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EnglishSource: Nature News12/01/2011 – The world will be able to feed the predicted 2050 population of nine billion people, according to two French agricultural research organizations. In a joint report published today, they lay out findings gleaned from 2006 to 2008 that could overturn some current assumptions about the state of global farming.
Source: Reuters07/01/2011 – Ample rice supplies from top exporters Thailand and Vietnam should keep prices in check through the first quarter, sparing Asia’s staple food from the rally in commodity prices that has driven food inflation to the top of policymaker agendas.
Source: online PR media08/01/2011 – One of the most sought after online export import data companies, Infodriveindia.com has updated latest records in the Indian Basmati rice exporters section. The database is prepared on the grounds of shipment records collected from all the major ports of India, where the entire import export transactions take place. This database…
Source: The Nation08/01/2011 – Thailand’s rice export volume is expected to reach 9 million to 9.5 million tonnes, valued at US$5.3 billion to $5.6 billion (Bt150 billion to Bt158 billion), with lower stockpiles and a plan to promote highervalueadded grains.
Source: Inquirer.net07/01/2011 – The Philippines will buy rice from Vietnam in the next three years under a government-to-government negotiation, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA) officials.
Source: Business Day06/01/2011 – The Commerce Ministry is prepared to introduce organic jasmine rice to the world market, hoping to double the value from the regular type.
Source: The Times of India20/04/2013 – Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), the premier rice research centre in the country, has developed six new high-yielding varieties of rice. The new varieties of rice, yet to be christened, were recently identified by the central variety identification committee, informed director of the institute Trilochan Mohapatra.
Source: Zambia Daily Mail19/04/2013 – Various stakeholders have welcomed the proposed Chinese investment in rice production in the wetlands of Western Province, saying it will boost the sector and promote value addition.
Source: Vietnews06/01/2011 – The Vietnam Food Association on Tuesday ordered its members to slow down rice export in the first months of 2011 in anticipation of a steep price rise in the coming time due to increasing demand versus depleting global rice stock.
Source: IPS29/12/2010 – When French Jesuit priest and passionate agriculturist Henri de Laulanie developed the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of cultivation for Madagascar’s poor farmers in the 1980s, he probably had no idea that millions of farmers elsewhere in the world would one day benefit from it as well.