Nigeria – Poor quality rice in circulation – Dealers
Source: PUNCH03/01/2013 – The Rice Millers, Processors and Dealers Association of Nigeria on Wednesday alerted the nation that poor quality rice had been smuggled into the Nigerian market.
Philippines – Legarda warns of less rice with continued rise in global temperature
Source: Senate of the Philippines03/01/2013 – Senator Loren Legarda today warned that Filipinos need to take aggressive and immediate action to adapt to the changing climate and prevent further rise in global temperature or prepare themselves for meals with no rice at all.
Liberia – Liberia: ‘Reduce rice importation’- UL economist cautions
Source: allAfrica31/12/2012 – An Economist at the University of Liberia (UL) Dehpue Zuo, has called on the government to reduce rice importation to boost food production.
USA – Farm bill, inputs an quality are top rice producer concerns
Source: Western Farm Press28/12/2012 – U.S. rice producers say the farm bill, input costs, water availability, regulation and quality issues are top concerns for the rice industry, during interviews at the USA Rice Outlook Conference in Coronado, Calif.
Haiti – In Haiti, recovery takes root in the rice fields
Source: OXFAM America24/12/2012 – When a massive earthquake struck Haiti in January, 2010, it shone a spotlight on the need to ease the dangerous overcrowding in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. So, after responding to the disaster with emergency programs, Oxfam shifted some of our focus to the countryside. Together with our partners, we ramped…
USA – Louisiana looking at record yields for corn, rice and other crops
Source: Nola.com24/12/2012 – Louisiana’s harvests this year include record yields for at least five crops — corn, soybeans, cotton, grain sorghum and rice — and sugarcane, still being harvested, could be close to a record, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Indonesia – Idea to replace rice as main staple makes perfect sense: Expert
Source: Jakarta Globe24/12/2012 – Indonesia is facing a challenge of feeding its continuously rising population and one agricultural expert believes the answer may lie in switching Indonesians’ main diet from rice to corn.
Pakistan – Issues in hybrid rice
Source: Dawn.com24/12/2012 – The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan has in a statement claimed popularity of hybrid rice in the country because its cultivation is giving increased yield per acre that creates exportable surplus.