By Agence France-Presse JAKARTA — Indonesia said on Tuesday it would halt a project to raze several million hectares of forest to clear land for rice production, saying it had
By Luqman Hakim, Hakim Mahari KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has sufficient rice stocks to meet domestic requirements for six months, while fish stocks, managed by fishermen’s
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has outlined how the country’s position in global rice market has shifted, following
The strategy combines Chinese expertise in high-yield hybrid rice with Brazilian agricultural technology and investment, reflecting Conakry’s wider push to modernize farming,
AGRICULTURE and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu recently implored that Malaysia’s rice self-sufficiency ratio (SSR) must increase to 80 per cent to ensure a
Adrian Kenneth Halili – The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — The country’s self-sufficiency in rice expanded in 2025, driven by the decline in imports which
KENINGAU: Sabah aims to raise its rice Self-Sufficiency Level (SSL) to about 30 per cent by 2030 by reopening abandoned paddy fields and leveraging modern agricultural
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Agriculture is preparing 56,000 water pumps in the 2026 fiscal year as a national drought mitigation measure to maintain food production
By Hafsat Ibrahim Nigeria, ECOWAS Push for Rice Self-Sufficiency Nigeria and the ECOWAS Commission have intensified efforts to achieve rice self-sufficiency, ending decades of