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EnglishSource: IRIN News25/03/2010 – The organizers of a week-long African Rice Congress in Bamako, capital of Mali, say African countries can decrease hunger and save millions of dollars if they wean themselves off rice imports and increase local production, but experts favour a “drastic” move away from rice to native grains.
Source: People’s Daily Online24/03/2010 – Yuan Longping, “the father of hybrid rice,” accepted a French medal in recognition of his achievements in hybrid rice research on March 23.
Source: allAfrica.com23/03/2010 – Chinese upland rice referred to as ‘golden Mountain No.1’ has proved suitable to be produced on Rwanda’s uplands, an official has said.
Source: GNA24/03/2010 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday said it had purchased 1,433 metric tons of Ghanaian rice worth 780,000 dollars as part of its growing trend of purchasing locally to benefit farmers.
Source: ISS24/03/2010 – As in so many countries throughout the world, an important staple of the Haitian diet is rice, first brought by slaves from West Africa and cultivated on the Caribbean island nation for hundreds of years.
Source: UPI.com24/03/2010 – U.S. scientists say they are developing a simple water test for use by Uruguayan rice farmers that indicates whether it’s safe to drain flooded rice fields. University of California-Davis researchers said they’re helping Uruguayan scientists create the test that checks for the herbicide clomazone, which is used on 78 percent of Uruguay’s…
