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: 18/12/2021Category:
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: 17/12/2021Category:
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: 16/12/2021Category:
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: 16/09/2021Category:
‘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: 14/09/2021Category:
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: 13/09/2021Category:
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: 12/09/2021Category:
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: 02/09/2021Category:
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: 30/08/2021Category:
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: 26/08/2021Category: