A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
An African Development Bank (AfDB) funded project, implemented by the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) in Nigeria and Benin Republic, has trained farmers in Nasarawa State on new
By Anozie Egole The President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Kabir Ibrahim, has disclosed that imported rice from India comes at a landing cost of $58 per bag.
In a bid to address Kenya’s significant rice production shortfall and enhance farmers’ income, the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) is pushing for the
The companies to lose permits for selling products; Only 2,584 companies been found to be compliant with the norms BY PRABHUDATTA MISHRA Regarding the online sales of pesticides,
Narong Jantharung, a rice farmer from the Northeast province of Ubon Ratchathani, won this year’s best jasmine rice award at an event hosted by the Department of Internal Trade
LONG AN, Vietnam (AP) — There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province
Through partnerships with CPG companies, Riceland farmer-members receive payment for environmental assets generated through sustainable rice production STUTTGART – Riceland
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp plans to grow other crops on more than 10,000ha of unproductive rice fields this year to adapt to climate change and