Thailand – Rice farmers hit by 40% crop lost
Source: Karen News06/01/2014 – Farmers along the Done-Tha-Mi River face severe rice shortages this year due to wet season flooding.
Bangladesh rice import value surges in July-November 2013; Up 315% from previous year
Source: Oryza06/01/2014 – Bangladesh’s rice imports have increased to 3.85 billion takas (about $49 million) in the first five months of the fiscal year 2013-14 (July – June), which is up about 315% compared to rice imports worth around 900 million takas (about $12 million) in the corresponding period in the FY 2012-13. Local sources…
India – Govt’s rice procurement down 8% at 16.39 mn tonne
Source: Business Standard06/01/2014 – Government’s rice procurement is lagging behind by 8 per cent over last year at 16.36 million tonne so far in the 2013-14 marketing year due to lower production estimate and relatively strong open market prices.
Philippines – Algeria’s rice now in Central Visayas
Source: Sun Star04/01/2014 – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas received on Saturday 780 metric tons (MT) of rice donated by the Government of Algeria for survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).
Japan – Rice Snack entrepreneur wants a bite of global market
Source: The Asahi Shimbun04/01/2014 – Global media could not have cared less when the president of a small rice cracker company met with French President Francois Hollande this past June.
China – GM ‘maize-rice’ not ready for application: expert
Source: People Daily03/01/2014 – A technique to produce high-yield rice genetically modified (GM) using a gene from maize is still under academic discussion and not ready for practical application, an expert said on Friday.
Nigeria – Ban on rice’ll increase local production — Stakeholders
Source: All Africa03/01/2014 – For local rice production to increase in the country, stakeholders have called for the ban of imported rice as they express displeasure over the N365 billion spent every year on rice importation into the country’s markets.
Iran – India’s Basmati rice export to Iran reaches record high
Source: Tehran Times03/01/2014 – India’s agriculture and processed food exports to Iran have more than doubled both in value and quantity terms, in the last one year, mainly on account of an exceptional surge in Basmati rice exports. Consequently, this year India’s export of Basmati rice export to Iran could be highest conceivable past.
Vietnam – Vietnam sells less rice, but border trade skyrocket
Source: Thanh Nien News01/01/2014 – Even as rice exports plunged in 2013, border trade surged, a trend likely to cost Vietnam more time and effort to develop brands and boost value.
Thailand – Rice scheme unlikely to survive in pres
Source: The Nation03/02/2014 – It is becoming more and more likely that the rice-pledging scheme will be scrapped or at least modified regardless of who wins the next election.