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- The National Food Security Act (NFSA) was rolled out in Kerala and Tamil Nadu states on 3 November, marking the implementation of the Act in all [...]
- While the official procurement price for the 2014 Aman season rice, to be harvested from early November, has not still be fixed by the Ministry of [...]
- On 13 November, the Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet announced an increase in the wheat procurement price by nearly 4 percent to PKR 1 [...]
- The Russian Federation has announced it will reduce the tax on wheat exports from the beginning of October to encourage sales in view of ample wheat [...]
- In several countries of the subregion, domestic rice prices declined in December reflecting the completion of the 2014 main season harvests, estimated to be generally good, [...]
- The Government lifted the suspension on maize exports on 21 April. Shipments were halted in mid-October to ensure sufficient supplies until the 2017 harvest, which is [...]
- On 7 April, the Ministry of Agriculture released the updated farmgate prices for the 2020 cereal crops, which are supposed to set the minimum boundary that [...]
- On 27 November 2020, the Government allocated a budget of GEL 10 million (about USD 3 million) to a programme to subsidize the sale of wheat flour, until 31 March 2021. The price [...]
- In Eastern Africa, prices of locally-produced cereals in August declined sharply in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania where the bulk of newly-harvested crops improved [...]
- Chinese importers have signed an agreement to buy 13.18 million tonnes of soybeans from the United States of America for a value of about USD 5.3 [...]