How fear drove world rice markets insane
Source: NPR02/11/2011 – Nothing is more basic and simple than food. Yet it comes to us courtesy of a long, complicated supply chain that spans the globe.
Philippines – Filipino rice farmers urged to follow India
Source: Inquirer Business24/05/2013 – Filipino farmers are starting to use the rice-growing method that has recently made India the world’s top rice exporter.
China – Toxic rice highlights China’s lack of openness on Pollution
Source: Radio Free Asia24/05/2013 – Illegally high levels of poisonous heavy metals found in rice grown in southern China have highlighted a lack of openness among officials charged with environmental protection and food safety, activists said this week.
Rice seed yields blood protein
Source: Scientific American31/10/2011 – One can’t squeeze blood from a turnip, but new research suggests that a bit of transgenic tweaking may make it possible to squeeze blood–or at least blood protein–from a grain of rice. In a study published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers describe rice seeds that…
True wild rice probably isn’t what you think it is – It’s better
Source: Indian Country01/11/2011 – The migration story of the Ojibwe people tells of following the miigis (cowry shell) west and looking for a place where food grows on the water. That food was manoomin (wild rice), and the place, basically, was northern Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan and west-central Ontario.
USA – Texas rice industry well represented in Cuba this week
Source: Southwest Farm Press31/10/2011 – In spite of continued Congressional support of a 50-year old policy of trade restrictions against Cuba, U.S. rice industry representatives are gathering in Havana this week for the annual International Trade Fair of Havana (FIHAV) in hopes of developing new trade strategies and gathering support for overturning the U.S. embargo, which…
China – Toxic rice highlights China’s lack of openness on Pollution
Source: Radio Free Asia24/05/2013 – Illegally high levels of poisonous heavy metals found in rice grown in southern China have highlighted a lack of openness among officials charged with environmental protection and food safety, activists said this week.
Pakistan – Five cotton, four rice varieties approved
Source: The News24/05/2013 – The Punjab Seed Council has approved five non-BT cotton and four new rice varieties for general cultivation in Punjab.
Rice quality expands markets for U.S. producers
Source: Western Farm Press07/11/2011 – New rice varieties that offer new options for U.S. growers and expanded market opportunities for the U.S. rice industry have been developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and cooperators.
Guyana – Ministry to help farmers owed by Mahaicony Rice Mill
Source: Stabroek News31/10/2011 – Mahaicony Rice Mill (MRM) continues to owe farmers and the Ministry of Agriculture will be moving to pursue payments for those affected and they should be able to access some funds by next week.