Expected fall in rice output could clear way for prolonged export curbs by IndiaProduction in India, the world's largest rice exporter, is under unusually intense focus after New Delhi banned exports of non-basmati whit...
01 Nov, 2023, 03.05 PM IST
Indian rice prices fall to five-year low as rupee weakensTop exporter India’s 5 percent broken parboiled variety was quoted at $351-$356 per tonne, down from $353-$358 last week.
12 Dec, 2021, 10.28 AM IST
India's record rice crop brings problem of plenty for farmers juggling protestThe sit-in against controversial agriculture reforms is taking place in the capital, miles away from the five acres (2 hectares) of lush gr...
26 Oct, 2021, 01.25 PM IST
One grain is keeping the world’s food crisis from getting worseIndia, the world’s biggest supplier, has harvested record amounts of rice for the past few years and has been shipping them at low prices.
07 May, 2021, 08.49 AM IST
Non-basmati rice exporters see huge demand as prices increase in Vietnam and ThailandIn the first four months of FY21, non-basmati rice exports from India were up by 35% compared with the same period of FY20.
31 Aug, 2020, 09.32 PM IST
Chili smoke to protect farms from wild animals in MaharashtraThe state forest department pays about Rs 5 crore annually to farmers as compensation for crop depredation by wild animals.
29 Aug, 2014, 01.08 AM IST
Avanti Feeds rides high on soaring demand for shrimpAvanti Feeds, which is in the business of shrimps exports and feed, has seen heightened investor interest over past few months between 65% ...
20 Feb, 2014, 11.51 AM IST
Top reasons why rice stocks will be in demand this yearSudip Bandyopadhyay, President, Destimoney Securities, shares his views on the reasons why rice stocks will have a great run at the stock m...
06 Nov, 2013, 05.32 PM IST
- ‘Rice only Asian crop at risk from El Nino’
Rice is the only crop in Asia at risk of potential damage from El Nino as the weather phenomenon, which reduces rainfall, weakens.
27 Jan, 2010, 03.25 AM IST
Rice surprise - the Indian moveFor India, as well as the rest of the world, the season of surprises in the rice trade has just begun.
06 Nov, 2009, 12.36 AM IST
- India-ASEAN free trade pact may get delayed further
Signing of India-ASEAN free trade agreement is likely to get delayed further as fresh differences have cropped up between New Delhi and the...
19 Feb, 2009, 09.41 PM IST
- Thai crisis set to delay Indo-Asean trade pact
The ongoing political crisis in Thailand is putting question marks on whether the India-Asean free trade agreement will be signed at the en...
27 Oct, 2008, 03.35 AM IST
- Malaysia may ban local rice from being taken out of country due to shortage fears
Malaysia might ban taking locally grown rice out of the country in a bid to stave off fears of a shortage caused by a global food crisis, a...
05 May, 2008, 11.49 AM IST
- Asian countries adopt measures to tame spiraling rice prices
Asian countries sought to tame the spiraling rice market, with Thailand proposing an OPEC-style cartel for exporters and the Philippines sh...
03 May, 2008, 09.21 AM IST
- Government panic stokes inflation
When inflation accelerates, governments tend to panic and the trouble is that the panic itself has become a new cause of further inflation....
06 Apr, 2008, 11.35 AM IST
- Government panic stokes inflation
When inflation accelerates, as is the case today, governments across the globe tend to panic and rush out with anti-inflationary packages.
06 Apr, 2008, 04.55 AM IST
- Sikkim in talks with foreign players for floriculture hub
The state government is in talks with the Orchid Growers’ Society of Thailand to sign an MoU, under which training will be imparted for var...
06 Nov, 2007, 04.01 AM IST