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EnglishSource: StarTribune.com17/12/2010 – The state’s largest business group filed suit against the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Friday, raising the heat in an increasingly contentious fight over mining in northern Minnesota and what’s good for wild rice.
Source: Fast Company16/12/2010 – Chemical giant Bayer is apparently not content with threatening the world’s bee population. Now the company has teamed up with BASF to produce genetically modified (GM) rice seeds that have a 10 percent yield increase compared to conventional crops. That’s good news for the 3.4 billion people who eat at least one meal…
Source: C&EN17/12/2010 – Rice is the staff of life for millions of Bangladeshis, but it could also damage their health. The well water drawn for irrigating rice in Bangladesh is naturally high in arsenic, a carcinogen with no safe dose. Now a study shows that a simple farming practice promoted to save water could also help…
Source: VermilionToday.com22/12/2010 – A damp, cold spring and a hot, dry summer shaped Louisiana agriculture in 2010. But despite the contrast in weather, Louisiana farmers, overall, had a fairly successful year, said LSU AgCenter economist Kurt Guidry. Prices were strong, yields were high, and the harvest for most crops was good.
Font: Afrique Avenir16/12/2010 – In Africa, where it is often difficult to produce enough food and where one third of the population is undernourished, farmers in some ten African countries in West and Central Africa are now getting abundant rice crops, which not only enable them to feed their families but also to sell large surpluses…
Source: Commodity Online20/12/2010 – Thailand is expected to release huge loads of rice to global market this week to boost thin Asian rice trade, according to analysts.
Source: PRNewswire13/12/2010 – When it comes to rice, side dishes are front and center, as new findings published in Nutrition Today suggest that a serving of rice improves overall diet quality and reduces risk for many chronic conditions. The study found that rice reduced risk for obesity, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome.
Source: Kaieteur News12/12/2010 – Despite suffering from a severe drought and then heavy rains coming during the latter part of he year, rice exports for the year, buoyed by excellent yields, have seen the country exporting a record 304,000 tonnes for the year.
Source: PR Newswire08/12/2010 – Remarkable advancements in the processing of rice bran, the world’s most potent superfood, have given food science a dramatic leap forward. Rice is the most consumed staple on earth, and the primary food source for 70% of the world’s population. But for thousands of years the bran, which contains a rice kernel’s…
Source: IRRI News07/12/2010 – At the 3rd International Rice Congress held last week (8-12 November) in Hanoi, Vietnam, Pravat K. Mohapatra from Sambalpur University, India, received the 2010 Yoshida Award for rice physiology research.
