Guangzhe Chen & Ousmane Diagana Every year, West Africa sends more than $3.5 billion abroad to buy rice — a staple food that millions of people across the region consume
Although the country is in the midst of the rainy season, tractors remain idle across many of its major rice-producing valleys as farmers hesitate to begin cultivation. Their
By Fakhar-e-Alam PESHAWAR, Jun 21 (APP):As the first rays of sunlight spread across the fertile fields of Swabi district, 66-year-old farmer Zafar Ali wades through ankle-deep
PETALING JAYA: Major irrigation upgrades and water management measures are being implemented in Kedah and the northern peninsula to safeguard rice production against drier El Nino
Rice cultivation is expanding across many coastal districts as farmers adapt to rising soil salinity with salt-tolerant varieties that are helping stabilise yields. Sohel Parvez
China’s partnership with Africa is too often reduced and distorted, in the Western media, to a caricature of debt and extraction. The reality on the ground tells a very
By: Jordeene B. Lagare – Reporter / @jordeenelagare The National Food Authority (NFA) is selling P1.19 billion worth of aging rice buffer stocks to free up warehouse
Star Business Report Rice production in the latest Aus season declined 3 percent, mainly due to a reduction in both the acreage and yield of the crop harvested during the
TOKYO – Rice prices in Japan finally fell in May for the first time in three and half years, a government official said Friday, following sharp rises for the staple that put