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EnglishSource: SOS Children’s Villages16/11/2010 – With the recent natural disasters, the mood in Indonesia was low-key before the arrival of President Obama last week. Images of the destruction caused by Mount Merapi dominated the news and over 250 people are now known to have died following the eruptions. In recent days the volcano’s activity has lessened and exclusion…
Source: Daily Nation16/11/2010 – The government is planning to upgrade a 2,500-acre rice irrigation scheme in Msambweni District in order to boost rice production.
Source: The Vancouver Sun15/11/2010 – The Philippines expects its rice output to grow in the final quarter of 2010 and increase next year, allowing the world’s biggest buyer to more than halve its imports from a record 2.45 million tonnes for this year.
Source: IRRI10/11/2010 – One of the world’s largest global scientific partnerships for sustainable agricultural development has launched a bold new research initiative that aims to dramatically improve the ability of rice farmers to feed growing populations in some of the world’s poorest nations. The efforts of the Global Rice Science Partnership, or GRiSP, are expected to lift…
Source: IRRI09/11/2010 – More than 1,700 top rice scientists, researchers, policymakers, and industry representatives from 66 countries around the world are gathering in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi for the 3rd International Rice Congress (IRC2010) on November 8-12.
Source: msnbc.com08/11/2010 – In hopes of bolstering our defenses in the event of a major food crisis, researchers sent tens of thousands of seeds from different types of rice last week to a “doomsday vault” in the archipelago Svalbard.
Source: Peace FM Online13/11/2010 – Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, has reiterated the call on Ghanaians to patronise locally produced rice for their naturally rich nutritional value and to give the producers the opportunity to expand production.
Source: loQal.ph12/11/2010 – Many consider rice hull and river silt as waste by-products, but for Emmanuel “Manny” Alkuino, these raw materials can be made into something useful such as durable and fire-resistant bricks.