Daily Archives: January 23, 2012

India – Rice exporters expect better margins on strong dollar

Source: Business Standard23/12/2011 – With higher production and a strong dollar, rice expo-rters are expecting better profit margins this season. However, the benefits due to a fall in the rupee will be marginal, as many exporters had hedged positions when the rupee was around 48 to the dollar.

India – Free rice scheme will continue: Minister

Source: The Hindu22/12/2011 – Minister in-charge of Food and Consumer Protection R. Kamaraj has alleged “malicious propaganda” by miscreants on the distribution of free rice to people in the State.

IRRI – Insecticide abuse in rice production causes planthopper outbreaks

Source: Asian Scientist21/12/2011 – The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has called for a ban on certain insecticides in rice production as part of its new action plan to reduce planthopper damage to rice crops in Asia that costs millions of dollars.

Would you eat green rice?

Source: Environmental Protection20/12/2011 – Rice consumers worldwide can now look forward to eating “green” rice with the launch of an initiative that will set environmentally sustainable and socially responsible rice production management standards.

India – Rice exports to touch 7m tonnes in 2011-12

Source: The Hindu19/12/2011 – Global credit ratings agency Crisil has predicted that India’s rice exports are set to register a three-fold increase at 7 million tonnes in 2011-12 on growing output and weak production outlook in major exporting countries.

Rwanda – Stakeholders review rice prices

Source: allAfrica.com19/12/2011 – The high rice prices will only fall if the major players in the rice industry work more closely to streamline production, supply and importation.

Egypt – Egypt’s GASC buys 234,000 tonnes local, imported rice

Source: Reuters Africa18/12/2011 – Egypt’s main state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Sunday it had bought 234,000 tonnes of rice in a tender, adding that the rice was imported but that it was already in Egypt.

Cuba – Cuba buys Vietnam rice

Source: 1Pakistan17/12/2011 – Deferred payments of up to one-and-a-half years have been key to keeping Cuba among Vietnam’s largest rice buyers in recent years, a Vietnamese state-run newspaper reported on Saturday.

Philippines – Indian farmer sets new world record in rice yield

Source: PhilStar.com18/12/2011 – Indian officials have confirmed a farmer’s claim of beating the rice yield world record of 19 tons per hectare previously held by hybrid rice developer Yuan Long-ping of China.

Philippines – Use of same rice variety results in lower yields – PhilRice

Source: PhilStar.com18/12/2011 – Here’s one tip for the country’s rice farmers: Don’t use one and the same rice variety over and over again. That is if you want to increase your yields.