Production shortfalls and the resultant decline in household income from the sales of these crops will contribute to an earlier than usual start to the lean period in food insecure areas of Senegal and will lead to a deterioration of household food security conditions in these areas. Reuters AlertNet - Hunger season begins early in at-risk zones AlertNet (change) Production shortfalls and the resultant decline in household income from the sales of these crops will contribute to an earlier...

New Delhi June 17 With international wheat prices scaling new peaks, the Centre is caught in a cleft stick over its planned 20 lakh tonne (lt) import tender by the month-end. This, in turn, is attributed to the drought in Ukraine and an abnormally hot spring in Russia, along with concerns of crop damage due to excess rains in the US. The trigger for the present bullishness has been a US Department of Agriculture report, released earlier in the week, projecting global year-ending wheat...

MOUTHS TO FEED: The development of BT cotton helped to turn India into a net cotton exporter, but some critics say the focus should be on food crops AFP, BANGALORE, INDIA Monday, Jun 18, 2007, Page 11 Metahelix Life Sciences, a biotech firm founded by five Indian scientists in 2001, says it is doing research that may lead to the development of insect-protected rice and high-yield corn. MOUTHS TO FEED: The development of BT cotton helped to turn India into a net cotton exporter, but some...

However, the country has not exported any rice because it remains expensive and South Korea has been leery of opening its own market to foreign imports. It was only in the 1990s that the country's rice production exceeded demand. Rice was ultimately excluded from the trade deal that now awaits U. SEOUL, South Korea A shipment of South Korean rice headed toward the United States on Tuesday, the first time the country highly protective of its staple food has done so. Koreans living in Los...

The ministers said, "Canada is disappointed with the USDA's decision to proceed we stand by our position that this rule should be withdrawn, as Canadian agricultural exports continue to be low risk. In an interim rule published August 25, 2006, APHIS announced that it would remove the inspection exemption for Canadian-grown fruits and vegetables and the user fee exemption for commercial vessels, trucks, railroad cars and aircraft, as well as international passengers entering the United...

As a model hybrid rice cluster, more than 200 hectares of rice fields were planted to hybrid rice this 2007 dry cropping season. He said that the highest yield in the cluster was 246 cav/ha while the lowest was 173 cav/ha, which is still much higher than what they would usually get from ordinary or inbred rice varieties. Domingo, Nueva Ecija are again overwhelmed with the benefits that they are reaping from their hybrid rice farms. The DA provides them adequate irrigation, postharvest...