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EnglishSource: OurWorld 2.004/04/2012 – Mountain rice terracing is practised widely in parts of the Asia-Pacific. Rice terraces are deeply intertwined with indigenous cultures, traditional practices and the ecology of many mountainous areas.
Source: The Nation02/04/2012 – After being hit severely by floods last year, Sandee Rice – Thailand’s leading rice packer – is now paddling its own canoe to rebuild its business, which is expected to recommence operations this month.
Source: Kaieteur News01/04/2012 – Dr Ashni Singh has reported an 11.3 increase in rice production. He told the House on Friday, that the rice industry extended its stellar performance of recent years with total production last year of 401,904 tonnes.
Source: KATV30/03/2012 – Acreage in the nation’s top rice growing state is expected to be at its lowest point since 1989, while corn acres in Arkansas are expected to overtake cotton acres for the first time since 1940, Scott Stiles, extension economist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said Friday.
Source: FARS News31/03/2012 – Uruguayan Agriculture Minister Tabaré Agerre announced his country’s readiness to supply rice to Iran in exchange for oil.
Source: The Advocate29/03/2012 – The cereal maker Kellogg’s is enlisting Louisiana rice farmers in the effort for earth-friendly Rice Krispies.
Source: The Land29/03/2012 – Rice harvest is in full swing in southern NSW, with crops which missed the worst of the flood damage yielding as much as 12.5 tonnes a hectare.
Source: Business World29/03/2012 – The Philippines is set to purchase from abroad 380,000 metric tons (MT) of rice after the government completed the bidding for the shipment quota of the private sector, an official said yesterday.
Source: Leesville Daily Leader29/03/2012 – The Farm Service Agency (FSA) recently announced the 2012 rice loan rates. According to David Q. Vidrine, County Executive Director in the Beauregard/Vernon Parish FSA Office, the national weighted average loan rate for rough rice is $6.50 per hundredweight (cwt). The national average Rough Rice Loan Rate is used to…
Source: Hindustan Times29/03/2012 – If all goes well, rice husk and solar power — two very unlikely entities — will together provide rural India with a twin solution to its problems of power shortage and lack of storage for agriculture produce. What’s more, the evolving system promises zero emission of pollutants as well.
