Rice
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India restricts rice exports as commodity prices surge
INDIA— India has banned exports of broken rice and imposed a 20% duty on exports of various grades of rice in a bid to augment…
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Niger launches a US$653 m rice sector development project
NIGER— Niger has launched the “National Strategy for the Development of Rice Culture (SNDR)”, a CFA franc (US$653 million), 10-year project on a new roadmap…
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Riviana Foods Inc. invests US$80.6m to expand US processing and packaging plant
USA- Riviana Foods Inc., a subsidiary of the Ebro Foods corporation based in Madrid, Spain, is planning to spend US$80.6 million to upgrade and expand…
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Olam-backed large-scale sustainable rice project raises smallholder farmer incomes
THAILAND – The Market Oriented Smallholder Value Chain (MSVC) programme, one of the largest sustainable rice projects in Thailand, is close to completion and has…
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Mozambique government charges Gaza private sector to create agro-processing factories
MOZAMBIQUE— The Mozambican government wants the private sector in Gaza to create agro-processing factories in order to generate market for rice produced in the province,…