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EnglishSource: Equities.com20/08/2012 – China’s production of short grain japonica rice, a staple food for Japanese, grew just over 40 percent in a decade to nearly 65 million tons in 2011, a level more than six times greater than Japan’s annual production, according to a recent survey by a Japanese think tank.
Source: Business Recorder19/08/2012 – The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has advised the SME rice exporters not to be perturbed by the false rumors about crop shortage and informed them that the crop is a little late but satisfactory yield is expected and there will be more than enough crop for exports and…
Source: Business World19/08/2012 – A severe drought in the United States is unlikely to affect the Philippines and could even open up export opportunities, a Cabinet official claimed.
Source: UN16/08/2012 – Abeline Razanamamy is an elderly widow living in central Madagascar. She is determined not to rely on anybody else for her survival.
Source: Sunday Observer19/08/2012 – Rice research in Sri Lanka is now more farmer-oriented and today research is based on addressing the issues faced by farmers and achieving national targets, said the Deputy Director, Research of the Rice Research and Development Institute (RRDI), S.W. Abeysekara.
Source: Hindustan Times18/08/2012 – Jharkhand might face a 40% shortfall of rice yield this year due to delayed monsoon, an agriculture scientist said in Jharkhand on Saturday. “Transplantation of paddy picked up only in the last fortnight in Jharkhand following good rains. The delay in monsoon by 20 to 25 days had caused harm to paddy…
Source: The Asahi Shimbun19/08/2012 – In the hands of a true “artiste,” just about anything can be transformed into a canvas for creative expression–even a rice paddy.
Source: Business Line17/08/2012 – Rice acreage crossed 300 lakh hectares (lh) as transplantation gained momentum in parts of central and North India on widespread rain. States such as Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand have registered higher acreage under the cereal.
Source: Phys.org17/08/2012 – Fujitsu today announced that, in collaboration with the Federation of Hokkaido Agricultural Mutual Aid Association (Hokkaido NOSAI) and the Kamikawa Chuo Agricultural Mutual Aid Association (Kamikawa Chuo NOSAI), it will aid in creating maps of rice paddy parcels using proprietary Fujitsu image analysis technology. The technology will utilize satellite images and aerial photographs…
Source: All Africa16/08/2012 – The mission to stop the importation of rice and put more rice on the table of Cameroonians at good prices is on track with the Upper Nun Valley Development Authority- UNVDA, turning full circle. It emerged from the 42nd board meeting of the agro-industry on August 14, 2012 that resources recently made…
