Daily Archives: August 25, 2011

USA – Feared beetle makes its way to U.S. in rice from India

Source: FoxNews.com25/08/2011 – U.S. Customs and Border Patrol investigators said Tuesday that they intercepted a feared nonnative beetle in bags of rice that arrived at O’Hare International Airport from India, the latest in a surge of discoveries of the hard-to-kill pest that could damage this country’s grain industry if it became established.

Japan – Japanese researchers trying to find rice varieties that absorb less Cesium from the soil

Source: Cryptogon22/08/2011 – A research agency in Fukushima Prefecture recently began examining some 110 varieties of rice from in and outside Japan in search for strains that absorb less radioactive cesium from soil.

Vietnam – Vietnam’s rice bowl threatened by rising seas

Source: guardian.co.uk21/08/2011 – Sitting amid buckets of rice in the market, Nguyen Thi Lim Lien issues a warning she desperately hopes the world will hear: climate change is turning the rivers of the Mekong Delta salty.

Guyana – Guyanese-owned large rice farm commissioned in T&T

Source: Stabroek News20/08/2011 – Five thousand acres across the country will be used for rice cultivation during the next six months.

Bangladesh – Caritas joins agency in rice research

Source: UCA News19/08/2011 – Caritas has formally joined a government agency in a six year deal for partnership-based research and production of rice.

Tanzania – Rice farmers blamed for power crisis

Source: Africa News12/08/2011 – Rice farmers in the Ruaha River Basin of Tanzania have been blamed for the ongoing power crisis that is threatening to bring the country to its knees. As officials engage in the blame game over who is responsibility for the darkness, the Principal Engineer of Mtera Dam, Julius Chomolla, claims the…

Nigeria – We’ll end rice import before 2015 – Jonathan

Source: Vanguard16/08/2011 – President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, vowed to end importation of rice before the end of his tenure in 2015, saying the attainment of self-sufficiency in rice production by Nigeria was a top priority of his administration.

Ghana – Rice consumption reaches record levels in Ghana – Dr Mensah

Source: GhanaWeb16/08/2011 – The rice industry in Ghana has seen unprecedented increase in consumption levels over the past decade with significant proportion of consumers switching from consumption of other staples to rice.

Thailand – Asia inflation risk may climb with Yingluck Plan to boost Thai rice prices

Source: Bloomberg17/08/2011 – Yingluck Shinawatra became Thailand’s first female prime minister by pledging to lift rural incomes through higher rice prices. The rest of Asia may now have to pay for her campaign promise.