Nigeria – Borno govt imports 500 rice mills
Source: Vanguard05/11/2012 – The Borno government said on Sunday that it would import 500 rice mills from Thailand as part of efforts to boost rice production in the state.
Egypt – Egypt to issue public rice export tender by mid-November
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek05/11/2012 – Egypt will issue a public tender for the export of 100,000 tonnes of rice by mid-November, the second since the country lifted a four-year ban on exporting locally grown rice last month, the head of the Agriculture Export Council said.
USA – Rice irrigation method saves fuel, water, money
Source: MSU Ag Communications01/11/2012 – Ten years of research indicates that a water management strategy can save rice producers money on fuel and conserve water without hurting yields.
Nigeria – Outbreak of Rice Blast reported in parts of Kaduna
Source: Vanguard03/11/2012 – The Kaduna State Government on Saturday expressed concern on the reported outbreak of a rice disease, known as rice blast, in some parts of the state.
USA – New South Louisiana rail facility loads rice for Mexico
Source: heraldonline.com31/10/2012 – The newly completed South Louisiana Rail Facility, located in the Lacassine Agri-Industrial Park, loaded their first shipment of Louisiana long grain rice bound for Mexico today, October 31, 2012. The project was the brainchild of a group of area rice farmers who banded together to form an LLC and sold $5,000 memberships to…
Nigeria – 200 hectares of rice farm destroyed by flood in Edo
Source: All Africa28/10/2012 – More than 200 hectares of rice farms have been destroyed by flood in four communities of Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo.
Myanmar – Myanmar seeks to restore status among top rice exporters
Source: Bloomberg29/10/2012 – Myanmar, the world’s top rice shipper before five decades of military dictatorship made it Southeast Asia’s poorest nation, plans to double exports over five years, threatening to aggravate a global glut.
Bangladesh – Change and diversity in smallholder rice-fish systems
Source: IFPRI24/10/2012 – Efforts to unlock the genetic potential of both rice and fish, when combined with efforts to improve the management of rice–fish systems, have considerable proven potential for increasing agricultural productivity and food security.
Angola – Especialista sugere incremento da cooperação científica no domínio agrícola
Fonte: ANGOP24/10/2012 – O especialista venezuelano em agronomia Prudêncio Chacón considerou hoje, em Luanda, mais fácil e favorável a cooperação científica e tecnológica no domínio agrícola nas relações Sul-Sul tendo em conta os baixos custos e semelhanças entre os países dessas regiões.
USA – U.S. rice closing in on new export market
Source: Stuttgart Daily Leader24/10/2012 – The U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) provides for a steadily increasing annual amount of U.S. rice to enter Colombia without paying Colombia’s 80 percent import duty. This duty-free amount is called a tariff rate quota (TRQ), and the TPA provides that the TRQ will be administered by an export trading…