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EnglishSource: Ethiopian Review19/05/2010 – In a village surrounded by forest to the east of Liberia’s capital, women sing as they dig rehabilitated swampland to make way for rice, the country’s staple food. The women of Samay are part of a growing number of farming groups that are being advised by experts to turn to lowland…
Source: Bloomberg18/05/2010 – Pakistan, the world’s fifth-biggest rice exporter, may ship a record 4.1 million metric tons by the end of next month, as much as 37 percent more than last year, according to the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan. “We have exported 3.5 million tons of rice and are hoping to export another 500,000…
Source: Stabroek news18/05/2010 – With more than 10,000 acres already lost to paddy bug infestation, surveys of affected areas showed a poor level of sanitation in and around rice fields and staggered sowing dates, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says. These measures, Persaud explained yesterday, are the first steps which are taken to manage the…
Source: Bloomberg16/05/2010 – Rice production in the Philippines may decline by a more-than-estimated 902,000 metric tons in the first nine months of the year, widening a production deficit in the world’s biggest importer. Output through September will drop 8.3 percent to 9.994 million tons, down from 10.896 million tons a year earlier, as dry weather…