Daily Archives: September 20, 2011

India – Govt allows unrestricted exports of rice, wheat

Source: Reuters08/09/2011 – India will allow unrestricted exports of two million tonnes each of wheat and common rice, as bulging stocks offer political room for overseas sales which could depress global rice prices but make little dent in wheat supplies.

Guyana – Guyana bank says gold, rice, sugar driving economy

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek05/09/2011 – Guyana’s central bank says the country’s economy grew by nearly 6 percent for the first half of 2011 because of improved production of gold, rice and sugar.

China – Central Valley rice farmers hoping to crack China trade mark

Source: ChicoER.com05/09/2011 – Central Valley farmers grow a lot of rice and Chinese consumers eat rice with every meal. But finding the connection from U.S. ports to the Chinese dinner plate hasn’t happened so far.

Bulletin 11: Rice is life: Pro-poor initiatives in the rice industry

Fuente: Asian Trends Monitoring05/09/2011 – “Rice is life” in Asia and particularly Southeast Asia, where it has long been a staple crop that countries have relied on to feed booming populations. The region is a key rice producer, with 169 million tons, which is about 26% of global rice production, being produced in 2008. Rice…