Consumer Connect *The Japanese Government provides equivalent $3.5 million to Nigeria as part of measures to boost rice seed production, agricultural productivity, as well as food
The support aims to improve the production and availability of certified rice seed, addressing one of the major constraints affecting productivity and efforts to expand domestic
Japan’s domestic rice consumption in the year from July 2025 hit a record low of 6.83 million tons on a preliminary basis in terms of brown rice, sources said Tuesday. This was
UH News Last fall, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers asked the question: Can Hawaiʻi grow rice again? Now, a new study published in Frontiers in
By Kai Noda and Rui Usui / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers SAPPORO — Hokkaido rice is drawing keen attention from industry stakeholders after being registered in March under the
Top rice news today highlights Myanmar’s upcoming power technology seminar for rice mills, Bangladesh’s rising food prices due to relentless heavy rainfall, and
Japan’s 2026 rice crop is heading towards lower prices after two consecutive years of increases, with cooperatives in Kagoshima and Miyazaki already reducing
Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Prices of newly harvested rice in Japan are increasingly likely to fall this year after rising for two straight years. This month, the Kagoshima