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EnglishSource: Kaieteur News Online23/08/2010 – As the inclement weather continues to have its way, President of the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association Leeka Rambrich is predicting lower yields for this rice crop. The second crop (autumn crop) is now in the flowering stage where more sunlight is needed and if this is not had, then the grains…
Source: Bloomberg20/08/2010 – Rice exports from Pakistan, the third-largest shipper, may plunge 22 percent after floods destroyed crops, according to exporters, while the United Nations said damage to infrastructure may hurt farmers for years.
Source: merinews20/08/2010 – A good portion of the population is regular rice eater. Many a time either due to carelessness or due to negligence factor or for any other reason, common eating habits have shown there is a lack of essential body vitamins and nutrients.
Source: merinews20/08/2010 – A good portion of the population is regular rice eater. Many a time either due to carelessness or due to negligence factor or for any other reason, common eating habits have shown there is a lack of essential body vitamins and nutrients.
Source: The Phnom Penh Post20/08/2010 – Cambodia will send an informal trade delegation to the Philippines next month to secure deals for rice exports. The world’s biggest importer has announced that its rice production dropped more than 10 percent in the first six months compared with last year. Sun Kunthor, vice chairman of the Supreme…
Source: Country World19/08/2010 – The climate and soils in certain parts of Texas have always been conducive to the growing of rice, which is why it has been grown in the state since the 1850s and commercially since the 1880s. Texas, along with Arkansas, California and Louisiana, produce about 90 percent of the rice grown in…
Source: 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.
