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EnglishSource: Bangkok Post15/02/2012 – Anchalee Porsongkhram, a Bang Rakam villager, said she would cooperate with the water retention policy only if the government pays out a reasonable amount of compensation.
Source: The Economic Times14/02/2012 – India’s exports of basmati rice to Iran may get hurt if tension escalates in West Asia region following a bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat here yesterday, an exporters’ body said today.
Source: Business World13/02/2012 – A rice processing complex in Davao del Sur that is expected to modernize processing is expected to be completed this year, an official said.
Source: The Republic12/02/2012 – Recent heavy rain has helped push out salt water that had been creeping north from the Gulf of Mexico and threatened the salt-sensitive rice crop in southwest Louisiana, where many farmers depend on surface water from canals to irrigate their fields.
Source: Bangkok Post10/02/2012 – India’s rice exports will reach 4 million tonnes next month, putting even more pressure on Thailand to manage the government’s paddy mortgage scheme and stockpiles.
Source: Business World09/02/2012 – Duty-free rice imports that will serve as buffer are seen to substantially decrease next year should current production targets be met, an official said yesterday, even as the country gears up to become self-sufficient in producing the staple.
Source: CGIAR08/02/2012 – The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has successfully rolled out drought-tolerant rice in India, the Philippines,and Nepal – it is now Bangladesh’s turn to benefit from an improved rice harvest even when water becomes scarce.
Source: Science Codex08/02/2012 – A large-scale study analyzing metabolic compounds in rice grains conducted by researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center (PSC) and their collaborators has identified 131 rice metabolites and clarified the genetic and environmental factors that influence their production. The findings provide a natural way to bioengineer improved rice grain varieties by selectively…
Source: Reuters07/02/2012 – Iranian buyers have defaulted on payments for about 200,000 tonnes of rice from their top supplier India, exporters and rice millers said on Tuesday, a sign of the mounting pressure on Tehran from a new wave of Western sanctions.
Source: Business World10/02/2012 – The country’s rice stock at the start of January was down 23.3% year on year, according to data released yesterday by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS), a level declared as “comfortable” by an official.
