Cambodian PM succeeds in convincing China to raise rice quota
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that China has agreed to increase its import quota for Cambodian rice to 300,000 tonnes by next...
Vietnam to face rough weather in rice exports in wake of over supply
The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has warned that it would be difficult to export rice in 2017. Vietnamese rice inventory volume has reached nearly...
Brown rice prices unstable in Myanmar
Myanmar’s domestic market faces unsteady prices for brown rice due to Chinese buyers who have come to Ayeyawady Region to buy the rice directly,...
Philippines Agriculture Department urges NFA for immediate rice imports
The Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) is urging for the immediate import of the 250,000 Metric Tonnes (MT) of rice that will serve as...
Japan’s Fukushima sees farmer plant rice for 1st time since nuclear disaster
Farmers have started planting rice for business purposes in a village in Fukushima Prefecture for the first time since the 2011 disaster at the...
Iran’s rice output estimated to rise by 10 to 15%
According to the Head of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Mazandaran Province, Mr. Delavar Heydarpour,Iran’s rice production is estimated to increase by 10-15% in the...
Pakistani rice exporters’ delegation eyeing lucrative deals in Saudi Arabia
A 14-member joint delegation of Pak-Saudi Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PSJCCI) and Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) headed by their Vice...
Bangladesh rice farmers face huge losses as brick kiln chimney explosion destroys paddy
Bangladesh’s paddy farmers in Naogaon are facing losses worth hundreds of thousands of taka as toxic fumes from an explosion of a brick kiln...
Indonesian Minister advises Bulog to stop selling commercial rice
Indonesia’s Minister of Agriculture Mr. Amran Sulaiman has made sure that there is no price increase on basic commodities, including rice. He said that...
Bangladesh Govt. to cut tariff on rice imports amid crop losses
Bangladesh’s Food Ministry on Tuesday sent a letter to its National Board of Revenue (NBR) requesting it to cut the import tariffs on rice,...
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