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EnglishSource: USGS13/07/2011 – Rice – which provides nearly half the daily calories for the world’s population – could become adapted to climate change and some catastrophic events by colonizing its seeds or plants with the spores of tiny naturally occurring fungi, just-published U.S. Geological Survey-led research shows.
Source: philStar.com10/07/2011 – Bangladesh , one of the world’s biggest rice consuming countries, is expanding its hybrid rice seed production area from 300 hectares this year to 3,000 hectares in the coming years, “as it recognizes the contribution of the high-yielding seeds to its rice production program.”
Source: The Nation05/07/2011 – As a quick response to the Pheu Thai Party’s promise to restore the rice-price pledging scheme, domestic rice trading has ground to a halt, as millers are keeping their supplies off the market on speculation that prices will shoot up.
Source: Bloomberg06/07/2011 – Rice futures rose to a four-month high on mounting concern that output is dropping in the U.S., the world’s third-largest exporter.
Source: Bloomberg05/07/2011 – North Korean rice prices have quadrupled this year amid concern the regime is facing further economic isolation, according to a South Korean research report.
Source: Bloomberg06/07/2011 – Tokyo Grain Exchange Inc., operator of Japan’s largest agricultural commodity bourse, said trading volume may quadruple after it lists rice futures, helping it break even after three consecutive years of losses.
Source: PR Newswire06/07/2011 – Phalanx Biotech Group, a global provider of genomic analysis services, announces the newest member to its expression microarray family – the Rice Genome OneArray®. The Rice OneArray® contains 22,003 long-oligonucleotide probes engineered to meet specific isothermal requirements for superb hybridization performance. The microarray features data reproducibility with CV<6% and demonstrates high correlation…
Source: AfricaRice05/07/2011 – Noting that lack of mechanization is seriously undermining the productivity and competitiveness of rice in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), representatives of rice stakeholders in the region met recently to develop a roadmap for sustainable mechanization of the rice sector.
Source: The Economic Times05/07/2011 – Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) today transferred technology of making biscuits and bread from black rice, the variety which is widely consumed in China and is also known for its health benefits.
Source: The Visayan Daily Star02/07/2011 – The National Food Authority yesterday assured that the country has enough rice despite the inclement weather in previous weeks.
