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Rice farmer groups in the Greater Accra and Volta regions are advocat­ing the cultivation of new varieties of rice to enable access to improved rice seeds.

Rice Farmers in Edozhigi, Gbako LGA of Niger State, said they have adopted early planting of rice this rainy season as a proactive measure to escape from the annual flood disaster they've been experiencing lately.

As Centre stopped the sale of rice to Karnataka and other states under the Open Market Sale Scheme – Domestic (OMSS-D), and asked the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to auction the grain, the latter is struggling to find buyers.

The Congress on Monday lashed out at the Modi government, accusing it of playing "petty and vindictive" politics on the issue of food security and sabotaging the Karnataka Congress' guarantee of providing free rice to the poor

GLOBALLY, around 8 percent of global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions are produced by growing rice.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia may export at least 55 million tonnes of grain in the 2023/24 marketing season, slightly less than the estimated record-breaking 57 million tonnes in the just finished 2022/23 season, Arkady Zlochevsky, head of Russia’s Grain Union, said on Monday.

The European Union is considering a proposal for the Russian Agricultural Bank to set up a subsidiary to reconnect to the global financial network as a sop to Moscow, the Financial Times said on Monday.

A change in transport and logistics in the wake of the pandemic . The transport and logistics sector will see growth of 4% in 2023 and 3% in 2024.

VLADIVOSTOK, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Russia wrapped up its 2022-2023 agricultural year with an estimated record of 58-59 million tons of grain exports, reported RIA Novosti on Monday.

The agriculture sector remains determined to fulfill its set targets, focusing efforts on boosting exports and implementing three major programmes – the resolution on agriculture, farmers and rural areas, the strategy for sustainable rural development, and agricultural restructuring in the second half of the year, heard a press conference on July 3 in Hanoi.

Earlier on June 30 in 2022, the Commerce Ministry imposed a ban on export of aromatic rice to control its price in the local market

The Korean government will invite ministers from eight African countries to Seoul, July 10, for a meeting about the "K-Rice Belt," the agriculture ministry said Monday. 

The Punjab Agriculture Department enlisted 'kisan Mitra' (farmers' friend) to provide technical advice on growing basmati. Their goal this year is to acquire 600,000 hectares for rice cultivation.