The rice husking mill may be on the edge of Mahasolo, but it's at the centre of the lives of the rural village's residents in central Madagascar.

The fragrant steam rising from a pot of rice, once a symbol of comfort and abundance in Sri Lankan households, now carries a ...

Sri Lanka’s staple food, rice, is grappling with a myriad of challenges as farmers continue to demand higher purchase prices ...

By Lalin I De Silva This article intends to explore how Value Chain Management (VCM) can optimise cost structures in Sri Lanka’s paddy farming sector; to present innovative rice-based products that ...

TNCSC AITUC urges State government to stop political parties and private entities from collecting donations from DPC employees.

On November 11, 2023, K.G. Prasad, a paddy farmer from Kuttanad, Alappuzha—Kerala’s ‘rice bowl’—died by ... “The government machinery is slow and corrupt,” alleges Anand.

The coming months may mark the beginning of a significant shift in Sri Lanka’s rice economy, as the National People’s Power ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Mills in Sri Lanka’s Marandhagahamulla, a key rice trading centre, are getting new paddy from the Maha (main ... the printed money went to investment goods including machinery and ...

This is achieved through precision milling, where every individual Basmati rice grain is undertaken through a comprehensive list of procedures such as paddy ... The machinery included in this ...

This resulted in the closure of seven rice mills. They said they would pay special attention to increasing yields, but they stopped farmers’ field day and abandoned the Paddy Bug Management ... of ...