While Japan is aiming to increase its food self-sufficiency, both its farmland and number of farmers are in decline. In 2024, Japan’s total farmland covered an area of 4.3
By: Jordeene B. Lagare – Reporter / @jordeenelagare MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine and Korean governments inaugurated new rice seed processing and cold storage
Once one of the world’s poorest countries, the Republic of Korea is now a booming success story – and one of WFP’s top food aid donors. Kun Li, Farhana Shahnaz, and
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – Last week, eight USA Rice members and staff—including representatives from Southern Rice & Cotton, TRC, Producers Rice Mill, GF&P Zaunbrecher
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has turned over a state-of-the-art Rice Processing System II (RPS II) worth P60.6 million to the Isabela Seed Grower’s Multi-Purpose
The sharp fall in Nigerian market prices is squeezing traders who held long positions earlier in the year expecting carry-over Q2-Q3 price strength. NIGERIA – Rice prices in
By Giselle P. Jordan FARMERS’ group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag) on Sunday bewailed the government’s refusal to restore the 35-percent tariffs on imported rice.
THE PHILIPPINES and South Korea have inaugurated new rice seed processing and cold storage facilities at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in the Science City of
Philippine Daily Inquirer Benchmark international prices of milled declined in October as harvests started or improved in some parts of the globe. This, amid sufficient supplies