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EnglishSource: Monticello News15/08/2013 – There are over seven billion people in the world today. With the population rapidly growing, the only way to continue to feed the world is through changes and advances in the agricultural system.
Source: Bloomberg14/08/2013 – Cheap rice may be a thing of the past as production costs climb, driven by rising wages in Asia and higher fertilizer and diesel costs, the U.K.’s Overseas Development Institute said.
Source: The Nation14/08/2013 – The commerce minister yesterday insisted that the cumulative cost to the country of the government’s rice-pledging scheme over its first two years had not exceeded Bt650 billion, and said the government would be able to bring the figure down to Bt500 billion this year through stepped-up selling of rice stocks.
Source: The Vindicator13/08/2013 – U.S. total rice supplies for 2013/14 are projected at 238.4 million cwt, up 2.9 million from last month, according to today’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report.
Source: The Times of India12/08/2013 – Monsoon has brought down the price of ricein Karnataka. In the last one month, the price of Sona Masuri has dropped from Rs 54/kg to Rs 41-46/kg, while the price of another variety, Sona Steam has reduced from Rs 37-42/kilo to Rs 32-37/kilo. Following the reduced prices, rice traders say,…
Source: GMA News12/08/2013 – It all started in 1984 in Los Baños, Laguna. Scientists had begun to develop an exciting new approach to breeding crops—genetic engineering—and everyone wondered how it could be used to help the world.
Source: The Times of India13/08/2013 – Bountiful rainfall in the paddy-growing regions of Karnataka has brought down the price of rice by 13%-24%. In one month, price of Sona Masuri has dropped from Rs 54 a kg to Rs 41-46 a kg, and that of Sona Steam from Rs 37-42 a kg to Rs 32-37a kg.
Source: GMA News11/08/2013 – Rice varieties that can adapt to climate changes are being studied and bred at the International Rice Research Institute in Los Banos, Laguna.
Source: Khaleej Times11/08/2013 – Newly planted rice shoots poking out of the Sudanese soil are as tiny as blades of grass, but they symbolise a big dream to turn around one of the world’s largest irrigated farming schemes.
Source: PhilStar11/08/2013 – The rice eel, which once infested palay cultivation areas in Cagayan Valley (Region 2), is now an export commodity.
