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VOV.VN - Vietnam exported nearly 46,000 tonnes of rice to the EU market worth US$41.4 million during the first quarter of the year, representing an increase of nearly 118% against the same period from last year, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is seeking a 15 percent increase in the budget of its national rice program (NRP) next year to further boost local rice production and ensure country’s food stocks.

BANGKOK – The rice-pledging scheme, which was once a political controversy that led to the fall of the Yingluck Shinawatra government, has once again become a political issue and has reignited debates about whether rice from years ago is still edible today.

Floods that have killed at least 85 people in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul have completely halted operations in three ports as well as put a stop to nearly all logistical operations in the state.

Rice planting could be delayed in areas hit by El Niño, an agriculture official said on Monday.

MANILA, Philippines — The retail price of rice will not return to its previous level of P40 per kilo as the prevailing cost in the market remains high, farmers’ group Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) national manager Raul Montemayor said yesterday.