The agreement would cover the transfer of farming techniques and the sharing of global market information in order to raise the competitiveness of Southeast Asia s rice on the world market. Region joins hands to boost rice exports. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, rice exports reached a volume of 1.8 million tonnes and a value of US$580 million in the first five months of this year, a decline of 21 per cent in volume and 8 per cent in value from the same...

NST Online Focus 2007/07/01 Spotlight: Pollution sucks the life out of rice ELIZABETH JOHN Email to friend Print article Believe it or not, vehicles powered by the burning of fossil fuels are a large source of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides. NST Online Focus 2007/07/01 Spotlight: Pollution sucks the life out of rice ELIZABETH JOHN Email to friend Print article Believe it or not, vehicles powered by the burning of fossil fuels are a large source of volatile organic compounds...

Apiradi Tantraporn, the department s director-general, said she had recently assigned her deputy Vijak Visetnoi to take a team of trade representatives to Xiamen, a coastal city in southeastern Fujian province of China, for the negotiation to expand the fragrant rice and rice product market there. Bangkok Post Breaking News. Apiradi Tantraporn, the department s director-general, said she had recently assigned her deputy Vijak Visetnoi to take a team of trade representatives to Xiamen, a...

Various agricultural experts have been roped in to provide tips and information to farmers at the specially opened "Kisan Khet Schools" Farmers attending these specially organised classes are motivated to take up Basmati crop cultivation besides being provided the high quality seed on subsidized rates under the scheme. Few villages have been selected under this scheme and training is being imparted about the methods of cultivating export quality Basmati rice. Ranjit Singh another farmer...

Japan's farm export drive bearing fruit By Hisane Masaki TOKYO - Riding high on the current global boom in Japanese foods, the world's largest net food importer has seen its recently revved-up agricultural export drive bearing fruit, with overseas shipments rising at an increasingly accelerated pace. Japan's farm export drive bearing fruit By Hisane Masaki TOKYO - Riding high on the current global boom in Japanese foods, the world's largest net food importer has seen its recently revved-up...