China – Chinese archaeologists discover 8,000-year-old paddy
Chinese people started to cultivate rice about 10,000 years ago.
Senegal – AfricaRice training center for rice value chain actors inaugurated
African countries and the international community are increasingly realizing that investing in the rural youth is vital to reduce poverty, hunger and rural exodus.
Philippines – Bayer plans to expand its market for hybrid rice seeds in the country
Hybrid rice helps increase yields by 33 percent versus inbred certified seeds.
Philippines – FAO helps CL rice farmers withstand ‘Lando,’ El Niño
Farmers are expected to produce a total of 99,200 metric tons of paddy rice with FAO’s support.
Benin – Clean rice-waste-burning stove developed for Benin
African researchers have developed a stove that burns rice husks while emitting much less pollution than conventional wood-burning stoves.
Cambodia – Seeds for Contract Rice Farming Planted
The Cambodia Rice Federation has urged millers and exporters to do contract farming.
Food security fears resurface in Asian as nations face rice shortage due to drought
World rice production is expected to decline for the first time this year since 2010, as failing rains linked to an El Nino weather pattern cut crop yields in Asia’s rice bowl.