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.
Belize – Largest rice producer shuts down
Source: The Belize Times16/12/2011 – For the past 20 years Hill Bank Agricultural Company Limited, located in the community of Blue Creek, has been producing the famous Uncle Johns Rice. But this year, instead of Cypress rice planted in the fields, the company’s 2000 acres of land is dried up, covered with dry weeds or in…
Philippines – Philippines eyes exporting rice by 2014
Source: Business Inquirer16/12/2011 – From being the top rice importer to rice exporter in a span of four years.
Vietnam – Vietnam 2012 rice output seen steady -Ag Min
Source: Reuters16/12/2011 – Vietnam’s rice output in 2012 is expected to remain steady at this year’s record levels of around 42 million tonnes of unhusked grain, a government minister said on Friday, which could help ensure supply in Asia and soften food prices.
Bayer’s $750 million modified-rice settlement now binding
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek15/12/2011 – A Bayer AG unit said a $750 million settlement with U.S. rice farmers who sued after their crops became tainted by a genetically modified strain is binding now that the requisite number of growers has accepted the deal.
Philippines – Record wheat, corn, rice production
Source: Malaya16/12/2011 – At a projected 208.5 million tons, global wheat stocks this year would be the largest in 12 years.