Paddy transplantation in Nepal has reached 32.38% of the target area, down from 45% a year earlier, due to delayed monsoon rains....
Myanmar exported over 529,000 tonnes of rice and broken rice in the first quarter of FY2026–27, earning US$167 million. The government and...
Bangladesh produced a record 17.3 million tonnes of Aman rice in FY2025–26, driven by expanded cultivation of high-yielding and hybrid varieties, favourable...
Japan’s three-month rice price outlook remained bearish in June, with the price index at 19, below the 50 threshold for the ninth...
Punjab is grappling with a critical foodgrain storage shortage, with government and private storage facilities already full. The crisis has delayed rice...
Despite record food grain stocks, the Indian government has not earmarked rice and wheat for open market e-auctions in FY2026–27, citing uncertainty...
Pakistan told lawmakers that the Afghan border closure and Middle East conflict have caused more than $3 billion in export losses. Officials...
The Punjab Rice Millers Exporters Association has urged the Centre to maintain the current Geographical Indication (GI) area for Basmati rice, opposing...
India’s kharif paddy area may decline as below-normal monsoon rainfall and the return of El Niño slow sowing. Reduced acreage could lower...