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THE Agriculture department has recommended a temporary halt to rice imports and the imposition of higher tariffs to protect local farmers, a Palace official said on Monday.

July 30 (Reuters) - A very powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka coast on Wednesday

Millers allege secret import duty waivers initially crashed cost·DEALERS: Nigerians have abandoned bag of staple food for Derica measurement

The diversification of rice sales channels may have contributed to the surge in prices of the staple since last summer

Around 85 per cent of paddy plantation has been completed across districts of Gandaki Province by the last week of July, according to the Province Agriculture Development

RICE farmers in the Mawalla area of Moshi District, Kilimanjaro Region, are set to boost their earnings thanks to plans for a new paddy processing facility.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) does not expect a retail price increase in rice, even with the agricultural damage caused by tropical cyclones Crising

MADURAI: An increase in the off-season cultivation of Karuppu Kavuni paddy – a traditional variety widely opted by farmers across several districts such

Paddy growers in six districts of Punjab are yet again battling the dreaded dwarf virus that stunts the growth of the paddy crop and ultimately affects its yield. 

The government is revising Decree 107 to streamline regulations in rice trading, aiming to stabilize prices and improve livelihoods for millions of farmers.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has threatened to seize rice milling factories owned

The Telangana government has issued over seven lakh new ration cards, impacting 31 lakh citizens.

In Samdrup Jongkhar, some villagers of Chongtey and Mitsigshing in Orong Gewog are back in their paddy fields

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces an increasingly uphill battle in Sunday's upper house election

Rice or noodles should make up only a quarter of a meal as overconsumption can lead to health issues such as diabetes, researcher warns

Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are beginning to experience a slight reduction in the prices of staple food items, especially rice, across several markets.

Farmers say hungry birds are wiping out 90 per cent of crop in some fields