces a setback as cheaper supplies from Myanmar and Pakistan undercut Indian prices in
Tilda, the UK’s best-selling rice brand, has now successfully recruited all of the farmers it works with in northern India to adopt the Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) method
By Peggy Corlin From the Punjab plains to Brussels — who would have thought that the dispute over basmati’s origin would end up on Europeans’ plates? In the midst of
Tribune News Service The government has introduced a significant relaxation in rice export regulations, aimed at streamlining trade to Europe. The Directorate General of Foreign
Our Correspondent, New Delhi The Indian government has announced that exports of non-basmati rice will now be allowed only after registration with the Agricultural and Processed
Rice stocks held by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) have surged to a 10-year high of 36.3 million tonnes (MT), 2.5 times the required buffer, primarily due to robust crop
Low yield and market rates, coupled with rainfall and floods mean farmers are getting prices lower than last year. Vivek Mishra The floods this year in Punjab have caused a drop