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Female Farmers Bare All For Rain

2004-07-05 14:08:22 (UTC+08:00)

The Nation, July 5, 2004 Female rice farmers are ploughing their fields at night in the nude to please the rain God during a dry spell in southwestern Nepal, a news report said yesterday. A 35-year-old farmer, Ambika Tharu, said she and other ...

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Global Warming: Rice Yield Threat

2004-07-05 14:07:34 (UTC+08:00)

The Nation, July 5, 2004 Global warming has the potential to dramatically slash yields of rice - the staple food for half of humanity, according to a study conducted at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines.  ...

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Farmers voice concern over rising fertilizer prices as crops lay waiting

2004-06-28 14:06:42 (UTC+08:00)

Vietnam News, June 28, 2004 Lam Thao Fertiliser Company is striving to supply more than 300,000 tonnes of fertilisers to the market in the first stage of this year. — VNA/VNS Photo Hong Hoa TIEN GIANG — While most Vietnamese farm...

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Farmers need P25B to improve rice output

2004-06-24 14:05:48 (UTC+08:00)

By Roderick T. dela Cruz Manila Times, June 24, 2004 AGRICULTURE and banking officials on Wednesday urged the government to pour more resources into the financing scheme of the Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp. as a way of improving rice...

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Global markets will continue heating up rice exports in 2004

2004-06-23 14:05:09 (UTC+08:00)

Vietnam News, June 23, 2004 HA NOI — Global demand for rice is expected to remain strong for the next six months, boosting the fortunes of Vietnamese exporters, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Major rice...

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Ilocano researcher works on scented rice varieties

2004-06-22 14:04:10 (UTC+08:00)

By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Manila Times, June 22, 2004 SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union—A young scientist of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, whose mother hails from Bacarra, Iloco...

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Canned rice to make debut in markets soon

2004-06-12 13:59:45 (UTC+08:00)

By Charisma Love B. Gado Manila Times, June 12, 2004 Batac, Ilocos Norte—Canned rice and canned rice meal, anyone? Why not, said researchers as they announced that these two products would be available in the market soon. Aimed at ...

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China’s shrinking rice crop spurs price boom

2004-06-09 13:54:18 (UTC+08:00)

Manila Times, June 09, 2004 BANGKOK—Thailand, the world’s biggest rice exporter, is in the midst of a boom fuelled by the demands of one country: China. Thailand’s rice exports to China more than tripled in the first four m...

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Home-grown Japonica rice soon

2004-06-04 13:53:31 (UTC+08:00)

By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Manila Times, June 04, 2004 SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union—Japonica rice, which used to be available only in duty-free stores, supermarkets and “special markets” at prices two to three times higher than loc...

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Rice production hits snag on small farmers' woes

2004-03-22 13:51:13 (UTC+08:00)

By Obadul Ghani Daily News Monitoring Service, March 22, 2004 The annual rice production target is likely to be missed as acute shortage and price-hike of fuel coupled with severe load shedding are hampering minor irrigation operations. Mos...

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Hybrid rice: An answer to rural poverty?

2004-03-18 13:50:16 (UTC+08:00)

By Roderick T. dela Cruz  Manila Times, March 18, 2004 TABUK, Kalinga—Tales of success abound in this mainly rural town of 90,000 people who have embraced the government’s hybrid rice technology after the first few who have tr...

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Farmers complain that increasing fertilizer costs limit their income

2004-03-18 13:49:36 (UTC+08:00)

By Roderick T. dela Cruz  Manila Times, March 18, 2004 TABUK, Kalinga—Despite their gains in rice production, rice farmers in this idyllic town of 90,000 people are complaining that the high cost of fertilizer and other inputs are l...

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