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EnglishSource: IRRI11/06/2013 – A US$12 million investment in rice research has returned more than $70 million in benefits to rice farmers and national economies in four Asian countries, according to a new report.
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek19/06/2013 – Rice shipments from Thailand, the second-biggest exporter, are set to increase as the government reduces the price paid to farmers to rein in spending, according to the Thai Rice Exporters Association.
Source: CBS News18/06/2013 – Islamic militants have driven 19,000 rice farmers from their land in northeast Nigeria while a military crackdown is preventing thousands more from working their fields, raising fears of imminent food shortages, officials warned Tuesday.
Source: AgriLife 18/06/2013 – Water restrictions in some parts of Texas and unseasonably cool temperatures that settled in earlier this year have had the state’s rice crop growing in a bit of uncertainty.
Source: Bangkok Post18/06/2013 – The cabinet is yet to discuss proposals to reduce the pledging price of rice, because it is waiting for the National Rice Policy Committee to provide further details on the existing scheme, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said.
Source: Capital Press18/06/2013 – State and national rice industry representatives say the Farm Bill now being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives is about the best that growers could hope for.
Source: Daily Mail18/06/2013 – Shin deep in mud and rain water and getting a soaking from a monsoon deluge, it’s hard to fathom why these workers could possibly look so happy in their daily toil.
Source: The Hindu Business Line18/06/2013 – Production of rice bran oil (RBO) holds immense potential in India considering the surge in paddy production at 150 million tonnes over the last 10 years.
Source: Phys.org18/06/2013 – Like a stealthy enemy, blast disease invades rice crops around the world, killing plants and cutting production of one of the most important global food sources. Now a study by an international team of researchers has shed light on how the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, invades plant tissue. The finding is a…
Source: IPS14/06/2013 – Thanks to food riots in several African cities fuelled by high rice prices between 2007 and 2008, sub-Saharan Africa is growing and eating more rice after governments were forced into ambitious production programmes.
