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EnglishSource: Stabroek News18/09/2010 – A major milestone for agriculture in the Rupununi was reached as harvesting of 82 acres of paddy expected to yield between 65 to 70 tonnes of rice commenced at Moco-Moco, Region Nine on Thursday.
Source: Vietnam Business News16/09/2010 – The Vietnam Food Association(VFA) has raised the floor price of exported rice to $475/ton, up $25/ton, applying for orders delivered from now to the end of September, the online newspaper Tuoitre reported on September 16. This is the fourth time in 30 days VFA has increased the floor price of exported…
Source: The Phnom Penh Post16/09/2010 – A pilot project for growing organic rice has been launched in Battambang, with the aim of helping farmers take advantage of the grain’s low production costs. The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture is cooperating with 60 farmers in the Banan district of Battambang province to produce organic Jasmine…
Source: IRRI14/09/2010 – Farmers cultivating rice on 12 million hectares of flood-prone areas in India are planting flood-tolerant rice varieties at unprecedented rates, thanks to faster seed multiplication, targeted dissemination, and linking of partners.
Source: Stabroek news15/09/2010 – A study conducted by the Ministry of Foreign Trade revealed that the UAE has been the top global re-exporter of rice over the past five years (2005-2009). The study, which was conducted by Abdel Hameed Radwan, an economics specialist at the ministry’s Analysis and Information Department, and supervised by Dr Mohammed Mattar,…
Source: Stabroek News13/009/2010 – Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) will be auditing all records of the Mahaicony Rice Ltd, which owes hundreds of famers an estimated $240M.
Source: ArticleField.com12/09/2010 – Zhang, Huazhong Agricultural University research team led by Academician inspired over 10 years of study, first discovered and cloned a simultaneous control of rice plant height, heading date and kernel number per gene, named Ghd7. 5 at the date of the team research papers in internationally renowned scientific journal “Nature – Genetics,” published.
Source: Indigenous People Issues11/09/2010 – Traditional rice varieties once grown and nurtured by indigenous peoples are making a comeback because of the importance of their genes that are necessary in breeding rice for the future. This was made known when this author, director of the Cordillera Ecological Center (PINE TREE) was invited to speak at the…
Source: Bloomberg09/09/2010 – Australian rice production may triple next harvest boosted by a rebound in planting as water supplies rise following years of drought, growers say. “Conservatively, we are all talking in the range of about 600,000 tons,” Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia Executive Director Ruth Wade said from Leeton, New South Wales. Production from the crop harvested…
Source: Stabroek News08/09/2010 – General Secretary of the Rice Producers Association (RPA) Dharamkumar Seeraj has urged Essequibo Coast rice farmers to look towards drying and storing their paddy for export as this will allow them to move away from dependence on millers.