Category Archives: News @en

USA – MPCA releases wild rice sulfate studies

Source: Crookston Times 08/01/2014 – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said Tuesday it plans to make preliminary recommendations by the end of February on whether a state standard meant to protect wild rice from sulfate discharges should be changed based on a stack of reports and data just released from a major study.

USA – New rice competes with weeds, offers high grain quality to boot

Source: USDA09/01/2014 – Using conventional breeding methods, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new rice cultivar that can hold its own against barnyardgrass and other costly weeds, opening the door to reduced herbicide use.

Nigeria – Irrigation farming, solution to local rice scarcity

Source: Business Day08/01/2014 – During this year’s August break, rice farmers across the country harvested rice and there was an upward surge in local rice supply with the usual corresponding supply from legally imported and smuggled rice. But as the Yuletide approaches, demand for rice has gone up as expected and local rice is in very…

Philippines – Coconut, rice farmers worst hit by Yolanda

Source: Rappler08/01/2014 – Filipino coconut and rice farmers suffered the biggest blow when Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) hit Visayas two months ago.

Chinese scientists cultivate high-yield salt-resistant rice

Source: English Academy of SciencesChinese scientists have cultivated a high-yield salt-resistant rice variety that boasts an output of six tonnes per hectare.

Thailand – Rice farmers hit by 40% crop lost

Source: Karen News06/01/2014 – Farmers along the Done-Tha-Mi River face severe rice shortages this year due to wet season flooding.

Bangladesh rice import value surges in July-November 2013; Up 315% from previous year

Source: Oryza06/01/2014 – Bangladesh’s rice imports have increased to 3.85 billion takas (about $49 million) in the first five months of the fiscal year 2013-14 (July – June), which is up about 315% compared to rice imports worth around 900 million takas (about $12 million) in the corresponding period in the FY 2012-13. Local sources…

India – Govt’s rice procurement down 8% at 16.39 mn tonne

Source: Business Standard06/01/2014 – Government’s rice procurement is lagging behind by 8 per cent over last year at 16.36 million tonne so far in the 2013-14 marketing year due to lower production estimate and relatively strong open market prices. 

Philippines – Algeria’s rice now in Central Visayas

Source: Sun Star04/01/2014 – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas received on Saturday 780 metric tons (MT) of rice donated by the Government of Algeria for survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).

Japan – Rice Snack entrepreneur wants a bite of global market

Source: The Asahi Shimbun04/01/2014 – Global media could not have cared less when the president of a small rice cracker company met with French President Francois Hollande this past June.