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Chinese premier says rice price hikes will not hurt supply China will be able to maintain adequate rice supplies to its 1.3 billion people despite recent sharp hikes in global prices for the grain, Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments reported Tuesday. 2008-04-01 People: [Wen Jiabao] Activities: [2007 China Inflation Crisis] [China Hu Jintao Admin.] EU orders China to prove that rice is GMO free The European Commission demanded Tuesday that China provide proof that rice products it is sending to the EU do not contain a genetically modified strain. 2008-02-12 Activities: [China-EU Trade] Rice engineered to carry cholera vaccine A team of Japanese researchers has developed a type of rice that can carry a vaccine for cholera, a step that could one day ease delivery of vaccines in developing countries. 2007-06-12 Rice industry rejects bioscience plan The U.S. rice industry wants the federal government to reject a plan to grow genetically modified rice in Kansas, saying the country's growers would suffer "financial devastation" if modified crops contaminate the commercial supply. 2007-03-31 Thailand to preserve almost extinct varieties of rice When it comes to Thai rice, people usually think of steamed, fried or sticky. But scientists say there are tens of thousands of varieties of rice in Thailand, although many of them are in danger of disappearing, along with their potential uses in medicine and agriculture. 2007-02-04 Headlines Chinese premier says rice price hikes will not hurt supply 2008-04-01 EU orders China to prove that rice is GMO free 2008-02-12 Rice engineered to carry cholera vaccine 2007-06-12 Rice industry rejects bioscience plan 2007-03-31 Thailand to preserve almost extinct varieties of rice 2007-02-04 EU demands more details of tainted US biotech rice 2006-08-21 Philippine, US researchers discover flood resistant rice gene 2006-08-10 Japan wants China to let in Japanese rice -Nikkei 2005-11-06 China GMO rice unlikely this year-scientists 2005-09-29 Chinese Farmers Are Sick Less From GM Crop 2005-04-28 Japan buys 65,500 tonnes rice at ordinary tender 2005-03-18 Rice with everything in China - including relics 2005-02-27 U.S., South Korea to discuss beef, rice trade 2004-12-16 China Denies Planning Modified Rice Sales 2004-12-02 South Korean farmers clash with police in protests 2004-11-13 Drought damages China rice, wheat, rapeseed, sugar 2004-11-01 Most-viewed Thailand to preserve almost extinct varieties of rice 2007-02-04 Chinese premier says rice price hikes will not hurt supply 2008-04-01 Rice engineered to carry cholera vaccine 2007-06-12 Japan buys 65,500 tonnes rice at ordinary tender 2005-03-18 Drought damages China rice, wheat, rapeseed, sugar 2004-11-01 China Denies Planning Modified Rice Sales 2004-12-02 South Korean farmers clash with police in protests 2004-11-13 EU orders China to prove that rice is GMO free 2008-02-12 EU demands more details of tainted US biotech rice 2006-08-21 Rice with everything in China - including relics 2005-02-27 Rice industry rejects bioscience plan 2007-03-31 China GMO rice unlikely this year-scientists 2005-09-29 U.S., South Korea to discuss beef, rice trade 2004-12-16 Philippine, US researchers discover flood resistant rice gene 2006-08-10

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