Punjab covered 3.41 lakh acres under direct sowing of rice against a 5 lakh-acre target, despite 16% growth from 2025. Around 26,896...
Vietnam’s rice export price is estimated at $473.6 per tonne, down 8.6%, amid geopolitical and logistics challenges. Domestic rice prices remained stable...
Vietnam exported 4.5 million tonnes of rice worth $2.09 billion in the first five months of 2026, with volumes rising but values...
Iraq has expanded rice cultivation to its largest area in four years after improved rainfall and river inflows boosted water reserves from...
RS Pura Basmati sowing has begun across Jammu and Kashmir, covering nearly 63,000 hectares in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts. GI-tagged Jammu...
Kerala farmers in Wayanad are looking to revive cultivation of GI-tagged aromatic rice varieties Gandhakasala and Jeerakasala through exports after APEDA facilitated...
Punjab Agricultural University is promoting Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) to conserve water, reduce labor, and lower cultivation costs. Through farmer awareness programs,...
Paddy Marketing Board will sell part of its 115,000 metric tonnes of rice stocks through open tenders after Cabinet approval. Sri Lanka...
Bangladesh has approved 2026–27 monsoon crop cultivation targets, prioritizing Aus and Aman rice production to strengthen food security. The government also set...