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Special mechanisms and policies must be put in place to encourage investments in the processing of rice by-products, a bold step that helps deliver significant benefits to farmers while contributing to carbon footprint reduction, according to insiders.

The USDA sees bigger cotton and rice crops in 2024 than 2023.

No fewer than 30,000 farmers have been put into clusters for improved production of rice, maize, and cassava, among others with the provision of land and other subsidised items.

WARANGAL: Warangal Commissionerate police personnel are busting three to five Public Distribution Scheme (PDS) rice rackets every week.

Lovers of basmati rice – known as the Queen of Rice for its unrivalled taste and texture – will be dismayed to learn that the Pusa Institute of New Delhi, India is selling seed of random mutagenesis-bred herbicide-tolerant versions of basmati called RobiNOweed.

Every year, the Mekong Delta produces about 24 million tons of rice, and tons of straw are discarded into the fields. Utilizing agricultural waste and by-products as organic fertilizer helps clean the environment, reduces pollution and emissions, creates jobs, increases income, and provides a source of organic fertilizer for the soil.

CROWLEY, LOUISIANA, US — USA Rice had its first Breeder Workshop at the Louisiana State University (LSU) AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station, looking to identify US rice varieties that align with Latin American consumer preferences.

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Wednesday, commended the Federal Government for rolling out N50kg bags of rice to be sold for N40,000, lower than the current N70,000 market rate.

A climate change-driven heatwave has caused critical water shortages in northern Peninsular Malaysia, threatening rice yields, exposing submerged graves and depleting dam reservoirs to dangerously low levels.

Climate change likely to reduce productivity, Minister tells Lok Sabha

The Agriculture Department has asked basmati growers to not use the banned chemicals on the crop considering its export value. 

While the government has revised upward the retail prices of subsidised Bharat rice and wheat and extended sales of grain aimed at curbing rise in prices, it has abolished the practice of cash payments for sale of the commodities by agencies aimed at curbing diversion.

VOV.VN - The World Bank has pledged US$350 million loans to help Vietnam develop one million ha of low-carbon, high quality rice associated with green growth in 12 Mekong Delta localities.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has said there is no reason for rice retail prices to go up despite the enhanced southwest monsoon and super typhoon Carina.

Rice is a staple food across many cuisines, and India, among the world's largest producers

RICE prices could markedly fall next month as imports levied lower tariffs have started to arrive, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.