Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena instructed the State Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Ministry Secretary Pradeep Yasaratne to investigate the allegations of providing substandard rice and accepting money in the government’s free rice distribution programme.
Amid several measures to help enhance rice production, the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) is planning to introduce artificial rainfall to paddy fields.
PETALING JAYA: An anti-graft watchdog has called on the government to take action against former Kuala Krai MP Ismail Said for disposing of staple food items at a dumpsite in Temerloh, Pahang.
LONG AN, Vietnam (AP) — There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: It isn’t entirely flooded.
Following the recent rebound of the naira against the dollar, the price of a 50 kilogramme bag of rice has dropped to an average of N67,000 in Lagos, Abuja, Ogun, and others, from about N90,000 in February 2024.
Farmers inspect rice seedlings at a nursery of an agricultural cooperative in Icheon, 58 km southeast of Seoul, on April 18, 2024, ahead of the rice planting season.
BACOLOD CITY – Drought has dried up some 3,241 hectares of rice and corn fields in 24 local government units (LGUs) across Negros Occidental, latest data from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) showed.
The Mekong Delta province of An Giang and the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation on April 15 held a workshop to introduce the project ‘Transforming Rice Value Chains for Climate Resilient and Sustainable Development in the Mekong Delta’ (TRVC).
Oil prices have seen significant strength through March and early April. ICE Brent broke above US$90/bbl, trading at its highest level since October. Growing tension in the Middle East is obviously one reason for the boost. However, that increased geopolitical risk comes at a time when the oil market was already set to tighten.
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.
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