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EnglishSource: Stabroek news15/09/2010 – A study conducted by the Ministry of Foreign Trade revealed that the UAE has been the top global re-exporter of rice over the past five years (2005-2009). The study, which was conducted by Abdel Hameed Radwan, an economics specialist at the ministry’s Analysis and Information Department, and supervised by Dr Mohammed Mattar,…
Source: Stabroek News13/009/2010 – Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) will be auditing all records of the Mahaicony Rice Ltd, which owes hundreds of famers an estimated $240M.
Source: ArticleField.com12/09/2010 – Zhang, Huazhong Agricultural University research team led by Academician inspired over 10 years of study, first discovered and cloned a simultaneous control of rice plant height, heading date and kernel number per gene, named Ghd7. 5 at the date of the team research papers in internationally renowned scientific journal “Nature – Genetics,” published.
Source: Indigenous People Issues11/09/2010 – Traditional rice varieties once grown and nurtured by indigenous peoples are making a comeback because of the importance of their genes that are necessary in breeding rice for the future. This was made known when this author, director of the Cordillera Ecological Center (PINE TREE) was invited to speak at the…
Source: Bloomberg09/09/2010 – Australian rice production may triple next harvest boosted by a rebound in planting as water supplies rise following years of drought, growers say. “Conservatively, we are all talking in the range of about 600,000 tons,” Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia Executive Director Ruth Wade said from Leeton, New South Wales. Production from the crop harvested…
Source: Stabroek News08/09/2010 – General Secretary of the Rice Producers Association (RPA) Dharamkumar Seeraj has urged Essequibo Coast rice farmers to look towards drying and storing their paddy for export as this will allow them to move away from dependence on millers.
Source: Stabroek news07/09/2010 – Suriname is hoping to boost its once thriving rice industry by closely working with Guyana, its President Desi Bouterse said yesterday. Bouterse met President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday, and following the meeting told reporters that the two pledged to collaborate in the area of agriculture. He identified the rice sector as one area…
Source: Stabroek news07/09/2010 – Suriname is hoping to boost its once thriving rice industry by closely working with Guyana, its President Desi Bouterse said yesterday. Bouterse met President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday, and following the meeting told reporters that the two pledged to collaborate in the area of agriculture. He identified the rice sector as one area…
Font: philSTAR.com05/09/2010 – The Philippines can save as much as $210 million per year if Filipinos can do away with their wasteful ways of eating cooked rice. Each Filipino wastes three tablespoons of cooked rice everyday, according to the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice).
Source: Stabroek News 01/09/2010 – Funds from the PetroCaribe account are used to pay local farmers and millers who supply rice and paddy to Venezuela under the US-multimillion dollar deal, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says.
