UP government bans the use of 11 pesticides damaging India’s rice quality
By ANI The Uttar Pradesh government is enforcing a fresh ban on the use of eleven pesticides that damage India’s
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COMMODITIES
After exports resume to Bangladesh, rice price rises in Kolkata markets; households shift to cheaper varieties
By Subhro Niyogi & Krishnendu Bandhyopadhyay Rice prices in Bengal and other parts of India have witnessed a surge since
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Odisha government in a bind as FCI stops lifting rice quota
By Bijoy Pradhan Sitting over a surplus stockpile of 23 lakh tonne custom-milled rice (CMR), and the Food Corporation of
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India’s unloading of 20m tonnes of rice will plunge Thai prices, exporter warns
The Thai Rice Exporters Association has warned that Thai rice prices are likely to plunge further next month after the
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European farmers facing higher costs after EU tariffs on Russian fertiliser imports
By Alexander Marrow EU tariffs on Russian fertiliser imports that aim to cut funding for Moscow’s war in Ukraine have so
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IIT (BHU), Integral University team develops cost-effective method to grow microalgae for higher biofuel yield, boosting clean energy efforts
By Binay Singh In a step towards cleaner and cheaper energy, researchers from IIT (BHU) Varanasi and Integral University, Lucknow,
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Wheat imports remain critical in Middle East
By Chris Lyddon The Middle East, which spans parts of Western Asia and Egypt in North Africa, has a population
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Tamil Nadu: Five held with 2,200kg of smuggle ration rice in Erode
Cops attached to the district Civil Supplies Crime Investigation Department (Civil Supplies-CID) on Thursday arrested five people for smuggling 2,200kg
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Germany launches US$2.9M initiative to boost climate-smart rice production in Nigeria
The German government has launched the Carbon Offsetting Rice Emissions (CORE) Project, a €2.5 million (US$2.9M) initiative aimed at supporting 12,000 smallholder
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US to rule on biofuel waivers, but big oil refiners may need to wait, sources say
By Jarrett Renshaw President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to rule on a growing backlog of requests from small oil refiners
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