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EnglishSource – Inquirer.net19/10/2010 – A state of calamity was declared in Isabela province Monday after Super-typhoon “Juan” made landfall and threatened to wipe out the region’s rice crop. The supertyphoon is expected to cause a power shortage in northern Luzon in the short term. By the end of the year, however, the country is expected to…
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek18/10/2010 – Rice production in Australia may almost quadruple next harvest as heavier-than-usual rainfall boosts water supplies following a decade of drought, a growers’ group said after raising its production forecast.
Source: Business Line17/10/2010 – DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd (DSCL) is looking at hybrid rice as a major growth driver for its ‘Bioseed’ (hybrid seeds) business. “Right now, the bulk of Bioseed’s revenues are from Bt cotton and corn hybrids. But in five years, we see hybrid rice contributing a bigger share”, said Mr Vikram S. Shriram,…
Source: DNA16/10/2010 – In August, research warned that rice yields are expected to decline over the coming decades as global temperatures rise. It highlighted the need for heat-tolerant strains of rice to offset this.
Source: Wisconsin Ag Connection15/10/2010 – Session three of the Rice Leadership Development Program was held earlier this month, providing participants with an overview of rice marketing and production practices, specialty product development, conservation and environmental issues and a close-up look at the state’s rice harvest in California. Class members met with Farmers’ Rice Cooperative, the…
Source: The Hindu Business Line10/04/2013 – The bullish trend in the rice market continued with prices of a few aromatic and sharbati rice varieties moving up by Rs 50-400 a quintal on Wednesday.
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek08/10/2010 – Vietnam, the second-largest rice exporter, may lose about 5 percent of the farmland used for the crop by 2020 as malls and industrial parks spread, according to the government, which has drawn up a plan to halt the losses.
Source: Bloomberg08/10/2010 – Indonesia, the world’s third-largest rice producer, may have to import 300,000 metric tons of the grain, the first bulk purchase since 2007, to meet an expected shortfall in government supplies, Bulog executives said.
Source: Science Codex08/10/2010 – Environmental changes are to blame for a 15% drop in the yield of “miracle rice” – also known as rice variety IR8 – since the 1960s when it was first released and lauded for its superior yields that helped avert famine across Asia at the time. IR8 used to produce 9.5 to…
Source: Live Science05/10/2010 – Food scientists are furiously racing to come up with new rice varieties and growing techniques to meet the rising demand presented by a growing population in Asia. To discuss the challenge, rice scientists and world officials met at a symposium in New York last week, where the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)…