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Gold and rice prices soar in Kabul markets
KABUL (PAN): Prices of gold, rice and flour have edged up, while prices of other edibles and equipments compared to the saw little changes in the outgoing ...

Rice prices down in Rangoon as sales slow
The price of low-quality rice at Bayintnaung rice market in Rangoon has dropped as sales are slow compared to other years, according to rice merchants.A trader in the former capital said the price of a bag of ‘Nwe-cial' rice had gone ...

Rice prices rise again
Prices of rice witnessed a rise in the capital after the Eid vacation. In retail markets, prices of most varieties of rice went up by Tk 1 per kg while the wholesale prices increased by Tk 20-30 per maund (37.32 kg).

Rice prices may disappoint
Rice prices may disappoint. CHATRUDEE THEPARAT. Farmers who hope to obtain high prices in the next round of government rice purchases may be disappointed, as Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has acknowledged that the pledging prices ...

Sell-off may dent rice prices
Sumeth Laomoraphorn, president of CP Intertrade, one of the country's leading rice traders, said Thai rice prices were expected to stay at around US$700 per tonne for some time, but warned that price pressure would grow if the ...

Impact of rising rice prices and policy responses in Mali ...
This paper relies on a dynamic CGE model to estimate the likely impact of the recent increase in rice prices on poverty with and without policy responses. Two sets of policy responses are considered: import tax cuts on rice and measures ...

Philippines: NFA To Review Rice Prices
Philippines grains agency National Food Authority (NFA) is reviving a plan to increase the selling price of government-subsidized rice to curb its losses. The NFA first came up with the plan in April but did not push through with it in ...

Rice prices and poverty in Liberia
When assessing the impact of changes in food prices on poverty, it is important to consider food producers (who may benefit from an increase in prices) as well as consumers (who loose out when the price increases), with a focus on poor ...

Worries about rice prices
Rice prices didn't stably increase dong 5000 per kilo to ensure 40% profit for farmers, admitted Huynh Minh Hue, acting Secretary general of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), at a conference on rice production in 2008 in An Giang last ...

Rice prices
I located the following online resources for a patron who was interested in data for rice prices:FAOSTAT - See the PRICESTAT subset of data.FAO Food Price IndexFAO Rice Market MonitorFood Outlook - Includes market assessment for rice. ...

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