Daily Archives: August 13, 2010

Vietnam – No shortage of rice, says ministry

Source: Vietnam Business News12/08/2010 – Rice exports will total 6 million tonnes this year while domestic food security is still ensured, deputy minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Thanh Bien told reporters here on Tuesday.

Africa – Africa’s rice boom

Source: Afrique Avenir12/08/2010 – The hunger riots, triggered by the despair of the population facing soaring food prices in 2007 and 2008, led many African governments to react and reconsider development of the agricultural sector. Agriculture returned to the centre of national policy debates and rice, food staple no.1 was given production priority. Result: the rice…