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EnglishSource: SciDevNet21/09/2010 – Scientists researching genetically modified (GM) rice in the Philippines have insisted that field trials will go ahead in December, despite the new agriculture secretary, Proceso Alcala, making strong anti-GM statements since taking office two months ago.
Source: The Economic Times25/09/2010 – The farm ministry’s first advance crop estimates for this kharif have projected a bumper output, which should help cool food inflation running at over 15%.Good rainfall across the country, barring a few states in the east, has led to a sharp increase in cropping that is expected to yield a…
Source: ecorazzi22/09/2010 – Rubber-faced actor Jim Carrey — who has taken his comedic skills all the way to the bank at roughly $25 million per movie – hasn’t exactly been a consistent fixture on the silver screen in recent years. Of course, he really doesn’t need to be since he’s in the unique position at this stage in…
Source: Science News21/09/2010 – Figuring out how a rice crop was faring used to be a head-scratching exercise with predictably unpredictable results. But now a few punches on a keyboard can yield a pretty close forecast for a rice crop and tell a farmer what changes could improve the outcome at harvest.
Source: PhilStar21/09/2010 – The Philippines may import around 1 million metric tons of rice next year to fill in local shortage, a senior agriculture official said today. “More or less, we will import around 1 million tons, depending on the main harvest (by the fourth quarter of the year),” National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Angelito Banayo…
Source: Vietnam Business News18/09/2010 – Relevant agencies, including the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the Ministry of Finance and the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), must do their utmost to prevent fluctuations in the rice market.
Source: Stabroek News18/09/2010 – A major milestone for agriculture in the Rupununi was reached as harvesting of 82 acres of paddy expected to yield between 65 to 70 tonnes of rice commenced at Moco-Moco, Region Nine on Thursday.
Source: Vietnam Business News16/09/2010 – The Vietnam Food Association(VFA) has raised the floor price of exported rice to $475/ton, up $25/ton, applying for orders delivered from now to the end of September, the online newspaper Tuoitre reported on September 16. This is the fourth time in 30 days VFA has increased the floor price of exported…
Source: The Phnom Penh Post16/09/2010 – A pilot project for growing organic rice has been launched in Battambang, with the aim of helping farmers take advantage of the grain’s low production costs. The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture is cooperating with 60 farmers in the Banan district of Battambang province to produce organic Jasmine…
Source: IRRI14/09/2010 – Farmers cultivating rice on 12 million hectares of flood-prone areas in India are planting flood-tolerant rice varieties at unprecedented rates, thanks to faster seed multiplication, targeted dissemination, and linking of partners.
