Ecuador

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has announced plans to immediately import 45,000 MT of rice to cover the recent food shortage triggered by loss of crops due to floods. The total of 45,000 MT of rice are ... [full story]

A new rice variety that has developed the Independent National Institute of Farming Investigations (Iniap), has been tested in the rice zones of Guayas (Ecuador). Variety Iniap 16, which it was obtained by crossing different varieties ... [full story]

In Ecuador, the Independent National Institute of Farming Researches (INIAP), trough the National Rice Program of its Experimental Station Bolinche, will give to the rice farmers a new variety called INIAP 16, about middle of June. ... [full story]