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In an effort to curb rising prices, the Union government has launched the second phase of retail sales for Bharat Atta and Bharat Rice.

Farmers bringing their produce to purchasing centers are encountering difficulties, with many forced to sell to rice millers at distress prices due to concerns about impending rains.

Its rice! Rice is one of the world's most important staple foods, nourishing billions of people across diverse cultures and cuisines. 

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Hyderabad:BJP legislature party leader Alleti Maheshwar Reddy said the categorisation of the millers has been made with an eye on cutting deals. He further asked as to why paddy was being allocated to default millers. 

With the gentle advent of the Cold Dew solar term, heavy rice ears have drooped throughout vast lands with 1.22 million mu (81,333.33 hectares) of rice in Tianchang city, Chuzhou, Anhui province, officially entering the full harvesting period.

(SGI) - Some people have expressed surprise at Vietnam’s near $1 billion expenditure on rice imports in the early months of this year, especially considering the country is one of the world’s top rice exporters. Does this represent a paradox in Vietnam's rice import-export dynamics, or is the nation entering a new phase in its rice strategy?

EGAZPI CITY — The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday urged farmers to harvest their rice and corn crops as Tropical Depression Kristine approaches the Philippines.

The short-duration paddy variety, PR126, which is projected as the solution to Punjab’s falling water table, is not finding favour with rice millers of the state who are apprehensive about its out-turn ratio, stating that these may have been mixed with hybrid varieties.

The government machinery has initiated measures to auction properties of rice mills that defaulted on delivering custom milled rice (CMR) in the Khammam.

MANILA, Philippines — Retail prices of rice can go down to P43 per kilo if the government cuts the layers of middlemen before the commodity reaches the markets, farmers’ group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) said over the weekend.

MANILA – The retail prices of rice are expected to decline by as much as PHP5 to PHP7 at the onset of 2025 with the anticipated signing of amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., a lawmaker said on Thursday.

As Nigerians face significant hunger, the Federal Government has released the required documents to access the subsidized price of N40,000 for a 50kg bag of milled rice.

PUTRAJAYA: The country’s rice self-sufficiency rate (SSR) and per capita consumption (PCC) are 56.2 per cent and 76.7kg per year, respectively, based on the new calculation method for SSR and PCC, according to the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry.

The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the extension of the free fortified rice scheme from July 2024 to December 2028, construction of the National Maritime Maritime Heritage Complex at Lothal in Gujarat and construction of 2,280km roads in border areas of Rajasthan and Punjab.

The Federal Government on Thursday in Abeokuta began the sale of rice at a subsidised rate in Ogun.

This initiative aims to elevate the profile and competitiveness of EU rice in this important market, targeting consumers, food industry professionals, nutritionists, and influencers through a range of promotional efforts