New scientific knowledge is allowing rice researchers to develop better quality rice varieties that could fetch a higher price from consumers, especially increasingly affluent rice consumers in Asia. A major international initiative is being launched to try to boost the income of the world's millions of poor rice farmers and at the same time provide consumers with more nutritious, better tasting food. The main aim of the new International Network for Quality Rice is to help rice breeders...

Knowing rain was coming but not sure when it would arrive, Franchitti and his crew had two tasks during the late laps: maintain the lead, while saving fuel. The return to the pits cost him track position, but helped later when he was able to take the lead by staying out on the track when Kanaan pitted on the 137th lap. Franchitti was forced to pit just as the race was set to resume following a three-hour rain delay when the right rear tyre deflated on the No. But what appeared to be...

Met dept hopes to predict monsoon 20 days in advance - livemint Log has written. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) is set to announce that it has reached a new sophistication in forecasting rainfall which, next year, could give farmers information about the movement of the monsoon in their region 20 days in advance, instead of the current five days. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) is set to announce that it has reached a new sophistication in forecasting rainfall which,...

The tainted pet food is blamed for killing cats and dogs in the United States, and has been traced to two Chinese manufacturers who added the chemical used to make plastics and sterilize swimming pools to wheat and rice products to make them appear protein-rich. pet and livestock food earlier this spring has triggered a wider FDA investigation into the possible contamination of food imports from China. The tainted pet food is blamed for killing cats and dogs in the United States, and has...

The haste to destroy the world's economy is strange considering: 1) there has been no significant global warming for the past nine years; 2) most of our currant modest warming took place before 1940; and, 3) much of the scientific evidence gathered the last twenty years points directly to the sun as the source of our cyclical warmings and coolings over the last million years. The haste to destroy the world's economy is strange considering: 1) there has been no significant global warming...

With oil prices down sharply and a number of physical commodity markets down sharply during the session and the scheduled US numbers failing to give off the impression of a growing robust US economy its not surprising that some additional bulls decided to throw in the towel on Tuesday. With oil prices down sharply and a number of physical commodity markets down sharply during the session and the scheduled US numbers failing to give off the impression of a growing robust US economy its not...