The Government announced the new maximum retail prices (MRP) for rice, which will become effective on 1 April 2019. The price of Nadu rice has been set at LKR 80 [...]

The Government allocated LKR 5 billion (USD 28 million) to purchase paddy from the 2019 main Maha crop, about to be harvested and expected at a bumper level, well above [...]

On 12 January, the Government of Zimbabwe announced a sharp increase in fuel prices, which became effective on 13 January. The prices of diesel and gasoline more than doubled to [...]

On 10 January, the Government ordered the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) to purchase 2 million 90-kg bags from farmers at a price of KES 2 500 (USD 24.39) [...]

On 27 December, the government announced it will maintain the suspension on import duties for soft wheat, first introduced in mid-October (FPMA Food Policies), for an additional four months until [...]

On 11 December, the Cabinet Committee on Industrial and Economic Development approved a 26 percent increase in the procurement price for the 2018 wheat crop, now pegged at USD 630 [...]

On 22 November, the Government set a 5 percent subsidy on non-basmati rice exports under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) of the Ministry of Commerce. The measure became [...]

In early November, the Government announced the new purchasing prices for the 2019 wheat crop, which was set at TMT 800 (USD 222) per tonne. The price was increased by [...]

On 16 November, the Government announced a further cut to the purchasing price of wheat after a reduction which was implemented last year (FPMA Food Policies). The price for the [...]

On 5 November, the Government, through the Strategic Food Reserve (SFR), announced the new purchasing price of maize, which was set at KES 2 300 (USD 22.26) for a 90 [...]