Tag: rice
Farmers lose as government rushes to control food inflation for consumers
The Narendra Modi-led government at the Center is leaving no stone unturned to prevent...
FAO forecasts higher world cereal total utilization
World cereal total utilization in 2023/24 is forecast at 2 813 million tonnes, up...
FAO forecasts 3.6 MT more world cereal production in 2023
The forecast for world cereal production in 2023 has been raised by 3.6 million...
Votes of paddy and wheat farmers fail the mathematics of MSP
The competition between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to win the elections...
Prices of essential food items to remain stable in festival season: Govt
Prices of essential food items, including sugar and edible oils, will remain stable...
Decision to continue Minimum Export Price of $ 1200 per tonne on Basmati prompts exporters stop buying
Government has decided to continue the Minimum Export Price (MEP) condition of $...
Sugar prices hit 13-year high in int'l market; wheat, rice, edible oils cheaper
The prices of edible oils, dairy and meat products decreased in the international...
Need of the hour: Bharat Ratna for father of the green revolution
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, a man whose name became synonymous with progress, innovation,...
Paddy acreage up 3pc to 411.52 lakh hectare so far this kharif sowing season, pulses area down 5pc
Area under paddy has gone up nearly 3 per cent so far in the ongoing kharif sowing...
Paddy sowing area falls by 10 pc, Arhar by 42 pc
The area under paddy has improved with the onset of monsoon, while the sowing of...
Global food output set for expansion: FAO
While food imports by advanced economies continue to expand, the import bill for...
Decrease in area under rice, pulse, oilseeds cultivation
Preliminary report of area coverage under Kharif crops as on June 02, 2023, shows...
Food commodity prices down in global market; rice, sugar prices up
Food commodity prices in the global market declined in May, with a drop in the prices...
3305.34 lakh tonne foodgrain production for 2022-23, says latest estimate
The Third Advance Estimates of production of major crops for agricultural year 2022-23...
Foodgrain output seen at record 323.55 million tonnes in 2022-23 crop year; wheat output at 112 mn tonnes
India's foodgrain production is estimated at an all-time high of 323.55 million...
Climate change to hit farm output, pose threat to food security
A new study conducted by agriculture economists and scientists at the Punjab Agricultural...
