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BD to cut duty on rice imports to cool local prices
DHAKA: Bangladesh will slash the
duty on rice imports to cool high local prices of the staple grain, the
country´s food minister said on Wednesday, the second cut in less than two
months.
The import duty on rice will be
lowered to 2 percent from 10 percent, Food Minister Kamrul Islam told
reporters, down from 28 percent in June. Bangladesh, the world´s fourth-biggest
rice producer, has emerged as a major importer of the grain this year due to depleted
stocks and record high local prices following flash floods in April that cut
around 1 million tonnes of rice production.
"We have taken the decision
anticipating major floods that could further cut rice production," Islam
said, adding the circular outlining the cut would be issued in a day or two.
Growing demand from Bangladesh could help stoke Asian rice prices that hit
multi-year highs in June.
The government is making a frantic
effort to build buffer stocks as it aims to import as much as 1.5 million
tonnes of rice in the year to June.
Bangladesh has bought 250,000
tonnes of rice from Vietnam in a state-to-state deal and is issuing a series of
tenders after its initial plans to import the grain from Thailand and India
suffered a setback over high prices.
The government is in talks with
Cambodia and Myanmar to import rice while it is also engaged in a second round
of discussions with Thailand and India. Rice is a staple food for Bangladesh’s
160 million people and high prices pose a problem for the government which
faces a national election next year. Bangladesh produces around 34 million
tonnes of rice annually but uses almost all its production to feed its
population. It often requires imports to cope with shortages caused by floods
or droughts.
Bangladesh also has a major wheat
import need after floods damaged its crops but tough state purchasing
conditions and slow ship unloading in ports mean trading houses are unwilling
to sell grain to the Asian country
Lack of sunshine may affect rice harvest
NHK -- AUG 17
Lack of sunshine caused by prolonged cloudy conditions and
lingering rain in Pacific coastal areas of northeastern Japan may cause
problems for the rice harvest.
Officials in the Miyagi and Fukushima prefectural governments
have notified farmers that they should pay close attention to the state of
their rice fields.
Rainy and overcast conditions
have prevailed since late last month in the Tohoku region. This has reduced the
number of hours of sunshine to significantly below the level of the average
year.
The officials say the lack of
sunshine is likely to lower the resistance of rice plants, causing a spread of
disease. Infected plants are unable to produce grain.
They call on farmers to check on
their fields frequently and to spray pesticide immediately after finding
infected plants.
The Meteorological Agency says
the number of hours of sunshine between August 6th and 15th was 10 percent
lower in Sendai City and 23 percent lower in Fukushima City than the average
figures.
Palay, corn production up 17% in H1
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:16 AM August 17,
2017
Palay and
corn outputs for the first semester of the year grew 17 percent year-on-year to
12.27 million metric tons (MT), putting the country’s probable output at 19.2
million MT for 2017.
This would
exceed the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) target of 18.5 million MT for the
entire year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed.
“I believe
we’ve reached sufficiency in rice for the next year,” Agriculture Secretary
Emmanuel Piñol said.
For the
Philippines to reach self-sufficiency, it needs to produce the national food
requirement while also maintaining a buffer stock to be used in times of need,
according to the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).
For palay
alone, production in the first half of the year reached 8.57 million MT, a
12.06 percent increase from the same period last year. Yield was at 4.09
million tons per hectare, a growth of 3.16 percent.
The
improvement in output was due to the increase in harvest area to 947,000
hectares (has) this year from the previous 848,000 has, the PSA said.
Probable
harvest area is also expected to swell in the coming months. This would be
possible through government interventions and good weather conditions.
“If no
typhoons would hit the country, we might reach a level of productivity in rice
which would be able to sufficiently supply the needs of the country [up to]
2019,” said Piñol.
DA
previously pushed back its rice self-sufficiency goal by 2020 citing the lack
of available budget
New rice
variety still being pursued – GRDB Head
August 16, 2017
The Guyana Rice Development Board
(GRDB) is still pursuing the creation of a new variety of rice which is
expected to bring better yields to rice farmers across the country.
Although tight-lipped on the
entire developmental process, GRDB General Manager Allison Peters has said the
new variety is being closely monitored by scientists at the research station.
“There is a variety that the
plant breeder is working on. We don’t want to show our hand before it is ready,
because, you know, seed paddy and developing a new variety takes several
seasons. It’s at a stage where we are cultivating it in farmers’ fields, and we
are looking at how it’s behaving in those fields; but we can’t tell you (that
it will be ready by) next season, (and) we can’t tell you the season after; but
it’s soon,” Peters said.
A GRDB team recently held an
outreach in Region Six, where they discovered that farmers were using a
Brazilian variety of rice commonly known as ‘100 day’ to produce paddy. The
farmers praised the Brazilian variety, highlighting that it requires less field
maintenance, less attention, and has a shorter yielding period. Moreover, the
overall results are usually better when compared with local varieties.
Ms Peters told the farmers that
the Brazilian rice variety is an illegally imported brand, and it has serious
implications for the local rice crop.
According to the Department of
Public Information, the new variety of rice being developed locally is likely
to eliminate the farmers’ need to smuggle into Guyana brands of paddy from
other countries; as it promises greater yields, with less risk of paddy bug
infestation and other crop diseases.
The GRDB had, earlier in the
year, projected that this new variety could be expected by 2018.
http://guyanatimesgy.com/new-rice-variety-still-being-pursued-grdb-head/
Farm output to top 275 mt
Rice, wheat, pulses expected to rise
NEW DELHI, AUGUST
16:
An increase in the estimated
yields of paddy and wheat has helped the Government to revise its total foodgrain
production projection for 2016-17 by over 2 mt to a record 275.68 mt in its 4th
advance estimates, released on Wednesday.
The previous advance estimates,
put out in May, projected the total grain yield at 273.38 mt. Total foodgrain
production in 2015-16 was 251.57 mt.
The yield of staples — rice and
wheat — is expected to go up by nearly 1 mt each to 110.15 mt and 98.38 mt,
respectively, in comparison with the 3rd advance estimate, according to the
data.
Pulses up
Pulses production too is expected
to go up by 500,000 mt to 22.95 mt and the maize yield is pegged marginally
higher than the previous estimate at 26.26 mt. What helped pulses production to
go up is improved yields estimated from tur and gram, which are projected to be
4.78 mt and 9.33 mt, respectively.
Half a million bales (of 170 kg
each) of additional cotton yield is expected as major cotton growing areas in
the country received good showers in 2016-17. The total cotton output is
projected to be 33.10 million bales as against the 32.58 estimated in May,
according to the latest data. The estimated sugarcane yield would also be
marginally higher at 306.72 million tonnes.
Oilseeds down
At the same time, the Government
corrected the projected output of several important crops, such as oilseeds and
coarse cereals. While oilseeds yield is expected to drop further to 32.10 mt
from an earlier estimated 32.52 mt, coarse cereals output received a slight
revision to 44.19 mt from 44.39 mt.
The poor projections for oilseeds
were on account of estimated lower yields of soybean, which as 13.7 mt as
against the earlier estimate of 14 mt, and castorseed, whose projections came
down to 1.42 mt from 1.54 mt estimated in the 3rd advance estimate.
Coarse cereals, on other hand,
will break earlier yield records even at the revised output levels
Government told to
end fixation with rice
AUGUST 17, 2017
The Duterte administration must
stop focusing on rice and allocate more funds to other agriculture subsectors
if it wants to sustain the increase in farm output, economists from the Ateneo
de Manila University said on Thursday.
Eagle Watch senior research
fellow Alvin P. Ang said Philippine agriculture production remains “too
erratic” despite growing by 6.18 percent in the second quarter and by 5.71
percent in the first half.
“Agriculture is still important
but [government resources] should not be focused on rice alone”, Ang, who is
also the director of Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development, told
the BusinessMirror.
“We are now seeing the effect of
the fixation with rice. Concentrating resources on just one commodity would
make it difficult for the government to immediately assist other subsectors
that would encounter problems,” he added.
Ang said the government should
see to it that all subsectors would get a slice of the agriculture budget.
“What’s happening right now is
that there is a commodity being favored. Let’s not forget we still have
coconut, we have cassava and other high-value commercial crops that could give
farmers bigger value added,” he said.
“The government should distribute
[the budget]. That’s why growth is erratic because only one sector is being
assisted; the government should distribute that assistance,” Ang added.
The Ateneo economist also said
the “Build, Build, Build” Program of the government should also benefit the
farm sector.
“The government must roll out a
similar program for agriculture. It will not only focus on constructing
farm-to-market roads, but will also target the provision of modern equipment,”
he said.
“Of the current labor force, 26
percent is in the agriculture sector. A lot of people are still in agriculture
so you cannot leave the sector behind, especially when you are growing by 6
percent,” Ang added.
Cielito A. Habito, former
director general of the National Economic and Development Authority and senior
fellow of Eagle Watch, said the government should put more emphasis on making
local farmers competitive against their Asean counterparts.
Habito also agreed with Ang that
the government should forego its rice-centric policies and programs to allow
the farm sector to grow faster.
“We have lagged behind other
Asean countries, like Vietnam, which chose to go into growing coffee and
high-value crops. This strategy is now contributing to their national income
and feeding their own people,” he told the BusinessMirror.
“We have been too focused on rice
that we have neglected coconut and fisheries. This fixation with rice is
something that we should get out of,” Habito added.
Data released by the Philippine
Statistics Authority (PSA) on Tuesday showed that agricultural output in the
second quarter recovered and grew by 6.18 percent year-on-year.
The PSA said the crops subsector
remained as the main driver of farm growth in the April-to-June period.
“The crops subsector registered
an 11.72-percent increase in output. It shared 50.75 percent of the total
agricultural production,” the PSA said in its report, titled “Performance of
Philippine Agriculture”.
Palay production in the second
quarter rose by 11.72 percent to 4.15 million metric tons (MMT), from 3.71 MMT
a year ago. The PSA attributed this to the expansion in areas planted with rice
and the availability of irrigation water.
Favorable planting conditions
also encouraged more farmers to plant corn. Output rose by nearly 46 percent to
1.3 MMT, from 911,000 metric tons recorded in the same period last year.
In the first half of the year,
PSA data showed that farm-production growth averaged 5.71 percent.
Data provided to the
BusinessMirror by the PSA showed the second-quarter growth was the highest
since 2011, when the agriculture sector expanded by 6.68 percent.
In terms of first-semester
growth, farm output this year was the highest since 1999, when it expanded by
9.82 percent. Between 1999 and 2017, agriculture production was the lowest last
year, when it contracted by 3.39 percent.
The PSA said the agriculture
sector’s contribution to the country’s GDP has been declining since 2006. Sans
agriculture services and forestry, the sector’s output contributed only 8.2
percent to GDP in the past 10 years.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/government-told-to-end-fixation-with-rice/
Rice millers
back war against smuggling
Posted By: Okwy Iroegbu-Chikezie
On: August 18, 2017 In:
Industry
The Rice Millers Association of
Nigeria (RIMAN) has promised to provide information to the Nigeria Customs
Service (NCS) to curb the smuggling the product.The association will also
support the Federal Government’s value chain programme on local rice
cultivation, milling, processing, and production.Its Chairman, Board of
Trustees, Mr. Peter Dharma, made these pledges in Kano, at the association’s
inaugural meeting.
Noting that Nigerians had, over the
years, been losing enormous resources to the smuggling of food items into the
country, he said “Our association will work closely with the regulatory and
policy makers to ensure standards in local rice milling.”
He also stated that the association
would support research into renewable energy source, which, he said, RIMAN will
recommend to its members in the near future.Speaking on the occasion, NCS Area
Commander Mr. Yusuf Abba hailed RIMAN’s plan, noting that it would yield
benefits to the country.
Abba, who was represented by the
Deputy Comptroller, Enforcement, Mr. Ago Hyacinth, said smugglers should no longer
be allowed to sabotage the economy.A director at the Federal Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development, Mallam Muhammed Munir, said the Federal
Government’s injection of money into the sector would facilitate employment for
citizens.The association at the inaugural meeting discussed the various issues
on rice production in the country
http://thenationonlineng.net/rice-millers-back-war-smuggling/
Midday meal for college students
launched in Bhadrachalam
THE HANS INDIA | Aug
18,2017 , 12:28 AM IST
Bhadrachalam: District Collector
Rajiv Gandhi Hanumanthu launched the midday meals programme in Government
Degree and PG College here on Thursday. Addressing the students, he said the
programme was the first of its kind to be implemented in the district for
degree and post-graduate students. The students who follow a good path will
automatically reach their goals, he said, adding that the State government
provides more facilities for them to ensure their success.
The Collector congratulated
voluntary organisations, the Bhadradri-Kothagudem District Rice Millers’
Association who donated rice for the programme. He asked the students to
utilise the midday meals programme.
After the launch of the programme,
Vasudha Foundation distributed notebooks to the students. Joint Collector M Ram
Kishan, District Civil Supply Officer Sarvothama Reddy, Tahsildar M Ram
Krishna, college principal Dr Gopi, Vasudha Foundation Convener V Srinivas Raju
and others took part in the programme
Iraq
Parliament votes to end its grilling of acting trade minister
Reuters | Published — Thursday
17 August 2017
(L to R) Iraq Cabinet officials
sit during a parliamentary session to vote on Iraq's new government at the
parliament headquarters, in Baghdad, Iraq, in this file photo. (REUTERS/Thaier
Al-Sudani/File Photo)
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Parliament has
voted to end its grilling of acting Trade Minister Salman Al-Jumali over
corruption allegations that mostly stemmed from a ministry deal to import
Indian rice in 2016.Out of 202 members of Parliament, 104 voted that they were
convinced by Jumali’s answers made in Tuesday’s session to lawmakers’ questions
about the deal, said Kawa Mohammed, a member of Parliament who attended the
session.
Another Parliament source said it amounted to a vote of confidence in the minister and said there would be no further questioning of Jumali, who had denied the allegations.
The minister was questioned by lawmaker Alia Nussayif on Tuesday.
The minister told Parliament that of the 40,000-ton Indian rice cargo in question, just 4,000 tons were infected with a bug, and that portion of the order was rejected and funds returned.
Iraq, a major rice and wheat importer, has previously faced graft accusations linked to the Trade ministry, which purchases strategic commodities.
The Trade Ministry has been struggling to import grains for its food subsidy program this year after introducing new payment and quality terms that kept traders away from its international tenders.In May, the cabinet authorized the ministry to make direct purchases of wheat and rice to guarantee food security, a reflection of its struggle to secure enough interest in its tender process.
Iraq is expected to produce around 250,000 tons of rice this year suggesting a shortfall of about 1 million tons that will need to be filled by imports
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1146401/middle-east
Nyagatare
rice growers optimistic as Rwf100m farm machinery is delivered
By: PETERSON TUMWEBAZE AND KELLY RWAMAPERA
PUBLISHED: August 18, 2017
The new tractors plough in the
1,750 hectares of Muvumba marshland. / Timothy Kisambira
Rice
growers in Nyagatare District are in a buoyant mood after receiving Rwf100
million worth of farm machinery, saying it will ease operations and boost
production.Muvumba Perimetre Eight rice growers cooperative acquired the farm
machinery (five tractors) using a loan from Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD).
The
loan is part of BRD’s strategy to support agriculture mechanisation in the
country and boost output, officials said at the handover of the equipment in
Nyagatare, Eastern Province on Tuesday.
Fulgence
Nsengiyumva, the State Minister for Agriculture and Animal Resources, said the
equipment will go a long way in supporting efforts aimed at promoting
agriculture mechanisation in the country. The minister added that mechanisation
is essential to increase agriculture production, ensure food security as well
as boost farmers’ household income.
“The
government is committed to supporting efforts that seek to increase
agricultural production,” he said. He added that agriculture mechanisation was
in line with the government’s land consolidation programme.
Fulgence
Nsengiyumva, State Minister for Agriculture and Animal Resources, says that the
equipment will go a long way in supporting efforts aimed at promoting
agriculture mechanisation. / Timothy Kisambira
According
to him, mechanisation falls under a wider national programme to enhance
productivity of the agriculture sector, which employs over 72 per cent of
Rwandans. The sector currently contributes over 30 per cent to the country’s
GDP.
Government
targets 8 per cent growth rate for the sector by 2018 from 6 per cent presently
as one of the ways of ensuring sustainable economic development.
Commercialisation and mechanisation is one of the key components of the
country’s strategic plan for agriculture transformation to reduce household
poverty and drive growth in the medium-term.
Speaking
at the event, Dr Livingstone Byamungu, the BRD head of investments, said the
farm machinery will enhance labour efficiency and farm production per worker.
Dr
Livingstone Byamungu, the BRD head of investments, says the farm machinery will
enhance labour efficiency and farm production per worker. / Timothy Kisambira
Huge boost
Sector
experts say Rwanda should embrace modern and innovative farming technologies to
ensure sustainable food production.
John
Mujyarugamba, the president of Muvumba Perimetre Eight rice growers’
cooperative, said lack of farm equipment like tractors and manpower has been a
challenge in land preparation, adding that it was also costly for members.
“Those
who could not hire tractors from other cooperatives used hoes, which is tedious
and time-consuming,” he said.
Munyarugamba
added that with mechanisation, farmers will be able to transition from
subsistence farming to commercial-oriented agriculture and hence support
economic development.
“One
of the major factors that hinder the development of the agriculture sector is
the use of traditional farm equipment. It is, therefore, imperative that
farmers embrace modern technologies to increase yield and quality along value
chain,” he added.
The
cooperative official said the machinery will help them increase production from
five tonnes of rice per hectare to seven tonnes, thanks to “time efficiency and
deep tilling of the tractors.”
This
will enable the district to meet targets set out in performance contracts,
according to Didas Kayitare, the Nyagatare District vice-mayor for economic
development.
Fulgence
Nsengiyumva, State Minister for Agriculture and Animal Resources, poses for a
group photo with farmers. / Timothy Kisambira
The
cooperative operates in the 1,750 hectares of Muvumba marshland, which cost
government over Rwf9 billion to upgrade for rice growing, according to Minister
Nsengiyumva.
The
marshland covers four sectors of Nyagatare - Rukomo, Tabagwe, Nyagatare,
Rwimpasha and Musheri.
“The
aim of improving the marshland was to boost food security and help reduce rice
imports. Since the marshland is big and can’t be effectively utilised using
hand hoes, government supports cooperatives to acquire tractors to boost
output,” he said.
The
minister pledged government support to farmers so that they are able to buy
tractors and irrigation equipment at subsidised prices.
Push for mechanisation
This
is a reason the country embarked on its journey of mechanisation in 2009 with
the objective of ensuring that least 25 per cent farm operations are mechanised
by end of 2017. So far, about 35,000 hectares of land across the country is
under mechanisation. With importation of different farm machinery, including
111 tractors and 252 power tillers, rice transplanters and combine harvesters,
Rwanda’s mechanisation has risen from less than 3 per cent in 2009 to more than
21 per cent presently.
Cattle keepers
embrace rice farming
Like
in other districts in the province, it was not easy for farmers in Nyagatare to
adopt rice growing as marshlands were used to graze animals.
However,
Grace Kampirwa, a farmer in Muvumba marshland, said that has since changed. “Farmers
say that marshlands play “double roles” where after harvesting rice, they use
stems as cattle fodder while animal waste acts as manure in the marshland,”
Kampirwa said.
http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/218229/
Asia
Rice -Prices drop in India and Thailand
India's non-basmati rice exports are likely to slow over the next few months as its shipments have become too expensive on the world market due to a rally in the rupee and an increase in local paddy prices. In Thailand benchmark 5-percent broken rice was quoted at $376-382 a tonne, free-on-board (FOB) Bangkok, down from $385-387 a tonne last week.
Thai traders say demand is sluggish overall and the incoming off-season white rice grain, which is being harvested from mid-August through to September, has led to the slight drop in prices. "Prices are unlikely to fluctuate much until the end of August with incoming grains during this period", a Bangkok-based rice trader said. Rice exporters in Thailand continue to look to fresh demands from markets like Bangladesh and the Philippines but the lack of major deals on the horizon has contributed to lower prices.
"Many rice mills in the country are still clearing their rice stocks and with no new overseas demands the price has dropped slightly," another Thai rice trader said. In Vietnam benchmark 5 percent broken rice was unchanged at $395-$405 a tonne this week, FOB Saigon.
Traders have attributed the lack of price fluctuation on low demand, as harvesting began for the summer-autumn crops amid early seasonal flooding. "Rice output will be lower for sure because floods came earlier in the Mekong Delta. Some of the rice was submerged before it could be harvested. But prices may not rise if demand stays low," a trader in Ho Chi Minh City said. Another trader said prices could rise on low supply after harvesting is completed in mid-September. "Farmers will hold back rice to wait for a desired price," he added.
Meanwhile Bangladesh was looking at importing more rice from India, and is in talks with Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand as it looks to replenish stocks. Bangladesh, the world's fourth-biggest rice producer, has emerged as a major importer of the grain this year following flash floods in April that hit output. It plans to slash the duty on rice imports to 2 percent from 10 percent to solve a food shortage, officials said, the second cut in less than two months.
"It will help traders to import more rice, especially from neighbouring India," a senior food ministry official said, who asked not to be named. Bangladesh has bought 250,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam in a state-to-state deal and is issuing a series of invitations to tender after its initial plans to import the grain from Thailand and India suffered a setback over high prices
http://www.brecorder.com/2017/08/17/365315/asia-rice-prices-drop-in-india-and-thailand/
Imported
rice brought in after duty cut
August
18, 2017 / LAST MODIFIED: 02:42 AM, August 18, 2017
Price drops by Tk 2.50 per kg at import level
Around
600 trucks carrying 18,000 tonnes of rice began unloading in Hili land port
area of Hakimpur upazila in Dinajpur yesterday. The trucks had been waiting for
more than a week as rice traders expected a duty cut. As the government finally
moved to slash duty on imported rice by 8 percent, the trucks began to unload.
Photo: Collected
The price of rice at importer level came down by Tk 2.50 per kg as
the latest duty cut became effective yesterday following issuance of a circular
by the National Board of Revenue (NBR).
According to the circular, the rice import tariff was lowered from
10 percent to two percent. The move came a day after a cabinet committee
meeting decided to cut the import duty to keep the rice price stable.
Chitta Majumder, a rice importer, said their cost of rice import
from India would come down to Tk 35.50 to Tk 36 from Tk 38 to Tk 38.50 a kg
under the new tax rate.
Prices of coarse rice would come down below Tk 40 per kg within
two to three days due to a cascading effect of the tax cut, Chitta, proprietor
of Majumder Traders, told The Daily Star yesterday.
The retail prices of coarse rice shot up to Tk 47-48 in June-July,
a 47 percent increase from last year's price band of Tk 30-34. However, the
prices later stabilised at Tk 43-45, according to data of Trading Corporation
of Bangladesh.
The importer said they had been waiting for over a week on the
announcement of the tax cut. He hoped rice prices would ease as about 20,000 to
25,000 tonnes of rice would be imported in the next four or five days.
Flashfloods in six northeastern haor districts and fungal attacks
(rice blast) in 19 others during the Boro season damaged about 20 lakh tonnes
of rice crop earlier this year.
At least 20 northern districts and some others elsewhere in the
country have been hit by flood in the last few days.
Against this backdrop, the cabinet committee meeting at the
secretariat on Wednesday approved the government's decision to import 20 lakh
tonnes of food grains -- 15 lakh tonnes of rice and 5 lakh tonnes of wheat --
in the current fiscal year. The revised import target is 11 lakh tonnes more
than the government's earlier projected food import volume of 9 lakh
tonnes.
Yesterday's duty cut was the second this year after the government
in June had slashed the rice import duty to 10 percent from 28 percent.
Under the new duty structure, importers will have to pay only Tk
1.56 crore instead of Tk 7.82 crore in tariff for releasing 24,000 tonnes of
rice stuck at several ports.
Chitta Majumder said 15 lakh tonnes of rice was being imported by
the government. Local importers could bring the rice into Darshana, Khulna at
quickest time, he told this correspondent.
The government has so far floated international tenders seeking to
buy 3.5 tonnes of rice.
Local importers, said Chitta, had supplied rice to the government
in 2009 promptly. If the government floated local tenders, the importers would
have been able to import rice from India and reach it to government granaries,
he added.
DELIVERY OF RICE
BEGINS
Rice importers started clearing customs at Hili Land Port in
Dinajpur's Hakimpur upazila yesterday. They also started unloading rice,
imported from India, from trucks that reached the port 12 days ago.
Around 600 trucks carrying 18,000 tonnes of rice had been stranded
at the port since August 5 when the importers stopped clearing customs in
anticipation of a duty cut.
Rice was unloaded from 400 trucks yesterday, said Moshiur Rahman
Mondal, assistant commissioner of customs at the port.
http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/imported-rice-brought-after-duty-cut-1450282
Red Cross to send test shipment of
rice from Pakistan to stricken Yemen
GENEVA/HODEIDAH, Yemen (Reuters) -
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to send a test
shipment of rice to Yemen this month in its first attempt since February to
deliver food aid via the port of Hodeidah, which is held by Houthi fighters
allied to Iran.
The port has been repeatedly hit by
air strikes from a Saudi-led coalition, which has been fighting in Yemen since
2015 to try to restore the internationally recognized President Abd-Rabbu
Mansour Hadi to power. It normally handles some 80 percent of Yemen's food
supplies as well as humanitarian aid,
"A certain number of maritime
companies are starting to use Hodeidah port," ICRC spokeswoman Iolanda
Jaquemet said. "We are going to test the waters, so to speak, and send a
cargo of rice from Pakistan."
The shipment was expected to leave
Pakistan next week and arrive at the Red Sea port the week after, she said.
The Saudi-led coalition says the
Houthis have been using Hodeidah to smuggle weapons into the country, and
Hadi's government has proposed to the United Nations that it monitors the
facility.
The ICRC suspended stopped using
Hodeidah port in February. Jaquemet said it had been bringing in supplies to
Yemen by land from Jordan via Saudi Arabia and Oman.
The war has killed more than 10,000
people, displaced at least 2 million and destroyed much of the country's
infrastructure, including roads, hospitals and schools, pushing Yemen to the
brink of famine. It has also fanned the spread of cholera, infecting some half
a million people and killing nearly 2,000.
The chairman of the board of Red Sea
ports, which includes Hodeidah, said on Wednesday that the Saudi-led coalition
in January had stopped the delivery of four mobile cranes organized by the
World Food Programme (WFP) to replace cranes destroyed by the coalition last
year.
The WFP confirmed the report and
said the cranes, which were funded by the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) were sent back to Dubai after waiting offshore for more
than a week.
A coalition spokesman said the WFP
had not coordinated with the alliance before it went ahead and sourced the
equipment, adding that the Houthis wanted the cranes to create a source of
income from imports to finance the war effort.
He suggested that the cranes be
installed instead in al-Mokha port, which is under coalition control.
"It will lift its capacity and
help lift the suffering from the Yemeni people by ensuring that revenues go to
the legitimate government through the central bank to spend on salaries of
Yemenis," Colonel Turki al-Maliki said in a statement.
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New technology finds
procedure to identify grain for sushi and breakfast cereals
18 Aug 2017, 11 a.m.
NEW: NSW Department of Primary
Industries researcher Dr Mark Talbot (right) discusses advances in detecting
cracks in rice to identify grain suitable for sushi and cereal products with Dr
Chris Blanchard.
AS THE world continues to move
forward with technological advances, it's no different when it comes to rice.
An innovative image analysis
system developed by NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) scientists has
given the rice industry an accurate and time-saving procedure to identify grain
suitable for sushi and popular puffed rice products, including breakfast
cereals.
NSW DPI researcher Mark Talbot
said the automated system detected the potential of rice to crack during
cooking, speeding up the process and saving labour to deliver high quality
grain.
“Heavily cracked rice will turn
into mush during the cooking process for sushi and puffed rice, so it’s very
important the industry identifies the potential for rice to crack before grain
goes to market,” Dr Talbot said.
“Now in use at SunRice, the
technology has replaced manual assessment to help to keep consumers happy and
protect premiums for growers.
“Rice which cracks during the
milling process is downgraded, with producers receiving higher payments for
grain with low cracking percentages.
“In the past, cracked grain was
assessed by eye - clearly a painstaking and subjective test for thousands of
rice grains.
“Automated image analysis allows
thousands of grains to be analysed in minutes, instead of hours by eye,
reducing human error and labour and a boon for industry and consumers.”
Measuring cracks in soaked rice
was recently identified as a good indicator of cooking quality.
Known as the Hanasaki test, rice
is soaked for 60 minutes before processing through the automated crack
detection and counting system to determine cracking percentages.
DPI scientists at the Yanco
Agricultural Institute are working closely with SunRice to fine-tune the system
as a quality test for the rice industry.
http://www.irrigator.com.au/story/4863914/scientists-are-cracking-the-rice-code/
Rice import gets boost
Govt cuts duty to 2pc to facilitate import as 20 lakh tonnes of
crop lost in flood, diseases; importers who held back rice in ports save over
Tk 6 crore in duty
Indian
trucks with rice parked at the Benapole Land Port yesterday. Importers delayed
unloading the rice anticipating a reduction of import duty on the staple. The
government decided to reduce the duty to 2 percent yesterday. Photo: Star
Staff
Correspondent
Disclosing for the first time this year's crop loss figure, the
government yesterday decided to slash the tax on rice imports to 2 percent from
10 percent.
Flashfloods in the six northeastern haor districts and fungal
attacks (rice blast) in 19 districts in the Boro season have caused 20 lakh
tonnes of crop loss, said the food ministry.
At least 20 districts in the north and elsewhere in the country
have been flooded over the past few days.
Against this backdrop, a cabinet committee meeting at the
secretariat yesterday approved the government's decision to import 20 lakh
tonnes of food grains -- 15 lakh tonnes of rice and 5 lakh tonnes of wheat --
in the current fiscal year. This is an 11 lakh tonnes addition to the
government's earlier projected food import volume of 9 lakh
tonnes.
The decision to cut import duty has been sent to the law ministry
for vetting, said a press release of the National Board of Revenue last
night.
All of this comes at a time when private importers have been
dragging their feet for the last 10 days in releasing nearly 24,000 tonnes of
rice from some 800 trucks, which remained stuck at Hili and Benapole land
ports.
After import of the staple from India, the traders refrained from
having those released from the ports in anticipation of a tax cut.
This happened when rice prices were showing an uptrend both in
wholesale and retail markets in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country. The
government took note of the situation and finally decided to act.
This is the second duty cut for rice import this year. Earlier in
June, the government slashed it to 10 percent from 28 percent.
After the latest duty cut, importers would be requiring to pay Tk
1.56 crore only instead of Tk 7.82 crore in tariff for releasing the 24,000
tonnes of rice stuck at various ports.
The meeting of the Food Planning and Monitoring Committee,
attended by several ministers and secretaries, made the duty-cut decision to
encourage import and tackle any probable food crisis.
While announcing the decision before journalists, Food Minister
Qamrul Islam, however, clarified that despite the duty cut, rice price would
not decrease by Tk 8 or Tk 10 a kg. He did not say though how much the
consumers would have to pay.
"Rice price is within the
people's purchasing capacity," claimed Qamrul.
Prices of largely consumed coarse
rice marked a 47 percent increase, from Tk 30-32 a kg a year back to Tk 42-45 a
kg now in Dhaka markets.
The meeting, also attended by
Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury and Commerce
Minister Tofail Ahmed, took stock of the country's current flood situation and
also the low food reserve.
Muhith said there was no food
crisis, but imports were required to offset the stock shortfall.
“This decision of the government to
import food grains does not indicate that there is a food crisis in the
country,” said Food Minister Qamrul, claiming, “In fact, there is no food shortage
in the country."
The government is importing 2.5
lakh tonnes of rice from Vietnam, while private importers brought in over 8
lakh tonnes of rice and wheat from India. The government has also recently
signed a deal with Cambodia to import up to 10 lakh tonnes of rice in the next
five years. Around 2.5 lakh tonnes of the staple will reach Bangladesh by
October this year, the minister said while speaking of the government's
initiative
http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/rice-import-gets-boost-1449682
Mark McKinnon Announced as Outlook Conference Keynote
For the Outlook audience McKinnon will explain how lessons he learned crafting successful political messages can be used to tell the agriculture story to audiences unfamiliar with the territory, as well as share some of his unique up close experiences with world leaders and candidates.
"Mark's take on politics and telling your story is so interesting, I am really looking forward to hearing his thoughts on the current political landscape, but also on how it all specifically relates back to the rice industry," said USA Rice Chairman Brian King. "He's the perfect speaker to help us kick off two days of expanded learning, networking, and a bigger and better trade show, and I can't wait."
The USA Rice Outlook Conference will be held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, on December 10-12, 2017. King said additional programming and sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities will be announced in the coming weeks
Local manufacturers putting millions into chicken and rice
Hens will be allowed at new
housing development
“Customer and consumer demand for
protein, especially chicken, is increasing so we’re investing in projects that build
on our strengths, expand our capabilities and increase our capacity,”
Tyson’s Doug Ramsey, group
president of poultry, said in a release. “Expansions like this position us to
grow and support our customers.”
Construction is scheduled to
begin this fall and the facility should be operational by mid-2019.
Tyson already has more than 1,000
employees in West Tennessee. The company also operates facilities in
Goodlettsville, Newbern and Shelbyville, employing about 5,000 people across
the entire state.
Just two days before Tyson's
announcement, Riceland Foods and
Riviana Foods Inc. also revealed plans to build a new rice extrusion facility
in Jonesboro.
The facility will produce and
market extruded products for domestic and international markets through the
Rivland Partnership. Rice flour and extruded rice products are used in rice
noodles, nutrition bars, breakfast cereals and other products that replace
wheat-based ingredients for the gluten-free market.
“This investment is another
effort to move our family-farmer’s rice higher up the value-added food
chain," said Danny Kennedy, president
and CEO of Riceland Foods.
"Extruded food products can be found in many segments of today’s nutrition
market place, and this project puts our rice in this high-value market."
The companies said the project
represented "a multimillion-dollar investment" but did not disclose
the exact cost.
The new extrusion facility is
expected to create between five and 10 new jobs. According to Riceland COO Carl
Brothers, the production of raw materials at the same location gives the
company an advantage in terms of cost and efficiency.
“Our Rivland Partnership has been
very successful and we are excited about this new opportunity to manufacture
and sell extruded rice products in the United States,” said Bastiaan G. de
Zeeuw, president and CEO of Riviana Foods. “We currently produce and market
extruded rice products in Europe and with that expertise we can jump-start the
project through which we will better serve our customers and expand our
portfolio of high quality rice products.
https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2017/08/16/local-manufacturers-putting-millions-into-chicken.html
Stewardship will be critical for preserving Provisia rice
Farmers will need to consider crop rotation planning before they
begin planting Provisia rice varieties in 2018 or 19.
Dr. Walker, general manager of
Horizon Ag, and BASF are now preparing growers to begin planting the new
Provisia rice, which is tolerant to quizalofop or Provisia herbicide, on a
limited basis in 2018.
Hopefully, it won’t be 15 or 16
more years before another new technology is developed, but Dr. Walker is urging
growers to practice good stewardship when they try Provisia in 2018 or 2019.
That includes using the proper crop rotation strategies such as not planting
Provisia rice following Clearfield varieties.
He and other speakers discussed
the new system and other new Clearfield varieties during presentations at the
Horizon Ag Field Day on the Mark Wimpy Farm near Jonesboro, Ark., on Aug. 10
http://www.deltafarmpress.com/rice/stewardship-will-be-critical-preserving-provisia-rice
Rice Research
/
Singaporean Scientist Wins ASEAN Award For Rice
Research Dr. Yin Zhongcao has received the Outstanding Rice Scientist of
Singapore Award at the ASEAN Rice Science and Technology Ambassadors Awards
held in the Philippines. SHARE SHARE TWEET SHARE AsianScientist (Aug. 16, 2017)
- Dr. Yin Zhongchao, a Senior Principal Investigator at the Temasek Life
Sciences Laboratory (TLL), Singapore, has been conferred the Outstanding Rice
Scientist of Singapore award at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) Rice Science and Technology Ambassadors Award held at the Bureau of
Soils and Water Management Auditorium in Quezon City, Philippines.
In
conjunction with ASEAN’s 50th Founding Anniversary, the award highlights the
key role agriculture and rice plays in the ASEAN economy and culture as well as
the increasing importance of scientific research towards ensuring food and
economic security in the region. Yin and his team have, over the years,
isolated various specific resistance genes leading to the generation of rice
lines that have broad-spectrum and durable resistance to many strains of
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, a bacterium which can cause significant
devastation in rice fields.
They have
also developed new and improved rice varieties using marker-assisted selection
to breed and develop rice varieties that have many important agronomic traits,
leading to increased yields and resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses.
Their research has appeared in many scientific journals and is widely cited by
the scientific community. Yin’s work extends beyond the lab where he has been
active in sharing knowledge and building capability with researchers from
various ASEAN countries in the area of rice research. His collaborators include
scientists from China, Indonesia, Laos, the United States.
He also works closely with the International Rice
Research Institute which has facilities located across the world. Cooperating
with the Syiah Kuala University on the development of rice lines that are
suitable for cultivation in Aceh, Indonesia, Yin has contributed towards the
rebuilding of communities in Aceh after the 2004 Tsunami. More recently, Yin’s
efforts have also contributed towards the deposition of Singaporean rice
varieties at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a backup secure seed facility to
ensure security and availability of seeds to future generations to overcome the
challenges of climate change and population growth.
“I would
like to congratulate Yin for his outstanding work and for the recognition he
has received,” said Mr. Peter Chia, Chief Executive Officer of TLL. “I hope
this would serve as an example to inspire more scientists in pursuing
breakthrough science, and beyond that achieve impact to communities. We look
forward to more collaborative opportunities to work with our partners in ASEAN
to meet the growing aspirations of our region.” Yin’s research was the subject
of an entry that won first place in the youth category at the 2017 Asian
Scientist Writing Prize. ———
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Fortified rice holds promise for
combating malnutrition in Bangladesh: WFP
Published: 2017-08-17 18:06:19.0 BdST Updated: 2017-08-17 18:43:36.0
BdST
A new study has shown that
consuming fortified rice can significantly reduce anaemia and zinc deficiencies
among the poorest women in Bangladesh.Conducted by the research centre
icddr,b and on behalf of the United Nations World Food Programme or WFP, the
study measured the impact of providing rice enriched with micronutrients to
women participating in the government’s vulnerable group development (VGD)
programme.
The study, released on Thursday
in Dhaka, also found that fortified rice, when combined with training and cash
grants for investment, can also contribute to women’s empowerment.
The study determined that the
prevalence of anaemia dropped by 4.8 percent and zinc deficiency reduced by 6
percent among women consuming fortified rice.
The research compared VGD women
who received 30kg of fortified rice and an investment grant of Tk 15,000
($185), with those who received 30kg of normal (non-fortified) rice per month.
This is the first time that the
use of fortified rice in a government safety net programme has been tested in
Bangladesh. Fortification in salt (with iodine) and oil (with vitamin A)
is common in Bangladesh.
The VGD programme reaches more
than one million ultra-poor women and their families, totalling about five
million people.
“The findings are very
promising,” said Christa Räder, WFP representative in Bangladesh.
“Now we have a much better
understanding of how integrating fortified rice into government safety net
programmes can help improve women’s micronutrient status.”
Why rice fortification?
The overall objective of rice
fortification is to fight micronutrient deficiencies among the poorest.
Low dietary diversity and scanty
intake of nutrient-rich foods remain a challenge in Bangladesh, despite a
significant decline in poverty in recent years.
Deficiencies in vitamin A, iron,
zinc, iodine, vitamin B12 and folate are widespread. These micronutrient
deficiencies, especially among adolescent girls and women, are a key factor in
the persistence of undernutrition as a woman’s health significantly affects the
health and development of her future children.
Under-nutrition slows economic
growth and perpetuates poverty. Productivity losses to individuals through
underdeveloped physique and cognitive functions as well as increased health
costs are estimated at roughly 10 percent of lifetime earnings.
Rice is the main staple food in Bangladesh and the poorest often
eat only rice with some vegetables and spices. Regular milled rice although
high in carbohydrates is low in micronutrients.
With rice being the main
commodity distributed through the government’s food-based social safety nets
reaching the ultra-poor, the introduction of fortified rice can address the
widespread nutritional deficiencies and help ensure an active and healthy life.
Fortified rice kernels look,
taste and cook like ordinary rice but are enhanced with essential
micronutrients.
They are combined with regular
rice at a WHO approved ratio of 1 to 100 which means in 10kg regular rice 100
gram fortified rice can be added.
Way forward
State Minister for Women and
Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki, her ministry’s Secretary Nasima Begum, and
Ambassador of the Netherlands Leoni Margaretha Cuelenaere were also present at
the launch of study findings.
Dr Tahmeed Ahmed, senior director
of the nutrition and clinical services division of icddr,b, presented the
findings.
The Ministry of Women and
Children Affairs has allocated more than $1 million to distribute fortified
rice in 35 upazilas covered by the VGD programme in fiscal 2017-2018.
The Scaling-up Rice Fortification
Initiative is supported by the Embassy of Netherlands in Bangladesh and
implemented by government agencies in collaboration with WFP.
Fortified rice kernels look,
taste and cook like ordinary rice but are enhanced with six essential vitamins
and minerals: vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B12, folic acid, iron and zinc.
They are mixed with ordinary rice at a WHO ratio of 1:100 which means in 1kg
ordinary rice 10 gram fortified rice is mixed.
The WFP said they would take
further steps to support the private sector in making fortified rice
commercially available at affordable prices and creating demand among
consumers.
The state minister said the
government would finance the continuous scaling-up of fortification in the VGD
programme.
The ambassador of Netherlands,
Cuelenaere, said the research is relevant to the government, the development
partners and garments sector and private partners.“There is huge potential in
reaching out to the vulnerable through the government safety nets, the
development partners in advocating and supporting fortified rice, the garments
sector in sensitising and distributing rice to their workers and the private
sector in commercialising fortified rice.”
The research includes a gender
analysis to identify, whether the rice fortification initiative has the
potential to contribute to intra-household dynamics and enhancing women’s
empowerment.
Kebbi To Export
Rice, Livestock To Earn Forex
Nyagatare rice growers optimistic
as Rwf100m farm machinery is delivered
By: PETERSON TUMWEBAZE AND KELLY RWAMAPERA
PUBLISHED: August
18, 2017
The new tractors plough in the 1,750 hectares of Muvumba
marshland. / Timothy Kisambira
Rice growers in
Nyagatare District are in a buoyant mood after receiving Rwf100 million worth
of farm machinery, saying it will ease operations and boost production.
Muvumba
Perimetre Eight rice growers cooperative acquired the farm machinery (five
tractors) using a loan from Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD).
The
loan is part of BRD’s strategy to support agriculture mechanisation in the
country and boost output, officials said at the handover of the equipment in
Nyagatare, Eastern Province on Tuesday.
Fulgence
Nsengiyumva, the State Minister for Agriculture and Animal Resources, said the
equipment will go a long way in supporting efforts aimed at promoting
agriculture mechanisation in the country. The minister added that mechanisation
is essential to increase agriculture production, ensure food security as well
as boost farmers’ household income.
“The
government is committed to supporting efforts that seek to increase
agricultural production,” he said. He added that agriculture mechanisation was
in line with the government’s land consolidation programme.
Fulgence Nsengiyumva, State Minister for Agriculture and Animal
Resources, says that the equipment will go a long way in supporting efforts
aimed at promoting agriculture mechanisation. / Timothy Kisambira
According
to him, mechanisation falls under a wider national programme to enhance
productivity of the agriculture sector, which employs over 72 per cent of
Rwandans. The sector currently contributes over 30 per cent to the country’s GDP.
Government
targets 8 per cent growth rate for the sector by 2018 from 6 per cent presently
as one of the ways of ensuring sustainable economic development.
Commercialisation and mechanisation is one of the key components of the
country’s strategic plan for agriculture transformation to reduce household
poverty and drive growth in the medium-term.
Speaking
at the event, Dr Livingstone Byamungu, the BRD head of investments, said the
farm machinery will enhance labour efficiency and farm production per worker.
Huge boost
Sector
experts say Rwanda should embrace modern and innovative farming technologies to
ensure sustainable food production.
John
Mujyarugamba, the president of Muvumba Perimetre Eight rice growers’
cooperative, said lack of farm equipment like tractors and manpower has been a
challenge in land preparation, adding that it was also costly for members.
“Those
who could not hire tractors from other cooperatives used hoes, which is tedious
and time-consuming,” he said.
Munyarugamba
added that with mechanisation, farmers will be able to transition from
subsistence farming to commercial-oriented agriculture and hence support
economic development.
“One
of the major factors that hinder the development of the agriculture sector is
the use of traditional farm equipment. It is, therefore, imperative that
farmers embrace modern technologies to increase yield and quality along value
chain,” he added.
The
cooperative official said the machinery will help them increase production from
five tonnes of rice per hectare to seven tonnes, thanks to “time efficiency and
deep tilling of the tractors.”
This
will enable the district to meet targets set out in performance contracts,
according to Didas Kayitare, the Nyagatare District vice-mayor for economic
development.
Fulgence Nsengiyumva, State Minister for Agriculture and Animal
Resources, poses for a group photo with farmers. / Timothy Kisambira
The
cooperative operates in the 1,750 hectares of Muvumba marshland, which cost
government over Rwf9 billion to upgrade for rice growing, according to Minister
Nsengiyumva.
The
marshland covers four sectors of Nyagatare - Rukomo, Tabagwe, Nyagatare,
Rwimpasha and Musheri.
“The
aim of improving the marshland was to boost food security and help reduce rice
imports. Since the marshland is big and can’t be effectively utilised using
hand hoes, government supports cooperatives to acquire tractors to boost
output,” he said.
The
minister pledged government support to farmers so that they are able to buy
tractors and irrigation equipment at subsidised prices.
Push for mechanisation
This
is a reason the country embarked on its journey of mechanisation in 2009 with
the objective of ensuring that least 25 per cent farm operations are mechanised
by end of 2017. So far, about 35,000 hectares of land across the country is
under mechanisation. With importation of different farm machinery, including
111 tractors and 252 power tillers, rice transplanters and combine harvesters,
Rwanda’s mechanisation has risen from less than 3 per cent in 2009 to more than
21 per cent presently.
Cattle keepers embrace rice farming
Like
in other districts in the province, it was not easy for farmers in Nyagatare to
adopt rice growing as marshlands were used to graze animals.
However,
Grace Kampirwa, a farmer in Muvumba marshland, said that has since changed.
“Farmers say that marshlands play “double roles” where after harvesting rice,
they use stems as cattle fodder while animal waste acts as manure in the
marshland,” Kampirwa said.
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