12m Farmers
Join Rice, Wheat Revolution
President Muhammadu Buhari has
declared the administration’s Anchors Borrowers’ Programme a huge success,
saying 12.2 million farmers have joined the rice and wheat revolution while the
country is moving close
to self- sufficiency in major grains.The President, who was represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, spoke at the 25th Edition of the Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) Ceremony in Lagos on Wednesday.He said the success of the agriculture revolution has turned thousands of rice farmers into millionaires and drastically reduced rice import.
to self- sufficiency in major grains.The President, who was represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, spoke at the 25th Edition of the Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) Ceremony in Lagos on Wednesday.He said the success of the agriculture revolution has turned thousands of rice farmers into millionaires and drastically reduced rice import.
”Apart from the successes we have
achieved in tackling insecurity and fighting corruption, perhaps our most remarkable
progress has been in the area of agriculture. Quietly but steadily, our
agriculture revolution is bearing fruits.
”According to the Rice Exporters
of Thailand, rice imports from Thailand fell from 644,131 tons in Sept 2015 to
20,000 tons in Sept. 2017, representing a 95% drop,” President Buhari said,
noting that self-sufficiency in rice is so important because it is the most
widely consumed staple in Nigeria, and also because Nigeria’s daily expenditure
on rice for over three decades stood at $5 million a day!
He said Nigeria is also doing
well in Millet, Sorghum and Maize cultivation, adding: ”We are now the second
largest producer of sorghum after the US, the third in millet after India and
our breweries are now enjoying local sourcing of those commodities. For maize,
we are producing 10 million tons while we need about 13 million tons for both
human and animal nutrition.”
The President said Nigeria leads
the world in the yam and cassava production and that efforts are being made to
restore and improve on the country’s ranking in cocoa production, where it has
fallen from 2nd to 7th position.
”We are also investing in a new
line of tree crops targeting local and foreign end users and certain to earn
foreign exchange. These are shea butter, palm trees, coconut, mangoes, bananas
and plantains, kenaf and sisal hemp, castor and pineapple, among others.
Overall, our ambition is that agriculture should rise from 25% to 40% of GDP so
that we can banish poverty and overcome our economic anxiety,” he said.
that we can banish poverty and overcome our economic anxiety,” he said.
President Buhari hailed the NMMA,
which he called the preeminent media excellence award, and said the Nigeria
media has done well over the years hence it deserves to be celebrated.
He, however, urged the media not
to allow those who brought Nigeria to a sorry pass to muddle the waters by
creating their own narrative which is far from reality.
”This is important because there
seems to be a feeling of numbness among the citizens about the conduct of those
whose actions brought us here. Suddenly, these same people are engaging in
revisionist history and blaming those who are working themselves to the bone to
correct the misdeeds of the past. They are blaming everyone but themselves for
the mess they threw the country into,” the President said.
He said those who mismanaged the
country have shown no contrition, no apologies, no shame, but instead have
engaged in sheer bravado, unbridled arrogance and revisionism, adding: ”The
media owes it a duty not to allow Nigerians to forget, to say ‘Never Again’ to
those who view Nigeria as nothing but a cash cow to be milked to death.”
Anchor Borrowers: Meeting Nigeria’s local rice need
The country’s quest to attain
self-sufficiency in rice production is gearing closer day-by-day as the Federal
Government recently revealed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Anchor
Borrowers Programme (ABP) has boosted local rice presence in Nigerian markets.
TAIWO HASSAN reports
In the beginning
When the idea to attain self-sufficiency in rice production in the country was mooted by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government in 2014, many Nigerians did not believe that it would come to reality since they have been accustomed to foreign rice being imported from Thailand, Brazil, India, USA and UAE.
When the idea to attain self-sufficiency in rice production in the country was mooted by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government in 2014, many Nigerians did not believe that it would come to reality since they have been accustomed to foreign rice being imported from Thailand, Brazil, India, USA and UAE.
One thing that convinced the
administration to insist self-sufficiency was the continued rise in the
country’s import bill on importation of rice. Prior to the initiative, Nigeria
was spending about $22 billion annually on food.
However, in 2015, during one of
the Federal Executive Council meeting (FEC) in Abuja, the Federal Government
agreed on the need to float an Anchor Borrowers Programme to be managed by the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which focus would be to increase the country’s
quest for self-sufficiency in rice production.
CBN’s ABP
The Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) was conceived out of the CBN’s resolve to achieve a strong and viable agriculture base with more integrated value chains, enhanced food security, fewer imports and higher productivity.
The Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) was conceived out of the CBN’s resolve to achieve a strong and viable agriculture base with more integrated value chains, enhanced food security, fewer imports and higher productivity.
In line with the Federal
Government’s target of achieving food security for the country, the CBN
Governor, Godwin Emefiele, explained that the APB was one of the apex bank’s
initiatives to pursue creation of jobs, reduction in food imports, and
diversification of the economy.
He said: “The programme aims at
creating economic linkages between over 600,000 smallholder farmers and
reputable large-scale processors with a view to increasing agricultural output
and significantly improving capacity utilisation of integrated mills.”
It was established with a view to
collaborating with anchor companies involved in the production and processing
of key agricultural commodities.
Specifically, the APB has been pushed for rice and wheat farmers in 14 states, Kebbi, Sokoto, Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa, Kano, Zamfara, Admawa, Plateau, Lagos, Ogun, Cross-Rivers and Ebonyi, to advance their status from smallholder farmers to commercial or large growers.
Specifically, the APB has been pushed for rice and wheat farmers in 14 states, Kebbi, Sokoto, Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa, Kano, Zamfara, Admawa, Plateau, Lagos, Ogun, Cross-Rivers and Ebonyi, to advance their status from smallholder farmers to commercial or large growers.
This has become essential as the
Federal Government has set a target of 2018 and 2019 for self-sustenance in
rice and wheat, a target that is achievable if the success being recorded in
Kebbi was replicated in other states that had been penned down for the
programme.
President Buhari’s comment
On food security, the president said that his vision of repositioning Nigeria as a food-secure nation was on course as the country is on the verge of attaining food security.
He attributed the development to positive agricultural reform programmes and bumper harvest occasioned by good weather.
On food security, the president said that his vision of repositioning Nigeria as a food-secure nation was on course as the country is on the verge of attaining food security.
He attributed the development to positive agricultural reform programmes and bumper harvest occasioned by good weather.
According to him, interventions
through the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the CBN and the Presidential
Fertiliser Initiative, among others, have been very successful in the
agricultural reform initiative.
“People have gone back to the
farm. We got the CBN, agriculture minister and money was provided at very low
interest to farmers and the farmers responded and it was very positive. “We are
lucky that we are in a position to feed ourselves. So we are going to have food
security in Nigeria earlier than anybody ever thought,’’ he noted.
Rice targets
However, recently, Nigeria inched closer to achieving self-sufficiency in rice production as the administration announced that it was already targeting seven million tonnes production of the commodity in 2018.
However, recently, Nigeria inched closer to achieving self-sufficiency in rice production as the administration announced that it was already targeting seven million tonnes production of the commodity in 2018.
According to the government, the
giant stride in the country’s agric sector could be traced to the agricultural
reform policy that has transformed the sector.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had stated that rice demand in the country as at 2015 stood at 6.3 million tonnes.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had stated that rice demand in the country as at 2015 stood at 6.3 million tonnes.
He said that due to the success
recorded by the administration in local production of rice, importation dropped
from 644,131 tonnes in 2015 to about 21,000 tonnes in 2017.
The minister added that as a result of the success recorded in local production of rice, some investors from Thailand had shown interest in establishing rice milling plants in Nigeria.
No doubt, the country’s quest to attain self-sufficiency in rice production has seen the establishment of many rice mills in the country.
These rice mills demonstrate the commitment of the current administration to assist off-takers and processors to contribute their quota towards attaining self-sufficiency in rice production in Nigeria.
The minister added that as a result of the success recorded in local production of rice, some investors from Thailand had shown interest in establishing rice milling plants in Nigeria.
No doubt, the country’s quest to attain self-sufficiency in rice production has seen the establishment of many rice mills in the country.
These rice mills demonstrate the commitment of the current administration to assist off-takers and processors to contribute their quota towards attaining self-sufficiency in rice production in Nigeria.
Last line
Today, Nigeria is one of the largest producers of rice in the continent and this momentum could be traced to CBN’s APB.
Today, Nigeria is one of the largest producers of rice in the continent and this momentum could be traced to CBN’s APB.
Asia
Asia
Rice India Prices Climb Bangladesh Demand Thailand Vietnam Market Muted
: India Prices Climb on Bangladesh Demand;
Thailand-Vietnam Markets Muted
Laborers unload sacks of rice from a handcart at a wholesale
market in Kolkata, India, December 14, 2015. (Reuters Photo/Rupak De Chowdhuri)
India's 5 percent broken
parboiled rice prices gained by $10 per tonne to $416-$419 per tonne.
"Sentiments have improved
due to the demand from Bangladesh. Traders are speculating it could buy more in
the first quarter of the next year," an exporter based in Kakinada in the
southern state of Andhra Pradesh said.
Bangladesh, which has emerged as a major importer of the grain
this year after floods damaged its crops, will import 150,000 tonnes of rice
from India in a state deal priced at $440 a tonne, two food ministry officials
said last week.
Meanwhile, India's paddy rice
supply from new season crop has started rising, but aggressive government
buying has been keeping prices firm, exporters said.
The appreciating rupee also
forces exporters to raise prices for overseas buyers, said another exporter
based in Kakinada. A stronger rupee trims exporters' returns.
Meanwhile, demand in Thailand and
Vietnam remained weak as Christmas and New Year holidays in some importing
countries kept buyers away from the market, but exporters were optimistic about
the fresh deals.
"As it is approaching the
end of the year, buyers are not active at the moment," said a
Bangkok-based trader.
Thailand's benchmark 5 percent
broken rice eased to $390-$400, free-on-board (FOB) Bangkok, from $401-$405 a
tonne last week.
Traders remain hopeful as the
European Union's Foreign Affairs Council is to resume gradual political
engagement with Thailand, and there are possibilities for resuming talks on an
EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
"If the EU-Thailand FTA
materializes, this should help boost Thai rice exports to the EU a bit.
However, the EU isn't currently a big buyer of Thai rice," said the
Bangkok-based trader.
In Vietnam, benchmark 5-percent
broken rice was quoted at $390-$400, compared with $395 a week earlier.
Traders said some private
importers from Philippines have approached Vietnamese traders for rice deal
talks, as Philippines' National Food Authority approved their import quotas
under the country's Minimum Access Volume 2017 program.
"This year's quota seems to
be lower. I think Filipino importers might buy around 50,000 tonnes of rice
from Vietnam," a trader in Ho Chi Minh City said.
However, another trader said
buyers would wait for fresh supply and better offers when the major
winter-spring crop season completes in February.
http://jakartaglobe.id/asia-pacific/asia-rice-india-prices-climb-bangladesh-demand-thailand-vietnam-markets-muted/
Scientists
are making smoothies with potato milk
December 13, 2017 - 06:20
A Swedish food scientist has made a milk
substitute out of potatoes. This is said to be more neutral in taste than soya
or oat milk.
Keywords: Food
& Nutrition
By: Eirin Bruholt
The smoothie here is made of potato milk and fruit. (Photo:
Kristina Lindgärde)
If you go to any well-stocked supermarket you
will find many milk options. You no longer need to choose between light, whole
or skim milk – or any other varieties from cows.
Plant-based products are growing in popularity.
You can enjoy steaks or cheese made of soya beans. But milk alternatives on the
shelves might be made of soya, almonds, coconuts, rice, cashews or oats. If
that isn’t enough, make way for potato milk.
The move toward getting plant-based products
more available has many roots. Researchers estimate that between one and three
percent of the Norwegian population has a milk or dairy-product allergy and
these persons need alternatives. Choosing a plant-based diet that excludes
animal products can also be better for the environment. Most of the customers
for these foods are vegans by choice.
Vegans do not eat anything animal; no meat or
fish, no milk, cheese, eggs or even honey. Everything has to come from plants.
This can be difficult, as animal products or by-products dominate the market.
This is one of the reasons why the Swedish food researcher Eva Tornberg wanted
to create potato milk.
“One matter of concern, it can be hard for
vegans to get a sufficient intake of vital omega-3, which is mainly found in
fatty fish,” says Tornberg in a press release from Lund University.
Controlling how the body deals with waste
products is one of the roles of omega-3, according to a study from the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.
Neutral taste with plenty of omega-3
Technically, it can be hard to convert
plant-based products into creamy products like milk. This is because plant
proteins are more difficult to extract than animal proteins. Tornberg has discovered
the creaminess can be achieved if the protein and starch in potatoes is heated
in a specific way and mixed with rapeseed oil, which is rich in omega-3 fatty
acids.
“The great thing about the potato is that it
lacks taste,” explains Tornberg.
The plan is to produce and sell the product as
an alternative to milk, yoghurt, cream and ice cream. The milk has been tested
in the laboratory and in a factory and the hope is it will be commercially
available next year. The first product is likely to be a smoothie made of
potato milk with apple juice and fruit.
Tornberg explains that the idea behind the
smoothie is that it will serve as a great, nourishing between-meal snack. The
drink will contain six percent rapeseed oil, which means that a 250ml smoothie
covers half the daily requirements for omega-3. In addition, the product
contains no allergens and can be locally produced.
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Scientists Use Primitive Wheat Varieties to Feed the Hungry in
Senegal
For the past four years, I have led an international research
team that has made it possible to grow durum wheat in conditions of extreme
heat along the Senegal River basin, a region highly affected by poverty. Our
scientific breakthrough, essential in the fight against hunger in the region,
has won the 2017 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security. To find this food
solution, we didn’t use GM-breeding. Instead, we relied on advanced breeding
techniques applied to strains of primitive and modern wheat to develop a set of
durum wheat varieties that can not only withstand constant 35 to 40 degree
Celsius (95 to 104 degree Fahrenheit) heat, but also grow remarkably fast, in
only 92 days.
This discovery was only possible because, as scientists, we
believed in the importance of the past and knew the treasures hidden in these
ancient strains. We are certain that more solutions to adapt to the changing
climates exist in this ancient gene pool, but these can only be reached if
investments continue to flow to support the tedious and never-ending battle of
breeding.
It is by no means an easy task, though. First came funding,
which is the life blood of the scientific community. In early 2013, our
international team of scientists from the International Center for Agricultural
Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Morocco, The Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences (SLU Sweden), Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute
(ISRA), and CNRADA Mauritania was awarded funds by the Swedish Research Council
(U-Forsk2013) to assess durum wheat’s ability to withstand the heat of the
Senegal River basin.
For four years our team planted, grew, and watched fail
thousands of advanced breeding lines developed by the ICARDA’s breeding
program. Yet, among the thousands, a few lines maintained good productivity
despite relentless temperatures well above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees
Fahrenheit) throughout the growing season. Testing continued until we became
confident that these lines could indeed be used for production under the harsh
conditions of the Senegal River.
But the challenge did not end there. As the Senegal River basin
is a major source of rice for West Africa, it would be impossible for farmers
to drop this excellent crop in favor of a new and relatively unknown one.
Hence, a second selection procedure was initiated to identify only those lines
that could go from planting to harvest in less than 100 days—the short time
period during which farmers leave their soils uncultivated (fallow) between two
rice seasons.
After a few setbacks, the final achievement was to release two
ICARDA durum wheat varieties—named Haby and Amina—capable of producing an average
of three tons per hectare in just 92 days, a perfect fit for the region. These
new varieties hold the potential, once scaled up, to occupy the 200,000
hectares of land currently cultivated with rice to produce 600,000 tons of new
food, without impacting the rice harvests.
But how were these varieties developed in the first place? This
was due to ICARDA’s commitment to holding one of the world’s largest gene banks
for the preservation of historical, primitive, and undomesticated germplasm.
This unique germplasm originated before modern agriculture, in some cases
dating back thousands of years to the very beginning of agriculture itself,
meaning that it has not undergone the process of domestication, and has
therefore not been adapted to fit the “simplified environment” that humans have
created for their crops through centuries of farming.
This offers scientists a wealth of primitive diversity and
useful genes for adaptation to unfavorable climatic conditions. It is worth
saying that ICARDA’s gene bank wealth of diversity has been generated through
hundreds of missions conducted by international experts in some of the most
remote areas of the planet, to collect and preserve these unique plants.
Among these specimens was a primitive emmer (botanical
name: Triticum
dicoccum) wheat collected in the proximity of Aleppo, Syria. Emmer,
known as “farro” in Italy, was first farmed in the Fertile Crescent some 12,000
years ago, but it can still be found in cultivation today in small areas.
Similarly, a second important component of this collection is a Syrian
accession of goat grass (Ageilops speltoides), an
edible weed often used for animal feed. These two primitive strains are at the
basis of the varieties released today for the Senegal River.
In fact, both Haby and Amina are the result of crossing made in
2004 of these gene bank accessions with high yielding durum wheat cultivars,
followed by breeding selection in Syria, Morocco, and ultimately Mauritania and
Senegal. Their unique primitive backbone could ensure in the near future that
the bare lands of the winter months along the Senegal River is forever changed
into lustrous durum wheat crops, possibly helping lifting a million smallholder
farmers’ families out of poverty and famine. Furthermore, these heat-tolerant varieties
can be used by breeders around the world to protect the future crops of all
countries from the changing climates.
But what would have happened if these primitive strains were not
collected? Or if they had been lost to the war raging in Syria?
Or if these were not utilized by ICARDA’s breeders? And how much of this
powerful diversity have we already lost or will continue to lose around the
World? It is unquestionable that our path to a famine-free and sustainable
future in spite of the degrading climates will pass through the exploitation by
breeders of the treasure troves represented by the gene banks. It is then our
responsibility to protect such diversity and promote its use by breeders and
farmers.
Tight supplies and higher prices expected for 2017-18 rice crop
Tight
supplies indicate higher rice prices for 2017/18; building stocks will mean
lower prices for 2018/19
U.S. rice farmers can expect
tight supplies and higher prices for the 2017-18 crop year and will respond
with increased acreage and anticipated higher production, assuming normal
conditions.
The latest World Supply and
Demand Estimate report, released Dec. 12, indicates U.S. rice acreage will be
up 17 percent in 2018, up to 2.9 million acres. Estimates show a 3 percent
yield increase — assuming normal growing conditions. Carry-in for both
long-grain and medium-grain rice shows a sharp decline from 2017-18 and below
recent five term averages.
Production will increase almost
24 percent from the 2018-19 crop, up to 224 million hundredweight, mostly from
long-grain rice at a 28 percent increase to 161 million hundredweight. Medium-
and short-grain estimates show a 13.5 percent jump to 59 million hundredweight.
Imports will increase slightly,
up 0.8 percent, from Asian aromatic rices. Total U.S. rice supplies are
expected to increase more than 10 percent, which sets up a likely price
pullback for 2018-19.
Lower Prices for 2018-19
Prices could decline by 20 cents
a pound, for the 2018-19 crop. “Farm prices for both classes of rice in the
South and in California are projected to decline in 2018-19, mostly due to the
much larger U.S. supplies,” says Nathan Childs, Economic Research Service,
USDA.
Childs, speaking at the closing
session of the USA Rice Outlook Conference in San Antonio, Dec. 12, reporting
on numbers fresh off the World Supply and Demand Estimates report released
shortly before he spoke, said U.S. ending stocks are expected to show a
substantial increase in 2018-19, with long-grain accounting for most of the
production increase.
Global supply also increases,
Childs said, in spite of some production setbacks. “Global supplies increase to
a record 621.5 million tons, a result of a 4 percent larger carry-in,” he
explained. Global production was down 0.7 percent from the 2017-18 record, at
483.5 million tons (milled basis).
Production shortfalls occurred in
Bangladesh, Brazil, Egypt, India, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, and the
United States, and more than offset larger production in Burma, China, Sri
Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam, Childs said.
Harvested area is projected down
by 600,000 hectares from 2017-18 to 160.2 million hectares. Bangladesh, Egypt,
India, Philippines, and the United State all harvested less area, which “more
than offset expanded rice area in Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.”
Weather and Other Factors
He cited several reasons for
reduced rice area, including low prices at planting for U.S. growers, followed
by weather issues — heavy rain and flooding early and a hurricane on the Gulf
Coast late. Other countries lost production to flooding and drought; strict
area controls in Egypt resulted in a switch to corn and cotton, and expectation
of increased imports precipitated a decrease in the Philippines.
U.S. production dropped by 20.4
percent. Sri Lanka increased production by 45.2 percent. China is up 0.8
percent.
Thailand, Sri Lanka, China,
Burma, and Cambodia are increasing rice production area.
Childs said global rice supplies
for 2017-18 are expected to be a record high, supporting prediction of lower
prices. “Continued high producer price support in China increased area 4,000
hectares, despite huge stocks and record imports.”
Global consumption is also down,
Childs said. “At 480.8 million tons, global consumption (including a residual)
is 600,000 tons below the 2016-17 record and 2.7 million tons below 2017-18
production. Indonesia, Thailand, and the United States account for most of the
expected decline in global consumption (including a residual component) in
2017-18.” China, Egypt, India, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Vietnam will increase
rice consumption.
Global ending stocks for 2017-18
will rise 2.7 million tons from 2016-17 figures and will be the highest since
2000-01.
The China Syndrome
As with other commodities, China
is the overriding dynamic, holding more than two-thirds of the global ending
stocks for 2017-18. Ending stocks for the top five exporters, India, Thailand,
Viet Nam, United States and Pakistan, are down.
Childs says Nigeria, Sri Lanka
and Iran are expected to import less rice in 2017-18.
The export market is significant
for rice with 9 percent of global production traded annually. “That’s double
the share of 25 years ago,” Childs said. Thailand and India are expected to be
top rice exporters in 2017 and 2018, and Burma is back in the export business
with the highest anticipated rice export since before World War II.
Childs said China had backed out
of the rice export market for about a decade but has re-entered, “and now China
exports more than 1 million tons of rice, and is also expected to remain the
largest rice importing country, followed by Nigeria,” which is a distant
second.
Childs says the U.S. faces
difficulty trading with Asian countries because of the price differential,
about $150 a ton, with other exporters.
Latin America Top Market
The Western Hemisphere is the
U.S. rice market. “Latin America typically accounts for about 60 percent of
U.S. rice exports.” The figure would be higher, Childs said, if he included
Canada.
Exports are projected to decline
in 2017-18. “Through Nov. 30, U.S. all-rice exports were 9 percent below a year
earlier, with rough-rice responsible for most of the decline. U.S. long-grain
exports were 9 percent above a year earlier, with milled rice accounting for
all of the increase.”
Childs sees some good news from
exports estimates. “Through Nov. 30, U.S long-grain sales and shipments to
Iraq, Haiti, and Mexico were well ahead of a year ago,” he said. “But medium-
and short-grain sales were well behind last year to northeast Asia, north
Africa, and the Middle East.”
Other factors affecting 2018-19
markets include:
• Big increase projected for
total domestic and residual use, mostly due to a larger crop.
• Long-grain accounts for the
bulk of the expected increase in domestic use.
• Increased exports of both
classes of rice, with medium- and short-grain increasing at the fastest pace.
• A substantial increase in U.S.
ending stocks, with long-grain accounting for the bulk of the increase.
• Farm prices for both classes of
rice in the South and in California are projected to decline in 2018-19, mostly
due to much larger U.S. supplies.
Childs says several factors could
affect U.S. rice exports, including:
• Will Venezuela remain a top
buyer of U.S. rice? Venezuela has been a critical market for U.S. rice in
recent years, despite political turmoil.
• Will competition from South
American exporters in Mexico and Central America increase?
• Any additional U.S. sales to
Iraq?
• Any U.S. sales to Iran?
• U.S. sales to China?
• Will Turkey and Libya return as
buyers of U.S. rice?
Childs and other market observers at the conference say
overproduction from the 2018 crop could have an even greater negative impact on
prices.
Pakistan rice importers urge Sri
Lanka to slash import taxes on rice
Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 10:53 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 10:53 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Chairman
of REAP Rafique Suleman meeting with the Minister of Industry and Commerce of
Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday pointed out that although rice imported from
other countries to Sri Lanka are taxed only Sri Lankan cents 25 per kilo (SL
Rs. 0.25) this is not so for rice coming from Pakistan.
Suleman,
leading an 11-member delegation of rice exporters told the Minister that many
countries around the world are discouraging and stopping their rice exports and
Pakistan is the only country in the world that does not restrict its rice
exports.
"We,
the Pakistani private sector control our country's total rice exports and no
controls are imposed by the government on us. The Rice Exporters Association of
Pakistan (REAP) has been doing business with Sri Lanka since 1996, supplying to
state owned CWE and private sector" Suleman said.
He
added that Sri Lanka is imposing higher taxes on Pakistani rice and even the
non-Basmati and long grain varieties are taxed at the same rate as Basmati
which is taxed at SL Rs. 0.5 (50 cents) per kilo.
The
REAP Chairman also urged the Minister to increase the quota of duty-free
basmati imports to Sri Lanka, if possible double it to 12000 MT.
Under
the Pakistan-Sri Lanka FTA, a mechanism was agreed in 2007 at the First
Ministerial meeting between two countries to facilitate the import of basmati
rice. Accordingly, a total of 6000 MT Basmati rice per year (on duty free) is
allowed to be imported from Pakistan.
Welcoming
the REAP's interest to enhance ties with Lankan market Minister Bathiudeen
noted that Pakistani rice varieties have been sold in Sri Lankan market for a
long time and many of Sri Lankan consumers are familiar with them but expressed
reservations on the Pakistani exporters' requests.
"Your
demands on import tax and quota issues appear to be reasonable -Still they also
impact on bilateral tariff agreements as well as domestic food security and
even our local rice farmers' well-being; Therefore I will have to consult all
these stakeholders - including my officials, and higher levels before
proceeding," the Minister said adding that he will review the issues
raised and call for stakeholder consultations next.
In
2016, 3% of all imports from Pakistan to Sri Lanka are Pakistani rice at US $
9.35 million (declining from $ 12 million in 2015). Rice was the eighth product
imported to Sri Lanka from Pakistan in 2016 (number one was cotton, at $ 75
million followed at second by Portland cement at $ 65 million). http://www.colombopage.com/archive_17B/Dec14_1513272236CH.php
Government
to import rice, essential items until the Sinhala Tamil New Year season
Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 11:48 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 11:48 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile,
the Agriculture Ministry is due to issue a projection of the paddy harvest of
2017/18 Maha and 2018 Yala harvest and according to the projected harvest, the
government will import rice 100,000 metric tons of rice per month until the
paddy harvest reaches the market in sufficient quantities.
Sri
Lanka's annular rice requirement is about 2.4 million metric tons and due to
the shortage of paddy harvest this year, 670,000 metric tons of rice, which is
about 30 percent of the rice requirement, have been imported.
The
cabinet subcommittee has also decided to allow any commercial institution to
import rice in order to provide sufficient rice until the Sinhala Tamil New
year season next year.
Accordingly,
the duration of the 25 cents per kilo special commodity levy imposed on rice
has been extended to 31 march 2018.
It
was also decided to take measures to provide essential food items such as dhal,
canned fish, big onions, potatoes, sugar and sprats to consumers without any
shortages.
Importers
have promised the government that they will sell those materials at the import
price. The government has agreed to provide relief to the importers for the
extra expenses they would incur in importing and storing the items.
Meanwhile,
as an alternative to the demand for coconut, the coconut milk producers and
manufacturers have been permitted to import coconut flesh free of import taxes.
Relevant
institutions have been instructed to provide the necessary approval to get the
coconut flesh imports cleared from the harbor within a day.
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_17B/Dec14_1513275516CH.php
Tapping into Ancient Strains to Bring Heat-Tolerant Wheat to
Senegal
For the past four years, I have led an international research
team that has made it possible to grow durum wheat in conditions of extreme
heat along the Senegal River basin, a region highly affected by poverty. Our
scientific breakthrough, essential in the fight against hunger in the region,
has won the 2017 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security. To find this food
solution, we didn’t use GM-breeding. Instead, we relied on advanced breeding
techniques applied to strains of primitive and modern wheat to develop a set of
durum wheat varieties that can not only withstand constant 35 to 40 degree
Celsius (95 to 104 degree Fahrenheit) heat, but also grow remarkably fast, in
only 92 days.
This discovery was only possible because, as scientists, we
believed in the importance of the past and knew the treasures hidden in these
ancient strains. We are certain that more solutions to adapt to the changing
climates exist in this ancient gene pool, but these can only be reached if
investments continue to flow to support the tedious and never-ending battle of
breeding.
It is by no means an easy task, though. First came funding,
which is the life blood of the scientific community. In early 2013, our
international team of scientists from the International Center for Agricultural
Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Morocco, The Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences (SLU Sweden), Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute
(ISRA), and CNRADA Mauritania was awarded funds by the Swedish Research Council
(U-Forsk2013) to assess durum wheat’s ability to withstand the heat of the
Senegal River basin.
For four years our team planted, grew, and watched fail
thousands of advanced breeding lines developed by the ICARDA’s breeding
program. Yet, among the thousands, a few lines maintained good productivity
despite relentless temperatures well above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees
Fahrenheit) throughout the growing season. Testing continued until we became
confident that these lines could indeed be used for production under the harsh
conditions of the Senegal River.
But the challenge did not end there. As the Senegal River basin
is a major source of rice for West Africa, it would be impossible for farmers
to drop this excellent crop in favor of a new and relatively unknown one.
Hence, a second selection procedure was initiated to identify only those lines
that could go from planting to harvest in less than 100 days—the short time
period during which farmers leave their soils uncultivated (fallow) between two
rice seasons.
After a few setbacks, the final achievement was to release two
ICARDA durum wheat varieties—named Haby and Amina—capable of producing an
average of three tons per hectare in just 92 days, a perfect fit for the
region. These new varieties hold the potential, once scaled up, to occupy the
200,000 hectares of land currently cultivated with rice to produce 600,000 tons
of new food, without impacting the rice harvests.
But how were these varieties developed in the first place? This
was due to ICARDA’s commitment to holding one of the world’s largest gene banks
for the preservation of historical, primitive, and undomesticated germplasm.
This unique germplasm originated before modern agriculture, in some cases
dating back thousands of years to the very beginning of agriculture itself,
meaning that it has not undergone the process of domestication, and has
therefore not been adapted to fit the “simplified environment” that humans have
created for their crops through centuries of farming.
This offers scientists a wealth of primitive diversity and
useful genes for adaptation to unfavorable climatic conditions. It is worth
saying that ICARDA’s gene bank wealth of diversity has been generated through
hundreds of missions conducted by international experts in some of the most
remote areas of the planet, to collect and preserve these unique plants.
Among these specimens was a primitive emmer (botanical
name: Triticum
dicoccum) wheat collected in the proximity of Aleppo, Syria. Emmer,
known as “farro” in Italy, was first farmed in the Fertile Crescent some 12,000
years ago, but it can still be found in cultivation today in small areas.
Similarly, a second important component of this collection is a Syrian
accession of goat grass (Ageilops speltoides), an
edible weed often used for animal feed. These two primitive strains are at the
basis of the varieties released today for the Senegal River.
In fact, both Haby and Amina are the result of crossing made in
2004 of these gene bank accessions with high yielding durum wheat cultivars,
followed by breeding selection in Syria, Morocco, and ultimately Mauritania and
Senegal. Their unique primitive backbone could ensure in the near future that
the bare lands of the winter months along the Senegal River is forever changed
into lustrous durum wheat crops, possibly helping lifting a million smallholder
farmers’ families out of poverty and famine. Furthermore, these heat-tolerant
varieties can be used by breeders around the world to protect the future crops
of all countries from the changing climates.
But what would have happened if these primitive strains were not
collected? Or if they had been lost to the war raging in Syria?
Or if these were not utilized by ICARDA’s breeders? And how much of this powerful
diversity have we already lost or will continue to lose around the World? It is
unquestionable that our path to a famine-free and sustainable future in spite
of the degrading climates will pass through the exploitation by breeders of the
treasure troves represented by the gene banks. It is then our responsibility to
protect such diversity and promote its use by breeders and farmers.
2018/20 Leadership Development Program Class Announced
"This is my first group to lead through the leadership program and I am elated with the quality of individuals in the class," said Rice Foundation Director Steve Linscombe. "The group is very diverse geographically and in skill sets, and all have strong people skills and work ethics. I think this will allow for excellent interaction among the group during the program."
The new rice-producer class members are Brad Doyle, Weiner, AR; Brian McKenzie, Plumas Lake, CA; Scott Savage, Bay City, TX; Matthew Sligar, Gridley, CA; and Zach Worrell, Hornersville, MO.
The new industry-related class members are Adam Famoso, with the Louisiana State University AgCenter, and Zach Urrutia, with California Family Foods.
The Rice Leadership Development Program gives young men and women a comprehensive understanding of the U.S. rice industry, with an emphasis on personal development and communication training. During a two-year period, class members attend four one-week sessions that are designed to strengthen their leadership skills.
John Deere Company, RiceTec, Inc., and American Commodity Company are sponsors of the Rice Leadership Development Program through a grant to The Rice Foundation, and USA Rice manages the program.
|
From left: Adam Famoso, Matthew Sligar, Brian
McKenzie, Zach Urrutia,
Zach Worrell, and Brad Doyle (not pictured: Scott Savage) |
USA DAILY RICE
|
USA
Rice Acknowledges Industry Commitment to Conservation and
Sustainability
SAN ANTONIO, TX -- At
this year's USA Rice Outlook Conference, the rice industry's growing role in
the conservation and sustainability sphere was spotlighted with two different
awards, the USA Rice Sustainability Award and the USA Rice Distinguished
Conservation Achievement Award.
Jim Whitaker, an Arkansas rice farmer from McGehee, received the first-ever USA Rice Sustainability Award. In bestowing the award, Jennifer James, another Arkansas rice farmer and chairman of the USA Rice Sustainability Committee, said, "While sustainability is becoming a buzzword in nearly every industry, the rice industry has been incorporating it for years, and with the establishment of the USA Rice Sustainability Award we have taken our rightful place at the forefront of the sustainability movement." Whitaker was quick to acknowledge the role everyone in his family's operation plays in their collective commitment to promoting sustainable farming practices through use of precision land forming, flood control structures, on-farm water storage, and deployment of irrigation technology and new irrigation techniques. The Whitaker operation also was an integral part of the group that sold the first-ever voluntary carbon credits generated from U.S. rice farmers. Jim is currently a member of the Arkansas Rice Farmers Board, the USA Rice Farmers Conservation Committee, the USA Rice Domestic Promotion Committee, and the USA Rice Sustainability Committee. He is also a graduate of the 2010 USA Rice Leadership Program and was recently appointed to the Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board.
Kirby Brown was the eighth recipient of the USA Rice
Distinguished Conservation Achievement Award. Brown currently is a
Conservation Outreach Biologist at Ducks Unlimited (DU) but also had
distinguished careers at both the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the
Texas Wildlife Association.
Leo LaGrande, California rice farmer and chairman of the USA Rice Farmers Conservation Committee, said, "Kirby came to DU in 2012 to help address resource concerns related to water for rice agriculture, habitat for waterfowl and other wetland-dependent wildlife, and inflows for coastal estuaries. He did so during a multi-year drought of record and in the face of rapid and unprecedented population growth. Kirby's contributions to the rice industry's conservation efforts have benefited natural resources and wildlife, and have also spurred growth and in turn a sense of well-being in our local, state, and national communities." LaGrande added, "Kirby has devoted his several careers to addressing conservation concerns with common-sense, partner-focused, win-win solutions." |
Tight supplies and higher
prices expected for 2017-18 rice crop
Nathan Childs, USDA Economic Research Service,
discusses domestic and global rice outlook at the USA Rice Outlook conference
in San Antonio
U.S. rice farmers can expect
tight supplies and higher prices for the 2017-18 crop year and will respond
with increased acreage and anticipated higher production, assuming normal
conditions.
The latest World Supply and
Demand Estimate report, released Dec. 12, indicates U.S. rice acreage will be
up 17 percent in 2018, up to 2.9 million acres. Estimates show a 3 percent
yield increase — assuming normal growing conditions. Carry-in for both
long-grain and medium-grain rice shows a sharp decline from 2017-18 and below
recent five term averages.
Production will increase almost
24 percent from the 2018-19 crop, up to 224 million hundredweight, mostly from
long-grain rice at a 28 percent increase to 161 million hundredweight. Medium-
and short-grain estimates show a 13.5 percent jump to 59 million hundredweight.
Imports will increase slightly,
up 0.8 percent, from Asian aromatic rices. Total U.S. rice supplies are
expected to increase more than 10 percent, which sets up a likely price
pullback for 2018-19.
Lower Prices for 2018-19
Prices could decline by 20 cents
a pound, for the 2018-19 crop. “Farm prices for both classes of rice in the
South and in California are projected to decline in 2018-19, mostly due to the
much larger U.S. supplies,” says Nathan Childs, Economic Research Service,
USDA.
Childs, speaking at the closing
session of the USA Rice Outlook Conference in San Antonio, Dec. 12, reporting
on numbers fresh off the World Supply and Demand Estimates report released
shortly before he spoke, said U.S. ending stocks are expected to show a
substantial increase in 2018-19, with long-grain accounting for most of the
production increase.
Global supply also increases,
Childs said, in spite of some production setbacks. “Global supplies increase to
a record 621.5 million tons, a result of a 4 percent larger carry-in,” he
explained. Global production was down 0.7 percent from the 2017-18 record, at
483.5 million tons (milled basis).
Production shortfalls occurred in
Bangladesh, Brazil, Egypt, India, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, and the
United States, and more than offset larger production in Burma, China, Sri
Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam, Childs said.
Harvested area is projected down
by 600,000 hectares from 2017-18 to 160.2 million hectares. Bangladesh, Egypt,
India, Philippines, and the United State all harvested less area, which “more
than offset expanded rice area in Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.”
Weather and Other Factors
He cited several reasons for
reduced rice area, including low prices at planting for U.S. growers, followed
by weather issues — heavy rain and flooding early and a hurricane on the Gulf
Coast late. Other countries lost production to flooding and drought; strict
area controls in Egypt resulted in a switch to corn and cotton, and expectation
of increased imports precipitated a decrease in the Philippines.
U.S. production dropped by 20.4
percent. Sri Lanka increased production by 45.2 percent. China is up 0.8
percent.
Thailand, Sri Lanka, China,
Burma, and Cambodia are increasing rice production area.
Childs said global rice supplies
for 2017-18 are expected to be a record high, supporting prediction of lower
prices. “Continued high producer price support in China increased area 4,000
hectares, despite huge stocks and record imports.”
Global consumption is also down,
Childs said. “At 480.8 million tons, global consumption (including a residual)
is 600,000 tons below the 2016-17 record and 2.7 million tons below 2017-18
production. Indonesia, Thailand, and the United States account for most of the
expected decline in global consumption (including a residual component) in
2017-18.” China, Egypt, India, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Vietnam will increase
rice consumption.
Global ending stocks for 2017-18
will rise 2.7 million tons from 2016-17 figures and will be the highest since
2000-01.
The China Syndrome
As with other commodities, China
is the overriding dynamic, holding more than two-thirds of the global ending
stocks for 2017-18. Ending stocks for the top five exporters, India, Thailand,
Viet Nam, United States and Pakistan, are down.
Childs says Nigeria, Sri Lanka
and Iran are expected to import less rice in 2017-18.
The export market is significant
for rice with 9 percent of global production traded annually. “That’s double
the share of 25 years ago,” Childs said. Thailand and India are expected to be
top rice exporters in 2017 and 2018, and Burma is back in the export business
with the highest anticipated rice export since before World War II.
Childs said China had backed out
of the rice export market for about a decade but has re-entered, “and now China
exports more than 1 million tons of rice, and is also expected to remain the
largest rice importing country, followed by Nigeria,” which is a distant
second.
Childs says the U.S. faces
difficulty trading with Asian countries because of the price differential,
about $150 a ton, with other exporters.
Latin America Top Market
The Western Hemisphere is the
U.S. rice market. “Latin America typically accounts for about 60 percent of
U.S. rice exports.” The figure would be higher, Childs said, if he included
Canada.
Exports are projected to decline
in 2017-18. “Through Nov. 30, U.S. all-rice exports were 9 percent below a year
earlier, with rough-rice responsible for most of the decline. U.S. long-grain
exports were 9 percent above a year earlier, with milled rice accounting for
all of the increase.”
Childs sees some good news from
exports estimates. “Through Nov. 30, U.S long-grain sales and shipments to
Iraq, Haiti, and Mexico were well ahead of a year ago,” he said. “But medium-
and short-grain sales were well behind last year to northeast Asia, north
Africa, and the Middle East.”
Other factors affecting 2018-19
markets include:
• Big increase projected for
total domestic and residual use, mostly due to a larger crop.
• Long-grain accounts for the
bulk of the expected increase in domestic use.
• Increased exports of both
classes of rice, with medium- and short-grain increasing at the fastest pace.
• A substantial increase in U.S.
ending stocks, with long-grain accounting for the bulk of the increase.
• Farm prices for both classes of
rice in the South and in California are projected to decline in 2018-19, mostly
due to much larger U.S. supplies.
Childs says several factors could
affect U.S. rice exports, including:
• Will Venezuela remain a top
buyer of U.S. rice? Venezuela has been a critical market for U.S. rice in
recent years, despite political turmoil.
• Will competition from South
American exporters in Mexico and Central America increase?
• Any additional U.S. sales to
Iraq?
• Any U.S. sales to Iran?
• U.S. sales to China?
• Will Turkey and Libya return as
buyers of U.S. rice?
Childs and other market observers at the conference say
overproduction from the 2018 crop could have an even greater negative impact on
prices
Basmati mandis to be set up across state,
says Hanjura
Dec 14, 2017, 12:38 AM; last updated: Dec 14, 2017,
12:38 AM (IST)
Tribune News Service
Jammu, December 13
Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Nabi Lone
Hanjura today said the government is working on a comprehensive plan to open
‘Basmati mandis’ across the state to give better marketing facilities to
farmers.
The minister was addressing farmers and growers
after inaugurating the seventh annual buyer-seller meet for traditional
aromatic basmati rice at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences
and Technology, Jammu.
Highlighting the government’s initiatives in
the agriculture sector, Hanjura said the department would soon set up ‘basmati
mandis’ at several places where the buyers and sellers could hold direct
transactions to save the farmers from exploitation at the hands of middlemen.
He said it would immensely help the basmati growers get better and viable
marketing support for their produce.
Hanjura said the department was also making
efforts to make the Basmati Mandi, RS Pura, operational to help the local
farmers.
Cutting out the middleman
Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Nabi
Lone Hanjura on Wednesday said the department would soon set up ‘basmati
mandis’ at several places where the buyers and sellers could hold direct
transactions to save the farmers from exploitation at the hands of middlemen.
He said it would immensely help the basmati growers get better and viable
marketing support for their produce.
Basmati Rice North America Industry 2017 Sales, Supply and
Consumption Forecasts to 2022
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"Basmati is a variety of long,
slender-grained aromatic rice which is traditionally from the Indian
subcontinent.
Basmati rice has a typical pandan-like (Pandanus amaryllifolius leaf) flavour caused by the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline. Basmati grains contain about 0.09 ppm of this aromatic chemical compound naturally, a level that is about 12 times more than non-basmati rice varieties, giving basmati its distinctive spicy fragrance and flavour. This natural aroma is also found in cheese, fruits and other cereals. It is a flavoring agent approved in the United States and Europe, and is used in bakery products for aroma."
Basmati rice has a typical pandan-like (Pandanus amaryllifolius leaf) flavour caused by the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline. Basmati grains contain about 0.09 ppm of this aromatic chemical compound naturally, a level that is about 12 times more than non-basmati rice varieties, giving basmati its distinctive spicy fragrance and flavour. This natural aroma is also found in cheese, fruits and other cereals. It is a flavoring agent approved in the United States and Europe, and is used in bakery products for aroma."
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Market Segment by Manufacturers,
this report covers
LT Foods
Amira Nature Foods
Best Foods
KRBL Limited
Kohinoor Rice
Aeroplane Rice
Tilda Basmati Rice
Amar Singh Chawal Wala
Hanuman Rice Mills
Adani Wilmar
Galaxy Rice Mill
Dunar Foods
Sungold
LT Foods
Amira Nature Foods
Best Foods
KRBL Limited
Kohinoor Rice
Aeroplane Rice
Tilda Basmati Rice
Amar Singh Chawal Wala
Hanuman Rice Mills
Adani Wilmar
Galaxy Rice Mill
Dunar Foods
Sungold
Market Segment by Countries,
covering
United States
Canada
Mexico
United States
Canada
Mexico
Market Segment by Type,
covers
Indian Basmati Rice
Pakistani Basmati Rice
Indian Basmati Rice
Pakistani Basmati Rice
Market Segment by Applications, can
be divided into
Direct Edible
Deep Processing
Direct Edible
Deep Processing
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Table of Contents -Major Key Points
1 Market Overview
1.1 Basmati Rice Introduction
1.2 Market Analysis by Type
1.2.1 Indian Basmati Rice
1.2.2 Pakistani Basmati Rice
1.3 Market Analysis by Applications
1.3.1 Direct Edible
1.3.2 Deep Processing
1.4 Market Analysis by Countries
1.4.1 United States Status and Prospect (2012-2022)
1.4.2 Mexico Status and Prospect (2012-2022)
1.4.3 Canada Status and Prospect (2012-2022)
1.5 Market Dynamics
1.5.1 Market Opportunities
1.5.2 Market Risk
1.5.3 Market Driving Force
1.1 Basmati Rice Introduction
1.2 Market Analysis by Type
1.2.1 Indian Basmati Rice
1.2.2 Pakistani Basmati Rice
1.3 Market Analysis by Applications
1.3.1 Direct Edible
1.3.2 Deep Processing
1.4 Market Analysis by Countries
1.4.1 United States Status and Prospect (2012-2022)
1.4.2 Mexico Status and Prospect (2012-2022)
1.4.3 Canada Status and Prospect (2012-2022)
1.5 Market Dynamics
1.5.1 Market Opportunities
1.5.2 Market Risk
1.5.3 Market Driving Force
2 Manufacturers Profiles
2.1 LT Foods
2.1.1 Profile
2.1.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.1.2.1 Type 1
2.1.2.2 Type 2
2.1.3 LT Foods Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.1.4 Business Overview
2.1.5 LT Foods News
2.2 Amira Nature Foods
2.2.1 Profile
2.2.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.2.2.1 Type 1
2.2.2.2 Type 2
2.2.3 Amira Nature Foods Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.2.4 Business Overview
2.2.5 Amira Nature Foods News
2.3 Best Foods
2.3.1 Profile
2.3.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.3.2.1 Type 1
2.3.2.2 Type 2
2.3.3 Best Foods Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.3.4 Business Overview
2.3.5 Best Foods News
2.4 KRBL Limited
2.4.1 Profile
2.4.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.4.2.1 Type 1
2.4.2.2 Type 2
2.4.3 KRBL Limited Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.4.4 Business Overview
2.4.5 KRBL Limited News
2.5 Kohinoor Rice
2.5.1 Profile
2.5.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.5.2.1 Type 1
2.5.2.2 Type 2
2.5.3 Kohinoor Rice Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.5.4 Business Overview
2.5.5 Kohinoor Rice News
2.6 Aeroplane Rice
2.6.1 Profile
2.6.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.6.2.1 Type 1
2.6.2.2 Type 2
2.6.3 Aeroplane Rice Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.6.4 Business Overview
2.6.5 Aeroplane Rice News
2.7 Tilda Basmati Rice
2.7.1 Profile
2.7.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.7.2.1 Type 1
2.7.2.2 Type 2
2.7.3 Tilda Basmati Rice Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.7.4 Business Overview
2.7.5 Tilda Basmati Rice News
2.8 Amar Singh Chawal Wala
2.8.1 Profile
2.8.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.8.2.1 Type 1
2.8.2.2 Type 2
2.8.3 Amar Singh Chawal Wala Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.8.4 Business Overview
2.8.5 Amar Singh Chawal Wala News
2.1 LT Foods
2.1.1 Profile
2.1.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.1.2.1 Type 1
2.1.2.2 Type 2
2.1.3 LT Foods Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.1.4 Business Overview
2.1.5 LT Foods News
2.2 Amira Nature Foods
2.2.1 Profile
2.2.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.2.2.1 Type 1
2.2.2.2 Type 2
2.2.3 Amira Nature Foods Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.2.4 Business Overview
2.2.5 Amira Nature Foods News
2.3 Best Foods
2.3.1 Profile
2.3.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.3.2.1 Type 1
2.3.2.2 Type 2
2.3.3 Best Foods Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.3.4 Business Overview
2.3.5 Best Foods News
2.4 KRBL Limited
2.4.1 Profile
2.4.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.4.2.1 Type 1
2.4.2.2 Type 2
2.4.3 KRBL Limited Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.4.4 Business Overview
2.4.5 KRBL Limited News
2.5 Kohinoor Rice
2.5.1 Profile
2.5.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.5.2.1 Type 1
2.5.2.2 Type 2
2.5.3 Kohinoor Rice Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.5.4 Business Overview
2.5.5 Kohinoor Rice News
2.6 Aeroplane Rice
2.6.1 Profile
2.6.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.6.2.1 Type 1
2.6.2.2 Type 2
2.6.3 Aeroplane Rice Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.6.4 Business Overview
2.6.5 Aeroplane Rice News
2.7 Tilda Basmati Rice
2.7.1 Profile
2.7.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.7.2.1 Type 1
2.7.2.2 Type 2
2.7.3 Tilda Basmati Rice Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.7.4 Business Overview
2.7.5 Tilda Basmati Rice News
2.8 Amar Singh Chawal Wala
2.8.1 Profile
2.8.2 Basmati Rice Type and Applications
2.8.2.1 Type 1
2.8.2.2 Type 2
2.8.3 Amar Singh Chawal Wala Basmati Rice Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2016-2017)
2.8.4 Business Overview
2.8.5 Amar Singh Chawal Wala News
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Basmati mandis to be set up across J&K: Hanjura
Vietnam’s rice market fares well
Hanoi
(VNA) – Vietnam shipped abroad nearly 5.2 million tonnes of rice worth
over 2.27 billion USD in the first 11 months of this year, surpassing the
figure of the entire 2016 at 4.9 million tonnes, according to the Vietnam Food
Association. In November, rice export volume exceeded 371,000 tonnes, down from
over 437,000 tonnes in October. The drop was attributed to limited supply after
harvest of the autumn-winter crop completed in the Mekong Delta, the main
source of rice for export.| However, industry insiders still expect a good year
in 2018 for Vietnam’s exports as the world rice market is forecast to pick up
next year. According to a November report of the US Department of Agriculture
(USDA), world rice trade will expand by 1 percent in 2018 to reach 42.3 million
tonnes, marking the third highest yearly volume in history. The USDA forecast
that India and Thailand will continue to lead the world in rice export, while
Vietnam’s rice exports could reach six million tonnes in 2018, an increase of
6.6 percent from this year, driven by demand in Southeast Asia, particularly in
the Philippines. The National Food Authority of the Philippines recently
proposed the country import 350,000 tonnes of rice before its first rice
harvest in 2018 to raise its rice reserve.-VNA
Farmers rediscover organic native paddy
Nearly 700 of them have been growing indigenous rice varieties in
Hassan
A good number of farmers in the Malnad areas of Hassan
district are cultivating native varieties of paddy, thanks to the encouragement
by the Department of Agriculture promoting
organic farming. Nearly 700 farmers have been growing native paddy varieties
and are happy with the earnings. As they are certified organic growers, their
produce is attracting demand. “When we began field work in 2007, traditional
varieties of paddy were cultivated hardly in 100 acres,” recalled Jayaprasad
Ballekere, chief executive officer of Bhoomi Sustainable Development Society.
The Agriculture Department had involved the non-government organisation to
promote organic farming in Sakleshpur, Alur taluks of Hassan and Somwarpet of
Kodagu.
“A majority of farmers were after hybrid and improved
varieties of paddy. Following constant efforts, now native varieties are grown
in more than 1,500 acres in the three taluks,” he said. Rajamudi considered
good for diabetics, Navara with medicinal value, Ghamsala a scented variety,
Rathna Choodi, Netti Bilakki, Holesalu Chippuga, Kempakki (red rice), and Kappu
Akki (black rice) are the native varieties of paddy. “Holesalu Chippuga is the
best variety for puffed rice. Last year, I sold paddy at ₹4,500 per quintal. Almost the entire yield goes to places like
Sangli in Maharashtra and Davangere, where there are many puffed rice producing
units,” said Y.C. Rudrappa, a progressive farmer of Yedehalli in Sakleshpur. He
has been cultivating Holesalu Chippuga variety in eight acres of his land.
Alur, Sakleshpur and Somwarpet taluks are known for heavy rainfall, which is
well-suited for traditional varieties.
Lesser duration
“Traditional varieties take 150-160 days for harvest and is
suitable for this area. However, the duration of hybrid and improved varieties
is about 120-130 days,” said Mr. Jayaprasad. The organic farmers of Hassan and
Kodagu districts have formed a federation to market their produces. Mr.
Rudrappa, who is chairman of the federation, said more than 3,500 farmers are
part of it. The Agriculture Department and NABARD have helped the formation of
the Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) and promote organically grown produce.
V.G. Bhat, District Development Manager of NABARD, told The
Hindu: “The bank has been encouraging organic farming. We have
provided ₹9 lakh for the FPO. The response has been impressive.”
Date: 15-Dec-2017
Asia Rice: India Prices Climb on Bangladesh Demand;
Asia Rice: India Prices Climb on Bangladesh Demand;
Thailand-Vietnam Markets MutedBengaluru. Rice prices in India jumped this week, helped by strengthening
demand from Bangladesh, while markets in Thailand and Vietnam remained
relatively quiet with lackluster demand ahead of upcoming year-end holidays.
India's 5 percent broken parboiled rice prices gained by $10 per tonne to
$416-$419 per tonne. "Sentiments have improved due to the demand from
Bangladesh. Traders are speculating it could buy more in the first quarter of
the next year," an exporter based in Kakinada in the southern state of
Andhra Pradesh said.
Bangladesh, which has emerged as a major importer of the grain
this year after floods damaged its crops, will import 150,000 tonnes of rice
from India in a state deal priced at $440 a tonne, two food ministry officials
said last week. Meanwhile, India's paddy rice supply from new season crop has
started rising, but aggressive government buying has been keeping prices firm,
exporters said. The appreciating rupee also forces exporters to raise prices
for overseas buyers, said another exporter based in Kakinada. A stronger rupee
trims exporters' returns. Meanwhile, demand in Thailand and Vietnam remained
weak as Christmas and New Year holidays in some importing countries kept buyers
away from the market, but exporters were optimistic about the fresh deals.
"As it is approaching the end of the year, buyers are not active at the
moment," said a Bangkok-based trader. Thailand's benchmark 5 percent
broken rice eased to $390-$400, free-on-board (FOB) Bangkok, from $401-$405 a
tonne last week. Traders remain hopeful as the European Union's Foreign Affairs
Council is to resume gradual political engagement with Thailand, and there are
possibilities for resuming talks on an EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
"If the EU-Thailand FTA materializes, this should help boost Thai rice
exports to the EU a bit. However, the EU isn't currently a big buyer of Thai
rice," said the Bangkok-based trader. In Vietnam, benchmark 5-percent
broken rice was quoted at $390-$400, compared with $395 a week earlier. Traders
said some private importers from Philippines have approached Vietnamese traders
for rice deal talks, as Philippines' National Food Authority approved their
import quotas under the country's Minimum Access Volume 2017 program.
"This year's quota seems to be lower. I think Filipino importers might buy
around 50,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam," a trader in Ho Chi Minh City
said. However, another trader said buyers would wait for fresh supply and
better offers when the major winter-spring crop season completes in February.
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Vietnam’s
rice market fares well
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2017 -
14:39:00
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam shipped abroad nearly 5.2 million tonnes of rice worth over 2.27 billion USD in the first 11 months of this year, surpassing the figure of the entire 2016 at 4.9 million tonnes, according to the Vietnam Food Association.
In November, rice export volume exceeded 371,000 tonnes, down from over 437,000 tonnes in October. The drop was attributed to limited supply after harvest of the autumn-winter crop completed in the Mekong Delta, the main source of rice for export.|
However, industry insiders still expect a good year in 2018 for Vietnam’s exports as the world rice market is forecast to pick up next year.
According to a November report of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), world rice trade will expand by 1 percent in 2018 to reach 42.3 million tonnes, marking the third highest yearly volume in history.
The USDA forecast that India and Thailand will continue to lead the world in rice export, while Vietnam’s rice exports could reach six million tonnes in 2018, an increase of 6.6 percent from this year, driven by demand in Southeast Asia, particularly in the Philippines.
The National Food Authority of the Philippines recently proposed the country import 350,000 tonnes of rice before its first rice harvest in 2018 to raise its rice reserve.-VNA
Rice prices go up again
| Update: 15:11,
Dec 14, 2017
The price of rice at the outset
of the year was Tk 40 a kg, in May it was Tk 50.
The price decreased to Tk 42
after the government took few measures, , but the price once again increased
last week by Tk 2-3 a kg. The current price is Tk 45.
The price of low grade coarse
rice in the markets of Kazipara, section-6 of Mirpur and Karwan Bazar in the
capital, is Tk 45-50.
Market supply of coarse rice has
fallen while supply of fine and medium grade rice is on the rise.
Most of the shops were selling
rice at a price between Tk 50-65.
Price on the rise despite stock
The total amount of rice
currently in government, non-government and farmer-level stocks is around 4.5-5
million tonnes. According to the food ministry, the amount of rice stocked in
the government warehouses is about 460,000 tonnes and the traders have imported
1.4 million tonnes.
According to the Food and
Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, overall rice reserves in
the country in November were about 7 million tonnes. The people consume about
2.2 million tonnes of rice per month.
The food ministry also said that
the government has fixed the target of Aman production in this season at 15
million tonnes. Of the amount, farmers have harvested 30 per cent or about 4.5
million tonnes.
But, the government has signed
agreements with 5,000 millers to procure only 300,000 tonnes of rice so far.
Based on the information on
previous reserves, Aman produce and imported rice, economists said there should
not be any shortage of rice reserves in the country.
Food minister Quamrul Islam said
to Prothom Alo, “You are free to write whatever you want about the rice price.
I’m not going to say anything. I’ve nothing to say.”
Meanwhile, traders blamed the
hike of paddy price for the increased price of rice. They said paddy prices
soared after the government had fixed procurement price of paddy at Tk 39 a kg.
Paddy price has increased by Tk
100-200 per maund in the wholesale markets of Naogaon, Dinajpur, Kushtia and
Thakurgaon in the last few days.
Rice Millers Association general
secretary AKM Layek Ali said paddy price hike is damaging for the businessmen
as they will be able to make marginal amount of profit.
He warned rice prices might go up
more in the coming days. The chance of decrease of rice price before the next
Boro season is slim, he added.
Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation
(PKSF) chairman economist Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad said traders will increase
rice price on any excuse and will not decrease it easily.
He further said whenever the
media talks about rice price various government organisations take steps to
show their activities, which renders the market further unstable.
The government should monitor the
market regularly and continue the open market sale (OMS) till the price comes
down to Tk 40 a kg, he observed. Otherwise, the poor will face dire situation,
he warned.
Shrinking social safety net
The government increases sale of
rice for poor people under social safety net programme whenever its price
crosses Tk 40 a kg. The OMS was resumed in September. People could get rice at
Tk 30. But that programme saw a hitch. Most of the dealers were sent ‘atap’
rice, which does not go with the food habit of the people.
The consumers and dealers
demanded ‘shiddha’ rice but the food directorate, without paying heed to the
demands, decided to close down OMS from 15 December.
Kazi Nurul Islam, supply,
distribution and marketing director at directorate general of food, said they
supplied a tonne of ‘atap’ rice to 2,105 dealers each but 30 per cent of that
rice remained unsold.
The OMS however will resume in
March, he added.
Senior researcher of the
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Nazneen Ahmed said, “People
are not buying atap rice as it doesn’t go with their food habit. The government
should increase the supply of rice in the OMS and other social safety net
programmes to ensure their security.”
*This piece, originally published in the Prothom Alo print
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Resisting the
“Green Revolution” in Visayas
14 DECEMBER 2017 PHILIPPINES
The Visayan Islands are a large
yet little-known group of islands in the center of the Philippines, home to
around 20 million people speaking 30 indigenous languages, and 2000 native
varieties of rice.
Georie Pitong is the coordinator
of Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (Farmer-Scientist
Partnership for Development), or MASIPAG, on
the Visayan Islands, a Terra Madre food
community—the acronym also means “hardworking” in Filipino. The
organization, as she tells us, was founded to promote the sustainable use of
natural resources and the protection of biodiversity from below, primarily
through farmers’ control of seeds, the means of agricultural production and all
the knowledge necessary for its proliferation.
Land grabbing and genetically-engineered rice
“Less than a third of the farmers
here in Visayas own their land. Most of them work on land that is owned by
others, creating problems of tenure and social friction,” Georie explains. “The
big land-owning families have sugar plantations on massive esates, haciendas.
These relics of the colonial era are still with us today, and can be as big as
5000 hectares in size, while the average small-scale farmer cultivates just a
single hectare, and mostly on marginal, hilly lands where the soil is not as
fertile. The best land, of course, belongs to the big landowners.
“There is also an increasing
trend of land grabbing by these bigger landowners, who want to expand their
plantations of GM corn,
sugar, bananas, pineapples and palm oil trees, as these products can be
exported with high profit margins. They have the full backing of the State in
this endeavor, because on paper it boosts the economy, while in reality it robs
normal people of their food and livelihood. Instead our land is used to export
sugar to Europe, China and America.”
Georie works with small-scale,
resource-poor farmers to take back control of their seeds, particularly rice.
Rice is the staple crop in the Philippines, as with much of Asia, and over the
course of centuries thousands of varieties have been developed by farmers
working to adapt to their local conditions. However, this all changed with the
onset of the Green Revolution, which was kick-started by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),
founded by the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Government
of the Philippines in 1960. They developed a small number of high-yield,
genetically-engineered strains, like IR8 and the so-called Golden Rice, which soon supplanted
the countless native varieties in rice fields around Asia. We’ll never know
exactly how many varieties were lost, but MASIPAG has managed to collect the
seeds for some 2000 traditional Filipino varieties, and are now developing new
varieties through the traditional technique of selective breeding. In the
meantime, MASIPAG is continuing to protest the
State’s efforts to promulgate Golden Rice.
“It’s important that we continue
breeding new varieties of more resistant rice because as we have observed,
pests are proliferating as evolve and adapt to chemical fertilizers and pesticides,
resulting in the emergence of new diseases and the resurgence of old ones.
Farmers need to be able to protect their harvest. For farmers close to the
coast that might mean rice which is more resistant to saltwater, and as drought
becomes a more serious problem, we need rice which can thrive with less water
in general.”
In 2015 and 2016 the Philippines
experienced its longest drought since
1997, with a full nine months without any rain. In other years, like
2013, unpredictable and violent typhoons posed a bigger threat to the harvest.
“Being able to survive both drought and flooding poses a huge challenge for the
farmers who still need to produce food for their families and communities.”
Slow Food and Terra Madre
“When I first came to Terra Madre
I was impressed by how Slow Food organized and brought people together from all
around the world with different seeds, different crops. I brought several
varieties of our native rice for our stand. It was great to see that it’s not
only our community that is fighting to conserve biodiversity, but so many
people around the world, and I appreciated how Slow Food allowed them to meet
and share ideas and experiences.
“Back home, on Terra Madre day,
we organize activities to promote our small farmers who are feeding our
communities with diversified sources of nutrition. This is especially important
for involving children. Young people are exposed to urban culture through the
media, and are attracted to the idea of city life and leaving their farms. We
organize a summer camp for children so they can visit farms, and learn how to
identify seeds, grow plants and harvest them, to show them the value of real
food.
Slow Food can help give our
community a voice, and amplify it, and help us to connect with people and
organizations in other Asian countries too. We want to unite in solidarity,
with a united voice on these issues, and greater capacity to attract
international support for our local campaigns.”
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Bengal Govt to set up hi-tech
silos that can preserve rice for two yrs
Kolkata,
Dec 14 (UNI) To be prepared for any natural calamity or
emergency situation in Bengal, the State Food and Supplies Department is setting up massive silos at five separate places that will be able to.
emergency situation in Bengal, the State Food and Supplies Department is setting up massive silos at five separate places that will be able to.
Bengal Govt to set up hi-tech silos that can
preserve rice for two yrs
Kolkata | Thursday, Dec 14 2017 IST
To be prepared for any natural
calamity or emergency situation in Bengal, the State Food and Supplies
Department is setting up massive silos at five separate places that will be
able to preserve rice for two years. In normal warehouses, rice can be stored
for a maximum of seven months. The project will come up at a cost of Rs 800
crore.
Three such silos, which will be
temperature-controlled to preserve the rice for long periods, will be located
in south Bengal, with Bardhaman being one of the places, and two in north Bengal.
The plan is to conserve 10,000 mt
of rice in each silo. Bardhaman has been selected as the location of one such
silo; search is on for the other locations.
These plans were announced by the
State Food and Supplies Minister at an interactive session on the achievements
of the Khadya Sathi Scheme organised by Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (BNCCI). Khadya Sathi is a crowning achievement of Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee.
The minister also said that
Bengal produces 10 lakh metric tonnes of paddy in excess annually. Presently,
200 trucks of rice are exported daily to Bangladesh through the Petrapole
border outpost.
He further announced that under
the instruction of the Chief Minister, the department will send food stock for
three months to Darjeeling.
An official at the summit said
the department is setting up warehouses with a total capacity of 5 lakh mt by
the end of 2018 for storing foodgrains.
Recently, Rice Tech Expo was held
in Bardhaman town where modern technology for preservation of the grain was
displayed by representatives from Brazil, Sweden and Norway. The districts of
Purba and Paschim Bardhaman comprise the rice bowl of Bengal.
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Govt. to import rice until April 2018
۔ Thursday, 14 December 2017 -
18:30
The government
has decided to import rice stocks until April of 2018.
Accordingly,
100,000mt of rice will be imported each month to ensure smooth supply of rice
to the market.
The decision
was taken at the Cabinet Committee on Economic Management headed by Prime
Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
Rice Bran Wax Market Top Manufacturers, Demand and Applications 2017
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December 15, 2017
For Market
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client survey, marketing channels, Market development trend and proposals,
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key applications and consumption, key regions and consumption, key Global
distributors , major raw materials suppliers and contact information,
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supply chain relationship analysis.
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Global Rice Bran Wax Market Sales (K Units) and
Revenue (Million USD) Market by Top Manufacturers (2017-2022)
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Strahl & Pitsch
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Modi Naturals
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Koster Keunen
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Huzhou Shuanglin Shengtao Vegetable Fat Factory
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Frank B. Ross
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Likang Weiye
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Starlight Products
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Shengtao Biotech
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Poth Hille
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Qinghe Youzhi
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the basis of product,
this Rice Bran Wax Market report displays the production, revenue, price, and
market share and growth rate of each type, primarily split into:
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Rice Bran Wax
- Crude
Rice Bran Wax
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Bran Wax Market report focuses on the status and outlook for major applications/end users,
consumption (Sales), and market share and growth rate of Homes for each application:
- Medicines
- Chemicals
- Cosmetics
- Other
Geographically, this Rice Bran Wax Market report is
segmented into several key Regions, with production, consumption, revenue
(million USD), and market share , and growth rate of Rice Bran Wax Market in
these regions, from 2012 to 2022 (forecast), covering North America, Europe, China, Japan,
Southeast Asia, India.
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Contents
of the 14 Chapter for This Rice Bran Wax Market Study:-
Chapter
1: describe Rice Bran
Wax Market Introduction, product scope, market overview, market opportunities, market
risk, market driving force;
Chapter
2: to analyze the top
manufacturers of Rice Bran Wax, with Sales, revenue, and
price of Rice Bran Wax Market, in 2016 and 2017;
Chapter
3: to display
the competitive situation among the top manufacturers, with Sales, revenue and
market share in 2016 and 2017;
Chapter
4: to show the Global
market by regions, with Sales, revenue and share of Rice Bran Wax market, for
each region, from 2012 to 2017;
Chapter
5, 6, 7, 8 and 9:
to analyze the key regions, with Sales, revenue and market share by key
countries in these regions;
Chapter
10and 11: to show the
market by type and application, with sales market share and growth rate by
type, application, from 2012 to 2017;
Chapter
12: Rice Bran Wax
market forecast, by regions, type and application, with sales and revenue, from
2017to 2022;
Chapter
13, 14: to describe
Motorcycle Wheels sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research
Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source.
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Scope
of Rice Bran Wax:
Market report evaluates the growth rate and the market value based on market
dynamics, growth inducing factors. The complete knowledge is based on latest
industry news, opportunities and trends. The report contains a comprehensive
market analysis and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key
vendors.
Rice
Bran Wax Market highlights following key factors:
- A
complete background analysis of Rice Bran Wax Systems industry, which
includes an assessment of the parental market.
- Emerging
trends by segments and regional markets.
- Significant
changes in market dynamics & market overview.
- Market
breakdown up to the second or third level.
- Market
shares and approaches of key players in Ne Laser Market.
- Current
and predictable size of Rice Bran Wax Market from the perspective of both
value and volume.
- Reporting
and estimation of recent industry developments.
The report
provides a basic overview of the Rice Bran Wax Market including definitions,
classifications, applications and industry chain structure. And development
policies and plans are discussed as well as manufacturing processes and cost
structures.
Then, the
report focuses on Global major leading industry players with information such
as company profiles, product picture and specifications, Sales, market share
and contact information. What’s more, the Rice Bran Wax Market development
trends and marketing channels are analyzed.
The
research includes historic data from 2017 to 2019 and forecasts until 2022
which makes the reports an invaluable resource for industry executives,
marketing, Sales and product managers, consultants, analysts, and other people
looking for key industry data in readily accessible documents with clearly
presented tables and graphs.
The report
will make detailed analysis mainly on above questions and in-depth research on
the development environment, market size, development trend, operation
situation and future development trend of Rice Bran Wax on the basis of
stating current situation of the industry in 2017 so as to make comprehensive organization
and judgment on the competition situation and development trend of Rice Bran Wax Carrier and
assist manufacturers and investment organization to better grasp the
development course of Rice
Bran Wax Market.
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