Rice & Wheat Production

• India's National Cooperative Export Ltd to Ship 1,600 Tonnes of White Rice to Singapore

  The development comes after fruitful negotiations with Singapore's aggregator, marking a milestone in bilateral trade relations.…

• Indian Rice Exporters to Face Challenges Amid Policy Uncertainties: Know More

  Indian rice exporters are balancing policy uncertainties, supply constraints, and market dynamics. Optimism remains for the potential easing of restrictions.…

• Wheat Yield Expected to Increase in These States Due to Favorable Weather Conditions

  The prevailing weather conditions, coupled with positive sowing trends, paint a promising picture of wheat yield in Northern India.…

• 2.84 LMT Wheat, 5830 MT Rice Sold During 21st E-Auction Under Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic)

  During the 21st e-auction under the Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic), a total of 2,334 bidders acquired 2.84 lakh metric tons (LMT) of wheat and 5,830 metric tons (MT) of rice.…

• FAO Proposes Four Nations to Mitigate Impact of Indian Rice Export Constraints

  Global rice reserves to increase this year on accumulation by New Delhi.…

• 9 Popular Rice Varieties in India

  India boasts a diverse range of rice varieties, from the fragrant Basmati to the nutritious red rice, each lending its unique character to traditional and modern Indian cuisine.…

• AP Govt Making Efforts to Supply Water to Benefit Farmers, Said Officials

  The assertion has been made that the government has devised an essential strategy to safeguard the crops cultivated by farmers.…

• How to Identify Plastic Rice

  Protect your health by using water, boiling, and flame tests to easily spot plastic rice imitations in your meals.…

• 'Plastic Rice' Rumour Causes Panic in Goa, Govt Provides Clarity on Fortified Rice

  The Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs issued a clarification about fortified rice.…

• India Grants Non-Basmati Rice Exports to Bhutan, Mauritius, and Singapore

  The export has been authorized through the National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL), under the provisions of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992, and the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015 – 2020, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification.…

• Price Reduction for Wheat and Rice under Domestic Open Market Scheme

  The price of fortified rice has been reduced from ₹34/kg to ₹31/kg, while wheat is now priced at ₹21.50/kg instead of its previous price of ₹22.50/kg.…

• Rice Exports of Most Varieties May be Banned in India: Report

  India, the largest rice exporter globally, is contemplating a ban on the majority of rice varieties for export due to the re-emergence of El Niño weather patterns, potentially intensifying already high global rice prices caused by erratic rainfall in key rice-growing regions.…

• Centre's Rice Allocation Policy Receives Support from Opposition-Ruled States

  Despite low demand in rice auctions, 16 states back the government's policy, while Karnataka's request for additional rice is denied. Awareness about the auction process is being raised among potential buyers.…

• Traders Evaluate Russia Risks: Pushing Wheat Prices to Four-Month High

  The wheat price has reached its highest point in four months due to the recent uprising in Russia. Also, it has been traders evaluating Russia's risks and uncertainty about grain shipments from the Black Sea region.…

• Food Ministry Refutes Congress’ Claims, Assures Safety of Fortified Rice

  Claims stating that Niti Aayog opposed fortified rice are unfounded and lack any factual basis in the reports.…

• Punjab's Wheat Yields Remain Satisfactory Despite the Rain

  Apart from the areas affected by hailstorms, the yield is between 21 to 25 quintals per acre. Around 10% of the total crop area of 3.49 million hectares has been harvested, with harvesting expected to increase in the upcoming week.…

• Experts Urge Farmers to Embrace DSR Method for Rice Sowing to Enhance Crop Yield

  Farmers in the district were encouraged to use the direct-seeded rice (DSR) technique for rice sowing during a district-level agri-awareness programme held at the Sahnewal grain market under the supervision of Chief Agriculture Officer (CAO) Dr Narinder Benipal.…

• PAU Hosts Two-Day Farmers' Fair to Promote Sustainable Farming & Livestock Management

  A two-day farmers' fair, called Kisan Mela, began on Friday at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) campus in Ludhiana, despite being disrupted by rain for a few hours.…

• Govt to Double Down on Rice & Millet Due to Heat Threat to Wheat Yield

  Wheat yields will definitely be decreased by the heatwaves but the government's food management plan will cover the nation's food security needs.…

• Government Sets Wheat Procurement Target at 34.15 Mt

  34.15 million tonnes of wheat procurement target has been set by the government for the financial year 2023-24 starting from April. It is higher than the 18.79 million tonnes purchased in the previous year.…

• Andhra Pradesh: Surge in Nellore Rice Demand Cheers Farmers

  An increase in the prices of various varieties of paddy as a result of an increase in demand for super fine Nellore rice both within and outside the State has cheered farmers in the SPSR Nellore district.…

• Wheat Planting in India Is Gaining Traction With Area Increasing by Over 10%

  The Northern Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and the central state of Madhya Pradesh are the biggest producers of wheat in India. Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are among the top wheat-growing states with larger acreage recorded.…

• Centre Asks Bihar to Complete Construction of Wheat & Rice Silo in Buxar by December

  The Union Secretary appreciated Bihar's efforts in the last two years in the Public Distribution System and Procurement and expressed satisfaction with the ongoing implementation and upgrading of the technical system.…

• FCI Procures Less than 10,000 tonnes of Wheat in 9 States

  Despite the fact that the maximum amount of wheat was procured from Punjab, it was significantly less than the previous season's procurement figures. Wheat purchases from Punjab totaled 96.47 lt, down 37.06 percent from 132.22 lt the previous year.…

• Cameroonian Govt Raises US$84.6 million from IsDB to Support Rice Production

  According to the IsDB, the purpose of this fund is to increase rice self-sufficiency, economic growth, and household incomes through improved production, processing, marketing, and support for private sector participation in the agricultural (rice) value chain.…

• Prices of Rice and Wheat Drops Due to Export Ban & Arrival of New Crop

  Prices of wheat and rice have begun to reduce in the market of various states. The prices have been reduced by 5-7%.…

• India’s Wheat Ban Might Prove Costly for Farmers, Say Experts

  Wheat mandis (wholesale markets) have dropped by Rs 50-100 a quintal on average since the morning of May 14, 2022, as a result of the wheat ban.…

• Punjab Govt’s Electricity Schedule for Paddy Sowing Rejected by 16 Farmers Union

  Sixteen farmer unions rejected the Punjab government's electricity supply schedule for the upcoming paddy sowing season on Sunday, claiming that they will begin transplanting the crop on June 10.…

• System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Practices, Varieties, and Seed Treatment

  Rice is widely assumed to be an aquatic plant that thrives in standing water. Rice is not an aquatic plant; it can survive in water but not thrive in low oxygen environments (hypoxia). Under constant flooding, rice plants spend a lot of energy developing air…

• Great News for Paddy Farmers! Rice Export in FY 2022-23 to Witness a Big Boost

  Rice exports would continue to rise this fiscal year, according to official sources, due to factors such as excess domestic stocks and the expectation of strong Kharif crops.…

• PAU Reveals New & High Yielding Variety of Parmal Rice ‘PR-131’

  The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in Ludhiana has produced 'PR 131,' a rice variety that is high yielding, lodging tolerant, and resistant to bacterial blight.…

• China, Indonesia & Vietnam Turn Towards Broken Rice for Animal Feed Due to Increasing Price of Maize

  Unable to fulfilling their maize needs, the maize buyers from Indonesia are slowly turning towards the broken rice.…

• TAAT Project Increases Wheat Production in Sudan & Ethiopia

  High-level visits to TAAT innovation platform sites in Ethiopia and Sudan by country and regional government officials, as well as independent stakeholders from the public and private agricultural sectors, have revealed significant progress in wheat production practices, adoption of new technology and methods, and integration…

• Rice Diseases & Symptoms along with 4 Effective Management Strategies

  This article explains the symptoms of diseases found in paddy crops and also provides treatment methods for each disease.…

• Seawater Rice: Scientists Discover Salt-tolerant Rice Varieties

  Since at least the 1950s, China has been researching salt-tolerant rice. However, the name "seawater rice" has only recently gained popularity which can thrive well in salty land.…

• Centre May Continue Rice Subsidy for Ethanol to Reduce Stock

  Government is likely to continue to offer rice from the Central Pool stock for ethanol at subsidized rates for the next five years, potentially reducing stock by 10 mt over and above normal offtake.…

• Assam To Amend Middlemen System Causing Loss to Rice Growers

  Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma: the bulk of the paddy grown in the state is acquired through middlemen due to a lack of a proper procurement process and dedicated efforts…

• Farmers in Rajasthan Prefer Mustard And Wheat Over Gram

  Farmers are discouraged from expanding their acreage due to low gram mandi prices.…

• Farmer’s Orientation and Rice Cafeteria Participatory Evaluation Conducted at IRRI-SARC

  Two days program on farmer orientation training and Participatory Varietal Evaluation (PVE) of Rice Varietal Cafeteria was organized at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia Regional Center (IRRI SARC) on 11thand 12thNovember.…

• Global Cereal Output & Trade Expected To Reach New Highs

  While worldwide cereal output and trade are expected to reach new highs this season, stockpiles are expected to fall by more than six million tonnes, according to the UN body's latest report issued last week.…

• Wheat Cultivation: To Get Good Yield, Sow This Variety of Wheat Before November 20

  In an irrigated condition, late sowing of wheat should be finished before the first week of December. The seed rate for timely sowing under irrigated conditions is 100 kg per hectare. The proper seed rate of wheat is 125 kg per hectare for late sowing.…

• Farmers Are Facing Problems Amid Record Breaking Rice Production In The Country

  Sukrampal Beniwal tends five acres (2 hectares) of beautiful green rice terraces in his village of Munak, in the northern state of Haryana, where the sit-in over contentious farm policies is taking place.…

• Sowing of Wheat Becoming Difficult for Farmers

  Villages in Rohtak district of Haryana are facing wheat sowing troubles due to waterlogged fields and shortage of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP).…

• Black Rice: Once Forbidden by the Emperors; Why is it Trending Now?

  India can be considered as the second greatest producer of rice in the world. In 2020 itself India produced 119 million metric tonnes of rice (approximately) just behind china’s 146.73 million metric tonnes of rice.…

• India Requires a Coordinated Rice Policy to Address Related Issues

  According to the report, rice farming is fraught with dangers. Risk concerns include high fertilizer prices, falling water tables, rising agricultural input prices, and asymmetric market pricing information.…

• Kerala Farmer Sets a Model by Conserving 71 Traditional Rice Varieties

  Seventy-one indigenous rice types are being preserved, with seed sharing made possible by a farmer network.…

• Kenya and Sri Lanka receives first shipment of GI certified Bhalia Wheat from Gujarat

  The first shipment of the Bhalia wheat variety, which has been certified as a Geographical Indication (GI), was shipped from Gujarat to Kenya and Sri Lanka.…

• Rice farmers and potato traders in West Bengal concerned due to labor shortage

  Rice farmers and potato merchants in riparian West Bengal are facing a labor shortage as of this month's end, owing to an increase in Covid cases in the state, which is hosting one of the most fiercely fought assembly elections in recent memory spanning a…

• Purple, Black & Green Wheat Crop: How it is Beneficial for Farmers & Cancer Patients?

  Agricultural scientists are working day and night and innovating new technologies so that farmers can earn high profits. Almost after 8 years of research in the agricultural sector in India, biotechnologists have now succeeded in developing some varieties of colored wheat, the nutrients in which…

• Telangana Ready to Cross another Milestone in Gross Production

  Telangana is ready to cross another milestone with gross production value of agriculture and horticulture crops. the gross production value for the ongoing crop year is expected to reach Rs. 1 Lakh Crore…