International demand for basmati rice is forecast to double over the next few years. But farmers and connoisseurs say traditional varieties are disappearing.

New Zealand and Australia have officially recognized Basmati rice as a Pakistani product, with the European Union expected to make similar decision in favor of Pakistan. This recognition not only ...

It is cultivated in the cool Himalayan climates of Nepal and in the scorching deserts of Pakistan ... successive rice fields (see Build a Rice Paddy). Farmers usually plant rice seed in a seedbed ...

With the support of Special Investment Facilitation Council, Pakistan has earned revenue of four billion dollars from rice exports. According to former chairman of Rice Exporters Association of ...

accounting for 76.7 percent of the 4.48 million MT of rice sourced from abroad as of Dec. 12, data from the Bureau of Plant Industry showed. At the same time, Thailand and Pakistan supplied ...

BUKIT GANTANG: The government is considering importing white rice from Pakistan to address ongoing issues with supply and pricing. National Action Council on Cost of Living (Naccol) Task Force ...

according to the Bureau of Plant Industry. Data showed that the top rice supplier was Vietnam at 3.43 million MT, followed by Thailand and Pakistan at 567,913 MT and 244,859 MT, respectively.

The global rice market is in a boil with Vietnam and Pakistan cutting their prices sharply on slack demand and their currency’s value decreasing against the dollar, exporters and traders said.

Long before this land was part of a frontier between India and Pakistan, farmers here grew a precious long-grain rice that was coveted the world over. Workers pick up basmati rice in October in ...