by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 1, 2023Nepal’s request to India for rice export quotas remains unaddressed while it has allocated export quotas of non-basmati rice to Bhutan, Mauritius and Singapore. On Wednesday, India issued a notification through the Directorate General of Foreign Trade permitting the export of 79,000 tonnes to Bhutan, 14,000 tonnes to Mauritius and 50,000 tonnes to Singapore. India imposed a ban on the export of non-basmati rice on July…
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by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 18, 2023Food prices from wheat and meat to edible oils have shot up sharply and refuse to come down. And now even rice, the staple food of millions of Nepalis, has become more expensive. According to market observers, the price of the most common grain food in Nepali homes has gone up by Rs100 to Rs700 per bag. Analysts blame higher fertiliser costs for making food more…
report in Prothom Alo, Dec 29, 2022For decades, Shafiqul Islam Babu grew rice on his land in northwest Bangladesh – until climate change made rainfall more erratic and overused groundwater began drying up in the mid-2000s. As his rice harvest declined, so did his earnings. In response, the 45-year-old farmer decided to grow cabbage on his land – a high-value crop that uses less water than rice, has plenty of buyers, and provides him with…