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Floods, landslides kill 10, leave nine missing in Vietnam
Matt Laslo, Published on 26/07/2024
» HANOI - Flash floods and landslides triggered by tropical storm Prapiroon have killed at least 10 people and left 9 missing this week in northern Vietnam, the government's disaster management agency said on Friday.
China-aided poverty alleviation project brings hope to Cambodia's remote village
Published on 17/09/2023
» BATI, Cambodia: Launched in January 2021, the nearly-completed Cambodia-China Friendship Village for Poverty Alleviation Project has brought great changes to the remotely poor Tanorn village here, lifting residents out of poverty and improving the education condition for their children.
India bans most rice exports
Published on 20/07/2023
» NEW DELHI: India has prohibited the export of non-basmati white rice with immediate effect, according to a government notice on Thursday, after a late start to seasonal monsoon rains hurt the crop and raised fears of a production shortfall.
Re-imagining rice amid climate threats
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 11/06/2023
» Rice is in trouble as Earth heats up, threatening the food and livelihood of billions of people. Sometimes there's not enough rain when seedlings need water, or too much when the plants need to keep their heads above water. As the sea intrudes, salt ruins the crop. As nights warm, yields go down.
Plane crashes in Philippines, search underway for 4 on board
Published on 19/02/2023
» A small plane with four people on board has crashed in central Philippines where rescuers were searching for survivors on Sunday, an aviation official said.
Thousands on alert in Indonesia's Java after Mt Semeru eruption
Published on 05/12/2022
» JAKARTA: Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the island's tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometre no-go zone and forced evacuations of entire villages.
Indian export curbs shake up rice market
Published on 21/10/2022
» MUMBAI: India’s recent curbs on rice exports could trigger a rally in global prices after more than a decade of stability, traders say, as Delhi’s protectionist move coincides with falling output in other major producing countries and rising global demand.
World’s food supply faces new threat
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/08/2022
» Rice could emerge as the next challenge for global food supply as a shortage of rain in parts of India, by far the world’s biggest exporter, has caused planting area to shrink to the smallest in about three years.
Vietnam's spectacular terraced ricefields wait for tourists
AFP, Published on 02/12/2021
» YêN BáI, Vietnam: As the morning sun finds its way through the mist over Vietnam's terraced rice fields, local farmers lead buffalo into the paddies and pass another day without tourists in their hilly homeland.
Drip irrigation emerges to solve rice paddy problem
Reuters, Published on 15/12/2020
» JERUSALEM: An Israeli company has developed a drip irrigation system for growing rice to replace the flooded paddies that have supplied the world with rice for generations but cause a surprising level of damage to the environment.