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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has held vastly differing views on Brazil’s corn and soybean production than its Brazilian counterpart Conab, but now the U.S. agency has taken a mild approach in reducing Argentina’s corn crop while other industry estimates are diving.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam is searching for a loan of US$360 million (equivalent to VND9 trillion) from the World Bank to carry out a US$470 million plan to cultivate one million hectares of high-quality rice.

A LOCAL franchisor is urging Filipinos to go into the business of rice retailing as payback could be seen within eight to 10 months.

Are you wondering about the current price of a bag of rice in Nigeria? Look no further. This article provides you with the most recent information on rice prices across the country as of April 2nd, 2024

An Iranian trade official has admitted that trade with India, one of its key partners, has dropped by up to a third due to global sanctions.

Indonesia’s state-owned PT Pupuk Indonesia will invest more than $6 billion to boost fertilizer supply as part of a bid to temper food costs.

For over two centuries, Haiti has encountered innumerable political and economic crises, installed from without and taking shape within. Yet the people of the small Caribbean nation — formed in the throes of the only successful slave revolt in modern history, forming the first Black Republic 

More than 1,000 merchant ships have transited Ukraine’s seven-and-a-half-month-old grain corridor in the Black Sea, making the new export channel more productive than the earlier United Nations-backed Black Sea Grain Initiative. 

For the seventh consecutive month in February, world food commodity price benchmarks have declined as lower international prices for all major cereals more than offset rising sugar and meat prices, according to the latest report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The United States is committed to addressing global challenges and crises to build a secure, open, connected, and prosperous world that delivers on the issues that matter most to the livelihoods and security of the American people.

More than 600 million people in Muslim-majority countries do not have enough food as the holy month of Ramadan begins, according to data compiled by Islamic Relief.

We assessed agricultural practices in China to identify workable solutions for sustainably feeding the Chinese population. 

Mr. Adeola Soetan ( Project Co-ordinator, Feed Nigeria Initiative, FNI, in an interview with FoodBusiness International Magazine, Vol. 1 No 8, 2009)

From l to r: Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, African Union Commission; Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence

Four years after its enactment, Republic Act 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) necessitates a peek on how it impacted Filipino rice farmers and the Filipinos in general. It can be done best by gauging its impact according to its objectives. Take note that there was a rice supply shortage during the pandemic.

Thai society was shocked when well-known serial petitioner Srisuwan Janya, who has been a thorn in the flesh of the powers that be for years, was arrested on January 28 on an extortion charge. 

As many as 161 merchants had been granted certificates of eligibility for exporting rice as of January 22, decreasing from mid-2023, reported the Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).