Vincent and the Grenadines to explain the non-submission of data on their individual rice imports. However several regional countries routinely ignore submitting information on activities of their rice sector or provide only partial data. Guyana has always argued that it can supply rice for regional consumption but this would required member states provide timely data on production, imports and exports to the CARICOM Secretariat twice yearly. Guyana offended by Rice Monitoring Mechanism...

He never forgot this promise all through his teaching career at the Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agricultural Technology from 1960 to 1974 even after his singular research achievement in discovering, for the first time in the world, the role of zinc in rice cultivation. He never forgot this promise all through his teaching career at the Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agricultural Technology from 1960 to 1974 even after his singular research achievement in discovering, for the first...

Northwest Arkansas' poultry and cattle farms have encountered sharply increased grain prices as more grain goes into alternative fuels, such as ethanol. Such scrutiny is a fact of life in worldwide trade, and ignoring it in the ongoing revision of farming legislation is not wise, he said. Corn and rice policies are under examination by the group, too, he said. Johanns, a former governor of Nebraska, is drafting the administration's farm policy proposals and is also, with the cooperation of...

A study by Mintel, the market research company, has found that, despite the exclusion of potatoes from the Government s five-a-day campaign and the prevalence of low-carbohydrate diets, spending has grown by 20 per cent since 2001. We are not eating any more potatoes, but the rise in spending shows a developing taste for organic and more expensive varieties. Organic potatoes generated about 24 million in sales last year, continuing an increase of about 10 per cent each year, the research found.

With such a disproportionate focus on farming, does the Union have any moral authority to demand liberalisation of the food trade in poor countries, where often 70 percent of people rely on agriculture to make a living? Agriculture has become the most contentious issue in the Doha round of world trade talks, which were launched at a ministerial conference in the Qatar capital in 2001. With such a disproportionate focus on farming, does the Union have any moral authority to demand...

File picture shows an elementary schoolgirl harvesting rice with the help of a farmer at a rooftop rice paddy in central Tokyo. The 24-chapter pact covers extensive non-tariff measures as well as critical sectors such as intellectual property, investment and financial services. Tokyo uses tariffs, farm subsidies and production controls to block nearly all cheap foreign rice. Cutler said the free-trade agreement clearly put South Korean reformers in a "unique position" to push the Asian...