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FCI's economic cost of handling rice and wheat is set to rise, pushing up food subsidy costs due to higher procurement and storage expenses.

YANGON: Myanmar is taking a big step toward sustainable agriculture as the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) initiates the use of solar power in rice mills.

Demand for rice in Japan in the year through June was 7.11 million tons, 380,000 tons more than initial government projections made last year, the farm ministry said Wednesday.

India’s Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has released updated figures on the sowing progress of Kharif crops as of July 25, 2025

Ministry of Agriculture gazette notice on duty-free importation of 500,000 metric tonnes of Grade 1 Milled White Rice by 31st December 2025.

Agricultural losses caused by the combined effects of tropical storms Crising

Despite a record Boro harvest, rice prices in Bangladesh remain unusually high, raising questions about market manipulation amid weak monitoring as well as regulation.

India’s rice sowing has remained robust despite below-normal monsoon conditions in recent weeks.

JAKARTA: The government is planning to scrap the rice quality classifications of medium and premium to tackle a recent surge in illegal blending across the country.

The coverage of the Marcos administration’s P20 per kilo rice initiative—currently accessible to members of vulnerable sectors—will include middle-class families by 2026

Today, Thailand rice is at par with Indian prices, about $360-375 a tonne, which was never the case

Zero-tariff US rice imports could harm Taiwan’s rice industry, farming groups said, while urging reforms to the public grain purchasing system

The General Economics Division of the Planning Commission's July 2025 Economic Update highlights persistent pressure from staple food item

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s program of P20 per kilo of rice has created “so much injustice”

The Government is set to scale up efforts to improve the quality of rice in the Food Corporation of India (FCI) stock. 

Jakarta. The government will release 1.3 million tons from its government rice reserves to stabilize prices following the end of the main harvest season

MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines has not removed tariffs on imports from the United States of corn