Category Archives: News @en

Madagascar – The ‘less is more’ philosophy of rice production

Source: Gantdaily.com31/01/2012 – Ernest Rakotoarivony, 45, was teased by some members of the Talata community, a small town 30 kilometers north of Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo, after breaking with traditional rice cultivation methods and employing a technique taught to him by a Jesuit priest.

China – China ‘delivering rice’ to North Koreans

Source: The Australian31/01/2012 – Long convoys of Chinese lorries laden with rice were seen entering North Korea after Beijing reportedly agreed to provide major food aid to Pyongyang’s new regime, a South Korean activist has said.

USA – Drought may cause shutdown of Texas rice production

Source: OPB News31/01/2012 – Although recent rains have put a dent in the Texas drought, a day of reckoning looms for the state’s long-grain rice growers, who pump millions into the economy in Southeast Texas each year and account for about 5 percent of America’s rice production. Come March 1, if there is less than…

Vietnam – Rice exports may be 400,000 tons this month, Vietnam says

Source: Bloomberg30/01/2012 – Rice exports from Vietnam, the world’s second-largest shipper afterThailand, may total 400,000 metric tons this month, 25 percent less than a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Philippines – Global rice trade crimped by lower PH imports

Source: Business Inquirer30/01/2012 – Philippine plans for lower rice imports in 2012, along with those of Bangladesh, pushed down the expected volume of global rice trade by a million tons to 31.9 million.

Africa – Q&A: of riots and rice in Africa

Source: IPS14/06/2013 – Thanks to food riots in several African cities fuelled by high rice prices between 2007 and 2008, sub-Saharan Africa is growing and eating more rice after governments were forced into ambitious production programmes.

Philippines – IT program provides info to rice farmers

Source: philStar.com29/01/2012 – In just five minutes, farmers can now access vital information that they need in their rice production activities.

Philippines – DA uses innovative methods for higher rice yield

Source: PhilStar29/01/2012 – The National Rice Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) is employing a mixture of both innovative methods and time-tested programs to increase rice production and boost the profitability of farmers in the countryside. 

Thailand – Thai rice output to surge 16% this season, but will this help Thailand?

Source: Oryza19/01/2012 – The secretary-general of the Office of Agricultural Economics, an organization that collects data and carries out research related to the economic condition of Thai agriculture, says rice production in Thailand is set to grow 16% to a record high in the season from October. This may mean Thailand will have more rice than…

Guyana – Flood-tolerant rice leads Guyana farm adaptation push

Source: AlertNet23/01/2012 – George Griffith is pleased with his harvest. Improved farming techniques and a different variety of rice have helped the 70-year-old farmer reap 103 bags of rice from his two-and-a-half acre (one hectare) field in this coastal village. That is an increase of at least 12 percent from his previous crops.