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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...

China Buys Indian Rice For 1st Time In Decades As Supplies Tighten: India Trade Officials

China has started importing Indian rice for the first time in at least three decades due to tightening supplies and an offer from India of sharply discount...

Appetite For Pasta And Rice Boosts Ebro Foods' Net Profit

Spain's Ebro Foods profit jumped almost 28% in the first nine months of 2020 on surging demand for its pasta and rice as coronavirus restrictions prompted...

Indian Rice Exports Slow As Coronavirus Disrupts Supply Chain

India's rice exporters are struggling to fulfil orders due to limited availability of containers and workers at mills and the biggest handling port on the...