Govt urged to examine pros and cons before setting up PRB
June
26, 2015
KARACHI
- The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) urged the government
before setting up Pakistan Rice Board (PRB) as suggested by the vested interest
must first examine the pros and cons and question those suggesting it as to the
injury caused to the rice industry by the Quality Review Committee (QRC) set up
by the government on their recommendations and supported by them.he QRC
eliminated the SME rice exporters and those adding value to the grains.
Unisame
was against the QRC from day one and time and again requested the authorities
to remove this committee which was used as an instrument to eliminate the SME
rice exporters.President Unisame Zulfikar Thaver said ever since they have lost
control of QRC they are trying to find ways and means to regain control in a
different form and Mincom must not let them have another government sponsored
tool for their vested interest like they did with QRC.ortunately Mincom finally
comprehended the futility of QRC and decided to disband it but after the damage
was done.
Unisame
kept informing Mincom about its negative role and is on record.Thaver said the
SME rice exporters even filed petitions and law suits against this defective
body.Even if the government decides to form the PRB it must include experts
from the growers, millers, processors and exporters to avoid conflict of
interest but it is very important that the government must first study the role
and function of the PRB as it would simply duplicate the functions of Mincom
& Minfal and will entail huge expenditure in maintaining it when the matter
of rice cultivation to its final exports are in the domain of the ministries of
agriculture and commerce.Only thing which is needed is co-ordination between
the two
.If
co-ordination is achieved and integrated efforts are made a positive policy
could be made for the betterment of the rice industry which is on the verge of
collapse.The PRB will be another institution not worth its name because it
entails policy making which is the function of the government through the
Minfal and Mincom based on the recommendations of the Rice Commissioner in the
Minfal, the Rice Research Institute and the stakeholders
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
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The latest Texas Rice Crop
Survey reports
The
latest Texas Rice Crop Survey reports (updated through Friday, June 26, 2015)
are available through the Beaumont Center web site at http://beaumont.tamu.edu/CropSurvey/
The
crop survey provides detailed data on rice acreage across the Texas rice belt,
including information on varieties and crop development.
incerely,
Ted
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Lloyd
T. (Ted) Wilson
Professor
and Center Director
Texas
A&M AgriLIFE Research Center
1509
Aggie Drive
Beaumont
Texas, Texas 77713
Rice Leadership Class Finishes Session II in Arkansas and
Mississippi
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LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS -- After leaving the great mid-west area of the country, the
2015/17 Rice Leadership Development Class traveled to Arkansas to study the
state's rice farming practices and processing industries. The itinerary
included professional development seminars and meetings with executives at
Producers Rice Mill and Riceland Foods. The group also discussed
conservation practices with Ducks Unlimited President and rice farmer George
Dunklin and toured the Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center to learn
about the latest developments in rice research.
Class
member Collin Holzhauer, with Southern Rice & Cotton, said, "The
highlight of Session II for me was touring George Dunklin's farming operation
south of Stuttgart. George is president of Ducks Unlimited, and is a devout
conservationist who employs management practices that are truly incredible.
He plants a few hundred acres of rice just for the ducks to eat over the
winter, and operates a tree nursery where they grow containerized bottomland
hardwood species for restoration.
Holzhauer
continued, "George also graciously hosted a Rice Leadership Alumni
dinner at his lodge. There was an amazing turn out - more than seventy
people attended, including some who drove from Mississippi and
Louisiana. That's how dedicated people are to this program."
From
Arkansas, the class traveled to Mississippi to tour Farmers Grain Terminal,
Inc. in Greenville, a regional grain marketing company serving over 2,900
producers/owners in the Mississippi delta, southeast Arkansas, and northeast
Louisiana.
"As
rice farmers and industry professionals, we watch our crops grow and see
their progression throughout the growing season and harvest, but there are so
many moving parts of the rice industry that we don't see on a daily basis
that hold a vital role in the production of rice," said Nicole Creason,
a class member and rice producer from Jonesboro, Arkansas. "In Session
II, we got the chance to witness some of these processes in action and it was
very enlightening."
The Rice Leadership Development Program is sponsored by John Deere Company, RiceTec Inc. and American Commodity Company through The Rice Foundation and is managed by the USA Rice Federation. Contact: Chuck Wilson (870) 673-7541 |
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Pakistan Railways
‘out of intensive care’
26
Jun 2015
PAKISTAN: Minister of Railways
Khawaja Saad Rafique has said Pakistan Railways is now ‘out of intensive care’.
The federal budget for 2015-16 has allocated Rs41bn for PR’s non-staff costs, a
business class Karachi – Islamabad passenger service has been launched and
freight services to Iran restarted.The 2015-16 budget allocation includes
Rs0·9bn to acquire land for a container terminal and railway link at the port
of Gwadar; Rs2·8bn for the mechanisation of track maintenance; Rs2·5bn for the
procurement of 125 locomotives which would be assembled locally; Rs2·0bn for
repairs to flood damage from 2010; Rs1·8bn for modernising the Karachi –
Khanpur line; Rs2·5bn for resignalling the Lodhran Khanewal – Shahdara
Bagh route; and Rs1·0bn for doubling and upgrading the Port Qaism – Bin Qasim
line.Additional wagons are also to be ordered, 100 existing locomotives will be
repaired and returned to traffic and a feasibility study for a dedicated
freight corridor will be commissioned.
A revived international freight
service from Quetta to Zahedan in Iran was inaugurated on June 9, following an
agreement between the two countries on May 18. PR had been operating a monthly
train as far as Taftan to deliver post, food, water and salaries to employees,
but freight trains have now returned to the Iranian section of the route after
five years.It is envisaged that oil traffic from Iran to Pakistan will cover
the service’s operating costs, with additional traffic to include sulphur, coal
and chemical imports to Pakistan and rice exports to Iran. At the inauguration
the Chief Minister of Baluchistan province expressed hope that a passenger
service would also be reinstated.On May 14 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
inaugurated Greenline Train, a daily business class passenger
service which is timetabled to cover the Karachi – Islamabad route in
23 h 15 min. It has sleeping cars, full air-conditioning, wi-fi,
meals, newspapers, improved toilets and online booking. Passenger lounges are
to be provided at Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi.Speaking at the launch
of Greenline Train, the Prime Minister said he envisioned a train
service would one day run from Kashi in China to Karachi, and from Pakistan to
Turkey.
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/policy/single-view/view/pakistan-railways-out-of-intensive-care.html
TMR
: SNP Genotyping and Analysis Market: European Unstable Economy Continuously
Tormenting Market Growth
by TRANSPARENCY
MARKET RESEARCH on Jun 26, 2015 • 3:23 am
According to a recent research
report published by Transparency Market Research (TMR), the global SNP genotype
and analysis market had reached value of US$10.70 billion in the year 2012. It
is expected that this market will attain a value of US$17.65 billion by the end
of 2019, increasing at a compound annual growth rate of 7.5% between the period
of 2013 and 2019.The market analysis report is prepared after extensive study
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and analysis industry is evaluated on the basis of technology employed,
applications used, and the regional distribution of this industry.On the basis
of technology, the global market for SNP genotype and analysis is categorized
into Mass ARRAY MALDI-TOF, SNP GeneChips and Microarrays, SNP by
Pyrosequencing, AB SNPle, Taqman Allelic Discrimination, and others. Based on
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A significant amount of revenue
is used up on research to develop diagnostic products those are similar to
companion diagnostics, which would enable a preview of how a genome would open
out as an individual and grow older. There is a high amount of intensity in
researching the food crops such as wheat, rice, oats, maize, corn, and other
grasses. SNP genotyping in agriculture attained approval long before other
applications. The GeneChip Rice 44K array provided by Affymetrix is one of the
trendy platforms for rice genotyping that determines variants that affect the
yield. SNP type assays of Fluidigm have been used by International Rice
Research Institute that account for the largest ex-situ collection of rice
germplasm in the world, and plays an important role in continuing this
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market continuously, which SNP genotyping is a part of. The Asia Pacific SNP
genotype and analysis market and various economies in Rest of the World are
likely to hold the biggest potential during the period of 2014 to 2020, in
terms of revenue.
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Research and Markets: South America Rice
Market Report - Analysis And Forecast To 2020
June 25, 2015 07:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f4hnb8/south_america) has announced the addition of the "South America: Rice - Market
Report - Analysis And Forecast To 2020" report to their offering.
“South America: Rice - Market Report - Analysis And Forecast To
2020”
The report provides an in-depth analysis of the South American
Market of Rice. It presents the latest data of the market value, consumption,
domestic production, exports and imports, price dynamics and food balance. The
report shows the sales data, allowing you to identify the key drivers and
restraints. You can find here a strategic analysis of key factors influencing
the market. Forecasts illustrate how the market will be transformed in the
medium term. Profiles of the leading producers are also included.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Introduction
1.1 Report Description
1.2 Research Methodology
2. Executive Summary
2.1 Key Findings
2.2 Market Trends
3. Market Overview
3.1 Market Value
3.2 Consumption By Regions And Countries
3.3 Market Opportunities By Countries
3.4 Market Forecast To 2020
4. Production
4.1 Production, Harvested Area And Yield In 2007-2013
4.2 Production By Regions And Countries
4.3 Harvested Area And Yield By Regions And Countries
5. Imports
5.1 Imports In 2007-2013
5.2 Imports By Regions And Countries
5.3 Import Prices By Countries
6. Exports
6.1 Exports In 2007-2013
6.2 Exports By Regions And Countries
6.3 Export Prices By Countries
7. Prices And Price Development
7.1 Producer Prices
7.2 Producer Prices Index
8. Profiles Of Major Producers
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Mekong Delta enjoys bumper summer-autumn rice crops
The
Mekong Delta Rice Research Institute has estimated that summer-autumn crops of
the region would generate 9 million tonnes of rice this year, up 120,000 tonnes
from the same period last year, despite the reduction in cultivated area.
Last
update 10:26 | 25/06/2015
The Mekong Delta has harvested more
than 300,000 hectares of rice to date, representing 18 percent of its rice
growing areas.Average yield of the entire region is estimated around 5.45
tonnes per hectare while that of Can Tho, An Giang and Dong Thap provinces
reaches 6.3-6.5 tonnes per hectare.The wholesale price for paddy rice is around
5,000-5,400 VND (0.23-0.25 USD) per kilogramme. Farmers earn a profit of 27-38
percent of the price as each kilogramme produced costs them about 3,917 VND
(0.18 USD).
Mekong Delta provinces have
followed a strict schedule of rice farming to avoid drought, flooding and
diseases.Several new cultivation techniques have been spread among local
farmers, notably “3 Down, 3 Up” (3 Down: seeds, fertilizers and pesticides; 3
Up: productivity, quality and economic efficiency), and “1 Must, 5 Down” (1
Must: must use of certified rice seeds; 5 Down: decreases in the amount of
sowed seeds, in the use of crop protection chemicals, nitrogenous fertilizer
and water, and in post-harvest losses).The provinces focused on growing
high-quality rice with more than 85 percent of paddy areas while disease
control and irrigation works were well-prepared.The farmers were also provided
soft loans to purchase agricultural equipment for improved cultivation.
VNA
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/134221/mekong-delta-enjoys-bumper-summer-autumn-rice-crops.html
Union Cabinet
approves transfer of CRRI land to set up police station
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on
Wednesday gave its approval for the proposal of the Indian Council of
Agricultural Research to transfer 0.5 acre of land belonging to the Central
Rice Research Institute (CRRI), Cuttack to the Police Department in Odisha on
lease basis for a period of 33 years for the establishment of a police station.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on
Wednesday gave its approval for the proposal of the Indian Council of
Agricultural Research to transfer 0.5 acre of land belonging to the Central
Rice Research Institute (CRRI), Cuttack to the Police Department in Odisha on
lease basis for a period of 33 years for the establishment of a police
station.A police outpost has been functioning inside the campus of the CRRI,
Cuttack since 1982.
The Odisha Government has notified upgradation of this police
outpost to that of a police station. The proposed land, after the transfer, will
be used for construction, establishment and operation of the police
station.Establishment of this station at Cuttack, adjacent to the CRRI, would
strengthen the security of the Institute and its employees; and would also be
beneficial to the people living in the area.
http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/union-cabinet-approves-transfer-of-crri-land-to-set-up-police-station/89635/
Thailand’s
drought crisis could knock down growth
THE NATION
Sommai says spending power will
be hit if govt measures aren’t strong enough
BANGKOK: — IF government measures
on tackling the drought are weak, the economy could be dragged down by more
than half a percentage point this year owing to dampened spending power,
Finance Minister Sommai Phasee warned yesterday. “If the growth rate forecast is at
3.5 per cent, it could shrink to 3 per cent,” he said, adding that if measures
were strong enough, the growth rate should not be cut by any more than 0.5
percentage points.But he said the drought problem should be solved soon, as
in-flows into dams tend to rise in the later months of the year. However, to
help alleviate the problem immediately, state agencies should come up with
measures to help farmers and consumers affected by the dry season, he added.The
minister has instructed the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives
to provide a debt moratorium – on both the principal and interest rate – to
farmers for about six months.
Commerce Minister General Chatchai
Sarikalya said his ministry and the Interior Ministry would send mobile units
to 35 affected provinces to sell essential goods at cheaper prices to help
people out.The ministry’s Business Development Department plans to encourage
local businesses to employ affected farmers, while the ministry also plans to
sell packs of rice directly to consumers.Apart from clearing the government
rice stockpile, the ministry also plans to sell 1.33 million tonnes of rotten
rice to ethanol-production plants.Supant Mongkolsuthree, chairman of the
Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), said that if the government’s measures
cannot ease the crisis, there was a chance that domestic consumption would be
affected further. Hence, he suggested the government should create farm zones
to match water supply and encourage farmers to opt for crops that demand less
water.
Meanwhile, Agriculture and
Cooperatives Minister Peetipong Phuengbun na Ayutthaya said some 4 million rai
was used for rice farming in the Chao Phraya Basin.“Of that, some 500,000 rai
are being worked on even after rice farmers in the area were told to delay
sowing their crop,” he said, adding that more than 800,000 rai of paddy fields
were at risk of withering given the water shortage.This year’s rainy season has
yet to bring a significant amount of rain.Peetipong said the drought could
become a real crisis if adequate rain does not arrive by early August.“If this
happens, there will be an impact on tap water, on driving out seawater and on
the agricultural sector,” he said.Somsak Chailert, a farmer from Pathum Thani
province, said he sowed rice in his 100-rai farm early last month. “At that
time, the government said it was okay to start growing rice,” he said.
“We were told there would be irrigation for
our farmland.”But now, he was really worried his crop would wither due to water
shortage. The level of water in a local canal has dropped to just 40
centimetres, which has to be maintained to stop adjacent roads from crumbling.
Somsak said he hoped the government would step in to help farmers.In Lop Buri,
another province in the Chao Phraya Basin, the Pasak Jolasid Dam only has 69.84
million cubic metres of water, which accounts for just 7.3 per cent of the
dam’s capacity.“Not a single drop of water has come into this dam for more than
a week,” Attaporn Panyachom, the director of Irrigation Office 10 in Lop Buri,
said.He said the amount of water discharged from the dam would have to be
reduced, and warned fish farmers who rely on water from the dam to be ready.“If
possible, please stop farming fish,” he said.In addition to local farmers, more
than 150,000 people in Lop Buri’s Phattana Nikhom district are getting very
worried that their taps may run dry.
http://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/thailands-drought-crisis-could-knock-down-growth/101683/
Nagpur
Foodgrain Prices Open- Jun 26
Nagpur, June 26 Gram and tuar prices recovered
in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and
Marketing Committee (APMC) here on increased
demand from local millers amid weak supply from producing regions. Notable rise
in Madhya Pradesh pulses, weak overseas arrival and reported demand from
South-based millers also pushed up prices, according to sources.
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FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram
varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor.
TUAR
* Tuar
varieties quoted static in open market here on subdued demand from local
traders amid ample stock in ready position.
* Rice
HMT Shriram recovered further in open market on increased demand from local
traders amid weak arrival from producing belts like Chhattisgarh and
Madhya
Pradesh.
* In
Akola, Tuar - 7,300-7,700, Tuar dal - 10,100-10,500, Udid at 9,500-9,900,
Udid
Mogar (clean) - 11,000-11,400, Moong - 7,000-8,000, Moong Mogar
(clean) 9,800-10,100, Gram - 3,900-4,100, Gram Super best bold -
5,900-6,000
for
100 kg.
*
Wheat, other varieties of rice and other commodities remained steady in open
market
in
weak trading activity, according to sources.
Nagpur
foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS
Available prices Previous
close
Gram
Auction
3,600-4,430 3,520-4,420
Gram
Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar
Auction 6,000-7,055 6,000-6,070
Moong Auction
n.a. 6,000-6,400
Udid
Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction
n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram
Super Best Bold
6,000-6,100 6,000-6,100
Gram
Super Best n.a.
Gram
Medium Best 5,600-5,700 5,600-5,700
Gram
Dal Medium n.a. n.a.
Gram
Mill Quality 5,200-5,400 5,200-5,400
Desi
gram Raw 4,250-4,350 4,250-4,350
Gram
Filter new 5,700-5,900 5,700-5,900
Gram
Kabuli 5,500-7,000 5,500-5,700
Gram
Pink 6,400-6,600 6,400-6,600
Tuar
Fataka Best
10,500-10,800 10,500-10,800
Tuar
Fataka Medium
9,900-10,300 9,900-10,300
Tuar
Dal Best Phod 9,500-9,700 9,500-9,700
Tuar
Dal Medium phod
8,800-9,300 8,800-9,300
Tuar
Gavarani New 7,300-7,400 7,300-7,400
Tuar
Karnataka 7,900-8,000 7,900-8,000
Tuar
Black 10,900-11,200 10,900-11,200
Masoor dal best
8,000-8,200 8,000-8,200
Masoor dal medium
7,500-7,900 7,500-7,900
Masoor
n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold
10,000-10,300 10,000-10,300
Moong Mogar Medium best 9,500-9,800 9,500-9,800
Moong dal Chilka
8,600-9,200 8,600-9,200
Moong Mill quality
n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best
9,600-9,900 9,600-9,900
Udid
Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG)
11,500-11,750 11,500-11,750
Udid
Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)
10,600-10,800 10,600-10,800
Udid
Dal Black (100 INR/KG)
8,900-9,200 8,900-9,200
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,600 4,000-4,600
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)
3,200-3,350 3,200-3,350
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)
3,200-3,400 3,200-3,400
Watana White (100 INR/KG)
3,200-3,300 3,200-3,300
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG)
3,600-4,500 3,600-4,500
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)
1,400-1,600 1,400-1,600
Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG)
1,500-1,650 1,500-1,650
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)
1,400-1,600 1,400-1,600
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG)
2,200-2,400 2,200-2,400
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG)
1,900-2,100 1,900-2,100
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG)
n.a. n.a.
MP
Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG)
3,100-3,650 3,100-3,650
MP
Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG)
2,500-2,850 2,500-2,850
Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG)
1,400-1,500 1,400-1,500
Wheat Best (100 INR/KG)
1,900-2,100
1,900-2,100
Rice
BPT New(100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800
Rice
BPT (100 INR/KG)
3,000-3,300 3,000-3,300
Rice
Parmal (100 INR/KG)
1,500-1,750 1,500-1,750
Rice
Swarna new (100 INR/KG)
2,200-2,450 2,200-2,450
Rice
Swarna old (100 INR/KG)
2,500-2,700 2,500-2,700
Rice
HMT new(100 INR/KG)
3,100-3,600 3,100-3,600
Rice
HMT (100 INR/KG)
3,800-4,200 3,800-4,200
Rice
HMT Shriram New(100 INR/KG)
4,300-4,600 4,200-4,500
Rice
HMT Shriram old (100 INR/KG)
4,500-5,100
4,500-5,000
Rice
Basmati best (100 INR/KG)
8,000-10,000 8,000-10,000
Rice
Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG)
7,000-7,500 7,000-7,500
Rice
Chinnor new (100 INR/KG)
4,500-4,800 4,500-4,800
Rice
Chinnor (100 INR/KG)
5,200-5,600 5,200-5,600
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG)
2,200-2,450 2,200-2,450
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)
2,500-2,600 2,500-2,600
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 33.9 degree Celsius (93.0 degree
Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
24.6 degree Celsius (76.3 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : nil
FORECAST: Generally cloudy sky. Rains or
thunder-showers likely towards evening or night.
Maximum and minimum temperature would be around
and 35 and 25 degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from
plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.)
Vietnam's Jan-June rice exports drop 6.2 pct y/y
Fri Jun 26, 2015
2:53am GMT
HANOI, June 26 (Reuters) - Vietnam's rice exports in the first
half of 2015 are estimated to have dropped 6.2 percent from the same period
last year to 3.05 million tonnes, the Agriculture Ministry said on
Friday.Revenue from the grain exports in the six-month period will reach an
estimated $1.32 billion, down 10.5 percent from a year ago, the ministry said
in a monthly report.Vietnam, the world's third-largest rice exporter after
India and Thailand, could ship 6.5 million tonnes of the grain in 2015, unchanged
from the previous year, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has said.
(Reporting by Ho Binh Minh; Editing by Martin Petty)
http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL3N0Z922J20150626
Bountiful June showers boost kharif planting
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU, JUNE
26:
The rapid progress of the
south-west monsoon across the country has accelerated the sowing pace of key
kharif crops such as rice, pulses, oilseeds and cotton. The south-west monsoon,
the lifeline of India’s agriculture, has covered the country two weeks ahead of
schedule. Agriculture Ministry data
showed that kharif planting has been done in 165.62 lakh hectares so far this
year, against 134.18 lakh hectares in the corresponding period last year, up 23
per cent. The increase has been largely driven by higher plantings of pulses,
coarse cereals, oilseeds and cotton.While rice has been sown/transplanted in
23.28 lakh ha (against 25.04 lakh ha last year), and pulses acreage stood at
11.04 lakh ha (6.14 lakh ha). Coarse cereals were sown in 19.28 lakh ha (16.74
lakh ha), oilseeds in 27.89 lakh ha (5.29 lakh ha), and cotton in 34.87 lakh ha
(29.07 lakh ha), an official release said.
The country as a whole has received 167.5 mm of rains during the
June 1-26 period, about 27 per cent excess over the normal weighted average for
the period. Half of the 36 metrological sub divisions, covering 65 per cent of
the country’s geographical area, have received excess rainfall so far.Thirteen
sub divisions, accounting for 24 per cent of the area, have received normal
rains, while only five sub divisions, accounting for 11 per cent of the
country’s total area, have received deficient rainfall during the period.The
better-than-normal rain so far has helped improve the water levels in the main
reservoirs across the country that stood at 43.222 billion cubic metres as of
June 25, accounting for 27 per cent of the total capacity of 155.799 billion
cubic metres.
Water level higher
According to the Central Water Commission, which monitors the
live storage of 91 important reservoirs, the current water level is 11 per cent
greater than the corresponding last year period and 46 per cent higher than the
last 10 years’ average.The States having better storage than last year for the
corresponding period are Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha, Tripura, Uttar
Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Those having the same storage as the
corresponding period last year are Maharashtra and Uttarakhand.Rajasthan,
Jharkhand, West Bengal, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh
and Telangana have lesser storage than the previous year period.
(This article was published on June 26, 2015)
Effect of PM Modi’s
China visit: Chinese inspectors may allow Indian beef exports
By Dilasha Seth, ET Bureau | 26 Jun, 2015, 04.45AM IST
Indian bovine meat and meat products have been denied
entry into China on grounds of alleged foot-and-mouth disease.NEW
DELHI: Beef may be having rough days under the BJP government, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China last monthmay have cleared
the way for export of the meat to the world's biggest market two years after an
agreement was signed. Agri-products such as pomegranate, non-basmati rice and
okra could also find their way to China as India steps up efforts to reduce the
imbalance in bilateral trade.
Beijing will send an inspection team next month to examine meat plants in India so that the facilities can be cleared for exports. Indian bovine meat and meat products have been denied entry into China on grounds of alleged foot-and-mouth disease. "China's quarantine inspectors are coming to inspect bovine meat facilities in July, which is two years after the memorandum of understanding was signed. We are hopeful that it will clear the way for our agri exports," said a government official. "This will help address the issue of trade deficit to some extent, which, if not addressed, could reach unsustainable levels."
Beijing will send an inspection team next month to examine meat plants in India so that the facilities can be cleared for exports. Indian bovine meat and meat products have been denied entry into China on grounds of alleged foot-and-mouth disease. "China's quarantine inspectors are coming to inspect bovine meat facilities in July, which is two years after the memorandum of understanding was signed. We are hopeful that it will clear the way for our agri exports," said a government official. "This will help address the issue of trade deficit to some extent, which, if not addressed, could reach unsustainable levels."
India's trade deficit
with China widened to $48 billion in 2014-15 from $36 billion the previous
year. Taking no chances with the
bilateral process, India also questioned China's decision to continue curbs on
Indian buffalo meat imports at an agriculture committee meeting of the World Trade Organization in April. China's demand for Indian buffalo meat is
estimated at about $1.5 billion a year. India
became the world's top beef exporter last year.
Bovine meat overtook basmati rice as the country's
single largest agri export item in 2014-15, posting a 10% growth to $4.79
billion. China is among the top
beef consumers and depends on imports to meet domestic demand. India has also
asked China to approve the export clearance process for agri items such as
pomegranate, okra, non-basmati rice and cucumber. China recently allowed Indian
mangoes, basmati rice, rape seed and oil cakes. "Chinese are mainly non-basmati
rice consumers, with their annual imports ranging between $36-40 billion. So we
are asking them to certify our clearance procedures for non-basmati rice.
They have said that they
will look into it," said the official. India
wants China to allow 17 farm products that it has restricted citing sanitary
and phyto sanitary conditions, also considered non-tariff barriers. "Since mango they have
already cleared, we are pushing for pomegranate, okra, grapes and cucumbers in
the next lot," said the official. Indian
fruit and vegetables and non-basmati rice have an export potential worth $1-2
billion annually, according to estimates. India has asked China to expedite
export clearance for tobacco, bitter gourd, papaya, guava, brinjal, custard
apple, cabbage, capsicum and beans, among others. India's exports to China fell almost
20% to $12 billion in 2014-15, while imports rose to $60 billion.
According to a foreign trade policy statement issued by
India's department of commerce in April, the trade deficit with China could
widen to $60 billion in the next two years if the two countries don't address
market access constraints and non-tariff barriers imposed on Indian goods.
India has proposed that exports from packaging units with certification from
Indian quarantine authorities be recognised by the Chinese authorities. India has been strongly pushing for
elimination of non-tariff barriers by China in various sectors including
agriculture, IT, pharma and auto components.
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Amira
Nature Foods Ltd Participates in Summer Fancy Food Show 2015 in the United
States
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Fri
Jun 26, 2015 8:00am EDT
Amira
Nature Foods Ltd Participates in Summer Fancy Food Show 2015 in the United
States
Amira
Nature Foods participates in largest specialty food trade event in North
America; more than 25,000 buyers are expected to attend
Amira
Nature Foods Ltd (NYSE: ANFI), a leading global provider of branded packaged
Indian specialty rice, announced today that Amira will be showcasing their new
organic collections and all-natural dry rice range products at the Summer Fancy
Food Show in New York City on June 28th – 30th.
Amira
creates an experience with a variety of Amira rice dishes to sample and a henna
tattoo artist at booth #5413 in the North Hall of the show held in the Javits
Center.Chef Daniel Shemtob, founder of the Lime Truck and winner of the Food
Network’s The Great Food Truck Race, will be at the booth preparing an
exclusive menu featuring Amira Basmati rice for a taste of India paired with
modern cuisine to sample. Dishes will include Vegetable Green Curry, Middle
Eastern Rice Salad and Pomegranate Walnut Stew over Amira Basmati rice.Amira
will also have “Basmati Bikes” stationed in front of the Javits Center offering
free pedicab rides to show guests.
“Summer
Fancy Food Show is an ideal trade show for the Amira Brand as we build our
brand in North America,” said Karan A Chanana, Chairman of Amira Nature Foods
Ltd. “Participating in this show is another opportunity to introduce the Amira
Brand to major industry retailers from around the world.”
About
Amira Nature Foods Ltd
Founded
in 1915, Amira has evolved into a leading global provider of branded packaged
Indian specialty rice and other products, with sales in over 60 countries
today. The Company primarily sells Basmati rice, which is a premium long-grain
rice grown only in certain regions of the Indian sub-continent, under its
flagship Amira brand as well as under other third party brands. Amira sells its
products through a broad distribution network in both the developed and
emerging markets. The Company’s global headquarters are in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates, and it also has offices in India, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, the
United Kingdom, and the United States. Amira Nature Foods Ltd is listed on the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “ANFI.”
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Participates in Summer Fancy Food Show 2015 in the United States
06/26/2015 | 08:02am US/Eastern
Amira Nature Foods participates in largest
specialty food trade event in North America; more than 25,000 buyers are
expected to attend
Amira Nature
Foods Ltd (NYSE: ANFI), a leading global provider of branded packaged Indian
specialty rice, announced today that Amira will be showcasing their new organic
collections and all-natural dry rice range products at the Summer Fancy Food
Show in New York City on June 28th – 30th.Amira creates an experience with a
variety of Amira rice dishes to sample and a henna tattoo artist at booth #5413
in the North Hall of the show held in the Javits Center.Chef Daniel Shemtob,
founder of the Lime Truck and winner of the Food Network’s The Great Food Truck
Race, will be at the booth preparing an exclusive menu featuring Amira Basmati
rice for a taste of India paired with modern cuisine to sample.
Dishes will
include Vegetable Green Curry, Middle Eastern Rice Salad and Pomegranate Walnut
Stew over Amira Basmati rice.Amira will also have “Basmati Bikes” stationed in
front of the Javits Center offering free pedicab rides to show guests.“Summer
Fancy Food Show is an ideal trade show for the Amira Brand as we build our
brand in North America,” said Karan A Chanana, Chairman of Amira Nature Foods
Ltd. “Participating in this show is another opportunity to introduce the Amira
Brand to major industry retailers from around the world.”
About Amira
Nature Foods Ltd
Founded in 1915,
Amira has evolved into a leading global provider of branded packaged Indian
specialty rice and other products, with sales in over 60 countries today. The
Company primarily sells Basmati rice, which is a premium long-grain rice grown
only in certain regions of the Indian sub-continent, under its flagship Amira
brand as well as under other third party brands. Amira sells its products through
a broad distribution network in both the developed and emerging markets. The
Company’s global headquarters are in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and it also
has offices in India, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the
United States. Amira Nature Foods Ltd is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) under the ticker symbol “ANFI.”
Safe Harbor for
Forward-Looking Statements
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release contains statements of a forward-looking nature. These statements are
made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these forward-looking
statements by words or phrases such as “may,” “will,” “except,” “anticipate,”
“aim,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “is/are likely to,” “future” or
other similar expressions. We have based these forward-looking statements
largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and
financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of
operations, business strategy and financial needs. These forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to: our goals and strategies; our
expansion plans; and our future business development.
We would like to
caution you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and you
should read these statements in conjunction with the risk factors disclosed in
“Risk Factors” appearing in our Annual Report on Form 20-F as well as our other
public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Those risks are not
exhaustive and reflect our expectations as of the date of this press release.
We operate in a rapidly evolving environment. New risk factors emerge from time
to time, and it is impossible for our management to predict all risk factors,
nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to
which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ
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Saving
Laos From Global Warming
/ JUNE 25, 2015 5:35 AM EDT
Farmers
stand ankle-deep in a muddy rice paddy field transplanting rice saplings in
Vientiane, Laos, Feb. 17, 2013. Though the country is developing fast, the rice
farmers that make up its backbone face an uncertain future due to deforestation
and extreme weather. TIPS/ZUMA
Every May, when commercial airline pilot Benja Henderson flies in
and out of Vientiane, the capital city of Laos, he has to navigate a perennial
hazard: rockets flying over the great Mekong River. These projectiles are
not the products of battle, despite the area’s history of sky-borne
destruction—a covert war waged by the CIA brought over 2 million tons of
ordnance down on Laos between 1964 and 1973. They’re part of an ancient
agrarian ritual. At the height of Laos’s dry season, says Henderson, flight
paths are modified as thousands of villagers up and down the country fire
ballistics at the troposphere during boun
bang fai, or rocket festivals. The rockets—PVC tubes packed with
charcoal, bat excrement, sulfur and sometimes more than 250 pounds of
gunpowder—are meant to provoke the irascible sky god Phaya Thaen into stirring
up storms and nudge him to honoring a rain-sending pact he made with the Toad
King, an incarnation of the Buddha.Rocket festivals are a reminder that the
fragile relationship between agriculture and climate in Laos is imperiled.
From the riverine paddies
to the limestone karst, Laos’ subsistence farmers—about 80 percent of the rural
population—depend on getting the right amount of rain at the right time. But in
recent years, changes in global climate have resulted in long dry seasons, and
then short, intense rainy seasons that drown cropland. Flooding destroys around
60,000 hectares of rice in Laos annually, and that number is expected to rise.
Rigorous International Water Management Institute analyses of Mekong
basin rainfall from 1953 to 2004 showed a trend of longer dry seasons, and wet
seasons with shorter but more intense bouts of rainfall. Extreme weather
in Laos isn’t just destructive; it’s deadly. In 2011, the Southeast Asian
floods destroyed over 140,000 homes in Laos, leaving nearly 430,000 homeless,
and killed at least 30 according to the U.N. In 2013, floods killed 20
people.On a recent Sunday in Phognern Village, less than 10 miles outside of
Vientiane, guards with rifles slung over their shoulders ushered garlanded
Hyundai trucks past vendors selling scouring pads, laundry detergent and
kitchen knives.
Some trucks carried rockets
in 30-foot-long bamboo cases. On one truck, a monk sat atop stacked speakers
that blared mor
lam, the Laotian country music popular in the region; farmers in
drag followed another truck, thrusting wooden phalluses at the sky.Under the
eaves of a stilt house set back from the highway, Khanjana Ounmany pours rice
whiskey for friends seated on plastic lawn chairs. “The fields are very dry,
and the water from the river is not enough. That is why we need to ask for
rain,” he says through an interpreter. Khanjana, who now works for an
architecture firm in the capital, had come home to celebrate boun bang fai with his family. As he toasts the
start of the planting season, a loud crash sends drinkers scampering under the
awnings as a rocket lodged in the gap between two aluminum roofs scatters burnt
plastic onto their plates of fried grasshoppers and bowls of duck-blood
soup.Phognern’s growing population and the creep of the Vientiane suburbs has
scaled down the rocket festival. “Before, there were few houses and no roads.
It was all rice fields,” Khanjana says. For Laotians like Khanjana and his
brother Kiengkay, a lecturer at National University of Laos, development has
delivered opportunities unknown to their farmer parents. Economic growth helped
reduce poverty rates from 46 percent in 1992 to around 23 percent in 2013,
according to the World Bank.
The annual Rocket festival in
North Laos is a tradition where rockets shot toward the sky are meant to summon
rain, crucial for rice cultivation in the region. BERTRAND
LINET/GETTY
But many in the village still depend on Phaya Thaen’s response to
the rockets. Flooding and drought, which hit at different times and intensities
across the country’s hilly topography, can be devastating to subsistence
farmers, the majority of whom own less than two hectares of land. “We cannot
get much yield from the rice if the rain pattern is not normal,” Kiengkay says.
Climate change isn’t the only threat to rural livelihoods. The
spate of investment that has enabled Laos to post remarkable growth rates in
its gross domestic product for the past nine years has added pressure to
vulnerable systems. Between 2000 and 2009, Laotian land deals for agribusiness,
mining, hydropower and other industrial development increased fiftyfold. The
problem is that much of this development has clipped back Laotian forest.
According to the Laos government, only 41.5 percent of the
country’s land area remains forested. Food and Agriculture Organization
studies indicate that deforestation makes soil more vulnerable to erosion
and decreases fertility.Poorly regulated foreign investment has displaced
people as well as forest. Land leases drive communities off their land without
adequate consultation or compensation. There has also been government
harassment, intimidation and arbitrary detention of land rights defenders who
objected. One particularly troubling example of what can happen to those who
speak out was the abduction of internationally acclaimed community development
worker Sombath Somphone. CCTV footage showed Sombath being stopped by police in
Vientiane in December 2012 and then driven off in a pickup truck. He has not
been seen since. The same month, Anne-Sophie Gindroz, then country director of
Swiss agricultural development organization Helvetes, was given 48 hours to
leave Laos after writing a letter considered critical of the government.But
despite the political peril, many are stepping up to help Laotian farmers. Aid
agencies, for example, are improving water management systems and introducing
more climate-resilient rice varieties.
And technologies such as the International Rice Research
Institute’s prototype WeRise system—which combines real time weather forecasts
with crop models and nutrient management tools to enable farmers to plant the
most suitable crop at the right time—offer hope to some.The government has a
plan to increase rice production, secure land rights, introduce more climate
resilient varieties and improve quality to meet the demands of the export
market.One option is to expand and modernize an ancient practice: rice-fish
farming. In these biodiverse systems, fish and other aquatic creatures are
cultivated alongside rice in flooded paddies. Commercialization of rice-fish
farming in Indonesia and other countries has improved rice yields as well as
aquatic protein for consumption and sale.But for upland subsistence farmers who
till some 400,000 hectares outside the lowland paddies that the government has
earmarked for protection and development, prospects remain bleak. Michael
Trockenbrodt, who runs workshops about the value of biodiversity in some of
Laos’s most remote areas, says farmers are left to debate why their crops are
failing. “Some people say bad luck, some people say bad spirits.
Some people say straight away, deforestation—that we don’t have
any forest anymore,” he says.Back in Phognern Village, a country band played to
a crowd in a field strewn with empty beer bottles and taffeta. The last of the
rockets had been launched, and revelers drank under fading vapor trails. On the
horizon, thick cumulus created a haze that blocked out the afternoon sun.Phongsavanh
Phommavongsa, dripping with sweat, smearing white makeup across his cheeks, was
among the dancers near the stage. “The rockets are going to work,” he shouted
over the music. “If the rains don’t come in 15 days, you can cut off my head.”
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