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EnglishSource: Go Erie29/06/2013 – The future of Louisiana’s rice industry depends on research into new varieties that can provide bigger crop yields and plants that thrive in changing weather conditions, an LSU researcher says.
Source: PhilStar.com28/04/2012 – China has expressed willingness to support the Philippine request before the World Trade Organization (WTO) to extend its special treatment through quantitative restrictions on rice imports.
Source: Daily Times29/06/2013 – The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has expressed serious apprehension over the propaganda against Pakistani rice from American and Mexican lobbies who are trying to create hurdles in the export of Pakistan rice to Mexico.
Source: Bangkok Post29/06/2013 – Reports that the United States might quarantine Thai rice because of concern over pesticide residue stemmed from misreadings of a routine bureaucratic announcement, according to the US Embassy.
Source: IRIN24/04/2012 – The system of rice intensification (SRI) is gaining ground across Asia as more and more governments come to rely on it for food security.
Source: NDTV24/04/2012 – China has finally allowed import of basmati rice from India, which comes as a big boost to exporters who would now get access to a huge market of 1.3 billion people for their about 4.5 million tonnes of aromatic rice.
Source: Business Standard24/04/2012 – India’s rice production in 2011-12 increased 7.1 per cent to 102.75 million tonnes (mt), which, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, is part of the “good performance in Asia”. In fact, the improvement in the production of this foodgrain has been widespread in the continent, with China making major gains…
Source: The New York Times22/04/2012 – Toshiharu Ota, a rice farmer in Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, survived the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster last year. But his fields were devastated by the salt deposits left behind when the tsunami’s floodwaters receded. Now, to help farmers like Mr. Ota, a research team is working to develop…
Source: Bangkok Post23/04/2012 – The government should allow a free rice market or risk ending up with 10 million tonnes in its stock, say observers.
Source: Rappler20/04/2012 – The Philippines, one of the world’s biggest importers of rice, could go a long way to achieving its elusive goal of self-sufficiency simply by wasting less, a global research institute said.