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EnglishSource: Vietnam Business News06/06/2010 – The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) expects to export 700,000 tonnes of rice in June, raising rice exports for the first six months of this year to 3.35 million tonnes, 300,000 tonnes lower than the same period last year. The General Secretary of the VFA, Huynh Minh Hue said that over…
Source: FOOD navigator-usa.com02/06/2010 – The ability of rice batter to retain gas, and therefore enhance volume, was enhance when glutathione was used, according to findings published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Hiroyuki Yano from the National Food Research Institute at Japan’s National Agriculture and Food Research Organization reports that glutathione was found…
Source: Prokerala.com30/05/2010 – India will soon be exporting its sweet-smelling rice to China, which has only recently given its nod for Indian basmati to enter its markets. “We have finally got permission to export basmati to China. This is a new thing,” said a high ranking Indian official here. The issue of basmati’s exports was…
Source: Sunday Punch30/05/2010 – Construction of the state-of-the-art rice processing complex (RPC) at the Provincial Nursery Compound here is expected to be completed by July and operations to formally start by September or October. Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Technical Director Cris Bautista has reported to the visiting representatives of the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)…
Source: Archaeology Daily29/05/2010 – Last week a scientist from Hanoi’s university generated a buzz when she claimed ten rice grains found among the vestiges of a 3,000 year old rampart more than a month ago had sprouted after being soaked in water for two days. “No one believes that rice grains buried underground for thousands…
Source: Philstar.com30/05/2010 – Five farmers in Occidental Mindoro who were adjudged top producers of hybrid rice in this year’s dry cropping season, received cash prizes and plaques of appreciation at simple rites held recently at the Calintaan municipal gym. Ramil Jimenez of Poblacion, Calintaan, topped the “Search for hybrid rice highest yielder,” chalking up 258…
Source: Ghanaweb29/05/2010 – The Emergency Rice Initiative (ERI) has organised a Seed Fair at Kpongu in the Wa Municipality as part of preparations towards this year’s farming season. The objective was to create a linkage between small scale rice farmers and input dealers in the Municipality. On display were improved rice seed for distribution to farmers,…
Source: Ethiopian Review28/05/2010 – Satisfactory progress has been made in the last two years to double Africa’s rice production within 10 years and help alleviate continent-wide poverty. However, continuing efforts are needed to more closely coordinate agricultural policies, attract several new ‘key development partners’ and strengthen south-south cooperation. Those were some of the conclusions of…
Source: Bloomberg24/05/2010 – Rice exports from Thailand, the world’s largest shipper, may slump as much as 6.6 percent after deadly anti-government protests hurt sales, compounding the impact of lower global demand, according to an industry group. Exports may total 8 million to 8.5 million metric tons this year, Chookiat Ophaswongse, adviser to the Thai Rice…
Source: Science23/05/2010 – Some agricultural experts believe worldwide crop yields need to double by 2050 to avert a global food crisis. And improving yields of rice is deemed particularly important because rice is the staple food for nearly half of the world’s population. Two groups working independently have now identified a variant of a gene…
