Topic: Rice Farming
India says no rice imports for now
AFP South Asian Edition
<div><p>India has scrapped tenders to import rice, saying it has enough stocks to manage despite a harvest shortfall following the worst monsoon in almost four decades.</p><p>A top-level cabinet committee on food cancelled the three tenders totalling 30 ...
Philippines makes biggest ever rice tender
AFP Asian Edition
<div><p>The Philippines will tender for a record 600,000 tonnes of rice to guard against potential supply shortfalls from crop damage caused by recent storms, officials said on Tuesday.</p><p>The December 1 tender, the country's biggest ever ...
India government to import rice: report
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>India's government plans to import 30,000 tonnes of rice to offset an expected production shortfall following the worst monsoon in nearly four decades, a report said Saturday.</p><p>The move comes as the US Department of Agriculture ...
India imports rice after bad monsoon: report
AFP South Asian Edition
<div><p>India has begun importing rice to counter an expected large shortfall in production following the driest monsoon season in nearly four decades, the Press Trust of India said Thursday.</p><p>The move to import rice comes amid government fears ...
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