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EnglishSource: Xinhuanet.com01/07/2012 – Nepal recently observed its Rice Plantation Day as part of its nationwide campaign to increase rice production and achieve food security for all Nepalese.
Source: PhilStar01/07/2012 – Nueva Ecija farmers who were victims of last year’s typhoons “Pedring” and “Quiel” have become beneficiaries of high- yield hybrid rice seeds grants from SL Agritech Corp. (SLAC).
Source: Mother Nature Network27/06/2012 – Due to improved preservation and aggressive conservation efforts, the Philippines’ ancient rice terraces no longer qualify as endangered world heritage sites.
Source: Reuters28/06/2012 – Sri Lanka banned rice exports on Thursday until its harvest season next March aiming to stabilise local prices as its major rice-producing area struggles with a prolonged drought.
Source: Bangkok Post25/06/2012 – The government plans to reschedule its rice price-intervention period for the next crop by moving it up two months.
Source: Asian Journal22/06/2012 – What started out as a possible excuse to go back to the Philippines brought international recognition and honor for a Filipino-American instead.
Source: Fox News23/06/2012 – The rust-orange head of an American avocet darted back and forth watching for predators, its black-and-white feathered body plopped atop a nest of four speckled eggs that lay on an earthen levee in a California rice paddy.
Source: Delta Farm Press22/06/2012 – Currently midway through their rice-growing season, farmers heard advice from LSU AgCenter experts at the June 13 Acadia Parish field day on precautions to consider to protect this year’s crop.
Source: Daily News21/06/2012 – India’s rice exports to China have been virtually cleared. The assurance from Beijing came when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in this Brazilian port city Wednesday on the margins of the Rio+20 Summit.
Source: IRRI News20/06/2012 – Bas Bouman, currently head of IRRI’s Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, has been named director of the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP)—the CGIAR research program for rice—effective 1 September 2012.
