Iran's Rice Import Ban to Stay Until November 21
07.09.2017
The ongoing seasonal ban on rice imports will be in effect until
Nov. 21, Deputy Agriculture Minister Yazdan Seif said, noting that the ban
started as of August.“Every year and during the rice harvest season, the
government bans rice imports in support of local farmers and domestic
production. Traders who have already made order registrations can import their
cargos after the deadline. During the ban period, no imports will take place,”
he was quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.On Monday, the Islamic Republic of
Iran Customs Administration announced that rice importers have until Friday to
clear their shipments from customs terminals.
The ban pertains to grain order registrations during the abovementioned period, meaning orders placed before the ban may be entitled to customs clearance past the deadline.Iranians consume 3 million tons of rice a year while domestic production stands at 2.2 million tons. Therefore, there is need for around 800,000 tons of imports every year.
The ban pertains to grain order registrations during the abovementioned period, meaning orders placed before the ban may be entitled to customs clearance past the deadline.Iranians consume 3 million tons of rice a year while domestic production stands at 2.2 million tons. Therefore, there is need for around 800,000 tons of imports every year.
The Agriculture Ministry expects domestic rice production to increase by 10-15% in the current Iranian year (started March 21), because of favorable weather condition and timely distribution of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, machinery and equipment among local farmers.“We need imports, but imports that are limited and controlled,” Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati has been quoted as saying.
Imports are made mainly from the UAE, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey and Iraq.The two northern provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran are home to a majority of Iran’s paddy fields.A total of 81% and 70% of rice harvest in the two provinces respectively were mechanized in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017).
According to the Central and West Asia Rice Center, with around 54% of Central and West Asia’s paddy fields located in Iran, the country accounts for 61% of the regions’ combined rice production
USA Rice
Outlook Conference and Trade show, Dec. 10-12
USA Rice Outlook Conference and
Trade Show, Dec. 10-12 bring industry segments together in San Antoni for
updates and expo.
Sep 06, 2017
The USA Rice Outlook Conference
and Trade Show, Dec. 10-12, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San
Antonio, Texas, brings rice farmers, millers, merchants, and representatives of
allied businesses from all rice-producing states and beyond together.
The Conference features a trade
show devoted to rice-related farm equipment, technology, products, and
services. The 2017 USA Rice Outlook Conference program will fill two full
days and will include economic and political outlooks, state-by-state
production and research reports. Keynote speaker will Mark McKinnon, Political
and Media Advisor, Creator, Executive Producer, and Co-host of Showtime’s The
Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth.
New this year are breakout
sessions for all segments of the industry. Visit www.usarice.com/outlook for
more information including sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities or contact
Jeanette Davis at jdavis@usarice.com or (703)
236-1447http://www.southwestfarmpress.com/rice/usa-rice-outlook-conference-and-trade-show-dec-10-12
Agricultural
Biotechnologies in Asia-Pacific
Update: September,
06/2017 - 15:35
Kundhavi
Kadiresan*The many uses of biotechnology in helping to feed the world’s hungriest region – Asia and the Pacific
As an economist by profession, understanding
the complex world of agricultural sciences involves a learning curve. When we
talk about employing biotechnologies in agricultural production and sustainable
food systems for better nutrition it’s easy to get lost in the jargon. You’ve
probably heard some of it – use of molecular markers, microbial food
fermentation, reproductive technologies in livestock, DNA-based kits to
diagnose diseases in farmed fish and of course genetic modification.
For our part, at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation,
we are encouraging governments, researchers and the private sector to take bold
steps to ensure safe, evidence-based agricultural biotechnology is placed
into the hands of smallholder farmers, fishers and pastoralists.
And we need to get on with that now, as our
Asia-Pacific region is
increasingly facing some predictable and unpredictable results of climate
change and the future effects these will have on agricultural production,
particularly for smallholders who are the least equipped to deal with
climate-related shocks.
The challenges we already face are enormous –
and that’s why we need to make use of all available technologies that we know
are safe – both old and new. This region has nearly half a billion hungry and
malnourished people – more than 60 per cent of the world’s total. Consider the
2030 deadline to deliver all 17 of the world’s Sustainable Development Goals,
and the 2050 mid-century point where our children will be living among some
nine to ten billion people competing for limited natural resources and you get
the picture.
FAO has a number of good case studies on the
use of agricultural biotechnologies, but I want to look at just two here.
In several countries in this region, floodwater
incursions into rice paddies has long been a major problem. But scientists at
the International Rice Research Institute, working with partners, have
developed a version of rice that can still thrive when submerged in floodwater.
This flood-tolerant rice, known better by its nickname “Scuba Rice” is a good
example of how scientists and farmers can come together in tackling some of the
more complex problems that the environment can throw
at those who often struggle to produce the food we eat each day.
In India, where
some 10 per cent of the land used for growing rice is prone to submergence,
this has led to low rice yields and sometimes complete loss of the crop. Using
molecular markers, which enable genes to be associated with the traits they
encode, IRRI’s scientists and partners were able to identify the gene
responsible for this tolerance when submerged. In short, through breeding
techniques, the gene for submergence tolerance could be bred into popular rice
varieties, generating new submergence-tolerant rice without losing flavour and
still producing high yields. It is now grown by millions of farmers in India.
Other rice varieties tolerant to submergence are being grown in Bangladesh and Việt
Nam.
In Thailand, a
global seafood hub, breeding a hybrid catfish using artificial insemination
from two species has resulted in a hybrid which performs better than the
average of either parental species. Researchers noted that the local Thai
broad-headed catfish, a favourite food due to its favourable colour and
texture, was slow to grow and susceptible to diseases, making it difficult to
culture on a commercial scale. By contrast, the African sharp-tooth catfish,
was known for its high growth rate and low susceptibility to diseases. Breeding
the two catfish species together has resulted in a ‘hybrid vigour’ (both
palatable and fast growing), making it ideal for aquaculture in Thailand.
Production of hybrid catfish has skyrocketed from less than 18,000 tonnes in
1990 to more than 150,000 tonnes.
Use of this biotechnology has
created a huge expansion of aquaculture and related industries in Thailand and
has provided greater access to high-quality protein food for poorer people in
rural areas.
With the clock ticking toward 2030 and 2050,
FAO is convening high-level regional meetings on agricultural uses of
biotechnologies to achieve sustainable food systems and better nutrition. The
first such meeting is taking place in Kuala Lumpur, on September 11-13,
co-organised by FAO and the Malaysian Government. The purpose is to offer an
open and neutral forum for the exchange of ideas and practices between
representatives of member countries, intergovernmental organisations, research
institutions, farmer organisations, cooperatives, academia, civil society and the private
sector. The participants will study examples where the use of biotechnologies
has worked well and areas where it has worked less well in the production of
crops, fisheries, forestry and livestock. With more than half a billion hungry
and malnourished people in this region, we need to work together while looking
at all forms of food production – and without delay.
*Kundhavi Kadiresan, assistant director-general
and regional representative (Asia-Pacific) of the Food
and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations
http://vietnamnews.vn/opinion/op-ed/393316/agricultural-biotechnologies-in-asia-pacific.html#LTmuPl3cjkhFqJMl.97
Call to sever ties with Myanmar, Bangladesh
We
request the Government of Pakistan (GoP) to extend an ultimatum to the
governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh to the effect that Pakistan will sever
all trade ties with them if the massacre of the Rohingya Muslims continues in
Myanmar and both countries assume an apathetic stance towards the issue.
This
suggestion was voiced by Mehmood Moulavi, Chairman of the Rice Exporters’
Association of Pakistan (REAP) at a press conference conducted by the
organisation at the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday afternoon.
“How
long will the traders remain silent?” he queried. He said Nato had bombed
and killed so many people in Fata, and there had been umpteen bomb blasts,
killing of tens of thousands of Pakistanis.
“We
want the trader community to come out in the open and explain to the masses
that we are not detached from these humanitarian issues and are equally
sensitive to humanitarian crises like these,” Moulavi said. He said, “We will
ask the government of Bangladesh to let the Rohingyas in and that we, the
traders of Pakistan, will foot the bill”.
He
said that they, the traders of Pakistan, would request the government of
Pakistan to prepare the requisite documents like CNICs so that these displaced
persons could come to Pakistan and earn a living, besides giving a boost to the
Pakistani economy in the process.
He
wondered as to what kind of Buddhists the rulers of Myanmar were since
Buddhists did not even allow its adherents to trample over an ant. He
called on the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) to intervene on an
urgent basis. “We have to change the mindset and change has to occur at the
top,” he said.
In
reply to a question, he said no fund had been instituted for the welfare of and
aid to the Rohingyas thus far but said that he had soon be taking up the issue.
Another rice exporter, Rahim Janoo, said that the GoP should ask the government
of Bangladesh to throw open its borders to the Rohingyas and adopt a more
humanitarian attitude towards its co-religionists.
While
the press conference was being conducted inside the press club, there was a
mammoth rally outside it featuring fiery speeches and raising of full-throated
slogans by members of REAP, joined in by other political parties, notably the
Pak Sarzameen Party
Call to sever ties with Myanmar, Bangladesh
We
request the Government of Pakistan (GoP) to extend an ultimatum to the
governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh to the effect that Pakistan will sever
all trade ties with them if the massacre of the Rohingya Muslims continues in
Myanmar and both countries assume an apathetic stance towards the issue.
This
suggestion was voiced by Mehmood Moulavi, Chairman of the Rice Exporters’
Association of Pakistan (REAP) at a press conference conducted by the
organisation at the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday afternoon.
“How
long will the traders remain silent?” he queried. He said Nato had bombed
and killed so many people in Fata, and there had been umpteen bomb blasts, killing
of tens of thousands of Pakistanis.
“We
want the trader community to come out in the open and explain to the masses
that we are not detached from these humanitarian issues and are equally
sensitive to humanitarian crises like these,” Moulavi said. He said, “We will
ask the government of Bangladesh to let the Rohingyas in and that we, the
traders of Pakistan, will foot the bill”.
He
said that they, the traders of Pakistan, would request the government of
Pakistan to prepare the requisite documents like CNICs so that these displaced
persons could come to Pakistan and earn a living, besides giving a boost to the
Pakistani economy in the process.
He
wondered as to what kind of Buddhists the rulers of Myanmar were since
Buddhists did not even allow its adherents to trample over an ant. He
called on the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) to intervene on an
urgent basis. “We have to change the mindset and change has to occur at the
top,” he said.
In
reply to a question, he said no fund had been instituted for the welfare of and
aid to the Rohingyas thus far but said that he had soon be taking up the issue.
Another rice exporter, Rahim Janoo, said that the GoP should ask the government
of Bangladesh to throw open its borders to the Rohingyas and adopt a more
humanitarian attitude towards its co-religionists.
While
the press conference was being conducted inside the press club, there was a
mammoth rally outside it featuring fiery speeches and raising of full-throated
slogans by members of REAP, joined in by other political parties, notably the
Pak Sarzameen Party.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/228207-Call-to-sever-ties-with-Myanmar-Bangladesh
Kenya Seeks to Boost Business
With Pakistan
By James Kariuki
Kenya has proposed a number of measures to boost trade between
locals and Pakistani private sector after their bilateral deals hit the Sh80
billion mark this year.
Kenya's High Commissioner to Pakistan, Prof Julius Bitok, said
the proposals were aimed at introducing trade agreements for specific products
that are largely traded by the two countries.
"Kenya is considering a free trade agreement for specific
products with Pakistan to boost our tea volumes. This matter is expected to be
discussed during the scheduled Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) in October
2017 alongside other MoUs," he said.
He said the deal was aimed at attracting Pakistani businesses to
put up manufacturing plants in Kenya to process raw materials among them tea,
coffee, skins and hides.
"Pakistani businesses have heavily invested in the auto and
pharmaceutical industries in Kenya as well as in the textile industry. With
Nairobi becoming a hub and gateway to East and Central Africa region, more
Pakistanis have shown heightened interest in investing in Kenya," he said.
Mr Bitok said private sector driven activities had helped Kenya
increase its offering of export products where Kenyan traders participated in
trade exhibitions held in Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi cities in the
past year.
Mr Bitok said the High Commission staff in Islamabad and
Pakistani's staff at its embassy in Nairobi were involved in helping
businessmen solve disputes arising from trading activities. This saw Kenyan
businesses verify identity of Pakistani companies seeking trade ties before any
exports were made.
"We directly engaged tea businessmen in Karachi, Lahore,
Peshawar on a regular basis. We have also worked very closely with Pakistan Tea
association to promote tea imports from Kenya. Overall, we have managed to push
trade earnings from Sh40 billion in 2013 to Sh80 billion in 2017," it
said.
Data from the Kenya Tea Directorate indicate that Pakistan was
the leading export destination for the Kenyan beverage in June 2017 where 19.48
million kilogrammes was sold accounting for 42 per cent of the total export
volumes compared to 23 million kilogrammes sold in June last year.
"We need to be more aggressive and market our processed
products in Pakistan during trade fairs and workshops we organise in various
Pakistani cities. We need to see more linkages among businesses from the two
countries made through their respective chambers of commerce and
industry," he said.
Mr Bitok said Kenya had also seen an increase in exported hides
and skins, fruits, vegetables and flowers while Pakistan largely exported
edible oils, rice, farm machinery, human drugs, medical equipment, sports
goods, textiles, furniture and wheat.
The envoy said Nairobi had also confirmed participation in the
upcoming exhibition titled Expo in Karachi later in the year with exchange fair
also planned in Nairobi.
According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Pakistan
was Kenya's biggest trading partner with exports to Pakistan jumping by 90.8
per cent to Sh24.8 billion in the year to May from Sh13 billion in a similar
period last year, marking the fastest growth
http://allafrica.com/stories/201709060707.html
GREEN WILL STUDY COVER CROP POTENTIAL WITH
USDA-NRCS GRANT
09/07/2017
12
JONESBORO
– Demonstrating the profitability of cover crops through collection and
analysis of data is one of the goals of a new research project directed by an
Arkansas State University professor.Steve Green hopes to show how the use of
cover crops can result in less expense for fertilization and irrigation.
Dr. Green is professor of soil and water conservation at A-State, where he has
taught and conducted research since 2006.
As
director of the research project, he will analyze the result of integrating
cover crops into Arkansas Delta row crop systems. He and fellow
researchers will assist farmers in the Arkansas Soil Health Alliance with
documenting data and sharing information about the benefits of cover crops.
The
project was funded by a grant of more than $300,000 from the Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Green’s
proposal was selected from a pool of 29 applications.
"Farmers
in the Delta region are hearing a lot about cover crops and soil health,"
Green explained. "By partnering with the NRCS on this project, we will
document the changes in irrigation and nitrogen inputs required due to cover
crop usage and we will perform an economic evaluation of participating farmers'
management with cover crops."
Collaborating
on the project with Green are Dr. Joe Massey, research agronomist with the
Delta Water Management Research Unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
Agricultural Research Service in Jonesboro; Dr. Chris Henry, irrigation
specialist with the University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center
at Stuttgart; and Mark Jordan, agricultural economist with the College of
Agriculture, Engineering and Technology at Arkansas State.
The
researchers will analyze farmers' data to determine how much mineral nitrogen
fertilizer and irrigation water can be reduced through the use of cover crops,
and also will demonstrate how cover crops can be profitable in the cash crop
system.
"In
every conversation we have with farmers, they want to know the return on
investment by using cover crops in their farming operation, so that is what we
are going to determine for them in addition to the soil health benefits,"
the professor added. "I believe soil health and economic prosperity can go
hand in hand."
The
farmer cooperators who will collect date on their farms are Robby Bevis of
Lonoke, Bill Carwell of Cherry Valley, Adam Chappell of Cotton Plant and Mike
Taylor of Helena-West Helena.
"We
are happy for Dr. Green and the opportunity for him to pursue his passion for
soil health and sustainable cropping systems," stated Dr. Tim Burcham,
dean of the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Technology. "The
partnerships featured in this research provide a firm foundation for future
endeavors."
http://www.astate.edu/news/green-will-study-cover-crop-potential-with-usda-nrcs-grant 164 killed in rain-triggered accidents in
Pakistan monsoon season
Source:
Xinhua| 2017-09-07 08:20:56|Editor: ying
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Some 164 people have been killed,
167 others injured and 440 houses destroyed in separated rain-related incidents
in the monsoon season since the end of June this year across Pakistan, the
Pakistani disaster management authorities said late Wednesday.
Pakistan's southern Sindh and eastern Punjab provinces were the
worst hit with 38 fatalities in each province since the advent of the monsoon
season in the last week of June, the country's National Disaster Management
Authority (NDMA) said in a press release.
The torrential rains have left hundreds of people homeless, forcing
them to live under the open skies.
Teams from the NDMA and provincial governments are carrying out
rescue and relief operation in the affected areas.
The NDMA said that they have provided a total of 873 tents,
1,150 food bags containing wheat, rice and other edibles to the displaced
people so far. The department have also distributed 590 blankets and 1,400
sleeping bags among the displaced.
The NDMA has dispatched three boats to rescue trapped people in
the calamity-hit provincial capital city Karachi in Sindh.
Monsoon rains hit Pakistan every year in June and the season
normally ends in the first week of September. During this period, the country
receives heavy rains which cause flooding in various areas.
The NDMA said that more rains are likely to hit Punjab and Sindh
over the next 24 hours, but added that the flood situation is under control as
all the rivers in the country are flowing at normal levels.
The most destructive flood caused by rainwaters hit the country
in 2010 in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh, sweeping away 20
percent of the land and leaving about 1,540 people dead.
According to a UN report, 557,226 houses were destroyed, and
over six million people displaced in the 2010 flood
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/07/c_136590522.htm
Iran's Rice Import Ban to Stay Until November 21
Thursday, September 07, 2017
The ongoing seasonal ban on rice
imports will be in effect until Nov. 21, Deputy Agriculture Minister Yazdan
Seif said, noting that the ban started as of August.
“Every year and during the rice
harvest season, the government bans rice imports in support of local farmers
and domestic production. Traders who have already made order registrations can
import their cargos after the deadline. During the ban period, no imports will
take place,” he was quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.
On Monday, the Islamic Republic
of Iran Customs Administration announced that rice importers have until Friday
to clear their shipments from customs terminals.
The ban pertains to grain order
registrations during the abovementioned period, meaning orders placed before
the ban may be entitled to customs clearance past the deadline.
Iranians consume 3 million tons
of rice a year while domestic production stands at 2.2 million tons. Therefore,
there is need for around 800,000 tons of imports every year.
The Agriculture Ministry expects
domestic rice production to increase by 10-15% in the current Iranian year
(started March 21), because of favorable weather condition and timely
distribution of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, machinery and equipment among
local farmers.
“We need imports, but imports
that are limited and controlled,” Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati has been
quoted as saying.
Imports are made mainly from the
UAE, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey and Iraq.
The two northern provinces of
Gilan and Mazandaran are home to a majority of Iran’s paddy fields.
A total of 81% and 70% of rice
harvest in the two provinces respectively were mechanized in the last Iranian
year (ended March 20, 2017).
According to the Central and West
Asia Rice Center, with around 54% of Central and West Asia’s paddy fields
located in Iran, the country accounts for 61% of the regions’ combined rice
production
Qatar
launches direct trade route with Pakistan, bypassing 
blockadeBy Ruby Fitzgerald Sep 07, 2017 000 On
June 5, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic, business and
travel ties with Qatar alleging Doha for supporting terrorist organizations.
According to Reuters, Qatari Transport Minister Jassim bin Saif al-Sulaiti
said: "The port. will break the shackles of any restrictions imposed on
our economy". The Hamad Port, which began operating in December, is a
major hub for imports to Qatar, hit by a land and air embargo by some of its
most powerful neighbours. However, manufacturing of food products jumped 12.5%
as Qatar runs some of its processing plants overtime to offset the disruption
to imports. He pointed out that the port is now hosting one of the largest
commercial vessels in the world, from China, carrying about 1,500 containers on
board. Among the most prominent projects that will be at Hamad Port is the
construction of buildings and warehouses for food security, the minister said,
explaining that the project will be constructed on an area of approximately 53
hectares (530,000 square meters) and will contain manufacturing, conversion and
refining facilities for rice, raw sugar and edible oils. It has a capacity of
1.7 million tonnes of general freight and one million tonnes of grain,
according to Mwani Qatar, the country's port management company. The isolation
of Qatar over Doha's alleged support for militants has raised concerns that
projects could be delayed if supplies from the Far East and South Asia are
choked. The new routes connect Qatar ports to Sohar and Salalah ports in Oman,
Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait, Karachi port in Pakistan, Izmir port in Turkey and
Mundra and Nhava Sheva ports in India. It will provide Qatar with complete
independence in its import and export of goods. Hamad Port will have an annual
capacity of 7.5 million shipping containers Hi-Tech Facts
http://hitechfacts.com/2017/09/qatar-launches-direct-trade-route-with-pakistan-bypassing/
blockadeBy Ruby Fitzgerald Sep 07, 2017 000 On
June 5, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic, business and
travel ties with Qatar alleging Doha for supporting terrorist organizations.
According to Reuters, Qatari Transport Minister Jassim bin Saif al-Sulaiti
said: "The port. will break the shackles of any restrictions imposed on
our economy". The Hamad Port, which began operating in December, is a
major hub for imports to Qatar, hit by a land and air embargo by some of its
most powerful neighbours. However, manufacturing of food products jumped 12.5%
as Qatar runs some of its processing plants overtime to offset the disruption
to imports. He pointed out that the port is now hosting one of the largest
commercial vessels in the world, from China, carrying about 1,500 containers on
board. Among the most prominent projects that will be at Hamad Port is the
construction of buildings and warehouses for food security, the minister said,
explaining that the project will be constructed on an area of approximately 53
hectares (530,000 square meters) and will contain manufacturing, conversion and
refining facilities for rice, raw sugar and edible oils. It has a capacity of
1.7 million tonnes of general freight and one million tonnes of grain,
according to Mwani Qatar, the country's port management company. The isolation
of Qatar over Doha's alleged support for militants has raised concerns that
projects could be delayed if supplies from the Far East and South Asia are
choked. The new routes connect Qatar ports to Sohar and Salalah ports in Oman,
Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait, Karachi port in Pakistan, Izmir port in Turkey and
Mundra and Nhava Sheva ports in India. It will provide Qatar with complete
independence in its import and export of goods. Hamad Port will have an annual
capacity of 7.5 million shipping containers Hi-Tech Facts
http://hitechfacts.com/2017/09/qatar-launches-direct-trade-route-with-pakistan-bypassing/
The
Rice Foundation Innovation Stage Headlines Opportunities at USA Rice Outlook
Conference
ARLINGTON, VA -- The annual USA
Rice Outlook Conference is the largest rice-specific gathering in North
America, and this year's event - set for the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention
Center in San Antonio, Texas from December 10-12 - is bursting at the
seams with opportunities to reach active rice industry leaders.
As
many as 1,000 attendees are expected to visit the exhibit hall that is
featuring a new innovative layout designed to enhance traffic flow.
"We
actually ended up doubling the number of premium booth spaces we had because
the new layout is so exhibitor-friendly, there just aren't bad booth
locations," said Jeanette Davis, senior director of meetings for USA Rice.
At
the center of the exhibit hall is the large USA Rice booth featuring spots to
relax and network, and just beyond that is the newly branded Rice Foundation
Innovation Stage, where exhibitors will be given 10 minutes to showcase new
products, services, and techniques.
While
the stage area has been evolving over the years, this is the first year the
stage has been branded, and The Rice Foundation was a natural fit.
"The
Rice Foundation has been supporting research, education, and the advancement of
the rice industry since 1984 and the organization is synonymous with
innovation, why wouldn't we jump at the chance to drive that home to
attendees," said Charley Matthews, Jr., California rice farmer and current
chairman of The Rice Foundation.
Davis
said there are plenty of other sponsorship opportunities for companies looking
to get their message out. From hotel key cards, branded breakout
sessions, and unique speaking slots, to giveaways for attendees and interesting
signage prospects throughout the convention center, there are programs at all
price points starting at $650. The sponsorship brochure can be
found here.
The
USA Rice Outlook Conference is an annual educational offering for all segments
of the rice industry and attracts growers, millers, merchants, researchers,
exporters, end-users, industry affiliates, as well as government agency
representatives, media, and agribusinesses from the six major rice producing
states and beyond, and for more information, visit the conference website.
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Lawmakers want probe on
Golden Rice project
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
The Makabayan Bloc in the House
of Representatives is seeking an inquiry into the impact of the development of
Golden Rice, or vitamin A rice, on human health, environment and local farmers.
Party-list Reps. Arile Casilao of
Anakpawis, Carlos Isagani Zarate of Bayan Muna, Emmi de Jesus and Arlene Brosas
of Gabriela, Antonio Tinio and France Castro of Act Teachers and Sarah Jane
Elago of Kabataan filed House Resolution (HR) 1294, calling for an
investigation into the Golden Rice project.
The lawmakers said many
scientists around the world have expressed “serious” concerns regarding the
safety of genetically engineered food and its effect on human health and the
environment.
“A number of studies have shown
that genetically engineered food cause a wide variety of negative health
effects in animals, including allergic reactions, stomach ulcerations and
disturbed liver, pancreas and testes function,” HR 1294 read.
The lawmakers noted that Golden
Rice is genetically engineered to “force” the rice plant to produce
beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A. It is being developed and tested
presumably to address the problem in vitamin A deficiency (VAD).
It was developed from Golden Rice
1 (from bacteria and daffodil genes, which produce low levels of beta-carotene)
and later to Golden Rice 2 (with genes from bacteria and corn, which,
supposedly, has higher levels of beta-carotene).
“Golden Rice now has a set of new
genes that never before existed in rice,” the resolution read.
The lawmakers noted that the
technology, methodology, seeds and variety to advance the Golden Rice are owned
by Syngenta, an agro-chemical transnational corporation which profits by
investing in the global seed industry.
They also said the claim that
Golden Rice can address the problem of malnutrition and blindness due to
vitamin A deficiency is “baseless and unscientific”.
“Golden Rice is merely a
promotional product of agro-chemical corporations using public institutions to
make possible the social acceptance of genetic engineering in food and
agriculture”, their resolution read.
In the Philippines the lawmakers
said the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is the agency that leads
the field testing and commercialization of Golden Rice. They added that
PhilRice has bred the Golden Rice variety with PSB Rc82 and other local rice
varieties.
The lawmakers said three seasons
of Golden Rice field testing was done in five areas in the country and was
harvested in 2013.
“Early this year, the proponents
again filed two applications for Golden Rice at the Department of
Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI). The application involves the
Direct Use for Food, Feed and Processing and Field Trials of the said GM
product in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, and San Mateo, Isabela,” the resolution read.
Citing the International Rice
Research Institute (Irri), the solons said the average yield of Golden Rice was
lower than comparable local varieties already preferred by farmers.
“Local rice varieties are more
suitable to the country’s environment and climate and the same assures the
farmers of better yield, and should be conserved and protected from
contamination from genetically modified organisms,” the resolution read
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/lawmakers-want-probe-on-golden-rice-project/
Rice
prices jump in India; Bangladesh eyes import deal with Myanmar
SEPTEMBER
7, 2017 / 6:06 PM / UPDATED 21 HOURS AGO
FILE
PHOTO: Laborers unload sacks of rice from a handcart at a wholesale market in
Kolkata, India, December 14, 2015. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
BENGALURU
(Reuters) - Rice prices in top exporter India rebounded this week, boosted by
steady demand from Bangladesh which has been actively exploring fresh import
deals with its neighbors and is looking to wrap up a major purchase from
Myanmar. A Bangladeshi government
delegation is in Myanmar to finalize a state-to-state deal, government
officials said on Thursday.
“We
will import up to 300,000 tonnes of rice from them, depending on the rates and
terms and conditions,” a food ministry official said.
This
comes after Bangladesh finalised a deal to buy 250,000 tonnes of white rice at
$453 a tonne from Cambodia, following a comparatively cheaper deal with
Vietnam.
Bangladesh’s
state grains buyer is also issuing a series of tenders as it looks to import
1.5 million tonnes of rice in the year to next June, with the latest tender
closing on Sept. 12.
India’s
5 percent broken parboiled rice prices jumped this week by $10 per tonne to
$410-$413 per tonne, buoyed by good demand from Bangladesh.“Bangladesh has been
seeking prompt shipments in the last few days. Only India can deliver supplies
quickly and that’s why we’ve been receiving orders in the last few days,” said
a Pune-based dealer with a trading firm. “Demand from other countries is weak.”
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 partly due to a rally
in the rupee.
The
Thai benchmark 5 percent broken rice was quoted at $380-$385 a tonne,
free-on-board (FOB) Bangkok, up from $370-$375 a tonne last week.
“A
lot of the rice crops have already been harvested since last week. As for
demand, it has increased slightly from rice exporters perhaps because their old
stock has finished,” a Bangkok-based rice trader said.
Prices
in Thailand are expected to climb slightly in the coming week due to overseas
demand, and the general trend is likely to remain upward until the end of the
year.
Supply
will reduce during September and October due to a lack of new crops, traders
said.
Traders
in Vietnam quoted the benchmark 5 percent broken rice at unchanged prices of
$385-390 a tonne this week, FOB Saigon, as the market remained quiet.
“A
recent deal with Iraq stood out and caught the attention of traders. Other than
that, we had no new demands from major importers like Bangladesh, China or
Philippines,” a trader in Ho Chi Minh City said.
Iraq’s
state grains buyer will import about 60,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam at $590
a tonne in a direct deal, European traders said on Monday
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-asia-rice/rice-prices-jump-in-india-bangladesh-eyes-import-deal-with-myanmar-idUSKCN1BI1Q7
Cotton, rice ‘decent’ going into harvest
According to the USDA’s Missouri Crop Progress and Condition
report dated Aug. 28, cotton setting bolls had reached 98 percent, and
cotton with bolls opening had reached 15 percent. Cotton condition was rated 9
percent excellent, 50 percent good, 31 percent fair, 9 percent poor and 1
percent very poor.
Down in southeast Missouri,
cotton and rice crops have had a fairly typical growing year, and in some
places the crops could be pretty good, farmers and agronomists say.
There have been some pest issues,
but generally those have remained under control.
Despite only growing the crops in
one corner of the state, Missouri ranks in the top five nationally in rice
production and in the top 10 for cotton.
Laura Collins grows cotton, rice,
corn and soybeans in southeast Missouri, farming in Stoddard, Scott and New
Madrid counties. She says they have started the process of draining the water
off the rice in anticipation of harvest.
“Rice looks good,” she says.
In addition to a successful rice
crop, Collins expects good things from her cotton.
“The cotton is loaded to the gills,”
she says.
Sam Atwell, a University of
Missouri Extension agronomy specialist based in New Madrid County, says it was
a fairly typical growing year.
“Everything’s going pretty much
normal,” he says. “We’re expecting a normal crop, fairly decent. Everything’s
on schedule.”
Atwell says the cotton harvest
should really get going around Oct. 1.
August brought some drier
conditions, as it often does, but Atwell says that hasn’t been a problem with
the abundant irrigation in the region.
“We had good rainfall up into
July,” he says. “The last month has been hot and dry, so we’ve been irrigating,
but that’s normal for us. If (Hurricane) Harvey doesn’t catch us with too much
rain, we should be OK.”
Insects and other pests have also
been something growers have been watching, Atwell says.
“Both crops (cotton and rice)
will have insects,” he says. “We continue to monitor and spray for them.”
Spider mites were a particular
concern this year for cotton.
“We did have a buildup of spider
mites — more than I’ve seen in a while,” Atwell says. “Some of (the growers)
didn’t catch them early enough, so that’ll hurt them some. But most of them got
them sprayed for pretty good.”
According to the USDA’s Missouri
Crop Progress and Condition report dated Aug. 28, rice headed was at 95
percent. Rice condition was rated 21 percent excellent, 47 percent good, 28
percent fair, 3 percent poor and 1 percent very poor.
According to the report, cotton
setting bolls had reached 98 percent, and cotton with bolls opening had reached
15 percent. Cotton condition was rated 9 percent excellent, 50 percent good, 31
percent fair, 9 percent poor and 1 percent very poor
http://www.missourifarmertoday.com/news/crop/cotton-rice-decent-going-into-harvest/article_2c2482ec-9341-11e7-816f-770c2ec1d019.html
Jazzmen Rice: A New Orleans rice that’s music
for your mouth!
CROWLEY, La. -- After 12 long years of testing, evolving, and improving this
unique strain of aromatic Jasmine rice, the Louisiana State University
Agriculture Center, with the help of senior rice breeder Dr. Steve Linscombe,
felt they had finally developed a strain that could compete head on with the
famous Thai Jasmine rice in aroma, texture, and taste.In early 2009, Dr.
Linscombe signaled Louisiana farmers that it was time for the new rice’s first
commercial harvest. Dr. Linscombe had been working closely with a group of New
Orleans entrepreneurs who were willing to finance the harvest, milling, and
marketing of this dynamic new variety of rice. Thanks to the vision of these
entrepreneurs and the steadfast work of the LSU AgCenter, Jazzmen Rice has
reached new heights in the marketplace.
During 2008, a duo of New Orleans
entrepreneurs learned of the new strain of rice being developed by the LSU
AgCenter. They decided to explore bringing this innovative variety to market.
Founders George Chin, and Andrew Wong, saw the huge potential American grown
aromatic Jasmine rice has and acted on it. Investing in excess of $1,000,000 of
their own venture capital, the two businessmen went about assembling all the
business disciplines necessary to bring this product to market. From
farming and milling to supply chain distribution logistics and marketing,
Jazzmen Rice, L.L.C. is a constant whirlwind of activity; and all of this
activity is doing wonders for New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. Jobs are
being created in multiple industries. Not only is Jazzmen Rice great for the
economy because it is creating jobs, but it has goals of slowing the importing
of foreign aromatic Jasmine rice into the United States. This means the United
States will send less money abroad and keep more dollars inside the United
States.
An obvious motivating factor is
price. Louisiana's rice industry has struggled to regain a footing after
devastating hurricane seasons in 2005 and 2008. Traditional rice is more
expensive to produce and while the price farmers are paid for it has
strengthened -- particularly over the last several years -- the more exotic
jasmine strain can fetch a premium. The “Jazzman” variety yields up to
three times as much grain per acre as the fragrant, nutty Thai strain, which
grows too tall and flowers too late for U.S. farms.
Louisiana grows about 14 percent
of the nation's rice -- the third-biggest crop behind Arkansas, where about
half the nation's rice is grown, and California, which grows 20 percent.
For decades, America has imported
more and more Jasmine Rice from Thailand, due to America’s inability to produce
its own credible variant of a soft, subtle, aromatic Jasmine rice. Over the
last ten years, America’s importing of Jasmine Rice has increased almost 100%
to a staggering 500,000 tons a year. Experts project this incredible increase
to rise by almost another 50% by 2018. America’s ever-expanding desire for
taste sensation continues to fuel the consumption of aromatic Jasmine rice. Now
Americans have a domestic variety to choose.
The strength for America in its
agricultural offerings moving forward, the duo behind Jazzmen Rice believes, is
the relative purity of its environment. “The United States is getting to the
point where there is not much to export except for the agriculture and
seafood,” said Wong. While foreign countries either have the advantage, or do
not see the economic viability of importing consumer goods and manufactured
products, Chin explained, “the United States still has the cleanest air, the
most pure land, clean water — and other countries value that a great deal.”
The icon of the brand, however,
is weaved into the tapestry linked to New Orleans. The patron saint of the Big
Easy, Louis Armstrong, is displayed prominently on the packaging — a playful
wink to New Orleans' most famous jazz man as well as a way to show support the
city’s next generation of artists, via financial aid for the Louis Armstrong Education Foundation.
Since its inception, Jazzmen Rice
can currently be found in most New Orleans restaurants, local grocery stores,
and 48 states across the country, as well as in international markets like
Vietnam, Hong Kong, and the Philippines — with plans for further global
expansion well underway.
Dawn Vachon, National Sales and
Marketing Director for Jazzmen Rice said, “Jazzmen Rice is more than just a
product grown locally, and there’s real sustainability built into our product.
There's a strong synergy between this grain and our community. Jazzmen Rice
cares as deeply for the culture of New Orleans as it does the landscape of
Louisiana.”
The grain is gluten-free and is
free of any genetic modifications, and together with the LSU AgCenter the
Jazzmen team makes large strides to protect the acreage that they work on.
Co-founder and President of
Jazzmen Rice George Chin, recently said, “We’re in an area where we have a
different culture and the food culture is different. You have etouffee, gumbo,
jambalaya. You don’t see this kind of food in most of the country or even most
of the world. So, we like our rice to follow a trail. You wanna get good
etouffee? Pair it with this great Jazzmen rice. You wanna get good red beans
and rice on a Monday? Pair it with Jazzmen Rice. That’s how we see ourselves
fitting into the community."
With Irma approaching, Charleston
Gold Rice farmer Jimmy Hagood braces for disaster ... again
Weathering the storm
Posted
by Kinsey Gidick on Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 11:05
AM
Jimmy
Hagood grows 30 acres of heirloom rice at his Lavington Farms
If Hurricane Irma smacks Charleston next week, it would be the third catastrophic weather event local farmers have endured in three years.
"It would be crippling," says Sara Clow, general manager of food hub GrowFood Carolina. "First of all, in the Lowcountry proper, it has been an incredibly wet summer. So we’re already dealing with some pretty saturated soil which leads to higher pest populations. We’re in a not great scenario."
Hard and soft squash and pumpkins are almost certainly at risk, she says. Not to mention the fall crops many farmers who work with GrowFood have just planted. And, of course, the honey producers, too. "Apparently it hurts the honey production," says Clow. Even salt harvesters aren't immune. "Seven days of cloudy weather blows the production on salt. Plus, if it floods, the water is so much less salty, they have to gather twice much." And that's not to mention meat production. As Hurricane Harvey in Texas demonstrated, as lots of farmers don't have anywhere to take the herds.
For barbecue impresario and farmer Jimmy Hagood, an Irma direct hit at his Lavington Farms could wipe out his Charleston Gold Aromatic Ricecrop. If that happens, it would be the second year in a row of total rice crop loss.
"Our rice crop is the best it's been," says Hagood. "We’ve never harvested this much before. We did everything right this year. We flooded the fields — the Charleston Gold Rice was created so it could be an upland rice and grown in dry condition, but we tried the more traditional flooding method this year and it worked well." But Hagood's 30 acres, which is just on the cusp of being ready to harvest, is in jeopardy now and he fears a repeat of Hurricane Matthew
When the 1,000 year flood hit in 2015, Hagood's team stepped into action getting the rice out just before it hit. Last year was a different story.
"We tried our best, but we were not able to get it out. It was a total loss. We were able to get in there for one half of a day or so with storm clouds coming. This year, I don’t know. It all depends on the tidal surge."
Lavington Farms sits two miles off of 17 in Green Pond, S.C. His rice fields are inland but that doesn't mean their safe from flooding. "If we don’t get the huge surge, we’ve got everything drained. We can take 8-10 inches," he says. "But if that’s combined with wind, then the combine can't pick it up."
To add insult to injury, it's not just the investment loss — $3,000 in seed, plus fertilizer, man hours, all told about $10,000, then the cost of a combine — that gives Hagood pause. It's the years of research and development to restore the lost crop that hurts the most.
"It’s an interesting passion of mine and for my brothers and cousins, but you know it also takes resources way from other things or adds to those other things," says Hagood, who adds that a family meeting is planned for later this month to review all of the farms' projects. That said, he's quick to defend his efforts. "We’ve got the perfect set up to grow it. It’s not like we’re trying to force something that shouldn't be done."
Mother Nature, however, has a wicked way of reminding farmers who's really in charge. And Hagood will be the first to tell you that it was two back-to-back hurricanes in 1910 and 1911 that ended rice growing in the South Carolina. "That was up until about 15 years ago," he adds "and we’re playing a part in that."
And it's that determined, circle of life attitude might be the one thing that keeps Hagood planting Charleston Gold, even if he loses it all again to Irma.
Like Clow says, "That’s the thing about farmers, these are the most resilient people you’ll ever meet in your life."
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Basmati
millers in Punjab rue hike in mandi fee, RDF
, ET Bureau|
Sep 06, 2017, 05.57 PM IST
The millers are worried that the trade would
hugely tilt in favour of mills set up under mega project category that are
completely exempted from mandi tax and market fee for first ten-years of
operations. Basmati millers in Punjab
are seeking rollback of increase in Market
Development Fee and Rural Development Fund (RDF) that is set to
increase cost by 8-10 per cent compared to other mills set up under the mega
project category. The millers rue that the additional cost burden will also
dent their cost competitiveness in domestic as well as international trade
compared to counterparts in Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir and Western Uttar Pradesh.
"It will affect domestic as well as international business of millers based in Punjab," president Punjab Basmati Rice Millers Association, Balkrishan Garg said. Garg said that the basmati trade is already margin stressed due to lower price realisation in export market and the additional cost will dent export prospects of basmati grown in Punjab.
The Punjab cabinet, in the last week, announced to increase market fee and RDF by one per cent each. The market fee and RDF stood at 2 per cent each in the past.
The millers are worried that the trade would hugely tilt in favour of mills set up under mega project category that are completely exempted from mandi tax and market fee for first ten-years of operations.
Garg said that the lower mandi fee in other basmati growing states like 1.6 per cent in Rajasthan, 2.4 per cent in Uttar Pradesh, 0.2 per cent in Madhya Pradesh is set to affect the rice processing industry in Punjab. He said that the association has written to chief minister Amarinder Singh raising the plight of local industry.
"The disparity in RDF and mandi fee defeats the purpose of One Nation One Tax under Goods and Sales Tax," says Vijay Sethia, former president of All India Rice Exporters Association.
Ranjam Kamra, a basmati trader, lamented that many rice mills will be shut due to the additional costs and disparity in levy. "The cost difference will be more than Rs 275 per quintal enough to push millers out of business," Kamra said.
"It will affect domestic as well as international business of millers based in Punjab," president Punjab Basmati Rice Millers Association, Balkrishan Garg said. Garg said that the basmati trade is already margin stressed due to lower price realisation in export market and the additional cost will dent export prospects of basmati grown in Punjab.
The Punjab cabinet, in the last week, announced to increase market fee and RDF by one per cent each. The market fee and RDF stood at 2 per cent each in the past.
The millers are worried that the trade would hugely tilt in favour of mills set up under mega project category that are completely exempted from mandi tax and market fee for first ten-years of operations.
Garg said that the lower mandi fee in other basmati growing states like 1.6 per cent in Rajasthan, 2.4 per cent in Uttar Pradesh, 0.2 per cent in Madhya Pradesh is set to affect the rice processing industry in Punjab. He said that the association has written to chief minister Amarinder Singh raising the plight of local industry.
"The disparity in RDF and mandi fee defeats the purpose of One Nation One Tax under Goods and Sales Tax," says Vijay Sethia, former president of All India Rice Exporters Association.
Ranjam Kamra, a basmati trader, lamented that many rice mills will be shut due to the additional costs and disparity in levy. "The cost difference will be more than Rs 275 per quintal enough to push millers out of business," Kamra said.
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Golden Foods
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Pakistani varieties
Kenyan variety
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Kenyan variety
American varieties
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How biotech is helping Asia tackle hunger and meet its
development goals
Kundhavi Kadiresan says scientists can help boost food
production in Asia – home of most of the world’s poor – and have already had
their share of successes in India and Thailand
PUBLISHED : Friday, 08 September, 2017, 2:44pm
UPDATED : Friday, 08 September, 2017, 3:31pm
When we talk about employing
biotechnologies in agricultural production and
sustainable food systems for better nutrition, it’s easy to get lost in the
jargon. You’ve probably heard some of it – the use of molecular markers,
microbial food fermentation, reproductive technologies in livestock, DNA-based
kits to diagnose diseases in farmed fish and, of course, genetic modification.
For our part, we encourage governments, researchers and the
private sector to take bold steps to ensure safe, evidence-based
agricultural biotechnology is
placed in the hands of smallholder farmers, fishers and pastoralists.
And we need to get on with that now, as our region is
increasingly facing both the predictable and unpredictable results of climate
change, as well as the future effects these will have on agricultural
production, particularly for smallholders least-equipped to deal with
climate-related shocks.
With more than half a billion hungry and malnourished people in
this region, we need to work together ... without delay
The challenges we already face are enormous, and that’s why we
need to make use of all available technologies we know are safe – both old and
new. This region has nearly half a billion hungry and malnourished people –
more than 60 per cent of the world’s total. Consider the 2030 deadline to
deliver all 17 of the world’s Sustainable Development Goals,
and the 2050 mid-century point, where our children will live among some 9-10
billion people competing for limited natural resources, and you get the
picture.
We have a number of good case studies on the use of agricultural
biotechnologies. Here are just two.
In several countries in this region, floodwater incursions into
rice paddies have long been a major problem. But scientists at the
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), working with partners, have developed
a version of rice that can still thrive when submerged in floodwater. This
flood-tolerant rice, nicknamed “scuba rice,” exemplifies how scientists and
farmers can come together to tackle the more complex problems the environment
can throw at those who struggle to produce the food we eat.
In India, where some 10 per cent of the land used for growing
rice is prone to submergence, this has led to low rice yields and sometimes a
complete loss of the crop. Using molecular markers, which enable genes to be
associated with the traits they encode, IRRI scientists and partners could identify
the gene responsible for this tolerance when submerged. In short, through
breeding techniques, the gene for submergence tolerance could be bred into
popular rice varieties, generating new submergence-tolerant rice without losing
flavour and still producing high yields. It is now grown by millions of farmers
in India. Other rice varieties tolerant to submergence are now grown in
Bangladesh and Vietnam.
In Thailand, a global seafood hub, breeding a hybrid catfish
using artificial insemination from two species has resulted in a hybrid which
performs better than the average of either parental species. Researchers noted
that the local Thai broadhead catfish, a favourite food due to its favourable
colour and texture, was slow to grow and susceptible to diseases, making it
difficult to culture on a commercial scale. By contrast, the African
sharp-tooth catfish, was known for its high growth rate and low susceptibility
to diseases. Breeding the two catfish species together has resulted in a
“hybrid vigour” (both palatable and fast-growing), making it ideal for
aquaculture in Thailand. Production of hybrid catfish has skyrocketed from less
than 18,000 metric tonnes in 1990 to more than 150,000 metric tonnes.
Use of this biotechnology has
created a huge expansion of aquaculture and related industries in Thailand and
provided greater access to high-quality sources of protein for poorer people in
rural areas.
With the clock ticking towards 2030 and 2050, we are convening
high-level regional meetings on agricultural uses of biotechnologies to achieve
sustainable food systems and better nutrition. The first takes place in Kuala
Lumpur, from September 11-13. Participants will study examples where use of
biotechnologies has worked well and areas where it has worked less well in
production of crops, fisheries, forestry and livestock. With more than half a
billion hungry and malnourished people in this region, we need to work together
while looking at all forms of food production – without delay.
Kundhavi Kadiresan is assistant director general and regional
representative (Asia-Pacific) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2110275/how-biotech-helping-asia-tackle-hunger-and-meet-its
Farmers burdened with ‘indirect taxation’
Sep 8, 2017, 2:20 AM; last updated: Sep 8, 2017, 2:57 AM
(IST)
Market
fee, rural development cess hiked to 3% each; those into basmati, cotton
farming to be hit most
Ruchika M Khanna
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 7
A state government’s decision to raise market
fee and rural development cess by 1 per cent each will prove to be an indirect
taxation on lakhs of farmers, especially those growing basmati, cotton and
horticulture crops.
With market fee and rural development cess
fixed at 3 per cent, the cash-strapped government aims to raise Rs 900 crore every
year, keeping in view that state agencies procure most of the wheat and
non-basmati paddy.
It, however, seems that the Cabinet took the
decision in haste, without factoring in the cascading effect it would have on
the farming community.
Since two taxes have to be paid by buyers,
government procurement agencies would be paying the taxes in case of crops
procured by them. But for crops not under the purview of the procurement (MSP)
regime, the buyers — cotton ginners, rice exporters and other private buyers of
horticulture crops — will cut prices at which they buy crops from farmers to
maintain their profit margins. Thus, about 5 lakh farmers will be hit by this
“indirect taxation”.
Sukhdev Singh Kokri Kalan, general secretary,
of BKU (Ugrahan), told The Tribune that on one hand the government had gone
back on its promises of debt waiver and, on the other, farmers would suffer as
they would get less price for crops not covered under the Minimum Support Price
(MSP).
“The industry will cut prices to make profit.
Farmers will suffer. We are already apprising farmers, who sell basmati and
cotton in the open market, of what is in store for them. Soon, an agitation
against the arbitrary decision will be launched,” he said.
Balkrishan Garg, president, Punjab Rice Millers’
Association, said buyers of basmati would have little option, but to give less
price to farmers. “While five major rice shelling units are exempted from
paying the two taxes, other units — already running in losses — will be unable
to bear the tax burden and could pass it on to farmers,” he said.
Another farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal
feared the decision would impact the crop diversification plan. “In 2013-14,
the government had done away with market fee and rural development cess on
basmati to promote its cultivation over water-guzzling non-basmati varieties.
Since last year, the government (then SAD-BJP rule) has been raising the fee,”
he said.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/basmati-millers-in-punjab-rue-hike-in-mandi-fee-rdf/articleshow/60393704.cms
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2110275/how-biotech-helping-asia-tackle-hunger-and-meet-its
USA Rice Outlook Conference-Trade Show, Dec. 10-12 at San Antonio
Conference is where the U.S. rice industry meets - farmers,
millers, merchants, and allied business representatives
The 2017 USA Rice Outlook
Conferenceand Trade Show are
set for Dec. 10-12 in
San Antonio, Texas.The conference is where the U.S. rice industry meets -
bringing together rice farmers, millers, merchants, and representatives of
allied businesses from rice-producing states, plus others.
The three-day conference features a trade showdevoted
to rice-related farm equipment, technology, products, and services. The USA Rice Outlook
Conference program fills two days, including economic and
political outlooks, plus state-by-state production and research reports. New
this year is breakout sessions for all segments of the rice industry.
For more information, visit https://www.usarice.com/outlook-conference or
contact USA Rice’s Jeanette Davis at jdavis@usarice.com.
Vietnam’s 2017 rice production
estimated at 44.1 million tonnes
Vietnam
expects to produce 44.1 million tonnes of rice in 2017, according to the
Department of Cultivation. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi
(VNA) –Vietnam
expects to produce 44.1 million tonnes of rice in 2017, according to the
Department of Cultivation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (MARD). Unfavourable weather conditions shrank winter-spring rice
yield by 300,000 tonnes. However, southern localities are estimated to enjoy a
surge in rice production of 400,000 tonnes. They have already harvested 1.08
million hectares of rice, or 56.2 percent. The Cultivation Department said that
rice fields in the north are developing well while the rice output of the
autumn-winter crop in the Mekong Delta region is forecast to increase by
250,000-300,000 tonnes from the same crop last year. Diseases on rice coupled
with impacts of downpours in the north and floods in the south cause great
concern to the agricultural sector. Thus, the sector needs to draw up measures
to ensure safety for rice production.-VNA
Rice prices jump in India;
Bangladesh eyes import deal with Myanmar
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Rice prices
in top exporter India rebounded this week, boosted by steady demand from
Bangladesh which has been actively exploring fresh import deals with its
neighbors and is looking to wrap up a major purchase from Myanmar.
A Bangladeshi government delegation
is in Myanmar to finalize a state-to-state deal, government officials said on
Thursday.
“We will import up to 300,000
tonnes of rice from them, depending on the rates and terms and conditions,” a
food ministry official said.
This comes after Bangladesh
finalised a deal to buy 250,000 tonnes of white rice at $453 a tonne from
Cambodia, following a comparatively cheaper deal with Vietnam.
Bangladesh’s state grains buyer is
also issuing a series of tenders as it looks to import 1.5 million tonnes of
rice in the year to next June, with the latest tender closing on Sept. 12.
India’s 5 percent broken parboiled
rice prices jumped this week by $10 per tonne
to $410-$413 per tonne, buoyed by good demand from Bangladesh.
“Bangladesh has been seeking prompt
shipments in the last few days. Only India can deliver supplies quickly and
that’s why we’ve been receiving orders in the last few days,” said a Pune-based
dealer with a trading firm. “Demand from other countries is weak.”
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 partly due to a rally in the rupee.
The Thai benchmark 5 percent broken
rice was quoted at $380-$385 a tonne, free-on-board (FOB) Bangkok, up from
$370-$375 a tonne last week.
“A lot of the rice crops have
already been harvested since last week. As for demand, it has increased
slightly from rice exporters perhaps because their old stock has finished,” a
Bangkok-based rice trader said.
Prices in Thailand are expected to
climb slightly in the coming week due to overseas demand, and the general trend
is likely to remain upward until the end of the year.
Supply will reduce during September
and October due to a lack of new crops, traders said.
Traders in Vietnam quoted the
benchmark 5 percent broken rice at unchanged prices of $385-390 a tonne this
week, FOB Saigon, as the market remained quiet.
“A recent deal with Iraq stood out
and caught the attention of traders. Other than that, we had no new demands
from major importers like Bangladesh, China or Philippines,” a trader in Ho Chi
Minh City said.
Iraq’s
state grains buyer will import about 60,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam at $590
a tonne in a direct deal, European traders said on Monday.
Reporting by Mi Nguyen in Hanoi,
Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai, Ruma Paul in Dhaka, Suphanida Thakral in Bangkok;
editing by David Clarke
Farmers Suffer Extensive Crop Losses In Wake Of Harvey
Rice farmer
John Gaulding wades through the roughly 8 inches of water still filling his
fields in rural Hamshire, Texas. At its worst, he says, the water was as high
as 30-36 inches.
Carrie Kahn/NPR
In south Texas,
this was going to be one of the best years farmers had seen in a while. The
cotton crop was projected to bring in record prices and even clear out many
families' debts. But the massive rainfall, winds and a slow drying-out process
from Harvey have left many farmers overwhelmed and worried.
That includes
people like Dave Murrell, whom I meet at AL-T's Seafood and Steakhouse, a Cajun
restaurant in Winnie, Texas, a rural town about an hour east of Houston. The
place is packed, even though lunchtime has long come and gone. No one is in a
hurry to get back to their fields — they can't. They're flooded. Murrell says
nearly 400 acres of his rice are totally submerged.
"There is
not much we can do," says Murrell. "We are still waiting for the
water to go down so [that] by road we can get into these fields. Our roads
cross a gulley out at the farm and the water is still too deep for us to get
through it."
Luckily,
Murrell had just harvested some of his rice before Harvey dumped nearly 50
inches here. But fourth-generation cattle and rice farmer Gerald Bauer decided
to bring his cows in first, then cut his rice crop. Unfortunately, he says, he
miscalculated by one week. In "a normal year, we're fine," he says.
"But Mother Nature decided we were late this year."
Adam Leger, who
runs an aerial fumigation service with his brother, says they won't know for
weeks if any of their equipment is salvageable. Four of his crop dusters are
under water at the local airport.
"I've
never seen it — nothing like this," Leger says. "I don't think
anybody in here has seen it."
It will take
months, maybe even a full year, to get final figures on Texas' agricultural
losses to Harvey. But Gene Hall of the Texas Farm Bureau says he's done some
back-of-the-envelope calculations. Roughly, Hall says just looking at cotton,
Texas's No. 2 product, farmers lost at least a fifth of the crop.
"We think
that it could be as much as $135 million" in cotton losses, he says.
And Hall says
for rice farmers, 20 percent of their crops are still stuck in the ground.
Rice farmer
John Gaulding pulls on tall rubber boats up to his knees to get through the
water – about 8 inches tall — still filling his fields in Hamshire, Texas,
about 9 miles outside of Winnie. At its worst, he says, the water was as high
as 30-36 inches.
Gaulding, who's
71 and took over the rice business from his father, faces a frustrating
situation. Rice stalks sit atop his plants, ready for harvest. With each
passing day, though, the kernels get drier and drier, while the bottom of the
plant remains flooded — too wet to bring in any machinery.
"The sad
thing is that out of all the fields we've harvested, this is a new variety to
us and it had the potential to be our highest-yielding," Gaulding says.
And unlike
other rice producers who will plant a second crop later in the year, Gaulding
farms crawfish on this field. The small crustaceans burrowed into the ground to
hibernate. He won't know whether they survived and will reemerge until next
spring, possibly adding to his losses.
Farmers in
Texas say they feel like the rural families and businesses have been forgotten
in the rush to help the cities, especially Houston. They're even more worried
they'll be left behind as attention turns to south Florida and Hurricane Irma's
likely arrival in a few days.
Right now
everyone here is just trying to be patient, like Marcia Bauer, who owns Texas
Salt Grass, the local feed store in Winnie. She says half of her monthly income
is from credit she gives out.
"And it's
not just me that is being affected. Because we are such a small rural
community, a lot of the businesses carry the farmers," Bauer says.
She sent out
her statements the day before the town flooded. Hopefully, she says, the
farmers finally got her bill — now that mail service is back up and running
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/09/06/548985185/texas-farmers-suffer-extensive-crop-losses-in-wake-of-harvey
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Septmember 08,
2017
(Sep 08, 2017 14:00)
Nagpur, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Gram and tuar prices recovered strongly
in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC) here on increased
demand from local millers amid weak supply from producing belts. Fresh hike
Madhya Pradesh gram prices and repeated enquiries from South-based millers also
helped to push up prices. About 500 of gram and 200 bags of tuar were available
for auctions, according to sources.
FOODGRAINS
& PULSESGRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here on subdued demand from local traders
amid ample stock in ready position.
TUAR
* Tuar gavarani moved down in open market here on poor demand from local traders amid
high moisture content arrival.
* Major wheat reported higher in open market on renewed demand from local traders amid
tight supply from producing regions.
* In Akola, Tuar New - 4,300-4,500, Tuar dal (clean) - 6,300-6,500, Udid Mogar (clean)
- 8,600-9,200, Moong Mogar (clean) 6,600-7,100, Gram - 5,500-5,800, Gram Super best
- 8,600-9,000
* Rice and other foodgrain items 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
4,800-5,990
4,800-5,800
Gram Pink Auction
n.a.
2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction
3,600-4,125
3,500-4,125
Moong Auction
n.a.
3,900-4,200
Udid Auction
n.a.
4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction
n.a.
2,600-2,800
Wheat Mill quality Auction
1,600-1,645
1,600-1,650
Gram Super Best Bold
8,500-9,200
8,500-9,200
Gram Super Best
n.a.
n.a.
Gram Medium Best
7,600-8,000
7,600-8,000
Gram Dal Medium
n.a.
n.a
Gram Mill Quality
5,900-6,000
5,900-6,000
Desi gram Raw
5,800-6,000
5,800-6,000
Gram Kabuli
12,500-13,500
12,500-13,500
Tuar Fataka Best-New
6,700-7,000
6,700-7,000
Tuar Fataka Medium-New
6,400-6,600
6,400-6,600
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New
6,200-6,400
6,200-6,400
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New
5,700-6,000
5,700-6,000
Tuar Gavarani New
4,300-4,500
4,400-4,600
Tuar Karnataka
4,800-5,000
4,800-5,000
Masoor dal best
5,200-5,400
5,200-5,400
Masoor dal medium
4,600-4,900
4,600-4,900
Masoor
n.a.
n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New)
7,200-7,500
7,200-7,500
Moong Mogar Medium
6,700-7,000
6,700-7,000
Moong dal Chilka
5,500-6,200
5,500-6,200
Moong Mill quality
n.a.
n.a.
Moong Chamki best
7,000-8,000
7,000-8,000
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 9,000-10,000
9,000-10,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)
6,500-8,000
6,500-8,000
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG)
5,000-5,600
5,000-5,600
Batri dal (100 INR/KG)
5,000-5,600
5,000-5,600
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)
3,000-3,200
3,000-3,200
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)
2,900-3,100
2,900-3,100
Watana White (100 INR/KG)
3,500-3,700
3,500-3,700
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG)
3,600-4,800
3,600-4,800
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)
1,900-2,000
1,800-1,900
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG)
1,750-1,850
1,700-1,800
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)
2,100-2,300
2,100-2,300
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG)
2,200-2,400
2,100-2,400
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,100
1,900-2,000
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG)
n.a.
n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG)
3,300-3,800
3,000-3,600
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG)
2,200-2,800
2,200-2,700
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG)
3,300-3,400
3,300-3,400
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG)
2,800-3,200
2,800-3,200
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG)
2,600-2,900
2,600-2,900
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG)
2,500-2,600
2,500-2,600
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG)
2,300-2,400
2,300-2,400
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG)
3,800-4,000
3,800-4,000
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG)
3,500-3,800
3,500-3,800
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG)
4,800-5,200
4,800-5,200
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG)
4,500-4,700
4,500-4,700
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG)
9,500-13,500
9,500-13,500
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG)
5,000-7,500
5,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG)
4,800-5,000
4,800-5,000
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG)
4,300-4,500
4,300-4,500
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG)
2,000-2,200
2,000-2,200
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)
1,800-2,000
1,800-2,000 WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 34.4 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 24.1 degree Celsius Rainfall : 10.6 mm FORECAST: Generally cloudy sky with one or two spells of rains or thunder-showers. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 34 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)
https://in.investing.com/news/commodities-news/nagpur-foodgrain-prices-open-septmember-08-2017-507689
Jazzmen Rice: A New
Orleans rice that’s music for your mouth!
4:39 PM,
September 6, 2017, by Kenny Lopez, Updated at 04:50PM, September 6,
2017
CROWLEY, La.
-- After 12 long
years of testing, evolving, and improving this unique strain of aromatic
Jasmine rice, the Louisiana State University Agriculture Center, with the help
of senior rice breeder Dr. Steve Linscombe, felt they had finally developed a
strain that could compete head on with the famous Thai Jasmine rice in aroma,
texture, and taste.
In early 2009,
Dr. Linscombe signaled Louisiana farmers that it was time for the new
rice’s first commercial harvest. Dr. Linscombe had been working closely
with a group of New Orleans entrepreneurs who were willing to finance the
harvest, milling, and marketing of this dynamic new variety of rice. Thanks to
the vision of these entrepreneurs and the steadfast work of the LSU AgCenter, Jazzmen
Rice has reached new heights in the marketplace.
During 2008, a
duo of New Orleans entrepreneurs learned of the new strain of rice being
developed by the LSU AgCenter. They decided to explore bringing this innovative
variety to market. Founders George Chin, and Andrew Wong, saw the huge
potential American grown aromatic Jasmine rice has and acted on it. Investing
in excess of $1,000,000 of their own venture capital, the two businessmen went about
assembling all the business disciplines necessary to bring this product to
market. From farming and milling to supply chain distribution logistics
and marketing, Jazzmen
Rice, L.L.C. is a constant whirlwind of activity; and all of this activity
is doing wonders for New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. Jobs are being
created in multiple industries. Not only is Jazzmen
Rice great for the economy because it is creating jobs, but it has goals of
slowing the importing of foreign aromatic Jasmine rice into the United States.
This means the United States will send less money abroad and keep more dollars
inside the United States.
An obvious
motivating factor is price. Louisiana's rice industry has struggled to regain a
footing after devastating hurricane seasons in 2005 and 2008. Traditional rice
is more expensive to produce and while the price farmers are paid for it
has strengthened -- particularly over the last several years -- the more exotic
jasmine strain can fetch a premium. The “Jazzman” variety yields up to
three times as much grain per acre as the fragrant, nutty Thai strain, which
grows too tall and flowers too late for U.S. farms.
Louisiana grows
about 14 percent of the nation's rice -- the third-biggest crop behind
Arkansas, where about half the nation's rice is grown, and California, which
grows 20 percent.
For decades,
America has imported more and more Jasmine Rice from Thailand, due to America’s
inability to produce its own credible variant of a soft, subtle, aromatic
Jasmine rice. Over the last ten years, America’s importing of Jasmine Rice has
increased almost 100% to a staggering 500,000 tons a year. Experts project this
incredible increase to rise by almost another 50% by 2018. America’s
ever-expanding desire for taste sensation continues to fuel the consumption of
aromatic Jasmine rice. Now Americans have a domestic variety to choose.
The strength
for America in its agricultural offerings moving forward, the duo behind Jazzmen
Rice believes, is the relative purity of its environment. “The United
States is getting to the point where there is not much to export except for the
agriculture and seafood,” said Wong. While foreign countries either have the
advantage, or do not see the economic viability of importing consumer goods and
manufactured products, Chin explained, “the United States still has the
cleanest air, the most pure land, clean water — and other countries value that
a great deal.”
The icon of the
brand, however, is weaved into the tapestry linked to New Orleans. The patron
saint of the Big Easy, Louis Armstrong, is displayed prominently on the
packaging — a playful wink to New Orleans' most famous jazz man as well as a
way to show support the city’s next generation of artists, via financial aid
for the Louis Armstrong
Education Foundation.
Since its
inception, Jazzmen
Rice can currently be found in most New Orleans restaurants, local grocery
stores, and 48 states across the country, as well as in international markets
like Vietnam, Hong Kong, and the Philippines — with plans for further global
expansion well underway.
Dawn Vachon,
National Sales and Marketing Director for Jazzmen
Rice said, “Jazzmen
Rice is more than just a product grown locally, and there’s real
sustainability built into our product. There's a strong synergy between this
grain and our community. Jazzmen
Rice cares as deeply for the culture of New Orleans as it does the
landscape of Louisiana.”
The grain is
gluten-free and is free of any genetic modifications, and together with the LSU
AgCenter the Jazzmen team makes large strides to protect the acreage that they
work on.
Co-founder and
President of Jazzmen
Rice George Chin, recently said, “We’re in an area where we have a
different culture and the food culture is different. You have etouffee, gumbo,
jambalaya. You don’t see this kind of food in most of the country or even most
of the world. So, we like our rice to follow a trail. You wanna get good
etouffee? Pair it with this great Jazzmen
rice. You wanna get good red beans and rice on a Monday? Pair it with Jazzmen
Rice. That’s how we see ourselves fitting into the community.
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