Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News MANILA — Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has announced an expansion of the government’s P20-per-kilo rice program this 2026,
Patra said paddy procurement is underway in 18 of 30 districts, and the state has secured 10.50 lakh MT of paddy from around 2.30 lakh farmers during the ongoing kharif season.
By John Reidy MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Typhoon-related losses and challenging post-harvest conditions are taking their toll on 2025-26 rice production for the Philippines, but
Earning carbon credits can be a new revenue source of India’s rice farmers, while being water-saving and climate-smart as well. Written by Harish Damodaran, New Delhi It
Localities in the Northern Midlands and Red River Delta will begin the first water intake period to serve the sowing and transplanting of the 2025–2026 winter–spring rice crop
Reuters HAMBURG: South Korea’s state-backed Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp has issued an international tender to purchase an estimated 56,944 metric tons of rice to be
New Delhi: Rice farmers in Punjab and Haryana are facing a growing crisis as rising cultivation costs threaten their livelihoods, even as India continues to expand rice
India has emerged as the world’s largest rice producer, but closing the yield gap and managing water stress will decide whether this production surge becomes a lasting
Experts warn Punjab and Haryana’s groundwater may fall further under growing rice cultivation pressure. Reuters When India overtook China as the world’s largest producer of