India is world’s second-biggest wheat grower. (Image source: MM Noergaar/sxc.hu)
India is likely to have a record production of wheat this year, surpassing the previous record of 94.88mn tonnes in 2012, analysts said
China has already purchased a combined 4.5mn tonnes of wheat from the US and Australia this year. (Image source: sarahjjay/sxc.hu)
China is likely to import eight million tonnes of the grain in the financial year 2013-14, the highest in nearly two decades, according to The China National Grain and Oils Information Center (CNGOIC)
The golden rice has been genetically modified to produce vitamin A. (Image source: merec0/Flickr)
Philippines plans to approve the commercial production of genetically modified (GM) rice, also known as ‘golden rice’, in two to three years
The output of these varieties was nearly double the current average rice yield per hectare. (Image source: Melanie Martinelli/sxc.hu)
Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has announced that its four new rice high-yielding varieties can help the country achieve self-sufficiency
in the first half of 2013 corn harvests reached 4.4mn metric tonnes. (Image source: WayTru/Flickr)
Philippines’ corn production is expected to reach a record 8.2mn metric tonnes this year, with at least 150,000 metric tonnes in surplus
