India – Indian rice breed gets praised by Bill Gates
Source: CommodityOnline23/04/2010 – World’s richest man and Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday praised a new variety of Indian rice breed that can withstand flood.
Malaysia – Sarawak faces lack of interest in rice growing
Fuente: BERNAMA.COM26/04/2010 – Several factors have been identified as reasons why the younger generation in Sarawak are not interested in becoming paddy farmers, among them outdated labour-intensive methods, Bernas Chief Operations Officer Mohd Kamaluddin Mohd Effendie said.
Guyana – Canal rice farmer reaps bounty harvest
Source: Kaieteur News Online22/04/2010 – Several rice farmers across the country have experimented successfully with planting methods and in some cases have more than doubled their yields per acre.
Philippines ‘concerned’drought may cut rice supply
Source: Bloomberg.com21/04/2010 – The Philippines is “concerned” that low rainfall forecast through June may delay rice planting, curbing supplies in the world’s biggest buyer for a second year, a government official said. Rice futures rallied.
Belgium – EU lifts restrictions on US rice imports
Source: Reuters19/04/2010 – The European Union has lifted restrictions on imports of rice from the United States that were imposed in 2006 after shipments were found to contain genetically modified rice not approved in the bloc, an EU official said on Monday. U.S. rice imports to the EU have been at a virtual standstill since…
Cambodia – Improved rice cultivation in Cambodia
Source: Farming First19/04/2010 – Being essentially an agrarian country, Cambodia is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The main staple food is rice – and rain-fed lowland rice production accounts for more than 80% of the total rice area – but flooding, drought, and pests and disease are increasingly common due to changes…
Philippines – Bulacan farmer to grow rice with less water
Source: Philstar.com18/04/2010 – Less water, more rice. Aerobic rice technology, a new rice technique that uses less water, will be tested by Magsasaka Siyentista (MS) Nimencio J. Concepcion of the Farmers Information and Technology Services (FITS) Center in San Ildefonso, Bulacan.
Mercury surprise: rice can be risky
Source: Science News16/04/2010 – Ask toxicologists how best to avoid mercury poisoning and they’ll almost certainly advise against eating too much of the wrong types of fish. (Never mind that there’s considerable confusion about what the wrong types are.) But a new study out of China shows that for millions of people at risk of…
Rice farming in the US – Industry risk rating report
Source: companiesandmarkets.com13/04/2010 – This is the replacement for the July 2009 edition of Rice Farming in the US Industry Risk Ratings Report. Industry Risk Ratings Synopsis This Industry Risk Ratings report evaluates the inherent risks associated with the Rice Farming in the US industry. Industry Risk is assumed to be ‘the difficulty, or otherwise, of…
Scientists develop eco-concrete from rice husks
Source: BBC13/04/2010 – Concrete made from rice husk and coal ash waste is being developed in a scheme to tackle climate change. Traditional methods of concrete production release large quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere.