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Amid rising cost of fuel, fertilizer, farmers face lowest rainfall and hottest temperatures in 4 decades - Anadolu Agency

India is considering restriction on exports of 100% broken rice after the paddy area has been reduced by a lack of rainfall

As parts of rice producing states received low rainfall this season, rice output in India may suffer in the coming season. This may lead to a restricted rice export to manage its supply in the country

Floods, low rainfall and then fertiliser price hike -- the woes of farmers just won't stop. And now, they will have to bear the brunt of a sudden 42.5 percent rise in diesel cost, which is likely to make them spend an additional Tk 4,000 in irrigation for per hectare Boro production.

After a spell of extreme heat and scanty rain in the last two consecutive months, farmers across the country were expecting favourable weather for a good harvest of rain-fed Aman paddy, which accounts for 39 percent of total grain production.