Tokyo- In response to global warming, Japan hopes to develop rice farms that can better withstand heat and use less water, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported Saturday. The ministry plans to reveal measures to counter the effects of global warming, including the new rice farms and measures for fruit and vegetable production. A predicted doubling of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere and the resulting global warming seriously threatens the country's rice crop,...

In the Mekong River Delta, only 60 per cent of drainage and irrigation works were built by machines while just 32 percent of rice harvesting was undertaken with modern equipment. Even the rate for rice thrashing was low, with only 85 per cent of the work done by machine. Agriculture needs to get hi-tech: officials. Agricultural production accounts for 20. Other agricultural processes have been carried out by rudimentary equipment or manually. The seminar hosted 300 participants, including...

Our belief in the advancement of research and the development of new sciences has improved our farming practices and the quality of our products. In recent years, efforts by activist organizations to ban biotech crops via the ballot box have raised the question as to whether or not biotech crops are safe. The use of biotechnology allows growers to produce more crops on less land and to reduce the use of crop protection materials and fuel. Department of Agriculture and health agencies...

Pakistan produces two rice varieties the long grain super basmati grown in central Punjab and coarse grain IRRI variety cultivated in southern part of the country. Currently only two major hybrid rice operators are active in rice market. He said the company is named after the father of hybrid rice Yaung Longping that helped China double its rice production from the same cultivation area and achieve food self-sufficiency. The record of provincial agriculture department reveals that hybrid...

The demand for rice imports is increasing in the world, especially after the Government of Thailand makes intervention into the rice market. Of these five items, coffee is likely to see the price increases in both the domestic and international markets due to the serious supply shortage. Coffee prices have seen sharp increases in the world s market with robusta price reaching the $1,525/tonne level. Tra and basa purchasing prices are forecast to stay firm or see slight decreases in some...