Category Archives: News @en

Asian farmers failing to use pest-resistant rice

Source: SciDev.Net06/11/2012 – Rice farmers in China and South-East Asia are neglecting to adopt new pest-resistant cultivars, preferring to rely on excessive use of insecticide to combat pests, according to a leading rice scientist.

Senegal – Senegal villages aspire to self-sufficiency in rice

Source: All Africa12/11/2012 – The residents of five villages in the Boyard Valley, in southwestern Senegal, are freeing themselves from “the tyranny of imported rice” by stepping up local production of this important staple food.

USA – Through drought, Ark. farmers set yield records

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek11/11/2012 – Arkansas row crop farmers took advantage of early warm weather during spring to get their seed in the ground, allowing many to dodge the worst effects of the late-summer drought and go to market with some record yields.

Rice bowl overflow

Source: Stock & Land09/11/2012 – Contrary to prevailing fears about global food security, our ballooning world population is unlikely to be running short of the popular food staples rice and wheat in the near future.

Nigeria – Borno govt imports 500 rice mills

Source: Vanguard05/11/2012 – The Borno government said on Sunday that it would import 500 rice mills from Thailand as part of efforts to boost rice production in the state.

Egypt – Egypt to issue public rice export tender by mid-November

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek05/11/2012 – Egypt will issue a public tender for the export of 100,000 tonnes of rice by mid-November, the second since the country lifted a four-year ban on exporting locally grown rice last month, the head of the Agriculture Export Council said.

USA – Rice irrigation method saves fuel, water, money

Source: MSU Ag Communications01/11/2012 – Ten years of research indicates that a water management strategy can save rice producers money on fuel and conserve water without hurting yields.

Nigeria – Outbreak of Rice Blast reported in parts of Kaduna

Source: Vanguard03/11/2012 – The Kaduna State Government on Saturday expressed concern on the reported outbreak of a rice disease, known as rice blast, in some parts of the state.

USA – New South Louisiana rail facility loads rice for Mexico

Source: heraldonline.com31/10/2012 – The newly completed South Louisiana Rail Facility, located in the Lacassine Agri-Industrial Park, loaded their first shipment of Louisiana long grain rice bound for Mexico today, October 31, 2012.  The project was the brainchild of a group of area rice farmers who banded together to form an LLC and sold $5,000 memberships to…

Nigeria – 200 hectares of rice farm destroyed by flood in Edo

Source: All Africa28/10/2012 – More than 200 hectares of rice farms have been destroyed by flood in four communities of Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo.