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EnglishSource: Arkansas News19/08/2010 – There are a lot of unknowns in the 2010 Arkansas rice crop, and one of them is quality, said Chuck Wilson, director of field services in Arkansas for the USA Rice Federation. “The crop appears to be good, but what we don’t know at this stage is what growth state some of…
Source: Vietnam Business News17/08/2010 – More than a dozen countries across Asia are preparing to create a massive emergency rice reserve. The plan is designed to protect the region’s two billion people from environmental disaster and runaway inflation.
Source: Science Codex19/08/2010 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new tool for improving the expression of desirable genes in rice in parts of the plant where the results will do the most good.
Source: Bangkok Post17/08/2010 – The government expects Thailand to export nine million tonnes of rice this year due mainly to lower rice yield in Vietnam, a major competitor in the rice market.
Source: Bloomberg17/08/2010 – China’s mid-season and late-season rice crops face increasing threats from pests after widespread floods this summer made conditions ideal for insects to breed, the Ministry of Agriculture said today.
Source: Bloomberg17/08/2010 – India, the world’s second-biggest rice grower, may have a record harvest this year as increased planting offset drought in the east of the country. Production may total 100 million metric tons in the year ending June 2011, compared with 89.3 million tons a year ago, said Vijay Setia, president of All India Rice Exporters’…
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.
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…
Fonte: Novohamburgo.org11/08/2010 – Segundo dados do Ministério do Desenvolvimento, Indústria e Comércio Exterior – MDIC, as exportações brasileiras de arroz alcançaram 53,6 mil toneladas em julho.
Source: allAfrica.com06/08/2010 – Uganda hopes to become the region’s leader in rice research with the opening later this year of a US$6 million centre at its crop research institute.
