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EnglishSource: Siftings Herald.com22/10/2012 – Session three of the Rice Leadership Development Program recently concluded, providing participants with an overview of rice marketing and production practices, crop diversity, conservation and environmental issues, and a close-up look at the state’s rice harvest. Park Eldridge with Lehman Elevator in Gillett participated.
Source: Science Daily19/10/2012 – More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and rising temperatures cause rice agriculture to release more of the potent greenhouse gas methane (CH4) for each kilogram of rice it produces, new research published in this week’s online edition of Nature Climate Change reveals.
Source: Science Daily19/10/2012 – More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and rising temperatures cause rice agriculture to release more of the potent greenhouse gas methane (CH4) for each kilogram of rice it produces, new research published in this week’s online edition of Nature Climate Change reveals.
Source: All Africa21/10/2012 – Alhaji Abubakar Kaura Wodi is the National President of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN). In this interview, he explained how the torrential floods across the country affected rice farmers.
Source: Bangkok Post22/10/2012 – The Commerce Ministry may seek funding from the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) to build a large rice silo in a move to establish Thailand as a food stockpiler for the world.
Source: The Nation19/10/2012 – The USA Rice Federation fears Thailand will eventually dump rice on the global market, according to Oryza Rice Recap, a website specialising in providing rice information.
Source: Stabroek News17/10/2012 – Rice farmers will have to make do without the promised SRD 3.2 million in aid by the government. ‘It all depends on the decision by the Council of Ministers. If they give a positive signal we have to find the financial means because they are not in the budget. The stakeholders…
Source: The Nation17/10/2012 – Former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has urged the government to provide a direct subsidy to farmers instead of continuing the loss-making rice-pledging scheme, as their incomes would then be improved without destroying the market mechanism.
Source: Malaya17/10/2012 – Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala yesterday said that the Philippines has reached 98 percent of its rice production target for the year.
Source: All Africa15/10/2012 – As floods continue to wreak havoc in several states of Nigeria, destroying farmlands of rice, maize and other crops, there are fears of imminent food security threat.
