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EnglishSource: Tehran Times21/07/2013 – Iran imported $609 million worth of rice in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21), which showed 140 percent rise compared to the same period in the previous year.
Source: Business Standard22/07/2013 – Rice sowing in West Bengal, India’s largest rice-producing state, has not matched pace with other parts of the country due to below-average rainfall and pre-occupation of farmers with the ongoing local body elections.
Source: Business World21/07/2013 – The country’s rice stocks, as of July 18, climbed by 25.65% year-on-year to 2.4 million metric tons (MT), the National Food Authority (NFA) said.
Source: The Bolivar Commercial21/07/2013 – The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation met for its annual Rice Commodity Advisory Committee Meeting Friday.
Source: Manila Standard Today21/07/2013 – The International Rice Research Institute based in Los Baños, Laguna, is currently developing a high-nutrient rice variety that could help address malnutrition in the country and in the whole world.
Source: The Jakarta Post 20/07/2013 – Over the past four months, rice farmers in Peguyangan, North Denpasar, have stopped planting their fields because there is no water supply to the area.
Source: KATV19/07/2013 – The Arkansas Rice Expo, set for Friday, August 2nd in Stuttgart, will focus attention on that fact that most rice is naturally gluten-free. The expo is set for 8 a.m. at the Grand Prairie Center at 2709 U. S. Highway 165.
Source: Bloomberg19/07/2013 – The Thai government, seeking to offload record stockpiles of rice built up through a state-buying program, is prepared to sell the grain at a loss as it plans to open bids for the hoard every two weeks.