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EnglishSource: Kaieteur News04/05/2014 – The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has defended its multi-million-dollar deal with neighbouring Venezuela yesterday saying that the costs are the best available on the market.
Source: Standard Digital02/05/2014 – Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei has ruled out possibilities of banning rice imports unless the current crop production increases.
Source: GRiSP01/05/2014 – John Wingfield, Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO), is pleased to announce the posting of a Wiki to seek community input on the grand challenge of understanding the complex relationship between genomes and phenomes. The Wiki is intended to facilitate discussion among researchers in diverse disciplines that…
Source: The Hindu Business Line01/05/2014 – Lack of buying interest pulled prices of Pusa-1121 rice varieties down while all the other aromatic and non-basmati varieties managed to maintain their previous quoted levels on Thursday.
Source: Capital Public Radio30/04/2014 – California supplies virtually all of the nation’s sushi rice and half of it is exported. But of all the food crops in the state, rice is likely to be affected by the drought the most. The mere speculation of losses is already driving up prices.
Source: Manila Standard Today01/05/2014 – A group of farmers has renewed the protest against the introduction of golden rice, a new variety bred to combat vitamin A deficiency among millions of children and pregnant women around the world.