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EnglishSource: The Times of India30/01/2011 – An experiment by Indian agriculture scientists points to the enormous effect global warming could have on the fragrant basmati rice. Basmati, Sanskrit for the fragrant one, may lose not just its aroma, the famous long grains may get shorter, say scientists.
Source: Vietnam Business & Economy27/01/2011 – Vietnam’s rice export is the first impressive achievement of the country’s reform, on both external and internal fronts. If shortcomings are eradicated, the results reaped will be all the more astounding.
Source: PRWeb28/01/2011 – Meiogenix and CIRAD signed a collaboration agreement to evaluate the impact of Meiogenix’s SpiX™ technology in modulating meiotic homologous recombination in the genome of rice. The research program which will be performed in the laboratory of Dr. Emmanuel Guiderdoni, an expert in rice genomics, could lead to the identification of new natural varieties…
Source: Bloomberg26/01/2011 – Bangladesh, South Asia’s biggest rice buyer, doubled its import target for this year to cool domestic prices that surged to a record in December as consumers and farmers hoarded supplies, a government official said.
Source: Reuters26/01/2011 – The U.S. futures regulator has imposed total fines of $2 million on two traders for excessive speculation in U.S. rice futures as prices raced to all-time highs in 2008.
