Philippines – Rice prices increase
Source: Business World26/04/2014 – Farmgate prices of palay stood at P20.20 per kilogram (kg), increasing 23.47% year on year but moving a mere 0.75% from the preceding week.
India – CRRI develops protein-rich rice
Source: The Times of India23/04/2014 – Farmers might be able to grow protein-rich rice in a few years.
India – Rice likely to rule at current levels
Source: The Hindu Business Line21/04/2014 – Following steady domestic demand and ample stocks, the rice market may continue to witness a steady to range-bound movement in the coming days, said trade experts.
Malaysia – Ensuring good quality rice an arduous process
Source: National News Agency of Malaysia21/04/2014 – Rice is the main staple of some 70 percent of Malaysians. Around 145,000 paddy farmers work on approximately 300,000 hectares of paddy fields nationwide to cater to their needs.
Ghana – Gov’t allocates rice production targets to regions
Source: GhanaWeb20/04/2014 – Mr. Kofi Humado, Minister of Food and Agriculture have announced that government has allocated rice production targets to all regions in the country to become self-sufficient by 2017.
Philippines – World’s longest rice experiment seeks answers vs. climate change
Source: GMA News18/04/2014 – Clouds hung heavy over the rice fields at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Laguna last April 15, seemingly auguring dark times ahead for the world’s longest-running rice experiment, which turned 52 on that day.
USA – USA Rice Federation takes look at smuggled rice in Colombia
Source: Stuttgart Daily Leader14/04/2014 – Colombia is an important and growing rice market for the United States, but it is threatened by a brisk illegal trade in smuggled rice that is valued at close to $540 million annually according to the Director of Tariffs and Customs (DIAN).
Philippines – PH rice imports to hit 1.2M tons in 2014
Source: Inquirer.net14/04/2014 – A 71-percent jump in the volume of rice imports to the Philippines, totaling 1.2 million metric tons in 2014, is expected to be a key driver of a recovery as well as a new high for global traffic this year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Vietnam – Farmers suffer as rice remain unsold
Source: Vietnam.net13/04/2014 – The Tin Tuc newspaper reported last week that ever since farmers in the region began harvesting the winter-spring crop last month, prices in the local market have fallen, except for a brief five-day surge.
New Zealand – Rice above it
Source: stuff.co.nz14/04/2014 – On a winding road high in the mountains of Bali, a three-hour-or-so drive from Nusa Dua, we stumble across a tableau that surely could have existed any time over the past several centuries.