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El Nino Impact - Rice Prices to Skyrocket
[03 Feb 2010]
Based on the last month’s report on El Nino by the US Climate Prediction Center, the global rice production as well as other food products will be drastically impacted by the ongoing climatic phenomen
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Tags: rice rice production rice market Brazil
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US-Cuba May Hammer out a Deal Soon Despite Divergences
[27 Apr 2010]
The two events, the legislation passed by the US House of Representatives easing travel and trade restrictions and recent municipal election in Cuba suggest the US will end the 48yr-old embargo agains
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Tags: US Cuba Barack Obama rice agriculture
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US Rice Farmers Let down by South Korea FTA
[23 Dec 2010]
A senior official from the US Rice Federation informed in an interview that the recent FTA between the US and South Korea had been a disappointment. While speaking to the Farm Press, Bob Cummings, sen
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Tags: Rice Grain Trade US Farmers Agriculture FTA
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Argentine Farmers Still Unhappy over Hostile Export Policies
[25 Jan 2011]
The farmers’ protest that took place in Argentina last week was called off by the trade unions with a warning of series of strikes in the near future if their demands were not met. The warnings indica
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Tags: Food Prices Grain Supplies Argentina Farmers Strike
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Food prices push 44m into poverty: World Bank
[17 Feb 2011]
Rising food prices have pushed about 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June, the World Bank warned.
Food costs are continuing to rise to near 2008 levels, when
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Tags: World Bank Food Price Index food inflation anti-poverty
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