By Joseph Moss, International Banker According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO’s) Rice Price Index (FARPI), the price of rice averaged
Food minister orders authorities to fine rice hoarders Prices of different varieties of rice are still dearer despite drives and the food minister’s warning to bring down the
Illegal hoarding by rice mill owners and middlemen is responsible for the unusual increase in the price of the staple despite ample stocks. Many middlemen and mill owners bought
January 2024 BURU ISLAND, Indonesia – At the beginning of November last year, Tamami’s rice field lay vacant except for a herd of cattle grazing on the land. Like many rice
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has said that the government has taken a zero tolerance policy to control rice price. The minister said this while speaking at a divisional
The report reveals that, “Selected Food Price Watch for December 2023 shows that the average price of 1kg Rice local sold loose stands at N917.93. Photo Credit: FAO The National
Rice exports from the country during the first half of the current financial year grew by 76.53 percent as compared to the exports of the corresponding period of last year. During
A rice vendor inspects his products at a public market in Paco, Manila on September 6, 2023 after President Bongbong Marcos Jr. imposed a nationwide price ceiling for regular
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued strong directives for immediate action to be taken against rice hoarders through mobile courts. In a meeting with the Awami League top