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Francis Ndege isn't sure if his customers in Africa's largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him.Prices for rice grown in Kenya soared a while ago because of higher fertilizer prices and a ...

A rice field in Mito, Japan, where farmers are being encouraged to grow more of the staple crop to make up for shortages on store shelves, on Wednesday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Elaine Kurtenbach) ...

In a world worried about looming food shortages triggered by the climate crisis, the collapse in rice prices — now approaching their lowest in 18 years — is evidence that interventions by governments ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rice prices surged the most in more than two years on concerns about the supply outlook after the cost of fuel and fertilizer ...