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EnglishSource: Kaieteur News12/12/2011 – More than 5,000 tonnes of rice was loaded at the John Fernandes Wharf on Saturday, for shipment to Venezuela, as Guyana continues to export this major resource in exchange of the $160M debt owed to Venezuela for oil.
Source: Inquirer news11/12/2011 – Filipinos’ rice consumption remains high, but their intake of meat and vegetables have gone down over the years, a sign that they cannot afford a more varied and nutritious diet, according to agriculture experts.
Source: Physorg.com11/12/2011 – BGI, the world’s largest genomics organization, announced that a study on resequencing 50 accessions of cultivated and wild rice was published online today in Nature Biotechnology. The study provides one of the largest genome variation data sets for wild and cultivated rice, which is valuable for breeding and for identifying agronomically important genes…
Source: Delta Farm Press09/12/2011 – U.S. rice exports, particularly for long-grain, are expected to recover next marketing year, after the significant decline in 2011-12, according to Nathan Childs, senior rice market analyst with USDA’s Economic Research Service.
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek08/12/2011 – Japan extended a ban on rice shipments to another area in Fukushima prefecture after local authorities found more tainted grain, deepening food-safety concerns nine months after a nuclear disaster.
Source: CGIAR07/12/2011 – Emergency programs generally focus on short-term relief rather than on sustainable development. However, by adopting a knowledge-based approach, two emergency projects launched in response to the rice-price crisis of 2008 in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) not only met immediate relief goals but also put in place efficient systems to boost rice production in the…
Source: PhilStar.com06/12/2011 – The Philippines, the world’s largest rice importer, expects a good harvest in the next dry season and will import less in the coming year.
Source: Consumer Reports.org05/12/2011 – A new federally funded study of more than 200 pregnant women receiving prenatal care in the New Hampshire area reports a link between rice consumption and elevated levels of arsenic in urine, suggesting that “many people in the United States may be exposed to potentially harmful levels of arsenic through rice consumption,”…
Source: Business World05/12/2011 – The regional office of the Department of Agriculture is conducting field trials on rice varieties that can withstand drought or flooding and can grow in coastal areas.
Source: Eleven Myanmar31/05/2013 – A month-long surge in US dollar exchange rates against Myanmar currency ‘kyat’ has benefitted rice exporters in Myanmar, but it has led to an increase in local rice price, businessmen said.