A veteran rice exporter backs changes in rice trade policy expected later this month, but he cautioned that small businesses still face significant hurdles to break into international ...
but Thailand’s sugar cane farmers – the backbone of the world’s second-largest sugar exporting nation – fear the sweet times for their industry may be turning sour. Thai sugar is being ...
Farmers in the flood-affected areas of Lakshmipur and Noakhali are up against severe challenges as much of their Aman rice crops are immature. By mid-January, the Aman rice is typically harvested, but ...
Another rice trader from the Pettah, D Rajan, 58, too, said it would take at least two weeks for the harvest to be converted to rice and reach markets, and until then the price of local varieties will ...