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EnglishSource: Nigerian Tribune02/04/2013 – The National Rice/Maize Centre, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, last week, facilitated the rebirth of upland rice production in Ilesha and its environs with the distribution of two metric tonnes of an improved variety called NERICA 8, free of charge.
Source: Spy Ghana31/03/2013 – Rice production rose 30% on average in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in two years at end of 2012, according to analysis by the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice).
Source: AG Professional01/04/2013 – 2006 and 2012 were very similar disease years in southwest Louisiana rice. Both years were preceded by warm winters that allowed rice, planted the previous year, to overwinter and several rice diseases to survive and multiply on these plants. These lesions produce spores earlier and in higher amounts than normal. This…
Source: Business Recorder31/03/2013 – Asian rice prices dropped this week and could come under further pressure after Vietnam removed a floor price for one of its main export grades, while weakness in the baht also allowed Thai exporters lower their offers, traders said. Vietnamese 5 percent broken rice eased to $398-$400 a tonne, free on…
Source: The Town Talk30/03/2013 – The leader of the “majority” of Louisiana’s rice growers says he’s concerned that a lawsuit filed by “a minority special interest group” of growers could wreck a system that has made growing rice profitable.
Source: Mercury News29/03/2013 – California environmentalists say a proposal by state pesticide regulators to allow spraying of a controversial pesticide on rice fields in the Sacramento Valley could harm aquatic organisms and honeybees.
Source: The New York Times28/03/2013 – Thailand is set to sell 500,000 metric tons of rice on world markets at a loss as it scrambles to offload a record stockpile deteriorating in warehouses filled with grain bought under a government program.
Source: WFP20/03/2013 – The Government of Brazil today made its first contribution to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Uganda: some 2,000 metric tons of rice worth about US$1 million. The rice will be used over the coming months to provide 155,000 refugees with relief assistance.
Source: allAfrica25/03/2013 – New research from West Africa challenges the widely held view that African and Asian ‘farmer rice’ varieties have only local value owing to their poor ability to adapt to adverse environmental conditions.
Source: Bloomberg26/03/2013 – Rice exports from India, the world’s second-largest grower, are poised to reach a record for a second year as the harvest may rebound on normal monsoon rain, potentially widening a global surplus.
