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DOWN TO EARTH: Trying fresh crops
The Nation Newspaper - Bridgetown,St. Michael,Barbados
I do not remember the details of the trials but it would appear from the IRRI Farmer's Guide On Growing Upland Rice that it will grow on relatively poor ...
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RP aims for 98% rice self-sufficiency
Philippine Information Agency - Philippines
... frontload funding for the Rice Self-Sufficiency Plan (RSSP) for 2008-2010, top executives of DA and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) are ...
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DA-LGU tandem vital to rice-sufficiency program, says Yap
Philippine Information Agency - Philippines
According to Secretary Yap, the self-sufficiency plan which the DA will pursue with the International Rice Research Institute over the next five years, ...
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Pak comex seeks approval for more futures
NCEL Pakistan is already doing futures trading in two products: gold 100 gram and IRRI 6 rice. It has sought approval for trading futures in palm oil Kibor cotton seeds oil cake gold (one kg and 10 gram) the Daily Times reported.
Commodity Online Topstories - http://www.commodityonline.com/
Domestic Basmati Rice Exporters Suffer An Export Duty
By Indian-commodity(Indian-commodity)
New Delhi: Even as the domestic basmati rice exporters suffer an export duty and a lowered minimum export price (MEP) with a ban on non-basmati rice export that pre-empted export of non-notified premium varieties such as Pusa 1121, ...
Commodity News : Indian-commodity.com - http://commoditymarketnews.blogspot.com/
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Burma cyclone adds to rice stock pressure
ABC Online - Australia
The International Rice Research Institute is warning the cyclone in Burma will put further pressure on an already tight supply of global food stocks. ...
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RP gov't lifts requirements for rice bidding; Thailand drops plan ...
Manila Bulletin - Philippines
Yap said this self-sufficiency plan, which the DA will pursue jointly with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) over the next five years, ...
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Global warming news 23/10/2007 08:28
By george
Global warming may be leading to higher rice yields in China: IRRI (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) Global warming appears to have led to higher rice yields in northern China while free trade, changing diets, and rapid urbanization is leading to a ...
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Aerobic Rice - Part Deux
By rainwaterharvesting
The UAS has completed trials at six locations between 2005 and 2007 in collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Manila. Trials took place at Bangalore, Raipur, Cuttack, Faizabad, Coimbatore and Hazaribagh.
Harvesting Rainwater - http://rainwaterharvesting.wordpress.com
Rice Hoarding Pressures Supplies
By vetkasi(vetkasi)
Farmers and millers in Thailand, it says, have now begun to hold on to their rice stocks, in anticipation that prices will rise further. Robert Zeigler, director-general at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the ...
Food Security & Agricultural... - http://foodsecurityandagricbiotech.blogspot.com/
Rice prices hit records amid Burmese disaster
By Bobbi Lea(Bobbi Lea)
The International Rice Research Institute warned that, with the year's second harvest imminent, weather patterns in Asia would come under unprecedented scrutiny: the freak damage caused by the cyclone will now exacerbate that. ...
Precious Kingdoms - http://preciouskingdom.blogspot.com/
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PHILIPPINES: Poor squeezed by high prices, food shortages
IRINnews.org - New York,NY,USA
"The fact that we have now become a rice importer is already a crisis." The Philippines, home to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), ...
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THAT STAGNANT REVOLUTION
By krishna
With the import of IR-8, seeds imported from the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) that raised the paddy yield from one tonne per hectare to four tonne, by 1969, the revolution had extended [More]
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Project Gintong Alay
By admin
... and who was involved in the "Green Revolution Campaign" during the time of the late beloved President Ramon Magsaysay and had a hand in setting up the International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños, Laguna. ...
Paraiso Philippines - Tourism... - http://www.paraisophilippines.com/
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Tagalog News: PGMA sinuri ang mga panibagong rice varieties ng IRRI
Philippine Information Agency - Philippines
Manila (6 May) -- Bago pa man tuluyang nilagdaan ng Department of Agriculture (DA) at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) ang isang memorandum of ...
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Thailand backs off on "OPEC-style" rice cartel
guardian.co.uk - UK
Noppadon said the new rice body would not duplicate work of the 48-year-old, Philippine-based International Rice Research Institute, Asia's biggest ...
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The Rice Crisis
By smallville(smallville)
International Rice Research Institute director general Robert Zeigler says the time lag between new biotech discoveries and implementation on the farm is about 15 years. He also notes there has been underinvestment in rice research by ...
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DA, IRRI submit rice self-sufficiency plan to GMA
Manila Bulletin - Philippines
By MARVYN N. BENANING Officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) are optimistic that the ...
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Arroyo told RP on way to rice self-sufficiency
Sun.Star - Philippines
The assurance was made by Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap and Dr. Robert Ziegler, director general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), ...
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Power plants
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
As Robert Zeigler, director-general of the International Rice Research Institute in Manila, tells Time magazine: "Rice isn't just another commodity. ...
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pass the rice
By perrygarcia
Pass the knowledge from the IRRI to improve the technology in rice production in the country - didn't the whole region got improvements this government agency. Restructure the NFA to improve it's purpose-why do you have to keep it if ...
Perry garcia's Weblog - http://perrygarcia.wordpress.com
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The silent scream
Inquirer.net - Philippines
By Juan Mercado "As a world, we've been eating slightly more than we've been producing for over seven years," International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) ...
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So: Rice
Sun.Star - Philippines
A great irony today is how the Philippines-- home to the Banaue Rice Terraces and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), where children sing ...
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Thailand promotes regional rice cartel
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
Robert Zeigler, director of the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, said it would be difficult to apply the OPEC model to rice. ...
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Rice institute calls for Green Revolution anew
Sun.Star - Philippines
The second Green Revolution, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) explained, "is needed now as much as the first Green Revolution was needed to ...
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Pakistan tugs reins on rice exports
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
The minimum export price for Irri-6, the country's cheapest rice, which is mainly exported to East and West African countries, was set at $750 per tonne, ...
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Brazil Government To Auction Rice in An Attempt To Stabilise The Price
By Edward Hugh(Edward Hugh)
``We have been neglecting our basic rice production infrastructure and research and development for 15 years,'' said Robert Zeigler, director-general of the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. `` ...
Brazil Economy Watch - http://brazileconomy.blogspot.com/
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21st Century Food Crisis?
By Goldie(Goldie)
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines, one of the major contributors to the first Green Revolution, just today called for a nine-point program to deal with the problem and prevent a future crisis from ...
techPOV.blogspot.com - http://techpov.blogspot.com/
I'm Out of Food!
By kyrillevin
Presently, Golden Rice is still under rigorous research. IRRI and PhilRice are the two institutions that investigate this project as of the moment. It is said to be available in 2010. By then, I hope I won't see a long queue of people ...
Half Empty, Half Full - http://kyrillevin.wordpress.com
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Mekong mafia
Inquirer.net - Philippines
The Philippines, which hosts the International Rice Research Institute, where Thai rice farmers learned the science of higher rice productivity, ...
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Rice, milk, sugar prices hit new peak
The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
Basmati Super prices surged to Rs55-65 from Rs40-55 per kg, followed by Irri-6 Sindh which increased to Rs34 from Rs28 per kg. Irri-9 Sindh's price ...
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RP food crisis not simply a supply problem
Inquirer.net - Philippines
I would have readily included RP's hosting of the International Rice Research Institute and its head start in population policy and family planning (FP) in ...
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Pak basmati export floor price may cost India dear
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
That has further miffed Indian rice companies, who are already peeved at having to share their profits with the government through a new export tax. ...
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Group fears influx of GM rice in RP via gov't deal with IRRI
GMA news.tv - Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
... of genetically-modified (GM) rice in the Philippine market as the Department of Agriculture and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) entered ...
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World govts move against rice price spikes
Manila Times - Philippines
... now become more circumspect in dealing with the rice crisis, as it signed last Friday an agreement with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) ...
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Pakistan sets export price for some rice
GulfNews - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
The ministry set the benchmark export price for ordinary basmati rice at $1300 a tonne, $1000 a tonne for the IRRI-9 variety and $750 for IRRI-6. ...
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Environment News (05/04/08): Farmers face climate challenge in ...
By nobody@flickr.com (environment to all)
In the Philippines, the International Rice Research Institute has a long history of developing rice varieties. But the pace of climate change in the future is a big worry. NEED TO BREED "There is still a lot of uncertainty in the ...
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RX to "Rice Solutions"
By Tony Abaya(Tony Abaya)
The agricultural practices have not really changed much even if high yield rice seeds have been developed by IRRI. Farmers are still dependent on rain to grow rice instead of using the more efficient drip irrigation where water is ...
Tony Abaya's Column : On The Other Hand - http://acabaya.blogspot.com/
rice issue
By jesus1946
Regarding technology, Rice institutes like IRRI and PhilRice are focused to much on high productivity which is measured in terms of yield per hectare per harvesting season. It does not factor in the phenomenon called "crop-failures". ...
jesssssssssssss - http://jessdumaual.wordpress.com
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