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EnglishSource: Deccan Chronicle18/01/2014 – Rice prices that are already touching Rs 50 a kg could go up further with the additional burden of 12.36 per cent service tax that might be levied on storage and transport.
Source: Manila Standard Today18/01/2014 – Rice production increased 2.3 percent year-on-year to hit a record 18.44 million metric tons in 2013, on the back of strong harvests in the fourth quarter, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics said Friday.
Source: The Economist18/01/2014 – THE prospect from Sam mountain, a rocky outcrop in southern Vietnam’s Mekong delta, is timeless. Paddy fields shine emerald. Irrigation canals reflect the sunlight like mirrors. Three times a year, farmers in surrounding towns put on their rubber boots and plant rice seedlings in the deep soil. A few months later they…
Source: Reuters16/01/2014 – Thai rice prices slipped this week as some farmers unloaded grain onto the market because of fears about the ability of the government to pay for grain bought under its intervention scheme, especially with protests disrupting the capital.
Source: Stuttgart Daily Leader14/01/2014 -The U.S. 2013-14 rice crop is estimated at 189.9 million cwt, up 1.2 million from the previous estimate, according to today’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. Average yield is estimated at a record 7,694 pounds per acre, up 34 pounds per acre. Harvested area is estimated at 2.468…
Source: Durham University13/01/2014 – Plants naturally slow their growth or even stop growing altogether in response to adverse conditions, such as water shortage or high salt content in soil, in order to save energy.
Source: Business Standard14/01/2014 – The rice millers’ association in Koraput district of Odisha has alleged that it is being forced by officials to lift paddy under custom milling without quality analysis at procurement centres in ongoing kharif marketing season (KMS).
Source: The Wll Street Journal13/01/2014 – Climate change will complicate the Philippines’ efforts to become self-sufficient in rice, the country’s economic planning secretary said Monday.
Source: The Telegraph13/01/2014 – Tilda, the UK’s biggest rice brand, has been gobbled up by Nasdaq-listed Hain Celestial, owner of the Linda McCartney vegetarian food brands.
Source: South China Morning Post12/01/2014 – China’s “father of hybrid rice”, Yuan Longping, says he is working with researchers on rice that has been genetically modified – a controversial technology but one that might help the mainland meet its agricultural goals.