Rice prices surged to their highest in almost 12 years, according to the United Nations' food agency. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) All Rice Price Index rose by 2.8% in July to 129.7 ...

High prices continued even as rice produced in 2024 became available. According to the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry, the average wholesale price per 60 kilograms of all varieties of ...

The price of rice in Japan has doubled in the last year. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with University of Pittsburgh scholar Kay Shimizu about what's behind the shortage in the homeland of sushi. Remember ...

Global rice markets could come under further strain as the world's leading rice producer China grapples with heavy rain and flood risks. "Heavy rain in China's grain-producing north-eastern region ...

MUMBAI, May 7 (Reuters) - Global rice prices, which have tumbled to multi-year lows, are unlikely to fall further with top exporter India's currency firming, but bulging Indian stockpiles and a bumper ...

TOKYO — Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over ...