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EnglishSource: Today’s THV24/01/2013 – The Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board received more than $1 million in tariff rate quota (TRQ) funds generated for domestic rice research from the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, which established annual increasing tariff rate quotas for U.S. rice.
Source: Bloomberg23/01/2013 – Rice exports from Thailand plunged 37 percent last year to the lowest in more than a decade, dethroning the Southeast Asian nation as the largest shipper.
Source: SpringerAbstract – In situ conservation of crop genetic resources is widely recommended but, as yet, no methods have been developed to rank the genetic entities to preserve and the social organisations to involve. The highlands of Madagascar have been identified as a key site for rice, Oryza sativa, genetic diversity. To define conservation strategies,…
Source: ingentaconnectAbstract: Although it is well established that biodiversity plays an important role in pest control, there is limited knowledge on how the origins of agriculture may shape arthropod biodiversity. Arthropod food webs likely have coevolved with wild crop relatives before domestication, but not all arthropod taxa may be able to inhabit cultivated habitats. We…
Source: Area Development22/01/2013 – Farmers Rice Milling Company Inc. plans a $13.4 million expansion and modernization of the company’s rice mill in eastern Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, creating an estimated 87 jobs.
Source: Stabroek News21/01/2013 – The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has received complaints from members of the public about the quality of white rice and parboiled rice and is seeking a meeting with millers on the matter.
Source: Times of India20/01/2013 – The week began with freshness and festivity as a weak but determined sun made an appearance on Bihar’s ‘ Khichdi’ festival, and for most of the Patnaites this has been a week of sweet weakness as hands involuntarily reach out for yet another amazingly constructed sesame seed and country sugar confection…
Source: Manila Bulletin19/01/2013 – Rice production in the Philippines, the world’s fourth-biggest importer, may rise 6 percent year-on-year due to increased planting, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.
Source: Times of India19/01/2013 – MYSORE: Though red rice might not look appetizing like Basmati, it outscores Basmati on health benefits.
Source: Grocery Shopping19/01/2013 – Filipinos like to add pandan leaves to rice while cooking but with basmati, there is no need. Basmati is a long-grain rice with the natural aroma and flavor of pandan leaves. Has to do with something called 2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline which basmati has twelve times more of than other rice varieties. Apart from the…
