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Message: <blockquote data-quote="damannaked" data-source="post: 2039532" data-attributes="member: 43428">guys,         bellow is two articles abut rice production in Asia. one is specifically abut sri lanka importing rice from other asian countries..hehehe and other one abut a research which says that the rice production gonna increase in asia this year. Both the articles were published in Daily News newspaper...same day..so after reading these two articles i got a Q....whats happening to our agriculture... we used to export rice to other asian countries...and now we dont even eat much rice like last time but v still hv to import from other countries...why is this????any of u guys got an idea???Rice exports from Myanmar to go aheadMyanmar has agreed to go ahead with its contractual rice export obligations to Sri Lanka that will benefit the island nation to meet its requirements.Myanmar had agreed to export 100,000 metric tonnes of the food grain of which 20,000 tonnes have already arrived in Sri Lanka. According to Sri Lankan officials, the consignment of rice of about 50,000 tons from Myanmar has not been hampered by the cyclone and will arrive in the island as committed.Besides Myanmar, Sri Lanka is also looking forward for rice imports from Thailand. The Trade and Commerce Ministry of Sri Lanka is making all efforts to sell 20,000 tonnes of rice imported from Myanmar at Rs 55 a kg. According to media reports, last week three ships carrying the cargo intended for Sri Lanka were partially loaded in Myanmar.However, they could not set sail as the Rangoon harbour was obstructed with more than 15 ships which were damaged during the storm. 2008 rice output to climb in AsiaPrices to remain high:ROME - Rice production in Asia, Africa and Latin America is forecast to reach a new record level in 2008, but world rice prices could remain high in the short term, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said yesterday.However the destruction of Myanmar's food resources by a deadly cyclone could decrease national rice production and impair access to food, according to first FAO estimates."World paddy production 2008 could grow by about 2.3 percent, reaching a new record level of 666 million tonnes, according to our preliminary forecasts," said FAO rice expert Concepcion Calpe. Production growth could even be higher if recent appeals and incentives to grow more rice lead to expansion, according to the Rice Market Monitor.But the May 3 cyclone disaster in Myanmar could well worsen the forecast, say FAO officials."The cyclone damage could worsen the current global rice production outlook," said an FAO statement. "The cyclone struck when paddy farmers were harvesting their dry season crop accounting for 20 percent of annual production."This could lead to further pressure on world prices." For the first time, paddy production in Asia could surpass the 600 million tonne benchmark this year, amounting to 605 million tonnes, Calpe was quoted as saying."Major gains are expected all across the region," she said. "Bangladesh, China, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam could register the largest gains. Prospects are also buoyant for Indonesia and Sri Lanka, despite some recent flood-incurred losses."Rice prices have skyrocketed by around 76 percent between last December and April, according to the FAO Rice Price Index. International rice prices were expected to remain at relatively high levels, as stocks held by exporters are expected to be reduced heavily. AFP </blockquote>

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