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EnglishSource: Europa17/07/2012 – The European Commission today outlined measures to improve access to scientific information produced in Europe. Broader and more rapid access to scientific papers and data will make it easier for researchers and businesses to build on the findings of public-funded research. This will boost Europe’s innovation capacity and give citizens quicker access to…
Source: Bangkok Post26/07/2012 – Thailand’s rice industry will collapse unless the government takes more constructive actions by releasing rice from its huge stockpiles, chief of a local rice exporters association warned.
Source: R&D20/07/2012 – Rice hulls are like baby pigeons. They seem to exist only in the abstract. The hard shells protect rice grains during the growing season. But they are long gone when we tuck into a sushi roll. During harvest, they rise in looming mountains of waste. Ingenious farmers have turned them into bricks,…
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek20/07/2012 – The rice harvest in India, the world’s second-biggest producer, is set to drop from an all-time high as the weakest monsoon in three years slows planting, potentially boosting global prices. Futures climbed for the first time in four days.
Source: The New York Times19/07/2012 – In the four months that Walmart has been selling low-cost Chinese rice here, the big American retailer has struggled to keep shelves stocked at some stores. A Japanese chain, Beisia, also sold Chinese-grown rice for the first time this year but quickly ran out.
Source: Reuters18/07/2012 – Thai rice prices dropped 3 percent this week as supply outpaced demand after the expiry of the government’s intervention programme, exporters said on Wednesday.
Source: Jakarta Globe17/07/2012 – Asia’s bulging stocks of rice, coupled with the waning appetite of top buyers, will keep a lid on prices of the grain in coming months, promising relief to food importers grappling with a one-third jump in the prices of corn and wheat since mid-June.
Source: CBS News17/07/2012 – A group of Arkansas rice farmers sued company that produces hybrid seed on Monday, claiming that RiceTec Inc. supplied them with seed that produced an inferior crop and sometimes didn’t grow well enough to be harvested.
Source: The Hindu Business Line09/07/2012 – The Government’s decision to abolish the minimum export price for aromatic rice varieties has started showing its effects in the domestic market as well.
Source: NPR08/07/2012 – The punishing seven-year drought of the 1950s in Texas brought about the modern era of water planning. But the drought of 2011 was the hottest, driest 12 months on record there.
