CP group pushes for more traditional rice growing
In the aftermath of last year's massive floods, the Crop Integration Business Group at Charoen Pokphand Group is encouraging farmers to return to more traditional rice growing, focusing only on the main and second crops, in order to avoid losses from future flooding.
Agri Dep't sees 2012 rice output growing 11%
Seen contributing to the farm sector’s forecast growth of 4 to 5 percent is paddy rice production increasing by 10.67 percent to 18.46 million metric tons (MMT) this year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Tuesday. “We have already factored in the effects of possible typhoon damages for this particular projection. We are confident that we will be able to harvest as much as 18.4 million ...
Rice University, Texas Children’s Hospital researchers makes strides towards fixing infants hearts
Researchers at Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital have turned stem cells from amniotic fluid into cells that form blood vessels.
La. rice farmers say yes to checkoff money
Louisiana rice farmers have voted overwhelmingly to keep paying a nickel for every 100 pounds of rice for research and 3 cents per hundred pounds for promotion.
Rice professor's nanotube theory confirmed
( Rice University ) The Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, has experimentally confirmed a theory by Rice University Professor Boris Yakobson that foretold a pair of interesting properties about nanotube growth: That the chirality of a nanotube controls the speed of its growth, and that armchair nanotubes should grow the fastest.
Global rice production set to hit record in 2011-2012: FAO
The harvest of rice around the world in 2011-2012 should hit a new record of 721 million tonnes and lead to lower prices, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation said Wednesday.
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Researchers aim to flick the high-carbon switch on rice
'C4 photosynthesis', as used by maize and sorghum, could greatly boost rice yields, after a decade of slowing improvements Codename: C4 rice project. Mission: to modify photosynthesis in rice to boost crop yields. Duration: 15 to 25 years. This might sound like science fiction, but it is already under way at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines, where William Paul ...
Euclid restaurant offers Hawaiian-influenced fried rice awakening
The quest for great fried rice has gone almost viral in Euclid, where Fried Rice Night is declared once each month at Beach Club Bistro. More than 50 pounds of rice was used to meet the demand in January, and for the Feb. 15 Fried Rice Night, even more is being ordered.