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Food inflation continues to simmer in Nepal largely due to higher rice prices and other food items.

In a bid to level the playing field, US senators have objected to the subsidies for wheat and rice in India. India has opened up its market to the American farming industry in as many as 12 different categories, as confirmed by a Biden administration trade official. 

SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has shipped this year's first batch of rice to countries suffering from food shortages, aiming to provide 100,000 tons of rice to 11 nations, the agricultural ministry said Wednesday.

Barely 8,294 metric tonnes of the rice grains were delivered as against the target of 93,575 metric tonnes of rice so far. Show-cause notices were served against 19 mills that did not return the grains a few days ago.

Rice meant for the poor diverted to poultry farms, eateries, black market in Telangana. Crackdown on smuggling with 45 FIRs. Brokers purchase at low prices, sell high. Siddi Vinayaka Industries among sources.

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture is making efforts to accelerate electricity connection to reach rice field areas to supply energy for optimizing irrigation water pumping.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho wants to enhance cooperation with SunRice, Australia’s largest rice production and distribution group, so as to improve production efficiency and income for local farmers, Chairman of the city People’s Committee Duong Tan Hien said on April 3.

Indian Customs officials tightening export procedures to prevent under-invoicing complicates situation

JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) revealed that rice prices in March 2024 were still experiencing monthly inflation of 2.06 percent and contributed 0.9 percent of inflation.

New Delhi: The government has approved inclusion of wheat and rice under its price stabilization fund (PSF) after it started selling Bharat atta and rice as part of its retail intervention in a bid to tame inflation as prices are soaring ahead of general elections, a government official said.

The Rice Millers Association (RMA), Punjab, on Wednesday, alleged corruption in the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and demanded a CBI inquiry.

The following article was translated using both Microsoft Azure Open AI and Google Translation AI. The original article can be found in Awal Ramadhan, Harga Pangan di Makassar Melonjak

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