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EnglishSource: The Times of India 09/06/2010 – The Central Rainfed Rice Research Station (CRURRS), Hazaribag, has developed a drought-proof rice and urged the farmers to use the newly-developed “Sahbhagi dhan”, which requires minimum rainfall but gives good yield, said Mukund Variar, principal scientist and officer in-charge of CRURRS here on Tuesday. He said even this…
Source: Joy online 08/06/2010 – The amount of rice imported decreased substantially for the first quarter of this year compared to what came in for the last quarter of 2009. Projections for the second quarter also seem to suggest an even bigger decline. This is according to figures secured by Joy Business from the major…
Source: Business World 08/06/2010 – Rice farmers can now access a nutrition management system for their crops using a mobile phone, under a project developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) which will now be implemented by the agency together with the Department of Agriculture (DA). “The Nutrient Management for Rice or NMRice tool…
Source: The Canadian Press 07/06/2010 – The world’s largest rice exporter, Thailand, is facing major losses to its next crop of rice and a worsening water crisis because of the worst drought in nearly two decades. Chanchai Rakthananon, president of the Thai Rice Mills Association, said Tuesday that rice output for the next crop cycle,…
Source: OrovilleMR.com 05/06/2010 – After many rain delays during the normal planting season, rice growers in the Northern Sacramento Valley are seeing the first of green sprouts above the water line in rice-growing land. Brothers Kelby and Josh Sheppard, along with their dad John, grow rice in the Richvale area. Kelby Sheppard, a Butte County…
Source: The University of Melbourne06/06/2010 – Food staples with low concentrations of micronutrients cause chronic nutritional problems for people in many areas of the world. Erin Wilson reports on research into the development of new cereal varieties which can provide essential micronutrients that are often lacking in human diets. Rice, one of the most widely…
Source: Vietnam Business News06/06/2010 – The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) expects to export 700,000 tonnes of rice in June, raising rice exports for the first six months of this year to 3.35 million tonnes, 300,000 tonnes lower than the same period last year. The General Secretary of the VFA, Huynh Minh Hue said that over…
Source: FOOD navigator-usa.com02/06/2010 – The ability of rice batter to retain gas, and therefore enhance volume, was enhance when glutathione was used, according to findings published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Hiroyuki Yano from the National Food Research Institute at Japan’s National Agriculture and Food Research Organization reports that glutathione was found…
Source: Prokerala.com30/05/2010 – India will soon be exporting its sweet-smelling rice to China, which has only recently given its nod for Indian basmati to enter its markets. “We have finally got permission to export basmati to China. This is a new thing,” said a high ranking Indian official here. The issue of basmati’s exports was…
Source: Sunday Punch30/05/2010 – Construction of the state-of-the-art rice processing complex (RPC) at the Provincial Nursery Compound here is expected to be completed by July and operations to formally start by September or October. Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Technical Director Cris Bautista has reported to the visiting representatives of the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)…
