Thailand – Next rice crop moved up to Aug 1
Source: Bangkok Post25/06/2012 – The government plans to reschedule its rice price-intervention period for the next crop by moving it up two months.
Philippines – The rice expert
Source: Asian Journal22/06/2012 – What started out as a possible excuse to go back to the Philippines brought international recognition and honor for a Filipino-American instead.
Liberia – Rice shortage imminent? Over 600,000 bags on ship for I/Coast
Source: All Africa05/07/2013 – The shortage of Liberia’s staple food, rice, is reportedly imminent just weeks ahead of Independence Day (July 26) as one of the lead importers of the commodity, SWAT, was Thursday (Jul 4) reportedly loading a ship to export over 600,000 bags to neighboring Cote d’Ivoire.
USA – California rice farmers helping migratory birds
Source: Fox News23/06/2012 – The rust-orange head of an American avocet darted back and forth watching for predators, its black-and-white feathered body plopped atop a nest of four speckled eggs that lay on an earthen levee in a California rice paddy.
India – Subsidised rice scheme launched today in Karnataka
Source: NDTV05/07/2013 – The Congress government in Karnataka is all set to roll out its “block-buster” election promise of providing 30 kg of rice per month to BPL families at Re one per kg from July 10 and sees no impediment in its implementation.
USA – Rice farmers get advice at Acadia Parish field day
Source: Delta Farm Press22/06/2012 – Currently midway through their rice-growing season, farmers heard advice from LSU AgCenter experts at the June 13 Acadia Parish field day on precautions to consider to protect this year’s crop.
India – ‘India can soon export rice to China’
Source: Daily News21/06/2012 – India’s rice exports to China have been virtually cleared. The assurance from Beijing came when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in this Brazilian port city Wednesday on the margins of the Rio+20 Summit.
GRiSP announces new director
Source: IRRI News20/06/2012 – Bas Bouman, currently head of IRRI’s Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, has been named director of the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP)—the CGIAR research program for rice—effective 1 September 2012.
Sri Lanka – Rice shortage predicted in Sri Lanka if Yala season harvest fails due to drought
Source: Colombo Page20/06/2012 – The Agriculture Ministry of Sri Lanka predicts a shortage of rice in country in the event of a failure of the Yala harvest due to the drought.
USA – Master Rice Grower incentives offered to farmers
Source: Wester Farm Press21/06/2012 – Representatives of the Kellogg Co., Louisiana Rice Mill and the LSU AgCenter unveiled on July 18 the Master Rice Grower Program, which provides incentives to qualified farmers for following sustainable production practices.