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Rice Markets

                   
atimes.com: Asia Time Online - Daily News atimes.com

Gulf states covet Asian farms

atimes.com
Sep 25, 2008 1 related
        

Rising food prices, a shortage of agricultural land and fast-growing populations are encouraging Gulf nations to use their petrodollars to buy food security through investment in land overseas, particularly in Southeast...

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MDG Goal No 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

alternative-energy-news.info
Sep 24, 2008 1 related
        

This guest post is brought to you by uncannyman. One of the 8 development goals being steered by the Millennium Development Goals is eradicating poverty and hunger. This goal has 2 main objectives: Halve, between 1990 and...

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Global Food Situation At A Crossroads

terradaily.com
Sep 23, 2008 3 related
        

An ADB report released in August increased the cut-off level for poverty from US$1 per day to $1.35 per day, meaning that millions more people are trapped in poverty than previously thought. Although the export price of...

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Japanese steamed over tainted-rice scam

thejapannews.net
Sep 23, 2008 7 related
        

By Catherine Makino TOKYO - Japan's handling of rice stocks also came under criticism several months ago during what has been called a "world rice crisis" (See Japan ducks rice-crisis solution , July 18, 2008). In May,...

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Sept rains ensure good rice output

indiatimes.com
Sep 22, 2008 1 related
        

NEW DELHI: The retreating monsoon may have gifted abundance to cereals this winter. Widespread heavy to very heavy rain this September are expected to ensure an unusually good summer (or rabi) rice output for the current...

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Alex Renton on the growing demand for tiger prawns and Vietnam

vietnamnews.net
Sep 20, 2008 1 related
        

Nice prawns, shame about the chemical cocktail No longer a luxury item, king prawns have become a staple on our supermarket fish counters - but at what price? Alex Renton reports from Vietnam where improverished producers...

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Intervention price for rice proposed

thenews.com.pk
Sep 18, 2008 2 related
        

Friday, September 19, 2008 By Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: The government has recommended an intervention price of Rs900 and Rs1,800 for the Irri paddy and Basmati paddy respectively, as a bumper rice crop is expected, it is...

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Wheat Output Up, Price Boom Over

yahoo.com
Sep 18, 2008 3 related
        

According to estimates from the US and Australian Governments, our wheat industry has a very good chance of resuming its key role as a major world wheat exporter because of better weather than a year ago.The news, and...

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Research and Markets: The Latest United Arab Emirates Food and Drink Report for Q3 2008 is Now...

tmcnet.com
Sep 17, 2008 1 related
        

Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a3d377/united_arab_emirat) has announced the addition of the "United Arab Emirates Food and Drink Report Q3 2008" report to their offering. The...

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‘No plans to review import duty on farm items’

thehindubusinessline.com
Sep 17, 2008 1 related
        

New Delhi, Sept. 17 The Centre has no plans as of now to re-impose customs duties on agricultural products, many of which are currently importable at nil duty. This comes even as harvesting of the standing kharif crop is...

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