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"With rice prices skyrocketing when nobody can make money in the markets, many people complain they can't put food on the table," a source told Daily NK

SANTA CLARA, Cuba, July 1 (ACN) Increasing rice planting

Rice price continues to soar in the local market despite the government’s efforts to make the market stable.

Rice prices in South Korea have risen more than 13% above the seasonal average due to a supply shortage caused by reduced production last year. 

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday announced that the state has achieved its highest-ever paddy procurement

Kathmandu, July 2 -- With monsoon rains damaging roads and farmers getting busy in transplanting paddy, prices of most of the green vegetables in Kathmandu valley have started soaring.

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says more needs to be done to ensure price stability in the rice market. 

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is targeting to purchase stocks of corn to supplement its rice supply by 2026.

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — India and China are rapidly expanding grain storage capacity as the nations seek to increase food security and continue down the road toward self-sufficiency. 

Japan faces abnormally high rice prices, as US president says 'I have great respect for Japan, they won’t take our RICE, and yet they have a massive rice shortage'

Environmental awareness and willingness to purchase sustainably produced foods do not always translate to actual sales.

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki’s rice farm

Government measures to bring down the cost of Japan's staple food appear to be bearing fruit.

Fake ST25, winner of the World’s Best Rice contest in 2019, is widespread in Vietnam and sold at 40% less than the price of the authentic grain.

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday led the inauguration of the Rice Processing System

Turkey is grappling with a significant water challenge: 186 of its 240 lakes have vanished in just 60 years. 

India's stash of rice is running at the highest for this time in at least two decades, raising the risk it will run out of room to store it all as another record crop looms.