ICAR is expected to sign a MoU this month with US-based Corteva, which holds the license for the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology. By Prabhudatta Mishra More than a year after
By Chynna Grace Ong NO ban on rice imports is forthcoming because the country needs buffer stocks ahead of the dry months, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. told
Adrian Kenneth Halili – The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has reversed its plan to impose another price cap on imported five
By Eric Ralls, Earth.com staff writer Rice kernels swell over a few short weeks. For every day above 86°F (30°C) in that window, a rice plant loses 1.1 to 1.8 percent of its
By Adrian Kenneth Halili (The Philippine Star) MANILA, Philippines — Farmer groups yesterday asked the government to impose a 30-percent safeguard duty on imported rice, as
Erfan Maruf Jakarta State food procurement agency Bulog says national rice supplies remain secure despite a warning from weather agency BMKG of a potentially longer and drier
By Stephanie Sevillano MANILA – The Philippines will not impose a temporary ban on imported rice as the country braces for the impact of the looming peak El Niño,
By Mohsin Leghari Every metric tonne of Pakistani rice exported from Karachi carries with it thousands of litres of water, much of it drawn from centuries-old aquifers. In FY
Malaysia has 1.237 million tonnes of rice stocks, enough for at least six months, with measures in place to strengthen food security, says the deputy minister. KUALA