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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is seeking up to $500 million from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to facilitate its project to reduce post-harvest losses and bolster rice production.

The Japanese government plans to increase the country's rice exports by nearly eight-fold to 350,000 tons, worth 92.2 billion yen ($623 million)

PETALING JAYA: The domestic trade and cost of living ministry will enforce Section 5 of the Trade Descriptions Act 2011

PETALING JAYA: Some rice millers have allegedly been hoarding local white rice to enforce new payment terms, according to Mydin’s managing director, Ameer Ali Mydin.

Thailand is in talks with some countries, including India, to reduce competition, hoping to create a balance in rice prices in the global market and help farmers have stable income.

The commerce minister clarifies that though the government is promoting high-value crops like bananas, its priority remains stabilising rice prices

The government on Monday began soliciting bids for 150,000 tons of stockpiled rice reserved for emergency use, which is being released to rein in soaring prices.

Vietnamese and Thai 5% broken rice have seen declines of 38-45%, with Vietnam’s prices falling from 680-700 USD per tonne to 390-400 USD per tonne, an unprecedented decrease.

The Department of Agriculture declared a food security emergency last month after the National Price Coordinating Council issued a resolution urging such a critical move.

In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers from Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence have developed sustainable

Twelve years ago, rice breeders with Lundberg Family Farms crossed two rice plant “parents” in hopes of cultivating a better black pearl rice plant.

Rice farmers in the Black Bush Polder (BBP) on Tuesday blocked sections of the main access road at Lesbeholden

Thai government moves to stabilise rice prices by offering farmers new cash incentives for off-season crops, storage and higher purchase rates at government centres

400,000 households to benefit from 2.4 million 10kg bags for half a year

Every day, 98-year-old Melencio Maniego walks the narrow earthen banks between his 16-hectare rice fields to inspect his crops.