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EnglishSource: Business Inquirer03/06/2011 – The Department of Agriculture has released P3.43 billion to fund the national rice program and help farmers increase their yield, Budget Secretary Florencio B. Abad said.
Source: Delta Farm Press31/05/2011 – If there was one positive from the poor-quality rice crop of 2010, it is that scientists were able to develop a better understanding of the effects of high nighttime temperature on rice grains.
Source: KPLCtv.com31/05/2011 – The Mexican rice borer continues its eastward migration from Texas, with monitoring traps detecting adults near Lake Charles, according to LSU AgCenter entomologists.
Source: Bloomberg31/05/2011 – Rice production in India, the second- largest grower, may climb as much as 7 percent to a record as normal monsoon rains spur planting, likely helping the country ease export curbs and potentially limiting global food costs.
Source: Reuters Africa28/05/2011 – Sierra Leone has suspended a 10 percent tax on imported rice and cut the price of petroleum products in an attempt to avert civil unrest over the rising prices of basic necessities.
Source: China Daily25/05/2011 – Severe drought is still haunting the rice-growing areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River despite recent rainfall and increasing releases of water from the Three Gorges Dam.
Source: New Era23/05/2011 – The Chancellor of the University of Namibia (Unam), Dr Sam Nujoma last week officially launched the rice-harvesting season.
Source: Malaya23/05/2011 – Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala yesterday said the Philippines may be importing less than 500,000 metric tons of rice in 2012 if there is a good harvest from the current wet season cropping.
