PHILIPPINE STAR/KRIZ JOHN ROSALES THE national average retail price of well-milled rice in late December was P54.68 per kilogram (kg), according to the Philippine Statistics
The price of rice, a mainstay for billions across Asia and Africa, has surged to a 15-year peak, driven by heightened demand, limited exports, and climate-induced supply
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s minor paddy (rough rice crop) was up 25 percent from a year ago at 1.83 million metric tonnes, based on the last estimate, though around the same
The procured paddy is then sent to the empanelled rice mills and rice is stored in government warehouses. In the last stage, the rice reaches people through a public distribution
Egypt’s rice production can cover local consumption needs for nine months, Ragab Shehata, head of the Rice Division at the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce, said on
Falling rice. Grains of white rice falling through outstretched fingers into shallow glass bowl. Image Courtesy: ReutersReuters Images/ Allison Achauer GASC, on behalf of
Stocks of locally-produced rice fly off the shelves almost as soon as they arrive at grocers and hypermarkets, no thanks to panic-buying. Supply shortages and exorbitant prices of
Had failed to deliver custom-milled rice to govt Separate FIRs have been registered against two millers. File Karnal, November 16 Tightening the noose around defaulting rice
The Coalition of Rice Millers Malaysia is calling for the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry to come up with a single grade for white rice regardless of locally produced