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EnglishSource: Bloomberg Businessweek12/10/2011 – Damage to rice crops from Thailand to Philippines may “push up” prices this year as global production of milled rice may be less than previously forecast, according to the International Rice Research Institute.
Source: AME info12/10/2011 – The UAE’s position as the world’s biggest re-exporter of rice can be reinforced by an increase in imports of the grain from South East Asia, according to the driving force behind an important new industry event taking place in Dubai next month.
Source: Reuters11/10/2011 – Nine heavy wooden rods drop slowly into holes carved in a row in a massive marble block to peel off paddy rice in the same way used for centuries at an old water mill in northern Italy.
Source: The Jakarta Post07/10/2011 – The governments of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam are stepping up efforts to tackle the region’s worst flooding in decades, even as a new tropical storm threatens to worsen the crisis.
Source: Market Watch07/10/2011 – Seventy rice farmers in Glenn and Colusa County have signed contracts to participate in a $2.68 million pilot project with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to modify their rice fields and production practices to benefit shorebirds and waterfowl.
Source: Inventor Spot05/10/2011 – Call it a case of selling iceboxes (er, refrigerators) to the Eskimos (er, Inuit), but American rice farmers are on the verge of accomplishing a feat once thought impossible: exporting rice to China.
Source: BBC News06/10/2011 – Thailand, the world’s biggest rice exporter, introduces a new pricing scheme on Friday.
Source: Jakarta Globe06/10/2011 – Indonesia must take more aggressive action to boost yields on its rice paddy fields rather than expand planting areas, if it is serious about being self-sufficient in the staple diet, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said.
Source: CGIAR05/10/2011 – Although rice is the fastest growing source of food in Africa, the continent’s rice production has been unable to keep pace with increases in demand triggered by population growth and rapid urbanization. Currently, Africa accounts for one-third of global rice imports, a ratio that is expected to increase further if nothing is done…
Source: UPI.com03/10/2011 – Rice farmers in Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines harvested an additional $1.46 billion through the use of rice varieties developed by the International Rice Research Institutes, a new study concludes.
