Rice Output

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  After India's Driest August In Over 100 Years, More Grain Export Curbs Likely

  India received the lowest August rains since at least 1901, raising concerns about weaker crop output and the potential for more export restrictions following the nation's curbs on rice.

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  Thanks to Monsoon, Foodgrain Production to Grow By 9%: Union Agriculture Minister

  Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Thursday said that country's foodgrain production is estimated to rise by nine per cent to an all-time high of 135.03 million tonnes in the 2016-17 'kharif' (summer sowing) season with record output of rice and pulses following a good monsoon.

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  As Asia's Rice Crop Shrivels, Food Security Fears Resurface

  Nearly a decade after a spike in globalfoodprices sent shock waves around the world, Asia's top rice producers are suffering from a blistering drought that threatens to cut output and boost prices of a staple for half the world's population.

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  Rice Prices May Reach Boiling Point in Coming Months

  After pulses, rice prices may also shoot up and reach a "boiling point" in the coming months due to depleting stocks and likely fall in its kharif output, according to industry body Assocham.

• China Revives Endangered Rice Species

  A rare indigenous rice species, which was almost extinct in the 1970s due to low output, is being revived in north China's Hebei Province."It has not been easy but I have developed more than 5.3 hectares of the crop since seven years when I got a handful...

• Monsoon rains cover India early, boost crop hopes

  The monsoon rains have covered India a month ahead of the normal schedule, increasing the prospects for a bumper output for summer-sown crops such as rice, oilseeds and cotton in one of the world's leading producers.

• Deficient rainfall may hit India's rice output

  Deficient rainfall and severe drought conditions have caused wide concern in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

• Monsoon arrives in Kerala

  The annual monsoon rains have arrived at Kerala's coast on Tuesday, a top weather official said, brightening the prospects of higher farm output as farmers can plant summer-sown crops such as rice, soybean and cotton on time.

• India to achieve all-time high wheat output this year: Pawar

  India's wheat production is estimated to go an all-time high of 81.47 million tonnes whilefood grains will rise to 232.07 tonnes in the current year.     "The country will witness record production in wheat, pulses and cotton this crop year", Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar told reporters today announcing the second advance es...