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EnglishSource: Bloomberg Businessweek08/10/2010 – Vietnam, the second-largest rice exporter, may lose about 5 percent of the farmland used for the crop by 2020 as malls and industrial parks spread, according to the government, which has drawn up a plan to halt the losses.
Source: Bloomberg08/10/2010 – Indonesia, the world’s third-largest rice producer, may have to import 300,000 metric tons of the grain, the first bulk purchase since 2007, to meet an expected shortfall in government supplies, Bulog executives said.
Source: Science Codex08/10/2010 – Environmental changes are to blame for a 15% drop in the yield of “miracle rice” – also known as rice variety IR8 – since the 1960s when it was first released and lauded for its superior yields that helped avert famine across Asia at the time. IR8 used to produce 9.5 to…
Source: Live Science05/10/2010 – Food scientists are furiously racing to come up with new rice varieties and growing techniques to meet the rising demand presented by a growing population in Asia. To discuss the challenge, rice scientists and world officials met at a symposium in New York last week, where the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)…
Source: balita-dot-ph04/10/2010 – The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) based here urged Asian countries to sharply increase and better manage rice stocks to improve food security in the region. In a report prepared with the help of Asia Society, IRRI said that with populations across Asia growing, tens of millions of extra dollars need to be…
Source: The Phnom Penh Post04/10/2010 – A CAMBODIAN trade delegation to Russia and Poland has attracted buyers to discuss deals that could see 40,000 tonnes of rice exported to the two countries in 2011. Composed of government officials and industry representatives, the Cambodian delegation visited the two nations in September, leading to further discussions planned…