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EnglishSource: 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.
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.
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.
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).
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).
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.
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.
Source: E Turbo News13/04/2014 – Thailand is to play host to the International Rice Congress (IRC) 2014 in Bangkok during October 27-November 1.
Source: Tribune13/04/2014 – Pakistan’s per acre rice yield is improving but at a very slow pace. The country can only bring noticeable change if the government restarts research on new seeds or allows the private sector to take that initiative, said Engro Eximp Chief Executive Abdul Samad Khan.
Source: Channel News Asia11/04/2014 – A severe drought sweeping Thailand, combined with the political impasse over a troubled government rice subsidy scheme, is set to cripple rice farmers’ incomes.
