Monday, December 04, 2017

4th December,2017 daily global regional local rice e-newsletter by riceplus magazine





‘Happy Seeders’ to help tackle smog

Amin AhmedDecember 04, 2017
IN 2014, a multicrop zero tillage planter for rice and several zero tillage ‘Happy Seeder’ machines were imported from India under the Agricultural Innovation Programme (AIP).These machines were tested on farmers’ fields in five districts of the province by experts from the Punjab Agriculture Research and Extension Department, Engro Fertilisers and machinery manufacturers.It was found that the seeders helped farmers to plant wheat and apply fertiliser in one operation in combine-harvested, unploughed fields, without burning rice residue. The technology also helped farmers manage standing as well as loose rice residue without burning.
Moreover, farmers attained an additional 200kg wheat on a hectare and reduced 70 per cent cost of cultivation in comparison to traditional practice.So, after successful tests, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) worked with private machinery makers the following year to help them manufacture the first locally-modified versions of both seeding implements.
A zero tillage seed drill manufacturer of Faisalabad modified the Happy Seeder to help farmers sow wheat directly into heavy rice residue fields and thus avoid burning the residues and decrease greenhouse gas emissions.Under the AIP project — led by the CIMMYT and supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) — the seeders were manufactured and sold to farmers in 2016-17 on a cost-sharing basis.
In the rice-wheat area of the province, more than 80pc rice fields are combine-harvested that leaves large amounts of residues, whose burning by farmers during October and November aggravate the smog issue
The widespread residue burning in Pakistan and India during October and November is one of the factors that aggravate the smog issue in Punjab. Other major contributing factors of smog or air pollution in the region include dust, smoke emission from bricks kilns, factories and vehicles.
Farmers and research partners are satisfied with the locally manufactured seeders that support conservation agriculture, cut costs and avoid rice residue burning in rice-wheat farming rotation that cover more than 1.7m hectares in Punjab.
In the rice-wheat area of Punjab, more than 80pc rice fields are combine-harvested that leaves large amounts of residues on the field.
After rice harvest, farmers typically burn residues, generating large noxious clouds, and drive tractor-drawn ploughs over fields repeatedly to prepare seedbed. They then sow wheat through broadcast seeding, a method that involves scattering seed, either by hand or through machines, over a large area.
Burning rice residues not only results in loss of nutrients but also increases greenhouse gas emissions. According to a study, burning a tonne of straw releases 3kg particulate matter, 60kg carbon monoxide, 1460kg carbon dioxide, 199kg ash and 2kg sulphur dioxide in the air.
Since the 1990s, public research programmes in South Asia have been working with the CIMMYT and advanced research institutes to test and promote a slew of innovative practices, including reduced or zero tillage, which allow rice-wheat farmers to save money, better steward soil and water resources, cut greenhouse gas emissions and stop the burning of crop residues.
Meanwhile, wheat sowing campaign in the country briskly is progressing. Conditions at the beginning of the Rabi season were not encouraging for wheat crop. Less or no rains during September and October delayed in some places and affected wheat sowing operations in rain-fed (barani) areas. However, rainfall in November infused a new life in the sowing season.
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department forecast, 10pc to 15pc less rains are expected during October-December as compared to the normal level of this period, which may affect wheat production, particularly in the rain-fed areas.
Similarly, the country has to face a shortage of irrigation water during the current Rabi season because of less storage in dams owing to about 25pc less monsoon rains from July to September.
The Federal Committee on Agriculture has fixed this year’s wheat target at 26.46m tonnes on an area of 8.95m hectares, compared to 25.75m tonnes and 9.05m hectares a year ago.
The government intends to increase per-acre crop yields of wheat and promote the area of sowing of oilseed crops. However, drought conditions coupled with shortage of irrigation water will be key obstacles to achieving the target.
Considering 9m hectares area with a seed rate of 120kg per hectare, wheat sown will be around 1m tonnes during the current Rabi season, according to CIMMYT’s Country Director Dr Muhammad Imtiaz.
In Punjab, two kinds of wheat varieties have been introduced during the current season under the USAID-funded programme. The recommended seeds are Barani-17 and Anaaj-17 for Punjab and Khaista-17, Wadan, Pasina, Nifa-Aman and Kohat-17 for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to the CIMMYT, new wheat varieties and quality seeds amounting to 130 tonnes were distributed through a network of national partners to stallholders, including women beneficiaries.
Under the AIP, the CIMMYT has provided seed and trainings to more than 27,000 wheat growers across Pakistan. Another 5,000 wheat growers will be reached out during the current Rabi season.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1374300/happy-seeders-to-help-tackle-smog

NFA expects rice prices to stabilize as imports seen to start coming in

Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:39 AM December 02, 2017
State-run National Food Authority (NFA) said rice prices were expected to settle down to its previous levels as imports were expected to start coming in before Christmas.
The NFA was quick to clarify that the increase in rice prices at this time was due to the high farm-gate prices of paddy and not due to lack of supply.
“We have adequate volume of industry-wide rice inventories at this time. The country’s rice stocks, at 1.944 million metric tons (MT), would last for 61 days based on the average national daily requirement of 31,462 MT,” the agency said.
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“Traders are now milling and starting to sell their newly harvested stocks bought at higher ex-farm prices,” the NFA said. “This harvest season, for example, traders were buying palay from P18 to P24 per kilogram. Thus, when processed into rice, the higher wholesale and retail prices will be passed on to retailers and consumers.”
For the last three years, rice prices started registering increases in the middle of the third quarter. Moreover, the main harvest that started in late September is almost over and the lean months, or the period when there is very low or no harvest, are now looming.
For this year, the NFA said the price increase was observed to be relatively lower than in previous years.
The average retail prices of regular and well-milled rice varieties this month were recorded at P37 and P40 per kilogram, respectively.
“We continue to sell low-priced NFA rice at P27 and P32 per kilogram through our accredited retailers so that consumers will have an option to buy good quality but lower-priced rice,” the agency said.
The NFA added that it had fielded monitoring teams in supermarkets to ensure that NFA rice was available in places where price increases were noted.



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Special cooking methods to make better multigrain rice and tenderize cheap beef cuts

Updated: 2017-12-04 12:00:21 KST
More and more Koreans are choosing multigrain rice over the nation's traditional staple, white rice, as their main source of carbs.The Korea Rural Economic Institute reports that as of 2016 Korea's per capita rice consumption had fallen sharply to 61.9 kilograms a year, down from 128.1 kilograms in 1985.Sales of grains like barley, beans, and quinoa meanwhile have doubled since the last decade and continue to increase.

Multigrain rice didn't go mainstream overnight.Health experts have consistently warned that white rice can raise the risk of diabetes. Westernized eating patterns have also contributed to the decline of white rice consumption.

To make multigrain rice more enjoyable and approachable for beginners,… researchers at the Rural Development Administration have a suggestion -- they say the trick is alcohol.
Cooking the rice in nine parts water and one part Korean rice wine soju brings down the boiling temperature and lengthens the cooking time.
That makes the rice fluffier and smoother.

(KOREAN)
"The overall texture and taste were better when the alcohol was used."

The researchers added that the alcohol prevents rice from causing a spike in blood sugar when consumed by bringing down its glycemic index.

(KOREAN)
"Once the water is heated, the alcohol penetrates the grains and weakens the structure."

A second cooking tip the team showcased is a special aging method for cheap beef cuts.
Researchers said the aging method can make unpopular cuts like chuck rolls and rounds more tender.

(KOREAN)
"During aging, meat is contained in a special pack to retain its moisture for certain amount of time."

The researchers aim to complete the development of twenty four different meat-aging methods depending on what part of cow the meat comes from.
Each method has a different duration and temperature.
The complete set of recipes will be publicized so that people can try it for themselves.
Cho Sung-min, Arirang news.

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Scientists develop more robust crops


 3rd December 2017


Scientists hope to bioengineer crops that can grow in harsh conditions by unlocking the secrets of drought-resistant plants.
In America, a team at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has pinpointed genes that facilitate the survival of plants like Kalanchoë, orchid and pineapple, in ‘semi-arid conditions’
Through a type of photosynthesis called crassulacean acid metabolism process – or CAM – plants close their pores in daytime and open them to take in carbon dioxide at night.
“CAM is a proven mechanism for increasing water-use efficiency in plants,” said Xiaohan Yang, from ORNL. “As we reveal the building blocks that make up CAM photosynthesis, we will be able to bioengineer the metabolic processes of water-heavy crops such as rice, wheat, soybeans and poplar to accelerate their adaptation to water-limited environments.”
The findings, published in Nature Communicationsfollow another breakthrough by scientists in Japan, earlier this year, who pioneered a strain of drought resistant rice.
Both important discoveries in offering solutions to the challenges of feeding a growing population, at a time of mounting climate change pressures.


Tabada: Golden grain
Saturday, December 02, 2017 By MAYETTE Q. TABADA MATAMATA
STREETS of gold. On a recent journey to the north of Luzon, I saw the local practice of drying rice on the highway. Even outside the urban centers, Luzon is blessed with superhighways. In Dagupan and Cabanatuan, half of the highways and even narrow feeder roads are covered by rice being dried. These grain gardens are swept and raked into rows occupying half of the road. Set off by endless rice fields in brilliant quilts of green, the streaming grains, poured by workers into sacks, are redolent of abundance. For drivers, though, the practice of drying rice on highways is a nuisance. Vehicles are forced to share the remaining lanes in a highway ironically expanded to decongest traffic. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has advised farmers and rice traders not to dry their produce on national roads, particularly the McArthur Highway or the Manila North Road, widened and improved to improve access to the Ilocos Region; the Cagayan Valley Road going to Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela; and the Manila South Road or Daang Maharlika leading to Bicol. Obstructions placed to prevent vehicles from driving over the drying “palay” pose a threat to road safety, pointed out the DPWH. Yet, the practice endures. Local culture, particularly the influence of local elites, dictates what constitutes as unbreakable custom. In more ways than one, Luzon’s thoroughfares of grains are truly “Daang Maharlika (high by birth, rank or title).” It’s not only the DPWH that’s against the practice of rice-drying on roads. In a 2011 online post, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) of the Department of Agriculture published its “Panatang Maka-palay (“Save Rice, Save Lives” pledge).” First vow on the list: “I will discourage and avoid drying ‘palay’ on busy roads and highways as this will reduce the quality of the grains.” The rest of the RICEponsibility campaign is relevant, specially in the approaching holidays, when many Filipinos bond through feasting. Order rice in half-portions or bring home what cannot be consumed. I remember a catered lunch when two cups of rice were served per participant. A colleague took home the extra rice for her pet cats. Another PhilRice advice is to recycle cooked rice. Garlic or fried rice for breakfast tastes better when leftover rice is used rather than newly cooked rice. The PhilRice also promotes more nutritious rice substitutes, such as corn, sweet potatoes, “gabi,” cassava, and banana. Root crops have lower glycemic index (GI), representing less risk for heart disease or type 2 diabetes. When I put rice on my plate, do I see and value each grain? Published in the SunStar Cebu newspaper on December 03, 2017. Latest issues of SunStar Cebu also available on your mobile phones, laptops, and tablets. Subscribe to our digital editions at epaper.sunstar.com.ph and get a free seven-day trial.





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You can’t win them all
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Published December 2, 2017, 10:00 PM
By José Abeto Zaide
Jose Abeto Zaide
First, the good news. Last Friday’s Manila Bulletin editorial (“Record rice harvest seen this year”) showed a thumbs-upping Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol because our fourth quarter yield surpasses previous years – thanks to hybrid seeds from International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños and the Philippine Rice Research Institute in Nueva Ecija, farm mechanization, and a program of free irrigation.The overall productivity champion is Nueva Ecija, which is the only all-year round green province and produced more than twice the national average yield of 4.38 tons per hectare. Prime mover of its success is OcaViolago, who had the gumption to bring Warren Buffet’s company (California Energy International) to build the Casecnan dam during the term of President Fidel V. Ramos.
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“There is a tide in the affairs of men.Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune” (Brutus, Julius Cesar).That time is upon us, at 4 p.m. tomorrow at the Smart Araneta Dome, the moment of truth when the reigning champions De La Salle Green Archersclash with the Ateneo Blue Eaglesfor the UAAP basketball cup, just as their fathers did before them in the NCAA.
At the first part of the regular UAAP 80thseason, the Ateneo squeaked past De La Salle, 76-75; in their second-round meeting, the Green Archers brought down the Blue Eagles, 79-76.
In the Best-of-Three Championship Games, the Ateneo took Game 1, 76-70; but De La Salle lived to fight another day by swamping the Ateneo 92-83 in Game 2 last Wednesday.
The announcer said that the deciding third game is on Sunday, adding that De La Salle kept unblemished its undefeated record at the Smart-Araneta Astrodome. By that, he suggested subliminally that the onus now bears on the Ateneo to break out of that jinx.
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If you were there at the beginning of last Wednesday’s best-of-3, you wouldn’t believe how it ended the way it did. The sea of blues at the Smart-Araneta Dome was delirious in the early part as the Ateneo executed coach Tab Baldwin’s flawless plays. Thirdy Ravena played his best and Anton Asistio rained in four treys. With 2:16 left of the second quarter, the lead swelled to 21 points, 49-28. Ateneans were beside themselves with joy as if there was no tomorrow.
But coach Ato Ayo told his wards na hindi pa tapos ang boksing. First, Ben Mbala slam-dunked a split-second pass to rouse his team… then another dunk as he found his monster stride. La Salle converted two more steals…and in a short spell, the lead was shaved down to 11. Surprisingly, Ateneo didn’t call time-out to check the run. La Salle scored again in the final seconds and the first half ended with the now thinned Ateneo spread, 51-42.
Same story in the second half. The bleachers reverberated on both sides. Go La Salle! vs. One Big Fight!. The Green Gallery came alive, out-shouting the Blue stands. (Where was the famous Ateneo fighting spirit? The players cannot do it alone…) Blue Eagle Aaron Black had one of his finest game, but the Green Archers were on a roll. At tomorrow’s deciding games, Senator Dick Gordon and Gary Lising should get off their butts and lead the senior citizen alumni at Fabilioh!
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No Quarters. The deciding finals third game promises another blockbuster. (“What is good for Smart-Araneta Dome is good for the economy.”) Tickets still available. But if you want the good seats, you may have to cough up scalpers’ price.
Both master tacticians Tab Baldwin and Ato Ayo couldn’t sleep a wink working and re-working their set plays. Only one team will take the season 80 UAAP trophy. The otherone will eat humble pie and wait for UAAP 81.
My fearless forecast for tomorrow’s finals: The first school hymn to play at the end will be humming strikingly close to the O Canada national anthem. Or I eat my hat.
Feedback: joseabetozaide@gmail.com
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Medium-Grain Rice Seed Market: Global Growth by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2022

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Customs Seizes 3,309 Bags Of Foreign Rice From Smugglers In Katsina

 On Dec 2, 2017
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone B said it had seized no fewer than 3,309 bags of foreign rice from smugglers in November 2017.
Its Comptroller, Alhaji Usman Dakingari, disclosed this on Friday in Katsina while briefing newsmen on the activities of the unit.
Dakingari said the unit also seized 209 cartons of spaghetti, 181 bags of sugar and 461 jerry cans of vegetable oil.
He said other items seized included 79 cartons of mosquito coil, 157 bales of second-hand clothes and six vehicles pointing out that all the seized items have Duty Paid Value of N652.9 million.
He said the items were seized from smugglers in Katsina and other states under the jurisdiction of the unit during the period under review.
Dakingari said: “We will continue to ensure that foreign rice and other prohibited commodities are not smuggled into the country.”
Dakingari also expressed concern over the attitude of some people at border communities that engaged in the illegal smuggling activities as means of their livelihood.
He said: “If you tell them that smuggling is bad they will tell you that what business you want them to do or this is something they have inherited.”
He, therefore, stressed the need for other stakeholders to intensify efforts toward enlightening the border communities on the dangers associated with smuggling on the nation’s economy and health of the people



It is shameful for Ghana to import Food - MP

The Member of Parliament for Kintampo North Constituency, Mr. Etu Bonde has described the importation of foodstuffs from other countries into the country as shameful.

The Member of the Committee on the Food and Agriculture Committee of Parliament wondered why Ghana that experiences favorable rainfall for crop production, would import from a country like Burkina Faso with an unfavorable rainfall.

According to him, Burkina Faso used irrigation as a strong tool for farming and that has paid off for them.

‘’It is shameful for Ghana to be importing tomatoes, onions from a desert. This is happening because we lack expertise, resources and skills in the agric sector. Irrigation is expensive but when you do it, you will generate more revenue.

It is also shameful for us to import rice when we have rice in this country. The way we even process the rice in this country is also a challenge we need to address.’’

Ghana currently spends about US$600m annually to import rice. The country spends an additional US$400m annually to import sugar, tomatoes, vegetable cooking oil, frozen fish, poultry and wheat.

Former President John Dramani, as part of efforts to reduce importation of rice said his administration was targeting a reduction in the US$1b imports of food by developing the local capacity to produce more of them.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has also indicated that his administration will reduce the importation of food into the country following the launch of the One-District One-Warehouse initiative at Ejura in the Ashanti Region.

President Akufo-Addo revealed that the objective of the Warehouse initiative was to increase production of staples like maize by 30 per cent, rice by 25 per cent, sorghum by 28 per cent and soya bean by 25 per cent.

The programme forms part of the larger component of government’s Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP).

According to the President, the government will ensure the warehouses are equipped with modern equipment including drying and freezing systems.

The warehouse program will see to the construction of a 1000 metric tonnes capacity warehouse in each of the 216 districts across the country.

Ghana continues to import large quantities of food despite the vast arable lands available




How food-secure is Malaysia?


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EARLIER this year, agriculture minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek said that he was proud of Malaysia’s 35th ranking on the 2016 Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Global Food Security Index (GFSI).
According to the minister, Malaysia’s ranking is comparable with other agriculturally advanced countries such as Thailand because Malaysia is capable of producing our own food and this protects our national food security.
However, when the GFSI 2017 was released a few months later, Malaysia’s ranking dropped to 41 out of 113 countries. More worryingly, Malaysia’s GFSI score fell by 3.2 points, from 69.4 in 2016 to 66.2 in 2017, which puts us among the top 10 countries with the highest drop in our GFSI scores.
GFSI measures food security in terms of affordability, availability, food quality and security. Countries which do not produce much of the food they consume do not necessarily score badly in this index. Singapore, for example, is ranked 4th in this index because it has managed to secure a stable and secure supply of food from various sources around the world.
On the other hand, developing countries plagued by natural disasters, such as Haiti (ranked 107th), and those experiencing civil wars such as Syria (ranked 99th) and Yemen (ranked 108th) are at the other end of this food security spectrum.
Whenever a country experiences a noticeable drop in its GFSI score and ranking, the country’s government and policy makers have to sit up and take notice. Venezuela’s large drop in its GFSI score is due to bad economic management, hyperinflation and difficulty in procuring imported food.
Qatar’s GFSI ranking fell from 2016 to 2017 because of worries over diplomatic feuding with its neighbours that could threaten its food imports.
In the case of Malaysia, our fall in the GFSI score and ranking is largely due to a deterioration in the index’s ‘availability’ score, which measures factors such as the sufficiency of supply, public expenditure on agricultural R&D, agricultural infrastructure, volatility of agricultural production, political stability risk, corruption, urban absorption capacity and food loss.
The largest drops in Malaysia’s score were in the sub-categories of ‘sufficiency of supply’ (-24.0), ‘urban absorption capacity’ – a measure of how new information and technologies are commercialised to improve productivity (-11.3) – and political stability risk (-2.3).
What are some of the key drivers pulling down Malaysia’s score in terms of food supply? A local research study found that one of the challenges in development of the domestic agro- food industry is limited land resources, idle land and shortages in the workforce. Agricultural land is also being converted to industrial, commercial and residential as part of the pressures of economic development.
The move to convert usage of agriculture land from food crops to more lucrative commodities such as palm oil is also one of the driving factors pulling down Malaysia’s food production.
The ageing agricultural workforce and the increase in foreign worker dependency can also be one the root causes in declining food productivity. In Malaysia, there are 646.4 thousand foreign workers in the agro industry and 60% of the current workforce is over 60 years old. 
The younger generation sees the agro industry as one which is low paying and very limited in terms of career development. Although technological improvements may help in reducing labour dependency in this sector, the decrease in the number of local agricultural workers (and the rapid aging of the existing workforce) is still one of the biggest challenges in the food production industry in Malaysia.
Reversing the trend
Firstly, urban farming has largely been neglected by the government as part of the national agro-food policy. This is a waste since there are many unutilised areas in the cities which can be used for urban farming including riverside banks and the land under the TNB pylons. The government should consider providing subsidies, assistance and incentives that are similar to the Cantas Discount Scheme to encourage urban farming.
At the same time, proper guidelines on the size of land, type of land/space that are available for farming and a user agreement with the owner of sites (public or private) should be established for the abovementioned areas in the city such as riverside banks and TNB reserve land.   
The role of smallholders, farmers and fishermen in food security, also need to be enhanced. A key report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) found that smallholder farmers need better access to more profitable markets to escape from food insecurity.
Hence, encouraging more farmers to participate in mini estates and group farming activities can be a way to increase their profit and productivity. Setting up a special programme that targets poor farmers and fishermen with the primary aim of upgrading their equipment can help to increase their income and productivity too.   
We also need to attract more attract more people from the younger generation to go into the agricultural industry including encouraging urban-rural migration. The government has already established certain mechanisms for this: a good example would be the MYAGROSIS programme, launched in 2011 as a partnership between the MOA and MOHE with an allocation of RM30 million.
The purpose of this programme is to change the perspective of students on the agroindustry and to attract them to enter this sector. However, awareness of this programme remains relatively low. More effort needs to be expended in promoting this program and/or starting new programmes to reach out to the younger generation including young graduates.
Finally, monopolies on food import licenses should be abolished so that more players can participate in the international market in order to diversify the sources of our food imports. The most well-known example of this is in the importation of rice which is largely controlled by Padiberas Nasional Berhad (BERNAS), a paddy trading company that currently controls a monopoly of the rice import business. As the sole license holder to import rice from overseas, BERNAS has the power to set prices to maximise profits for its shareholders, while neglecting interests of farmers, bumiputera rice millers and the rice industry at large.  
Malaysians tend to take for granted that there will always be a steady supply of nasi lemak and roti canai at our local mamak. But if our food security situation continues to deteriorate, the ease of access to foods we enjoy may not be guaranteed for much longer. – December 3, 2017.
* Esther Sinirisan Chong is an analyst and administrator at Penang Institute in KL. Trained in International and Strategic Studies and History at University Malaya, she was born and raised in the Land Below the Wind. Her research interest lies in education and government policy, history and heritage of East Malaysia.
* This is the opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insight.
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Rice Science Museum teaches youth about agri

By Marilyn GalangPhilippine News Agency on December 1, 2017


FILE: Farmers planting rice in the field (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture)
SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ , Nueva Ecija — The Rice Science Museum of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has opened a new exhibit that attempts to engage the youth to become agriculture advocates.
Dr. Diadem Gonzales-Esmero, museum curator, said in an interview Friday that through the exhibit, the youth can experience scientists’ workplay through puzzles, learn about rice growing, and listen to stories that can motivate them to finish their food, especially rice.
Esmero also said that children can familiarize themselves with biodiversity and the interaction among vegetables, rice, and insects in the field.
“We have 30 million young people. Contrast that to the aging population of farmers, which averages at 55 years old. For this exhibit, we are educating the children about their role on ensuring food security,” she said.
Although the ongoing exhibit, which opened last week, is more focused on the children, the general audience, especially the farmers, will not feel alienated, according to Esmero.
“They will learn about the healthy forms of rice and climate change-ready rice varieties. We also have a corner where they can read and watch about the latest practices and technologies on rice production,” she said.
Titled “Wonderful World of Rice”, this fifth exhibit also showcases rice arts and artifacts to promote the culture and heritage of rice farming.
Previous exhibits featured rice farming history focusing on Ifugao collections; traditional and modern rice farming practices; colored rice varieties; the colorful Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon; and the social and technological history of rice. (PNA)
http://www.canadianinquirer.net/2017/12/01/rice-science-museum-teaches-youth-about-agri/

                                 

Rice basmati up on stockists' buying

PTI | Dec 1, 2017, 14:37 IST

New Delhi, Dec 1 () Rice basmati prices firmed up by Rs 200 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today on emergene of stockists buying against restricted arrivals from growing regions.
Bajra also ended higher on increased offtake by consuming industries.
Traders said fresh buying by stockists against restricted arrivals from growing regions and some enquiries from rice mills mainly attributed the rise in rice basmati prices.
In the national capital, rice basmati common and Pusa- 1121 variety went up by Rs 200 each to Rs 7,900-8,000 and Rs 6,400-6,500 per quintal respectively.
Non-basmati permal raw, wand,sela and IR-8 also settled higher at Rs 2,325-2,375, Rs 2,375-2,425, Rs 2,700-2,900 and Rs 1,950-2,000 from previous levels of Rs 2,300-2,350, Rs 2,350-2,400, Rs 2,600-2,800 and Rs 1,950-1,975 per quintal respectively in line with rice basmati trend.
Other bold grain like bajra also moved up by Rs 1,215- 1,220 per quintal.
Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal):
Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,125-2,325, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,840-1,845, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,845-1,850, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg), Maida Rs 1,030-1,040 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,060-1,070 (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 7,900-8,000, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 6,400-6,500, Permal raw Rs 2,325-2375, Permal wand Rs 2,375-2,425, Sela Rs 2,700-2,900 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,950-2,000, Bajra Rs 1,215-1,220, Jowar yellow Rs 1,375-1,425, white Rs 2,750-2,850, Maize Rs 1,320- 1,325, Barley Rs 1,480-1,490. SUN KPS ADI MKJ

Kakinada: AIDS no reason for kids to feel depressed, tense
DECCAN CHRONICLE.
PublishedDec 2, 2017, 8:52 am IST
UpdatedDec 2, 2017, 8:52 am IST
Later, an AIDs awareness rally was held at Kakinada from PR Government College to Balajicheruvu.
 East Godavari District Collector Karthikeya Mishra with children suffering from HIV on the occasion of World AIDS Day at his camp office in Kakinada on Friday. (Photo: DC)
Kakinada: District collector Karthikeya Misra exhorted the AIDS affected children to overcome it with hope and acquiring self-confidence. He took breakfast with AIDS affected children here on Friday on the eve of World’s AIDS Day. He assured the children for supporting them in health and education aspects and also cited the life of famous basketball player Michel Jordan, who continuing his life as basketball coach, even he was affected with this disease and many celebrities are leading their life taking it as a challenge and suggested the children that the disease affects the body, but not the mind. In this connection, the children were given nutritious food kits, blankets and towels contributed by Rice Millers Association and other organizations.
Participating in the programme, Kakinada Mayor Sunkara Pavani said that the children should not get depression with AIDS and they should engage other programmes. Later, an AIDs awareness rally was held at Kakinada from P.R. Government College to Balajicheruvu. Ms.Pavani said that prevention is the only alternative to the challenging disease AIDs which needs wider awareness among the people to protect from this disease.
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Farmers urged to shift to climate change-ready rice varieties

Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:38 AM December 02, 2017
The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has developed 14 climate change-ready varieties of rice that could help farmers withstand extreme weather conditions in the country, according to a multiawarded scientist.
Roel Suralta, who heads the Crop Biotechnology Center of the Department of Agriculture, said these varieties were also 35 percent more productive than today’s high-yielding varieties.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) puts the average at between 3 to 4 tons per hectare.
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“Biotechnology helps improve rice yield. Through biotechnology, varieties are developed in five to seven years. Conventional breeding takes 10 to 12 years,” Suralta said.
“Promoting these varieties is one of the things that we can do to help the farmers,” he added.
Earlier this month, La Niña watch has been declared by the Agricultural Market Information System, which is marked by heavier-than-usual rainfall.
With the climate and the weather swinging from one extreme to another, the agency is advising farmers to go for high-technology seeds, especially those that are flood-resistant.
PhilRice’s varieties include the Submarino 1, which can survive after submergence in flood water for two weeks. Other varieties are Tubigan 7, the country’s first product of marker-aided selection; and Tubigan 3, which is the agency’s first variety developed through anther culture.
These varieties can withstand drought, flash flood and salinity, according to PhilRice.
Data from the PSA showed that the crop subsector of agriculture had always been dependent of weather conditions. Despite the use of hybrid seeds, rice output is often affected by typhoons, especially during the third quarter.
For this year’s Global Climate Risk Index, the Philippines ranked fifth in the most vulnerable countries to climate change, just below Honduras, Myanmar, Haiti and Nicaragua.
It reported that from 1996 to 2005, the country suffered $2761-million loss from 11,000 weather events during the given period.
“The Philippines is recurrently affected by catastrophes and continuously rank among the most affected countries both in the long term index and in the index for the respective year for the last six years,” it said.—KARL R. OCAMPO

Customs seize 3,309 bags of rice in Katsina
Published December 2, 2017
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, Katsina State has said that it seized no fewer than 3,309 bags of foreign rice from smugglers in November.

Comptroller, NCS, Katsina, Alhaji Usman Dakingari, while making the disclosure on Friday in Katsina, the capital, said that the unit also seized 209 cartons of spaghetti, 181 bags of sugar and 461 jerrycans of vegetable oil.

According to him, other items seized include 79 cartons of mosquito coils, 157 bales of second-hand clothes and six vehicles, adding that all seized items had a combine Duty Paid Value of N652.9m.

Dakingari revealed that the items were seized from smugglers in Katsina and other states under the jurisdiction of the unit during the period under review, News Agency of Nigeria reports.

He said, “We will continue to ensure that foreign rice and other prohibited commodities are not smuggled into the country.”

While expressing dismay at the attitude of most residents of border communities engaged in the illicit business of smuggling, Dakingari said, “If you told them that smuggling was bad, they would ask you what business you wanted them to do if they stopped it because, for them, it is something they inherited.”

He stressed the need for stakeholders to intensify efforts towards enlightening residents of border communities on the dangers of smuggling and its consequences on the nation’s economy and health of the people


PhilRice urges public to ‘Be RICEponsible'

 December 2, 2017  Merlito G. Edale Jr.

SAN MATEO, Isabela, December 1 (PIA) -- The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) based in this province has called on the public to be riceponsible or consume only the right amount of rice to avoid wastage. 
The call was made during the launching of two programs of PhilRice which include the riceponsible advocacy campaign as part of the Rice Awareness Month and the introduction of the Business Innovation System community project. 
Maritha Manubay, science research specialist, said Philrice is doing its maximum research activities to increase the yield of rice farmers but if the usage of rice in the table of the family end up into wastage, the researches in maximizing the yields will be useless. 
Manubay said the people should only cook rice that are only enough for the family to avoid wastage, thus, helping the country achieve rice self-sufficiency. 
She said that the “Be RICEponsible” is a campaign that aims to encourage farmers, policy-makers, and the public to be RICEponsible in their own ways. 
“This is for them to improve themselves or families while aiding in the betterment of the rice industry in the Philippines,” Manubay added.  (ALM/MGE/PIA-2/Isabela)

Mysuru: Farmer’s son gets Young Scientist Award

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | SHILPA P
PublishedDec 2, 2017, 3:25 am IST
UpdatedDec 2, 2017, 6:56 am IST
The son of a farmer, received the Karnataka young scientist award instituted by Vignana Parishat.
  He presented a paper related to preservation of food grains using traditional organic ways. 
Mysuru: A 13-year-old class 8 student from Karvel village near Uppinangadi in Dakshina Kannada district, who is the son of a farmer, received the Karnataka young scientist award instituted by Vignana Parishat, at the valedictory of the three-day state level conference of National Children’s Science Congress, on Friday. He presented a paper related to preservation of food grains using traditional organic ways. 
Adarsh A.S. is the eldest son of Anand Poojari, an agriculturalist and Shobha A.V., a lecturer in political science and a student of Indraprastha Vidyalaya, Uppinangadi, Puttur taluk, Dakshina Kannada. He was among 1700 young scientists who participated and contested in the junior (10-14) rural category. His research paper was titled, “Anamirta Cocculas-an effective remedy for pulse beetle rice weevil infestation”- usage of traditional organic way to preserve food grains using herbs including Fish berry, Kokum and Champak without hampering their nutritional value and the basic texture for atleast an year. 
Adarsh said, “Food grains including rice, wheat and others are easily susceptible to worm infestation, due to uncertain climatic conditions or storage  debris with inappropriate facilities. When a survey was conducted among 100 people, 75 percent knew the traditional way of preserving food grains but they did not practise it. Atleast 95 percent shop keepers complained that the food grains get infested in just a month. Usage of chemicals for preservation of food grains, impacts health and leads to even illnesses. But the traditional way of conserving food grains is promising and safe. These herbs can be packed and  inserted in boxes and are even edible,” he said. 
“I like Albert Einstein, former President Abdul Kalam is my role model and I want to become an astronaut,” added Adarsh. 
Minister for primary and secondary education Mr Tanveer Sait said that the department will http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/021217/mysuru-farmers-son-gets-young-scientist-award.htmltextbooks in government schools, he said, “the measure is to ensure our government school students do not lag behind those who study in private schools.”


Farmers urged to shift to climate change-ready rice varieties

Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:38 AM December 02, 2017
The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has developed 14 climate change-ready varieties of rice that could help farmers withstand extreme weather conditions in the country, according to a multiawarded scientist.
Roel Suralta, who heads the Crop Biotechnology Center of the Department of Agriculture, said these varieties were also 35 percent more productive than today’s high-yielding varieties.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) puts the average at between 3 to 4 tons per hectare.
 “Biotechnology helps improve rice yield. Through biotechnology, varieties are developed in five to seven years. Conventional breeding takes 10 to 12 years,” Suralta said.
“Promoting these varieties is one of the things that we can do to help the farmers,” he added.
Earlier this month, La Niña watch has been declared by the Agricultural Market Information System, which is marked by heavier-than-usual rainfall.
With the climate and the weather swinging from one extreme to another, the agency is advising farmers to go for high-technology seeds, especially those that are flood-resistant.
PhilRice’s varieties include the Submarino 1, which can survive after submergence in flood water for two weeks. Other varieties are Tubigan 7, the country’s first product of marker-aided selection; and Tubigan 3, which is the agency’s first variety developed through anther culture.
These varieties can withstand drought, flash flood and salinity, according to PhilRice.
Data from the PSA showed that the crop subsector of agriculture had always been dependent of weather conditions. Despite the use of hybrid seeds, rice output is often affected by typhoons, especially during the third quarter.
For this year’s Global Climate Risk Index, the Philippines ranked fifth in the most vulnerable countries to climate change, just below Honduras, Myanmar, Haiti and Nicaragua.
ADVERTISEMENT
It reported that from 1996 to 2005, the country suffered $2761-million loss from 11,000 weather events during the given period.
“The Philippines is recurrently affected by catastrophes and continuously rank among the most affected countries both in the long term index and in the index for the respective year for the last six years,” it said.—KARL R. OCAMPO

New strain rice able grow saltwater

 This New Strain of Rice is Able to Grow in Saltwater A Chinese scientist discovered it. by GN Feature Story3 hours ago3 hours ago 9views 0 0 SHARES Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Traditionally, rice does not grow effectively in water with high salt concentrations because salt stresses plants’ water-absorption process. It affects their photosynthesis and respiration making it difficult for stalks to yield. But a scientist from China was able to develop a new high-yield strain of rice that grows in saltwater. Yuan Longping, already 87 years old, is known as the father of hybrid rice in his country. Working on feeding the world with rice all his life, he has now made a scientific breakthrough which might solve the world’s food crisis one day. Photo by Xinhua His invention is much needed especially at a time where scarcity of freshwater, required for rice cultivation, has increased and where rising water levels make it more threatening to the roughly third of the total arable land in China which are high in salt. For example, in Dongying, a region in China’s eastern coast, 40% of land has salt concentration higher than 0.5%. This is a report according to the World Bank. Now Longping’s research gives hope that someday, people in China could grow rice even in salty water. He planted 200 different saltwater-tolerant rice strains at the Qindao Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center on the Yellow Sea. To his surprise, it yielded 8,030 pounds of rice per acre – a sufficient harvest if compared with the annual harvest of U.S. grower at 7,200 to 7,600 pounds per acre. There is a catch: the water wherein the new strains were planted isn’t as concentrated with salt in seawater. Assistant Director General for Agriculture at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) Ren Wang said that it’s still only around 10% of the level of salt in seawater. Read more  Engineers, You Should Make Friends With Others at Your Workplace While Wang admits that there is still a long way to go before the new strains of rice could help ordinary farmers, it can significantly increase China’s food supply once the breakthrough is refined. Plus, it could free up acres of soil that’s currently for rice in favor of other crops, considering the Chinese diets are changing from grains to more livestock and vegetables. Source: Business Insider Facebook LinkedIn Twitter PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST CHINA, FOOD, RICE LIKE IT? SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS! 0 0 SHARES Facebook LinkedIn Twitter POSTED BY GN Feature Story COMMENTS 0 Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. NEXT POST Leaders' Talk with FAWAZ Group's Supply Chain Director, Dr. Ahmed... by Maryam Khalid This New Strain of Rice is Able to Grow in SaltwaterNEXT POST Leaders' Talk with FAWAZ Group's Supply Chain Director, Dr. Ahmed... YOU MAY ALSO LIKE 202028 INDUSTRIES, TRAIN World’s Fastest Train is Back on the Tracks It makes a comeback six years following a tragic high-speed rail accident in China. by GN News Story4 weeks ago4 weeks ago 5550188 INDUSTRIES, ROBOTICS1 Remember That Engineer Who Married a Robot? He Now Makes Sex Robots Some Chinese bachelors cannot find women to sleep with so they have to find other ways. This is a solution. by GN News Story1 month ago1 month ago 101157 ENGINEERING, FOOD, INDUSTRIES, TOOLS An Engineer Has Developed a Measuring Cup Which Offers Higher Accuracy If you are sophisticated when it comes to your cooking ingredients, you should definitely check this out. by GN Feature Story2 months ago2 months ago 113846 FOOD, INDUSTRIES This Plate Absorbs Excess Oil From Your Food This is Thailand’s attempt to curb the country’s obesity problem. by GN Feature Story2 months ago2 months ago 170272 INDUSTRIES, NEWS, ROBOTICS Elon Musk: The World War III Might Be Between AI The CEO hates to play psychic but... by GN News Story3 months ago3 months ago 165065 BIKES, CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN, ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIES This City in China Has a Skyway Designed for Bikes We should have this in cities across the world. by GN Feature Story4 months ago4 months ago RECENT ARTICLES This New Strain of Rice is Able to Grow in Saltwater Leaders’ Talk with FAWAZ Group’s Supply Chain Director, Dr. Ahmed Abdelhady Leaders’ Talk with the CFO of SKM Air Conditioning, Ahmed Fahmy Leaders’ Talk with Dr. Jyothi Gupta, Synergy Property Development Leaders’ Talk with Hira Industries’ Managing Director, Manish Hiranandani MOST VIEWED He is Destined to Become an Electronics Engineer and Topnotcher Why Engineers Should Switch Jobs Every Four Years Struggles of Being an Engineer in the Philippines Confessions: I’m A Young Filipino Engineer and I’m Barely Surviving No Shortcuts in Studying Engineering TERMS AND CONDITIONSCOOKIES POLICYPRIVACY & COOKIESADVERTISEABOUT US © 2017 All Rights Reserved


Organic Rice Starch Market Food Processing And Demand 2022

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Global Organic Rice Starch Market Research Report 2017 presents an in-depth assessment of the Organic Rice Starch including enabling technologies, key trends, market drivers, challenges, standardization, regulatory landscape, deployment models, operator case studies, opportunities, future roadmap, value chain, ecosystem player profiles and strategies. The report also presents forecasts for Organic Rice Starch investments from 2017 till 2022.
The report provides a unique tool for evaluating the market, highlighting opportunities, and supporting strategic and tactical decision-making. This report recognizes that in this rapidly-evolving and competitive environment, up-to-date marketing information is essential to monitor performance and make critical decisions for growth and profitability. It provides information on trends and developments, and focuses on markets and materials, capacities and technologies, and on the changing structure of the Organic Rice Starch Market.
Primary sources are mainly industry experts from core and related industries, and suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, service providers, and organizations related to all segments of the industry’s supply chain. The bottom-up approach was used to estimate the Global market size of Organic Rice Starch Market based on end-use industry and region, in terms of value. With the validation of data through primary interviews, the exact values of the overall parent market, and individual market sizes were determined and confirmed in this study.
Global Organic Rice Starch Sales (K Units) and Revenue (Million USD) Market by Top Manufacturers (2016-2022)
·         BENEO
·         Ingredion
·         Bangkok starch
·         Thai Flour
·         AGRANA
·         WFM Wholesome Foods
·         Golden Agriculture
·         Anhui Lianhe
·         Anhui Le Huan Tian Biotechnology
Key Highlights of the Organic Rice Starch Market:
·         A Clear understanding of the Organic Rice Starch market based on growth, constraints, opportunities, feasibility study.
·         Concise Organic Rice Starch Market study based on major geographical regions.
·         Analysis of evolving market segments as well as a complete study of existing Organic Rice Starch market segments.
In the Organic Rice Starch Market research reports, following points are included along with in-depth study of each point:
·         Production Analysis – Production of the Organic Rice Starch is analysed with respect to different regions, types and applications. Here, price analysis of various Organic Rice Starch Market key players is also covered.
·         Sales and Revenue Analysis – Both, sales and revenue are studied for the different regions of the Organic Rice Starch Market. Another major aspect, price, which plays important part in the revenue generation, is also assessed in this section for the various regions.
·         Supply and Consumption – In continuation with sales, this section studies supply and consumption for the Organic Rice Starch Market. This part also sheds light on the gap between supply and consumption. Import and export figures are also given in this part.
·         Competitors – In this section, various Organic Rice Starch industry leading players are studied with respect to their company profile, product portfolio, capacity, price, cost and revenue.
·         Other analyses – Apart from the aforementioned information, trade and distribution analysis for the Organic Rice Starch Market, contact information of major manufacturers, suppliers and key consumers is also given.
Global Organic Rice Starch Sales (K Units) and Revenue (Million USD) Market Split by Product Type
Global Organic Rice Starch Sales (K Units) by Application (2016-2022)
Food Grade
Baked Goods & Bakery Fillings
Pharmaceutical Grade
Confectionery Coatings & Liquorice
Cosmetic Grade
Dairy Desserts & Yoghurt
Dairy Fruit Preparations
Body Powder
Dry Shampoo
Other
Geographically, this report is segmented into several key Regions, with Sales, Sales, revenue, Market Share (%) and Growth Rate (%) of Organic Rice Starch in these regions, from 2012 to 2022 (forecast), covering North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India.
The objectives of this study are:
·         To define, describe, and analyze the Organic Rice Starch market on the basis of product type, application, and region
·         To forecast and analyze the Organic Rice Starch market at country-level in each region
Research Design
Historical Data
(2012-2016)
Industry Trends
Global Revenue ;
Status and Outlook;
Competitive Landscape
ž   By Manufacturers;
ž   Expansion;
ž   Mergers and Acquisitions
Product Revenue for Top Players
ž   Market Share
ž   Growth Rate
ž   Present Situation Analysis;
Market Segment
ž   By Types
ž   By Applications
ž   By Regions/ Geography
Sales Revenue
ž   Market Share;
ž   Growth Rate
ž   Present Situation Analysis
Influencing
Factors
Market Environment
ž   Government Policy
ž   Technological Changes
Market Drivers
ž   Growing Demand of Downstream
ž   Reduction in Cost
Market Risks
Market Opportunities and Challenges
Market Forecast
(2017-2022)
Market Size Forecast
ž   Global Overall Size
ž   By Type/Product Category
ž   By Applications/End Users
ž   By Regions/Geography
Key Data (Revenue)
ž   Market Size;
ž   Market Share;
ž   Growth Rate ;
ž   Growth;
ž   Product Sales Price
·          To strategically analyze each submarket with respect to individual growth trends and its contribution to the Organic Rice Starch market
·         To analyze opportunities in the Organic Rice Starch market for stakeholders by identifying high-growth segments of the market
·         To identify significant market trends and factors driving or inhibiting the growth of the Organic Rice Starch market and its submarkets
·         To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, joint ventures, new products launches, and acquisitions in the Organic Rice Starch market
·         To strategically profile key players in the Organic Rice Starch market and comprehensively analyze their growth strategies

This independent 106 pages report guarantees you will remain better informed than your competition. With over 170 tables and figures examining the Organic Rice Starch market, the report gives you a visual, one-stop breakdown of the leading products, submarkets and market leader’s market revenue forecasts as well as analysis to 2022.
The report provides a basic overview of the Organic Rice Starch industry 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 Organic Rice Starch industry development trends and marketing channels are analyzed.
The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors.
There are 15 chapters to deeply display the global Organic Rice Starch market.
Chapter 1, to describe Organic Rice Starch Introduction, product scope, market overview, market opportunities, market risk, market driving force;
Chapter 2, to analyze the top manufacturers of Organic Rice Starch, with sales, revenue, and price of Organic Rice Starch, 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 market share of Organic Rice Starch, for each region, from 2012 to 2017;
Chapter 5, 6, 7,8and 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, Organic Rice Starch market forecast, by regions, type and application, with sales and revenue, from 2017 to 2022;
Chapter 13, 14 and 15, to describe Organic Rice Starch sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source.
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GlobalRice Starch Market Analysis for Future Scope, trend and Diversity 2022

Rice Starch Industry research report is a meticulous investigation of current scenario of the market, which covers several market dynamics. The Market Report also provides an analytical assessment of the prime challenges faced by Rice Starch Market currently and in the coming years, which helps Market participants in understanding the problems they may fawhile operating in this Market over a longer period of time.
The Rice Starch market overview, which is the beginning of the report, consists of various factors such as definitions, applications, and classifications of the Keyword
Top Key Players of Rice Starch Market covered as: 
BENEO
Ingredion
AGRANA
Bangkok starch
Thai Flour
WFM Wholesome Foods
Golden Agriculture
Anhui Lianhe
Anhui Le Huan Tian Biotechnology
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Rice Cookers Market 2017- Tiger, Mitsubishi, Sanyo, Midea, Toshiba, Matsushita, Philips, ZOJIRUSHI

By Nilesh
  


Global Rice Cookers Market 2017 Research Report proffers an acknowledged and extensive analysis of the immediate state of Rice Cookers Market 2017.
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Rice Cookers Market Segment by Companies, this report overlays  Sanyo, Toshiba, LG , Tiger, ZOJIRUSHI, Philips, Midea, Matsushita and Mitsubishi
Rice Cookers Industry Segment by Provinces, regional analysis covers  Europe, Japan, North America, India, China and Southeast Asia
Rice Cookers Market Segment by Type, covers Electric Rice Cookers, Gas Rice Cookers
Rice Cookers Industry Segment by Applications can be classified into Household, Commercial
As the report advances besides, it explains development plans and policies, production processes, cost structures of Rice Cookers market as well as the preeminent players. It also focuses on the aspects like company profile, product images, supply chain relationship, import/export specifications of Rice Cookers Market, market statistics of Rice Cookers Market, upcoming improvement plans, Rice Cookers business gains, Contact details, Consumption ratio.
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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- December 4, 2017
Reuters Staff
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-December 4

Nagpur, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Gram prices reported strong in Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing
Committee (APMC) on good demand from local millers amid weak supply from producing belts. Fresh
rise on NCDEX, upward trend in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and repeated enquiries from
South-based millers also jacked up prices.
About 200 bags of gram reported for auctions in Nagpur APMC, according to sources. 

    FOODGRAINS & PULSES
    
   GRAM
   * Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here on subdued demand from local traders
     amid ample stock in ready position.
  
   TUAR
     
   * Tuar varieties recovered here on increased marriage season demand from local traders.

   * Masoor and Moong varieties firmed up in open market here on increased seasonal
     demand from local traders.
                                                                  
   * In Akola, Tuar New – 4,000-4,150, Tuar dal (clean) – 5,700-5,800, Udid Mogar (clean)
    – 8,000-8,500, 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                  3,400-4,500         3,400-4,370
     Gram Pink Auction            n.a.           2,100-2,600
     Tuar Auction                n.a.                3,500-3,850
     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        1,600-1,698        1,600-1,680
     Gram Super Best Bold            7,000-7,500        7,000-7,500
     Gram Super Best            n.a.            n.a.
     Gram Medium Best            6,000-6,400        6,000-6,400
     Gram Dal Medium            n.a.            n.a
     Gram Mill Quality            4,550-4,600        4,550-4,600
     Desi gram Raw                4,600-4,900         4,600-4,900
     Gram Kabuli                12,400-13,000        12,400-13,000
     Tuar Fataka Best-New             6,200-6,400        6,100-6,300
     Tuar Fataka Medium-New        5,900-6,100        5,700-5,900
     Tuar Dal Best Phod-New        5,400-5,600        5,400-5,500
     Tuar Dal Medium phod-New        5,100-5,300        5,100-5,200
     Tuar Gavarani New             4,100-4,200        4,000-4,100
     Tuar Karnataka             4,600-4,900        4,550-4,850
     Masoor dal best            5,000-5,400        5,000-5,200
     Masoor dal medium            4,700-4,900        4,600-4,800
     Masoor                    n.a.            n.a.
     Moong Mogar bold (New)        7,200-7,600         7,100-7,500
     Moong Mogar Medium            6,600-6,900        6,400-6,700
     Moong dal Chilka            5,600-6,500        5,200-6,000
     Moong Mill quality            n.a.            n.a.
     Moong Chamki best            7,500-8,000        7,000-7,500
     Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 8,500-9,000       8,500-9,000
     Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)    5,800-7,000        5,800-7,000   
     Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG)        5,300-6,400        5,300-6,400    
     Batri dal (100 INR/KG)        5,000-5,200        5,100-5,200
     Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)          2,800-2,900         2,800-2,900
     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)    1,850-1,950        1,850-1,950  
     Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)         2,100-2,300           2,100-2,300        
     Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG)    2,200-2,450        2,200-2,400   
     Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG)   1,900-2,150        1,900-2,100
     Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG)    n.a.            n.a.
     MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG)    3,100-3,600        3,100-3,600   
     MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG)    2,300-2,700        2,300-2,700          
     Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG)        3,000-3,500        3,000-3,500   
     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)      2,500-2,600        2,500-2,600  
     Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG)      2,300-2,400        2,300-2,400  
     Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG)        3,600-4,000        3,600-4,000    
     Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG)        3,250-3,600        3,250-3,600   
     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)    10,200-14,000        10,200-14,000    
     Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG)    5,200-7,500        5,300-7,500   
     Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG)    5,000-5,500        5,000-5,500   
     Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG)    4,700-5,000        4,700-5,000  
     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. 29.0 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 10.3 degree Celsius
Rainfall : Nil
FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 29 and 10 degreeCelsius respectively.

Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, butincluded in market prices)



Yaynanchaung farmers start growing winter crops
Submitted by Eleven on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 15:26
Writer: 
Wanna (Meikhtila)
A farming plot in Bukyune village in Yaynanchaung Township (Photo- Wanna (Meikhtila)
Yaynanchaung Township farmers have started growing winter crops,  according to locals.
“We are now growing chickpeas and we can harvest in three months,” said Thanchaung from west Bukyune village.


“A bushel of chickpeas in the market is K3,000. Villagers in the neighbouring villages are now growing various kinds of beans such as mung beans, chickpeas and peanuts. Some are growing mixed crops with beans and vegetables to cover the cultivating.”Farmers said their costs are higher these days and it is hard to hire workers in the winter cultivating season. As a result, there is less profit for the farmers.

http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/12651

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