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EnglishSource: AFP09/08/2010 – Even modest rises in global temperatures will drive down rice production in Asia, the world’s biggest grower of the cereal grain that millions of poor people depend on as a staple food, a study published Monday warned.
Source: Stabroek news09/08/2010 – Just over a week ago an increase in paddy bug presence was noticed in the Black Bush Polder area and farmers are being warned about a possible infestation, General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (GRPA) Dharamkumar Seeraj says.
Source: Dailycomet.com07/08/2010 – The rice crop around the Eunice area, one of the region’s chief economic drivers, looks to be plentiful. But prices have dropped from 2009, farmers and agriculture officials say.
Source: Vietnam Business News06/08/2010 – The Philippines, Vietnam’s biggest rice customer by far, has announced it will emphasize achieving food self-sufficiency – a problematic development for Vietnam’s exporters.
Source: Stabroek news06/08/2010 – Guyana’s rice exports for the first half of 2010 recorded a 26.5 per cent rise over the corresponding period last year due mainly to a significant boost in sales to European Union (EU) countries, according to the June 2010 commodity markets update issued by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Source: Stabroek news05/08/2010 – Payments are beginning to trickle in from the Mahaicony Rice Limited (MRL) but it still owes farmers more than $200M, General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Jagnarine Singh says.
Source: Financial Times05/08/2010 – Few people doubt that the action, at least in economic terms, is going to be in Asia in the next few years. But if you’re a relatively developed economy within Asia, how do you take advantage of that?
Source: Kaieteur News04/08/2010 – Guyana is exploring the possibilities of introducing an internationally recognized labeling system for rice exports that will attract better prices for small farmers from overseas buyers.
Source: Stabroek news04/08/2010 – In 18 months Guyana may have its rice certified by the Fair Trade Organization (FTO), which should see farmers getting higher prices among other advantages, EU contracted International Fair Trade Expert Graham Young says.
Source: VOA news29/07/2010 – US agricultural organizations, state farm bureaus and the US Chamber of Commerce have joined forces in support of a bill that would ease the current US embargo against Cuba, allowing food to be exported to the communist-ruled Caribbean island nation. The bill, which was approved by the House Agriculture committee earlier…
