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.
Growth Chamber: A New Addition for New Solutions
The first stage of the project has been completed, and it consisted of the screening and phenotypic characterization of varieties.
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.
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.
Philippines – Bayer plans to expand its market for hybrid rice seeds in the country
Hybrid rice helps increase yields by 33 percent versus inbred certified seeds.
Philippines – FAO helps CL rice farmers withstand ‘Lando,’ El Niño
Farmers are expected to produce a total of 99,200 metric tons of paddy rice with FAO’s support.
Food security fears resurface in Asian as nations face rice shortage due to drought
World rice production is expected to decline for the first time this year since 2010, as failing rains linked to an El Nino weather pattern cut crop yields in Asia’s rice bowl.
Egypt – Egyptian NGO turns rice waste into paper
There are over 4.5 million rice farmers in Egypt who burn four million tonnes of rice waste annually.
Nigeria – Diversifying the Economy: Guinea donates 12 varieties of high yielding rice seeds to Nigeria
The main purpose of the donation of 12 rice varieties is to bring technologies and practices that could be adopted to encourage agricultural productivity in Nigeria.
Australia – More rice varieties starting to show promise for the Tropical North
The research is part of a collaboration between Mr Barfield and Sunrice.