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The government of the Indian State of Punjab will subsidize the purchases of machinery for rice and corn cultivation during the kharif season by up to 50%. The program will cover equipment for direct seeding of rice, nursery sowing machines, paddy transplanting machines and maize sowing, threshing and drying. The...

Cambodia exported over 122,000 metric tons of milled rice to China in the first four months of 2020, an increase of 28% over the same period last year. During...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered his ministers to direct an economic stimulus program to 2.44 farmers to maintain domestic food production. The...

A team of researchers at the Australian National University used genetic modification to develop rice, mustard, and tobacco plants that can better repair...

India’s Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched Kisan Rath, a mobile app that helps farmers and traders across the country to move...

The boro crop harvest in Bangladesh will be heavily affected by the shortage of farmworkers due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of modern farm...

The sales value of agricultural products with authenticity labels are, on average, double than that for similar products without certification, according...

The Philippine Department of Agriculture is working with the National Irrigation Administration to maximize irrigated land for the next rice planting season...

The North East region of India presents an excellent opportunity to utilize vast tracts of rice fields for rice-fish farming. Studies in Assam have shown...

Sembada 188, a high-yielding rice variety developed in Indonesia, enters the second phase of pilot testing in Brunei Darussalam. Sembada 188 has already...