Pakistan agrees to provide 25,000 MT to Sri
lanka
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has agreed to initially
providing 25,000 matric ton non basmati rice to Sri Lanka on urgent basis, that
would be procured on government to government basis. A delegation of Sri Lanka
arrived here on Monday (July 10) to negotiate with the Pakistani team to
finalize the issue of exporting 300,000 tons rice to Sri Lanka.
A high level Sri Lankan delegation led by
Secretary Ministry of Commerce and industry, Chinthaka S. Lokuhetti started
bilateral negotiations for reaching the final agreements to export non-basmati
rice to Sri Lanka, Senior official of ministry of commerce told APP here on
Tuesday.
A meeting in this regard held here in ministry
of Commerce headed by Secretary Commerce Younas Dhaga in which the two side
also discussed about signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Trade
Corporation of Pakistan and Cooperative Wholesal Establishment(CWE) of Sri
Lanka for sullying commodities. The Chairman TCP, Mushtaq Ahmed Sheikh and
representatives of local rice association also participated in negotiation.
He said that domestic production of rice in Sri
Lanka was low and they are willing to import non Basmati rice from Pakistan. It
may be mentioned here that Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and Sri
Lanka was operational from 2005. He said under the FTA, both of the country
have already agreed to offer preferential market access to each others’ exports
by way of granting tariff concessions.
Additionally, he said according to FTA, Sri
Lanka would be able to enjoy duty free market access on 206 products in the
Pakistani market including tea, rubber and coconut. Pakistan, in return, would
gain duty free access on 102 products in the Sri Lankan market,including
oranges, basmati/non basmati rice and engineering goods
http://nation.com.pk/business/11-Jul-2017/pakistan-agrees-to-provide-25-000-mt-to-sri-lanka
Cabinet approves establishment of the
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia Regional Center
(ISARC) at campus of National Seed Research and Training Center (NSRTC) in
Varanasi
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Cabinet approves establishment of
the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia Regional Center (ISARC) at campus of
National Seed Research and Training Center (NSRTC) in Varanasi
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi has approved the establishment of the International Rice
Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia Regional Center (ISARC) at campus of
National Seed Research and Training Center (NSRTC) in Varanasi.
Under the proposal, a Centre of Excellence in Rice Value Addition (CERVA) will be set up in Varanasi. This will include a modern and sophisticated laboratory with capacity to determine quality and status of heavy metals in grain and straw. The Centre will also undertake capacity building exercises for stakeholders across the rice value chain.
This Center will be the first international Center in the eastern India and it will play a major role in harnessing and sustaining rice production in the region. It is expected to be a boon for food production and skill development in the eastern India and similar ecologies in other South Asian and African countries.
Benefits from ISARC
The Centre will help in utilizing the rich biodiversity of India to develop special rice varieties. This will help India to achieve higher per hectare yields and improved nutritional contents. India's food and nutritional security issues will also be addressed. The Centre will support in adopting value chain based production system in the country. This will reduce wastage, add value and generate higher income for the farmers. The farmers in Eastern India will benefit in particular, besides those in South Asian and African countries.
Management of ISARC
ISARC will operate under the governance of the IRRI Board of Trustees who will appoint an appropriate IRRI staff member as Director. A Coordination Committee will be headed by Director General, IRRI as Chair and Secretary, Government of India, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DACFW) as Co-Chair. The other members of Coordination Committee are Deputy Director General (Crop Sciences), ICAR; Director, NSRTC; IRRI representative in India, representative of Government of UP and representatives of Governments of Nepal & Bangladesh and Private Sector.
For setting up of the Centre, A Memorandum of Agreement, will be signed between DAC&FW and IRRI, Philippines. The Department of DAC&FW will provide physical space for laboratories, offices, training classes, etc. with associated infrastructure and land at NSRTC, Varanasi. The Centre will be commissioned within six months.
Under the proposal, a Centre of Excellence in Rice Value Addition (CERVA) will be set up in Varanasi. This will include a modern and sophisticated laboratory with capacity to determine quality and status of heavy metals in grain and straw. The Centre will also undertake capacity building exercises for stakeholders across the rice value chain.
This Center will be the first international Center in the eastern India and it will play a major role in harnessing and sustaining rice production in the region. It is expected to be a boon for food production and skill development in the eastern India and similar ecologies in other South Asian and African countries.
Benefits from ISARC
The Centre will help in utilizing the rich biodiversity of India to develop special rice varieties. This will help India to achieve higher per hectare yields and improved nutritional contents. India's food and nutritional security issues will also be addressed. The Centre will support in adopting value chain based production system in the country. This will reduce wastage, add value and generate higher income for the farmers. The farmers in Eastern India will benefit in particular, besides those in South Asian and African countries.
Management of ISARC
ISARC will operate under the governance of the IRRI Board of Trustees who will appoint an appropriate IRRI staff member as Director. A Coordination Committee will be headed by Director General, IRRI as Chair and Secretary, Government of India, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DACFW) as Co-Chair. The other members of Coordination Committee are Deputy Director General (Crop Sciences), ICAR; Director, NSRTC; IRRI representative in India, representative of Government of UP and representatives of Governments of Nepal & Bangladesh and Private Sector.
For setting up of the Centre, A Memorandum of Agreement, will be signed between DAC&FW and IRRI, Philippines. The Department of DAC&FW will provide physical space for laboratories, offices, training classes, etc. with associated infrastructure and land at NSRTC, Varanasi. The Centre will be commissioned within six months.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/government-press-release/cabinet-approves-establishment-of-the-international-rice-research-institute-irri-south-117071200746_1.html
BRIEF-Yuan
Longping High-tech Agriculture plans south
japonica rice research institute with partners
July 12
(Reuters) - Yuan Longping High-tech Agriculture Co Ltd :
* Says it plans
to invest 25.5 million yuan to set up a Nanjing-based south japonica rice
research institute with partners
* Says the
institute is capitalized at 50 million yuan and the company will hold a 51
percent stake in it
http://www.reuters.com/article/brief-yuan-longping-high-tech-agricultur-idUSL4N1K33HB
Vietnam
to attend Philippine rice tender
Vietnam
will join a tender to supply 250,000 tons of rice for the Philippines, said
Huynh The Nang, chairman of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).
Farmers
harvest paddy (unhusked rice) in the Mekong Delta. Vietnam will join a tender
to supply 250,000 tons of rice for the Philippines
The National Food Authority (NFA)
of the Philippines last week announced a decision to call for bids for supply
of 250,000 tons of 25% broken rice. The deadline for submission of bids is 10
a.m. on July 25.Winning bidders will have to deliver rice to the Philippines in
August and September, which coincides with the lean season.
The Philippines is expected to
spend 5.6 billion pesos to buy this volume of rice under a
government-to-private (G2P) contract to guarantee competition and prevent
corruption, instead of government-to-government as previously.At a recent
conference on rice trade in Can Tho City, VFA chairman Nang said Vietnam might
be selected to provide rice for the Philippines as the current rice stocks of
Thailand, the major rival of Vietnam, total only 160,000 tons.In addition, Thai
rice prices are higher than Vietnam’s, so chances are Vietnam can win the
tender.Rice stocks in the Philippines, one of the world’s largest rice
importers, have dipped to the lowest level in three years, and are enough to
meet the demand in just six days.This will be the first Philippine rice tender
this year.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/181924/vietnam-to-attend-philippine-rice-tender.html
Lankan
delegation in Pakistan to finalise export of 300,000MT of rice
10 July 2017
A Sri Lankan delegation has
arrived in Pakistan to finalize the issue of exporting 300,000 tons
rice to Sri Lanka.
A high level Sri Lankan
delegation has started bilateral negotiations for reaching the final agreements
to export non-basmati rice to Sri Lanka, Senior official of ministry of
commerce told the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) on Monday.
A meeting in this regard would be held here Monday headed by Secretary Commerce Younas Dhaga in which the two side would discuss the modus operandi and procedure for exporting non-Basmati rice to Sri Lanka, he said.
Pakistan produces roughly 700,000 tons of rice annually, and is leading the regional countries in production of Basmati and non Basmati rice,official said.
He said the government would support the Sri Lankan delegation for talks at government to government, and government to business level.
The official said that Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) and representative of local rice association were also participating in negotiation.
He said that domestic production of rice in Sri Lanka was low and they are willing to import non Basmati rice from Pakistan. It may be mentioned here that Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and Sri Lanka was operational from 2005.
He said under the FTA, both of the country have already agreed to offer preferential market access to each others’ exports by way of granting tariff concessions.
Additionally, he said according to FTA, Sri Lanka would be able to enjoy duty free market access on 206 products in the Pakistani market including tea, rubber and coconut. Pakistan, in return, would gain duty free access on 102
products in the Sri Lankan market,including oranges, basmati/non basmati rice and engineering goods
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1027397/lankan-delegation-in-pakistan-to-finalise-export-of-300000mt-of-rice
Sri Lanka to purchase 25,000 tonnes of rice
The
Newspaper's Staff ReporterJuly
11, 2017
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday agreed to export 25,000 tonnes of
rice on an urgent basis to Sri Lanka which aims to meet its domestic shortfall
due to drought.
The understanding was reached in a meeting between Secretary Commerce
Younus Dhaga and his Sri Lankan counterpart Chinthaka S Lokuhetti.
An official statement issued after the meeting said Sri Lanka had
requested to procure 300,000 tonnes rice from Pakistan on
government-to-government basis.
Mr Dhaga informed the Sri Lankan delegation that Pakistan will
initially provide at least 25,000 tonnes.
“We cannot meet the whole demand in one go due to the end of
season,” Mr Dhaga commented.
For the remaining quantities, the trading arms of two countries –
Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) and Cooperative Wholesale Establishment
(CWE) in Sri Lanka – will discuss procurement schedule and price in Sept/Oct on
the advent of new crop.
The two sides also discussed about signing a memorandum of
understanding between TCP and CWE for supply of other commodities including
sugar.
Published in Dawn, July 11th, 2017
Sri Lanka to procure 300,000MT rice from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - Sri Lanka has shown interest in procuring about
300,000 metric tons rice from Pakistan to meet its domestic shortfall because
of drought in the country.
A high-level Sri Lankan delegation, led by Sri Lanka’s Ministry
of Commerce and Industry Secretary Chinthaka S Lokuhetti, showed interest
during a meeting with Commerce Secretary Mohammad Younus Dhaga. Sri Lankan side
is looking to procure rice on government-to-government basis because of drought
in Sri Lanka.
Dhaga informed his counterpart that considering it is the end of
season, Pakistan will initially provide at least 25,000 MT rice to Sri Lanka on
urgent basis. For the remaining quantities the trading arms of two countries ie
Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) and Cooperative Wholesale Establishment
(CWE) in Sri Lanka will discuss procurement schedule and price in
September/October on the advent of new crop.
Both sides also discussed about signing a Memorandum of
Understanding between TCP and CWE - Sri Lanka counterpart in Sri Lanka for
supply of other commodities as well such as sugar. The meeting was also
attended by TCP Chairman Mushtaq Ahmed Sheikh.
http://nation.com.pk/business/11-Jul-2017/sri-lanka-to-procure-300-000mt-rice-from-pakistan
PAK-LANKA
Sri
Lanka will procure three hundred thousand metric ton rice from Pakistan to meet
the domestic shortfall because of drought in the country.
This
was discussed during a meeting between a high level Sri Lankan delegation led
by Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry Chinthaka Lokuhetti and
Secretary Commerce Mohammad Younus Dhagato in Islamabad on Monday.
Secretary
Commerce informed that Pakistan will initially provide at least twenty five
thousand metric ton of rice on urgent basis.
Both
sides also discussed about signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the
two countries for supply of other commodities.
http://www.radio.gov.pk/10-Jul-2017/text-bulletin-2000-hrs
USA Rice Daily, Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Good influence
USA Rice Instagram Campaign
Generates 6.3M Impressions
By Cameron Jacobs
ARLINGTON, VA -- As readers
may recall, back in May, USA Rice teamed up with 14 Instagram influencers known
for their work in the gluten-free and parenting/lifestyle sphere to bring
attention to U.S.-grown rice as the go-to grain for gluten-free diets. This strategy used visual storytelling via
Instagram to raise awareness during May's Celiac Awareness Month and the
impressive power of exponential message growth was on display.
Each influencer created two unique Instagram posts that highlighted
rice recipes and took readers on a step-by-step cooking journey through both a
creative recipe post and an engaging hands-on video. The posts also were pushed out via each
influencer's additional social channels including Facebook, Twitter, and
Pinterest. To further increase exposure,
high-quality content from two of the influencers, @nobread and
@glutenfree.followme, was amplified by USA Rice with additional paid support on
Facebook and Instagram.
The campaign concluded with 84 original posts that included recipe
postings and quick recipe videos that all featured U.S.-grown rice
messaging. Collectively, the recipe
posts and videos generated more than 6.3 million impressions and 505,668
interactions resulting in an engagement rate of 8 percent - 6 percent higher than
Instagram's average engagement rate. In
addition to the immediate impact of the campaign, USA Rice retained all of the
influencers' videos and photos to use across social media channels.
"We are very pleased with the results from this campaign, but there
is still work to be done in broadening USA Rice's audience and continuing to
raise awareness of U.S.-grown rice," said Katie Maher, USA Rice director
for domestic promotions. "Continue
to stay tuned and follow #ThinkRice across our social media channels to stay up
to date with our efforts. And if you
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U.S. rice messages!"
New Rice Varieties Offer More Options to
Combat Herbicide Resist Weeds
JULY 11, 2017 02:21 PM
By Ashley Davenport
Farm Journal Broadcast
Multimedia Editor
Farm Journal Broadcast
Multimedia Editor
As weeds become more resistant to
herbicides, plant breeders are faced with the challenge of developing new
varieties that are resistant to new or older herbicides. A new rice variety
being released by rice researchers at the Louisiana State University (LSU)
AgCenter is showing promise.
For more than 15 years, farmers
have been growing Clearfield rice varieties, a line that is resistant to the
herbicide, Newpath. Clearfield varieties were crucial in overcoming red rice
and other weedy rices that are very similar genetically to commercial rice.
Over time, weeds have been
showing resistance to Newpath, forcing plant breeders to develop a new line.
Scientists at the LSU AgCenter H.
Rouse Caffey Rice Research station are introducing the Provisia line of rice
they believe will complement Clearfield lines well.
“The line has good yield
potential, and I’m going to say exceptional grain quality,” said Steve
Linscombe, a rice breeder with the LSU AgCenter. “It has very little chalk and
has a very long average grain length.”
Linscombe expects the Provisia
line to be available to growers next year on a limited basis. Having another
option for fighting weeds will give farmers the opportunity to alternate
between Provisia and Clearfield lines, giving them another tool to combat
weeds.
“Having another system, an
herbicide-resistant crop that will allow us to take those weedy systems out,
while at the same time having the Clearfield system, what it will do is extend
the life of both technologies,” said Eric Webster, a weed scientist with the
LSU AgCenter.
Louisiana has roughly 400,000
acres of rice planted this year, a decrease of more than 8 percent. The crop
suffered limited damage from Tropical Storm Cindy.
“It really dinged up a lot of our
rice, and it blanketed a lot of that rice,” said Dustin Harrell, a rice
specialist with the LSU AgCenter. “We have a lot of rice that has a distinct
brown color to it.”
He added the significance of
damage will not be known until harvest
https://www.agweb.com/article/new-rice-varieties-offer-more-options-to-combat-herbicide-resist-weeds-naa-ashley-davenport/
Did India’s Green Revolution
Strategy Take Into Account Research on Traditional Varieties of Rice?
BY ON 11/07/2017 • LEAVE A COMMENT
Scientist R.H. Richharia’s research showed that several indigenous rice
varieties gave high yields without the use of chemical fertilisers and
pesticides.
A rice field in South India. Credit:
Wikimedia
This is
the second article in a two-part series on sustainable farming methods. Read
the first
part here.
One of
the little known aspects of India’s green revolution is that one of the
country’s senior-most scientists, a Cambridge doctorate academic, was firmly
opposed to it.
This
scientist, R.H. Richharia, was the director of the Central Rice Research
Institute in Cuttack at the time of the revolution. Richharia, an
expert on the most important Indian food crop at the time, firmly opposed the
exotic high yielding variety (HYV) seeds. Instead, he repeatedly pleaded for an
alternative farm strategy based on traditional rice varieties. He remained
committed to his ideas till he was removed from his position – although he was
later recalled by the Madhya Pradesh government to head the state’s rice
research institute.
In
Madhya Pradesh, which at that time included Chattisgarh, Richharia’s research
showed that several indigenous rice varieties gave high yields without the use
of chemical fertilisers and pesticides. This information is provided in the
table below.
High
yielding varieties of Indian rices with special reference to Madhya Pradesh and
Chattisgarh
|
Original Rice Variety
|
Improved Version Number
|
Paddy (kg/Ha)
|
Rice Grade
|
Maturity
|
|
Lalloo
|
Bd. 12
|
7024
|
Medium Fine
|
Early
|
|
Dhour
|
Bd. 23
|
6136
|
Medium Fine
|
Early
|
|
Koyalari
|
Bd. 811
|
7350
|
Coarse
|
Early
|
|
Nungi
|
Bd. 813
|
7623
|
Coarse
|
Early
|
|
Cross 116
|
Bd. 30
|
4000
|
Coarse
|
Medium
|
|
Kalam
|
Bd. 368
|
5510
|
Medium Fine
|
Medium
|
|
Beni Kath
|
Bd. 452
|
4080
|
Short Fine
|
Medium
|
|
Tedhi Banko
|
Bd. 207
|
6290
|
Long Fine
|
Late
|
|
Kala Mali
|
Bd. 108
|
7600
|
Coarse
|
Late
|
|
Safri
|
Bd. 200
|
5520
|
Medium
|
Late
|
|
Dubraj
|
Bd. 153
|
4958
|
Medium Fine
|
Late
|
|
Tedhi Banko
|
Bd. 207
|
6250
|
Long Fine
|
Late
|
|
Kariya Chini
|
Bd. 366
|
5550
|
Medium Fine
|
Late
|
Unfortunately,
these traditional HYVs were not given official recognition. As Richharia noted
at the time: “In fact in every rice growing locality, the growers themselves
tell us which of their own varieties are high yielding to which they stick. But
under the extension services, the definition of high yielding rice variety is
different which necessarily involves a dwarfing gene and, therefore, growers’
own high yielding varieties are not recognised which are estimated to be 8 or
9% in MP”.
Writing
in the specific context of rice, India’s most important food crop, the senior
scientist said that the importance of traditional wisdom of farmers is tied up
with the fact that different varieties are needed for different conditions. He
wrote, “If we were to think of a single characteristic feature of the rice crop
which yields food for millions, it cannot be anything else unless it be its
variability in the form of thousands of its cultivars, spread in India and in
other rice growing belts of the world.”
An
important publication – written by Richharia in 1977 and which is well worth
reproducing in part here – was titled A strategy for rice production to ensure
sustained growth in Madhya Pradesh. The most crucial aspect of
this publication is how it documents that there was a ready availability of
several indigenous HYVs with yields that were comparable to exotic HYV but
obtained at much smaller price tag. Richharia notes:
“During 1975, nucleus seeds of 967 improved cultures under BD
(Baronda) series were sent out to different locations (government seed multiplication
farms and farmers’ holdings) in 17 different districts, mostly tested under
normal fertility with no plant protection measures applied. The result,
obtained from eleven districts, only are presented in Appendices 1 to 5 of ARRC
Note No. 9. The average of 121 entries works out to be 3984 kg/ha of paddy
grain or 2669 kg/ha of rice. In terms of the definition of a high yielding
variety in respect of yield 3705 kg/ha, as accepted by the MP agriculture
department, the improved material recommended here can be accepted as high
yielding.”
Comparative
high yields observed in some trials are also detailed in his publication
including some extremely high yields.
“There are many good cultures tested at Seoni Malwa during 1978
which can be quoted to establish that very productive germ-plasm exists in
different parts of Madhya Pradesh which can be utilised in increasing rice
yields.”
This
document, therefore, offers “direct proof to establish that the selected
material in the form of Bd: series possesses superior yield potential which can
form the basis to increase rice production in immediate future with added
advantage that they are palatable and they show resistance to pest and to
periodical drought to some extent”.
The
publication also sounds a note of caution: “They have been bred under no plant
protection umbrella. This production potential must be tapped and antagonism
against indigenous types has to disappear.”
Then
this document goes on to separately describe the already identified indigenous
high yielding varieties, early-maturing varieties, drought-resistant varieties,
scented varieties, special flavour varieties and the like.
“The surveys carried out so far have disclosed the existence of
over 237 scented varieties, maintained by the growers in the state. Such
scented varieties are Chinnor of Balaghat (village Kaidi), Dubraj of Sehawa
Nagri and Kali Muchh of Dabra (Gwalior) are well known.”
Very
long grain varieties such as Dokra Dekri, Raja Bangla and so on were found
especially useful for preparing murra.
Another
research document – prepared by Richharia and his staff at the Adaptive Rice
Research Center, which was set up near Baronda, in Raipur – is equally
illuminating. This document, drafted in 1974 and titled Adaptive
Rice Research Note No. 5 – our strategy on the rice production front makes
several important observations and records experiments that show how some
indigenous varieties can perform better than exotic HYVs such as Ratna and
Sona.
“In an experiment carried out at
the centre (Baroda), evidence was available to conclude that under identical
conditions, the two indigenous varieties, Surmatia and Baikoni at 40 kgN/Ha
with cultural manipulations (Phaltai system) out performed or remained at par
with HYVs Ratna and Sona (fertilized at 100 kg/N/Ha) under Biyasi system with
no plant protection adopted. This indicates a value of far reaching
significance and has a relevance to the existing situation when Biyasi is
practised in 92% of the area in Chattisgarh, and fertilisers and plant
protection chemicals are in short supply.
This indicates that (1) the dwarfs are not suited to the Biyasi
system and that (2) they stand to lose considerably in the absence of plant
protection measures (3) with lower doses of fertilizers and without plant
protection measures the adapted indigenous varieties yield better or remain at
par with the dwarfs, grown with high doses of fertilizers and without plant
protection measures. (4) For the dwarfs, the two inputs are most essential viz
the fertilizers and the plant protection chemicals. In the absence of any one,
they suffer heavily and therefore the selected tall varieties are to be
preferred.”
Richharia
also placed a great deal of emphasis on the wisdom of local farmers when it
came to the diverse rice varieties that should be utilised in the quest to
improve rice cultivation.
“A special advantage associated with indigenous high yielding
rice germplasm identified for different tracts and situations, is that it
possesses a good level of resistance to environmental stress and common
diseases and pests, coupled with local preference for palatability.”
Rice grains. Credit: Wikimedia
Richharia
wrote, “It may be of interest to record that during our survey in the
Chhattisgarh area we came across rice growers in the remote area, maintaining a
large collection of rice varieties, year after year, associated with local
customs. This also explains how thousands of varieties are being descended down
for centuries. Naturally such collections served as ‘Local treasuries’, but in
the absence of an organisation to encourage such private endeavours, the
valuable rices are fast disappearing, due to deliberate attempts.”
Thus, it
becomes clear that the debate on high-yield agriculture has ignored to a
certain extent the fact that traditional varieties and methods – which were
low-cost – were deliberately pushed aside while more expensive methods
requiring cash-purchased chemical fertilisers and pesticides were promoted.
The
promotion of high-cost methods and neglect of low or zero-cost traditional
methods was a troubling component of India’s green revolution strategy. It has
also, in part, contributed to the cyclical debt woes that Indian farmers face.
Bharat
Dogra is a freelance journalist who has been involved with several social
movements and initiatives.
Vietnamese gov't approves rice export strategy
Source:
Xinhua| 2017-07-11 12:28:34|Editor: Zhang Dongmiao
HANOI, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese government has
approved a national strategy to gradually lower volumes of rice for export but
increase its value in the 2017-2020 period.
According to the strategy, Vietnam will annually export 4.5-5
million tons of rice worth 2.2-2.3 billion U.S. dollars from now to 2020, and 4
million tons worth 2.3-2.5 billion U.S. dollars between 2020 and 2030, the
country's Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Tuesday.
Among types of rice for export from 2017 to 2020, some 45
percent will be white rice, 30 percent fragrant, special and Japonica rice, 20
percent sticky rice, and 5 percent value-added rice such as nutrient-enriched
rice and organic rice.
Regarding markets, in the 2017-2020 period, 60 percent of
Vietnamese rice for export will go to Asia, 22 percent to Africa, 8 percent to
America, 5 percent to Europe, 2 percent to the Middle East and 3 percent to
Oceania.
Vietnam shipped abroad nearly 3 million tons of rice totaling
over 1.3 billion U.S. dollars in the first six months of this year, seeing
respective year-on-year rises of 13.5 percent and 11.9 percent, said the
country's General Statistics Office
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-07/11/c_136434696.htm
New compound could extend the life of urea fertilizers in rice
New NBPT compound could help rice producers get more out of
fertilizer nitrogen.
Rice producers in Louisiana and
other Mid-South states frequently split their nitrogen fertilizer applications
between one made just prior to permanent flood establish and another at
mid-season or when the rice reaches the green ring stage.
Of the two, the first is most
important because typically two-thirds of the nitrogen is applied at that time,
according to Dustin Harrell, agronomy project leader at the LSU AgCenter’s H.
Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station.
Over the years researchers have
found that applying a compound called NBPT on the urea fertilizer recommended
by the LSU AgCenter for application in rice will help prevent the urea from
turning into ammonia gas and “simply float off the field if it is left exposed
on the soil surface for an extended period of time.”
Dr. Harrell told visitors to the
Rice Research Station’s annual field day on June 28 he had begun to believe he
would never see a compound that worked better in rice than those containing
NBPT, but he “had about decided to change his mind after working with a new
product.”
The new material, which doesn’t
have a name yet, could be introduced by Koch Agronomic Services in 2018 if it
receives approval from EPA in time for the 2018 use season.
10 days to flood
“Unfortunately, in commercial
rice production in Louisiana, it may take 10 or more days for a flood to be
established on some of the larger fields,” says Dr. Harrell. “In these
situations, a urease inhibitor containing NBPT is recommended.”
Research at the H. Rouse Caffey
Station has shown that farmers can lose 17 to 30 percent of the soil-applied
urea when it is left on the field for 10 days before permanent flood. That’s a
potential for 30 percent of a rice producer’s fertilizer dollar to be lost
before he ever gets water on the field.
“The urease inhibitor, N
(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide, basically slows down the breakdown of urea
to the ammonium-N form, which is available to plants,” he said. “Because it
temporarily delays the breakdown of the urea, it also temporarily delays the
potential for ammonia volatilization losses.
“We recommend that when we apply
this preflood fertilizer that we apply it on dry ground, and that we get the
flood on that field as soon as possible,” said Harrell. “The reason we
recommend that is that the longer that urea sits on the soil surface the more
losses you’re going to have through ammonia volatilization.”
If the grower applies the
nitrogen on moist or damp ground, the urea will break down faster and more
ammonia volatilization can occur, said Dr. Harrell, who also serves as
Louisiana’s Extension rice specialist.
Experimental compound tested
“Last year, in 2016, I had the
opportunity to look at an experimental urease inhibitor,” he said. “This
experimental compound was created by scientists with Koch Agronomic Services.
Koch is the company that bought the rights to Agrotain, one of the original
urease inhibitors with NBPT in it.”
The scientists have taken NBPT
and formaldehyde and put them together under certain conditions to create a new
molecule that works better than NBPT alone under certain situations.
“The situation where it really
excels is on acid soils,” said Dr. Harrell. “One of the things we know about
NBPT is that it can break down a little faster on acid soils. So this is where
this new urease inhibitor really has an advantage.”
In a greenhouse study, which
allowed him to control the environmental factors, Harrell said plots not
treated with NBPT or the new compound lost about 32 percent of the nitrogen
applied in the test. With Agrotain Ultra, an older product with NBPT, the
researchers lost about 15 percent of their nitrogen. Plots treated with the new
Koch experimental compound only lost about 11 percent of their nitrogen.
“So this new molecule basically
has about a 26-percent advantage over the original NBPT treatment at least on
this acid soil,” he said. “This soil has a pH of about 5.5.”
Koch has filed for a patent for the new molecule and has asked
EPA to register the product. They hope to have the label approved in time for
the 2018 season.
http://www.deltafarmpress.com/rice/new-compound-could-extend-life-urea-fertilizers-rice
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- JUL 12, 2017
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-July 12
Nagpur, July 12 (Reuters) – Gram prices recovered in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing
Committee (APMC) on good seasonal demand from local millers amid thin supply from producing
belts. Reports about weak monsoon in the region, upward trend in Madhya Pradesh pulses gram
prices and reported from South-based millers also boosted prices.
About 1,600 of gram and 1,100 bags of tuar were available for auctions, according to sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor.
TUAR
* Tuar gavarani and tuar Karnataka reported higher in open market on renewed buying
support from local traders.
* Batri dal, Lakhodi dal and watana dal showed weak tendency in open market amid
good supply from producing belts.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 3,900-4,000, Tuar dal (clean) – 5,500-5,700, Udid Mogar (clean)
– 7,200-8,200, Moong Mogar (clean) 6,300-7,000, Gram – 5,100-5,350, Gram Super best
– 7,200-8,000
* Wheat, rice and other commodities moved in a narrow range in
scattered deals and settled at last levels in thin trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 4,600-5,050 4,500-5,000
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction 3,500-3,825 3,500-3,825
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 1,550-1,653 1,550-1,650
Gram Super Best Bold 7,600-8,100 7,600-8,100
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 6,700-7,100 6,700-7,100
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 5,100-5,200 5,100-5,200
Desi gram Raw 5,500-5,600 5,500-5,600
Gram Yellow 7,100-8,100 7,100-8,100
Gram Kabuli 12,300-13,400 12,300-13,400
Tuar Fataka Best-New 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 5,400-5,600 5,400-5,600
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 5,200-5,400 5,200-5,400
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 4,800-5,000 4,800-5,000
Tuar Gavarani New 3,950-4,050 3,900-4,000
Tuar Karnataka 4,050-4,150 4,000-4,100
Masoor dal best 5,000-5,200 5,000-5,200
Masoor dal medium 4,600-4,900 4,700-4,900
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 6,500-7,000 6,500-7,000
Moong Mogar Medium 6,000-6,500 6,000-6,500
Moong dal Chilka 5,000-5,900 5,000-5,900
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 6,500-7,500 6,500-7,500
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,500-8,500 7,500-8,500
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,800-7,200 6,800-7,200
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 4,400-4,900 4,400-4,900
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 4,500-5,000 4,700-5,200
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,850-3,000 2,950-3,150
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 2,800-2,900 2,900-3,000
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,700 3,500-3,700
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 4,100-4,600 4,100-4,600
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,950-2,050 1,950-2,050
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,750-1,850 1,750-1,850
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,150-2,350 2,150-2,350
Wheat Lokwan new (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,100 1,900-2,100
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,400 2,200-2,400
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,100 1,900-2,100
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,600 3,100-3,600
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,700 2,200-2,700
Rice BPT new (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,400 2,800-3,400
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,500-4,000 3,500-4,000
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,200 3,000-3,200
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,800 2,500-2,800
Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,500 2,300-2,500
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,500 2,400-2,500
Rice HMT New (100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,000 3,600-4,000
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 4,500-5,000 4,500-5,000
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 4,100-4,300 4,100-4,300
Rice Shriram New(100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,200 4,800-5,200
Rice Shriram best 100 INR/KG) 6,500-6,800 6,500-6,800
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,200 5,800-6,200
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 New(100 INR/KG) 4,600-5,000 4,600-5,000
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 5,400-5,600 5,400-5,600
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,200 1,900-2,200
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,800-1,900 1,800-1,900
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 29.0 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 25.1 degree Celsius
Rainfall : 12.5 mm
FORECAST: Generally cloudy sky with one or two spells of rains or thunder-showers. Maximum and
minimum temperature would be around and 29 and 24 degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but
included in market prices)
http://in.reuters.com/article/antarctica-iceberg-idINKBN19X1A6
Egypt sees rice paddy production jumping to 6.5 mln tonnes
July 11, 2017, 07:46:00 AM EDT By Reuters
Reuters
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CAIRO, July 11 (Reuters) - Egypt expects to produce about 6.5 million tonnes of rice paddy this season, the supply ministry said on Tuesday, a jump from the roughly 5.1 millionproduced last year, according to the United States Department ofAgriculture. Egypt this year planted a total area of rice of about 1.8
million feddans (1.87 million acres), which Supply Ministry AliMoselhy said he hopes will enable Egypt to double its riceproduction. Supply Ministry spokesman Mohamed Sweed said the plantedarea will yield about 4 million tonnes of white rice,consumption of which is expected at 3.3 million tonnes, allowingfor a 700,000 tonne surplus. Sweed said Egypt does not intend to import additionalquantities from abroad, which it did last year despite a surplusafter farmers refused to sell to the government because of adispute over the local buying price. [nL5N1GJ426] This week Egypt said it would keep in place an export ban onrice, a policy it has intermittently imposed since 2008 in orderto discourage over-cultivation of the water-intensive crop andto push down prices in the local market. Egypt's strategic rice reserves are set to rise to about 12months worth within 10 days from a current level of four months'supply, said Sweed.
(Writing by Lisa Barrington and Eric Knecht; editing by Jason
Neely and Louise Heavens)
((lisa.barrington@thomsonreuters.com; +961)(0)(1954456;))
Keywords: EGYPT RICE/ (UPDATE 1)
UPDATE 1-Egypt will continue export ban on
rice during coming season
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CAIRO, July 10 (Reuters) - Egypt
will keep in place a ban on the export of rice during the coming harvest, the
supply ministry said on Monday.Egypt has intermittently banned the export of
rice since 2008 in order to preserve stocks for the local market and to
discourage growing of the crop to save water.
"The government is
interested in securing the needs of local consumers and building strategic
reserves of domestic rice," the supply ministry said in a statement.
The statement added that market
forces would determine local prices for buying rice from farmers. (Reporting by
Maha El Dahan, editing by David Evans and Susan Fenton)
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/10/reuters-america-update-1-egypt-will-continue-export-ban-on-rice-during-coming-season.html
Govt to provide rice at
concessionary rate: President
July 11, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena
says the government will provide rice at a concessionary rate to the public by
importing it from other countries, if the price goes up in the local market
further.Paddy production in the island decreased due to the recent drought he
said, while addressing a ceremony held in the Polonnaruwa district on
Monday.The President said that as a leader who came from an ordinary family,
and who knows the suffering of the people, he will always act according to
these experiences and won’t let people in the country starve.There is a
transformational change taking place in many fields in the country, including
social, economic and political spheres under the present Government and the
President emphasized that whatever challenges he has to face he will take
forward this procedure with commitment.
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce said Sri Lanka has decided
to take a closer look at four international rice suppliers to meet market
needs.“A team of technical officials including officials and food technologists
from Sri Lanka are to visit these countries and test rice samples,” Minister of
Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen said.
“We have decided to test rice samples of Indonesia, Myanmar and
Pakistan.”A team of technical officials including officials and food technologists
from Sri Lanka will visit these countries and test rice samples after which the
final supplier will be decided from Colombo.The island is also looking to bring
in 100,000 MT par-boiled (Nadu) and Samba from the chosen supplier
Developing world drought threat to
EU rice and cotton intensifies research efforts
July 12, 2017 by Ben Deighton, From
Horizon Magazine
A Europe-wide research effort is
ramping up efforts to understand the risk to EU food supplies from climate
change, after a report revealed that common staples are under threat from water
scarcity and drought in the developing world.
The report, entitled Vulnerabilities
of Europe's economy to global water scarcity and drought revealed
that supplies of animal feed, rice, cotton, grapes and even pistachios could be
impacted in the near future as they come from regions that have a shortage of water.
In fact, over a third of Europe's water needs come from other
parts of the world, due to imported crops.
'Right now it is more like an alert,' said Professor Bart van den
Hurk, who coordinates the EU-funded IMPREX project, which produced the report
as part of its efforts to analyse the links between climate change and water.
'The next step is really to look at climate change sentinels (indicators) in the areas
of exposure … and see whether you can actually translate climate change effects
in those areas to European sensitivities,' said Prof. van den Hurk, who works
for The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, the Dutch national weather service.
According to the UN's
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the frequency and
intensity of heatwaves and droughts will rise over the coming years as man-made
climate change takes hold.
Shocking
Dr Ertug Ercin, the lead author of the report, said that they were
surprised when they realised just how vulnerable some of Europe's food products
were.
'Can you imagine the chocolate industry without cocoa,' said Dr
Ercin, from the Water Footprint Network, a Dutch non-governmental organisation
which is part of the IMPREX project. 'These (industries) are so vulnerable, and
that is shocking.'
The project worked out Europe's water vulnerability by looking at
trade flows into and out of Europe, and then examining the water situation in
countries from where the food originates.
'We always look at the supply side of the water issue,' said said
Dr Ercin. 'But looking from the demand perspective and understanding the issues
from the demand perspective is not well understood.'
Analysing water demand is part of a broader effort by the IMPREX
project to encourage public officials and businesses to take climate change
forecasts into account when making decisions by predicting how global warming
will lead to extreme weather in Europe.
It's in part driven by a personal commitment by Prof. van den Hurk
to help people make better use of climate forecasts, where computer models can
use satellite and ground measurements to extrapolate how climate change will
affect us.
'I'm really on a mission to embed this physical climate science
further down the chain,' he said.
New compound could extend the life of urea fertilizers in rice
New NBPT compound could help rice producers get more out of
fertilizer nitrogen.
Rice producers in Louisiana
and other Mid-South states frequently split their nitrogen fertilizer
applications between one made just prior to permanent flood establish and
another at mid-season or when the rice reaches the green ring stage.
Of the two, the first is most
important because typically two-thirds of the nitrogen is applied at that time,
according to Dustin Harrell, agronomy project leader at the LSU AgCenter’s H.
Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station.
Over the years researchers have
found that applying a compound called NBPT on the urea fertilizer recommended
by the LSU AgCenter for application in rice will help prevent the urea from
turning into ammonia gas and “simply float off the field if it is left exposed
on the soil surface for an extended period of time.”
Dr. Harrell told visitors to the
Rice Research Station’s annual field day on June 28 he had begun to believe he
would never see a compound that worked better in rice than those containing
NBPT, but he “had about decided to change his mind after working with a new
product.”
The new material, which doesn’t
have a name yet, could be introduced by Koch Agronomic Services in 2018 if it
receives approval from EPA in time for the 2018 use season.
10 days to flood
“Unfortunately, in commercial
rice production in Louisiana, it may take 10 or more days for a flood to be
established on some of the larger fields,” says Dr. Harrell. “In these
situations, a urease inhibitor containing NBPT is recommended.”
Research at the H. Rouse Caffey
Station has shown that farmers can lose 17 to 30 percent of the soil-applied
urea when it is left on the field for 10 days before permanent flood. That’s a
potential for 30 percent of a rice producer’s fertilizer dollar to be lost
before he ever gets water on the field.
“The urease inhibitor, N
(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide, basically slows down the breakdown of urea
to the ammonium-N form, which is available to plants,” he said. “Because it
temporarily delays the breakdown of the urea, it also temporarily delays the
potential for ammonia volatilization losses.
“We recommend that when we apply
this preflood fertilizer that we apply it on dry ground, and that we get the
flood on that field as soon as possible,” said Harrell. “The reason we
recommend that is that the longer that urea sits on the soil surface the more
losses you’re going to have through ammonia volatilization.”
If the grower applies the
nitrogen on moist or damp ground, the urea will break down faster and more
ammonia volatilization can occur, said Dr. Harrell, who also serves as
Louisiana’s Extension rice specialist.
Experimental compound tested
“Last year, in 2016, I had the
opportunity to look at an experimental urease inhibitor,” he said. “This
experimental compound was created by scientists with Koch Agronomic Services.
Koch is the company that bought the rights to Agrotain, one of the original urease
inhibitors with NBPT in it.”
The scientists have taken NBPT
and formaldehyde and put them together under certain conditions to create a new
molecule that works better than NBPT alone under certain situations.
“The situation where it really
excels is on acid soils,” said Dr. Harrell. “One of the things we know about
NBPT is that it can break down a little faster on acid soils. So this is where
this new urease inhibitor really has an advantage.”
In a greenhouse study, which
allowed him to control the environmental factors, Harrell said plots not
treated with NBPT or the new compound lost about 32 percent of the nitrogen
applied in the test. With Agrotain Ultra, an older product with NBPT, the
researchers lost about 15 percent of their nitrogen. Plots treated with the new
Koch experimental compound only lost about 11 percent of their nitrogen.
“So this new molecule basically
has about a 26-percent advantage over the original NBPT treatment at least on
this acid soil,” he said. “This soil has a pH of about 5.5.”
Koch has filed for a patent for
the new molecule and has asked EPA to register the product. They hope to have
the label approved in time for the 2018 season
http://www.deltafarmpress.com/rice/new-compound-could-extend-life-urea-fertilizers-rice
GST HITS
SALE OF REGISTERED BRANDED RICE IN CITY
Bangalore
Mirror Bureau | Updated:
Jul 12, 2017, 04.00 AM IST
By Gururaj B R
Sale of registered branded rice ( RBR) has drastically come down in Bengaluru after the implementation of Goods and Service Tax (GST) on July 1. The union government has imposed five per cent GST on the registered branded rice. According to rice wholesalers at Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) in Yeshwantpur, supply of the registered branded rice has stopped after the implementation of the GST. GTS Bullet, Kesar Kali, Chudi and Mother India are some of the registered branded rice available in the market.
PS Balakrishna Shetty, honourary secretary, Grain Merchants’ Association, told Bangalore Mirror that imposition of five per cent GST on registered branded rice has severely hit the rice market at the APMC yard.
“Earlier, five to six trucks of GTS Bullet rice would arrive at the market each day. A truck will have 17 tonnes of rice. After the GST implementation, not a single load has arrived. The situation with Mother India rice is the same. Bengaluru city needs about 30,000 bags of rice (each bag containing 25 kg) every day,” Shetty explained.
Udayakumar, a partner at Sri Sai Foods, said the registered branded rice has not been in much demand in the market as retailors are demanding unregistered brands of rice. “We will give quality rice instead of the registered branded one. After the implementation of GST, the mills will stop supplying the rice under the registered brand name and will instead supply it under other names which are not registered,” Udayakumar said. Welcoming the implementation of the GST, owner of Sai Ram Enterprisers, T Sambashiva Rao said that not only registered branded rice but the rice business in general has plummeted. It was severely hit for
three months after demonetisation and, this time, it is been hit again by the imposition of GST. N Srinivasa Rao, General Secretary, Karnataka State Rice Millers’
Association, said that millers have stopped supplying registered branded rice after the five per cent GST was imposed. Most of the millers have decided to surrender their brand registry or registered trademark as they are unable to sell the registered branded rice after July 1.
The government has also increased GST on machinery,
spare parts and other materials from 5.5 per cent to 18 or 28 per cent. Name of the brand establishes “trust” between customer and millers. Since the mplementation of GST, the price of registered branded has gone up and it is only natural for the consumer to go for unregistered rice. There are around 2,000 rice mills across the state and most of them are afraid they won’t be able to sell the registered branded rice to wholesalers, Rao explained. “Currently, wholesalers are clearing old stocks of registered branded rice but once the stocks run out, the sale will come to a grinding halt in the absence of new supply,” explained
M Raghavendra, proprietor of Sai Ram enterprisers.
No GST on food distributed at religious centres: Centre
spare parts and other materials from 5.5 per cent to 18 or 28 per cent. Name of the brand establishes “trust” between customer and millers. Since the mplementation of GST, the price of registered branded has gone up and it is only natural for the consumer to go for unregistered rice. There are around 2,000 rice mills across the state and most of them are afraid they won’t be able to sell the registered branded rice to wholesalers, Rao explained. “Currently, wholesalers are clearing old stocks of registered branded rice but once the stocks run out, the sale will come to a grinding halt in the absence of new supply,” explained
M Raghavendra, proprietor of Sai Ram enterprisers.
No GST on food distributed at religious centres: Centre
The central government on Tuesday clarified that GST was not applicable on food supplied for free at ‘anna kshetras’ run by religious institutions. The centre’s release said that food or prasadam supplied at religious places like temples, mosques, churches, gurudwaras, dargahs, etc. will not attract CGST, SGST or IGST, as the case may be. Officials from the ministry of finance said that there were media reports suggesting that GST applies on free food supplied in anna kshetras
run by religious institutions.
However, some of the ingredients and services required would still be subject to GST. These include sugar, vegetable edible oils, ghee, butter, transportation costs, etc. Most of these have multiple uses. GST being a multi-stage tax, end use-based exemptions will be difficult to administer.
http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/gst-hits-sale-of-registered-branded-rice-in-city/articleshow/59552877.cms
جڑی بوٹیاں فصلوں کی فی ایکٹر پید ا وار میں 45
فی صدتک کمی کا باعث بنتی ہیں
لاہور (صباح
نیوز) ترجمان محکمہ زراعت نے کہا ہے کہ فصلوں کی منافع بخش کاشت میں سب سے زیادہ
خطرہ جڑی بوٹیوں سے ہے ۔ ایک محتاط اندازے کے مطابق کیڑے مکوڑے 30 فیصد، بیماریاں
20 فیصد، متفرق 5فیصد اور جڑی بوٹیاں فصلوں کی فی ایکٹر پیدا وار میں 45 فیصدتک
کمی کا باعث بنتی ہیں۔ایوب زرعی تحقیقاتی ادارہ فیصل آباد میں جڑی بوٹیوں پر کی
گئی تحقیق کے نتائج کے مطابق جڑی بوٹیاں گندم کی فی ایکڑ پیداوار8 1 تا 30 فیصد،
کپاس 3 تا 41 فیصد ،دھان17 تا39 فیصد ، گنا 10 تا 35 فیصد ،مکئی 24تا47 فیصد،
دالیں25تا 55 فیصد ،تیلدار اجناس 21 تا 45 فیصد اور سبزیات39تا 89 فیصد کم کر دیتی
ہیں۔جڑی بوٹیاں قیمتی زرعی وسائل کے لیے بہت بڑ ا خطرہ بن کر سامنے آئی ہیں ۔ زرعی
وسائل جن کو جڑی بوٹیاں بہت زیادہ نقصان پہنچاتی ہیں ۔ان میں پانی ،خوراک ،روشنی
اور جگہ بہت اہم ہیں۔فصلوں کی منافع بخش کاشت کے لیے پانی بہت ضروری ہے ۔ جڑی
بوٹیاں زمین میں پہلے سے موجود پانی اور آبپاشی کی صورت میں دیا جانے والا قیمتی
اور تیزی سے نایاب ہوتا ہوا پانی اپنی نشوونما کے لیے استعمال کر کے ضائع کر دیتی
جڑی بوٹیاں فصلوں کے مقابلہ میں تیزی اور زیادہ گہرائی سے پانی حاصل کرتی ہیں۔ اس
لئے ان کا فوری تدارک کریں
