Provincial governors and party secretaries are told they must ‘shoulder the responsibility of food security’, as pressure from Washington and implications of the Ukraine war are straining China’s food supply.
The average export price of Vietnamese rice rose to US$473 per tonne this year, the highest compared to those of other major rice exporting countries in Asia, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The price of Vietnamese rice for export and domestic use has witnessed a sudden rise in recent times amid several countries worldwide having huge demand for food reserves in the face of economic and political instability and climate change, according to industry insiders.
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan has more than 1 million tonnes of food staples, Minister of Agriculture Yerbol Karashukeyev said at the Government’s weekly meeting today, Kazinform reports.