Red yeast rice supplements vary in potency
Source: WebMD25/10/2010 – The amount of active ingredients in red yeast ricesupplements may vary widely, and some of the popular cholesterol-lowering products may also contain a toxic agent.
Rice hulls a sustainable drainage option for greenhouse growers
Source: Physorg.com25/10/2010 – Growing media for ornamental plants often consists of a soilless mix of peat and perlite, a processed mineral used to increase drainage. Growers also regularly use plant-growth regulators to ensure consistent and desired plant characteristics such as height to meet market demands. Organic substitutes for perlite like tree bark have proven difficult because they absorb…
South Korea to send first rice aid in almost three years to DPRK
Source: News25/10/2010 – South Korea on Monday held a ceremony before sending 5,000 tons of rice to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in flood aid.
India – India to export 5 lakh tonne rice to Bangladesh
Source: The Times of India24/10/2010 – India on Saturday said it will soon export five lakh tonne of rice and wheat to Bangladesh despite ban on outward shipments of the foodgrains. “India will be exporting three lakh tonne of parboiled rice and two lakh tonne of wheat to Bangladesh…PSUs (state trading firms) have been directed to do so expeditiously,”…
China – Super rice keeps China’s supply self-sufficient
Source: China Daily11/04/2013 – New super rice strains with an expected yield of 14.9 metric tons per hectare will help China maintain its largely self-sufficient supply of rice, a staple food for more than 60 percent of its population, over the next few decades, experts said.
US rice imports çontain harmful levels of lead’
Source: BBC News10/04/2013 – Analysis of commercially available rice imported into the US has revealed it contains levels of lead far higher than regulations suggest are safe.
Vietnam – World demand for rice increases, but Vietnam doesn’t have rice to sell
Source: Vietnamnet22/10/2010 – The demand for rice in the world market has been increasing rapidly towards the end of the year. Rice exporters, including Thailand, Pakistan and India have raised their export prices by at least 30 percent compared to previous month. However, at this moment, when the rice prices reach the highest level in…
Rice tech breakthrough creates more rice with less waters
Source: Freedomist.com21/10/2010 – Rice farmers could boost their yields by 50 percent with a new method that uses less water Oxfam America said on Wednesday as climate change and drought threaten the staple crop.
PATH binging super-fortified rice to Africa
Source: Fast Company19/10-2010 – When we last covered PATH, the international health nonprofit had licensed its rice fortification technology to producers in Brazil, Columbia, and India. Now PATH is bringing Ultra Rice–a rice-shaped extruded rice grain filled with vitamins and minerals–to Burundi. This marks the first time that Ultra Rice will be available in Africa.
GM rice: Cure in sight for hay fever sufferers
Source: The Asahi Shimbun11/04/2013 – Genetically modified rice may hold the key to a mask- and medicine-free existence for Japan’s millions of allergy sufferers. But the remedy is still some years away.