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Female Rice Researcher Bags International Award
Posted by ricenews on Thursday, March 01 @ 08:52:03 CST (122 reads) |
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A female Peruvian scientist studying in the Netherlands has been awarded the UNESCO Women in Science awards for 2007 in Thailand.
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New Rice Variety For Diabetics Intorduced
Posted by ricenews on Monday, February 05 @ 11:24:10 CST (117 reads) |
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An Ayurvedic researcher from Narayanvasalam in Tamil Nadu's Erode District claims to have developed a variety of herbal rice with curative properties, particularly for diabetic patients.
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National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference Jan. 29-30
Posted by ricenews on Thursday, December 07 @ 09:52:09 CST (268 reads) |
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Ways to increase agricultural production while lowering costs will highlight the topics presented at the 10th annual National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference Jan. 29-30.
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FAO Asks For More Investigation Into Rice
Posted by ricenews on Tuesday, August 29 @ 08:32:23 CDT (196 reads) |
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FAO asked for more investigation on rice to obtain greater yield and take care of the necessities of increasing world population.
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World Faces A Bleak Rice Scenario
Posted by ricenews on Thursday, August 17 @ 05:11:41 CDT (322 reads) |
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On the website of the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute a clock is ticking away, indicating by the second the galloping world population. Under it is the telling statement: “ Almost half of these people depend on rice.”
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Rice Prices May Double By 2008
Posted by ricenews on Tuesday, August 15 @ 10:15:51 CDT (305 reads) |
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The world may soon pay more than ever for its most abundant food: rice.
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Story of rice - is rice consumption going up or down?
Posted by oryza on Friday, July 14 @ 17:19:08 CDT (322 reads) |
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Rice is low-fat and high in energy, and you can mix it with just about anything to make a wide variety of tasty nutritious dishes. Ask anyone from any country in the world to tell you their favourite rice recipe and you will get a wide selection, ranging from sushi in Japan to risottos in northern Italy.
Rice is closely connected to the culture of many societies. Hindu and Buddhist religions use rice as a religious offering. Burmese folklore uses rice as a central part of their creation story; the gods gave the first people of Burma rice seeds and directed them to Burma, where the rice would grow well. There are many folk tales and stories from Buddha's time in Eastern Northern India of 2600 years ago. There are many more myths and stories in all over Asia about rice.
A Chinese proverb says that ‘precious things are not pearls and jade but the five grains, of which rice is the finest.’ Chinese myth tells how, after severe floods, there was nothing to eat and the people were starving. One day they saw a dog coming across the fields, and hanging onto the dog’s tail were bunches of long yellow seeds. The seeds grew into rice and the people survived.
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Vietnam Aims To Overtake Thailand As World's Top Rice Exporter
Posted by ricenews on Monday, May 22 @ 13:45:07 CDT (401 reads) |
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Thai exporters are keeping a close watch on Vietnam's rice production amid concerns their Vietnamese counterparts could emerge as the world's leading supplier in the near future.
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USDA: Rice World Markets And Trade Report
Posted by ricenews on Tuesday, May 16 @ 07:57:20 CDT (305 reads) |
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World rice production in 2006/07 is projected at 417 million MT (milled
basis), up about 5.5 million MT from a revised 2005/06 estimate, with the
largest increases forecast in China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Brazil, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture said Monday in its "Rice: World Markets and Trade"
report, posted on the Foreign Agricultural Service Web site.
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Top Rice Growers To Meet To Strengthen Ties
Posted by ricenews on Thursday, April 13 @ 07:00:20 CDT (364 reads) |
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Trade officials from five major rice exporting countries in June will attend a meeting in Vietnam to boost agricultural ties under a cooperation programme.
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WTO Sees Growth In World Trade In 2006
Posted by ricenews on Wednesday, April 12 @ 07:33:16 CDT (345 reads) |
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World trade is expected to grow 7 percent as a result of slightly better economic conditions in 2006, although prospects are unpredictable because of concerns over consumption and employment, particularly in Europe, the WTO said Tuesday.
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WTO Will Likely Lower Subsidies
Posted by Oryzanews on Monday, February 27 @ 08:58:04 CST (383 reads) |
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U.S. farm production subsidies probably will be lowered by the World Trade Organization agreement, said a former U.S. lead WTO negotiator.
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US FDA's Definition For Grains
Posted by Oryzanews on Friday, February 17 @ 08:30:19 CST (393 reads) |
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The US Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that it has formulated a new definition of whole grain that will make it easier for consumers to follow a healthy diet.
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Rice Growing Countries To Form Their Own Cartel
Posted by Oryzanews on Friday, November 04 @ 04:30:01 CST (628 reads) |
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The largest rice growing countries have decided to form their own cartel based on Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
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Rice-Producing Nations Stress Developing New Varieties
Posted by Oryzanews on Tuesday, October 25 @ 17:16:49 CDT (512 reads) |
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The world’s major rice-producing countries – including the two most populous nations, China and India – have emphasized the importance of continuing to develop new rice varieties to guarantee Asia’s food security and support the region’s economic development.
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World Rice Production Must Improve: Experts
Posted by Oryzanews on Thursday, October 20 @ 10:51:03 CDT (444 reads) |
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International rice experts say there must be large increases in rice production over the next 25 years just to keep pace with world population growth.
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Global 05-06 Rice Paddy Output 615 Mil MT
Posted by Oryzanews on Friday, September 30 @ 13:40:08 CDT (556 reads) |
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The United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization now forecasts 2005-06 global rice paddy production at 615 million MT, according to the agency's September report.
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Global Rice Output Hit Because Of Low Indian Production
Posted by Oryzanews on Tuesday, August 30 @ 05:44:11 CDT (510 reads) |
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According to quarterly international trade report of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), India’s lower rice crop has hit the global production but the country’s exports are giving tough time to Thai rice in the global market.
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USDA: Rice World Markets And Trade Report
Posted by Oryzanews on Wednesday, August 17 @ 10:25:01 CDT (572 reads) |
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Although Thailand is estimated to maintain its number one exporter slot, its dominance in the global market has shrunk from 2004, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday in its Rice World Markets and Trade report.
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World Rice Production To Reach Highest On Record: UN
Posted by Oryzanews on Wednesday, June 29 @ 08:34:11 CDT (726 reads) |
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Global paddy rice production in 2005 is estimated to reach the highest level on record but the rice trade will continue to decline, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organizartion said in a statement on Tuesday.
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