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EnglishSource: Bloomberg30/11/2010 – Bangladesh, South Asia’s biggest rice importer, plans to more than double state purchases of the grain this year to build stockpiles as farmers withhold supplies on speculation that prices will rise, a government official said.
Source: Bloomberg30/11/2010 – Uganda plans to double its rice production to meet increasing demand due to rising populations in the region, the state-run National Agricultural Research Organization said.
Source: CIRAD newsletter19/11/2010 – The third International Rice Congress, co-organized by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to mark its 50th anniversary, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam, was attended by more than 1700 participants (scientists, industrialists, managers and civil society representatives) in Hanoi (Vietnam), from 8 to 12 November. At a…
Source: The Nation17/04/2013 – Chinese rice importers have been combining Thai jasmine rice with cheaper grains in order to maintain a profit, due to the very high price resulting from the government’s pledging scheme.
Source: The Times of India17/04/2013 – A scientific breakthrough will bring a loud cheer among India’s farmers living in coastal areas. Scientists have discovered a rice variety with double the salt tolerance of any other rice in the world.
Fonte: Macau Hub29/11/2010 – Um projecto de produção de arroz denominado “Bela Vista Rice Project” será hoje lançado no posto administrativo de Bela Vista, distrito de Matutuine, província de Maputo, informou o jornal Notícias, de Maputo.
Source: The Ithaca Journal26/11/2010 – Two teams based at Cornell University, backed by multimillion-dollar grants from the National Science Foundation, are turning to the frontiers of genetic sciences to help solve an age-old problem — how to make corn and rice crops hardier and more productive.
Source: The times of India26/11/2010 – How about growing a special variety of rice that shows submergence tolerant capacity and could be grown in high saline conditions in the country?
Source: Ghana News Agency24/11/2010 – The government cannot continue to spend its earnings on importing rice whilst it has the capacity to produce enough to feed the population, Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, has said.
Source: Bloomberg24/11/2010 – Thailand, the world’s biggest rice exporter, said output from the nation’s main harvest may fall below its previous estimate as the worst floods in five decades devastated crops, supporting prices of Asia’s staple food.