Daily Archives: July 8, 2010

Philippines – Government eyes upland rice farming, local food crops

Source: Business mirror05/07/2010 – To wipe out rice imports and achieve food security in three years, the government is looking at promoting upland rice farming and propagating food crops indigenous to every region.

Pakistan plans to increase rice exports by 10% in 2010-11

Source: Bloomberg05/07/2010 – Pakistan plans to ship 10 percent more rice overseas in the year starting July 1, according to the exporters’ trade group.

Rivals Challenge Vietnam in low class rice export

Source: Vietnam Import Export News Channel04/07/2010 – Vietnam, well known as the largest low class rice provider in the world, now has many redoubtable rivals in the market segment. Le Tuan, Chair of Vinh Long Import-Export Joint Stock Company (Inmex Cuu Long), has signed a contract to sell 10,000 tons of rice to Kenya.

Philippines – Experts concur with DA chief: Rice self-sufficiency in three years

Source: BusinessMirror04/07/2010 – Removing rice imports in three years is possible, assuming that the Aquino administration would be able to put in place the right policy measures and educate the public on healthy eating, experts said over the weekend.

Ambitious GM rice project enters next phase

Source: SciDev.Net01/07/2010 – An international consortium aiming to re-engineer rice to increase yields by 50 per cent is about to move into the second phase of its decades-long project. The project aims to genetically modify rice to use a more efficient method of photosynthesis — the process by which plants convert carbon dioxide into carbohydrates…

Guyana – Rice farmers fight losing battle with millers

Source: Kaieteur News23/06/2010 – Regulators are moving to introduce stern measures that will mandate rice millers to put down at least 10 per cent of their last crop paddy purchases as a cash surety, as current legislations fail to protect rice farmers. Government officials on Thursday admitted that they are fighting a losing battle as…

India – Deficient monsoon may cut rice output for a second year

Source: Reuters02/07/2010 – Paddy transplantation in the country is not moving at the desired pace, hit by a second year of deficient monsoon, which may impact the country’s food grain output, officials, farmers and industry watchers said. “Overall sowing is not progressing well due to deficient rainfall,” said Rajat Paul, additional director with the West…

India – Rice output can rise to 130 mn tns by 2020 via drip irrigation

Source: Business Standard02/07/2010 – The country’s rice production can easily increase to about 130 million tonnes by 2020 if trials for cultivating paddy through drip irrigation are successful, according to Jain Irrigation.