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EnglishSource: Eleven Myanmar31/05/2013 – A month-long surge in US dollar exchange rates against Myanmar currency ‘kyat’ has benefitted rice exporters in Myanmar, but it has led to an increase in local rice price, businessmen said.
Source: Dhaka Tribune31/05/2013 – With the Boro harvest coming to an end, farmers are expecting bumper crops this season but they are not sure if fortune will smile upon them, as every year they are deprived of fair prices for their products.
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek31/05/2013 – North Korean farmers knee deep in muddy paddies across the country have a new incentive during this year’s crucial rice planting season: possible bonuses that are part of an economic shift echoing ally China’s steps three decades ago toward embracing capitalism.
Source: Ghana Web31/05/2013 – Rice farming at Botanga in the Kumbungu District in the Northern Region has significantly improved following the implementation of an agricultural project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Source: Phys.org29/05/2013 – With the aid of high-tech tools, Agricultural Research Service and collaborating scientists are closing in on the genes in rice that regulate the uptake and storage of important minerals—a pursuit that could bolster the nutritional value of this cereal grain crop as a staple food for roughly half the world’s population.
Source: Globes29/05/2013 – Plant genomics company Evogene Ltd. (TASE:EVGN) and Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group Co. Ltd. (DBN) (SZ:220385) will collaborate on improving productivity by increasing fertilizer uptake and drought tolerance in rice. Candidate genes discovered and prioritized by Evogene for these key traits will be introduced into DBN’s pipeline for the development of improved rice. The companies did…
Source: Pak Tribune28/05/2013 – Pakistan’s rice exports have dropped by 40 per cent during the present financial year and the situation needs to be taken seriously, rice exporters said.
Source: Focus Taiwan28/05/2013 – An international rice genomics center established by National Chung Hsing University and Academia Sinica was inaugurated Tuesday in Taichung, central Taiwan.
Source: Asia One28/05/2013 – With rice-importing nations becoming more reliant on their own production, and Thai prices remaining high, the Kingdom’s exporters will find it more difficult to win orders in an increasingly competitive global market. ASEAN rivals, in particular, are battling hard to increase market share, rice experts have warned.
