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EnglishSource: IPS18/01/2011 – While floods and droughts are often highlighted in the media for devastating the world’s rice production, a lesser-known culprit has been able to scurry away without being fingered for causing damage – rats.
Source: Inquirer.net20/01/2011 – Just one person or group appeared to have earned a windfall when the outgoing Arroyo administration allowed the private sector to import 200,000 metric tons of rice last year, President Benigno Aquino III said on Wednesday.
Source: NewsBalita.com19/01/2011 – The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has cited the importance of rice production inputs in attaining the country’s rice self-sufficiency by 2013.
Source: SciDev.Net18/01/2011 – Smallholders struggling to grow rice in Mozambique could benefit from a variety that boosts yields nearly six-fold and is less prone to disease.
Source: NewsBalita.com19/01/2011 – The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has cited the importance of rice production inputs in attaining the country’s rice self-sufficiency by 2013.
Source: The Straits Times16/01/2011 – The large-scale devastation triggered by the current torrential rains in the paddy-growing districts of Sri Lanka is raising the possibility of a rice shortage coupled with food price rises.
Source: Bloomberg14/01/2011 – Affymetrix, Inc., a maker of genetic testing technology, said Friday it has developed a new test to identify rice varieties and genetic traits.
Source: Nature News12/01/2011 – The world will be able to feed the predicted 2050 population of nine billion people, according to two French agricultural research organizations. In a joint report published today, they lay out findings gleaned from 2006 to 2008 that could overturn some current assumptions about the state of global farming.
Source: Reuters07/01/2011 – Ample rice supplies from top exporters Thailand and Vietnam should keep prices in check through the first quarter, sparing Asia’s staple food from the rally in commodity prices that has driven food inflation to the top of policymaker agendas.
Source: online PR media08/01/2011 – One of the most sought after online export import data companies, Infodriveindia.com has updated latest records in the Indian Basmati rice exporters section. The database is prepared on the grounds of shipment records collected from all the major ports of India, where the entire import export transactions take place. This database…
