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EnglishSource: China Daily25/05/2011 – Severe drought is still haunting the rice-growing areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River despite recent rainfall and increasing releases of water from the Three Gorges Dam.
Source: New Era23/05/2011 – The Chancellor of the University of Namibia (Unam), Dr Sam Nujoma last week officially launched the rice-harvesting season.
Source: Malaya23/05/2011 – Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala yesterday said the Philippines may be importing less than 500,000 metric tons of rice in 2012 if there is a good harvest from the current wet season cropping.
Source: The Asia Foundation01/05/2013 – Cambodia announced two major bilateral trade agreements last month, with the Philippines and Thailand, that are expected to further expand the country’s rice export sector. Over the last few years, Cambodia has emerged as a major rice exporter in the region, due in large part to the Royal Government of Cambodia’s recent expansion…
Source: OneIndia News01/05/2013 – With normal rice at Rs 50 kg and agricultural output at a very low 3 percent, the Census figures on the decline of cultivators is scary. It is scary because rice is above Rs 50, cereals, pulses touching Rs 100 kg and vegetables are upwards from Rs 40 kg.
Source: The East African22/05/2011 – Tanzania plans to boost its rice production fourfold over the next decade to 3.6 million metric tonnes up from 900,000 tonnes.
Source: Daily Reporter21/05/2011 – Marty Frey harvested 600 acres of wheat from the Morganza Spillway before it was opened, but his rice there was another matter. He alternates rice and crawfish, and had planned to add 650 acres of rice to the 450 already planted in the spillway’s fertile soil.
Source: UPI.com21/05/2011 – China’s drought is threatening rice crops in the central provinces of Hunan and Hubei, major sources of the food staple, officials say.
Source: The Sidney Morning Herald20/05/2011 – In the crisp autumn mornings, and in the evening when work is done, rice growers across the Riverina are gathering in community halls to hear about a takeover that would see the iconic Australian company, SunRice, move from growers to foreign ownership.
Source: Nigerian Tribune02/05/2013 – Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has raised the alarm over plot to derail 2015 rice sufficiency agenda of the Federal Government by some entrenched interests, disclaiming reports that Nigerian farmers cannot produce enough raw rice to feed the nation‘s rice millers.