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EnglishSource: Arab News02/01/2011 – The first Rice International Conference and Exhibition (RICE) 2011 will be held in Madinat Jumeirah from 9th to 11th May 2011. This exhibition is a showcase for manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers around the world, representing all key sectors within the rice trade to expand their client base and venture into emerging markets.
Source: VOV News27/12/2010 – Vietnam’s rice exports have hit a record high in volume and value this year, totaling 6.88 million tonnes, according to Informatics and Statistics Centre under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Source: AAJ News23/12/2010 – Federal Minister for Commerce, Makhdoom Amin Fahim informed the National Assembly on Thursday that there was no decrease in the rice exports from the country in last three years.
Source: StarTribune.com17/12/2010 – The state’s largest business group filed suit against the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Friday, raising the heat in an increasingly contentious fight over mining in northern Minnesota and what’s good for wild rice.
Source: Fast Company16/12/2010 – Chemical giant Bayer is apparently not content with threatening the world’s bee population. Now the company has teamed up with BASF to produce genetically modified (GM) rice seeds that have a 10 percent yield increase compared to conventional crops. That’s good news for the 3.4 billion people who eat at least one meal…
Source: C&EN17/12/2010 – Rice is the staff of life for millions of Bangladeshis, but it could also damage their health. The well water drawn for irrigating rice in Bangladesh is naturally high in arsenic, a carcinogen with no safe dose. Now a study shows that a simple farming practice promoted to save water could also help…
Source: VermilionToday.com22/12/2010 – A damp, cold spring and a hot, dry summer shaped Louisiana agriculture in 2010. But despite the contrast in weather, Louisiana farmers, overall, had a fairly successful year, said LSU AgCenter economist Kurt Guidry. Prices were strong, yields were high, and the harvest for most crops was good.
Font: Afrique Avenir16/12/2010 – In Africa, where it is often difficult to produce enough food and where one third of the population is undernourished, farmers in some ten African countries in West and Central Africa are now getting abundant rice crops, which not only enable them to feed their families but also to sell large surpluses…
Source: Commodity Online20/12/2010 – Thailand is expected to release huge loads of rice to global market this week to boost thin Asian rice trade, according to analysts.
Source: The Hindu18/04/2013 – Campaigns and movements to conserve rice, which is a dietary staple for Indians, have taken many researchers to the roots of our culture and civilisation. Indigenous rice varieties are being identified, popularised and conserved through seed banks and cultivation and sharing of experiences and seeds. Real-life stories of such sustained efforts are…