Daily Archives: April 3, 2014

USA – Conservation grant helps rice growers reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Source: USDA02/04/2014 – USDA is helping to provide rice growers in California and the Midsouth with new opportunities to voluntarily execute conservation practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions while cultivating a new income stream.

Philippines – Cordillera rice varieties vanishing

Source: Inquirer02/04/2014 – Ever heard of “chong-ak,” “imbuucan” and “ominio?” These are rice varieties grown in the Cordillera that are fast disappearing, according to organic food advocates.

Rice exports surge by 22.5 percent during July-February period

Source: Business Recorder28/03/2014 – Pakistan’s rice exports have surged by 22.57 percent to $1.4 billion during July-February FY13-14 against $1.1 billion during the same period last year. Pakistan has exported some 2185753 thousand ton rice during July to February 2013-2014 against 2142303 thousand tons during the same period of FY 12-13. Basmati rice exports increased…

Guyana – Rice millers anxious about Venezuela market

Source: Kaieteur News29/03/2014 – Rice millers operating on the Essequibo Coast are anxiously awaiting word on how soon they would be able to ship rice to Venezuela.

Philippines – PHL rice farmers on the losing end under ASEAN single market

Source: GMA News28/03/2014 – Because of high production costs and lower tarrifs, Philippine farmers and rice distributors fear losing a significant amount of business at the onset of free trade in Southeast Asia in 2015.

Africans learn about rice cropping in Brazil

Source: ANBA26/03/2014 – African countries representatives, including a Mauritanian one, were in Brazil earlier this month to learn about the cropping and industrialization of rice in the country. The group included by technicians, entrepreneurs and government members of the nations comprising the project Africa Rice, were in the states of of Tocantins and Goiás. “All of…