Colombia’s National Rice Growers Federation (FEDEARROZ) claims to have already lost some 42,000 acres of farmland due to drought, with more dry months expected as the “El Niño” weather phenomenon approaches this…
Scientists from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) have initiated a project aiming to develop new rice varieties more resistant to climate change, and will strengthen the crop in Latin American countries, El…
Colombia’s Agriculture Minister on late Wednesday evening signed an agreement with the country’s millers to ensure an immediate government purchase all rice production within the country, in a bid to…
Rice growers announced that they will go on indefinite national strike Thursday, aiming to block highways around the capital, Bogota, local media reported on Wednesday morning.
Rice imported illegally into Colombia is a major threat to the industry, says the head of the growers association on Thursday.
Colombia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ruled out the risk of a possible overall food shortage due to heavy winter rains, but noted dwindling rice supplies throughout the country.…
Colombia’s Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar said Friday that for now the country has no need to import rice. “For the moment, Colombia is well stocked, not only with…
The director of Colombia’s National Planning Department said that tariffs protecting the rice sector will be gradually removed over 19 years, despite the passage of the U.S. free trade deal,…
Better transport infrastructure is needed to enable Colombia’s rice growers to compete when the free trade agreement with the United States goes into effect, said the head of Colombia’s Rice…