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EnglishSource: Huffington Post23/09/2012 – A special blend of sesame and rice bran oils could be a potential non-drug option for treating high blood pressure and cholesterol, according to new research.
Source: South Missourian24/09/2012 – While rice has been grown for more than 20 years in the Southeast Missouri Bootheel, it’s now produced as far north as Cape Girardeau.
Source: Hindustan Times23/09/2012 – With reports of water table going down in Punjab and Haryana considered as “rice bowl of India”, experts feel cultivation of the staple grain, which requires good amount of water could be shifted to eastern states having favourable condition.
Source: Huffington Post20/09/2012 – Arsenic-laced rice products being reported in the news are not the result of breakfast cereals and baby foods being soaked in poison at the factory. Rather, various natural and man-made processes can cause the toxic element to accumulate in rice grains as they grow.
Source: The Wall Street Journal13/09/2012 – A debate is reigniting over how to avoid a repeat of the 2008 food crisis, when rice prices hit a record high of $1,000 per metric ton, as academics and traders scoff at suggestions that futures trading could help smooth out wild swings in the market.
Source: The Nation11/09/2012 – Farmers have urged the Agriculture Ministry to create rice zones so that better breeds can be developed, as the government’s high subsidies have emboldened farmers to ignore quality and concentrate on quantity instead, critics say.
Source: Victoria Advocate.com12/09/2012 – When it comes to most things ag, a producer has one shot per season to make a healthy crop.
Source: All Africa10/09/2012 – The Kalimbeza Rice Project on the banks of the Zambezi River will soon be transformed into a full-scale rice production project, where production will be expanded and rice harvested, processed and distributed to a much larger market.
Source: TwinCities.com08/09/2012 – In canning jars, cattle troughs and 100 lakes across Minnesota, scientists are working at breakneck speed to unravel the relationship between the state’s iconic wild rice plant and something called sulfate.
Source: PhilStar07/09/2012 – Although it will continue to import commercial rice as part of its buffer stock, the Philippines will start exporting quality rice varieties to selected markets abroad next year.
