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EnglishSource: livemint.com05/05/2010 – An empowered group of ministers headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee decided to release an additional 500,000 tonnes of wheat and rice every month for sale to ration card holders for the next six months, according to agriculture minister Sharad Pawar. The move is aimed at reining in prices and curbing inflation…
Source: The New York Times05/05/2010 – Climate change has made nights warmer in India over the past decade, an ominous sign for the nation’s vital rice crop. This development could have a far-reaching impact on the yield of rice, causing a shortfall in an important staple crop in a crowded country already grappling with food…
Source: NaturalNews03/05/2010 – The rate of cardiovascular disease is much lower in Japan than in the U.S. and now scientists at the Cardiovascular Research Center and Department of Physiology at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia think they know why. People in Japan eat rice virtually every day and rice — especially the brown…
Source: BusinessMirror02/05/2010 – Whether we like it or not, humans used to have “tails.” We have to thank the coccyx (pronounced kok-siks) for “holding” it back. Considered as the “gatekeeper” of our genes, the coccyx is the tailbone or the segment of the human vertebral column.
Source: Manila Bulletin01/05/2010 – Local agriculture stakeholders predicted a zero export and approximately P5 million in losses in the lucrative heirloom rice produced in this remote town because of the impact of El Niño.
Source: YubaNet.com29/04/2010 – Iraq is planning to import 80 percent of its wheat and rice requirements in 2010, according to Hussein Ghazy, a spokesman of the state-owned Grains Company affiliated to the Trade Ministry. Trade Ministry figures show Iraq imported 3.55 million tons of wheat and 1.17 million tons of rice last year – up…
Source: Bloomberg28/04/2010 – India, the world’s second-largest rice producer, will purchase lower-quality grain from farmers to bolster reserves after last year’s drought shrunk the crop to the smallest in seven years, a government official said.
Source: Bloomberg22/04/2010 – Rice fell for the ninth straight session, the longest losing streak since 2001, on concern that Vietnam is reducing prices to boost export sales as U.S. farmers expand the area devoted to the grain.
Source: Caribbean Daily News23/04/2010 – Guyana says it has signed an order for another shipment of rice to Venezuela under an agreement to provide 50,000 tons of rice to Caracas, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud has said.
Source: The Financial Express26/04/2010 – With the India meteorological department predicting a normal monsoon this year, the government is getting ready for the forthcoming kharif season with new seeds and better pest management practices to make maximum use of the likely improved weather condition.
