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EnglishSource: Bloomberg15/04/2013 – U.S. rice farmers say they expect Japan will open its market to imports as American agricultural groups push a Pacific-region agreement that would create the world’s largest free-trade area.
Source: IRRI09/11/2010 – More than 1,700 top rice scientists, researchers, policymakers, and industry representatives from 66 countries around the world are gathering in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi for the 3rd International Rice Congress (IRC2010) on November 8-12.
Source: msnbc.com08/11/2010 – In hopes of bolstering our defenses in the event of a major food crisis, researchers sent tens of thousands of seeds from different types of rice last week to a “doomsday vault” in the archipelago Svalbard.
Source: Peace FM Online13/11/2010 – Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, has reiterated the call on Ghanaians to patronise locally produced rice for their naturally rich nutritional value and to give the producers the opportunity to expand production.
Source: loQal.ph12/11/2010 – Many consider rice hull and river silt as waste by-products, but for Emmanuel “Manny” Alkuino, these raw materials can be made into something useful such as durable and fire-resistant bricks.
Source: The Sidney Morning Herald11/11/2010 – Global rice researchers have agreed to step up co-operation in an effort to lower food prices and lift tens of millions out of poverty, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said on Thursday.
Source: Joy online11/11/2010 – The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has refuted allegations that the country has raised rice import duties by about by 100 percent. Members of the Ghana–Cote d’Ivoire Rice Importers Association are alleged to have made the claim.
Source: Stabroek news11/11/2010 – Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday handed over more than $136M to the Region Two Farmers’ Group for paddy supplied under a deal recently inked with Venezuela.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News15/04/2013 – Turkish rice sector players are planning to launch campaigns to promote rice sales, which have been hit by 50 percent in two days after the genetically modified organism (GMO) rice seizure incidents.
Source: IRIN08/11/2010 – Rice-producing countries, farmers and scientists from around the globe have gathered in Vietnam from 8 November for the third International Rice Congress.