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EnglishSource: 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…
Source: Kaieteur News Online11/06/2010 – Rice millers and exporters were yesterday again given another opportunity to tap into a lucrative, multi-million dollar deal with Venezuela. A high-level delegation of the factory owners and other stakeholders yesterday met with Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, to discuss mechanisms to meet the quotas being demanded by Venezuela. Already,…
Source: The Nation11/06/2010 – Charoen Pokphand Group’s Crop Integration Business has introduced a hybrid rice seed to ensure farmers are able to grow rice more efficiently, with yields reaching a maximum of 1,600 kg per rai, the highest ever. “When farmers buy rice seeds, they have four criteria in mind: ability to grow three crops…
Source: Bloomberg10/06/2010 – Malaysia plans to build up a rice stockpile to bolster the nation’s food security, seeking to maintain 45 days of consumption so the foodstuff remains affordable for all. “Food security will be strategically addressed,” the government said today in the 10th Malaysia Plan, a report from the prime minister’s office that sets…
