India – Less water, but more rice

Source: IPS29/12/2010 – When French Jesuit priest and passionate agriculturist Henri de Laulanie developed the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of cultivation for Madagascar’s poor farmers in the 1980s, he probably had no idea that millions of farmers elsewhere in the world would one day benefit from it as well.

Dubai – Rice exhibition in Dubai

Source: Arab News02/01/2011 – The first Rice International Conference and Exhibition (RICE) 2011 will be held in Madinat Jumeirah from 9th to 11th May 2011. This exhibition is a showcase for manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers around the world, representing all key sectors within the rice trade to expand their client base and venture into emerging markets.