Phiippine – Another rice variety ready for release
A year after releasing the world’s first zinc-enriched rice variety, Bangladeshi breeders have come up with another rice variety with higher zinc content and greater yield potentials.
Guyana – Guyana seals Panama rice deal
The booming local rice industry has been in need of new markets.
USA – The wild side: Historical look at wild rice
Wild rice is extremely valuable as a wildlife food resource as well. Muskrats love the plants, and there are a variety of birds that feed on the insects they attract or the seeds they produce.
Japan – When storks arrive, you’re growing good rice, Hyogo farmers discover
A group of farmers in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, that practices environment-friendly rice cultivation techniques views the arrival of storks as a sign they are growing a good product.
Vietnam – Vietnamese rice prices hit 3-year high record
Prices of Vietnamese rice for export hit three-year high record in July, ranging between 420- 465 U.S. dollars per ton (the highest is for 5-percent-broken rice) , reported the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) on its website on Thursday.
Thailand – Thailand looking to produce ethanol from rotten rice stocks – officials
Govt looking for way to make use of rotten rice. Costs of rice-made ethanol may be too high -association. Ethanol would need govt support to offset costs -association.
India – GI-tagged rice varieties to get a boost
The government has chalked out plans to promote the cultivation of four special traditional rice varieties in the State that have been included in the Geographical Indications (GI) registry of India.
India – Red rice from Kerala gets mobile application boost
Following the Geographical Indication (GI) tag, Palakkadan Matta rice from North Kerala has started going the mobile app-based retailing way.
Japan – Cloud data technology assists increased rice production
Based on this accumulated cultivation data, and with the support of agricultural producers, Asahi Shuzo aims to establish stable cultivation technology, while providing cultivation know-how to new producers just starting production of Yamada Nishiki, thereby enhancing initiatives to increase the production of this variety of rice.
India – Drought-resistant rice wealth in India
The monsoon rains have come late to northern India. In the past, that would have meant certain hardship. But this year, farmers here aren’t worried, thanks to new drought-resistant strains of rice that are helping sow prosperity across India’s grain belt.