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EnglishSource: Dawn.com25/03/2013 – PAKISTAN’S basmati rice exports are showing signs of an upswing after suffering a plunge in the first six months of this fiscal year because of domestic higher prices, poor marketing and lower prices of India’s basmati.
Source: All Africa25/03/2013 – Faced with pressure on supplies of irrigation water due to climate shifts and an increasing population, rice farmers in four Kenyan irrigation schemes have adopted a new crop management system that allows them to grow their crops without flooding their paddies throughout the season.
Source: The Vindicator24/03/2013 – Rice producers and Ducks Unlimited representatives convened for an historic first Stewardship Partnership conference on March 14.
Fuente: The Jakarta Post24/03/2013 – State Owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan said Sunday that Indonesia would not import rice in 2013 as local farmers could produce sufficient rice to meet the domestic demand.
Source: Bangkok Post25/03/2013 – The Department of Foreign Trade plans to set up a “rice trade zone” project in the East to process Cambodian rice for export to other countries.
Source: The Advertiser22/03/2013 – Two rulings by Baton Rouge judges have complicated the future of a fee that Louisiana rice growers have been imposing on themselves for decades to promote the sale of their crop and to fund research developing new types of rice.
Source: Zambia Daily Mail22/03/2013 – Government has been urged to announce the floor price for rice to enable farmers sell the commodity to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA), a local rice processing company has said.
Source: Bangkok Post22/03/2013 – Deputy Commerce Minister Nattawut Saikuar has admitted the government’s rice pledging scheme is ridden with debt.
Source: Tribune22/03/2013 – Though Iran is under sanctions because of its alleged nuclear programme, basic items like food, medicines and medical services are exempted. Still, rice exporters of Pakistan are feeling the heat, not as a result of the sanctions, but due to absence of facilitation from government departments, say exporters.
Source: PhilStar.com22/03/2013 – The Department of Agriculture (DA) assured yesterday the public that the country is on track to achieving rice self sufficiency by the end of 2013 and that rice imports for 2013 – which will be used for buffer stock – will only be made within the country’s international commitments.
