He said although the national rice production predictably would only reach 55. He admitted that the government in its second forecast predicted rice production until the end of the year would reach around 55. Jakarta (ANTARA News) - National rice production in the first semester this year has reached around 30 million tons while the target of national rice production was set at around 58 million tons until the end of the year. We hope at least our rice production could increase close to...

This dependence on international markets is risky due to the instability of the global rice market and negative repercussions of the liberalisation of the agricultural trade from free trade agreements. theedgedaily.com Published by the group of companies. This pales in comparison to Thailand, which is the fifth largest exporter of food products worldwide, with its food export expected to grow by 10. Hence, the NCER initiatives will play an integral role in addressing these problems,...

A top official said in January that Nigeria had cut its annual rice imports to half a million tonnes due to a significant rise in local production over the last three years due to the success of the government initiative. Nigeria launched an ambitious programme in 2003 known as the "Presidential Initiative on Rice", to raise local output to 5 million tonnes last year and 6 million tonnes by end-2007. The association had said about a third of the rice imported into Nigeria was smuggled from...

By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, July 16: The federal ministry for food, agriculture and livestock (Minfal) has asked the agriculture departments of Sindh and Punjab to immediately submit assessment reports on the damage to crops due to the ongoing monsoon season and floods. By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, July 16: The federal ministry for food, agriculture and livestock (Minfal) has asked the agriculture departments of Sindh and Punjab to immediately submit assessment reports on the...

Bangkok - Thailand's rice exports to Iran are likely to reach 1.2 million tons this year thanks to a supply shortage from its main competitor Vietnam, news reports said Thursday. Chookiat Ophaswongse, president of Thailand's Rice Exporters Association, said Iran is expected to import an additional 400,000 tons of rice from the kingdom during the rest of the year because of a shortfall in Vietnam, Thailand's main rival, The Nation newspaper reported. Thailand expects to export 1.2 million...

agriculture? For starters, agriculture is right at the forefront of important research and stands to benefit tremendously. The genome is a complete set of an organism's genetic material--the sum total of all the information in cells that determines whether we are human or a corn plant. Two of the hottest areas of science and technology today involve agriculture--the genomic mapping of plant and animal species and the transition from fossil fuels to renewable fuels. In 2005, the rice genome...

Under the regulation issued by the Government and the Ministry of Trade, rice exporters must register their contracts with VFA for confirmation, but the association has stopped dealing with rice export contracts since last weekend. In the Mekong Delta, rice price is rising to an average VND2,950 per kilo because local exporters have strongly purchased rice for export. However, the VFA must wait for instructions from the Government because the signed contracts have reached this year's...

But around Delhi, free-range and organic goods from newcomers to farming are showing that money can be made by growing specialty products that consumers are willing to pay more for. Many farmers in India, where more than 70 percent of the people depend on the land, eke out a living -- or else fall steadily into debt -- trying to grow water-, fertilizer- and pesticide-heavy crops on an acre or two of land. Small and marginal farms have become an unviable proposition , argued Indian Prime...

EST Siddique Islam - AHN South Asia Correspondent Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - Two government agencies and the Bangladesh Bank (BB), the country's central bank, will jointly monitor online the opening of import LCs (letters of credit) and their settlement aiming to rein in the soaring prices of essentials in Bangladesh, officials say in the capital, Dhaka on Tuesday. EST Siddique Islam - AHN South Asia Correspondent Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - Two government agencies and the Bangladesh Bank...