Vietnam – Rice unsalable, farmers in big distress
Source: Vietnam.net20/06/2013 – Millions of farmers in Mekong Delta never dream of making a profit of 30 percent as promised by the government. They just wish to sell out the rice.
Bangladesh – Falling rice prices put farmers in tight corner
Source: The Daily Star28/02/2012 – Millers, stockists and large-scale farmers of rice are in a fix as their profit margins have been squeezed by falling prices of the commodity.
Pakistan – Import of Indian rice opposed
Source: Dawn.com26/02/2012 – Import of rice from India would badly hurt local production, causing losses to both exporters and farmers because cheaper import of agriculture produce from India would ruin agricultural production potential of the country.
Thailand – PWO desperate for Indonesia rice sale
Source: Bangkok Post27/02/2012 – The Public Warehouse Organisation is confident it can sell rice to Indonesia after buyers could not obtain orders from Vietnam and India, says Pol Maj Sarawut Sakulmeerit, PWO’s director.
Rice research investment delivers sixfold return
Source: IRRI11/06/2013 – A US$12 million investment in rice research has returned more than $70 million in benefits to rice farmers and national economies in four Asian countries, according to a new report.
Record rice crop boosting stockpiles to decade high: Commodities
Source: Bloomberg21/02/2012 – Rice stockpiles are poised to reach the biggest in almost a decade as record harvests boost supplies and imports decline for the first time in three years.
USA – Texas rice farms likely to not receive water due to drought
Source: Huffington Post21/02/2012 – Five generations of Ronald Gertson’s family have tilled the claylike soil of southeast Texas to grow rice, confident that no matter how fickle Mother Nature was, there would be one constant: water to irrigate their crop.
Thailand – Rice exports from Thailand to advance as support prices cut
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek19/06/2013 – Rice shipments from Thailand, the second-biggest exporter, are set to increase as the government reduces the price paid to farmers to rein in spending, according to the Thai Rice Exporters Association.
Uganda: Rice planting over schooling
Source: All Africa20/02/2012 – Authorities in the eastern Ugandan district of Butaleja are grappling with the high rate of school children who drop out to work in rice plantations.
India – Basmati rice export to restart this week after a year’s gap
Source: Times of India20/02/2012 – Export of Basmati rice from India is likely to re-start in couple of days as the government is learnt to have agreed to lower the minimum export price (MEP) from 940 dollars per tonne to 700 dollars per tonne.