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EnglishSource: NPR Food07/03/2013 – There’s a kind of rice growing in some test plots in the Philippines that’s unlike any rice ever seen before. It’s yellow. Its backers call it “golden rice.” It’s been genetically modified so that it contains beta-carotene, the source of vitamin A.
Source: globalpost10/03/2013 – The price of rice in North Korea has jumped from 5,000 won per kilogram to 9,000 won, Nambuk Story reported. Other groceries have also increased in price by approximately 70 percent.
Source: Eleven10/03/2013 – Myanmar exported 1.3 million tons of rice in this fiscal year and 80 percent of them were destined for China, according to Dr. Soe Tun, Chairperson of Myanmar Farmers Association.
Source: IrishCentral09/03/2013 – An Irish scientist is a leading figure behind a revolutionary new kind of rice that could improve the lives of the poor around the world.
Source: Reuters08/03/2013 – Iran’s oil export revenues are helping Indian rice exporters to claw back some of the lucrative business lost to cross-border truckers in Pakistan as a result of Western sanctions.
Source: All Africa05/03/2013 – The Kalimbeza rice project has been submerged following the recent escalation in heavy flooding in the Caprivi Region, which has also left many villagers displaced.
Source: International Herald Tribune05/03/2013 – “Nostalgia” is one way to translate the name of this small farming village 25 kilometers south of Yangon. Nostalgia is also one way to describe the way the farmers who live here feel about their land and the time, many years ago, when they were sure it was theirs.
Source: appealdemocrat.com02/03/2013 – The already-strong market for California rice has added more muscle with Los Angeles-based Sage V Foods looking for growers here to convert land to grow organic rice for prices double those paid for conventional rice.
Source: All Africa26/02/2013 – Some importers and warehouse staff have come in the spotlight of security investigations following a recent discovery of 7,000 metric tons of toxic rice. The rice of the brand, Soleil which is said to have left the Yangon Sea Port in Singapore on December 3, 2012 on board Sky Star ship,…
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek01/03/2013 – It appears the ongoing drought in Texas will keep most rice farmers in three counties from getting irrigation water to flood their fields for an unprecedented second consecutive year.
