Millers ask authorities to increase supply of rice to markets
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Rice mill owners in Laos have sought the State sector’s intervention to stabilise the retail price of rice in markets, but the authorities are continuing to wait so they can monitor the situation for a little longer.Rice mills are facing problems ...
Manichanh Pansivongxay
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Khammuan raises the bar in rice production
KHAMMUAN, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The agricultural practices commonly employed in Khammuan province are still mostly traditional but farmers are gradually being introduced to modern methods so they can grow better quality rice and earn more money.The introduction of modern equipment is expected to help ...
News Desk
Laos' rice exports expected to fall following 2018 floods
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos is anticipating reduced income from rice exports in 2019 in the wake of widespread flooding across the country last year.The country set a target of US$45.6 million for rice exports last year but could only achieve US$31.4 million, according to ...
News Desk
Laos urges China to increase rice import quota to 50,000 tonnes
The Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce this week requested China to consider a rice import quota of 50,000 tonnes along with accepting other industrial goods as part of efforts to bolster bilateral trade. The call was made by Minister of Industry and Commerce, Ms Khemmani ...
Times Reporters
Low quality rice hinders sales to China
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Rice Research Centre under the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, has admitted the country’s rice export targets will not be met largely because farmers are not using good quality rice seed.Director of the ...
Ounkham Pimmata
Rice prices fall in Laos despite widespread crop losses
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The price of rice dropped at the end of last year in Laos with farmers managing to supply enough rice even after their crops were hit by floods. The cost of polished sticky rice grades A and B in Vientiane dropped about ...
News Desk
Rice seed centre confident of achieving dry season rice cultivation target
The Rice Research Centre says sufficient rice seeds have been distributed to farmers to expand the government’s targeted dry season cultivation area to 185,000 hectares.More ...
Ounkham Pimmata
Rice research responding to climate change
The Rice Research Centre is accelerating efforts to improve the efficiency of the current rice breeding and testing programme for farmers’ use in response to climate change. Dr Phetmanyseng explained that climate change directly affects rice production worldwide, including Laos, and causes national rice production to ...
Ounkham Pimmata
Wet season rice production down in Laos due to flood
VIENTIANE, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — Wet season rice production in Laos is expected to be reduced by about 300,000 tons after widespread flooding this year that affected many parts of the country.The Lao government, especially the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, has encouraged farmers around ...
Liangyu
Rice production targets set to rise in 2019, Minister says
An ambitious target has been set to increase the rice production in 2019 and to ensure food security that was undermined by this year’s severe floods, a minister said this week. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is targeting 100,000 hectares of dry season rice next ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo