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EnglishSource: AG Professional15/03/2013 – An analysis by the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) shows that average rice yield in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) jumped by about 30 percent from 2007 to 2012, and that it is increasing at a faster rate than the global average.
Source: Daily Democrat15/03/2013 – As planting season gets under way, Yolo County farmers are prepping for an allocated year, or water rationing — the first time since 2009.
Source: Business Inquirer15/03/2013 – The Philippines is set to import 187,000 metric tons of rice as buffer stock for this year’s lean season, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said on Thursday.
Source: All Africa14/03/2013 – The Ministry of Agriculture through its Implementing Partners, Africa Rice Center (Africa Rice) and The Central Agriculture Research Institute, CARI has identified the Foya Region in Lofa County and the Bong Mines Region in Bong County as locations for the building of two of the several rice development hubs expected to…
Source: Phys.org13/03/2013 – In a collaborative study published online today in Nature Communications, researchers from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, BGI-Shenzhen, and University of Arizona have completed the genome sequencing of wild rice Oryza brachyantha. This work provides new insights for researchers to understand the function and evolution of Oryza…
Source: NPR Food07/03/2013 – There’s a kind of rice growing in some test plots in the Philippines that’s unlike any rice ever seen before. It’s yellow. Its backers call it “golden rice.” It’s been genetically modified so that it contains beta-carotene, the source of vitamin A.
Source: globalpost10/03/2013 – The price of rice in North Korea has jumped from 5,000 won per kilogram to 9,000 won, Nambuk Story reported. Other groceries have also increased in price by approximately 70 percent.
Source: Eleven10/03/2013 – Myanmar exported 1.3 million tons of rice in this fiscal year and 80 percent of them were destined for China, according to Dr. Soe Tun, Chairperson of Myanmar Farmers Association.
Source: IrishCentral09/03/2013 – An Irish scientist is a leading figure behind a revolutionary new kind of rice that could improve the lives of the poor around the world.
Source: Reuters08/03/2013 – Iran’s oil export revenues are helping Indian rice exporters to claw back some of the lucrative business lost to cross-border truckers in Pakistan as a result of Western sanctions.