USA – State’s rice planters beat clock
Last year, Arkansas farmers planted about 1.39 million acres of rice and a planting of 1.7 million acres is expected this year.
Philippines – PhilRice Text Center gains popularity among rice stakeholders
PTC is a digital platform that provides daily consultation services to rice farmers through call and short messaging services (SMS).
Philippines – The solution to better health and rice self-sufficiency
An increased consumption of brown rice translates to a multiplier effect on the take-home incomes of our farmers.
USA – Advancing rice varieties to feed burgeoning world
Rice breeders are trying to develop higher yielding and more sustainable crops called ‘Next Generation Super Crops’ or ‘Green Super Rice.’
Philippines – Philippines to aim for rice self-sufficiency in 1-2 years
The Philippines, the world’s No. 3 rice buyer, regularly imports more than a million tonnes a year of the food staple to meet demand from its growing population.
Guyana – Rice farmers planting thousands of acres less in new crop- RPA
While there has been a slight increase in rice prices, farmers have adopted a wait and see attitude, with options to expand their crops limited.
USA – WASDE: U.S. Rice Production Could Rise to Highest Level Since 2010/2011
Total global rice consumption is forecast at 480.5 million tons, up 2.1 million tons from the previous year’s revised level and a record.
India – NRRI Launches riceXpert App for Android to Help Rice Farmers
The farmers can send the photo and voice through this mobile app.
China – Chinese archaeologists discover 8,000-year-old paddy
Chinese people started to cultivate rice about 10,000 years ago.
Senegal – AfricaRice training center for rice value chain actors inaugurated
African countries and the international community are increasingly realizing that investing in the rural youth is vital to reduce poverty, hunger and rural exodus.