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EnglishSource: Reuters22/04/2013 – Thailand has postponed indefinitely a tender to sell up to half-a-million tonnes of rice from bulging stockpiles as it tries to avoid low prices against the backdrop of rising world supplies, a senior Commerce Ministry official said on Monday.
Source: Nation22/04/2013 – Public sector institutes like Rice Research Institutes of Kala Shah Kaku and Dokri have failed to develop new successful and popular hybrid rice varieties during the last several decades of their existence.
Source: The Times of India20/04/2013 – Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), the premier rice research centre in the country, has developed six new high-yielding varieties of rice. The new varieties of rice, yet to be christened, were recently identified by the central variety identification committee, informed director of the institute Trilochan Mohapatra.
Source: Zambia Daily Mail19/04/2013 – Various stakeholders have welcomed the proposed Chinese investment in rice production in the wetlands of Western Province, saying it will boost the sector and promote value addition.
Source: The Hindu18/04/2013 – Campaigns and movements to conserve rice, which is a dietary staple for Indians, have taken many researchers to the roots of our culture and civilisation. Indigenous rice varieties are being identified, popularised and conserved through seed banks and cultivation and sharing of experiences and seeds. Real-life stories of such sustained efforts are…
Source: The Nation17/04/2013 – Chinese rice importers have been combining Thai jasmine rice with cheaper grains in order to maintain a profit, due to the very high price resulting from the government’s pledging scheme.
Source: The Times of India17/04/2013 – A scientific breakthrough will bring a loud cheer among India’s farmers living in coastal areas. Scientists have discovered a rice variety with double the salt tolerance of any other rice in the world.
Source: The Wall Street Journal16/04/2013 – A single plant born out of unlikely parents opens the possibility of farmers growing rice on land normally unusable because of salt from nearby sea.
Source: Bloomberg15/04/2013 – U.S. rice farmers say they expect Japan will open its market to imports as American agricultural groups push a Pacific-region agreement that would create the world’s largest free-trade area.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News15/04/2013 – Turkish rice sector players are planning to launch campaigns to promote rice sales, which have been hit by 50 percent in two days after the genetically modified organism (GMO) rice seizure incidents.
