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MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The National Food Authority (NFA) in Region 7 has begun distributing subsidized rice to local government units (LGUs)

Chinese scientists have discovered a key gene that significantly improves rice’s tolerance to extreme heat while preserving grain quality and boosting yields 

NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (Reuters) -Thai farmer Daeng Donsingha was already worried for her family of nine when rice prices in the world's second-largest exporter of the staple crashed this year after India resumed exports. 

A new economics study shows the potential for an ancient process to develop new domestic demand for rice and offset declining exports.

CHANGSHA — A team of students in China recently gave suggestions as to what rice might have tasted like in the country two millennia ago

Which is healthiest: Brown or white rice?

VIETRISA Chairman Bui Ba Bong said that the launch is a strategic turning point in building the Vietnamese rice brand

THE Presidential Palace on Thursday said that it is still ironing out logistics issues to eventually roll out the government’s P20-per-kilogram rice program nationwide.

Rwanda’s annual rice imports surged from 417,862 tonnes in 2023, to 508,852 tonnes in 2024 – implying a 21 per cent rise

Nigerians may experience some reprieve again in the prices of foreign parboiled rice following a global glut in major producing countries.

Thai farmer Daeng Donsingha was already worried for her family of nine when rice prices in the world’s second-largest exporter of the staple crashed this year after India resumed exports.

(All rates in Rs/quintal): Rice Fine 4,000-7,400: Medium 3,900-,5,500: Jowar 3,000-3,500: Jaggery cube 4,500-5,000

Rice prices in eastern Bangladesh have decreased by 16% in ten days. 

Rice is a staple food for over half of the people on the planet. It ranks as the third most widely grown cereal crop

Rice farmers along the Essequibo Coast continue to voice frustration over the worsening conditions under which they are forced to operate, with several alleging that the current purchasing and grading systems are stifling their livelihoods.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) will issue a notice to explain order to rice and pork retailers who did not comply with the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP).

New research has found that brown rice has a higher concentration of arsenic than white rice in the U.S