Daily Archives: April 27, 2010

Rice Falls for ninth day on Vietnam price cut, U.S. crop gains

Source: Bloomberg22/04/2010 – Rice fell for the ninth straight session, the longest losing streak since 2001, on concern that Vietnam is reducing prices to boost export sales as U.S. farmers expand the area devoted to the grain.

Guyana – Guyana signs rice deal with Venezuela

Source: Caribbean Daily News23/04/2010 – Guyana says it has signed an order for another shipment of rice to Venezuela under an agreement to provide 50,000 tons of rice to Caracas, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud has said.

New Delhi – CRRI to release 11 new rice varieties for kharif

Source: The Financial Express26/04/2010 – With the India meteorological department predicting a normal monsoon this year, the government is getting ready for the forthcoming kharif season with new seeds and better pest management practices to make maximum use of the likely improved weather condition.

India – Indian rice breed gets praised by Bill Gates

Source: CommodityOnline23/04/2010 – World’s richest man and Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday praised a new variety of Indian rice breed that can withstand flood.

Malaysia – Sarawak faces lack of interest in rice growing

Fuente: BERNAMA.COM26/04/2010 – Several factors have been identified as reasons why the younger generation in Sarawak are not interested in becoming paddy farmers, among them outdated labour-intensive methods, Bernas Chief Operations Officer Mohd Kamaluddin Mohd Effendie said.