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Kenya : For farmers still holding maize! Cereals board raises price to Sh4,000

Kenyan maize farmers welcomed NCPB’s new buying price of Sh4,000 per 90 kg bag, offering relief after last season’s low prices. Experts...

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Rice News in English

Indonesia achieves rice self-sufficiency: Prabowo

Indonesia has officially achieved rice self-sufficiency as of December 31, 2025, President Prabowo Subianto announced, noting the target was met three years...

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Sugar News in English

Kenya opens its market to duty-free sugar imports

Kenya’s exit from the 24-year COMESA sugar safeguard opens the market to more duty-free imports, likely easing sugar prices. The Sugar Board...

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Rice News in English

Vietnam 2025 rice exports seen falling 11.5% on Philippines import ban

Vietnam’s rice exports are expected to drop 11.5 per cent to eight million tonnes in 2025 as shipments to the Philippines stopped...

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Sugar News in English

MSM Malaysia says low raw sugar prices bolster 2026 prospects

MSM Malaysia expects improved prospects in 2026 supported by lower global raw sugar prices, though challenges persist this year. Domestic demand is...

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Sugar News in English

Farmers reject Kenya Association of Manufacturers push to scrap sugar development levy

Kenyan sugar cane farmers have rejected KAM’s push to exempt industrial sugar importers from the 4% Sugar Development Levy, calling it illegal...

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Rice News in English

Vietnam exporters wary as Philippines extends rice import ban

The Philippines’ extension of its ban on regular and well-milled rice imports until end-2025 has unsettled Vietnamese exporters, as the country buys...

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Sugar News in English

Wilmar’s Indonesia unit charged for sugar import

Wilmar International’s Indonesian subsidiary, PT Duta Sugar International, has been charged alongside eight other sugar producers for alleged unlawful raw sugar imports...