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EnglishSource: Farmers Weekly17/03/2014 – Without knowing the details, the suggestion of using rice to help control potato cyst nematode (PCN) sounds more of an April Fool’s Day spoof than good technical advice.
Source: Business Recorder17/03/2014 – Vietnam has approved a rice stockpiling plan under which local firms will get soft loans to buy paddy from now to the end of April – a move that will tighten supplies in the world’s No.2 exporter of the grain after India and help boost prices.
Source: New Straits Times17/03/2014 – The Farmers’ Organisation Authority (LPP) will introduce aerobic rice cultivation at dry padi fields which uses sprinkler irrigation here.
Source: Myanmar Times17/03/2014 – With Myanmar expected to gain access to new markets with the lifting of tariffs, rice farmers are likely to begin diversifying where they choose to export goods, creating more sustainability in an industry currently challenged by smugglers in China, said Myanmar Rice Federation secretary general U Ye Min Aung.
Source: Tribune16/03/2014 – While many have been jubilant to see the dollar depreciate sharply against the rupee, rice exporters, who have achieved a significant increase in exports, are worried that they may lose their competitive edge over Indian exporters in the international market.
Source: WDIO14/03/2014 – A 1973 law protects wild rice waters in Minnesota. It limits the amount of something called sulfates, to 10 mg/L, in water where wild rice grows.
Source: PUNCH14/03/2014 – Barely a year to the target set for Nigeria to attain self-sufficiency in rice production, the Federal Government and other relevant stakeholders are optimistic that the nation will meet the deadline.
Source: The Nation12/03/2014 – Faced with growing threats to rice production, countries in Asia and the Pacific are engaging in a regional rice strategy, initiated by FAO last year at the request of member states, and further discussed during a side event at the organisation’s 32nd regional conference for Asia and the Pacific, held from March…
Source: Voice of America11/03/2014 – Some farmers in the central Philippines are preparing for their first rice harvest since last November’s powerful super typhoon swept away their fields and homes, and killed more than 6,200 people.
Source: Kaieteur News11/03/2014 – The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has come out in full praise of the rice farmers for their efforts and increased levels of production culminating in Guyana recording its highest production in history when rice production surpassed 400,000 tons in 2013.
