Packaged Rice Market in India Grows 67% in Two Years, Finds Study
Packaged rice is becoming increasingly popular in India, growing about 67% in terms of volume and about 60% in value in two years, according to the U.K.-based food and drinks research organization Mintel.
View ArticlePhilippines to Accept 2013 Rice Import Applications from April 10
The Philippines’ rice importing agency, the National Food Authority (NFA), will begin receiving applications for imports of 163,000 tons of rice on April 10, 2013. Licensed importers, farmer...
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Vietnam Rice Exporters Face Gloomy Months Ahead
Rice exports may not fetch good returns for exporters and farmers this year due to increasing competition from Thailand and India, according to the chairman of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).
View ArticleVietnam Rice Sellers Lower Most of Their Quotes; Pakistan Rice Sellers Lower...
Vietnam rice sellers lowered most of their quotes by about $5 -$10 per ton today. Pakistan rice sellers lowered their quotes for 25% broken rice and 100% broken rice by about $5 per ton each to about...
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Oryza Exclusive: Aerobic Rice Cultivation Saves 37% Water in India-U.S. Joint...
March 22, 2013 went by without much ado in the international scene, though it has been observed by the UN as the World Water Day since 1993. Moreover, few know that 2013 has been declared as the...
View ArticleOver 20 Children Die in India After Consuming Insecticide-Laced Rice
Over 20 school-going children and some school officials have died in India’s Bihar state after consuming insecticide-laced rice in lunch yesterday at a primary school as a part of the government...
View ArticleFood Corporation of India Understaffed to Implement Food Security Law
The Indian government is on the verge of enacting the Food Security Law, the world’s largest food security program.
View ArticleRainfall Recovery to Boost Rice Production in Eastern India
After remaining below normal for much of this year’s monsoon period, rainfall is expected to recover in key rice producing eastern states of India, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
View ArticleIndia Food Minister Clears Ambiguity Over Food Security Bill
Emboldened by surplus food grain stocks in the central pool for the last few years, the ruling coalition party in India finally tabled the ambitious Food Security Bill (Food Bill) in the Parliament...
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India Rice Stocks in Central Pool Stand at 26.6 Million Tons, Up 4% from Last...
Rice stocks in India’s central pool as of September 1, 2013 stand at around 26.6 million tons (including milled equivalent of about 9.3 million tons of paddy), up almost 4% from around 25.6 million...
View ArticleIndia Food Bill, Land Acquisition Bill Will Help Farmers, Says PM
India’s Prime Minister says that the two Bills recently passed by the Parliament – the National Food Security Bill and the Land Acquisition Bill – will prove to be major steps forward for farmers in...
View ArticleFood Corporation of India Prepared to Implement Food Security Law, Says Food...
After a review of the preparedness of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the Food Minister said today that FCI is fully prepared for implementing the recently enacted Food Security Law.
View ArticleIndia Scientists Use Vietnamese Rice Plant to Develop Blast-Resistant Rice...
Scientists in India’s Directorate of Rice Research (DRR) have used a resistant gene (Pi-54) found in Vietnamese rice variety (Tetep) to develop rice varieties that are naturally resistant to the blast...
View ArticleIndia State Plans Vending Machines For Distribution of PDS Rice
The Chief Minister of India’s northern state of Delhi says that the local government is planning to distribute Public Distribution Rice (PDS) rice and other food grains through vending machines to...
View ArticleIndia Develops Two New Hybrid Rice Varieties
India’s Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has developed new hybrid rice varieties that have higher yields and are more nutritious compared to other rice varieties in the southern state of Kerala.
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India PM Urges People to Drop Prejudice Against GM Crops
The Indian Prime Minister (PM) says that Genetically Modified (GM) crops have great potential to improve yields and while safety is important people should not succumb to unscientific prejudices...
View ArticleIndia States Fail to Utilize Foodgrain Allocations Under PDS
Most of the Indian states lag behind in utilizing the complete quota of food grains (mostly rice and wheat) allocated by the central government under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
View ArticleIndia Government Approves Field Trials of Genetically Modified Rice
India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has approved scientific field trials of nearly 200 transgenic varieties of genetically modified (GM) food crops including rice, wheat, maize, castor...
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