Study could spawn better ways to combat crop-killing fungus
Rutgers-led genome research finds
fungus that causes disease in rice became harmful 21 million years ago
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About 21 million years ago, a fungus that causes a devastating
disease in rice first became harmful to the food that nourishes roughly half
the world's population, according to an international study led by Rutgers
University-New Brunswick scientists.
The findings may help lead to different ways to fight or prevent
crop and plant diseases, such as new fungicides and more effective quarantines.
Rice blast, the staple's most damaging fungal disease, destroys
enough rice to feed 60 million people annually. Related fungal pathogens
(disease-causing microorganisms) also infect turfgrasses, causing summer patch
and gray leaf spot that damage lawns and golf courses in New Jersey and
elsewhere every summer. And now a new fungal disease found in wheat in Brazil
has spread to other South American countries.
Results from the study published online in Scientific
Reports may lead to better plant protection and enhanced
national quarantine policies, said Ning Zhang, study lead author and associate
professor in the Department of Plant Biology and the Department of Biochemistry
and Microbiology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.
"The rice blast fungus has gotten a lot of attention in the
past several decades but related species of fungi draw little attention,
largely because they're not as severe or not harmful," Zhang said.
"But they're all genetically related and the relatives of severe pathogens
have been little-studied. You have to know your relatives to have a holistic
understanding of how the rice blast pathogen became strong and others did
not."
The study is the outcome of a 2016 international symposium at
Rutgers-New Brunswick hosted by Zhang and Debashish Bhattacharya, study senior
author and distinguished professor in the Department of Biochemistry and
Microbiology. The National Science Foundation, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass
Science, and School of Environmental and Biological Sciences funded the
symposium by researchers from the U.S., France and South Korea.
The scientists studied Magnaporthales, an order of about 200
species of fungi, and some of the new members were discovered in the New Jersey
Pine Barrens. About half of them are important plant pathogens like the rice
blast fungus - ranked the top fungal pathogen out of hundreds of thousands.
After the first sign of infection, a rice field may be destroyed within days,
Zhang said.
To get a holistic understanding of how the rice blast fungus
evolved, scientists genetically sequenced 21 related species that are less
harmful or nonpathogenic. They found that proteins (called secretomes) that
fungi secrete are especially abundant in important pathogens like the rice
blast fungus.
Based on previous research, the proteins perhaps became more
abundant over time, allowing the fungi to infect crops, Zhang said. The
researchers identified a list of genes that are abundant in pathogens but less
so in nonpathogens, so the abundant genes might promote pathogens that can
infect crops. The results will allow scientists to look into the mechanism
behind the infection process.
"With climate change, I think the rice blast problem can
only get worse because this is a summer disease in warm climates where rice is
grown," Zhang said, adding that wheat, turfgrass and other important
plants may also be affected.
Go for direct seeded rice, save water’
Ikhhlaq Aujla| TNN | Apr 27, 2018, 06:57 IST
CHANDIGARH:The Punjab government’s move to delay sowing and
transplanting of paddy by five days has once again brought sharp focus on
finding ways to save fast depleting groundwater in the state.
Either the area under waterguzzling paddy, which is Punjab’s biggest kharif (summer sown) crop, should be reduced drastically or alternative methods of cultivating the crop like the direct seeded rice (DSR) and system of rice intensification must be adopted by the state’s farmers, according to farm scientists and officials.
Leading geneticist and Green Revolution pioneer Gurdev Singh Khush, who helped improve and enlarge supply of rice globally, says the Punjab government’s move to delay sowing and transplanting of paddy for five days might not make much difference in economizing use of water. Instead, he says more drastic measures are needed. The former principal plant breeder at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, has recommended broadcast sowing of pre-germinated rice seed without puddling and eliminating raising seedlings in the nursery.
“Direct sowing needs 30% less water and saves lot of labour costs. Many countries have switched to direct sowing of rice. I feel direct sowing is a winwin technology, particularly under declining water resources,” Khush, who was awarded the 1996 World Food Prize, told TOI in an email exchange.
‘ Farmers wary of adopting this rice sowing method’
Even the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, has devoted a page in its Package of Practices for Kharif Crops to unpuddled DSR, mentioning suitable soil types, required field preparations, suitable varieties, sowing time, seed treatment, seed rate and method of sowing, weed control, irrigation and fertilizer application.
The varsity has mentioned that short duration paddy variety PR115 is most suitable for direct seeded rice and the ideal sowing time is June 1-15 inPunjab.
On the other hand, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) chairperson Kahan Singh Pannu said farmers were wary of opting for the DSR method of cultivating paddy as the efforts to produce this technique in the state had not yielded the desired results in the past.
“Area under DSR paddy cultivation had once touched nearly 1 lakh hectares in Punjab. However, the farmers didn’t adopt this method in a big way as they found the crop had more weeds and even the yield was not stable. Due to this uncertainty, Punjab farmers stopped following the DSR method of paddy cultivation,” said Pannu, an MSc in agriculture (entomology) from PAU, Ludhiana.
UPDATE
1-Philippines to retender for 250,000 T rice after high bids
(Adds
quotes from official, possible tender next week)
MANILA,
April 27 (Reuters) - The Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA) on Friday
declared an import tender for 250,000 tonnes of rice a failure after bids from
suppliers Thailand and Vietnam exceeded the state agency’s budget, but an
official said a fresh tender is being planned.
NFA
has allocated $483.63 per tonne for a plan to import 50,000 tonnes of 15
percent broken rice and $474.18 a tonne for 200,000 tonnes of 25 percent broken
rice. Initial and revised bids from both countries topped $500 a tonne, said
Judy Carol Dansal, deputy NFA administrator and head of the panel that held the
tender.The Philippines, a frequent rice importer, had sought offers from its
two top rice-producing neighbours under a government-to-government mode of
procurement, as it seeks to replenish its depleted buffer stock.“We will send
new invitations to the governments of Vietnam and Thailand to participate in
another bidding possibly within the day,” Dansal told reporters, adding another
tender could be held as soon as next week. “We still want the imported rice to
arrive not later than the end of June,” she said, ahead of the lean domestic
harvest season.
President Rodrigo Duterte last
week directed the NFA to build up its rice buffer stock to the equivalent of 60
days of national consumption, or as much as 1.92 million tonnes.The NFA, in
charge of ensuring stable rice supply and prices, had an inventory of only
43,500 tonnes, or less than 2 days of national consumption, as of March.
(Reporting by Enrico dela Cruz; writing by Manolo Serapio Jr.; editing by
Richard Pullin and Gopakumar Warrier)
APRIL
27, 2018 / 10:38 AM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
Niger rice cuts imports, says
FADAMA
Niger State has contributed to
the reduction of rice imports, the National Fadama Co-ordination Office has
said.Nigeria has been listed among the 16 top producers of rice with its local
production valued at N684 billion ($1.9 billion).Niger State produced 545,700
metric tonnes (MT) of rice to top the national production output for last
year’s wet season.
The leader of the Technical
Assistance Mission to the state, Dr. Samuel Alabi, who spoke during a
visit to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Rural Development, Haruna Nuhu
Dukku, in Minna, said the quantity of rice produced in the state with the
contribution of the state Fadama Co-ordination Office during the wet and dry
seasons had greatly increased.
Alabi praised the state Fadama
Co-ordination Office, saying the state added value to what Fadama is
achieving nationally as the office have become a focus laboratory where
experience meet with result delivery.
“Niger State Coordination Office
has become a learning centre where opportunity meets experience and experience
meets with result delivery. The state has become Fadama learning centre.
We are indebted to Niger State for adding colour to the performance of the
national office,’’Alabi said.
Dukku assured Fadama of the state
support of its programme as it has proved to be of immense benefit to the
people, especially in the rural areas.
Pakistan tightens regulatory checks on cargoes to curb GM rice trade
26.04.2018
Pakistan has tightened grip on international rice trade with a
view to getting rid of any impression of involving in the trade of tainted
genetically modified (GM) rice, officials said on Wednesday.Federal government,
early this month, issued instructions to Department of Plant Protection,
Ministry of Food Security & Research (MFS&R) for strict regulation of
inbound and exporting rice consignments.This move was initiated following
serious concerns raised by Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) about
incidence of detecting GM rice from some shipments, resulting in rejection of
exporting consignments from European Union.
Echoing similar concerns, Punjab government on April 10, 2018 wrote a letter to express strong reservations about tainted trade of GM rice.We do not produce GM rice nor do we import it. Hence, there is no possibility of any involvement of local companies in the processing of GM rice,” a government official said. “If at all it is detected from some consignments, it could have sourced from outside country, which needs to be checked thoroughly.”As a result of the tight regulation, Pakistan blocked entry of a Chinese rice seed shipment last week. Chinese Embassy in Islamabad raised the issue with the Minister Food Security & Research.
The Chinese diplomat wrote in the letter dated April 19, 2018 that a shipment of more than 2,000 tons of hybrid rice seed is being stuck in the Karachi port and prohibited from entering into Pakistan due to the negative results of GMO testing.It further stated that Chinese government does not allow any Chinese company to produce or export GMO hybrid rice seeds home and abroad as well. “The GMO testing conducted by Chinese quarantine authorities shows these hybrid rice seeds are non-GMO.
The Chinese exporters of these seeds are regular business partners of Pakistani importers and all of the exporters pledged these seeds are non-GMO,” the letter said.Considering the discrepancies of the testing results from both sides, the Chinese diplomat said, it is requested to perform again the testing procedure with the participation of experts from both sides to ensure justice and transparency.
Syed Waseem-ul-Hassan, Director General, Plant Protection Department confirmed that a consignment of about 1,800 tons of hybrid rice seed was stopped from entering into Pakistan due to presence of GM rice.
Following tests conducted recently, about 1,500 tons of hybrid rice is being released while 300 tons has been held due to positive lab reports about presence of GM rice.Shahzad Ali Malik, leading rice exporter, welcomed steps being taken to check mixing of GM rice in domestic value chain.
“We need to be vigilant on this front in order to make our rice trade fair. I am always firm believer of conducting regular lab tests of all importing and exporting shipments of rice,” Malik said.
“Chinese government has also taken strict measures in this regard and there should be zero tolerance on this issue here in Pakistan also.”
The ban on GM rice trade was strictly enforced further early this month following a letter written by secretary agriculture Punjab to federal secretary MFS&R having subject of “Ban on import of GMP rice and rice seed”.
It is stated in the letter that ‘strict quarantine measures be enforced to stop any import/export of GMO rice and rice seed through regulatory arm of the MNFS&R, especially through monitoring and scrutinizing the lots of imported rice seed.
It is noted in the letter that ‘rice is second most important food crop of Pakistan and is famous export commodity in European countries.These countries have some serious human health concerns about genetically modified organism (GMO) rice and have zero tolerance policy for GMO rice entry into EU countries.
Because of strategic importance of this crop, provincial Secretary Agriculture stated, Pakistan too has zero tolerance policy for R&D and import / export of GMO rice.Despite that, some GMO rice consignments are reported now and then. REAP has reported that a rice consignment from Pakistan to Europe was detected in the past with GMO and was rejected, which damaged the country's image as a major Basmati exporter, he observed.
Echoing similar concerns, Punjab government on April 10, 2018 wrote a letter to express strong reservations about tainted trade of GM rice.We do not produce GM rice nor do we import it. Hence, there is no possibility of any involvement of local companies in the processing of GM rice,” a government official said. “If at all it is detected from some consignments, it could have sourced from outside country, which needs to be checked thoroughly.”As a result of the tight regulation, Pakistan blocked entry of a Chinese rice seed shipment last week. Chinese Embassy in Islamabad raised the issue with the Minister Food Security & Research.
The Chinese diplomat wrote in the letter dated April 19, 2018 that a shipment of more than 2,000 tons of hybrid rice seed is being stuck in the Karachi port and prohibited from entering into Pakistan due to the negative results of GMO testing.It further stated that Chinese government does not allow any Chinese company to produce or export GMO hybrid rice seeds home and abroad as well. “The GMO testing conducted by Chinese quarantine authorities shows these hybrid rice seeds are non-GMO.
The Chinese exporters of these seeds are regular business partners of Pakistani importers and all of the exporters pledged these seeds are non-GMO,” the letter said.Considering the discrepancies of the testing results from both sides, the Chinese diplomat said, it is requested to perform again the testing procedure with the participation of experts from both sides to ensure justice and transparency.
Syed Waseem-ul-Hassan, Director General, Plant Protection Department confirmed that a consignment of about 1,800 tons of hybrid rice seed was stopped from entering into Pakistan due to presence of GM rice.
Following tests conducted recently, about 1,500 tons of hybrid rice is being released while 300 tons has been held due to positive lab reports about presence of GM rice.Shahzad Ali Malik, leading rice exporter, welcomed steps being taken to check mixing of GM rice in domestic value chain.
“We need to be vigilant on this front in order to make our rice trade fair. I am always firm believer of conducting regular lab tests of all importing and exporting shipments of rice,” Malik said.
“Chinese government has also taken strict measures in this regard and there should be zero tolerance on this issue here in Pakistan also.”
The ban on GM rice trade was strictly enforced further early this month following a letter written by secretary agriculture Punjab to federal secretary MFS&R having subject of “Ban on import of GMP rice and rice seed”.
It is stated in the letter that ‘strict quarantine measures be enforced to stop any import/export of GMO rice and rice seed through regulatory arm of the MNFS&R, especially through monitoring and scrutinizing the lots of imported rice seed.
It is noted in the letter that ‘rice is second most important food crop of Pakistan and is famous export commodity in European countries.These countries have some serious human health concerns about genetically modified organism (GMO) rice and have zero tolerance policy for GMO rice entry into EU countries.
Because of strategic importance of this crop, provincial Secretary Agriculture stated, Pakistan too has zero tolerance policy for R&D and import / export of GMO rice.Despite that, some GMO rice consignments are reported now and then. REAP has reported that a rice consignment from Pakistan to Europe was detected in the past with GMO and was rejected, which damaged the country's image as a major Basmati exporter, he observed.
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Rice study finds great genetic diversity
2018-04-27
09:44China DailyEditor: Li YanECNS App Download
Researchers harvest a variety of
saltwater-tolerant rice in Qingdao, Shandong Province, in September.
(Photo/China Daily)
More than 12,000 previously unknown
genes have been identified.
The findings, which were published
on Thursday in the science journal Nature, will promote global research on the
rice genome - including breeding at the molecular level - and accelerate the
creation of new rice varieties of superior quality, high yield and improved
resistance to multiple biological and other stresses, according to the Chinese
Academy of Agricultural Sciences, which led the research.
Using the latest sequencing
technology, researchers involved in the project analyzed 3,010 rice samples
collected from all over the world, and identified a large number of genetic
variations, including 29 million single nucleotide polymorphisms, the smallest
unit of genetic variation, said Li Zhikang, the project leader from the
academy's Institute of Crop Sciences.
The research effort - called the
3,000 Rice Genomes Project - was launched in September 2011 by CAAS,
International Rice Research Institute, which is based in the Philippines, and
BGI-Shenzhen, a leading genome research institute in Shenzhen, Guangdong
province. It was joined by 16 universities and institutes from China and
abroad, according to the CAAS.
Funding has been provided by the
Chinese government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The 3,010 samples were from 89
countries and regions, and contain about 95 percent of the total genetic code
of the species, it said.
It is predicted that the world's
total rice output will double by 2050 to meet the needs of an increasing
population. That poses great challenges to breeding new varieties that will
fill human needs, according to the CAAS. In China, rice is the most widely
consumed staple food, it said.
With better knowledge of genomic
variations, scientists may be able to "design" rice according to
human needs, said Liu Chunming, director-general of the CAAS Institute of Crop
Sciences.
The discovery of a large number of
new genes and genetic variations is important to future rice breeding, which
relies on that variation, he said. Previously, about 36,000 rice genes had been
identified, he said.
Traditionally, rice breeding is
guided by selection experience, which requires years and may be ineffective.
But with better knowledge, researchers can more easily breed new varieties to
meet human needs, he said.
"For example, scientists may
design a specific rice variety for people with diabetes so they don't have to
worry about the immediate rise of blood sugar," he said.
Li, the project leader at the crop
sciences institute, said a database for functional rice genomics and breeding
will be built for further research.
Chu Chengcai, a scientist at the
Institute of Genetics and Development Biology at the Chinese Academy of
Sciences, said the findings of the project will help researchers worldwide in
functional rice genomic research and promote more precise and customized
breeding.
"It is of great importance to
food security in China and the world," he said.
Observing Chinese Starbucks patrons reveals what their ancestors
farmed, study finds
Researcher examines how wheat- and rice-farming cultures affect modern
social patterns
New study examines how the interdependent rice-farming culture
and the independent wheat-farming culture have affected today's residents in
China.
April 26, 2018
Press Inquiries A new study analyzing behavior patterns of people
across China suggests that the traditional interdependent rice-farming culture
of southern China has resulted in today's residents—even city dwellers far
removed from farming—being more interdependent and less controlling over their
environment compared to their countrymen who hail from the more independent
wheat-farming culture of northern China.
The University of Chicago Booth
School of Business study was conducted by Thomas Talhelm, assistant
professor of behavioral science and William Ladany Faculty
Scholar. Talhelm observed 8,964 people sitting in Starbucks cafes in six
cities all across China and found that people in cities in southern China were
less likely to be sitting alone.
The idea behind the study stems
from differences in how crops are farmed. Traditional rice farmers from
southern China had to share labor and coordinate irrigation in a way that most
northern China wheat farmers did not, thus making them more interdependent and
more enmeshed in navigating social relationships, rather than free to act
independently.
“I think people in China have
long had a sense that northerners behave differently from southerners,” Talhelm
said. “This study suggests a reason why—rice farming—and that those differences
are surviving into the modern age.”
In a second study, researchers
moved chairs together in cafes, so that they were partially blocking the
aisles. The study found that people in northern China were more likely to move
the chairs out of the way, which is consistent with the findings that people in
these individualistic cultures are more likely to try to exert control over the
environment. This fits with the everyday reality of wheat farming, in which
farmers were more independent from their neighbors than in rice villages.
On the other hand, people in
southern China were more likely to adjust themselves to the environment by
squeezing through the chairs in these cafes.
Talhelm became interested in
studying the cultural differences between southern and northern China when he
was living in Guangzhou, which is in the south.
“I noticed little things in
people's behavior there (in the south), like people seemed nervous if they
accidentally bumped into me in the grocery store. It seemed like people were
reserved, focused on avoiding conflict,” he said. “Then I moved up to Beijing
and the north, and I quickly saw that being reserved was certainly not part of
the Beijing way of conducting oneself.”
Even in China's most modern
cities like Beijing and Shanghai, rice-wheat differences in farming patterns
live on today in everyday life in terms of different behavior of southern and
northern residents, Talhelm concluded. Although many people talk about the
urban-rural divide in China, the differences in this study were between China’s
largest cities, suggesting that there are important cultural differences in
China beyond urban-rural differences. https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2018/04/26/observing-chinese-starbucks-patrons-reveals-what-their-ancestors-farmed-study
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1.2.2 Global Yogurt Makers Production Market Share by Type (Product Category) in 2017
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1.2.5 >2.0 L
1.3 Global Yogurt Makers Segment by Application
1.3.1 Yogurt Makers Consumption (Sales) Comparison by Application (2013-2025)
1.3.2 Home Use
1.3.3 Commercial Use
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In China, traits related to traditional rice or wheat farming
affect modern behavior
After observing the behaviors of customers in cafes in several
modern Chinese cities, researchers report that people from rice-growing regions
– many of whom aren’t involved in farming at all – showed interdependent
behaviors, like sitting in groups or squeezing themselves through narrowly placed
chairs, whereas people from wheat-growing regions (again, many of whom didn’t
farm) more often displayed individualistic behaviors, sitting alone or actively
moving chairs that blocked their way. These behavioral differences among
customers provide the first evidence that historical rice versus wheat cultural
differences extend into modern life, the authors say, and they challenge the
modernization theory of culture, which suggests that as countries become
wealthy, modernized, and urbanized, people in those cultures become more
individualistic and more Western. Here, say the authors, people’s farming
legacies seemed more important than factors like wealth, in explaining their
everyday behavior.
For thousands of years, people in northern China grew wheat, while
people in southern China farmed paddy rice. Rice farmers often shared labor and
coordinated irrigation, which likely resulted in an interdependent culture –
something not common in wheat-growing regions, where farmers were more
individualistic. To evaluate whether behaviors indicative of rice versus wheat
cultures persist in culture today, Thomas Talhelm and colleagues observed
customers in Starbucks in six modern Chinese cities, including Hong Kong. They
first counted the number of people sitting alone in each café, and found that
out of the 8,964 people observed across 256 cafes, most customers in
rice-growing regions were less likely to sit alone. Additionally, the authors
placed chairs in aisles to observe how people responded: moving the self to squeeze
around the chair, showing a willingness to adjust to their environment, or
moving the chair out of the way, in an attempt to control the environment. A
total of 678 people in five cities walked through this “chair experiment” and
people in rice-growing regions were less likely to move the chair. Among other
findings, customers in the wealthier cities – more Westernized and thus thought
more in-line with wheat-growing cultures – were in fact less individualistic.
According to Talhelm and colleagues, their study shows evidence of historical
cultures as being at the root of meaningful regional differences in people’s
current behavior in everyday life.
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Science
News: The Difference between Factoids and Facts
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By Lesley Dixon
WASHINGTON, DC -- Members of the scientific,
communications, and academic fields gathered at Johns Hopkins University last
week to address issues of miscommunication among scientists, media,
consumers, politicians, and the public. The panel, hosted by the
National Communication Association, discussed ways these problems might be
addressed, emphasizing transparency and public outreach.
"Parroted factoids are probably the thing I encounter most as a science journalist that I have to fact-check on a consistent basis," said Nsikan Akpan, digital science producer for PBS NewsHour, warning audience members not to believe every fact, statistic, or analogy they are presented with on social networks or in the media. The problem, Akpan added, is that science communicators "are trying to find easy ways to describe very complicated things." Much of the discussion focused on the difficulties in countering the abundance of misinformation in the GMO (genetically modified organism) debate - a topic that does not involve the U.S. rice industry directly, as there is no GMO rice in commercial production in the United States. "We have an issue where the science is way ahead of the policy and the public isn't even really part of the conversation yet," said Sheril Kirshenbaum, executive director at Science Debate, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes science understanding in politics. "The junk science issue affects the rice industry most directly when talking about arsenic," said Michael Klein, USA Rice vice president of communications. "Here's a naturally occurring element found in just about every food that grows, and the U.S. has the lowest concentrations of inorganic arsenic in the world, and yet we have alarmists and arm chair 'scientists' getting people worked up. Communicating honestly and clearly on this issue is of paramount importance, and we hold ourselves to a higher standard than many of our detractors who regularly recirculate old, inaccurate stories keeping the issue alive when it has been found to not be a problem." Klein added that positive scientific news is also sometimes difficult to communicate clearly. "U.S.-grown rice has a great conservation and sustainability story to tell, and as with any complex issue there is a lot that goes beneath the surface of a layperson's understanding," said Klein. "We strive to bridge the gaps and make people realize they can and should feel good about U.S. rice for a multitude of reasons - scientific, patriotic, economic, environmental, and more."
Nigerian
govt approves N10.7bn for establishment of 10 new rice mills
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April 26, 2018
By
The Federal Executive Council (FEC)
has approved N10.7billion for the establishment of 10 new rice mills.This was
disclosed yesterday by the Ministers of State for Agriculture, Heineken
Lokpobiri after the Council’s meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at
the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Lokpobiri said that the Council
approved the 10 rice mills with the capacity to produce 100 tonnes per day, and
the mills would be managed by private rice millers.
“Today the Federal Executive
Council approved the establishment of 10 very large rice mills to enhance the
milling capacity of rice value chain in the country.“Few years ago it was
reported that this country needs a minimum of 100 large rice mills. As of today
we have about 21 but Federal Government in its wisdom decided that today we
should approve the establishment of 10 at the total cost of N10.7billion.
“These would be given to the sector
to manage which they will be pay back within a given timeframe as it would be
agreed between the Bank of Agriculture and the Rice Millers,’’ he said.
According to the minister, the
mills will be located in Kebbi, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Bayelsa, Anambra, Kaduna,
Ogun, Niger and Bauchi states.
FG Approves $460m For Cargo
Terminals In Lagos, Abuja Airports
.To Establish New Rice Mills Worth N10bn
April 26, 2018
Garba
Shehu
Abuja – The Federal Government on Wednesday approved the sum of $460
million for the construction of new passenger and cargo terminals in Lagos and
Abuja airports.Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, Garba Shehu, gave the disclosure on behalf of the presidency.“The previous administration
awarded contracts for the construction of new buildings in our major airports
in Lagos and Abuja and nobody can use them.
“So, government today awarded a new contract for variation and
additional contracts for new passenger and cargo terminals and a lot of other
works to facilitate their usage including in the case of Lagos and Abuja
improvement to enable jumbo aircraft and Airbus 380 to be able to land in both
cities (Abuja and Lagos).“The rail terminal will be accessible from arrival
hall in Abuja at the cost $460 million,” Shehu noted.
Meanwhile, moves to consolidate on gains in the rice production
value chain has seen President Muhammadu Buhari approving N10.7 billion for the
establishment of ten rice mills.
The mills are to be established across ten states drawn from the
six geo-political zones of the federation.
According to Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken
Lokpobiri, the management of the mills will be placed in the hands of private
millers.He said the president granted the approval having realised that Nigeria
was becoming self-sufficient in rice production and there was a need to do
more.“Today, the Federal Executive Council approved the establishment of ten
very large rice mills to enhance the milling capacity of rice value chain in
the country.
“Few years ago, it was reported that this country needs a
minimum of 100 large mills. As at today we have about 21 but the Federal
Government in its wisdom decided that today we should approve the establishment
of ten new rice mills at the total cost of N10.7 billion.“This will be given to the
private sector to manage which will be paid back within a given time frame as
will be agreed between the Bank of Agriculture and the rice mills.
“The states will be ten. You know in Nigeria, over 30 states are
growing rice, in today’s memo, the ten rice mills will be located across the
six geopolitical zones including Kebbi, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Bayelsa, Anambra,
Kaduna, Niger, Ogun, Bauchi. “The capacity of the rice mills is 100 tons per
day each,” Lokpobiri said shortly after the cabinet meeting.
Rabi paddy procurement to begin
from May 1
By
April 26, 2018
Bhubaneswar: The state level paddy procurement committee
announced on Thursday that the process for procurement of Rabi paddy would
begin from May 1 in Odisha.Presiding over the meeting at the State Secretariat
here, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi asked the authorities of the Food
Supply and Consumer Welfare department to simplify the registration process and
ensure timely transfer of money to the bank account of the farmers. A total of
1.05 lakh farmers have been registered so far. The registration process is
underway and the number of registered farmers is expected to touch around 1. 5
lakh, said Food Supply and Consumer Welfare secretary Vir Vikram Yadav adding
that of the registered farmers, about 6000 are share croppers.
It was decided that the procurement of the Rabi paddy would be
made through Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) while all information
relating to the paddy procurement would be made online on Paddy Procurement
Automation System (P-PAS).The farmers would be provided with the minimum
support price (MSP) for Rabi paddy at Rs 1550 per quintal. Till date, 419 PACS
have been registered for paddy procurement.
According to available information, Rabi paddy procurement would
begin in 18 districts of which Bargarh, Kalahandi, Koraput, Nuapada, Sambalpur
and Sonepur districts are the major producers of Rabi paddy.It was revealed
that 38 lakh tonne Kharif paddy has been procured while the process of procurement
is underway in different districts while 6.82 lakh farmers in these districts
have sold out paddy.
The cost of the Kharif paddy procured from 30 districts is
estimated at Rs 5853 crore of which more than Rs 5826 crore has been
credited to the bank account of the registered farmers towards MSP.
It was also revealed at the meeting that the collection of rice
from the millers against the paddy procured by them has been satisfactory. The
millers, till date have returned about 70 percent of rice.The collection of
rice from the millers in Nuapada, Sambalpur, Subarnapur, Bargarh, Jagatsinghpur
and Kalahandi districts is more than 80 percent.
It was decided that the process of Kharif paddy procurement will
be completed on April 30 and the procurement of Rabi paddy would begin from May
1.
The district level paddy procurement committee has been asked to
fix the volume of Rabi paddy procurement depending on the production.
Rabi paddy to be procured from May
1
With paddy procurement of the 2017
Kharif marketing season ending on April 30, the State Government on Thursday
decided to start the Rabi procurement from May 1.Rabi paddy
27th April 2018 03:23 AM | Last
Updated: 27th April 2018 05:53
BHUBANESWAR: With paddy
procurement of the 2017 Kharif marketing season ending on April 30, the State
Government on Thursday decided to start the Rabi procurement from May 1.Rabi
paddy procurement will be confined to 18 districts and district-level
procurement committees will decide the date of purchase basing on the status of
harvest, informed Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Secretary VV Yadav after a
high-level meeting here.
Chairing the State-level paddy
procurement committee meeting, Chief Secretary Aditya Padhi asked the
Department to ensure timely payment to farmers. Over 1 lakh farmers, including
about 6,000 sharecroppers, have so far been registered with Primary Agriculture
Cooperative Societies (PACS) to sell their paddy in Government identified
market yards (mandis).
The number of registered farmers is
likely to reach 1.5 lakh, Yadav said.So far, 419 PACS have registered with
Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation (OSCSC), the Government agency for
paddy procurement.Earlier, the State Government had set a target to procure
total 53 lakh tonne of paddy (44 lakh tonne in Kharif and 9 lakh tonne in Rabi
season) during the 2017 Kharif marketing season.The State Government has so far
procured 38 lakh tonnes of Kharif paddy from 6.82 lakh farmers at an estimated
cost of Rs 5,853 crore. Payment to the tune of Rs 5,826 crore has been made to
the farmers.
The balance payment could not be
sent to the accounts of the farmers due to certain issues in their accounts, he
said.The Government has introduced paddy procurement automation system (P-PAS),
an electronic platform through which money is being directly transferred to the
accounts of farmers immediately after procurement of paddy and this has been
extended to 308 blocks.Yadav told the meeting that recovery of rice from the
custom millers is very encouraging. Rice millers have so far delivered 70 per
cent rice for the paddy they have taken for milling.
Rice delivery from millers of
Nuapada, Sambalpur, Subarnapur, Bargarh, Jagatsinghpur and Kalahandi is more
than 80 per cent, he added.Govt's TargetOver 1 lakh farmers, including about
6,000 sharecroppers, registered with PACSNumber of registered farmers likely to
reach 1.5 lakh419 PACS have registered with Odisha State Civil Supplies
CorporationGovt had set a target to procure total 53 lakh tonne of paddy for
both seasons38 lakh tonnes of Kharif paddy from 6.82 lakh farmers procuredRs
5,826 crore payment made to the farmersP-PAS extended to 308 blocksRice millers
have delivered 70 pc rice for the paddy procured
Election
briefs: Rice, Stoffers, Githens
H-T Report
Rice outlines engagement plan
Monroe County prosecutor
candidate Margie Rice is calling for increased government transparency and
additional avenues for citizen engagement in the prosecutor’s office.“Leaders
listen, then lead, and not the other way around,” Rice said in a news release.
“Simply telling people the system is working, while criticizing those who dare
to question the status quo may be a campaign strategy for some, but it’s not
for me.”
Rice is proposing the creation of
a Community Engagement Initiative within the prosecutor’s office to better
involve citizens in the justice system and inform them about how their taxpayer
dollars are being spent.Components of the initiative include community
outreach; a countywide program focused on neighborhood-driven solutions to
reduce violence and crime called “Project Public Safety”; and a public access
counselor position to respond to public information requests, oversee
statistical analysis and make sure any statistics generated — on issues such as
domestic violence or police and prosecutorial fairness — are readily and easily
available to the public.
Stoffers shares plan for
watersheds
Monroe County candidate for county
commissioner Patrick Stoffers is calling for stronger protections for Lake
Monroe, the county’s sole water source.Stoffers said he believes the county can
make progress in securing these stronger lake protections by collaborating with
others in the region within the lake’s watershed. He cites the North Santiam
Watershed Forum near Salem, Oregon, as model of regional collaboration that
should be evaluated as a way to protect Lake Monroe’s watershed, which spans
five counties.
“By bringing together local
governments with vested interests in secure water sources, utility departments
which treat the water for consumption, health departments which administer
septic tank rules, grassroots organizations concerned for the environment, and
other interested citizens, we can evaluate options, as well as understand the
repercussions of delayed action,” Stoffers said in a news release. “Our water
source’s security is not only an environmental matter, it’s an economic one for
the entire region.”
314 Action endorses Githens
The 314 Action coalition has
endorsed Penny Githens, a Democratic candidate for State Representative
District 60.
“The assault on science by the
Trump Administration has decimated regulations, silenced scientists and
threatened research funding, but I am heartened by the scientists and STEM
professionals we are endorsing, like Penny,” Shaughnessy Naughton, President of
314 Action, said in a news release. “These are the voices of science who will
be on the front lines of the war on facts and reason.”
Githens received the endorsement
because of her training as a math and science teacher, many years of social
science research experience and dedication to making policy decisions based
upon data and facts.
The 314 Action coalition was
founded by members of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics
(STEM) community, grassroots supporters and political activists in July 2016
and has over 400,000 active members and donors across the nation. Members of
the coalition are concerned that STEM education in the United States is falling
further behind the rest of the world, that political leaders continue to deny
scientific facts and that Congress fails to fully fund scientific research to
solve pressing issues, according to the news release.
New book presents untold stories
of societal impact of S&T in independent India
April 26, 2018 | 1:42 pm
New
book presents untold stories of societal impact of S&T in independent India
New Delhi: Indelible ink, generic drugs, information technology,
horticulture and flower industry based on tissue culture, Amul, diamond cutting
industry, blood collection bags, aquaculture, basmati rice. What is common
among all these things?
On the face of it, there doesn’t
seem to be any connection among them all. But, there is. They represent some of
key milestones in the 70-year journey of Indian science and technology.
However, there is little knowledge about these contributions in the public
domain, unlike space and atomic energy programme or the green revolution.
The Indian National Science
Academy (INSA), apex body of Indian scientists, has come out with a book that
seeks to fill the information gap by showcasing such milestones. They may not
have well known names associated with them but they have made tremendous
contributions to the country’s socio-economic growth.
“We have chosen developments that are less
known to the public and the narrative is in a storytelling style. There are no
big heroes in these stories. The major players here is the ability of our
society to pursue basic and applied scientific research even in difficult
situations and the strengths of our science and mathematics education”, said
Prof Ajay K.Sood, INSA President, in the preface to the 177-page book
titled Indian Science Transforming India.
The book was launched in the national capital on Wednesday.It has been
co-authored by science writers – Adita Joshi, Dinesh C Sharma, Kavita Tiwari
and Nissy Nevil.
The story of indelible ink goes
back to right up to the initial years of independent India. Soon after the
independence leaders of the nascent nation decided to hold a general election
in 1951-52. It was easier said than done. There was a need to set up polling
booths across the country, print ballot papers and arrange for ballot boxes.
But there was one essential requirement for which there was no ready solution –
indelible ink to mark every voter to ensure that there no cheating or multiple
voting. The ink was not available in the country. It could have been imported
from Britain but the leadership decided to make the ink within the country.
The responsibility devolved on
scientists in the chemical sciences division of the National Physical
Laboratory in the capital. Dr. M.L.Goel, who had established the division, took
up the task. A team of scientists including eminent chemists Dr. B.G.Mathur and
Dr.V.D.Puriworked day and night and were able to not just develop but also
manufacture the ink in time for the elections. Since then the indelible ink has
help maintain an eternal vigil against electoral malpractices and thus guarding
Indian democracy.
Information Technology is another
area covered in detail. Developments in this sector in recent decades are well
known. But the story of computers goes a long way back: it spans 70 years,
finely interwoven with the overall development of science and technology in the
country. It began unfolding in the 1930s and 1940s under the guidance of two
leaders of Indian science – physicist turned statistician Prasanta Chandra
Mahalanobis and physicist Homi Jehangir Bhabha. Both of them recognized the
need for computing machines for their respective scientific projects and used
their key positions in policy making structure to help shape up policies for
electronics and computer developed in the 1950s and 1960s. The foundation they
laid then helped Indians develop necessary skills in hardware and software,
propelling India to become an IT power house to reckon with in later decades.
The new book, among other things,
covers the story of key research contributions in area of generic drugs, which
has helped drastically bring down the costs of essential medicine and thus make
them affordable to as many as possible. It alsobrings out the finer details of
the story of Amul which started off as a small milk cooperative in Gujarat and
then went on to herald the `white revolution’ that transformed India from a
milk deficient country to a milk surplus one. Hundreds of scientists,
veterinarians, dairy technologies, extension workers and thousands of farmers
contributed in their own ways in the past half a century.
The book offers an insight into
development of aquaculture and plant tissue culture technologies and on how
India has developed a mechanism to fight biopiracy and identity theft of
India’s foremost rice variety, Basmati. Further, it focuses on how Indian
scientists improved the quality of Samba Masuri rice variety,
brought about a sea change in technology of blood transfusion by developing a
special bag for blood collection, made Surat a global hub of diamond cutting
industry through the development of an affordable laser machine for diamond
cutting.
The compendium has a chapter on
Shantha Biotechnics also. The story of the first company to establish
recombinant DNA technology in the country, highlights the scientific prowess of
Indian scientists and entrepreneurs to transform India, which was once
considered home to many diseases, into a leading producer of many life saving
vaccines at affordable costs.“The stories collated here reflect arduous, but
exciting journey that India went through since Independence. These are stories
scripted by our scientists and technocrats using unique solutions that are most
appropriate for India, given the prevailing conditions and available
resources,” pointed out Prof LS.Shashidhara, eminent scientist who has edited
the volume.
“These stories”, he added,“are
representative of many more such stories which indicate that but for good
understanding of basic science among the teaching community, we wouldn’t have
been able to come this far;but for the good research that we do in our
universities and institutes, we wouldn’t have had such a good teaching
community; and but for the general understanding and respect for science in our
society, this large a number of people wouldn’t have opted for science
education and/or research”. (India Science Wire)
PHL asks Thailand and Vietnam to resubmit rice
supply offers
Thailand and Vietnam failed to comply with the
National Food Authority’s (NFA) reference price in the importation of 250,000
metric tons of rice, prompting the NFA to ask for a resubmission of offers. The
NFA conducted a bidding Friday morning for a government-to-government
procurement of rice to replenish its buffer stock. Thailand and Vietnam were
the only two countries in the bidding that was conducted openly, with
representatives from various government offices present. The media was allowed
to cover the event.
“We want to show to the public that all aspects
of this bidding are transparent and in accordance with the law,” Deputy
Administrator Judy Carol Dansal, chairperson of the Special Bids and Awards
Committee said. Dansal said government-to-government procurement is the fastest
way to import rice. The bids of Thailand and Vietnam were opened in public.
Although the two countries were able to comply with the documentary
requirements, both failed to meet the NFA’s reference price. For the 15 percent
brokens category, in which up to 15 percent of the rice has been broken into
two or more pieces during the milling process, the reference price was set at
$483.63 per metric ton (MT) while the 25 percent brokens was set at $474.18 per
MT. The NFA said the prices were based on world market rates. Thailand did not
make an offer for 15 percent brokens, but its offer of $530 per MT for 25
percent brokens was above the reference price.
Vietnam offered to supply 58,000 MT of 15
percent brokens at $540 per metric ton. For the 25 percent brokens, its offer
was $532. Both offers also exceeded the reference price. The NFA gave Thailand
and Vietnam until 3:00 p.m. Friday to come up with their revised offers. As of
11:48 a.m, Thailand submitted a new offer which not yet been opened. No new
offer has yet been received from Vietnam as of this posting. —VDS, GMA News
Author Name:
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/651459/phl-asks-thailand-and-vietnam-to-resubmit-rice-supply-offers/story/
ASIA
RICE-VIETNAM RATES UP FOR 5TH WEEK; CURRENCY MOVES WEIGH ON INDIA, THAILAND
4/26/2018
BENGALURU, April 26 (Reuters) -
Rice export prices rose fora fifth straight week in Vietnam as demand remained
robust andsupplies thinned, but rates of Indian and Thai varieties dippedamid
weakness in the local currencies of the top exporters.Vietnam's 5 percent
broken rice prices <RI-VNBKN5-P1> roseto $445-$450 from $438-$440
previously. "Demand is very high, while supplies are getting thin," a
HoChi Minh City-based trader said.
"The Philippines will meet
exporters from Vietnam andThailand on Friday to discuss a 250,000 tonne deal,
and it maybuy more for the rest of the year."
The Vietnamese government is also
buying rice forstockpiling under its national reserve programme, the tradersaid,
adding that Bangladesh could also buy rice from thecountry in June or July.However,
an official at Bangladesh's food ministry saidthere was no plan to buy rice
from Vietnam at the moment.
Private traders can buy if they
find Vietnamese ricecompetitive, the official said, adding that he was not
aware ofany such ongoing talks.Imports by Bangladesh, which emerged as a major
buyer after2017 floods damaged crops, could plunge 66 percent from a yearago to
1.2 million tonnes in 2018/19 as it is likely to harvesta bigger crop, industry
officials said in early April.
In top exporter India, prices of
the 5 percent brokenparboiled variety <RI-INBKN5-P1> fell by $8 to
$409-$413 pertonne, the lowest level in 4-1/2 months, on subdued demand and adepreciating
rupee."The correction in rupee allowed exporters to reduce pricesin the
last few weeks. Now importers are waiting for furtherfalls in prices,"
said an exporter based at Kakinada in the
southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
Indian rupee was trading near its lowest level inabout 14 months.Meanwhile,
Thailand's benchmark 5 percent broken rice rates<RI-THBKN5-P1> also fell
to $440–$445 per tonne, free on board (FOB) Bangkok, from $445-$454 last week. "Weakening
of the baht is lowering rice prices," aBangkok-based trader said
The baht was down about 0.7 percent
for the week. Aweaker baht translates into lower export prices in U.S. dollars.However,
there continues to be fresh demand for Thai ricefrom Indonesia as well as
speculation over possible deals withthe Philippines, another trader said,
adding that Thai exporterswill have to deal with a supply crunch for at least
anothermonth, which should keep prices relatively high. "Rice mills are
reluctant to sell rice to keep the pricehigh due to limited supply. But
exporters will have to buy asthey have to fulfil their shipment to Indonesia
before the endof next month."(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um in Bangkok,
Khanh Vu in Hanoi,Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai and Ruma Paul in Dhaka; editing by
David Evans)
David Evans)
Local rice harvest is going strong
APRIL 26, 2018
Warm and dry weather has contributed to a
strong rice growing season across the Southern Riverina.
Warm and dry weather has contributed to a
strong rice growing season across the Southern Riverina.As of last Friday, the
Finley area had harvested more than 52,000 tonnes of rice so far this season,
with more than 533,000 tonnes received by SunRice from across the Riverina.Finley
rice grower Ian Mason said yields have been solid this year.‘‘I’m not even half
way through harvest yet, but so far yields have been great,’’ he said.
‘‘Rice growers in our area are always
traditionally finishing harvest early May and we’re about two weeks away from
finishing our crops.‘‘It’s all going to plan at the moment, but hopefully we
can get some signs of rain soon.’’ It’s been a relatively dry season over the
rice harvest period, with 4.1mm of rain in March and 2.5mm so far in April. These
figures are much lower than the long-term average of 31.9mm in March and 30.4mm
in April.Ricegrowers Association of Australia president Jeremy Morton said it’s
been good weather for rice growing.‘‘We normally have a rain event most years
which halts harvest for two to three days, but we haven’t had that this year,’’
he said.
‘‘The little bit of rain that we had last
week didn’t cause any issues with harvest but we did lose half a day with the
recent power outage.‘‘It’s all going along pretty well at this stage.’’The dry
weather has also affected the moisture in the rice, with an average of 17.5 per
cent in the rice around the Riverina area.‘‘The optimum range of moisture is
20, so 17.5 per cent is pretty good,’’ Mr Morton said. ‘‘Day by day the
moisture level in the rice will go down but so far it’s all good.’’
Việt Nam rice exports face
uncertain Q1
April, 26/2018 - 07:00
HÀ NỘI — Việt
The country’s overall rice exports in the first
quarter of this year increased by 15.5 per cent compared to the same period in
2017. The average rice export price in the first quarter of the current year
rose by 14.2 per cent year-on-year to $501 per tonne, reported cafef.vn.
The rice export price was higher against most
export markets during the same period last year, with the highest price
reaching $834.5 per tonne for rice exported to Chile ,
a year-on-year increase of 114 per cent. However, rice exports to this market
fell sharply by 95 per cent in volume and 90 per cent in year-on-year value.
During the first quarter of 2018, 40 per cent
of Việt Nam ’s
major rice export markets saw a surge in terms of both volume and value, while
60 per cent saw a reduction in rice exports.
Việt Nam ’s
rice exports to Bangladesh increased
89 times in volume and 59 times in value. A similar but smaller-scale trend
occurred in rice exports to Turkey , Iraq , Malaysia and France .
However, rice exports to markets such as Argentina , Chile , Ukraine , Angola , Singapore , South
Africa and the Netherlands plunged
between 60 to 95 per cent in both volume and turnover over the same period last
year.
According to experts, Việt Nam will have
greater opportunities when the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for
Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) comes into effect, helping rice exporters
increase exports to countries that joined the agreement and demand high quality
and food safety standards, such as Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
Việt Nam ’s
structure for exporting rice products has shifted to reducing middle and lower
quality rice products while increasing high quality rice products annually.
As a result, from the end of 2017 to the
current period, Việt Nam ’s
rice export prices have increased to $50 to $100 per tonne against its
competitors, such as Thailand , Pakistan and India .—
VNS
Paddy, rice fall on arrivals
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Centre targets a new high in foodgrains output this year
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FG okays N10.7bn for 10 rice mills
ON APRIL 26, 20188:00
N68.6 bn for roads projects —-N840.817m for trauma
center in Owerri —-Establishes traditional medicine dept to tackle malaria
—-Says no agreement with JOHESU By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – THE Federal
Government yesterday approved the establishment of ten rice mills in the six
geopolitical zones at the cost of N10.7 billion. Government also approved the
establishment of department for traditional medicine in the Federal Ministry of
Health with the sole aim of finding ways to use traditional medicine to tackle
the scourge of malaria in the country.
This is as the government has also said that
there was no previous agreement between the Federal Government and striking
health workers under the aegis of Joint Health Workers Union, JOHESU but that
efforts were on top gear to settle all the demands of the workers. Briefing
State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC,
meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber,
Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator
Heineken Lekpobri, said each of ten rice mills will produce at 100 tons per
day. He said, “Today the Federal Executive Council approved the establishment
of ten very large rice mills to enhance the milling capacity of rice value
chain in the country.
“Few years ago, it was reported that this
country needs a minimum of 100 large mills. As at today we have about 21 but
the Federal Government in its wisdom decided that today we should approve the
establishment of ten new rice mills at the total cost of N10.7 billion. “This will
be given to the private sector to manage which will be paid back within a given
time frame as will be agreed between the Bank of Agriculture and the Rice
Mills.
“The state will be ten. You know in Nigeria,
over 30 states are growing rice, in today’s memo, the ten rice mills will be
located across the six geopolitical zones including Kebbi, Zamfara, Benue,
Kogi, Bayelsa, Anambra, Kaduna, Niger, Ogun, Bauchi. “The capacity of the rice
mills is 100 tons per day each.” Also briefing, the Minister of Health, Prof.
Isaac Adewole said that 25 percent Nigerians have sickle cell gene.
He said,
“At today’s Federal Executive Council meeting, Government approved the
licencing agreement between the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research
and Development, NAPRED and May and Baker Plc. “This is in respect of scaling
up commercialisation and marketing of Niprisan, a very potent anti sickle cell
drug for use in Nigeria. “As you might be aware, sickle cell disease is a
common problem particularly among blacks in Africa, South East Asia and Latin
America and it is estimated that about 25 percent of Nigerians carry the sickle
cell gene and over two million people have sickle cell anemia, that is having
the two genes combined. “And for many of them, when they are under stress, take
ill, what happens is invariably they develop severe bone crisis, they develop
infection and some of them will die from this.
“This drug was first used in Oyo State over 20
years ago and NAPRED conducted clinical trials to ensure that we are able to
document that it is safe, it is efficacious and drug was licenced at an
international organisation which went into bankruptcy. “What we have done is to
reactivate the product and it will now be marketed in Nigeria through this
agreement and we believe that the marketing and production in Nigeria will
bring a lot of comfort to millions of Nigerians who are infected with sickle
cell gene. Trauma Centre “Again council also approved the construction of a
Trauma Centre at Federal Medical Centre Owerri at the cost of N840,817 million
and this must be completed within 48 weeks.
“We expect that it will serve as a first class
centre of care for accident and trauma cases along Port Harcourt, Owerri, Enugu
axis and will really change the dynamics of care in these areas. Establishment
of traditional medicine dept “The approval of Naprisan is coming at the eve of
an approval granted by government for us to establish a department of
traditional medicine in the Federal Ministry of Health. “This will be the first
time that this will happen and that department will really provide us the
leeway to research into many of our traditional products and the first mandate
of this department will be to look into cure for malaria in our forest.”
No previous agreement between FG and JOHESU
Speaking on the striking health workers, he said, “Government has actually
constituted a high level body to look into all aspects of demand including the
financial implications and also to plan for the management of consequences of
addressing those demands. “That high level body met last week Tuesday, met
again on Thursday, met on Friday, met on Sunday, yesterday and will also be
meeting tonight. So we are really at work with respect to this we have done
quiet a lot of computation, we have met with finance, we have met with budget
and national planning. We are looking into all issues relating to this strike.
“But let me also put it on record that when we
came on board, JOHESU approached us that they have an agreement with government
but we discovered that they was really no agreement with government. “What they
were able to provide were minutes of meetings held previously and we told them
that no responsible government will implement minutes of previous meetings and
of the fifteen points demands, we have met 14 of them over the one and half
years. The only one left is currently meeting on.”
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing,
Babatunde Fashola who also briefed journalists said, “Council approved the
award of Subaila-Falala-Bini-Baku-Bauchi Road that connects Kano and Bauchi
States at the sum of N4.578 billion. “Council also approved additional works on
section one of Lagos – Ibadan express way. Council also approved additional
works on over 43.6 kilometers for N64.108 billion which covers pedestrian
bridges, toll plazas for that section so as to accommodate the changing nature
of that road. “Since its conception, so many new structures, religious
institutions, factories, universities, increased human activities have come up
along that road.
The inherited design didn’t provide for these
at all and also to modify the quality of bitumen, polymer modified bitumen, in
order to deal with the heavy cargo that passes through that road. “The first
section is handled by Julius Berger. The second section under RCC which covers
over 80 kilometres will come to council to incorporate similar works including
drainage works when we finish the procurement.” Related Abba Kyari, Oyo-Ita
reconcile at FEC meeting November 9, 2017 Nigeria develops herbal drugs for
treatment of Ebola, malaria January 19, 2018 JOHESU commences nationwide
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Chinese scientist gets 10 years for stealing GM rice
A Chinese scientist in Kansas has been sentenced to more than 10
years in a federal prison for conspiring to steal samples of a variety of
genetically modified rice seeds from a U.S. research facility, the Department
of Justice said.
| File photo
U.S. district court judge Carlos Murguia in the District of
Kansas sentenced Weiqiang Zhang, 51, a Chinese national living in Manhattan,
Kansas, to 121 months in prison.
Zhang was convicted in February 2017 on three counts, including
conspiracy to steal trade secrets and interstate transportation of stolen
property, the department said in a statement.
“Today’s sentence demonstrates the significant consequences
awaiting those who would steal trade secrets from American companies,” said
John P. Cronan, the justice department’s acting assistant attorney general.
Neither Zhang nor his attorney could be reached for comment.
Zhang, who holds a doctorate from Louisiana State University,
worked as a rice breeder for Kansas-based Ventria Bioscience Inc, which
develops genetically modified rice used in the therapeutic and medical fields.
He stole hundreds of rice seeds produced by Ventria and stored them at his
Manhattan residence, the statement said.
China had long banned commercial growing of GM grains due to
public opposition to the technology. But last year, ChemChina’s purchase of
Swiss agrochemical and seed company Syngenta was seen by market analysts and
industry experts as a sign that the country was becoming more open to
production of genetically modified crops.
https://www.producer.com/2018/04/chinese-scientist-gets-10-years-for-stealing-gm-rice/
Salt
Lake City and New York to Lead New Wireless Tech Research
Salt
Lake City and New York City will serve as testbeds for next-generation wireless
communication testing, a project led by the National Science Foundation.
BY SKIP
DESCANT / APRIL 26, 2018
Salt
Lake City (pictured) and New York City will serve as test beds for next
generation wireless communication testing, a project led by the National
Science Foundation. FLICKR/MATEOUTAH
As part
of a new initiative led by the National Science Foundation, several cities will
serve as testbeds for next-generation communication technologies.
The
NSF’s Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) initiative has named Salt
Lake City and New York City as the first of four testbed cities.
The idea
behind the testbeds — a project expected to run for the next five to 10 years —
is to foster the kinds of research and testing to support smart cities,
autonomous cars, virtual reality and more.
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“One of
the things that the U.S. has greatly benefited from in the last 20 years has
been our leadership in wireless,” said Thyaga Nandagopal, deputy division
director at the National Science Foundation. “And what we have seen is the
economy of the United States has benefited significantly from those
technologies coming to market.
“And
there is a risk going on with Europe and China, where they are trying to
emulate us and take the lead in 5G. Because, No.1, they see that wireless is
going to be the way that people are going to access information — no matter
where we are — in the future,” he added.
The NSF
is partnering with private companies to fund the $100 million project.
“So our
members are all coming in with like ... $1 million or $2 million contributions,
so cumulatively it's about a $50 million investment. And the NSF then matched
that with $50 million,” said Nandagopal.The NSF is looking at what it calls the
“future piece” of wireless communication.“We are looking at what comes next,”
said Nandagopal. “We want to predict the future, we want to create the future.”
The
research team in Salt Lake City, being led by the University of Utah and Rice
University in Houston, will explore what is known as Massive MIMO,
(multi-input, multi-output) an essential component of both 5G and “beyond 5G
wireless networks,” according to the proposal.
“These
are technologies with a lot of potential,” said Nandagopal.To be able to test
and verify the Massive MIMO technology on a large scale “is something that
industry is really salivating over,” he added.
The
University of Utah and Rice University will receive $17.5 million from the PAWR
Project and up to $10 million in services and equipment from the PAWR industry
consortium to build and operate the platform in Salt Lake City for the first
five years.“Mobile and wireless is where it’s at,” said University of Utah
School of Computing Associate Professor Kobus Van der Merwe in a statement.“We
have multiple radio technologies and different applications coming. All of
those things need platforms to experiment on, to prototype on, to explore,”
said Van der Merwe, who is leading the team that will build and operate the
Salt Lake City platform. “We have 5G coming.”
A number
of new software-configurable radio antennae will form the testbed, located on
the 2.3-square-mile campus and along 1.2 square miles of downtown Salt Lake
City. The testbed will also include the two-mile stretch between the two —
altogether, an area home to about 40,000 residents. The antennae, also called
“nodes,” will have the ability to simulate different communication technologies
such as 4G or 5G.
“They
have a university, which is a small city, in and of itself. But it really can’t
be argued to be city-scale,” said Gregory Daly, chief information officer for
Salt Lake City. “So their idea was to promote the creation of city-scaled
testbeds. And that’s where the city itself, or a very large geography, is a
testbed for research and development, tinkering, proving ideas, proving then
that they work, and to do them with mobility and all the things that wireless
technology implies,” said Daly.
In New
York the testbed project will receive $22.5 million, and will be located across
one square mile in West Harlem, a dense urban neighborhood, where researchers
from Columbia University, Rutgers University and New York University will
partner with the city, the University of Arizona, City College of New York, and
Silicon Harlem, an organization charged with growing technology and innovation
in Harlem.
Much of
the research will center on millimeter-wave radio communications, which has the
potential to open up more bandwidth to support, say, higher-quality media and
video content.“And millimeter-wave research, as you can see, is one of the new
frontiers that opened up with the FCC,” said Nandagopal. “So that was a huge
thing. Everyone, from industry to academia, is super stoked about that
area."
The
wireless communication research in New York, Salt Lake City and two
yet-to-be-named locations will be largely up and going in the next year or two
and then run for at least five years. It is all part of a larger mission to
ensure the United States remains a leader in this sector.
“The
goal for the NSF is not only to create a thriving partnership where academics
can showcase their ideas to industry and help drive the conversation around
technology leadership being continued, but also to essentially create a new
future where technologies never known before will come to light,” said
Nandagopal.
“We want to help the United States continue to
be a technology leader and innovator,” said Daly. “And a winning competitor on
a global scale. We think that it has obvious economic development advantages
for Salt Lake City, to be known as a place where technology, innovation and
research happens.”
Rice study finds great genetic diversity
Researchers harvest a variety of
saltwater-tolerant rice in Qingdao, Shandong Province, in September.
(Photo/China Daily)
Research led by Chinese scientists
has revealed the rich genetic diversity of rice and paved the way for more
precise breeding of one of the world's most important crops.
More than 12,000 previously unknown
genes have been identified.The findings, which were published on Thursday in
the science journal Nature, will promote global research on the rice genome -
including breeding at the molecular level - and accelerate the creation of new
rice varieties of superior quality, high yield and improved resistance to
multiple biological and other stresses, according to the Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences, which led the research.
Using the latest sequencing
technology, researchers involved in the project analyzed 3,010 rice samples
collected from all over the world, and identified a large number of genetic
variations, including 29 million single nucleotide polymorphisms, the smallest
unit of genetic variation, said Li Zhikang, the project leader from the
academy's Institute of Crop Sciences.
The research effort - called the
3,000 Rice Genomes Project - was launched in September 2011 by CAAS,
International Rice Research Institute, which is based in the Philippines, and
BGI-Shenzhen, a leading genome research institute in Shenzhen, Guangdong
province. It was joined by 16 universities and institutes from China and
abroad, according to the CAAS. Funding has been provided by the Chinese
government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The 3,010 samples were from 89
countries and regions, and contain about 95 percent of the total genetic code
of the species, it said.It is predicted that the world's total rice output will
double by 2050 to meet the needs of an increasing population. That poses great
challenges to breeding new varieties that will fill human needs, according to
the CAAS. In China, rice is the most widely consumed staple food, it said.
With better knowledge of genomic
variations, scientists may be able to "design" rice according to
human needs, said Liu Chunming, director-general of the CAAS Institute of Crop
Sciences.The discovery of a large number of new genes and genetic variations is
important to future rice breeding, which relies on that variation, he said. Previously,
about 36,000 rice genes had been identified, he said.Traditionally, rice
breeding is guided by selection experience, which requires years and may be
ineffective. But with better knowledge, researchers can more easily breed new
varieties to meet human needs, he said.
"For example, scientists may
design a specific rice variety for people with diabetes so they don't have to
worry about the immediate rise of blood sugar," he said.Li, the project
leader at the crop sciences institute, said a database for functional rice
genomics and breeding will be built for further research.Chu Chengcai, a
scientist at the Institute of Genetics and Development Biology at the Chinese
Academy of Sciences, said the findings of the project will help researchers
worldwide in functional rice genomic research and promote more precise and
customized breeding."It is of great importance to food security in China
and the world," he said.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency bails on effort to protect
wild rice
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will turn to the
Legislature for guidance.
By Josephine Marcotty Star Tribune
APRIL 26, 2018 —
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