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Fiji Rice Works For Dreketi Mill To Be Completed In June Fiji Rice Limited is expected to complete repairs and renovations next month for its Dreketi Mill. Fiji Rice general manager Ashrit Pratap said the project cost more than $250, 000. by susana hirst-tuilau The Fiji Rice Limited warehouse in Dreketi is expected to be completed by June. Fiji Rice general manager Ashrit Pratap said the project cost more than $250, 000. “The mill repairs and completion, the warehouse and the staff quarters are completed,” said Mr Pratap. “The mill’s silos are at the final stage. They all expected t ....
Fiji Department of Information 13 April, 2021, 11:32 am Fiji Rice Ltd Chairman Mr Raj Sharma addresses guests at the Rice Field Day at Moto, Ba. Picture: SUPPLIED Fiji Rice Limited has fully utilised the $150k set aside for the Rice Rehabilitation Program for farmers in the Northern Division following the devastation caused by TC Yasa. Fiji Rice chairman Raj Sharma said the funds paid for land preparation. “I’m quite pleased to say the maximum amount of money given has been fully used, which means 2000 acres of land has been prepared,” Mr Sharma said. “An additional 1000 acres of land has also been prepared, I’m told and I must thank the Hon. Minister for Agriculture and the Attorney General. This was decided over the phone in five minutes, thank you very much Minister,” he added. ....
March 6, 2021 4:23 pm Fiji Rice Limited today submitted their financial reports for the years 2013 to 2017 at their first Annual General Meeting after more than a decade. Board Chair Raj Sharma says the audited accounts for the past years were not in order and they have spent the last few years putting it together. Speaking to FBC News after the meeting, Sharma says the financial report was the focus of the meeting which was held in Labasa this morning. Article continues after advertisement The report notes that the company continues to make profit despite substantial losses recorded in the years 2013 to 2015. In 2013, the company recorded a loss of $268,000. In 2014, they recorded a loss of $311,000 and in 2015 – a loss of $318,000. ....
Fiji Rice Limited Sustained $350k Loss During TC Yasa/Ana Fiji Rice Limited (FRL) has incurred around $350,000 loss in the Northern Division. This was in light of the recent two Tropical Cyclones Yasa and Ana. Fiji Rice general manager by shratika naidu Rice Farms flooded in Dreketi during Tropical Cyclone Ana on February 1, 2021. This was in light of the recent two Tropical Cyclones Yasa and Ana. Fiji Rice general manager Ashrit Pratap said the mill at Dreketi, Macuata Province sustained damages around $250,000 caused during TC Yasa on December 17, 2020. During TC Ana on January 31, 2021 h ....
Jan 07, 2021 10:49:57 AM Sugarcane framers in the North whose farms were affected by storm surges during severe tropical cyclone Yasa have been encouraged to take up rice farming while waiting for their farms to recover in the next four months. Minister for Agriculture Dr Mahendra Reddy offered the suggestion during a recent meeting with the senior management of the Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC). The meeting was mainly to discuss strategies that will assist farmers affected by the salt water intrusion in the low lying coastal areas. Most of the farms in low lying areas of Nagigi, Korovatu, Vunika, Wailevu and Tiri settlement of Tabucola had been affected. ....