Pakistan’s agri-food sector has a very narrow export base, primarily consisting of a limited range of commodities. Rice stands out as the largest export, bringing in over $3.5
Export prohibition on non-basmati white rice and broken rice and a 20% tariff on the parboiled variety are reasons behind dip Puja Das In the first three months of FY25, the fall
Amid armed conflict following the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s fast-depreciating currency is destabilising the economy. A woman shops inside a supermarket in Yangon, November 13, 2013
Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Plantation, Janaka Dharmakeerthi, announced that necessary measures are in place to achieve President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s goal of
by Carmina de la Luz, SciDev.Net The challenge of producing rice that reduces methane emissions and uses water efficiently is now a reality in Colombia. In the photo, a technician
A woman holding an umbrella to protect herself from the sun while tending to buffalo next to a rice paddy field in Vietnam’s Dien Bien province, on 4 May 2024. (Photo by
By GMA Integrated News Farmers group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) over the weekend questioned why rice prices have yet to decline despite the government ordering the
Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas – The Philippine Star The amount is part of the nearly P20-billion excess tariffs collected by the government last year from 3.6 million metric tons
Euroseeds condemns the destruction of Italy’s first open field trial of gene-edited rice by vandals on June 21 in northern Italy. This trial was crucial for testing the