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Sri Lanka expecting a rough rice (paddy) harvest of 2.09 million metric tonnes in the 2025 minor Yala cultivation season, ...
Donald Trump's insistence that "spoiled" Japan imports more US rice is adding to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's problems ...
Local farmers criticized the Japanese government's policy to boost rice production amid high prices for the grain during a ...
The postwar agricultural policy on rice that has given more consideration to producers than consumers has revealed its limitations due to the high prices of the grain during the so-called “rice ...
STORY: Japanese farmer Kazuhachi Hosaka has been growing rice for 30 years.But over that time, he’s seen his industry ...
For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...
For Japanese, rice is more than just a staple food. Cultivated in the country for more than 2,000 years, rice is considered ...
Negotiations have stalled ahead of next week’s deadline, with some suggesting Japan misjudged the depth of President Trump’s ...
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says more needs to be done to ensure price stability in the rice market. He says that includes boosting production in a way that benefits both consumers and ...
Rice prices in Japan have started to ease, falling below Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s target of below 4,000 yen for a five-kilogram bag.
Japan’s Gentan Policy (translated as Reduction Policy) gave monetary incentives to farmers to shift away from rice production to other crops. The policy was discontinued in 2018, but its aftereffects ...
By understanding farmers' medium- and long-term plans on planting areas and others, the government aims to promote a drastic review of its rice policy.