The government plans to provide farmers with nearly Tk 108 crore incentive to encourage them to increase cultivation of high-yielding varieties of rice and produce more grains to
According to a DGFT’s notification issued in October, the government permitted exports of 10,34,800 tonnes of non-basmati white rice to seven countries, including Nepal,
The National Food Agency (Bapanas) is expecting a two-month delay in next year’s harvest due to an extended drought nationwide caused by El Nino, with a projection that the
(The Edge filepix by Suhaimi Yusuf) IPOH (Nov 12): The government will study the proposal to raise the ceiling price of local white rice, said Agriculture and Food Security
RICE retailers in Tarlac City are set to receive financial assistance from the local government once a resolution or ordinance is passed. The move was discussed during a series of
Unseasonal rain in Pune has damaged paddy crops, as well as other standing crops such as sugarcane and maize. The rain has caused concerns among farmers who had recently cut the
The erratic weather, said to be the result of climate change, has kept most padi farmers on their toes. PHOTO: REUTERS KEDAH – In five months, Malaysia may face a severe
About 40 hectares of land in the vast reservation of the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Palawan have been planted to hybrid rice with over 450 more hectares to be devoted
South Korea’s state-backed Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. has so far purchased an estimated 97,060 metric tons of U.S. origin rice in an international tender for up to