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Basmati Rice & Non-Basmati Rice Analysis by Hamlik,Chief Editor(Riceplus
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Pakistan Basmati export in November 2017, increased by 5% by volume
compared to November 2016. Basmati
export NOV 2017, 31,260 tons NOV 2016,
27,972 tons, During last 5 months
(July to Nov 2017) Total Basmati export is 140,557 tons as compared to 150,636
tons last year dame period.
Pakistan Non Basmati export in November 2017, increased by 4% by
volume compared to November 2016, in spite of stiff competition from Myanmar, Cambodia,
Vietnam & India.
Non Basmati export NOV 2017,
404,428 tons NOV 2016, 389,749
tons, During last 5 months (July to
Nov 2017) Total Non Basmati export increased by 8%, from 1,217,899 tons as compared to 1,125,227 tons
last year same period.
Rice-prices rise in India; export demand slows in Thailand
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Dec 21, 2017, 08.22 PM IST
Pakistan eager to start FTA talks with Pacific countries
By APP
December 21, 2017
Container
boxes are seen at a port. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan wants to initiate negotiations with
the Pacific and Southeast Asian countries for free trade agreements (FTAs) in
an effort to enhance trade and export competitiveness, a senior official of the
Ministry of Commerce told APP on Wednesday.
These countries include Japan, Indonesia,
Vietnam and the Philippines from the Pacific region, the official said.
Pakistan and Indonesia have already agreed on concessions on 20 different items
during bilateral negotiations for a preferential trade agreement (PTA).
Both sides discussed 20 tariff lines and
Jakarta agreed to give concessions on major export products of Pakistan
including rice, textile, ethanol, citrus (kinnow) and mango, he said.
“Concession on 20 tariff lines is a major success for Pakistan and now citrus
and mango exports to Indonesia are expected to increase,” the official added.
Before the PTA, Indonesia granted only two
months for the export of Pakistan’s citrus and mangoes but after negotiations,
these fruits can be shipped to Indonesia for the entire year.
Replying to a question, he said annual
bilateral trade between Pakistan and Indonesia stands at $170 million which was
expected to increase significantly.
He pointed out that the activation of PTA
followed the signing of a mutual recognition agreement on plant quarantine and
sanitary and phytosanitary measures between Indonesia and Pakistan.
Published in The Express
Tribune, December 21st, 2017.
NFA to continue food security role
under no rice QR regime
December 22, 2017
MANILA, Dec. 22 – The National Food Authority (NFA) will
continue to build up its food security buffer stocks from domestic palay
procurement and rice importation, if necessary, under a regime where
quantitative restriction (QR) on rice has been lifted.
This is in reaction to speculations that with the lifting of
rice QR in favor of higher tariffs on rice imports, the food agency may have to
be reorganized to limit its functions to proprietary activities such as buffer
stocking and local procurement.
“If the past few years are any indication, we have seen a trend
where palay farmgate prices have been on the uptrend, higher than NFA’s support
price of P17/kilogram. This is the reason we have not been able to meet
procurement targets, resorting to importation to fill in the buffer stock
requirement for food security,” NFA administrator Jason L.Y. Aquino said.
The NFA management believes it will take a while before the
domestic rice market would be able to adjust to the non-QR regime, but the
government should continue to provide safety nets for the farmers who may be
most affected by the freer entry of imported rice into the country.
“We cannot speculate on how much lower rice prices could go
under a non-QR but higher tariff situation. Our role in NFA is to ensure that
there will always be enough affordable rice for everyone, including the small
farmer-producers who are also end-consumers of their own produce,” Aquino said.
Aquino explained that small farmers eventually sell their own
harvests, sometimes in advance, thus they end up buying from the market for
their family’s own daily consumption.
"While performing buffer stock functions, NFA shall
continue to issue import licenses and provide the necessary guidelines to
ensure food safety and quality standards," Aquino said. (NFA) http://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1003338
Yuletide: Taming rice smuggling
The celebration of Christmas and
New Year is here again. The period is an opportunity for lots of people to
review their various activities for the year, while at the same time, and
primarily to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ with celebrations.
However, while it means a period
of celebration for some, it also provides an opportunity for those in business
to make quick money just in the same way some dubious individuals see it as a
period to embark on smuggling goods into the country.
Regrettably, smuggling food items
into the country has been a great challenge to the Federal Government and
relevant agencies assigned to police the country’s land borders.
No doubt, Nigeria has different routes through which smugglers bring in goods into the country.
No doubt, Nigeria has different routes through which smugglers bring in goods into the country.
Rice demand
Rice is a staple foodstuff and the preferred choice by Nigerians. It is a commodity that is in high demand in the country because of its high consumption rate.
Besides, rice is grown approximately on 3.7 million hectares of land in Nigeria, covering 10.6 per cent of the 35 million hectares of land under cultivation, out of a total arable land area of 70 million hectares. 77 per cent of the farmed area of rice is rain-fed, of which 47 per cent are lowland and 30 per cent upland.
Rice is a staple foodstuff and the preferred choice by Nigerians. It is a commodity that is in high demand in the country because of its high consumption rate.
Besides, rice is grown approximately on 3.7 million hectares of land in Nigeria, covering 10.6 per cent of the 35 million hectares of land under cultivation, out of a total arable land area of 70 million hectares. 77 per cent of the farmed area of rice is rain-fed, of which 47 per cent are lowland and 30 per cent upland.
The range of grown varieties is
diverse and includes both local and enhanced varieties of traditional African
rice.
Over the years, yields on rice production have been on the rise, but area of land harvested and the number of tonnes produced have been on the decrease, showing possibility of a declining number of rice farmers.
Over the years, yields on rice production have been on the rise, but area of land harvested and the number of tonnes produced have been on the decrease, showing possibility of a declining number of rice farmers.
This decline
Currently, Nigeria spends about N1 billion importing rice to feed its over 170 million population, putting farmers to work in countries like the United States, India and Thailand, while putting farmers out of work in Nigeria.
Currently, Nigeria spends about N1 billion importing rice to feed its over 170 million population, putting farmers to work in countries like the United States, India and Thailand, while putting farmers out of work in Nigeria.
Rice as hub
During yuletide, one of the commodities that top smugglers’ choice has been rice.
Indeed, total rice consumption of Nigeria is estimated at 6.9 million metric tonnes, according to statistics from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
However, the inability of local farmers to meet the aggregate demand for rice production locally opened the doors for rise in smuggling to curtail the wide shortfall in consumption by Nigerians.
During yuletide, one of the commodities that top smugglers’ choice has been rice.
Indeed, total rice consumption of Nigeria is estimated at 6.9 million metric tonnes, according to statistics from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
However, the inability of local farmers to meet the aggregate demand for rice production locally opened the doors for rise in smuggling to curtail the wide shortfall in consumption by Nigerians.
Stakeholders’ groan
For agric stakeholders, the economic loss to daily rice smugglling into the country has become worrisome.
According to them, the high rate of smuggling activities has resulted into billions of naira being lost generally by government and genuine investors in agriculture.
The economic effect has led to merchant rice dealers to close down their businesses in the country, including laying off thousands of workers.
For agric stakeholders, the economic loss to daily rice smugglling into the country has become worrisome.
According to them, the high rate of smuggling activities has resulted into billions of naira being lost generally by government and genuine investors in agriculture.
The economic effect has led to merchant rice dealers to close down their businesses in the country, including laying off thousands of workers.
Reacting to the development, the
Executive Director, Nigeria Agriculture Development Watch, Dr. Johnson Idowu,
said illicit rice smuggling was brewing unemployment. Particularly, he noted
that some port concessionaires at the Nigerian seaports have laid-off workers
massively since there were no activities. Also, shipping, clearing agents,
transporters and other service providers have been counting their losses as a
result of rice smuggling through land borders.
Idowu said that shipping lines
and many other businesses were pulling out of Nigeria as they find it difficult
to compete with smugglers.
“The ripple effect of rice smuggling into the country is responsible for the mass sack and redundancy in the country’s labour market,” Idowu said.
“The ripple effect of rice smuggling into the country is responsible for the mass sack and redundancy in the country’s labour market,” Idowu said.
FG’s concerns
Recently, the rising rice smuggling has been a cause for concern for government.
Basically, government raised the alarm that smugglers were planning to bring in more than one million tonnes of rice from Benin Republic through the country’s land borders during the Yuletide.
Amidst the planned smuggling, government affirmed that it had put in place measures that will nail in the bud illegal importation of food items into the country, especially rice in a bid to boost local production.
Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Heineken Lokpobiri, revealed this at a stakeholders’ meeting on agricultural value chain in Abuja recently.
Recently, the rising rice smuggling has been a cause for concern for government.
Basically, government raised the alarm that smugglers were planning to bring in more than one million tonnes of rice from Benin Republic through the country’s land borders during the Yuletide.
Amidst the planned smuggling, government affirmed that it had put in place measures that will nail in the bud illegal importation of food items into the country, especially rice in a bid to boost local production.
Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Heineken Lokpobiri, revealed this at a stakeholders’ meeting on agricultural value chain in Abuja recently.
He said that about one million
tons of rice was waiting to be shipped into the country from Benin Republic in
order to make sharp profits, adding that that the specific species intended for
smuggling was not consumed in Benin Republic.
Last line
Going by the incessant raid and seizure embarked upon by security agents, especially the Nigeria Customs Service, on rice smugglers and traders, it is clear that the situation has gone beyond just sounding the gong each time the smugglers are preparing to strike. Government should, therefore, endeavor to work out a permanent solution to curb the menace.
Going by the incessant raid and seizure embarked upon by security agents, especially the Nigeria Customs Service, on rice smugglers and traders, it is clear that the situation has gone beyond just sounding the gong each time the smugglers are preparing to strike. Government should, therefore, endeavor to work out a permanent solution to curb the menace.
Agriculture reforms: To stem
falling prices, govt looks at new farm exports policy
India’s robust trade surplus in
farm commodities, in dollar terms, has plunged 55% since 2014-15, mainly on
account of low international commodity prices, apart from export disruptions
due to non-compliance of phytosanitary norms.
Zia Haq
Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Monsoon clouds loom over in the sky a farmer works in a paddy
field in the Montali area of Agartala. (AFP File Photo)
The Modi government will unveil a new agricultural exports
policy, as it looks for ways to improve sagging commodity prices, a big reason
for farmer angst in many states.
There has also been an alarming slide in India’s farm trade
surplus: the value of exports, in dollar terms, has been falling vis-à-vis
imports. Lower realisation from exports, among other reasons, has hurt farm
incomes and also induced domestic gluts, even as the government has set an
ambitious target of doubling agricultural incomes in the next five years.
The new trade policy aims to be more “open and stable” so that
there is predictability, an official said. It will contain measures to
streamline compliance of international food-safety or phytosanitary
requirements, promote “promising products” such as organic foods and create
farm-to-port as well as farm-to-airport cold chains, according to the official
cited above. The policy will focus on nearly 25 farm export clusters, along the
lines of small and medium export clusters that exist for manufacturing.
Clusters tend to lower the per unit cost of solutions due to concentration of a
large number of producers with similar problems. “India is one of the largest
producers of fruits, vegetables, milk and rice globally. Under the new exports
policy, our focus will be to ensure our farmers get uninterrupted access to international
markets and good prices,” agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said.
India’s robust trade surplus in farm commodities, in dollar
terms, has plunged 55% since 2014-15, mainly on account of low international
commodity prices, apart from export disruptions due to non-compliance of
phytosanitary norms. India’s trade surplus in agricultural items fell from US$
27174.2 in 2013-14 to about US$ 7833.8 in 2016-17.
“The idea is to link our famers to a value or a supply chain and
compliance (with phytosanitary measures),” agriculture secretary Shobhana K.
Pattanayak said. Most EU countries have now further lowered the permissible
residue limits for tricyclazole, a fungicide used in basmati, a major export
item, Pattanayak said. Phytosanitary standards denote measures that ensure
consumers are supplied with food that is free from contaminants.
Two years ago, the EU had banned Indian mangoes, causing a price
crash. Iran had banned Indian rice imports too. On December 6, releasing the
government’s mid-term review of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, commerce
minister Suresh Prabhu’s ministry announced incentives of ₹1,354 crore for farm products and ₹759 crore for marine products.
Traders sell rice with GST inclusion
THE
HANS INDIA | Dec 22,2017 , 12:23 AM IST
Traders sell rice with GST
inclusion
Nellore: Much needed rice for the
people has still been dearer even though the central government has not imposed
GST on it. The exploitation has been continued by the traders even though the
government rolled back its decision to impose the tax on the product which is
used commonly.
Consequently,
the cost of rice had not come down with the tricks of the traders. Rice is a
much-needed product which poor and middle class buy it on a regular basis and
the GST would impact budget of the poor and hence the central government
considered to relax the tax as it belongs to agriculture sector.
In
fact, some states had nil tax on rice while some had 5 per cent tax and there
is no tax on rice and hence prices have come down in many places. Still, price
of rice is hovering at Rs 50-55 per kilogram in the open market. Consumers
expected the decision of the Centre would bring some solace to them through
reducing prices of rice at least by Rs 5-10 but the situation proved to be
wrong as the traders continued exploiting the situation.
There
are more than 30 lakh population in the district and more than 65 per cent
people eat rice, especially fine varieties. According to estimates, there is
usage of 7,000-9,000 quintals of rice on a daily basis across the district. In
such a case, the amount which was not reduced even after GST has been found to
be an additional burden of around Rs 50 lakh on the consumers per day.
The
skyrocketing price of rice has been bothering the consumers. The spree of
exploitation unabated and people were expressing their dissatisfaction over lax
attitude of the official machinery. “This has been a continuous exploitation by
traders and no action from the officials concerned to relieve the burden. Even
though they were telling action against such traders and still there were no
sincere efforts,” said K Ramana Rao, a retired teacher from BV Nagar.
The
mixing of PDS rice with fine varieties is another problem for consumers where
some traders polish the rice and add to the quality rice in a certain
proportion. Hence, some traders have still been importing PDS rice from Tamil
Nadu and the officials conducting raids and booking cases against the illegal
transportation.
Ogun
Commissions MITRO Ofada Rice
...as CBN Reiterates 5% Funding To Boost Agric Processing
December 21, 2017
Abeokuta – The Ogun State government on Thursday launched its Ofada
rice christened MITROS OFADA RICE as well as a processing rice factory in
Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
The ceremony attracted eminent
personalities, including the Kebbi State Governor Abubakar Bagudu and the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.
The State Governor, Ibikunle
Amosun in his address reiterated his administration readiness to partner with
private organizations and other government agencies towards eradicating hunger
and poverty in the country.
He said, “Indeed, since 2015,
Nigeria’s domestic production of rice has risen remarkably, with a
corresponding drop in imports. This is in line with the Federal Government
policy of self-sufficiency envisioned by President Muhammadu Buhari.”
The Governor added: “We are
intensifying our contribution to the attainment of that vision. We will
vigorously pursue the needed partnerships and collaborations, with other
State Governments, with the Federal government, and most importantly, with
the private sector in order to actualize this vision.
“In this respect, I wish to
acknowledge and commend the laudable efforts and support of the
Presidential Task Force on Agricultural Commodities and Production.
“I wish to state unequivocally
that this landmark achievement has been made possible by the visionary
leadership of our dear President. Let me, able to prosper wherever they are.
“The MITROS rice project is one
of the positive outcomes of this strategy. One of the biggest
tragedies of our nation is our dependence on food imports to feed our
population, in spite of our abundant arable land and labour force.
“The impact of this on our
economy has been significant: pressure on our foreign reserves, and by
implication the loss in the value of the naira; and the needless outsourcing of
agricultural work to distant countries even while large numbers of our
people have struggled with unemployment.
“For us in Ogun State, we cannot
afford to sit back and watch our people suffer unnecessarily due to food
insecurity. The availability of food is synonymous with the survival of the
society as a whole.
“Besides, our past
efforts at tackling poverty in all ramifications will amount to nothing if
concerted efforts are not taken to ensure food security to people at all
income levels.
“This is why today
(Thursday) is a significant day, not just for Ogun State, but for Nigeria. The
“MITROS Rice Mill, the first of its kind in Ogun State, will create jobs for
our farmers. From now on they will no longer need to travel far and wide in
search of milling facilities.
The CBN Governor, Emefiele said:
“Ogun state continues to demonstrate the urge to support the focus of the
government to create jobs and to grow the economy. A country that doesn’t take
agriculture seriously is naturally am unserious country.
He said that he was glad that
under the leadership of President Buhari, “we are taking agriculture very
seriously and that is the reason, we at the Central Bank of Nigeria, we have
made it a responsibility to say that we will continue to support any effort or
attempt by anybody to grow our agricultural sector because in doing his, we
produce food for our people; in doing this, we produce jobs for our people; and
in doing this we grow our economy.”
He reiterated the apex bank’s
readiness to make cheap funding at five percent rate available to farmers in
the country to procure agricultural processing equipment, saying that the CBN
would soon shift from financing primary agriculture to processing.
He declared that the apex bank
was ready to support any ideas and concepts capable of growing the agricultural
sector of Nigeria.
Emefiele noted that agriculture
remained the best way to grow Nigeria’s economy, provide food and jobs and
lauded Ogun State for actualizing President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s
vision to make Nigeria food sufficient.
He noted further that the
production of rice by Ogun State would help the country in reducing foreign
exchange spending on rice import, urging the state government to venture into
other food commodities with a view to help Nigeria eat what it grows.
“The selfish aspect of this, for
me, is that it goes a long way to conserve foreign exchange because we will no
longer be spending scare foreign exchange to import agricultural produce, we
will now tell ourselves that we will eat what we produce and we will produce
what we eat”, he affirmed.
He said “We are going to be
looking at providing cheap funding at no more than 5 percent for those who are
going to be assessing facilities to acquire agric equipment like thrashers,
like harvesters, or those who will be going to fish farming, or those who will
be going into feed mills. Be rest assured that if you identify yourself, you
will be counted and we will support you”.
Governor Bagudu who doubles as
Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Agricultural Commodities and
production said: “Nigeria has the ability to produce rice competitively.
“Currently, there is no nation
that can produce rice cheaper and deliver it to Nigeria and to be imported
properly and for such rice to compete with the rice being produced by Nigerian
farmers.
“Therefore, it is important for
us all to mobilize and patronize Nigerian rice and Nigerian commodities because
if anything, we know how they were produced, we know the executive standards.
“We know the freshness, compared
to commodities we know relatively nothing about, unlike Mitros Ofada Rice, or
Ebonyi rice or Confluence Rice or any other rice from any other state from
Nigeria. This achievement wouldn’t have been possible without the support of
the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The rice were well branded and
packaged into 50 kg, 25kg, 10kg and 5g and hundreds of bags of different sizes
were sold to members of the public at subsidised prices.
Ofada rice is a local variety of
uniquely processed brown rice. There are two types of them, white and brown.
The governor, therefore,
announced the price of the 50kg rice as N11,500, while the price of lowest 1kg
was set at N230.
As Climate Change Threatens Agricultural Sector, India Must Craft
New Policies
India must outline more effective policies to mitigate the
growing risk from climate change on the agricultural sector.
By Aman Thakker
December 20, 2017
India’s agricultural sector faces
a significant threat from climate change as scientists record rising
temperatures. Economists estimate that climate change has led to a loss of 1.5 percent of
India’s GDP. Agriculture remains hugely important for India’s economy, as it
accounts for nearly 15 percent of India’s GDP,
and employs 47 percent of the nation’s
labor force. Given the dramatic impact that climate change has on
this sector, the government of India must craft new and more effective policies
to mitigate the impact of this phenomenon.
Impact of Climate Change on the
Agricultural Sector
Climate change directly impacts
the daily lives of farmers in India. A leading study conducted by 29
researchers around the world, published in the Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences, has outlined how climate
change is causing lower crop yields around the world. In particular, the
study found that
“each degree-Celsius increase in global mean temperature would, on average,
reduce global yields of wheat by 6.0%, rice by 3.2%, maize by 7.4%, and soybean
by 3.1%.”
While the study does state that
these numbers differ from region to region, further studies have investigated
the impact on crop yield in India itself. A study published in the Journal
of Climatology & Weather Forecasting found that
crop yields in India’s two crop production seasons, the kharif
(influenced by the southwest monsoon) and rabi (influenced by the
northeast monsoon), would face nearly 3 percent to 5 percent reductions in crop
yields for every 1° F increase in the temperature. Furthermore, the
International Food Policy Research Institute discovered that “rice production will decline by
14% by 2050 in South Asia; wheat by nearly 49% and maize, millets and sorghum
by around 19% over the same period.”
Such a deleterious effect on crop
yields compounds the already serious challenge of food security in India. Its
agricultural sector already suffers from low productivity, as compared to the
rest of the world. The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that India’s cereal yield (2,993 kg
per hectare), as of 2016, is drastically lower than
in North America (7318 kg per ha), East Asia and the Pacific (5,976 kg per ha),
and Europe (4,155 kg per ha).
The adverse impacts of lower crop
yields caused by climate change go far beyond the income of farmers, but have
also been linked to one of India’s most serious problems: farmer suicides. A
study conducted at the University of California – Berkeley estimated that
climate change could have contributed the deaths of 59,300 farmers or farm
workers over the last 30 years. While observers have pointed out that
the study assumes that economic hardship caused by reduced crop yield due to
elevated temperature is directly responsible for suicides, the author argues
that “the robustness of the effect of growing season temperature on suicide
rates across many specifications and subsamples makes such confounding factors
extremely unlikely.”
The Need for Mitigation Policies
Given the wide-reaching impact of
climate change on the Indian agricultural sector, the government must craft
new, more effective policies to mitigate its impact. In particular, the
government should incentivize farmers to use climate-tolerant crop varieties
and adopt efficient irrigation technologies, as well as invest resources in
conservation agriculture and agroforestry.
India has already experimented
with climate-tolerant crop varieties before. In 2010, the International Rice
Research Institute in the Philippines distributed flood-tolerant
seeds of Swarna-sub1 rice to 100,000 farmers. The rice, which can tolerate
complete submergence for 14 to 17 days, is said to be 99 percent similar to
organic Swarna crop. The government should study the feasibility of other such
climate-resistant crops, and work with researchers, suppliers, and farmers to
provide affordable access to such seeds.
The government must also
incentivize farmers to use more efficient irrigation systems. This publication
has previously discussed how
the availability of irrigation water in India is inadequate and susceptible to
climatic change, while prevailing irrigation patterns are highly inefficient
and energy intensive. The government has already launched a
subsidy of Rs. 96.32 lakh ($150,355) to encourage farmers to use drip
irrigation methods. However, this step has not done enough. Indian agricultural
producers remain among
the world’s least efficient, consuming 83 percent of India’s total water
resources. The government of India must move toward efficient water usage in
this sector, an act which could significantly mitigate the risks of climate
change.
Finally, India should also
consider the potential of climate-smart interventions based in agro-ecology as
the risk from climate change manifests more seriously. Agricultural experts are
increasingly vocal in emphasizing that
a shift to agro-ecology could be extremely beneficial for farmers while
protecting them from the adverse effects of climate change continues to grow
louder, particularly in
the Gangetic Plan of Northern India and dryland agriculture systems in southern
and western parts of India. Policy options as part of this move includeestablishing agro-ecological zones and farms,
establishing weather-based insurance programs, and leveraging Internet and
Communication Technologies (ICTs) to disseminate information to farmers as well
as establish more efficient value chains. Such a shift in policy direction
could be risky, as scientists predict an initial decline in crop yields.
However, recent studies by the Rodale Institute have highlighted that after a brief transition period
of three to five years, ecological agriculture yields could rebound to equal
those of industrial agriculture.
India was one of the birthplaces
of the Green Revolution, bringing India from the brink of famine and ushering
in a new age of efficiency and prosperity in India’s agricultural system. This
was possible because the government of India took it upon itself to craft and
implement effective policy. Given the breadth and scope of the adverse impact
of climate change and rising temperatures on the agricultural sector in India,
the government must, again, take new, concrete steps to mitigate these risks
and protect millions of farmers and farm workers.
Aman Thakker is an Analyst with
Protagonist (formerly Monitor 360) and a graduate of the George Washington
University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. He writes about Indian
foreign and domestic policy.
Rice, alcohol and banana could
invite trouble with elephants, study shows
Bengaluru
Wednesday, 20 December 2017 (Research Matters)
Spanning across the shared
boundaries of north-east India and southern Nepal, the ‘Terai’ conjures images
of emerald green marshy grasslands, an ideal haven for life to flourish.
However, with these rich natural bounties, the landscape also creates conflict
for shared spaces and resources between species, and one such is the conflict
between humans and elephants. In a recent study published in the journal
Wildlife Biology Dr Dinesh Neupane, Postdoctoral Fellow at Arkansas State
University and his colleagues found that the land and home use patterns have an
impact on the Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC).
The largest emerging threat to
the conservation of the Asian elephant is the issue of Human-Elephant Conflict.
Of all of the animals that come into conflict with people in Nepal, elephants
account for 25% loss in crop production and 70% of human casualties with 10
people being killed each year. An average of 2 elephants are lost each year
because of retaliatory persecution, severely impeding conservation efforts.
“With only around 120 wild
elephants remaining in the wild, in this scenario, even a loss of one elephant
each year could affect the survival of a viable population of elephants”, says
Dr. Neupane who has been studying HEC in this landscape.
Preventing conflict especially in
this region is critical, as Nepal, in addition to having a resident population,
also receives a transboundary seasonal movement of elephants from India. “The
residential herds of elephants are small and their damage is low compared to
large migratory herds. The eastern transboundary herds that enter Nepal don’t
have any large protected areas such as national parks. Therefore, croplands and
villages are the only places for these elephants to find food”, remarks Dr.
Neupane. Conflict thereby, puts the population of elephants at risk in both
these countries and hence there is a pressing need to understand the problem at
a finer scale in order to create preventive management strategies.
As the saying goes ‘change starts
at home’, the researchers of this study, have quite literally, analysed how
HECs can be minimised by understanding how we keep our homes and farms. After
analysing the perspectives of respondents from 1182 households who came from 11
highly populated agricultural districts, the researchers determined that
factors like the type of crops grown, the presence of fruit trees near homes
and storage of salt, alcohol and grains inside their homes contributed to
rising HECs.
The researchers found that a
total of 99% of interviewees reported some form of damage by elephants either
to property or agricultural land within the past 5 years. When it came to
crop-raiding, elephants seem to have a preference towards traditional crops
with rice being raided 2.49 times more than the other crops cultivated. Banana,
which is economically beneficial and usually grown around homes, increased the
likelihood of elephants damaging property. In fact, banana plants were
found to be possibly more appetizing as compared to jackfruit and mango trees,
which didn’t appear to have any significant association with home damage.
In Nepal, country-made alcohol is
often produced and stored in homes for fermentation. The study found that
elephants were attracted to the strong pungent smelling liquor, which increases
the probability of them breaking into kitchens where the liquid is often
stored, sometimes even destroying the entire house in the process!
So, what can the villagers do?
The researchers suggest alternating traditional practices of farming with other
economically viable cropping patterns as one of the methods to minimise HECs.
Shifting home gardens to community orchards outside the settlements, and proper
storing of alcohol could mean the difference between lives lost and lives
saved. “Bamboo should be grown at the perimeter of settlements, where
elephants, in search of food would begin to feed away from homes, gardens and
crops which will allow the residents to organize a response to the raiding
elephants”, suggests Dr. Neupane.
The study is an eye-opener to
some of the common aspects of human settlements that could mean trouble. Dr.
Neupane talking about the findings of the study says “This study is unique
because previous studies have not addressed the association between residents’
home and land-use practices to elephant damage. The implication of management
suggestions from our study could help raise awareness among locals and in turn,
allow them to change their land-use so that HEC can be reduced”.
Ogun launches own rice, to sell
for N11,500
Ogun State Government launches its locally produced rice,
accompanied by Kebbi state governor, Gov Atiku Bagudu. [Photo credit: Kebbi
State twitter handle]
The Ogun State Government has
launched its locally produced rice, known as Ofada rice, with a market price of
N11,500.While formally unveiling the rice produced and bagged in Ogun at the
Asero Market in Abeokuta on Thursday; the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, said
the rice production would boost food supply, reduce dependency on imported ones
while the mill would create jobs for farmers in the state.
The rice, named Mitros Rice,
packaged in 50kg bags, was produced at Egua land in Yewa South Local Government
Area of the state, but the processing and packaging facilities are sited in
Asero area of Abeokuta, the state capital.
Mr. Amosun said the rice farmers
in Ogun would no longer need to travel far in search of milling facilities.
He lamented that one of the
biggest tragedies of the nation was her dependence on food imports to feed the
population in spite of the abundant arable land and labour force.
“This has weighed heavily on the
nation’s economy as it exerted pressure on foreign reserves and value of the
naira with attendant needless outsourcing of agricultural work to distant
countries,” Mr. Amosun stated.
“For us in Ogun State, we cannot
afford to sit back and watch our people suffer unnecessarily due to food
insecurity. The availability of food is synonymous with the survival of the
society as a whole.
“Our past efforts at tackling
poverty in all ramifications will amount to nothing if concerted efforts are
not taken to ensure food security to people at all income levels. This is why
today is a significant day, not just for Ogun State, but for Nigeria as well.
“The MITROS Rice Mill, the first
of its kind in Ogun State, will create jobs for our farmers. From now on they
will no longer need to travel far and wide in search of milling facilities.”
The governor further said that
with the mill, the farmers would not only benefit from high-quality processing
of their output, but also enjoy guaranteed off-take.
“The new and improved Ofada rice
that this mill will produce will not only feed our people, but we are confident
that it will generate foreign exchange for us, as a nation.”
The Governor of the Central Bank
of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, lauded Ogun State for the feat and noted that the
CBN would give credit facility to farmers at five percent interest as part of
Federal Government’s strategies to increase food production and self
sustainability in the country.
He pointed out that when farmers
were assisted with credit facilities at one digit interest rate, Nigeria would
be able to provide food for the people, jobs for the youths, conserve foreign
exchange and grow the economy.
“A country that does not take
agriculture seriously is naturally an unserious country,” said Mr. Emefiele. “I
am happy today that under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, we are
taking agriculture very seriously and that is the reason we at the Central Bank
of Nigeria have made it a responsibility to say we would continue to support
any effort and anybody in an attempt to grow our agricultural sector.”
He noted that with the local
production of rice, the country would no longer be spending foreign exchange to
import agricultural produce. “We would eat what we produce and we would produce
what we eat,” the CBN governor said.
The Chairman, Presidential Task
Force on Commodities and Agricultural production, Abubakar Bagudu, in his
remarks, said Nigeria was capable of producing 50 million tons of rice per
annum.
“All the 36 states of Nigeria
have the capability of producing rice even of course the FCT. With rice, I
believe we can achieve what we have achieved even with a commodity like crude
oil, because around the world, about 600 million metric tons of rice is
produced every year, and Nigeria, we are still producing a little less than 10
million,” he said.
“Our land size estimated by the
Rice Farmers Association indicated that there are about 12 million rice
farmers. This suggests that even if an average yield per farmer is the modest 5
tons, we should be producing 50 million tons, not under 10 million tons we are
currently producing.”
End.
End.
NFA will still
import rice, Aquino says
December 21, 2017
The National Food Authority (NFA)
will continue to purchase paddy from farmers and import rice, if
necessary, to beef up its buffer stock even after the quantitative
restriction (QR) on the staple has been lifted.
restriction (QR) on the staple has been lifted.
The NFA made the statement in
reaction to speculations that with the lifting of the rice QR in favor of
higher tariffs on imports, the food agency may have to be reorganized to limit
its functions to proprietary activities, such as buffer stocking and local
procurement.
“If the past few years are any
indication, we have seen a trend where palay farm-gate prices have been on the
uptrend, higher than the NFA’s support price of P17 per kilogram [kg],” NFA
Administrator Jason Laureano Y. Aquino said in a statement.
“This is the reason the NFA has
not been able to meet procurement targets, resorting to importation to fill in
the buffer stock requirement for food security,” he added.
The NFA said it will take a while
before the domestic rice market would be able to adjust to the non-QR regime.
Under a non-QR regime, Aquino said the government should continue to provide
safety nets for the farmers who may be most affected by the freer entry of
imported rice into the Philippines.
“We cannot speculate on how much
lower rice prices could go under a non-QR but higher tariff situation. Our role
in the NFA is to ensure that there will always be enough affordable rice for
everyone, including the small farmer-producers who are also end-consumers of
their own produce,” Aquino added.
Aquino said small farmers
eventually sell their own harvests, sometimes in advance, thus they end up
buying from the market for their family’s daily consumption.
The NFA will also continue to
perform its regulatory function by issuing import licenses to traders and
importers, and provide the necessary guidelines to ensure food safety and
quality standards of rice imports, according to Aquino.
Aquino’s statement came days
after the Department of Finance (DOF) said the commercial price of rice could
go down by as much as P7 once the QR on the staple is lifted and that the food
agency could just focus on local palay procurement.
In an economic bulletin on the
rice-sector reform, Finance Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran said a 35-percent
import tariff on rice in lieu of restricting rice-import volumes would
encourage private traders to bring in the staple into the country, which would
allow the influx of cheaper rice in the domestic market.
Instead of subsidizing imports,
the national government could reallocate its funds to invest in public goods
and services that directly benefit the farmers, including farm-to-market roads,
irrigation and storage, which reduce production and marketing costs, according
to Beltran.
The NFA is mandated to import and
regulate rice imports, and has so far received a total of P187 billion in tax
subsidies for its purchases of imported grain from 2005 to 2015, or an average
of P19 billion a year, according to the DOF.
“Note that in its present state,
the NFA loses about P11 billion annually, [that], even after operating subsidy
of P5 billion average per year from 2005 to 2015…[still] has an accumulated
debt of P155.84 billion as of the end of September 2016,” Beltran said.
The Philippines is under pressure
to convert its QR on rice into ordinary customs duties after its waiver on the
special treatment on rice expired on June 30. The World Trade Organization
(WTO) General Council approved the waiver, which allowed Manila to keep its
rice QR until June 30, on the condition that the Philippines will subject its
rice imports to ordinary custom duties by July 1.
The conversion of QR into tariffs
requires the amendment of Republic Act (RA) 8178, which allowed the government
to continue implementing the caps on rice imports even after the WTO waiver has
expired. But Congress was forced to delay discussions on amending RA 8178 as
lawmakers were focused on passing the 2018 national budget and the first
package of the tax-reform program before their Christmas break on December 13.
Lowest price offer for Pakistani rice in Iraq tender
December 21, 2017
HAMBURG: The lowest price offer in the tender from
Iraq’s state grains buyer to purchase at least 30,000 tonnes of rice which
closed on Wednesday was $448 a tonne c&f free out for rice to be sourced
from Pakistan, traders said.
No decision about a purchase was believed to have been
made in the tender. Offers have to remain valid up to Dec 25.
Lowest offer for rice from Thailand was $451.40 a tonne
c&f free out. One offer was made for rice from the United States of $671 a
tonne c&f free out. A single offer was also made from Argentina at $569 a
tonne c&f free out. Rice sourced optionally from Argentina or Uruguay was
also offered at $591 a tonne c&f free out. No offers were reported for rice
from India or Vietnam.
Iraq had made no purchase in its last reported rice
tender, also for 30,000 tonnes, on Dec 12, in which Indian rice had been
offered at the lowest price of $305 a tonne c&f free out.
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Syngenta’s hybrids Top rice derby in North Mindanao
December 20, 2017, 10:00 PM
By Zac B. Sarian
Syngenta’s hybrid rice, Frontline S6003, emerged as the highest
yielder among twelve hybrid rice varieties from five participating agricultural
companies and cooperatives which joined the recent Northern Mindanao Hybrid
Rice Derby.
Frontline S6003 yielded 7.42MT/ha and achieved the highest yield
for both crop cut and actual yield assessment per hectare. S6003 is the newest
addition to the hybrid rice varieties being distributed by Syngenta to Filipino
rice farmers. It is registered with the National Seed Industry Council as NSIC
Rc376H (Mestiso 59) with 12MT/ha potential yield.
According to Gideon Paje, Syngenta’s Demand Creation Lead
for Bukidnon, S6003 is very suitable in wet conditions. With short plant
height, it can tolerate lodging during rainy seasons. It has long slender
grains with good eating quality, and a 71% milling recovery.
Syngenta’s First and Third
Placers in Rice Derby – Photo at left is Syngenta’s Frontline S6003 (a.k.a. Mestiso
59) which garnered first place in the hybrid rice derby in Northern Mindanao.
It yielded 7.42 tons per hectare. Right photo shows Frontline RH 9000 ( a.k.a.
Mestiso 52) which yielded 6.2 tons/ha, third placer in the rice derby. Mestiso
52 is being recommended for growers who are after premium grain quality. It has
long slender grains with 70% milling recovery. It has a potential yield of 10MT
per hectare.
Two other Frontline hybrids bested the other entries from such
companies as Davao Oriental Seed Producers Cooperative, Seedworks, SLAC and
Bayer in terms of actual yield result. Frontline NK5017 yielded 6.4MT/ha while
Frontline RH9000 yielded 6.2MG/ha.
Frontline NK5017 (Mestiso 27) can be planted in both the wet and
dry seasons with a potential yield of 10MT/ha. It has good clustering of grain
per panicle and good eating quality. On the other hand, Frontline RH 9000
(Mestiso 52) is recommended for growers who are after premium grain quality. It
has long slender grain with 70% milling recomvery. It has an estimated yield
potential of 10MT/ha.
The Rice Derby was organized by the DA-Regional Office 10 and
Central Mindanao University in a model farm project in CMU, Musuan and Maramag,
Bukidnon.
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Hybrid Radish – A first time planter of hybrid radish from
Dolores, Quezon, is so happy because he was able to harvest P21,000 worth of
high-quality roots during the off-season months of July-August from just 2,500
square meters. He harvested 700 kilos after only 37 days from planting which he
sold at P30 per kilo.
The fellow is Aris Arviso who has been growing the
open-pollinated (OP) variety for many hears. He observed that the hybrid
radish, Mt Data from Ramgo Seeds, has high germination rate so that he needed
only two kilos of seeds to plant the one-fourth hectare field. Ordinarily, he
would need for kilos of the OP to plant the same area.
Arviso observes that the roots of Mt. Data are bigger, whiter
and are more uniform in size. These are the qualities that market stallholders
and consumers prefer.
Another farmer who is upbeat about Mt. data radish is Eddie
Quinto, also of Dolores, Quezon, who has been growing OP radish for 15 yeqars.
He has tried the hybrid variety for two seasons now. In his first crop last
summer, he was able to harvest two tons of Class A roots using one kilo of Mt.
Data seeds. In his second planting, he was able to harvest 7,500 kilos from 1.5
kilos of seeds that he planted.
Sinta Papaya in Pakistan – Sinta papaya, a hybrid developed by
the Institute of Plant Breeding in Los Baños has become a favorite of farmers
in Pakistan.
Why? That’s because it is producing yields that are virtually
two times the harvest from their old open-pollinated variety called Mulir. On
the average, Pakistani papaya farmers are harvesting an average of 140 fruits
per plant during Sinta’s two-year productive life. On the other hand, the old
Mulir variety can produce just about 60 fruits per tree.
Aside from its high yield, the Pakistani farmers love Sinta
because it matures four months earlier than Mulir, and fruiting is continuous.
It is also tolerant to the ring spot virus, and in addition, Sinta fruits
command a premium price of 60 rupees per kilo compared to the 30 rupees per
kilo of Mulir fruits.
Tags: grain
quality, hybrid rice varieties, National Seed Industry Council, Northern Mindanao Hybrid Rice Derby, rice
varieties, Syngenta
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Rice Acreage Returns in 2018?
DECEMBER 21, 2017 06:00 AM
“Depending on the specific
situation, $5 gets close to staying above the cost of production,” says Jarrod
Hardke, Extension rice agronomist with the University of Arkansas System
Division of Agriculture.
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Bennett
By Chris Bennett
Farm Journal
Technology and Issues Editor
Farm Journal
Technology and Issues Editor
Rice acreage is ready to jump,
but the dance floor is a swirl of jostling factors capable of pushing the
market pace.
Three million planted acres may
be the 2018 rice mark, a significant bump from approximately 2.4 million
harvested acres in 2017. However, price per bushel concerns, soybean acreage,
lender attitudes, foreign market questions, and input costs all weigh heavy in
determining how much U.S. farmland gets dotted with rice seed in 2018.
Jarrod Hardke,
Extension rice agronomist with the University of Arkansas System Division of
Agriculture, says the current mid to low $5 per bushel price range (compared
with a low $4 per bushel range in January 2017) reflects tightening of supply
and demand, particularly following reduced U.S. rice acres in 2017. The
low-acre year and tightening supply is affecting the price point and
incentivizing rice acres in 2018, he explains.
What price is a “must” for
growers? A high $4-range is either a loss or breakeven point. Hardke points to
a $5 minimum: “Growers feel the need to get at least $5 per bushel, not
including any payments or uncontrollable factors. Depending on the specific
situation, $5 stays above the cost of production. Less than $5 is flirting with
losing money, particularly with an unexpected drop in yield.”
As rice’s standard rotational
partner, soybeans play a major role in determining acreage numbers. The acreage
“yoyo” goes up and down with relatively consistent speed, but enough price
support can jerk the string in either direction. In the current low $10-range,
soybeans could factor against rice before spring planting. “The soybean
situation isn’t phenomenal at $10, but it’s good,” Hardke notes. “However, if
soybean prices climb toward planting season, the rise would definitely
influence growers to stay in soybeans.”
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Half of U.S.-produced rice is exported and
the perpetual foreign market wild card is hovering over 2018.
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Hardke says lenders play a big
rice acreage role. Prior to 2017 planting, if a grower needed $700 per acre for
rice, versus $350 per acre for soybeans, a lender might be expected to push away
from low price per bushel rice: “In 2018, if rice is up a bit and beans aren’t
climbing, there is more competition for lenders.”
Half of U.S.-produced rice is
exported and the perpetual foreign market wild card is hovering over 2018.
Several memorandums of agreement (MOAs) with multiple countries are in play and
a few more tender purchases would have a large influence on the market. China
deliveries may begin in 2018, but initial loads will likely be small, Hardke
explains: “That’s a huge wild card. Overestimating or underestimating what
China will take could have tremendous influence.”
Hardke doesn’t minimize the
significance of input costs prior to planting, particularly with high urea
prices and diesel trending at $2.20 per gallon. “Urea and diesel are huge for
rice, and if they continue to climb, we’ll have a harder time with an acreage
increase.
Where will all of these factors
send U.S. rice acreage?
“I see the possibility of 3
million total rice acres. Of that, I’d estimate 2 million acres will be long-grain.
These are difficult cues to read, but rice acreage is coming back in 2018, it’s
just a question of how far it will go.”
Rice basmati,
wheat slide on low demand
New Delhi, Dec 21 () Prices of rice basmati and wheat
fell by up to Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today owing to
sluggish demand. Traders said besides easing demand, adequate stocks position
mainly led to decline in rice basmati and wheat prices. In the national
capital, rice basmati common and Pusa 1121 variety fell by Rs 100 each to Rs
7,600-7,700 and Rs 6,200-6,300 per quintal, respectively. Non-basmati rice
permal raw, wand and IR-8 also shed Rs 25 each to Rs 2,300-2,350, Rs
2,350-2,400 and Rs 1,925-1,975 per quintal respectively in line with rice
basmati trend. Wheat dara (for mills) too declined by Rs 15 to Rs 1,770-1,775
per quintal. Atta chakki delivery followed suit and traded lower by a similar
margin to Rs 1,780-1,785 per 90 kg. Maida shed Rs 10 to Rs 990-1,000 per 50 kg.
Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs
2,080-2,280, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,770-1,785, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs
1,780-1,785, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290,
Roller flour mill Rs 960-970 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs
1,050-1,060 (50 kg). Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs
11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 7,600-7,700, Rice
Pusa (1121) Rs 6,200-6,300, Permal raw Rs 2,300-2350, Permal wand Rs
2,350-2,400, Sela Rs 2,700-2,900 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,925-1,975, Bajra Rs
1,215-1,220, Jowar yellow Rs 1,375-1,425, white Rs 2,750-2,850, Maize Rs 1,290-
1,295, Barley Rs 1,470-1,480. KPS ANU
Rice basmati, wheat slide on low demand
PTI | Dec
21, 2017, 15:32 IST
New Delhi, Dec 21 () Prices of
rice basmati and wheat fell by up to Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale grains
market today owing to sluggish demand.
Traders said besides easing
demand, adequate stocks position mainly led to decline in rice basmati and
wheat prices.
In the national capital, rice
basmati common and Pusa 1121 variety fell by Rs 100 each to Rs 7,600-7,700 and
Rs 6,200-6,300 per quintal, respectively.
Non-basmati rice permal raw, wand
and IR-8 also shed Rs 25 each to Rs 2,300-2,350, Rs 2,350-2,400 and Rs
1,925-1,975 per quintal respectively in line with rice basmati trend.
Wheat dara (for mills) too
declined by Rs 15 to Rs 1,770-1,775 per quintal. Atta chakki delivery followed
suit and traded lower by a similar margin to Rs 1,780-1,785 per 90 kg. Maida
shed Rs 10 to Rs 990-1,000 per 50 kg.
Following are today's quotations
(in Rs per quintal):
Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,080-2,280,
Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,770-1,785, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,780-1,785,
Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour
mill Rs 960-970 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,050-1,060 (50
kg).
Basmati
rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs
9,800, Basmati common new Rs 7,600-7,700, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 6,200-6,300,
Permal raw Rs 2,300-2350, Permal wand Rs 2,350-2,400, Sela Rs 2,700-2,900 and
Rice IR-8 Rs 1,925-1,975, Bajra Rs 1,215-1,220, Jowar yellow Rs 1,375-1,425,
white Rs 2,750-2,850, Maize Rs 1,290- 1,295, Barley Rs 1,470-1,480. KPS ANU
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- December 22, 2017
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-December 22
Nagpur, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Gram recovered strongly today in Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing
Committee (APMC) on increased seasonal demand from local millers amid tight supply from
producing regions. Fresh rise on NCDEX, upward trend in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and reported
demand from South-based millers also helped to push up prices.
About 300 bags of gram reported for auctions in Nagpur APMC, according to sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Desi gram raw firmed up in open market on renewed demand from local traders.
TUAR
* Tuar varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor.
* Batri dal and Lakhodi dal showed upward tendency in open market on increased
marriage season demand from local traders.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,000-4,150, Tuar dal (clean) – 5,700-5,800, Udid Mogar (clean)
– 8,200-9,000, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,000-7,300, Gram – 4,525-4,675, Gram Super best
– 7,300-7,500
* Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in
scattered deals and settled at last levels in weak trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 3,500-4,400 3,400-4,200
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 3,500-4,040
Moong Auction n.a. 3,900-4,200
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Wheat Mill quality Auction 1,600-1,658 1,600-1,640
Gram Super Best Bold 6,600-7,500 6,600-7,500
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 6,000-6,300 6,000-6,300
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 3,900-3,950 3,900-3,950
Desi gram Raw 4,800-5,000 4,750-4,950
Gram Kabuli 12,200-13,000 12,200-13,000
Tuar Fataka Best-New 6,100-6,300 6,100-6,300
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 5,700-6,000 5,700-6,000
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 5,500-5,700 5,500-5,700
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Tuar Gavarani New 4,150-4,250 4,150-4,250
Tuar Karnataka 4,650-4,900 4,650-4,900
Masoor dal best 4,800-5,200 4,800-5,200
Masoor dal medium 4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 7,500-7,800 7,500-7,800
Moong Mogar Medium 6,600-7,000 6,600-7,000
Moong dal Chilka 5,800-6,500 5,800-6,500
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 7,400-7,900 7,400-7,900
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 8,200-9,300 8,200-9,300
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,500 5,800-6,500
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,200-6,400 5,200-6,400
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,100-5,500 5,000-5,500
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 3,000-3,100 2,900-3,000
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,200 2,900-3,000
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,800 3,400-3,800
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,000 1,900-2,000
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,750-1,800 1,750-1,800
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,300 2,100-2,300
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) 3,000-3,600 3,000-3,600
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,800 2,400-2,800
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,600 3,200-3,600
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,800-2,900 2,800-2,900
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,400 2,200-2,400
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,700 2,600-2,700
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,500 2,400-2,500
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,800-4,200 3,800-4,200
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,600 3,300-3,600
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 4,900-5,200 4,900-5,200
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,500-4,700 4,500-4,700
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,500-13,500 9,500-13,500
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,500 5,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,200 2,000-2,100
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,000 1,700-2,000
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 29.2 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 10.2 degree Celsius
Rainfall : Nil
FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 29 and 10 degree
Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but
included in market prices)
Rice exports see sharp rise in value for 2017
Thursday,
12/21/2017, 12:02
VOV.VN
- Rice exports have risen sharply, increasing 20.9% to 5.66 million tons while
seeing a 23.8% jump in value to nearly US$2.6 billion during the 11 and a half
months to date this year, according to the General Department of Vietnam
Customs.
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Rice exports had already exceeded
last year’s totals of 4.9 million tons worth US$2.2 billion by December 15.
Such strong performance is considered a breakthrough for the rice sector, which has seen the fruits of improving value rather than increasing the volume of exports. There have been changes to the structure of exports with a steep decline in exports of average and low graded rice and a surge in exports of high quality rice.
At the world rice conference in Macao, China, ST24 rice was ranked second among the three most delicious rice varieties in the world.
Vietnamese rice is shipped to 132 markets around the world, with China top among importers, accounting for 40% of total rice export volume, trailed by the Philippines, Malaysia, Ghana, and ASEAN. The export price increased from US$50-100 to more than US$470 per ton, the five-year highest level.
It is forecast that with positive market signals, Vietnam’s export rice volume may hit 6 million tons to be worth US$2.6 billion this year. http://english.vov.vn/trade/rice-exports-see-sharp-rise-in-value-for-2017-365135.vov http://english.vov.vn/trade/rice-exports-see-sharp-rise-in-value-for-2017-365135.vov
Such strong performance is considered a breakthrough for the rice sector, which has seen the fruits of improving value rather than increasing the volume of exports. There have been changes to the structure of exports with a steep decline in exports of average and low graded rice and a surge in exports of high quality rice.
At the world rice conference in Macao, China, ST24 rice was ranked second among the three most delicious rice varieties in the world.
Vietnamese rice is shipped to 132 markets around the world, with China top among importers, accounting for 40% of total rice export volume, trailed by the Philippines, Malaysia, Ghana, and ASEAN. The export price increased from US$50-100 to more than US$470 per ton, the five-year highest level.
It is forecast that with positive market signals, Vietnam’s export rice volume may hit 6 million tons to be worth US$2.6 billion this year. http://english.vov.vn/trade/rice-exports-see-sharp-rise-in-value-for-2017-365135.vov http://english.vov.vn/trade/rice-exports-see-sharp-rise-in-value-for-2017-365135.vov
NFA will still
import rice, Aquino says
December 21, 2017
The National Food Authority (NFA)
will continue to purchase paddy from farmers and import rice, if
necessary, to beef up its buffer stock even after the quantitative
restriction (QR) on the staple has been lifted.The NFA made the statement in reaction to speculations that with the lifting of the rice QR in favor of higher tariffs on imports, the food agency may have to be reorganized to limit its functions to proprietary activities, such as buffer stocking and local procurement.
restriction (QR) on the staple has been lifted.The NFA made the statement in reaction to speculations that with the lifting of the rice QR in favor of higher tariffs on imports, the food agency may have to be reorganized to limit its functions to proprietary activities, such as buffer stocking and local procurement.
“If the past few years are any
indication, we have seen a trend where palay farm-gate prices have been on the
uptrend, higher than the NFA’s support price of P17 per kilogram [kg],” NFA
Administrator Jason Laureano Y. Aquino said in a statement.
“This is the reason the NFA has
not been able to meet procurement targets, resorting to importation to fill in
the buffer stock requirement for food security,” he added.
The NFA said it will take a while
before the domestic rice market would be able to adjust to the non-QR regime.
Under a non-QR regime, Aquino said the government should continue to provide
safety nets for the farmers who may be most affected by the freer entry of
imported rice into the Philippines.
“We cannot speculate on how much
lower rice prices could go under a non-QR but higher tariff situation. Our role
in the NFA is to ensure that there will always be enough affordable rice for
everyone, including the small farmer-producers who are also end-consumers of
their own produce,” Aquino added.
Aquino said small farmers
eventually sell their own harvests, sometimes in advance, thus they end up
buying from the market for their family’s daily consumption.
The NFA will also continue to
perform its regulatory function by issuing import licenses to traders and
importers, and provide the necessary guidelines to ensure food safety and
quality standards of rice imports, according to Aquino.
Aquino’s statement came days
after the Department of Finance (DOF) said the commercial price of rice could
go down by as much as P7 once the QR on the staple is lifted and that the food
agency could just focus on local palay procurement.
In an economic bulletin on the
rice-sector reform, Finance Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran said a 35-percent
import tariff on rice in lieu of restricting rice-import volumes would
encourage private traders to bring in the staple into the country, which would
allow the influx of cheaper rice in the domestic market.
Instead of subsidizing imports,
the national government could reallocate its funds to invest in public goods
and services that directly benefit the farmers, including farm-to-market roads,
irrigation and storage, which reduce production and marketing costs, according
to Beltran.
The NFA is mandated to import and
regulate rice imports, and has so far received a total of P187 billion in tax
subsidies for its purchases of imported grain from 2005 to 2015, or an average
of P19 billion a year, according to the DOF.
“Note that in its present state,
the NFA loses about P11 billion annually, [that], even after operating subsidy
of P5 billion average per year from 2005 to 2015…[still] has an accumulated
debt of P155.84 billion as of the end of September 2016,” Beltran said.
The Philippines is under pressure
to convert its QR on rice into ordinary customs duties after its waiver on the
special treatment on rice expired on June 30. The World Trade Organization
(WTO) General Council approved the waiver, which allowed Manila to keep its
rice QR until June 30, on the condition that the Philippines will subject its
rice imports to ordinary custom duties by July 1.
The conversion of QR into tariffs
requires the amendment of Republic Act (RA) 8178, which allowed the government
to continue implementing the caps on rice imports even after the WTO waiver has
expired. But Congress was forced to delay discussions on amending RA 8178 as
lawmakers were focused on passing the 2018 national budget and the first
package of the tax-reform program before their Christmas break on December 13.
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Panel rejects
application for reclamation of land for waste-to-energy plant
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Hindu
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Kochi
· Thu,21 Dec 2017Summary: Listing out the “disastrous ecological
consequences” involved in the reclamation, the two-member panel “strongly
recommend not to give sanction for the conversion of the 6.3850 ha. The
proposed waste-to-energy plant of the Kochi Corporation at Brahmapuram has run
into fresh trouble with the State-level monitoring committee on Kerala
Conservation of Paddy and Wetlands Act 2008 rejecting the application for
reclamation of the paddy field in Puthenkurishu village for setting up the
unit. The ?375-crore plant is expected to produce 10 MW of power from the waste
collected from the Kochi Corporation and a few neighbouring local bodies. It
has been planned to construct and operate the plant on a
Design-Build-Finance-Operate-and-Transfer mode. of land in Puthenkurishu
village of Ernakulam district.”The committee had S. Leena Kumari, Professor and
Head, Rice Research Station, Moncompu; and P. O. Nameer, Professor and Head,
Wildlife Sciences, College of Forestry, of Kerala Agriculture University, as
its members.
The proposed waste-to-energy plant of the
Kochi Corporation at Brahmapuram has run into fresh trouble with the
State-level monitoring committee on Kerala Conservation of Paddy and Wetlands
Act 2008 rejecting the application for reclamation of the paddy field in
Puthenkurishu village for setting up the unit. Listing out the “disastrous
ecological consequences” involved in the reclamation, the two-member panel
“strongly recommend not to give sanction for the conversion of the 6.3850 ha.
of land in Puthenkurishu village of Ernakulam district.” The committee had S.
Leena Kumari, Professor and Head, Rice Research Station, Moncompu; and P , As Reported By Hindu.
According to the Newspaper,O. Nameer, Professor and Head, Wildlife Sciences, College of Forestry, of Kerala Agriculture University, as its members. The panel reported that the Puthenkurishu paddy field, the site of the plant, “forms an extremely important ecological entity and conversion of these marshy lands will lead to long-standing and disastrous ecological consequences, including adversely affecting the water table in these areas.” The report of the committee was accessed by The Hindu by invoking the provisions of the Right to Information Act. The reclamation, apprehended the panel, would lead to “shortage of drinking water in and around these paddy fields, apart from harmfully affecting the ecology of the region.” Incidentally, the plant has been proposed at the holding owned by the Kochi Corporation. GJ Eco Power Private Limited, the firm which won the bid for setting up the plant, proposes to convert municipal waste into energy through the gasification process. It has been planned to construct and operate the plant on a Design-Build-Finance-Operate-and-Transfer mode.
According to the Newspaper,O. Nameer, Professor and Head, Wildlife Sciences, College of Forestry, of Kerala Agriculture University, as its members. The panel reported that the Puthenkurishu paddy field, the site of the plant, “forms an extremely important ecological entity and conversion of these marshy lands will lead to long-standing and disastrous ecological consequences, including adversely affecting the water table in these areas.” The report of the committee was accessed by The Hindu by invoking the provisions of the Right to Information Act. The reclamation, apprehended the panel, would lead to “shortage of drinking water in and around these paddy fields, apart from harmfully affecting the ecology of the region.” Incidentally, the plant has been proposed at the holding owned by the Kochi Corporation. GJ Eco Power Private Limited, the firm which won the bid for setting up the plant, proposes to convert municipal waste into energy through the gasification process. It has been planned to construct and operate the plant on a Design-Build-Finance-Operate-and-Transfer mode.
https://www.nyoooz.com/news/kochi/989225/panel-rejects-application-for-reclamation-of-land-for-wastetoenergy-plant/
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