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EnglishSource: Oryza30/01/2014 – Global rice consumption will exceed rice production in 2016-17 and remain so in the next few years, according to the London-based International Grains Council (IGC).
Source: Willows Journal28/01/2014 – Pat Kennedy is not a popular man. As the water operations superintendent for Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, Kennedy had the displeasure on Monday of reinforcing what rice farmers already knew — that the 2014 drought could be the worst natural disaster for California crops in history.
Source: News Observer28/01/2014 – Rice is the most popular grain worldwide, feeding over half of the globe, according to the USA Rice Federation. In the U.S., consumption of this gluten-free grain has doubled over the past three decades, to more than 25 pounds per person per year. This is good news, as scientists report rice is tied…
Source: Global Post28/01/2014 – Per capita rice consumption among households in South Korea hit a record low in 2013 as people consumed more instant foods and other alternative diets instead of the country’s staple crop, data showed Tuesday.
Source: Wharton Journal Spectator22/01/2014 – Although Wharton County has received rain in recent months, it’s not enough to ease the drought, making water a hot topic on the agenda at last week’s Western Rice Belt Rice Conference.
Source: Stuttgart Daily Leader20/01/2014 – For the past three years, the U.S. has faced competition for milled rice in the No. 1 export market — Mexico. In 2010, the U.S. held 97 percent of the milled rice market share in Mexico. With an influx of high quality Uruguayan rice, the U.S. market share fell to…
Source: GhanaWeb21/01/2014 – The Association of Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire Rice Importers and Sellers (based in Kumasi) is appealing to the government to take a critical decision on the ban on rice importation from Cote d’Ivoire, a neighbouring country.
Source: Deccan Chronicle18/01/2014 – Rice prices that are already touching Rs 50 a kg could go up further with the additional burden of 12.36 per cent service tax that might be levied on storage and transport.
Source: Manila Standard Today18/01/2014 – Rice production increased 2.3 percent year-on-year to hit a record 18.44 million metric tons in 2013, on the back of strong harvests in the fourth quarter, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics said Friday.
Source: The Economist18/01/2014 – THE prospect from Sam mountain, a rocky outcrop in southern Vietnam’s Mekong delta, is timeless. Paddy fields shine emerald. Irrigation canals reflect the sunlight like mirrors. Three times a year, farmers in surrounding towns put on their rubber boots and plant rice seedlings in the deep soil. A few months later they…