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EnglishSource: Science News25/05/2012 – There has been a lot of research, recently, showing how global change — especially warming — can alter the habitat and preferred range of marine and terrestrial species. But rising levels of greenhouse gases can also, directly, do a number on agricultural ecosystems, a new study shows. At least for U.S.-grown rice,…
Source: The Daily Star27/05/2012 – Rice price in local markets has continued to fall alarmingly for over two weeks, much to the worry of farmers in the district famous for rice production.
Source: IRIN22/05/2012 – Some 320,000 people in Côte d’Ivoire are grappling with hunger partly because they cannot afford the high prices of imported rice, but government efforts to bring down the cost of the staple food are so far not working well.
Source: Phys.org24/05/2012 – New research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirms that rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide facilitate the flow of genes from wild or weedy rice plants to domesticated rice varieties. As a result, domesticated plants could take on undesirable weedy characteristics that may interfere with future rice production.
Source: The Jakarta Globe30/05/2012 – The Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA) is seeking government approval to award a 100,000-ton rice import deal to Vietnam, which offered the best price for the volume, the head of the agency said.
Source: All Africa31/05/2012 – As part of its agriculture sector transformation strategy which is hoped would drive diversification of the economy from oil and particularly ensure the nation’s food security, government has planned to ensure that Nigeria becomes self-sufficient in rice production by 2015.
Source: Oregon Live23/05/2012 -Alejandro Alvarez wants his fourth-grade students at Echo Shaw Elementary in Cornelius to know their multiplication tables.
Source: Western Farm Press30/05/2012 – Rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide facilitate the flow of genes from wild or weedy rice plants to domesticated rice varieties. As a result, domesticated plants could take on undesirable weedy characteristics that may interfere with future rice production.
Source: SulphurDailyNews.com30/05/2012 – The LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station will hold its annual field day June 28 with a variety of speakers and presentations.
Source: All Africa28/05/2012 – Around 700 million of the world’s poor live in rice-growing areas in Asia. Rice is the staple food in Asia and 95 percent of the world’s rice is produced there. Mostly grown in soils submerged under water, irrigated lowland (or ‘paddy’) rice accounts for nearly 80 percent of the world’s rice production…
