M’sia now has rice ATMs for the needy!
We live in a world where we wish snacks can automatically be fed into our mouths and machines can vend...
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DNA rice breakthrough raises second ‘green revolution’ hopes
LOS BANOS (Philippines), Feb 15, 2016: Rice-growing techniques learned through thousands of years of trial and error are about to...
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Down the festive memory lane
COLUMNIST/ E.S. Tung: THE cold breezy mornings and windy hot afternoons these few weeks reminded me of my childhood days...
Read moreRice subsidy distribution programme ineffective, says Auditior-General
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23, 2015: The third series 2014 Auditor-General's Report has found that the programme to provide subsidised rice...
Read moreSubsidy for Super Tempatan ST15 rice abolished
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31, 2015: The Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry (MOA) has abolished the subsidy for Super Tempatan 15% broken (ST15) rice...
Read moreThai govt approves RM 4.7 billion worth of measures to help rice farmers
BANGKOK, Oct 27, 2015: Thailand's cabinet approved measures worth about 40 billion baht (RM 4.7 billion) to help rice farmers,...
Read moreArgentina halts rice ‘impregnated with cocaine’ en route to Europe
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 24, 2015: Argentine customs agents found about 30kg of cocaine hidden in a way they had never...
Read moreSri Lanka ex-president’s vanity airport to be used to store rice
COLOMBO, Sept 2, 2015: Part of a vanity airport built by toppled Sri Lankan strongman Mahinda Rajapakse will be used...
Read moreSuper rice may be the answer to world hunger
BEIJING, Aug 19, 2015: Chinese scientists may have the answer to solving global hunger. They have discovered a gene which...
Read morePalm oil price set to soar with El Nino
LAUNCESTON, June 18, 2015: The warnings of a strong El Nino weather phenomenon have been ramped up in recent weeks,...
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