1. Featured image for "Rice production is critical to food security worldwide. However, the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (M. oryzae) causes destructive disease and huge yield loss worldwide. Exploiting and breeding rice with broad-spectrum resistance to rice blast is therefore of great value for ensuring global food production."

    Researchers discover immune metabolism hub in broad-spectrum rice blast resistance


    Rice production is critical to food security worldwide. However, the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (M. oryzae) causes destructive disease and huge yield loss worldwide. Exploiting and breeding rice with broad-spectrum resistance to rice blast is therefore of great value for ensuring global food production.


    Published on:   18/12/2021

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  1. Featured image for "An international group of scientists has made a global assessment of rice-cropping systems in search of opportunities to improve rice production. Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the global population. Although the demand for rice is expected to grow, its production is challenged by factors like climate change, energy shortages and resource degradation."

    Scientists explore roadmap for larger, greener global rice production


    An international group of scientists has made a global assessment of rice-cropping systems in search of opportunities to improve rice production. Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the global population. Although the demand for rice is expected to grow, its production is challenged by factors like climate change, energy shortages and resource degradation.


    Published on:   17/12/2021

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  1. Featured image for "Commerce Advisor Abdul Razak Dawood has sought Prime Minister’s intervention to enhance rice quota allocation to China due to bumper crop, official sources told Business Recorder."

    China: PM’s intervention sought to enhance rice quota allocation


    Commerce Advisor Abdul Razak Dawood has sought Prime Minister’s intervention to enhance rice quota allocation to China due to bumper crop, official sources told Business Recorder.


    Published on:   16/12/2021

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  1. Featured image for "India could account for as much as 45% of global rice exports in 2021 as expanded port-handling capacity allows the world’s second largest rice grower after China to ship record volumes to buyers across Africa and Asia."

    Analysis: India may corner nearly half of global rice trade as exports soar to record


    India could account for as much as 45% of global rice exports in 2021 as expanded port-handling capacity allows the world’s second largest rice grower after China to ship record volumes to buyers across Africa and Asia.


    Published on:   16/09/2021

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  1. ‘All Roads Lead to Thai Rice’ as Baht Weakens, Rains Return


    Thailand, the world’s third-biggest rice exporter, is expected to meet its target of shipping 6 million tons overseas this year as supply-boosting rains and a weaker currency make the crop more competitive abroad.


    Published on:   14/09/2021

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  1. Pakistan’s exports to China have hit a new high: envoy


    This is the second time that Pakistan has been invited to participate as a special partner country. We were given this honor for 2 years continuously, which is unprecedented in the history of CAEXPO.


    Published on:   13/09/2021

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  1. Sticking points impeding rice trade


    Although the Vietnamese rice industry has set itself an ambitious export target for 2021, domestic rice farmers and suppliers remain cautious amid the ongoing health crisis and complications in international trade.


    Published on:   12/09/2021

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  1. Featured image for "Global cereal production in 2021 is forecast to reach 2 788 million tonnes, up by 0.7 percent from the year before but below July’s expectations, according to FAO’s new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, also released today."

    Global food commodity prices rebound in August


    Global cereal production in 2021 is forecast to reach 2 788 million tonnes, up by 0.7 percent from the year before but below July’s expectations, according to FAO’s new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, also released today.


    Published on:   02/09/2021

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  1. WTO to examine U.S.-China dispute on grain import quotas


    GENEVA, Aug 30 (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization said on Monday it would review a long-standing dispute between the China and the United States on Beijing’s use of import


    Published on:   30/08/2021

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  1. Early-season rice harvest exceeds last year’s haul


    A survey in China’s 10 major rice-producing provinces indicates that the nation’s early-season rice harvest exceeded 28 million metric tons, up 2.7 percent year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics said


    Published on:   26/08/2021

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