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    5 Rice Today October-December 2014


    T
    he Bank of Industry is currently
    in talks with the Federal Ministry
    of Agriculture and Rural
    Development to provide a $79 million
    intervention fund to boost rice
    production in the country. The fund
    is aimed at establishing 10 integrated
    rice mills and six cassava mills across
    R
    esearchers have sequenced
    the complete genome of Oryza
    glaberrima, which will enhance
    the understanding of scientists
    and agriculturists of the growing
    paterns of African rice. This will
    also help develop new rice varieties
    that can beter cope with increasing
    environmental stresses such as
    drought, fooding, and soil salinity.
    In analyzing the 33,000 genes
    that make up the African rice
    genome, researchers discovered that
    during the process of domestication,
    Africans and Asians independently
    selected for many of the same genetic
    traits in the two species (the Asian
    species being Oryza sativa), such as
    higher nutrition and traits that make
    harvesting the crop easier.
    "Rice feeds half the world, making
    it the most important food crop," said
    T
    he SNV Netherlands Develop-
    ment Organisation has secured
    $75 million from the USAIDs
    Financing Ghanaian Agriculture
    Project to boost the capacity of
    local rice producers in the three
    northern regions.
    The facility is expected to
    allow rice farmers access the
    necessary funds and logistics
    to increase yields and produce
    quality grain that will meet
    international standards in order to
    atract investors, and improve the
    economic lives of farmers.
    Source: www.ghanaweb.com
    African rice sequenced
    Rod Wing, director of the
    Arizona Genomics Institute at
    the University of Arizona and
    AXA-endowed scientist at the
    International Rice Research
    Institute, who led the efort.
    Rice will play a key role in
    helping solve what we call the
    9 billion-people question.
    The 9 billion-people ques-
    tion refers to predictions that
    the worlds population will increase to
    more than 9 billion people by the year
    2050 and concerns that have existed
    since the 1960s that food will become
    a luxury for the rich. America alone
    can feed the world but not at a reason-
    able cost so the question lies in how to
    scientifcally optimize plants so local
    people can control their own food.
    With the completely sequenced
    African rice genome, scientists and
    Nigeria to receive US$79 million to help
    boost rice production
    US$75 million
    facility to boost
    rice production in
    Ghana
    agriculturists can search for ways to
    cross Asian and African species to
    develop new varieties of rice with the
    high-yield traits of Asian rice and the
    hardiness of African rice.
    African rice already has been
    crossed with Asian rice to produce
    new varieties under a group known
    as NERICA, which stands for New
    Rice for Africa.
    Source: www.science20.com
    Nigeria and provide fve-year loans
    at an interest rate of 9% per annum to
    farmers to establish small scale plants
    or mini mills to process rice.
    The fund is useful for Nigeria,
    which is a net importer of rice
    and imports nearly half of its
    rice consumption demand. The
    government has been
    aiming to increase
    the countrys rice
    production and ban
    imports by 2015. The
    government has also
    been encouraging
    farmers to increase
    rice production and
    thereby contribute to
    food security in the
    country.

    Source: www.thisdaylive.
    com
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    Course title Date Venue
    Basics of Rice Production (2nd ofering) 21-23 October IRRI, Philippines
    Basic Scientifc Writing Course 10-14 November IRRI, Philippines
    Advanced Applications of ORYZA V3 in Rice Research 10-14 November IRRI, Philippines
    Research Data Management 18-20 November IRRI, Philippines
    TRAINING COURSES AT IRRI
    For inquiries, contact IRRITraining@irri.org, m.maghuyop@irri.org, or a.aquino@irri.org. Phone: (63-2) 580-5600 ext 2538 or +639178639317; fax: (63-2) 580-5699, 891-1292, or
    845-0606; mailing address: The IRRI Training Center, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines (Attention: TC Course Coordinator); Web site: www.training.irri.org.
    Note: Fees and schedules are subject to change without prior notice.
    ASEAN photo contest
    To celebrate the opening of the ASEAN Economic
    Community in 2015, the Thai Rice Foundation under Royal
    Patronage, the Royal Photographic Society of Thailand,
    and others are sponsoring a photo contest. The organizers
    are looking for striking and meaningful digital images that
    depict people and events representing key rice-based
    cultural aspects in ASEAN countries: Brunei Darussalam,
    Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, and
    Thailand. Entry deadline is 10 January 2015. For more information, go to
    www.asiariceusa.org/asean-photo-contest.html or contact rpst.info@gmail.com.
    Kellogg pledges support
    for 15,000 smallholder
    farmers worldwide
    K
    ellogg Company announced
    its commitment to support the
    livelihoods of 15,000 smallholder
    growers around the world at the
    UN Climate Summit held in New
    York in September. The commitment
    will enable smallholder farmers in
    Kelloggs agricultural supply chain,
    with a focus on rice, to improve their
    productivity and reduce greenhouse
    gas emissions.
    Climate change threatens
    agriculture and food systems in
    many regions, making it more
    difcult to achieve food security,
    said John Bryant, chairman and
    CEO, Kellogg Company. As a food
    company, its our responsibility
    to help ensure the long-term
    sustainability of key grains,
    including rice, and enable those who
    help grow and supply it.
    Source: http://money.cnn.com
    N
    early 25% of Californias US$5
    billion rice crop will be lost this
    year due to lack of water, experts say.
    And while analysts say the loss is
    not a crisis just yet, at least one rice
    producer is ready to
    call it a day.
    With surface
    water sources drying
    up from lack of rain,
    the problem for rice
    producers is having
    enough water available
    to fll rice paddies,
    said Jim Morris,
    communications
    manager for
    the California Rice
    Commission. Its not
    a case of the crop being damaged, he
    said, so much as its been reduced as
    farmers cut back on planting.

    Source: www.nbcnews.com
    California drought could claim quarter of rice crop
    E
    xpanded farming of food-tolerant
    rice varieties could increase rice
    production substantially and ensure
    national food security despite
    adverse impacts of climate change
    according to speakers at the Climate
    change and cultivation of food-tolerant
    rice for food security workshop
    held in Lalmonirhat district town,
    Bangladesh.
    The speakers said farmers of
    Lalmonirhat have been successfully
    cultivating food-tolerant rice with
    assistance of the Stress-tolerant Rice
    for Africa and South Asia project
    (STRASA). They have had good yield
    even after foods in recent years.
    A number of farmers testifed
    that their yields from food-tolerant
    Flood-tolerant rice for food security
    rice were between 4.5 and 5 tons per
    hectare last cropping season despite
    15-18 days of submergence.
    Source: www.thenancialexpress-bd.com

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