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
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
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
FE REPORT After achieving a record procurement in the last Boro season, the government has decided to buy 0.7 million tonnes of rice and paddy from the local sources during the
Technological advances transform agriculture and food security. By Javier Blas In a world worried about looming food shortages triggered by the climate crisis, the collapse in
(People’s Daily Online) During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021–2025), China has vigorously advanced its seed industry revitalization initiative. The effort has
Network Media Group Amid the junta’s drone strikes and artillery shelling, residents of Demoso and Hpruso townships in Karenni State are risking their lives to harvest their
Commercial rice farmers across Northern Ghana are mobilising for a massive demonstration in Tamale on Monday, November 10, 2025, to protest what they describe as the
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