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EnglishSource: Reuters26/01/2011 – The U.S. futures regulator has imposed total fines of $2 million on two traders for excessive speculation in U.S. rice futures as prices raced to all-time highs in 2008.
Source: Asia One News26/01/2011 – North Korea’s rice price has hit a record high due to the delayed arrival of Chinese aid and a campaign to procure food for the military, a Seoul-based welfare group said Wednesday.
Source: Business World25/01/2011 – The Government may import just enough rice this year to ensure a 30-day buffer and leave any requirement beyond that to private traders, Agriculture officials said in separate interviews.
Source: GMA News.tv25/01/2011 – The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) launched on Monday a new mobile initiative named “Nutrient Management for Rice Mobile (NMRiceMobile)” which allows Filipino farmers and their extension workers to get fertilizer information for free.
Source: The Sunday Leader23/01/2011 – The Central Bank of Sri Lanka under its Viskam Loan Scheme has facilitated the establishment of the first rice flour milling factory with the latest state of the art milling technology.
Source: Farm Press21/01/2011 – USA Rice Federation recently launched The Rice Advisor (member log-in required), a monthly research report that provides rice industry members with current food processing trends for products using rice as an ingredient. According to the report, there were more than 4,300 new products using rice as a whole or broken kernel introduced over the…
Source: IPS18/01/2011 – While floods and droughts are often highlighted in the media for devastating the world’s rice production, a lesser-known culprit has been able to scurry away without being fingered for causing damage – rats.
Source: Inquirer.net20/01/2011 – Just one person or group appeared to have earned a windfall when the outgoing Arroyo administration allowed the private sector to import 200,000 metric tons of rice last year, President Benigno Aquino III said on Wednesday.
Source: NewsBalita.com19/01/2011 – The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has cited the importance of rice production inputs in attaining the country’s rice self-sufficiency by 2013.
Source: SciDev.Net18/01/2011 – Smallholders struggling to grow rice in Mozambique could benefit from a variety that boosts yields nearly six-fold and is less prone to disease.
