Production of rice in the world’s second-largest exporter Thailand is expected to rise by 12% year on year following a drop in output in the last two years due to successive droughts, according to the U.S. Food and Department of Agriculture. Thai Weather Agency has predicted a 20% increase in precipitation during the start of the […]
India has displaced Thailand to become the largest export of rice to the price sensitive Sub-Saharan Africa region, as the latter’s output dropped due to drought, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its latest world agriculture estimate report. “Between 2015 and 2020, Sub-Saharan Africa imports have grown by more than one-fourth. Thailand and […]
Global wheat production in 2021 is likely to increase and hit a new record of 780 million tonnes, according to FAO’s preliminary forecast, as expectations of a rebound in production in the European Union more than offset weather-impacted production prospects for output in the Russian Federation. Maize production in South Africa is expected to reach […]
Asia’s cereal imports are expected to be at record levels in 2020/21, mainly led by robust feed demand in China, according to a report of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Thanks to a recovery in China’s domestic pork production following an outbreak of African Swine Fever, imports of maize are expected to hit a […]
China’s grain output has exceeded 650 million metric tonnes for six consecutive years and the country has basically achieved self-sufficiency in terms of grain seeds, political adviser Wan Jianmin said during an interview to chinadaily.com.cn before the opening of the fourth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference that will […]
Andhra Pradesh is planning to use a deepwater port to export rice for the first time in decades amid a global shortage of the grain. This could raise rice shipments from India this year by almost 20 per cent. The government order, as reported by Reuters, allows Kakinada Deep Water Port to handle rice until […]
Sugar millers across the country have contracted deals for export of around 25 lakh tonnes so far, and are on course to meet the allocated target of around 60 lakh tonne set by the Centre, says a Financial Express report. Jaiprakash Dandegaonkar, chairman, National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF), pointed out that the country […]
India’s sugar output surged 31% year on year to 14.27 million tonnes over the start of the crushing season on Oct. 1 to Jan. 15, data released by Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) showed. The surge is due to an early start to cane crushing this season amid higher cane availability. A total of 487 […]
After having already exported around 7 million tonnes of non-basmati rice till November 2020, India is likely to export around 10 million tonnes in the 2020-21 season, said All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA). This could be a record year for non-basmati rice exports for the country, AIREA said. India had exported around 5.04 million […]
China has started importing Indian rice after a gap of two years and has placed orders for shipment of about 5,000 tonnes of non-basmati rice due to competitive prices offered by India compared to other nations, according to the All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA). China buying rice from India comes at a time of […]
