Yearly Archives: 2013

China – Super rice project could be finished in 3 years

Source: China Daily27/04/2013 – New super rice strains with an expected yield of 15 tons per hectare could be developed in three years, Chinese agricultural scientist Yuan Longping said on Friday.

Ghana – Farmers want local rice market

Source: GBN26/04/2013 – Local rice farmers at Asutuare have called for support to market locally produced rice to help sustain the industry.

Nigeria – Nigeria loses N116.4bn yearly to rice smuggling

Source: Vanguard26/04/2013 – An estimated 80,000 metric tonnes of rice is smuggled into Nigeria from Benin Republic every month, which represents a loss of revenue to the country amounting to about N9.7 billion monthly, or N116.4 billion annually.

Ghana – Key players in Ghana’s rice sector must collaborate – Agric Minister

Source: GBN26/04/2013 – Mr Clement Kofi Humado, Minister of Food and Agriculture, has advised key players in the rice sector to collaborate effectively to increase rice production in the country.

Japan – Fukushima’s ‘contaminated’rice still in storage two years on

Source: The Asahi Shimbun25/04/2013 – Officials are still struggling to dispose of some 17,000 tons of contaminated rice produced in Fukushima Prefecture after the nuclear disaster there two years ago.

Philippines – P1.2 billion Viet rice in 1,179 vans: “Mother of all smuggled rice”

Source: PhilStar26/04/2013 – In what is considered as “the mother of all smuggled rice,” an illegal shipment of at least P1.2 billion worth of rice from Vietnam was opened by the Bureau of Customs yesterday.

India – Rice bran oil set to smoke out olive oil

Source: Economic Times25/04/2013 – You can just forget about cooking with olive oil to stay fit. Olive oil production in Spain has been hit hard by a drought, which has pushed up prices by 40%. This has prompted rice bran oil companies like Adani Wilmar, Ricela Health Food and Sethia Oils to swing into action to take a slice…

Rwanda – Muvumba rice farmers told to hit Rwf3.5 billion target

Source: All Africa23/04/2013 – Rice farmers in Muvumba marshland in Nyagatare district are expected to post increased production worth Rwf3.5 billion each season once they adopt best agricultural practices, Agriculture minister Agnes Kalibata has said.

Nigeria – Nigeria spends N365bn yearly on rice importation – FG

Source: PUNCH22/04/2013 – Nigeria is spending about N365bn annually on the importation of 2.1 million metric tonnes of milled rice, the Federal Government has said.

Thailand – Thailand postpones rice stocks tender as prices drop – govt official

Source: Reuters22/04/2013 – Thailand has postponed indefinitely a tender to sell up to half-a-million tonnes of rice from bulging stockpiles as it tries to avoid low prices against the backdrop of rising world supplies, a senior Commerce Ministry official said on Monday.