India allowed exports of fixed quantities of non-basmati rice to four African countries, the government said on Monday, partially lifting a ban on the grain's sales overseas.

Now, rice prices are soaring — Vietnam’s rice export prices, for instance, have reached a 15-year high — putting the most vulnerable people in some of the poorest nations at risk.

Basmati Rice: As much as jasmine rice is commonly linked to Thai food, basmati is linked to Indian food. However, basmati rice is a go-to in Pakistani, other South Asian, and many Middle Eastern ...

BALI: But some popular Indian dishes are made with non-basmati rice, and there's also rice eaten outside of the Indian diaspora. CHELLAPPA: A lot of which goes to Africa, a lot of which goes to ...

13.9%. That is how much the Food and Agriculture Organization’s All Rice Price Index—which tracks global rice prices—has risen in the past 12 months, according to data shared by the UN body.

According to Gro, food prices in Benin, Africa’s biggest importer of rice, are 40% higher than in 2020. India insists that it will accommodate requests from countries to meet their food-security ...

In Houston, Indian supermarkets are selling out of non-basmati rice and imposing limits on it as the nation scrambles to get ahold of the South Asian food staple. Although the ban includes only ...

India has imposed a $1,200 per ton minimum export price (MEP) on basmati rice shipments, the government said on Sunday, as the world's biggest exporter tries to calm local prices ahead of key ...

The new South Asian grocery store — 2436 S. Interstate 35, Suite 330 — opened in early June and sells fresh South Asian produce, spices, rice grains and has an in-store kitchen.

Basmati rice wasn’t an immediate international success. Initial importers were mostly in the Middle East, which had a growing affinity for biryani, and among South Asian diasporas in Europe and ...