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EnglishSource: Nigerian Tribune02/05/2013 – Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has raised the alarm over plot to derail 2015 rice sufficiency agenda of the Federal Government by some entrenched interests, disclaiming reports that Nigerian farmers cannot produce enough raw rice to feed the nation‘s rice millers.
Source: Business Inquirer02/05/2013 – The National Food Authority (NFA) is set to source 187,000 metric tons of rice from Vietnam.
Source: The Times of India01/05/2013 – The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) on Monday night raided three rice processing mills at Ghoti about 30 km from Nashik, following complaints of artificial flavouring in basmati rice to enhance its aroma.
Source: KLFY30/04/2013 – Rice farmers in Southwest Louisiana are frustrated over a loss of crop to blackbirds and waterfowl. Steve Linscombe, Director of the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station, said he has seen this problem before, but this past year has been detrimental to farmers.
Source: Bloomberg30/04/2013 – Indonesia’s rice harvest, the world’s third-largest, may climb to a record for a second straight year, curbing the need to import grain, the United Nations said.
Source: Inquirer News29/04/2013 – President Benigno Aquino III reiterated his previous announcement of rice self-sufficiency in the Philippines by yearend when he went on a second campaign sortie for the local candidates of the Liberal Party in the Quezon province on Monday.
Source: Business Standard29/04/2013 – Fertilisers, crop protection and specialty nutrient products manufacturer, Coromandel International Limited, has signed an MoU with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for promoting and disseminating improved rice research technologies in India.
Source: All Africa29/04/2013 – Rice is a farm produce which seems to slowly, but surely replacing Maize as common household staple in Tanzania and other East African countries and in the process, it also transform lives in Same District of Kilimanjaro.
Source: Channels TV29/04/2013 – A new group of local growers and importers of the commodity calling themselves the “Patriotic Rice Association of Nigeria, PRAN” said in Abuja on Monday that “massive and incessant smuggling of Nigeria had thrown the rice industry into turmoil with severe consequences for government revenues, the economy and future plans for rice…
Source: The Hindu28/04/2013 – It is just 10 days since the Rs. 20 a kg rice scheme was launched in the district. Over 19,000 kg of rice had been marketed through the 10 designated retail outlets in the city and in two other towns of Manapparai and Lalgudi. This is no mean achievement given that the…
