A newly released short-duration rice variety, ADT 59, is gaining traction among delta farmers for its high yield, salinity ...

Asia’s benchmark rice price dropped to the lowest level in almost eight years, signaling potentially lower food bills ahead ...

West Bengal aims to surpass record paddy production with early rains and increased sowing targets for 2025-26 season.

Rice and Poha are common grains in India. They vary in texture and how they are made. Poha has more nutrients because of how ...

Central rice stocks have reached 37.48 MT, the highest in 20 years—over three times the buffer. Rising procurement under free ...

Despite rice being the staple food for more than half of the world's population, its cultivation remains highly ...

Imported rice arrivals slid by 7 percent to 2.17 million metric tons (MMT) in the first semester, according to the Department ...

Records show state purchases go back to the British colonial days when growers were told to sell two bushels (41.74 kg) per acre in Maha and a bushel in Yala. The guaranteed price was set in 1948 ...

All of these raise questions over the government’s annual commitments to self-sufficiency in paddy and rice production by ...

Food and Supplies Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak said that at present there is a shortage of covered godowns in Punjab in proportion to the grain and they have sent a proposal to the central government ...