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EnglishSource: Kaieteur News Online06/04/2010 – The fifth of 12 drying floors has been commissioned by Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, part of the $400M El Nino intervention by President Bharrat Jagdeo, to safeguard the livelihood of rice farmers.
Source: Stabroek news06/04/2010 – Despite El Nino conditions, rice production has increased by an estimated 12,000 tonnes when compared to the same period last year, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said.
Source: mydigitalfc.com04/04/2010 – India, the second largest producer of rice, accounts for 19.70 per cent of global production. Within India, rice occupies one-quarter of the total cultivated area and accounts for about 40 to 43 per cent of total foodgrain production.
Source: Reuters04/04/2010 – Singapore-based Indo-Sino and local Tanvir Enterprise have won a Bangladesh tender to buy 50,000 tonnes of white rice at $388.92 per tonne, cost and freight, a official said on Sunday.
Source: The Nation05/04/2010 – “Rice farming is our major income. We all know of the government’s warning sign but we still want to take the risk in case something happens to our farm area,” says Sangwan Seangkhum, 41, from Phitsanulok’s Bangragum district.
Source: Stabroek news03/04/2010 – Government interventions like last month’s infusion of $258 million into the country’s rice industry to stave off the El Nino-related threat to an estimated $600 million worth of rice under cultivation are unlikely to avert losses to the industry that could amount to a significant portion of the total current rice…
Source: Natural Products Marketplace04/03/2010 – In a recent Mlaysian study, germinated brown rice (GBR) inhibited the total number of colonic aberrant crypt foci (ACF), AC and multi-crypt of ACF development; and reduced the expression of beta-catenin and COX-2, highlighting its promise as a possible preventive method for colon cancer.
Source: IRIN 01/04/2010 – Rice may still be a symbol of food security across Africa, but the cereal does little to boost nutrition, unlike vegetables, according to the India-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
Source: AlertNet31/03/2010 – The dry, cracked earth beneath my feet feels as hard as concrete and there’s not a drop of water in the field. Yet there are lush, green shoots of paddy sprouting from the soil.
