Category Archives: News @en

Malaysia – Rice production only meets 75.3 percent of country’s needs

Source: Mysinchew.com29/07/2013 – The production of rice, meat and vegetables has yet to reach one hundred per cent with rice production at 1.74 million tonnes or 75.3 percent of the country’s needs.

India – Controversial rice growing technique provides hope for bigger yields

Source: PRI26/07/2013 – Systems of Rice Intensification — is changing the way people in parts on India grow rice, these farmers claim. By using fewer resources and getting bigger crops, they’re more successful. Some scientists, though, are suspicious.

Cambodia – Cambodia tests ‘super rice’ to fortify its children

Source: The Christian Science Monitor24/07/2013 – Specialists hope that if substituting regular rice with super rice is successful in Cambodia, they can improve the lives of millions of children across the world.

Iran – Iran’s quarterly rice imports up 140%

Source: Tehran Times21/07/2013 –  Iran imported $609 million worth of rice in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21), which showed 140 percent rise compared to the same period in the previous year.

India – Rice sowing makes slow start in India’s largest producing state

Source: Business Standard22/07/2013 –  Rice sowing in West Bengal, India’s largest rice-producing state, has not matched pace with other parts of the country due to below-average rainfall and pre-occupation of farmers with the ongoing local body elections.

Philippines – Rice stocks grow 26% in July

Source: Business World21/07/2013 – The country’s rice stocks, as of July 18, climbed by 25.65% year-on-year to 2.4 million metric tons (MT), the National Food Authority (NFA) said.

USA – Rice growers meet for updates

Source: The Bolivar Commercial21/07/2013 – The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation met for its annual Rice Commodity Advisory Committee Meeting Friday.

Philippines – Golden rice seen as the answer to malnutrition

Source: Manila Standard Today21/07/2013 – The International Rice Research Institute based in Los Baños, Laguna, is currently developing a high-nutrient rice variety that could help address malnutrition in the country and in the whole world.

Indonesia – Rice farmers face water shortage

Source: The Jakarta Post 20/07/2013 – Over the past four months, rice farmers in Peguyangan, North Denpasar, have stopped planting their fields because there is no water supply to the area.

USA – Rice Expo to feature message about gluten-free living

Source: KATV19/07/2013 – The Arkansas Rice Expo, set for Friday, August 2nd in Stuttgart, will focus attention on that fact that most rice is naturally gluten-free. The expo is set for 8 a.m. at the Grand Prairie Center at 2709 U. S. Highway 165.