Rice

Spain's Ebro Foods Sees Profits Up As Consumers Stock Up During Pandemic

Ebro Foods has reported a 36% jump in annual profit, with its rice and pasta products particularly popular as coronavirus restrictions forced people to eat...

India Expected To Harvest Record Wheat, Rice Crops This Year

India is likely to harvest a record 109.24 million tonnes of wheat this year, the farm ministry said, further boosting stocks at government granaries that...

Feed Fight: African Consumers Hit As Asia Gobbles Up Rice Supplies

Tightening global supplies of basic foodstuffs and disruptions to shipping caused by the coronavirus pandemic are driving up the cost of rice, the mos...

Indian Rice Shipping Delays Come At Bad Time As Consumer Demand Spikes

The global rice market is grappling with logistical disruptions at major supply ports caused by a lack of shipping containers at the same time a worldwide...

Bangladesh's Rice Imports Could Surge To 2m Tonnes: Govt Source

Bangladesh's rice imports are likely to surge to 2 million tonnes in the 2020/21 financial year as local prices jumped to a record high on limited supplies...

Thai Rice Exports To Stay Low In 2021 On Global Shipping Container Crunch

Thailand's rice exports are headed for another gloomy year after sinking to the lowest volume in two decades in 2020, exporters said, as a global shortage...

Mars Food To Launch Recyclable Microwavable Rice Pouch

Mars Food has announced plans to launch recyclable mono-polypropylene plastic (PP) packaging for its microwavable rice pouches in 2021. The new packagin...

Drip Irrigation Emerges To Solve Rice Paddy Problem

An Israeli company has developed a drip irrigation system for growing rice to replace the flooded paddies that have supplied the world with rice for genera...