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The Philippines' National Food Authority (Filipino: Pambansang Pangasiwaan ng Pagkain, abbreviated as NFA), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring the food security of the Philippines and the stability of supply and price of rice, the Philippines' staple grain.
ShopRite is an American retailers' cooperative of supermarkets with stores in six states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.. Based in Keasbey, New Jersey, ShopRite consists of 50 individually owned and operated affiliates with over 300 stores, all under its corporate and distribution arm, Wakefern Food Corporation.
The Philippines is the 8th-largest rice producer in the world, accounting for 2.8% of global rice production. [1] The Philippines was also the world's largest rice importer in 2010. [2] [needs update] There are an estimated 2.4 million rice farmers in the Philippines as of 2020. [3]
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Shoprite Holdings Ltd (Shoprite) is Africa’s largest supermarket retailer. The company's headquarters are in Brackenfell in the Western Cape province of South Africa . Shoprite is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and A2X Markets in South Africa, with secondary listings on both the Namibian and Lusaka stock exchanges.
Black rice, also known as purple rice or forbidden rice, is a range of rice types of the species Oryza sativa, some of which are glutinous rice. There are several varieties of black rice available today. These include Indonesian black rice, Philippine heirloom balatinaw black rice and pirurutong black glutinous rice, and Thai jasmine black rice ...
The Philippines was also the world's largest rice importer in 2010. [29] In 2010, nearly 15.7 million metric tons of palay (pre-husked rice) were produced. [30] In 2010, palay accounted for 21.86% percent of gross value added in agriculture and 2.37% of GNP. [31] Self-sufficiency in rice reached 88.93% in 2015. [32] Rice production in the ...
In Malay weddings, rice features in multiple special wedding foods such as sweet glutinous rice. [117] In Japan and the Philippines, rice wine is used for weddings and other celebrations. [118] Dewi Sri is a goddess of the Indo-Malaysian archipelago, who in myth is transformed into rice or other crops. [115]