KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 (Bernama) -- Agrobank has launched the paddy takaful scheme (STTP) in Sabah, which aims to expand financial protection for paddy farmers in the country. Deputy Minister of ...

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah aims to slash its dependence on imported rice with the launch of the Sabah Padi and Rice Board (SPRB), targeting a 30% food self-sufficiency level (SSL) by next year and 60% ...

* Indian farmers plant paddy rice twice in a year. Summer-sown crop planting starting in June accounts for more than 80% of the total output, which was 135.5 million tons in the 2022/23 crop year.

Prices of rice exported from top hub India jumped to their highest since early March this week, driven by tight supplies and a move to raise the government-mandated price for paddy, while rates ...

He said the amount was part of the RM216.98 million provided by the government under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) for the development of paddy cultivation areas in the state involving nine items, ...

India has raised the price at which it will buy new-season common rice paddy from farmers by 7%, the trade minister said on Wednesday, the biggest increase in five years, to help boost acreage and ...