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EnglishSource: Asia One 22/06/2011 – Demand from African countries supported Vietnamese rice prices this week even though supply from its new crop is about to peak, while Thai prices were pushed up by local demand for grain that traders said was linked to the general election there on July 3.
Source: allAfrica.com22/06/2011 – A new variety of rice developed in Mozambique to meet the needs of local growers will soon be available following extensive trials.
Source: The Washington Post04/05/2013 – Guyana says it will resume rice shipments to neighboring Venezuela following the renewal of a $130 million rice-for-oil deal between the two South American countries.
Source: Commodity Online20/06/2011 – Key Rice growing regions in India’s East received welcome monsoon rains last week and that boosted prospect of a good crop this season.
Source: Business Inquirer19/06/2011 – Good weather permitting, the Philippines may exceed its 2011 palay (unhusked rice grain) production target of 17.46 million metric tons and perhaps even beyond.
Source: Bloomberg17/06/2011 – Global rice prices may decline as increased harvests in the biggest producers exceed demand and boost stockpiles, according to theUnited Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization.
Source: NPR03/05/2013 – It’s a captivating story: A global rice-growing revolution that started with a Jesuit priest in Madagascar, far from any recognized center of agricultural innovation. Every so often, it surfaces in the popular media — most recently in The Guardian, which earlier this year described farmers in one corner of India hauling in gigantic rice harvests without resorting…
Source: Sun Star04/05/2013 – Thousands of hectares will be planted with rice in the city as soon as the planned rice expansion gets a green light, an official said Friday.
Source: The Hindu Business Line03/05/2013 – The non-basmati varieties of rice are expected to witness an uptrend in prices soon on the back of improved buying interest.
Source: Bangkok Post03/05/2013 – The Thai baht’s rally to the highest level in 16 years is hindering exports from the world’s biggest rice shipper, curbing the government’s efforts to diminish record state stockpiles and threatening to increase its losses.