Thailand – Thai rice crop faces infestation
Source: UPI.com25/08/2010 – Soaring populations of insects carrying viruses that wreck rice crops are plaguing parts of Thailand, agricultural experts warn.
USA – Rice and crawfish farmers paid to host birds after spill
Source: The Huffington Post26/08/2010 – To keep migratory birds away from oily areas along the Gulf Coast, the U.S. Dept of Agriculture is paying rice growers and landowners in Louisiana and other states to flood farms and pastures for habitat this fall. Birds need sustenance when they reach the southern U.S. on journeys that can exceed…
Thailand – Insect influx threatens rice production
Source: YubaNet.com24/08/2010 – Experts warn that a significant increase in the numbers of brown hoppers, a rice pest, in central Thailand, threatens production.
Africa’s ambitious return of ancient rice
Source: Optimum Population Trust News Watch23/08/2010 – One by one, Ali Kassim pulls out the weeds that have grown in his rice paddy. It’s surprisingly rare in Africa, but he is cultivating African rice – once close to extinction after it was pushed aside centuries ago for a higher-yield imported Asian variety.
Guyana – Lower yields predicted this rice crop
Source: Kaieteur News Online23/08/2010 – As the inclement weather continues to have its way, President of the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association Leeka Rambrich is predicting lower yields for this rice crop. The second crop (autumn crop) is now in the flowering stage where more sunlight is needed and if this is not had, then the grains…
Pakistan – Rice exports from Pakistan may drop 22%, group says
Source: Bloomberg20/08/2010 – Rice exports from Pakistan, the third-largest shipper, may plunge 22 percent after floods destroyed crops, according to exporters, while the United Nations said damage to infrastructure may hurt farmers for years.
India – Golden rice can be a big boon for rice eaters
Source: merinews20/08/2010 – A good portion of the population is regular rice eater. Many a time either due to carelessness or due to negligence factor or for any other reason, common eating habits have shown there is a lack of essential body vitamins and nutrients.
India – Golden rice can be a big boon for rice eaters
Source: merinews20/08/2010 – A good portion of the population is regular rice eater. Many a time either due to carelessness or due to negligence factor or for any other reason, common eating habits have shown there is a lack of essential body vitamins and nutrients.
Philippines – Philippine rice market beckons
Source: The Phnom Penh Post20/08/2010 – Cambodia will send an informal trade delegation to the Philippines next month to secure deals for rice exports. The world’s biggest importer has announced that its rice production dropped more than 10 percent in the first six months compared with last year. Sun Kunthor, vice chairman of the Supreme…
USA – Texas rice yields good crops and economics
Source: Country World19/08/2010 – The climate and soils in certain parts of Texas have always been conducive to the growing of rice, which is why it has been grown in the state since the 1850s and commercially since the 1880s. Texas, along with Arkansas, California and Louisiana, produce about 90 percent of the rice grown in…