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EnglishSource: Bloomberg29/06/2010 – Rice fell to the lowest price in more than three years on expectations for a bigger U.S. crop and increased world supplies. The U.S. crop was rated 74 percent good or excellent as of June 27, up from 55 percent at the same time a year earlier, the government said yesterday. Global…
Source: Bloomberg29/06/2010 – Rice production in Thailand, the largest exporter of the grain, may drop to the lowest in eight years as drought and the spread of plant hoppers damage crops, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. The nation’s main rice crop, which accounts for about 75 percent of total output, may be 22…
Source: Crienglish.com20/06/2010 – Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybrid rice”, said on Sunday that his team was working on a new version of high-yield hybrid rice and might complete it in 2012. Yuan, director of the National Hybrid Rice Engineering Technology Research Center and a faculty member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering,…
Source: Reuters20/06/2010 – Pakistan’s 2010-2011 season rice crop is expected to drop by 14 percent versus the year earlier as India limits water supplies to Pakistan, a board member on Pakistan’s Rice Exports Association told Reuters on Sunday. Pakistan’s Indus river basin is supplied by melting snow and glaciers from the Himalayas. Both India and…
Source: Xinhuanet.com20/06/2010 – The Bangladeshi scientists have developed four new varieties of rice for aman season (summer paddy) creating scope for increasing the yield of this monsoon crop and reducing reliance on boro (winter paddy) production. The new varieties are submergence-tolerant BRRI Dhan-51 and BRRI Dhan-52, and Hybrid-4 and Hira Dhan-10, both first ever hybrid…
Source: Sindh Today News18/06/2010 – Despite the government’s efforts to improve rice production and availability of more storage water this year, paddy has been sown in less area than last year, according to early reports about the kharif sowing season. Data released by the agriculture ministry Friday reveals that paddy has been sown in 10.97…
Source: change.org16/06/2010 – One organization came up with an innovative way to improve the world’s rice production—let farmers watch movies. The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) created a program where researchers, farmers, and processors come together to create instructional videos on growing and producing rice. Through the series of films, farmers from different countries can share…
Source: Financial Times13/06/2010 – As Saudi Arabian investors accelerate efforts to farm land overseas, a group of leading businessmen said on Saturday that they were launching an agricultural company to grow rice under contract with growers in Asia. The Far East Agricultural Investment Co, an SR100m ($26.6m) investment vehicle, has already arranged leases in Cambodia,…
Source: Business World13/06/2010 – The Ginintuan Masaganang Ani (GMA) Rice Program is seeking at least P500 million to fund assistance to hybrid rice farmers next year, 43% more than the current allocation of P350 million. “We are looking at at least P500 million [in] assistance to farmers planting hybrid rice for 2011. Allocation this year…
Source: PhilStar.com13/06/2010 – Hybrid rice varieties would be a big help in the Philippines’ effort to attain food security, SL Agritech Corp. chairman and chief executive officer Henry Lim said. He said the area planted to hybrid rice varieties in the country may expand to over 800,000 hectares over the next five years. This is…
