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EnglishSource: Business Standard24/04/2012 – India’s rice production in 2011-12 increased 7.1 per cent to 102.75 million tonnes (mt), which, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, is part of the “good performance in Asia”. In fact, the improvement in the production of this foodgrain has been widespread in the continent, with China making major gains…
Source: The New York Times22/04/2012 – Toshiharu Ota, a rice farmer in Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, survived the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster last year. But his fields were devastated by the salt deposits left behind when the tsunami’s floodwaters receded. Now, to help farmers like Mr. Ota, a research team is working to develop…
Source: Bangkok Post23/04/2012 – The government should allow a free rice market or risk ending up with 10 million tonnes in its stock, say observers.
Source: Rappler20/04/2012 – The Philippines, one of the world’s biggest importers of rice, could go a long way to achieving its elusive goal of self-sufficiency simply by wasting less, a global research institute said.
Source: International Business Times16/04/2012 – The prices of Vietnamese rice for export have gone up by US$15-25.00 per ton since early April due to increasing Global demand and diminishing world rice reserve, said the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) Monday.
Source: Echo Press16/04/2012 – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) will expand its knowledge of wild rice and sulfate interactions with the help of a University of Minnesota research team. This work, funded by the 2011 Minnesota Legislature from the Clean Water Fund, is designed to provide key information on the effects of sulfate on wild…
Source: PhilStar.com16/04/2012 – The Philippines may start exporting rice to other Asian countries in the first quarter of 2013 if no major calamities hit the country, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said yesterday.
Source: Hindustan Times09/04/2012 – Paddy farmers and millers are sceptical about the Centre’s move to promote use of certain hybrid seeds as they worry these will produce high percentage of broken rice. The Centre is promoting hybrid varieties through various programmes highlighting that these need less water and time to ripen. It has, however, banned some…
Source: Business World19/04/2012 – The country’s rice stock at the beginning of March declined by 29.5% year on year, data from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) showed on Friday, even as an official said supply will be augmented by the summer harvest.
Source: Stabroek News18/04/2012 – Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke said the Government is now formulating an ambitious plan to put 500 acres of land into rice cultivation by July and another 1,500 by December.
