Ghana – Ghana to soon be a net-exporter of rice
Local rice production has seen a 60% increase in Ghana, President John Mahama has said, adding that the country may well be on its way to becoming a net exporter of rice.
Vietnam eyes water-saving technology for its rice farms
Vietnam along with Bangladesh and Colombia recently partnered with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) to introduce the large-scale application of AWD, also known as controlled irrigation in which farmers periodically drain rice paddies rather than keeping them perpetually flooded.
How sick chickens and rice led scientists to Vitamin B1
The discovery of thiamine began with the search for a microbe.
USA – Drought means less California rice, but good prices for rice that was grown
Source: Chico ER 28/10/2014 – Nothing about this year’s rice growing season has been business-as-usual. Some growers received no water. Others received most of their water. Some rice growers sold water. By the time all the rice acreage in California was tallied, officials say about 25 percent less rice was planted this year. Last year…
Philippines – Filipinos urged to stop wasting rice
Education Secretary Armin Luistro urged schools nationwide to actively participate in the observance of National Rice Awareness Month in November, saying the amount of rice Filipinos waste every day could feed 2.5 million people a year and adds up to more than P7 billion annually.
Guyana – Guyana announces record sugar and rice production
Guyana says it has exported 400,000 tonnes of rice, the most in the country’s history.
Japan – Japan’s ‘sacred’ rice farms rotting from inside
Shuichi Yokota may be the future of Japan’s struggling rice industry. – See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/japans-sacred-rice-farms-rotting-inside?page=0%2C0#sthash.WaVmFXNV.dpuf
Saudi Arabia – Radical way fo planting rice unveiled
A revolutionary way of planting rice for higher yields has been unveiled by the Saudi engineer — 70-year-old Ibrahim M. Alalim — who invented polymer which is used in agricultural water conservation.
India – Climate change may hit rice yields in Asia: IPCC report
Rural poverty in parts of Asia could be exacerbated due to negative impacts from climate change on rice production, and a general increase in food prices and the cost of living, says the report of working group two of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report.
China – ‘Father of hybrid rice’ develops new variety that beats his own world record
Yuan Longping, “the father of hybrid rice”, has set a new world record for hybrid rice production by developing a variety that yields an average of more than 15 tonnes per hectare.