Topic: Rice Farming

State seeks to improve stubbornly low rice prices

Tweet The government plans to push the average price of exported rice to US$700 a tonne and reap revenue of 200 billion baht by focusing on quality...
scale rice farmers in the country are set to receive a shot in the arm after the government of Japan donated rice milling machines worth Sh4.05...

Rice scheme extended to June 30

Tweet The Commerce Ministry will extend the rice mortgage scheme at the same guaranteed price until June 30.. . The current programme is scheduled...

LCRA draft water plan, comment until Feb. 9

The Lower Colorado River Authority has offered a draft water plan meant to increase reserves and better manage supplies during a drought.. . Public ...
Releasing a new proposed model for managing its water, the Lower Colorado River Authority published its draft water plan Tuesday, detailing...
CABINET minister Njeru Githae has petitioned the government to write off a Sh1.2 billion debt owed to a water service parastatal by rice farmers in...
Under a year since a huge tsunami inundated paddy fields in Japan with salty sludge, scientists are near to developing locally-adapted...
Dr. Volker Kleinhenz has just published two business plans for typical rice production systems in Southeast Asia at his Agriculture Website. One...

Indonesia fears future rice shortage

Indonesia's young shun farming for the modern life, casting a shadow of worry over the country's future food security.. . "Indonesia fears future...

Floods threaten Sri Lanka rice crop

At least eight people are killed and over a million more are affected in floods in the north of Sri Lanka. There are fears the rice crop could be...