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EnglishSource: Bloomberg10/06/2010 – Malaysia plans to build up a rice stockpile to bolster the nation’s food security, seeking to maintain 45 days of consumption so the foodstuff remains affordable for all. “Food security will be strategically addressed,” the government said today in the 10th Malaysia Plan, a report from the prime minister’s office that sets…
Source: AFP10/06/2010 – Researchers at a Swiss university said Thursday that they have uncovered a microscopic fungus that is able to increase the speed of rice growth by five times. In a study published by Switzerland’s University of Lausanne, researchers claimed that the fungus mycorrhiza would not only cut the use of phosphate fertilizers, it…
Source: Gorilla’s Guides10/06/2010 – Iraqi farmers can no longer grow rice in their fields as water levels from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers have become dangerously low, a senior agriculture official said. “We have ordered the farmers to stop growing rice across the province for this year’s summer season,” said Nasser Manatti, head of the…
Source: Vietnam Business News10/06/2010 – Vietnam Food Association (VFA) predicts the country’s rice shipment in the third quarter this year will face more difficulties than last year, with the demand for lower-grade rice for export falling remarkably. Huynh Minh Hue, the association’s general secretary, reported to the Ministry of Industry and Trade at a meeting…
Source: The Times of India 09/06/2010 – The Central Rainfed Rice Research Station (CRURRS), Hazaribag, has developed a drought-proof rice and urged the farmers to use the newly-developed “Sahbhagi dhan”, which requires minimum rainfall but gives good yield, said Mukund Variar, principal scientist and officer in-charge of CRURRS here on Tuesday. He said even this…
Source: Joy online 08/06/2010 – The amount of rice imported decreased substantially for the first quarter of this year compared to what came in for the last quarter of 2009. Projections for the second quarter also seem to suggest an even bigger decline. This is according to figures secured by Joy Business from the major…
Source: Business World 08/06/2010 – Rice farmers can now access a nutrition management system for their crops using a mobile phone, under a project developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) which will now be implemented by the agency together with the Department of Agriculture (DA). “The Nutrient Management for Rice or NMRice tool…
Source: The Canadian Press 07/06/2010 – The world’s largest rice exporter, Thailand, is facing major losses to its next crop of rice and a worsening water crisis because of the worst drought in nearly two decades. Chanchai Rakthananon, president of the Thai Rice Mills Association, said Tuesday that rice output for the next crop cycle,…
Source: OrovilleMR.com 05/06/2010 – After many rain delays during the normal planting season, rice growers in the Northern Sacramento Valley are seeing the first of green sprouts above the water line in rice-growing land. Brothers Kelby and Josh Sheppard, along with their dad John, grow rice in the Richvale area. Kelby Sheppard, a Butte County…
Source: The University of Melbourne06/06/2010 – Food staples with low concentrations of micronutrients cause chronic nutritional problems for people in many areas of the world. Erin Wilson reports on research into the development of new cereal varieties which can provide essential micronutrients that are often lacking in human diets. Rice, one of the most widely…
