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Japan has a health-conscious population, which is why there is a rising demand for food barley. (Image source: Pixabay)

Japan has imported 1,789 metric tonnes (mt) of barley from the USA, for food and food processing, from January to March 2015 and the US Grains Council expects 50 per cent more in the coming months

Certain rice breeding lines exhibit tolerance to drought and stress, which might lead to the development of new rice varieties. (Image source: Zuki/Flickr)

Philippines Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is currently analysing a heat-tolerant rice variety, in a bid to address climate-change ready technologies in the countrys predominant rice growing areas

Agriculturists believe wheat production will be hampered in India due to hailstorms and unseasonal rains. (Image source: Pixabay)

India’s wheat procurement figure has risen nearly two per cent to 26.7mn tonnes (MT) in the marketing year 2015-16

India has announced that it will resume rapeseed meal exports to China, after Beijing agreed in principle to lift a ban that it had imposed last year citing traces of a hazardous chemical, an industry source said