Iran, Pakistan witness double-digit rise in non-oil trade
Source: Xinhua| 2018-04-08
22:04:40|Editor: Lifang
TEHRAN,
April 8 (Xinhua) -- The value of trade exchange between Iran and Pakistan rose
by 13.5 percent in a period of 11 months up to this February, Financial Tribune
daily reported on Sunday.
The
volume of bilateral non-oil trade was 2.27 million tons, with the value
standing at 1.176 billion U.S. dollars.
According
to Islamic Republic Customs Administration, Iran exported 1.94 million tons of
goods worth 822.20 million U.S. dollars to Pakistan during the period.
Pakistan
exported some 330,000 tons of goods worth 353.89 million U.S. dollars to Iran
during the same period.
According
to official IRNA news agency, the exported items of Iran comprised iron ore,
iron scrap, dates, detergents, transformers, chemicals, bitumen, polyethylene,
propylene etc, while the imported items from Pakistan included rice, fresh
fruits, meat, cloth and mechanical machinery.
Iran
and Pakistan have agreed to enhance the bilateral trade volume to 5 billion
U.S. dollars in the next five years.
Govt to procure 1 million metric ton rice in Boro season
Published at 09:26 PM April 08,
2018
Last updated at 09:30 PM April 08,
2018
Food
Minister Qamrul Islam, along with Finance Minister AMA Muhith and Agriculture
Minister Matia Chowdhury, address a briefing after a meeting of the Food
Planning and Monitoring Committee (FPMC) at the Food Ministry Conference room
on Sunday; April 8, 2018 PID
According to the Food Ministry, the government has 12.97 lakh metric
tonnes food grain reserves.
Food Minister Qamrul Islam on Sunday said the government
has set a target to collect 10 lakh metric tonnes of Boro rice in the current
season in view of the bumper production this year.
“The government will procure 8 lakh metric tonnes of parboiled
rice, 1 lakh metric tonnes of atap rice and 1.50 lakh metric tonnes Boro paddy
(which would produce one lakh metric tonnes of rice),” he told the journalists
after a meeting of Food Planning and Monitoring Committee (FPMC) at the Food
Ministry Conference room in the city.
The minister said the procurement price for per kg paddy has
been fixed at Tk26 and rice at Tk38.
“The production cost of Boro rice was Taka 36 per kg this year
and so the government will buy it for Taka 38 per kg. Atap rice will be bought
for Taka 37 per kg and Boro paddy for Taka 26 per kg,” he added.
According to the Food Ministry, the government has 12.97 lakh
metric tonnes food grain reserves.
Quamrul Islam said the government will not procure wheat this
year due to this year’s limited production.
Bangladesh has produced a total of 13 lakh metric tonnes of
wheat this year, he added.
He said the paddy and rice procurement drive will begin on May 2
and continue till August 31.
With Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam in the chair, the
meeting was also attended by, among others, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul
Muhith, Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury and Commerce Minister Tofail
Ahmed and senior officials concerned
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2018/04/08/govt-procure-one-million-metric-ton-rice-boro-season/
Chinese scientists find gene that increases
rice yields in saline soil
Source:
Xinhua| 2018-04-08 17:43:47|Editor: ZD
BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have found a
gene that can help reduce the effect of soil salinization on rice yields.The
gene, named STRK1, is crucial in reducing the harm caused by high salt
infiltration, and increasing salt tolerance of rice, according to the research
by Hunan University and Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences under the
Chinese Academy of Sciences.The achievement of the research team led by
Professor Liu Xuanming and Lin Jianzhong was published in the latest issue of
"Plant Cell."
Salinization of cultivated land affects the growth of grain
crops and threatens food security. There are 950 million hectares of
saline-alkali land in the world, of which China has 100 million hectares. About
20 percent of the world's irrigated farmland has become salinized by global
warming, resulting in low crop yields.
Rice is the dominant grain crop in China, but it is vulnerable
to high salt environments. The research team has studied on how to improve the
salt tolerance of rice for almost five years.
"The results of the research can help increase rice yields
in saline soil and lay a foundation for related studies in breeding," said
Lin.
Chhattisgarh
rice: A cure for cancer
ANI
| Mumbai [Maharashtra] [India] Last Updated at April 8, 2018
15:40 IST
A research conducted by Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre (BARC) scientists discovered that some varieties
of rice grains
in Chhattisgarh have the capability to cure deadly diseases, including cancer.Varieties
of rice grains
such as Gathuwan, Maharaji and Layacha, which are found in central part of
India, have anti-cancer properties,
said Dr AK Sarawgi, the head of
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding at
Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, where the research was conducted."We
tested four varieties (of rice) initially and anti-cancer properties
were found in three of them -- Maharaji, Layacha and Gathuwan," Sarawgi said.
Layacha is the most effective of the three varieties that can cure
lung and breast cancers,
he said.
According to the Sarawgi, the researchers induced and tested cancer cells,
where they (cancer cells)
were treated with extracts from the rice verities,
and cancer cells
were killed in the result.
Agriculture and Water Resources Minister of Chhattisgarh Brijmohan Agarwal told
ANI: "These rice varieties
can be used to make tablets which will be very beneficial in treating cancer patients.
We are working in that direction and the results will come out soon."
A consolidated report has been submitted to the Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre (BARC) to determine the quantity of the medicine to be
used on patients, according to Agarwal.
According to National Cancer Registry
Programme of the Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR), the country recorded an estimated 3.9 million
cases of cancer in
2016.
The ICMR has predicted that India is
likely to have over 1.73 million new cases of cancer and
over 880,000 deaths due to the disease by
2020 with breast, lung and cervix
cancers topping the list.
Gambian state foregoes $6M+ revenue to make rice
affordable
Published on 08.04.2018 à 14h21
by APA Share
The
Gambia government in a bid to make essential foodstuff affordable in the
country has removed the customs duty on imported rice, leading to a loss of
D32,0024000 ($6,809,021) in tax revenue within three months.Tens of thousands
of tonnes are imported annually to complement domestic output and satisfy
demand for rice, which is the staple food in the Gambia.
The
revenue loss was revealed by one Baboucarr Ceesay, an economist working with
the Gambia Competition Commission consumer protection section, during a
stakeholders meeting with major rice importers at held recently the Ministry of
Trade in Banjul.
The
meeting was convened to look into the possibility of reductions in the prices
of basic food commodities, especially rice.
The
permanent secretary at the Trade ministry, Mrs Naffie Barry, said it was the
government’s decision to explore ways of curtailing price of rice and other
essential food items for the benefit of the population.
She
announced that the new government in Banjul had abolished the 10 percent import
duty on rice in January, in a bid to bring down the price of the staple food to
a level affordable to the Gambian population.
The
price reduction as a result of the 10 percent tax exemption was not implemented
since then, so as to allow importers sell already imported stock, and that they
were given three months to sell the taxed stock.
”Now
the government wants to see the zero tax on rice be transformed into a
reduction of prices for the Gambian consumers,” she stressed, adding that it
wants to ensure a low cost of living for the citizenry.
During
the meeting, officials acknowledged there had been a slight decrease in the
price of the American rice brand, from D1080 ($22) to D1025 ($21), but argued
that prices for a rice brand called ”Saddam”, as well as rice brands from
Pakistan and India remain high.
Meanwhile,
some of the major importers of food commodities said, despite the tax
exemption, they were still spending a lot of money in the importation process
including for clearing, handling and discharging of their goods at the port of
Banjul.
”I
had imported six to seven vessels last year, and sometimes my vessels were
delayed at the port while priority was given to cement vessels. I paid a lot of
money for the delayed vessels as well,” one Hassan Akar complained, while
urging the government to look into those issues as well.
At the conclusion of the meeting,
the rice dealers agreed to cooperate with the government in its drive to reduce
the price of rice from now on, and vowed to import adequate stock for the
upcoming holy month of Ramadan. https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/gambian-state-foregoes-6m-revenue-to-make-rice-affordable/
Philippines plans to import 250,000 tonnes
rice via open tender
A worker carries a sack of rice inside a National Food Authority
(NFA) warehouse in Taguig city, south of Manila, August 25, 2015. The
Philippines aims to increase rice production by as much as 6.5 percent next
year after an expected fall in this year's output, with state spending to boost
crop yields helping to offset possible losses from the El Nino dry weather
condition, a senior official said on Tuesday.
REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
MANILA - The Philippines'
food security agency plans to buy 250,000 tonnes of rice in a
government-to-government deal with Vietnam or Thailand to beef up depleted
buffer stock, a spokesman said on Sunday.
The purchase is on top of
the importation of 250,000 tonnes in an open international tender that has
already been approved, Rex Estoperez, spokesman of the state-run National Food
Authority (NFA), told Reuters.
The Philippines,
a frequent rice importer, saw domestic prices of the staple grain increase
by 3-4 percent in late January and rise further in the succeeding weeks, as
state stockpiles dropped to their lowest in more than two decades.
Higher rice prices added pressure
to Philippine inflation, which hit an annual pace of 4.3 percent in March, the
fastest in five years.
Rice imports
will boost the buffer stock of the NFA, which supplies cheaper rice to the
local market and helps stabilise domestic prices.
Asked if the emergency purchase
needed NFA Council approval, Estoperez said President Rodrigo Duterte had already authorised NFA
Administrator Jason Aquino to proceed with theimportation.
The council, composed of
government economic managers, earlier approved the purchase of 250,000 tonnes
via a tender open to international traders and suppliers, for delivery starting
May, ahead of the lean domestic harvest season from July.
The council prefers an open
tender, which makes pricing transparent and less prone to corruption, over a
government-to-government deal.
Inflation fears
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:10 AM April 09,
2018
Prices of
consumer products have been expected to increase this year because of the
recently passed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act and the
Sin Tax Reform Act of 2012, which imposed new taxes or raised existing ones on
a number of products.Starting in January, the TRAIN Law either increased or
imposed new taxes on sugar-sweetened products such as soft drinks, and on
petroleum products and automobiles. Cigarettes and alcoholic drinks also had a
scheduled tax increase at the start of the year under the Sin Tax Law.
The
Philippine Statistics Authority reported last week that consumer prices rose on
average by 4.3 percent in March — the fastest since August 2014 and above the
government’s target range for 2018.
It was
partly due to the double-digit jump in prices of “sin” products and the
5.8-percent increase in food prices.
This higher
inflation will be replicated in the remaining months of the year. Compared to a
year ago, this year’s prices will naturally be higher because of the additional
taxes.
This is the
low-base effect as prices last year did not carry the additional or new taxes
that prices of consumer products do this year.
Some
economists have predicted that consumer price increases will hit seven-year highs
and prompt the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to raise interest rates to keep
inflation in check.
When
interest rates are low (as they were for the past couple of years), consumers
are able to borrow more money to spend, causing higher economic growth and
increasing inflation.
The opposite
happens when interest rates are increased.
What is
worrisome in the next few months, however, is the additional pressure on
inflation that is expected to come from rice.
The National
Food Authority has run out of supply of cheap rice for the low-income segment
of the population. Rice imports of 250,000 metric tons from Vietnam and
Thailand will be arriving only in end-May.
The poor
will be most affected by the absence of NFA rice. Without the cheap NFA rice
sold for P27 a kilo, they now have to shell out at least P12 more a kilo
because the lowest priced commercial rice goes for P39 a kilo.Then there are
the crooked traders who might take advantage of the seeming rice shortage
(there is actually enough supply, but of the expensive commercial rice) by
hoarding the stocks to push prices higher and bring them more profits.
The Duterte
administration is appealing to rice traders to further lower the prices of
their cheapest commercial rice to help those who get by on NFA rice.
But it is
doubtful that traders will heed such a call. Traders have reportedly offered to
sell at P39 a kilo, the lowest that they can go, claiming that the cheapest
regular milled rice now costs more than P40 a kilo.
We can
therefore expect the food component of the basket of goods and services
monitored to determine inflation to increase in this month and in May.
Last March,
rice prices increased by 3.6 percent, higher than the 2.8 percent in February,
as farm gate prices of palay have been on an upward trend since the second week
of January, according to the National Economic and Development Authority.
Monetary
authorities had projected inflation correctly when doing their calculations
based on the impact of the TRAIN Law, a weaker peso that makes imported raw
materials more expensive, and rising crude oil prices abroad.
However, it
is the unexpected inflation pressure from rice that could be more problematic
particularly in the next two months, or until the rice imports arrive in
end-May.
Analysts are
starting to anticipate the Bangko Sentral’s raising of interest rates to keep
inflation within its target range of 2-4 percent for 2018.But this early,
monetary authorities expect inflation to breach this target and average 4.3
percent for the year.How high interest rates should go will therefore be a
delicate balancing act for the Bangko Sentral, a major test for the new
governor, Nestor Espenilla.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/112317/inflation-fears
'Seawater rice' may help fill food gap
China Daily, April 9, 2018
Chinese agricultural researchers
have selected 176 strains of saltwater-tolerant rice out of more than 1,000
candidates from experimental paddies and expect them to be widely planted
across the country in further trials this year.
Researchers harvest a variety of saltwater-tolerant rice in
Qingdao, Shandong province, in September. [Photo/China Daily]
Experts said this marks a major
step forward in the development of resistant rice strains in China.Rice that
can thrive in a saline-alkali environment－so-called seawater rice－is designed to grow in tidal flats or other areas with heavy
saline-alkaline content.The selected strains, grown in Hainan province paddies,
will be planted on five different types of saline-alkali land around the
country. Researchers aim to find at least one type with nationwide
applicability for future use, said Zhang Guodong, executive director of the
Qingdao Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center in Shandong
province.
The center, led by Yuan Longping－China's "father of hybrid rice"－was founded in 2016 to help expand the farming of resistant rice
around the country.
"China has a great deal of
saline-alkaline soil, but these areas are located in various climatic zones
with different sunlight conditions," said Zhang, the center's director,
adding that researchers will test the quantity and quality of the selected
strains under different climatic and geological conditions.
Previous studies found that about
13 to 20 million hectares of saline-alkali soil can support rice－mainly in five areas, including the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous
region, North China and along the mouth of the Yellow River. The Qingdao center
has experimental paddies in these areas.
The center uses desalinated
seawater to irrigate its experimental paddies, with the highest yield reaching
9.3 metric tons per hectare in 2017.
In addition to working with the 176
selected strains, researchers in Hainan are also making efforts to use hybrid
technologies and genetic engineering to breed more strains of saline-alkali-resistant
rice for further trials.
"Saline-alkali-resistant rice
in China is still in the scientific research and observation stage before full
application," Zhang said.
Since 1970, the International Rice
Research Institute has verified 10 tolerant strains out of 9,000 strains of the
grain, providing a technical basis for breeding tolerant varieties. The
institute put forward its verification standards for saline-alkali-tolerant
rice in 1979.
Countries including Pakistan,
Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia are also carrying
out rice research.
Yuan and his team plan to develop a
type of seawater rice that can be planted on 6.7 million hectares of
saline-alkali land around China, which they estimate can yield 30 billion
kilograms every year, feeding 80 million additional mouths.
Yuan said growing more seawater
rice is vital to China's food security.
ANALYSIS-Obesity among Asia-Pacific children is a growing health
crisis - researchers
APRIL 9, 2018
APRIL 9, 2018 /
5:00 AM /
KUALA LUMPUR,
April 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Obesity rates among children in
Asia-Pacific are rising at a rapid rate, and more action is needed to encourage
healthier lifestyles and ease pressure on fledgling healthcare systems,
researchers said.The number of overweight children under five rose 38 percent
between 2000 and 2016 in the region, and the problem is growing, said Sridhar
Dharmapuri, a food safety and nutrition officer at the U.N.’s Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Bangkok.
“The rate of
growth in obesity in Asia-Pacific is higher than in many other countries,”
Dharmapuri told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.“While the United States leads
the way on obesity rates, the number of overweight children in Asia-Pacific is
rising rapidly, and many countries in this region are now among the most
health-threatened in the world.”Adult obesity rates are highest in the United
States, Mexico, New Zealand and Hungary, and lowest in Japan and South Korea,
according to a report on member states by the Paris-based Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development.But the rapid rise in obesity among young
people in Asia-Pacific is worrying because overweight children are at higher
risk of becoming obese as adults and then developing serious health problems
like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and liver disease.
Malaysia,
Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand are among the most overweight countries in
Southeast Asia, while Samoa, Tonga and Nauru are the most overweight in the
Pacific. Australia also has high rates of obesity.Many of these nations are
also struggling to tackle malnutrition among their citizens.The cost to the
Asia-Pacific region of citizens being overweight or obese is $166 billion a
year, a recent report by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
said.Rising wealth levels over the last 20 years have played a major role in
the rise in obesity levels, researchers say.
“The region has
undergone economic growth, so food has become available at a relatively cheaper
price,” said Matthias Helble, an economist at the ADBI in Tokyo.“For the last
20 years the economic growth has been almost uninterrupted,” said Helble, who
has researched obesity levels in the region for three years.The “obesity time
bomb” will be discussed by the 46 member governments attending the FAO conference
for Asia and the Pacific, which starts in Fiji from Monday.
LIFESTYLE
CHOICES
In addition to
consuming more, as economies have grown, people in Asia-Pacific have moved away
from farming into manufacturing, and then to service sector jobs - which are
more sedentary, researchers said.
Cities in
Asia-Pacific have also seen unprecedented growth over the last two decades;
this year more than half the region’s population will for the first time be
urban, the United Nations has estimated.City-dwellers in Asia-Pacific can spend
hours commuting - due to poor transport systems and infrastructure - and when
they finally reach home they have little time to cook. Many opt to eat out.
This new
lifestyle has caused a rise in the consumption of convenience and processed
foods, which often contain excess fats and more salt and sugar, researchers
said.People in the region also struggle to maintain a balanced diet, said
Dharmapuri, with meals often lacking vegetables.“The diet is largely
rice-based,” he said. “On anybody’s plate, rice takes up between 50-70 percent
of the space.”
When people are
overweight they often suffer from other health problems, economists said, and
this is likely to put pressure on public healthcare systems that are only just
being established in many Asia-Pacific nations.Absenteeism from work is also
higher among obese people, said Helble, adding that overweight people often die
earlier than those who lead healthy lives, so have a shorter productive life.
“The term
‘obesogenic environment’ has been used to describe an environment that promotes
obesity among individuals and populations,” Elizabeth Ingram of the Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare - a government statistics agency - said by
email.
“It includes
physical, economic, political, and sociocultural factors.”
JOINT EFFORT
Fixing the
problem will likely take years, and researchers said a joint effort by business
and governments was needed.
Better labeling
on foods to promote healthier options, education about healthier diets and
lifestyles, and even healthier school meals would improve the situation,
analysts said.
“Being obese
can also be seen as a sign of prosperity, because you have enough food to show
your wealth through the fact that you have a lot to eat,” said Helble.
Sugar taxes,
which have been introduced or are being discussed in the Philippines, Singapore
and Indonesia, are also one way to change people’s mindset, he added.
Building more
sports facilities at schools and ensuring urban planners include recreational
areas for cities and make them more walkable and less polluted, is also
crucial.
Governments
must work with retailers, like in Singapore, to create a coordinated approach
on packaging and promote a balanced diet, researchers said.
Working with
retailers to ban unhealthy and sweet foods from checkout areas, and pushing
street vendors to switch from fried foods to healthier, more traditional
options, are also key.
And countries
should adopt a “farm to fork” approach, which encourages farmers to diversify
what they grow and be less reliant on growing just rice, said Dharmapuri.
"In some
Pacific island countries, it's actually easier to buy soft drinks and processed
foods than buy fruits and vegetables," said Dharmapuri. "It's almost
a delicacy to have a vegetable in a restaurant." (Reporting by Michael
Taylor, Editing by Robert Carmichael. Please credit the Thomson Reuters
Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian
news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience.
Visit news.trust.org)
Inspection at rice mill godown
Verification
at mills under way to unearth bungling, if any
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, April 8
Alarmed over the bungling of government paddy
by a sheller in Jandiala Guru, officials of the Department of Food and Civil
Supplies have started verification of the rice shellers in the state to unearth
irregularities, if any. The inspection has been started on the directions of
the state government, it has been learnt.
A team of the department from Chandigarh
inspected godowns of the Punjab Basmati Rice Mill located on the Tarn Taran
road on Sunday. Officials were tight-lipped over the outcome of the inspection
which continued till late evening.
“The step has been taken to unearth
embezzlement, if any, of government paddy by rice millers as there have been
complaints against several shellers,” said an official preferring not to be
named. He said the final report of the inspections would be handed over to the
Director of the Food and Civil Supplies for necessary action.
Meanwhile, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Youth Front
president Gurmeet Singh Bablu alleged that there had been a bungling of paddy
in another prominent rice sheller in the district. He alleged that officials of
the Pungrain and District Food and Civil Supplies had deliberately failed to
provide information to him under RTI Act regarding the government paddy stored
in the said rice sheller in stipulated period.
“They are deliberately delaying the information
in order to save the rice sheller who is very influential in the region. The
rice sheller has the capacity of around 75,000 bags but according to
information the department issued 4 lakh paddy bags to it in violation of the
norms. Now, I have sought the information from the Pungrain Board, Punjab,” he
added.
Another RTI activist, Varun Sareen, too, has
accused the department of siphoning off government paddy.
Activist alleges irregularities
Gurmeet Singh Bablu, who heads a social
organisation, has accused a rice sheller of bungling government paddy. He says
food and civil supplies officials are hand in glove as “they have been delaying
action on an RTI query” filed by him only to save themselves and the rice
sheller in question
Inspection at rice mill godown
Verification
at mills under way to unearth bungling, if any
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, April 8
Alarmed over the bungling of government paddy
by a sheller in Jandiala Guru, officials of the Department of Food and Civil
Supplies have started verification of the rice shellers in the state to unearth
irregularities, if any. The inspection has been started on the directions of
the state government, it has been learnt.
A team of the department from Chandigarh
inspected godowns of the Punjab Basmati Rice Mill located on the Tarn Taran
road on Sunday. Officials were tight-lipped over the outcome of the inspection
which continued till late evening.
“The step has been taken to unearth
embezzlement, if any, of government paddy by rice millers as there have been
complaints against several shellers,” said an official preferring not to be
named. He said the final report of the inspections would be handed over to the
Director of the Food and Civil Supplies for necessary action.
Meanwhile, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Youth Front
president Gurmeet Singh Bablu alleged that there had been a bungling of paddy
in another prominent rice sheller in the district. He alleged that officials of
the Pungrain and District Food and Civil Supplies had deliberately failed to
provide information to him under RTI Act regarding the government paddy stored
in the said rice sheller in stipulated period.
“They are deliberately delaying the information
in order to save the rice sheller who is very influential in the region. The
rice sheller has the capacity of around 75,000 bags but according to
information the department issued 4 lakh paddy bags to it in violation of the
norms. Now, I have sought the information from the Pungrain Board, Punjab,” he
added.
Another RTI activist, Varun Sareen, too, has
accused the department of siphoning off government paddy.
Activist alleges irregularities
Gurmeet Singh Bablu, who heads a
social organisation, has accused a rice sheller of bungling government paddy.
He says food and civil supplies officials are hand in glove as “they have been
delaying action on an RTI query” filed by him only to save themselves and the
rice sheller in question http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/inspection-at-rice-mill-godown/570798.html
Boro rice: Govt to pay Tk 2 more
to farmers, Tk 4 more to millers
Senior Correspondent,
Published: 2018-04-08 15:39:59.0 BdST Updated: 2018-04-08 16:02:48.0 BdST
·
The government
will procure Boro rice paddy at Tk 26 per kg and rice at Tk 38 per kg during
this year’s Boro season.
By this measure Boro farmers will receive Tk 2 per kg more than
they did last year, while millers will receive Tk 4 more per kg.
Food Minister Md Qamrul Islam said that the government would buy
rice and paddy between May 2 and Aug 31 this year.The government has set a
collection target of 1 million metric tonnes of Boro rice and paddies due to
the bumper crop this year, Islam said at a press briefing following a meeting
of the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit at the Secretariat on Sunday.
The government will procure 800,000 metric tonnes of parboiled
rice, 100,000 metric tonnes of Atap rice and 150,000 metric tonnes Boro rice
paddies (which would produce 100,000 tonnes of rice).
The production cost of Boro rice was Tk 36 per kg this year and
so the government would buy it at Tk 38 per kg, the food minister said. Atap
rice will be bought at Tk 37 per kg and Boro rice paddy at Tk 26 per kg.
Last year the government bought 700,000 tonnes of rice paddies
at Tk 24 per kg and 800,000 tonnes of rice at Tk 34 per kg. Due to sufficient
food reserves the government has reduced its domestic procurement target this
year.
Heavy rains, mountain run-off and three rounds of floods
devastated last year’s Boro crop and forced the government to lower tariffs and
import a substantial amount of rice to stabilise the market.
According to the food ministry, the government has 969,000
metric tonnes of rice and 362,000 metric tonnes of wheat in its reserves.
The government will not procure wheat this year due to this
year’s limited production, the food minister said.
Bangladesh has produced a total of 1.3 million tonnes of wheat
this year, he said.
https://bdnews24.com/economy/2018/04/08/boro-rice-tk-2-more-for-farmers-tk-4-for-millers
12:00
AM, April 09, 2018 / LAST MODIFIED: 02:32 AM, April 09, 2018
Govt to buy rice at Tk 38 per kg
Staff Correspondent
The government has decided to buy
rice from millers at Tk 38 per kg this Boro season, which is 12 percent higher
than the previous season.
The decision was taken yesterday at
a meeting of the Food Planning and Monitoring Committee at the secretariat,
presided over by Food Minister Qamrul Islam.
The minister said the production
cost of rice in this Boro season was Tk 36 per kg and the purchasing price was
fixed adding Tk 2. Last year, the production cost of Boro rice was Tk 31 per
kg, he said.
The meeting also decided to procure
paddy for Tk 26 a kg directly from the farmers while last year the procurement
price was Tk 22 per kg.
The food ministry in a statement
said in the coming Boro season the government will buy 9 lakh tonnes of rice
and 1.5 lakh tonnes of paddy. The procurement drive will start on May 2 and
continue till August 31. This year, the agriculture ministry has fixed a target
of 1.90 crore tonnes of Boro rice production. At present, the food reserve is
12.98 lakh tonnes, highest in the last 20 years, according to the food
ministry.
Chinese scientists find gene that increases rice yields in saline
soil
Source:
Xinhua| 2018-04-08 17:43:47|Editor: ZD
BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have found a
gene that can help reduce the effect of soil salinization on rice yields.
The gene, named STRK1, is crucial in reducing the harm caused by
high salt infiltration, and increasing salt tolerance of rice, according to the
research by Hunan University and Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences
under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The achievement of the research team led by Professor Liu
Xuanming and Lin Jianzhong was published in the latest issue of "Plant
Cell."
Salinization of cultivated land affects the growth of grain
crops and threatens food security. There are 950 million hectares of
saline-alkali land in the world, of which China has 100 million hectares. About
20 percent of the world's irrigated farmland has become salinized by global
warming, resulting in low crop yields.
Rice is the dominant grain crop in China, but it is vulnerable
to high salt environments. The research team has studied on how to improve the
salt tolerance of rice for almost five years.
"The results of the research can help increase rice yields
in saline soil and lay a foundation for related studies in breeding," said
Lin.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-04/08/c_137095813.htm
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study along with graphs and tables to help understand market trends, drivers
and market challenges. The study is segmented by Application/ end users [Frozen
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in-depth information by segments of Parboiled Rice market helps monitor future
profitability & to make critical decisions for growth. The information on
trends and developments, focuses on markets and materials, capacities,
technologies, CAPEX cycle and the changing structure of the Global
Parboiled Rice Market.
The study provides company
profiling, product picture and specifications, sales, market share and contact
information of key manufacturers of Global Parboiled Rice Market, some of them
listed here are Buhler AG, Induss Group, Parboiled Rice
Thailand, National Rice Company, Udon Rice Co., Ltd, Riceland International
Limited, Sandstone International Co., Ltd., Riceland, Spekko & Alesie.
The market is growing at a very rapid pace and with rise in technological
innovation, competition and M&A activities in the industry many local and
regional vendors are offering specific application products for varied
end-users. The new manufacturer entrants in the market are finding it hard to
compete with the international vendors based on quality, reliability, and
innovations in technology.
Global Parboiled Rice (Thousands
Units) and Revenue (Million USD) Market Split by Product Type such as Long
grain, Medium grain & Short grain. Further the research study is segmented
by Application such as Frozen food, Instant dry mixes of soup & Others with
historical and projected market share and compounded annual growth rate.
Geographically, this report is segmented into several key Regions, with production, consumption, revenue (million USD), and market share and growth rate of Parboiled Rice in these regions, from 2012 to 2022 (forecast), covering United States, China, Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia & India and its Share (%) and CAGR for the forecasted period 2017 to 2022.
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Chapter 1, to describe
Definition, Specifications and Classification of Parboiled Rice, Applications
of Parboiled Rice, Market Segment by Regions;
Chapter 2, to analyze the Manufacturing Cost Structure, Raw Material and Suppliers, Manufacturing Process, Industry Chain Structure;
Chapter 3, to display the Technical Data and Manufacturing Plants Analysis of Parboiled Rice, Capacity and Commercial Production Date, Manufacturing Plants Distribution, R&D Status and Technology Source, Raw Materials Sources Analysis;
Chapter 4, to show the Overall Market Analysis, Capacity Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Price Analysis (Company Segment);
Chapter 5 and 6, to show the Regional Market Analysis that includes United States, China, Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia & India, Parboiled Rice Segment Market Analysis (by Type);
Chapter 7 and 8, to analyze the Parboiled Rice Segment Market Analysis (by Application) Major Manufacturers Analysis of Parboiled Rice;
Chapter 9, Market Trend Analysis, Regional Market Trend, Market Trend by Product Type [Long grain, Medium grain & Short grain], Market Trend by Application [Frozen food, Instant dry mixes of soup & Others];
Chapter 10, Regional Marketing Type Analysis, International Trade Type Analysis, Supply Chain Analysis;
Chapter 11, to analyze the Consumers Analysis of Global Parboiled Rice;
Chapter 12,13, 14 and 15, to describe Parboiled Rice sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source.
Chapter 2, to analyze the Manufacturing Cost Structure, Raw Material and Suppliers, Manufacturing Process, Industry Chain Structure;
Chapter 3, to display the Technical Data and Manufacturing Plants Analysis of Parboiled Rice, Capacity and Commercial Production Date, Manufacturing Plants Distribution, R&D Status and Technology Source, Raw Materials Sources Analysis;
Chapter 4, to show the Overall Market Analysis, Capacity Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Price Analysis (Company Segment);
Chapter 5 and 6, to show the Regional Market Analysis that includes United States, China, Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia & India, Parboiled Rice Segment Market Analysis (by Type);
Chapter 7 and 8, to analyze the Parboiled Rice Segment Market Analysis (by Application) Major Manufacturers Analysis of Parboiled Rice;
Chapter 9, Market Trend Analysis, Regional Market Trend, Market Trend by Product Type [Long grain, Medium grain & Short grain], Market Trend by Application [Frozen food, Instant dry mixes of soup & Others];
Chapter 10, Regional Marketing Type Analysis, International Trade Type Analysis, Supply Chain Analysis;
Chapter 11, to analyze the Consumers Analysis of Global Parboiled Rice;
Chapter 12,13, 14 and 15, to describe Parboiled Rice sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source.
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Strategic recommendations in key business segments based on the market estimations
Competitive landscaping mapping the key common trends
Company profiling with detailed strategies, financials, and recent developments
Supply chain trends mapping the latest technological advancements
Market share analysis of the top industry players
Strategic recommendations for the new entrants
Market forecasts for a minimum of 5 years of all the mentioned segments, sub segments and the regional markets
Market Trends (Drivers, Constraints, Opportunities, Threats, Challenges, Investment Opportunities, and recommendations)
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Grow fruits, spices instead of wheat, rice to deal with water scarcity’
April 08, 2018
Urbanisation causes water resources to shrink and ultimately
reduces its availability for agricultural purposes.—APP
ISLAMABAD: “Countries have developed capacity to store water for
three years and more, but we are still sadly standing at the 20-day reserve
level due to our heavy reliance on the running rivers for agriculture,” said
Former Adviser to the finance ministry Dr Salman Shah.Addressing a discussion
titled, ‘Driving Pakistan’s Water Policy’, organised by Hisaar Foundation on
Friday, Mr Shah said that Pakistan has surplus water, but manages it poorly.
He said that water shortage in the country was primarily caused by
the absence of a broad-based water management policy. “Pakistan should shift to
growing fruits and spices, instead of growing wheat and rice, to manage water
and land utilisation,” he added.Dr Shah said that even industrialised countries
had invested timely into their water infrastructure, yet Pakistan has not
availed the advantage of its current water position.
“We waste too much water. In case of Punjab, the province has an
annual 54 million acre feet (MAF) supply, but its canals show only 30MAF –
where does the remaining water goes?”He said that a nationwide study is
required over water supply through the canal systems, wastage, leakage,
utilisation and eventually the output.
Dr Shah highlighted that Punjab gives around 4ft per acre to its
southern districts, whereas around 1ft per acre to its northern parts.
Globally, the standard is 2ft per acre in countries having high agricultural
productivity like Australia, South Africa and California.
He said that as cities grow, their demand for water increases too,
causing its share for agriculture to decline. “This means that Pakistan needs
to modernise its water usage.”
He also suggested that there is a need to shift from food crops to
cash crops to boost the economy, as the country can import cheap wheat, rice
and corn instead of growing costly produce.Wapda’s former member Khalid
Mohtadullah said that the best way to mitigate the impact of climate change is
to enhance water storage capacity as the natural storage in the form of
glaciers is at the risk of meltdown.
“Glaciers are melting faster than expected, therefore there is a
higher flow of water in the rivers – but this is for a limited period. Besides,
snowfall has also declined in many parts,” he said adding, “In both the cases
we need to build dams to store water otherwise we are heading for a
disaster.”Hisaar Foundation’s Convener Simi Kamal said that water management is
a national issue and our political leadership should take the matter seriously
at a war footing.
Alvarez backs Duterte’s directive to abolish NFA council
April 8, 2018, 3:33 PM
By Charissa Luci-Atienza
Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez today
rallied behind President Duterte’s directive to abolish the National Food
Authority (NFA) Council to address the country’s rice supply woes.
Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez
The House chief sided with
President Duterte who reportedly ordered the scrapping of the NFA’s
policy-making body this week.
“Personally, I think we don’t
need such as council. We already have an NFA administrator. Now, if he would
only do his job I don’t think we would have any problem (on rice supply),”
Alvarez said in a radio interview.
He also expressed openness to
reconstituting the council, noting that congressional probe may be needed to
determine the necessary amendments to Presidential Decree 4, as amended by PD
1770, which created the council.
“We might have to look into this
matter because if the council was created by law we need to amend it,” Alvarez
said.
On Friday, President Duterte
directed the abolition of the 18-man council amid disagreements over the rice
importation policy between the council and the NFA.
However, Malacañang later
clarified that the Chief Executive merely wants to reconstitute the council.
Alvarez said he cannot help, but
be puzzled why the country still needs to import rice from neighboring
countries whose agriculturists studied at the International Rice Research
Institute in Los Baños.
“I don’t understand why we still
need to import rice,” Alvarez said.
He said the vast tracts of
agricultural lands in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao can be tapped to produce
rice.
He called on the Department of
Agriculture, the National Irrigation Administration and the NFA to look deeper
into the recurring rice supply problem.
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study along with graphs and tables to help understand market trends, drivers
and market challenges. The study is segmented by Application/ end users [Frozen
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Limited, Sandstone International Co., Ltd., Riceland, Spekko & Alesie.
The market is growing at a very rapid pace and with rise in technological
innovation, competition and M&A activities in the industry many local and
regional vendors are offering specific application products for varied
end-users. The new manufacturer entrants in the market are finding it hard to
compete with the international vendors based on quality, reliability, and
innovations in technology.
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grain, Medium grain & Short grain. Further the research study is segmented
by Application such as Frozen food, Instant dry mixes of soup & Others with
historical and projected market share and compounded annual growth rate.
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of Parboiled Rice, Market Segment by Regions;
Chapter 2, to analyze the Manufacturing Cost Structure, Raw Material and Suppliers, Manufacturing Process, Industry Chain Structure;
Chapter 3, to display the Technical Data and Manufacturing Plants Analysis of Parboiled Rice, Capacity and Commercial Production Date, Manufacturing Plants Distribution, R&D Status and Technology Source, Raw Materials Sources Analysis;
Chapter 4, to show the Overall Market Analysis, Capacity Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Price Analysis (Company Segment);
Chapter 5 and 6, to show the Regional Market Analysis that includes United States, China, Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia & India, Parboiled Rice Segment Market Analysis (by Type);
Chapter 7 and 8, to analyze the Parboiled Rice Segment Market Analysis (by Application) Major Manufacturers Analysis of Parboiled Rice;
Chapter 9, Market Trend Analysis, Regional Market Trend, Market Trend by Product Type [Long grain, Medium grain & Short grain], Market Trend by Application [Frozen food, Instant dry mixes of soup & Others];
Chapter 10, Regional Marketing Type Analysis, International Trade Type Analysis, Supply Chain Analysis;
Chapter 11, to analyze the Consumers Analysis of Global Parboiled Rice;
Chapter 12,13, 14 and 15, to describe Parboiled Rice sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source.
Chapter 2, to analyze the Manufacturing Cost Structure, Raw Material and Suppliers, Manufacturing Process, Industry Chain Structure;
Chapter 3, to display the Technical Data and Manufacturing Plants Analysis of Parboiled Rice, Capacity and Commercial Production Date, Manufacturing Plants Distribution, R&D Status and Technology Source, Raw Materials Sources Analysis;
Chapter 4, to show the Overall Market Analysis, Capacity Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Price Analysis (Company Segment);
Chapter 5 and 6, to show the Regional Market Analysis that includes United States, China, Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia & India, Parboiled Rice Segment Market Analysis (by Type);
Chapter 7 and 8, to analyze the Parboiled Rice Segment Market Analysis (by Application) Major Manufacturers Analysis of Parboiled Rice;
Chapter 9, Market Trend Analysis, Regional Market Trend, Market Trend by Product Type [Long grain, Medium grain & Short grain], Market Trend by Application [Frozen food, Instant dry mixes of soup & Others];
Chapter 10, Regional Marketing Type Analysis, International Trade Type Analysis, Supply Chain Analysis;
Chapter 11, to analyze the Consumers Analysis of Global Parboiled Rice;
Chapter 12,13, 14 and 15, to describe Parboiled Rice sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source.
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Market share analysis of the top industry players
Strategic recommendations for the new entrants
Market forecasts for a minimum of 5 years of all the mentioned segments, sub segments and the regional markets
Market Trends (Drivers, Constraints, Opportunities, Threats, Challenges, Investment Opportunities, and recommendations)
Strategic recommendations in key business segments based on the market estimations
Competitive landscaping mapping the key common trends
Company profiling with detailed strategies, financials, and recent developments
Supply chain trends mapping the latest technological advancements
Market share analysis of the top industry players
Strategic recommendations for the new entrants
Market forecasts for a minimum of 5 years of all the mentioned segments, sub segments and the regional markets
Market Trends (Drivers, Constraints, Opportunities, Threats, Challenges, Investment Opportunities, and recommendations)
Strategic recommendations in key business segments based on the market estimations
Competitive landscaping mapping the key common trends
Company profiling with detailed strategies, financials, and recent developments
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It helps in making informed business decisions by having complete insights of market and by making in-depth analysis of market segments
This report provides pin-point analysis for changing competitive dynamics
It provides a forward looking perspective on different factors driving or restraining market growth
It provides a six-year forecast assessed on the basis of how the market is predicted to grow
It helps in understanding the key product segments and their future
It provides pin point analysis of changing competition dynamics and keeps you ahead of competitors
It helps in making informed business decisions by having complete insights of market and by making in-depth analysis of market segments
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FG
budgets N3.4bn for rice, cotton value chain
By
Nuruddeen M. Abdallah, Vincent A. Yusuf, Francis Arinze Iloani, & Safina
Buhari | Publish Date: Apr 8 2018 2:00AM
The
federal government is planning to spend N3.47 billion on the development of
value chain of rice and cotton - the two areas government said it is determined
to attain self- sufficiency.This figure is about N200 million less than what
the government budgeted last year, according to the analysis of 2018 budget
proposal.
Despite
series of interventions by federal government, agriculture has failed to
attract adequate private investments and generate decent job opportunities.
Dwindling
fortune of value chain
In
2017, the federal government budgeted N3.63 billion in value development of
rice and cotton.
The
key area of agricultural development with the potentials to create millions of
jobs is in the various crops value chain development, which the governments at
all levels are paying little attention to.
Analysis
of the 2018 estimates revealed that the federal government has proposed N24.9
billion on agriculture value chain development, about 14.7 percent reduction on
what it budgeted last year.
In
2017, the total budget for agricultural value chain development was N29.2
billion.
Of
the N24.9 billion value chain votes this year, only N3.47 billion was earmarked
for rice and cotton against last year’s N3.63 billion, despite the government’s
trumpeted commitment to the development of the two crops.
This
year, the federal agriculture ministry earmarked N1.47 billion for development
and promotion of cotton, against last year’s N1.62 billion.
The
government earmarked N2.04 billion for rice value chain, compared to the N2.01
billion provided for the crop in 2017.
Data
from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shows country’s
demand for rice stands at 6.3 million tons, while the supply is 2.3 million.
The
ministry said the cotton demand is between 1-1.5 million tons while the supply
is 0.2 million tons.
As
of 2015, over 101 textile industries were closed and 121,000 jobs lost across
the country, according to Dr Fatai Aremu of the Development Research and Policy
Centre (dRPC).
He
said 60 textile firms were closed in Lagos and 66,252 jobs lost; 19 companies
shut down in Kano and 16,700 jobs lost; 8 firms were closed in Kaduna which
rendered 18,750 workers jobless; while19,300 jobs were lost due to the collapse
of 18 factories across other locations in the country.
Too
little to make impact
This
is coming at a time of the government’s much-trumpeted determination to move
away from oil to agriculture as the mainstay of the economy.
This
year, the federal government is planning to spend N172.78 billion, about two
percent of the total estimates of N8.6 trillion, on agriculture and rural
development.
Of
this figure, N118.98 billion (68.86%) is earmarked for capital votes, while
N53.81 billion (31.14%) is for recurrent expenses.
The
2018 federal agriculture budget is 27.48% higher than the 2017 budget. Capital
expenditure got 69.48% increase, while recurrent estimates were jerked up by
14.64%.
Of
the N7.3 trillion budgets for 2017, the federal government voted only N123
billion (1.6 percent) for agriculture. Salaries and overheads get N31.7 billion
while the remaining N91.6 billion was left for capital projects.
The
central government budget is slightly higher than the N75.8 billion (1.26
percent) spent on agriculture and rural development in 2016.
N29.6
billion of the amount was for bureaucratic expenses, leaving N46.17 billion for
agric service.
The
federal government has been allocating low figures to the sector since 2010. It
budgeted 1.3 percent in 2010, 1.8 percent in 2011, 1.6 percent in 2012, 1.7
percent in 2013, 1.4 percent in 2014, 0.9 percent in 2015 and 1.2 percent in
2016.
Long
walk to Maputo
This
year’s agriculture budget, just like last year’s, is far below the 2003
AU-Maputo Declaration on Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme
(CAADP) which Nigeria is a signatory, DrAremu said.
The
Maputo declaration requires African countries to allocate at least 10 percent
of their annual budgets to agriculture and achieve six percent annual growth in
agricultural GDP.
Other
signatories to the Maputo agreement such as Malawi are investing about 27
percent, Zambia, Burundi and Mali (10 percent); Niger (13 percent); and Sierra
Leone (3 percent) in agriculture.
Poor
value chain, few jobs
Agriculture
has been contributing generously to the GDP. In 2012, the sector contributed
23.91 percent to the GDP, 23.33 percent (2013), 22.91 percent (2014), 23.11
percent (2015), and 24.43percent (2016).
But
this didn’t translate to actual paid jobs, like other sectors, Dr Aremu said.
He said though agric has contributed 49.1 percent of “main jobs,” it only
created 0.9 percent “paid jobs.”
This
contrasted with transportation and storage, which created 3.9 percent main jobs
but provided 4.6 percent paid jobs because of the value addition components in
that sector, according to data from National Bureau of Statistics Unemployment
Survey 2014.
Although
Nigeria is a major producer of most of the crops within the West Africa sub-region,
its value chain development is far below that of Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia and
South Africa who are harvesting billions of dollars in the value chain
sub-sector.
The
value chain has the potentials for nurturing hundreds of cottage industries,
which are key to developing economy like Nigeria.
Nigeria
remains a producer of primary products and has an insignificant share of the
global market even in the crops that she is the world largest producer of yams,
cassava, and others.
Ghana,
for instance, is the largest exporter of yam to the world market but it
produces less than what one state produces in Nigeria.
The
bulk of what is exported from Ghana comes from Nigeria, gaining billions of
dollars from what Nigeria is producing through value addition.
Sorry
story of cotton
Although
the federal government during the last administration set up an N100 billion
for cotton, Textile and Garment Development Scheme “managed by the Bank of
Industry (BOI), to revitalize the CTG Industry along the entire value chain at
an interest rate of 6 percent per annum with tenor up to five years, lack of
sustainable value chain or the collapse of it also led to the collapse of
cotton production.”
Many
farmers are now leaving cotton for other crops, a situation that calls for concern,
analysts said.
Similarly,
a report by International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) shows that Nigeria
has 51 ginning companies but only 17 are fully operational with 33 percent
ginning capacity utilization and approximately only 250, 000 cotton farmers.
Nigeria
does not have any national policy that protects the cotton industries - looking
at the entire value chain.
National
President of the National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN) Mr. Anibe
Achimugu said, “with the amendment of Procurement Act for local content to be
sourced first, we hope things will change. If the uniforms of our schools,
army, navy, air force, immigration, customs, etc, were all sourced locally,
many of the textiles industries would not have closed.”
For
director general of the Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association (NTMA),
Hamma Kwajaffa, “the problem is actually smuggling. You know our dealers can go
to China- and in China anything you ask for they can do it for you, and this
ends up in Nigerian markets.”
More
value for rice
Dr
Aremu said the federal government’s Anchor Borrowers Programme though
innovative, but it is difficult for new entrants, no inclusion clause and no
clear synergy with Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
Dr
Nyam Leo, former regional director of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda
(ATA), Northwest zone, said due to lack of machinery, rice farmers lose huge
parts of their harvests.
For
Aliyu Samaila, director of Agricultural Productivity, MARKETS II programme of
USAID, the situation is improving.
“If
you look at the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme which started with the rice value
chain, it has almost tripled rice production in Nigeria,” he said.
Dr
Aremu said wage employment is now a matter of national security and the
government must be involved.
“It
is therefore encouraging to hear that the Nigeria Institute of Legislative
Studies and the Dutch Knowledge Platform for Inclusive Development (INCLUDE) in
collaboration with the Partnership for Africa Social and Governance Research
are working towards informing national policies on inclusive growth. Growth is
inclusive is it creates jobs and improves wages for ordinary people,” he said.
DU30 orders rice
imports
April 7, 2018
Written by Efren Montano
President
Rodrigo Duterte
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has
ordered National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Jason Aquino to proceed
with rice importations.
“Sinabi ko na sa kanya, ‘ignore
the Rice Council which is mandated by law, go ahead and make the
importations,’” Duterte said in his speech at Sofitel hotel on Thursday.
The NFA Council is the policy
making body of the agency.
Duterte said he talked to Aquino
about the shortage of NFA rice and that he held a separate meeting with rice
traders.
“And for example, sa traders,
nakausap ko si Jason Aquino, actually there was already indications of a
shortage. Aquino inilagay ko diyan because I trust him at binulungan niya ako,
“Sir, medyo ang ano...” he added.
On Thursday, he directed the
agency to make sure there is enough rice for the public.“Ang ayaw ko kasi ‘yung
matakot ‘yung tao of a possibility not really on the actual -- it’s happening
-- but you put people on a very unsettling environment na dito magkukulang daw
ang bigas na ganun,” he said.
“Sabi ko sobrahan ninyo. At itong
mga importers ngayon, I said ‘what’s bugging you?’ Sabi ko, ‘you talk and I
will protect you’,” he added.
To replenish the NFA’s buffer
stock, the policy-setting NFA Council approved last month the procurement
process to import 250,000 metric tons of rice.
The importation will be made
under a government-to-private mode of procurement with the fresh stocks
expected to arrive in May.
The country’s state-run grains
agency will now proceed with the importation of rice to augment the supply of
subsidized rice in the market after earlier being held back by its
policy-making body.
The NFA Council, an 18-member
body that consists of representatives from financial institutions and other
related agencies, has the power to approve or reject proposals coming from the
NFA management.
Aquino has ordered the
importation of 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice under the
government-to-government (G2G) scheme. While the G2G scheme is believed to be
more prone to corruption and less transparent since it does not require the
disclosure of the bidding’s base price, its procurement process is considered
the fastest.
The agency will purchase rice
from the governments of Vietnam and Thailand where the country has an existing
memorandum of understanding (MOU). The initial shipments are expected to arrive
by the end of May through the ports in Cebu, Davao and Manila.
Another 250,000 MT will be
purchased by the NFA in the latter part of the year through the
government-to-private (G2P) scheme. This is in preparation for the lean months.
The NFA Council originally
planned to import rice through the open tender scheme, wherein the government
would transact with the private sector, but this was sidelined since its
lengthy process for procurement was seen to delay the arrival of rice to June
or July.
Cheaper commercial rice
During a meeting with industry
stakeholders on Thursday, President Duterte asked retailers, wholesalers, and
traders to provide a consistent supply of an affordable rice variant until the
arrival of the imported rice.
This is to alleviate the plight
of poor Filipino consumers who rely on NFA rice that was being sold at P27 a
kilogram (kg).
James Magbanua, national
president of the Grains Retailers Confederation of the Philippines (Grecon),
said stakeholders came to an agreement to provide regular-milled rice to the
market at P39 a kg. At present, prices of regular-milled rice are now at P42 a
kg.
“This is an initiative of the
private sector,” said Magbanua. “That price range will not change until the
arrival of the rice imports, or even when prices of well-milled rice and
premium rice continue to rise.”
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel
Piñol said in a radio interview that consumers could expect cheaper commercial
rice in the market by next week.
Rice and Food Grains Tech Expo
2018 gets underway at Guwahati
Apr 7 2018 7:15PM Guwahati, Apr 7 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda
Sonowal inaugurated Mooambika Rice and Food Grains Tech Expo -2018, which Assam
is playing host for the first time at a function held at Maniram Dewan
International Trade Centre here today.
The international Mooambika Rice and Food Grains Tech Expo being held in Assam for the first time is fifth of its kind in the country which has been organised jointly by the Federation of All India Rice Millers Association and All Assam Rice Millers Association.
Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal said, “If we want to respect our nation, we need to pay respect to our farmers. Farmers hold the key of building sound foundation for a developed country.”
He also said ever since the BJP-led State government has come to power in Assam, the government has been trying to double farmers’ income by taking several interventional schemes.
The Chief Minister said the economy of the state is dependent on agriculture and therefore any move to turn around the agricultural produce in the state would be akin to the development of state’s economy.
He also expressed hope that organising the Rice and Food Grains Tech Expo would prove to be a fillip to the immense agriculture potential of the state.
He also urged upon the stake holders of the Federation of All India Rice Millers Association and All Assam Rice Millers Association to make optimum use of the latest technology for the development of immense potential available in agricultural sector.
He called upon the industrialists present at the inaugural function to invest in agricultural sector in Assam.
He however, said the government is determined to spearhead development of the state, but not at the cost of its ecology.
He maintained that development and ecology has to go hand in hand and one should complement the other.
Chairman of the Federation of All India Rice Millers Association G.B. Rao, its President Darshan Saini, Vice-President Yogesh Agarwala, President, All Assam Rice Millers Association R.K. Bajaj and host of the other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
UNI SG AKM
http://www.uniindia.com/rice-and-food-grains-tech-expo-2018-gets-underway-at-guwahati/states/news/1192646.html#YqhfPhdi5A1Q7LgC.99
The international Mooambika Rice and Food Grains Tech Expo being held in Assam for the first time is fifth of its kind in the country which has been organised jointly by the Federation of All India Rice Millers Association and All Assam Rice Millers Association.
Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal said, “If we want to respect our nation, we need to pay respect to our farmers. Farmers hold the key of building sound foundation for a developed country.”
He also said ever since the BJP-led State government has come to power in Assam, the government has been trying to double farmers’ income by taking several interventional schemes.
The Chief Minister said the economy of the state is dependent on agriculture and therefore any move to turn around the agricultural produce in the state would be akin to the development of state’s economy.
He also expressed hope that organising the Rice and Food Grains Tech Expo would prove to be a fillip to the immense agriculture potential of the state.
He also urged upon the stake holders of the Federation of All India Rice Millers Association and All Assam Rice Millers Association to make optimum use of the latest technology for the development of immense potential available in agricultural sector.
He called upon the industrialists present at the inaugural function to invest in agricultural sector in Assam.
He however, said the government is determined to spearhead development of the state, but not at the cost of its ecology.
He maintained that development and ecology has to go hand in hand and one should complement the other.
Chairman of the Federation of All India Rice Millers Association G.B. Rao, its President Darshan Saini, Vice-President Yogesh Agarwala, President, All Assam Rice Millers Association R.K. Bajaj and host of the other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
UNI SG AKM
http://www.uniindia.com/rice-and-food-grains-tech-expo-2018-gets-underway-at-guwahati/states/news/1192646.html#YqhfPhdi5A1Q7LgC.99
IT has reduced the scope of corruption to a
great extent’
HYDERABAD, APRIL
07, 2018 23:32 IST
Commissioner for Consumer
Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies discusses the positive changes he brought
about during his stint
From bringing in IT interventions in the civil supplies
department and plugging leaks in the distribution of fair price commodities to
the massive changes in the consumer affairs landscape, Consumer Affairs, Food
and Civil Supplies Commissioner C.V. Anand’s initiatives have increased
efficiency while saving on cost. And as his stint draws to a close, Mr. Anand,
in a free-wheeling interview with Syed Mohammed, talks about good governance,
the age of consumer activism and what the government should do to be more
consumer-friendly. Excerpts:
How has IT helped to plug leaks in the department?
Information Technology has helped reduce the scope of corruption
to a great extent. For a long time, officers had been colluding with rice
millers and Fair Price Shops owners. For example, there was delay in farmers
getting paid for paddy and it even went up to 30 days to 60 days. The Minimum
Support Price of around ₹ 1,400 was not given fully. And when the cheques came, they had
to add ‘weight’ (bribe officials) to get them. In consultation with the Centre
for Good Governance, IT initiatives are firmly in place and payments are
upfront. Even in remotest areas, payments are getting credited in the farmer’s
bank accounts. ₹11 lakh crore was paid so far, 80% of which was within three
days.
How have you tackled the transporter-dealer-miller nexus?
There are 1,400 trucks transporting rice. We installed 1,750
CCTVs in 171 godowns, GPS systems in trucks and geo-fenced routes. Previously,
about 20% of rice was not taken by the cardholders. So the equivalent was not
unloaded from trucks and sold off later at ports and in other States. The
command control centre here and in districts keeps a watch on every vantage
point 24x7.
The gunny bags re-use seems to be an issue. What is your take on
it?
Instead of the 38% depreciation charges with each use and their
eventual auction, the Centre is saying that there will be charges of ₹6.30 per use. Last rabi season, analysis revealed that the
problems persisted for years and it continued this season too. Procured paddy
was not being taken away. Then we found out that gunny bags from Kolkata had
not arrived. There was immense cost and effort. Now, by engaging road
transport, we have reduced the effort as the truck brings bags to the PPC
(paddy procurement centres) directly. Per bale (500 bags) cost has been reduced
from ₹ 1,600 to ₹1,050.
What are the efforts towards a kerosene-free State?
Approximately 65% of the ration card holders have got LPG
connections in the State. For the next financial year, the Centre’s Ujwala
scheme will have an allocation of 10 lakh connections for us. We have taken
this seriously.
Consumer fora functioning is slow and some posts are still
vacant. What should be done to bridge this gap?
It is best to have a separate Consumer Affairs Department. We
made the suggestion in one of the meetings with the Centre and it is recorded
in the minutes of the meeting. There has been a sea change in consumer affairs
and activism over the years.
Develop farmers’ income for
development of state’s economy: Sonowal
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated Mooambika
Rice and Food Grains Tech Expo -2018, which Assam is playing host for the first
time, at Maniram Dewan International Trade Centre in Guwahati on Saturday.The
international Mooambika Rice and Food Grains Tech Expo is being organised
jointly by the Federation of All India Rice Millers Association and All Assam
Rice Millers Association.
Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal said, “If we want to respect
our nation, we need to pay respect to our farmers. Farmers hold the key of
building sound foundation for a developed country.” He also said that the
BJP-led government in Assam has been trying to double farmers’ income by taking
several interventional schemes.
Sonowal said that the economy of the state is dependent on
agriculture and therefore any move to turn around the agricultural produce in
the state would be akin to the development of state’s economy. He also
expressed hope that organising the expo will prove to be a fillip to the
immense agriculture potential of the state.
Sonowal urged the stake holders of the Federation of All India
Rice Millers Association and All Assam Rice Millers Association to make optimum
use of the latest technology for the development of immense potential available
in agricultural sector.
He also called upon the
industrialists present at the inaugural function to invest in agricultural
sector in Assam. Sonowal said that development and ecology has to go hand in
hand and one should complement the other.
Rice Breeders
Report Huge Productivity Gains
April 06, 2018 5:53 PM
A farmer works in a rice field in Naypyitaw, Myanmar,
March 2, 2018.
The science behind the grain that
feeds half the world may have taken a big leap forward.Scientists are reporting
the biggest improvements in rice productivity in decades.
If the results hold up in further
tests, it could greatly increase supplies of a critical food staple at a time
when the global population is growing rapidlyResearchers found a version of a
gene that increased the number of branches in the flowering part of the plant.
The team used conventional
breeding to introduce this gene version into five rice varieties. The new strains
produced from 28 to 85 percent more rice than their parents.
That’s a huge increase, says
University of Arkansas rice breeder Xueyan Sha.“If we can achieve, say, 6
percent, we can probably consider it a great achievement,” Sha said.Sha was not
part of the new study, published in the journal Scientific Reports.
A farmer plows a paddy field to plant rice seedlings
in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 2, 2018. Myanmar celebrates Peasants' Day annually
on March 2 to show the country's appreciation to its laborers.He
cautions that it’s a small-scale, controlled experiment, and it’s not clear how
the results will hold up in farmers’ fields.
Rice yields have not improved
much since the big gains of the “Green Revolution” of the 1960s, aimed at
boosting grain production.Experts say big increases in food production will be
necessary to feed the additional 2 billion or so people expected on the planet
by 2050.Not all rice varieties tested by the scientists produced the same hefty
gains. That’s another reason for caution, notes rice geneticist Shannon Pinson
with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“There’s something exciting
here,” Pinson said. “I don’t think it’s as exciting as Green Revolution
caliber.”
New varieties will be available
to farmers in two to four years. https://www.voanews.com/a/rice-breeders-report-huge-productivity-gains/4336152.html
Delhi pins hopes on neighbours for clean air
The Centre — having decided on an “in-situ management” of crop residue as opposed to collecting paddy straw to use as fuel in power generation or convert it products like bio-char used as fertiliser — has allocated funds to the affected states to subsidise farm machinery that can prevent stubble burning.
The Centre allocated Rs 1,140.3 crore for a sub-mission on agriculturemechanisation in this year’s Union budget, substantially hiking the funds from Rs 525 crore in 2017-18. NCR states are now rolling out the scheme. D K Behera, director, agriculture department, Haryana, told TOI, “Under the new scheme, we will promote custom hiring centres set up by farmer groups but will also cater to individual farmers.”
Haryana has been allocated Rs 216 crore and Punjab, Rs 365 crore for the scheme. “We will encourage farmers groups and cooperative societies rather than individual farmers to buy or rent this machinery. This approach will avoid financial liability and loans,” said Viswajit Khanna, additional chief secretary, agriculture, Punjab.
A sub-committee of the task force on prevention of stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh constituted by the cabinet secretariat submitted its final report to the Supreme Court in January. It advised that in-situ mechanisation allowing use of crop stubble as mulch was more cost effective than removing the plant remains. It also recommended large scale production of such machinery and their positioning in villages before September 2018.
A Niti Aayog-CII report had suggested alternatives to crop-residue burning, including ex-situ management processes. The cabinet secretariat panel, however, observed, “Bio-char production requires collection of paddy straw and its treatment in the field in temporary kilns. This option would require financial support of 9-10% of the minimum support price. Ex-situ options identified by Niti Aayog-CII require significant capital and operating subsidy to become sustainable.”
The central sub-committee instead recommended zero tilling machines for wheat, with paddy straw as mulch. To achieve this, every combine harvester would need to have a separate straw management system — a cutter, spreader and a happy seeder. Use of these components as a package would solve the wheat sowing problem, the report assured. For planting of potato, peas and other vegetable crops, incorporation of paddy straw and its fast decomposition could be achieved using the Rotavator and mould board (MB) plough developed by the Punjab Agricultural University.
The sub-committee suggested the government could provide a flat subsidy of 50% of machinery cost to individual farmers or a subsidy of 75% of machinery cost to cooperative societies, custom hiring centres, farmer’s interest groups and gram panchayats.
The Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution Control Authority, which is overseeing the enforcement of the court’s directions on curbing air pollution in NCR, has endorsed the sub-committee’s report, but agriculture experts worry that this may not do much to resolve the ecological woes of farmers. While the main reason for the crop stubble burning is the very small window of 20 days between harvesting of paddy and sowing of wheat, experts said there are other problems related to wheat-paddy combination, including extreme water stress and reliance on pesticides.
“We
have to understand that the rice-wheat system has problems,” said G V
Ramajaneyulu, executive director, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture. “Instead
we should opt for wheat-pulses or rice-legumes or vegetable-legumes
combinations. Crop stubble burning is just a symptom of this problem and even
this is being addressed only because of pollution in Delhi. But the intensive
ground water depletion and water contamination due to high chemical usage in
the rice-wheat system is not being addressed.”
Not just Boracay: Banaue
Rice Terraces also need help
Totel V. De Jesus
Private sector, volunteers, local
government unite to restore the Banaue Rice Terraces
Not only the beaches of Boracay,
Bohol, and El Nido in Palawan, among other world-known tourist destinations,
are in need of a major reboot. Up in the mountains, the Banaue Rice Terraces
have also raised the red flag.
Often referred to as the Eighth
Wonder of the World, the Banaue Rice Terraces in Ifugao province covers 1, 670
hectares of agricultural land. Now, recent data revealed that a total of 600
hectares have been abandoned and need to be restored.
The main headache here is
erosion. Add to that, the loss of interest among the younger generations to
farming. They’d rather go down to the cities and try their luck for a more
stable income in call centers, real estate and other salary-based
careers.
But they’re not to be blamed.
“The (monetary) return of
(working) in the rice terraces is not enough. Work has become a sacrifice,” admits
Banaue Mayor Jerry U. Dalipog.
“The average age of farmers in
our town is 57 years old,” added Dalipog, who still goes to the rice fields he
inherited from his ancestors. Banaue, he pointed out, has a population of
22,000 and about 50 percent are farmers.
“But according to the Department
of Agriculture, if you have one chicken or goat, you are considered a farmer,”
he noted, seriously. “So even if you’re a lawyer and you own a chicken, you are
considered a farmer.”
Farming for some long-time residents
who have regular jobs has become a chore, something that needs to be done
because the rice fields they inherited from their parents are there. The rest
simply abandoned the land to work in the bigger cities.
“I am a farmer. I started farming
when I was 10 years old. My grandparents, my mother and father were farmers and
they sent me to school to earn a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. I
worked for 15 years as municipal engineer and up to now as mayor, I still
continue to work in the field,” he said.
Dalipog is just one of the few
who stayed and despite the efforts of the local government, the Banaue Rice
Terraces continues to deteriorate. Climate change has speeded up the erosion.
In 2015, Dalipog said the number
was about 332 hectares of abandoned land that needed restoration. In three
years, the number has doubled. If less efforts in restoration are made, how
much more of the 1,607 hectares in the coming years will remain? he asked.
“We can only do so much in terms
of manpower and resources,” he noted.
WORLD HERITAGE SITE
A quick Google search gave us a
brief backgrounder. The Banaue Rice Terraces covers two barangays, Batad and
Bangaan. It is part of the 2,000-year-old Ifugao Rice Terraces or what the
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) called
the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras. The other towns in Ifugao
province that also have rice terraces are Mayoyao, Kiangan and Hungduan.
But tourists often flocked to the
more accessible rice terraces in Banaue town, which sits at the foot of Mouth
Amuyao.
Ifugao elders earn a living
by posing for selfies with tourists at the viewing point near the souvenir
shops overlooking the Banaue Rice Terraces. Photo by author
In the Philippines, those who
made it under the World Heritage Site’s list under the cultural category are
the historic city of Vigan and the many Baroque churches spread across the
archipelago. Under the Natural category, there’s the Mount Hamiguitan Range
Wildlife Sanctuary in Davao Oriental, the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River
National Park in Palawan and the Tubbataha Reefs National Park in the Sulu Sea.
For some strange reasons, despite
such international accolades, Banaue remains a fourth-class municipality. It is
14 kilometers from Lagawe, the capital of Ifugao province that is not even a
city but also a fourth-class municipality. The Banaue Rice Terraces is under
the supervision of the local government and the National Commission for Culture
and the Arts.
HELP FROM PRIVATE SECTOR
In April 2016, the Banaue Rice
Terraces Restoration Project was launched to raise funds, awareness and renew
interest in farming. It is headed by a volunteer, retired General Jaime delos
Santos.
He said the Banaue Rice Terraces
Restoration Project is a public-private partnership to restore and conserve,
preserve the rice terraces in its diversity in a sustainable manner.
“Lots of funds have been brought
by the government in the past years but nothing happened,” said Delos Santos.
“Yes, there’s erosion and lack of interest of the community in farming. We know
these are the two major setbacks.”
“So we volunteered and we created
a possible solution and that is from the scientific point of view. The root
cause is environmental and socio economic.”
Early this month, they brought
two Japanese scientists to the affected areas. They got soil samples brought
back to Japan for proper studies.
Dalipog said with the help of Dr.
Milagros Ong-How, president and CEO of Universal Harvester Inc., as part of her
company’s social responsibility program, there was an initial funding of P3
million in June last year. How is also founder of ToFarm, an advocacy
organization behind The Outstanding Farmers of the Philippines awards, the
annual ToFarm Film Festival and ToFarm Songwriting Competition.
This year, ToFarm launched the
first-ever Banaue International Music Composition Competition
(www.banauemusic.org) with a prize money amounting US$24,000.00. The aim is to
create awareness on the plight of the rice terraces.
“We’ve rehabilitated about 16
hectares. We’ve cleared another 13 hectares, planted on three hectares and nine
hectares will be completed by end of April,” reported Dalipog.
“We want to show to the young
people that farming, planting rice can sustain a living,” added Delos Santos.
“Kung walang nakukuha sila for the longest time, let’s change that. If they see
more harvest after a year, ‘pag nakikitang kumikita, we change the mindset.”
Of the 600 hectares, based on the
manpower and other resources, their aim is to rehabilitate about 69 hectares in
the next couple of years.
He emphasized that a major factor
is for the young people to be more interested in rice terraces. Dalipog said
the Ifugao State University has been offering free education for those who want
to earn a degree in Agriculture.
General delos Santos added:
“Banaue Rice Terraces will come to life again but it can’t be restored by one
person, or one group. We cannot do this alone so we are inviting other
corporations, NGOs and kind-hearted individuals to help us in rebuilding the
terraces. Like we said, it’s not only Boracay that needs rehabilitation. We
can’t let that happen to Banaue.”
Banaue-bound Korean missing for days
Mae Angelei Daos Cornes, ABS-CBN
News
MT. PROVINCE – A Korean traveler
who had planned to go to Banaue was reported missing, police said. Sungkyu
Choi, a Korean national, reportedly checked out from an inn at Barlig, Mt
Province last June 9 and has not been seen since.Residents who claimed to have
spoken with Choi, said the traveler planned to go to Batad, Banaue, Ifugao
through Mt. Amuyao.
Police last communicated with
Choi on June 13. “Sabi niya [Choi] nanghihina na siya, at nasa lugar siya
na maraming pine trees,” said Police Chief Inspector Carolina Lacuata.
On June 14, Choi informed the
Korean Embassy that he was still alive.
Police and barangay officials
have since been searching for Choi, even using drones but to no avail. On June
19, they used K9 units for the search and rescue.
Photo courtesy of Barlig MPS
“They will start dun sa last
place na nakita siya,” said Lacuata.
Mountaineering has been one of
the major activities of tourists in Cordillera.
Experienced mountaineers usually
advise tourists to prepare, learn how to use compass and read maps. In case one
gets lost, experts say the tourist must go to the highest point. “Pumunta
sa highest point, duon madaling makita, or hanapin yung ilog and i-follow mo
yun, panigurado may bahay dun along the river, hindi din dapat paiba iba ng pwesto,
dahil maghahanapan lang kayo ng rescuers,” said Xez Zulu
eta of Lagalag Exploration.
China
to expand testing ‘sea rice’ to turn millions of hectares to arable land
Zhang Hui Source:Global Times Published: 2018/4/8
21:43:40
For the first time, China will expand testing
alkali-resistant "sea rice" across the country to turn 100 million hectares
of saline-alkaline soil in the country into arable land, China Central
Television (CCTV) reported.
Experts have selected 176 types of fine "sea
rice" from a rice base in South China's Hainan Province for the national
testing, and the goal is to have at least one type of the rice pass the
authority's test, Zhang Guodong, deputy director of the Qingdao Sea Rice
Research and Development Center, told CCTV on Sunday.
The 100 million hectares of saline-alkaline soil is
spread across the country and experiences different climate and lighting
conditions. The test aims to examine the optimum yield and quality of sea rice
under different conditions, Zhang said.
"The 'sea rice' will be promoted and planted
across the country next year if the test proves successful," Li Xinqi, a
research fellow at the China National Hybrid Rice R&D Center, told the
Global Times on Sunday.
Li said that the "sea rice" may contain
different elements, but its taste and nutritional information would only be
slightly different than ordinary rice.
Zhang said that anywhere from 13 million to 20 million
hectares of saline-alkaline soil in China will likely be converted into arable
land, and they are spread among five different types of saline-alkaline soil,
including the arid and semi-arid regions in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous Region and the Yellow River Delta.
"Sea rice" was developed by Yuan Longping,
China's "father of hybrid rice," and he helped establish the Qingdao
center in October 2016.
Yuan told CCTV on Sunday that if "sea rice"
was planted in around six million hectares of land, its yield of 30 billion
kilograms per mu (0.07 hectare) of rice could feed 80 million people.
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China Daily, April 9, 2018
Chinese agricultural researchers have selected 176 strains of
saltwater-tolerant rice out of more than 1,000 candidates from experimental
paddies and expect them to be widely planted across the country in further
trials this year.
Researchers harvest a variety of
saltwater-tolerant rice in Qingdao, Shandong province, in September.
[Photo/China Daily]
Experts said this marks a major step forward in the development of
resistant rice strains in China.
Rice that can thrive in a saline-alkali environment－so-called seawater rice－is designed to grow in tidal flats
or other areas with heavy saline-alkaline content.
The selected strains, grown in Hainan province paddies, will be
planted on five different types of saline-alkali land around the country.
Researchers aim to find at least one type with nationwide applicability for
future use, said Zhang Guodong, executive director of the Qingdao Saline-Alkali
Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center in Shandong province.
The center, led by Yuan Longping－China's "father of hybrid rice"－was founded in 2016 to help expand the farming of resistant rice
around the country.
"China has a great deal of saline-alkaline soil, but these
areas are located in various climatic zones with different sunlight
conditions," said Zhang, the center's director, adding that researchers
will test the quantity and quality of the selected strains under different
climatic and geological conditions.
Previous studies found that about 13 to 20 million hectares of
saline-alkali soil can support rice－mainly in five areas, including the
Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, North China and along the mouth of the Yellow
River. The Qingdao center has experimental paddies in these areas.
The center uses desalinated seawater to irrigate its experimental
paddies, with the highest yield reaching 9.3 metric tons per hectare in 2017.
In addition to working with the 176 selected strains, researchers
in Hainan are also making efforts to use hybrid technologies and genetic
engineering to breed more strains of saline-alkali-resistant rice for further
trials.
"Saline-alkali-resistant rice in China is still in the
scientific research and observation stage before full application," Zhang
said.
Since 1970, the International Rice Research Institute has verified
10 tolerant strains out of 9,000 strains of the grain, providing a technical
basis for breeding tolerant varieties. The institute put forward its
verification standards for saline-alkali-tolerant rice in 1979.
Countries including Pakistan, Japan, the United States, the United
Kingdom and Australia are also carrying out rice research.Yuan and his team
plan to develop a type of seawater rice that can be planted on 6.7 million
hectares of saline-alkali land around China, which they estimate can yield 30
billion kilograms every year, feeding 80 million additional mouths.
Yuan said growing more seawater rice is vital to China's food
security.
Emergency rice
imports ordered
MANILA will utilize its emergency purchase power to bring in “much
needed” rice from abroad, in addition to a previously approved amount of rice
import for this year, a top official of the National Food Authority (NFA) said
on Friday.“We are now in the process of crafting the terms of reference for the
emergency purchase of some 250,000. It will be out any time soon. It just needs
the approval of the President,” the source told The Manila Times.
Under Presidential Decree 9184, the state-run grains agency may
resort to alternative methods of procurement, especially during emergency
cases.
“Well, we are in an emergency now,” the official said, adding that
emergency rice purchases no longer needed the approval of the interagency NFA
Council, which oversees the grains agency.
The source said the volume to be purchased from either Vietnam or
Thailand under a government-to-government deal would arrive ahead of the
earlier 250,000 metric tons authorized by the NFA Council to arrive in late May
or June.
“We want a Swiss challenge scheme with this importation. Whoever
can bring in the rice requirement the fastest and cheapest will be awarded the
supply contract,” the official said.
A Swiss challenge involves an unsolicited bid and rival bidders
making counter-offers.
The emergency rice purchase will bring the total rice importation
this year to 500,000 MT.
“We are even considering bringing in the entire 500,000 MT under
emergency rice purchase. Sabi nga ni President, ‘okay nang sobra, kakainin din naman dito `yan sa Pilipinas kaysa
kulang (As the President said,
better to have an excess than a shortage of rice, anyway it will all be
consumed here in the Philippines),’” the source said.
Rice at P39 per kilo
Following Thursday’s meeting between Duterte and rice traders,
Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said the President was considering
centralizing imports under the office of Agriculture Undersecretary Bernadette
Romulo-Puyat, subject to the review of the Office of the Executive Secretary.
President Rodrigo Duterte convenes with various rice traders
during a meeting at the Malacañan Palace
In the meantime, rice traders will flood the market with 700,000
sacks of rice to be sold at P39 per kilo, Roque said.Agriculture Secretary
Emmanuel Piñol said the President appealed to retailers not to hoard rice or
sell at a higher price.“I know that you are all businessmen and that you have
to make a profit, but I am appealing to you not to overprice or hoard rice,”
Piñol said Facebook post, quoting the President.
Piñol said the rice traders told Duterte that the first delivery
of 100,000 bags would be channeled through the NFA, which, in turn, would
distribute the rice at P38 per kilo to retailers in Metro Manila.The rice
retailers will sell rice at P39 per kilo for a profit of P50 per bag, he
explained.
He said the traders would deliver 100,000 bags every week until
the arrival of rice imported by the NFA.The announcement came days after
reports that NFA stocks in Metro Manila were “wiped out.”
Chhattisgarh rice: A cure for cancer
ANI | Mumbai [Maharashtra] [India] Last Updated at April 8, 2018 15:40 IST
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vegetables developed by BARC No radioactive
waste leakage into Thane creek from BARC: govt Dinesh Srivastava
new Chief Executive of Nuclear Fuel Our scientists
among world's best: Harsh Vardhan Newton-Bhabha Fund
for arsenic research in Ganga basin
A research conducted by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) scientists discovered that some
varieties of rice grains in Chhattisgarh have the capability to cure deadly
diseases, including cancer.
Varieties of rice grains such as Gathuwan, Maharaji and Layacha, which are
found in central part of India, have anti-cancer properties, said Dr AK Sarawgi, the head of Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding at Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, where
the research was conducted.
"We tested four varieties (of rice) initially and anti-cancer properties were found in three of them -- Maharaji,
Layacha and Gathuwan," Sarawgi said.
Layacha is the most effective of the three varieties that
can cure lung and breast cancers, he said.
According to the Sarawgi, the researchers induced and
tested cancer cells, where they (cancer cells) were treated with extracts from the rice verities, and cancer cells were killed in the result.
Agriculture and Water Resources Minister of Chhattisgarh Brijmohan Agarwal told ANI: "These rice varieties can be used to make tablets which will be very
beneficial in treating cancer patients. We are working in that direction and the
results will come out soon."
A consolidated report has been submitted to the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to determine the quantity of the
medicine to be used on patients, according to Agarwal.
According to National Cancer Registry Programme of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the country
recorded an estimated 3.9 million cases of cancer in 2016.
The ICMR has predicted that India is likely to have over 1.73 million new cases of cancer and over 880,000 deaths due to the disease by 2020 with breast, lung and cervix cancers topping the list.
(This story has not been edited by Business
Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Pakistan and the transforming
international trade order
Published: April 9, 2018
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The writer is a former caretaker
finance minister and served as vice-president at the World Bank
A number of actions taken by President Donald Trump and his
administration in the area of international trade will not directly affect
Pakistan. But they will significantly change the environment in which Islamabad
is operating and managing world trade. This is occurring at a time when
Pakistan’s policymakers have begun to recognise that they need to focus on
increasing the quantum and quality of exports in order to increase foreign
earnings. Pakistan now has a large trade imbalance which is being financed
either by running down the depleted foreign reserves or by new borrowings from
foreign sources. If the latter, the result is building foreign debt.
Pakistan will also have to rethink the direction in which exports should
be sent. Mostly because of inertia, Pakistan has not significantly altered the
content of the export basket or the countries to which most exports are sent.
Cotton, cotton products and rice have remained the most important exports while
the markets to which they are being sent remain in the United States and
Western Europe. Even before President Trump shook the established international
trade order, Pakistan needed to develop a more dynamic trade policy. With
Trump’s approach, this task has acquired greater urgency.
Trump’s actions on international trade have already affected the global
market as well as the financial markets. China is the target of much of what he
is doing and is likely to do in the future. This has brought the world close to
a world trade war. In one of his many pronouncements on international trade, he
said that a trade war is a good thing and America will always win in such an
encounter. Both assertions of course are incorrect. International trade is a
difficult subject even for economists to master. Trump understands little of
it. The launch of a trade war with China has sent the financial markets into
wild spins in most developed parts of the world, especially in the United
States. The sharp increase in values that came to be called the ‘Trump bump’
has been rechristened as the ‘Trump dump’. But my subject today is the
consequence for Pakistan of what Trump is doing to international trade.
As I said, Islamabad needed to rethink how it manages international
trade. Up until now, little effort was made to focus on exports as an engine of
economic growth. Exports were a by-product of normal economic activity. Most of
those who were involved in it used it to take care of the surpluses that became
available once domestic demand was satisfied. Much of what the Pakistani economy
produced was low value added since that was what was demanded by local
consumers. Take the well-endowed agriculture sector as an example. Pakistan
could have used it to produce high value-added products such as fruits,
vegetables and flowers. Instead, it focused on the production of grains for
local consumption. The government used its procurement policy to encourage this
to happen. Pakistan’s geographic location is such that it could have become a
large supplier of these high value-added crops to the Middle East with a large
population of wealthy consumers.
Trump by focusing on bilateralism rather than multilateralism as the way
to manage his country’s trade relations, has put countries such as Pakistan in
an awkward place. In the past, Pakistan spent a great deal of diplomatic effort
on gaining access for its textile products in the US market. This in itself was
the wrong approach. Even in this area, Pakistan produced low-value products
such as towels and bed sheets. Producing garments would have been more
profitable but that did not happen as our trade diplomats did not work on
creating a US market for these manufactured items. Now, with Pakistan-United
States relations having reached the lowest point ever, focusing on market
access to that country would not work. It would only work if Islamabad was
prepared to slavishly follow the United States in its losing struggle in
Afghanistan. This Pakistan is not likely to do.
The rapidly developing Pakistan-China relations offer a good opportunity
for Islamabad to fundamentally alter its international trade stance. The
still-not-fully-developed CPEC programme needs to have a large export-building
content. The Chinese would welcome that. As the proportion of the Chinese
population living in the country’s extreme west increases sharply, its demand
for the products of Pakistan’s agriculture will greatly increase. Personal
incomes are rising rapidly in China and this is increasing the demand for such
high-value products as fruits, vegetables, nuts, meat and milk. By focusing on
increasing the supply of these items, Pakistan could transform its agriculture
sector that has long remained committed to producing food grains and cotton.
This transformation could be particularly significant in the country’s
northern areas that border China. The intended CPEC investment in improving
road and rail connectivity between northern Pakistan and western China should
help to transport these products to the neighbouring country. By developing the
sector of livestock to meet the Chinese demand for meat and milk products,
Pakistan could help the poorer populations in these parts of the country. Women
who are actively involved in the rearing of animals would benefit in
particular. Since it would be cheaper to transport processed meat and milk
products over this difficult terrain, these areas could also build an
agro-industrial base.
Adding China in a significant way as a destination for Pakistan’s exports
would be helpful in meeting Islamabad’s needs for external finance to promote
economic and social development. While the CPEC programme would provide the
framework for bringing about this important change, it will require a
significant change in the direction and scope of public policy. I would suggest
that the Planning Commission establishes a specific wing to guide this change.
Such a wing should work closely with the Chinese authorities and some of the
international development agencies that have included CPEC in their work
programme.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 9th,
2018.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1680887/6-pakistan-transforming-international-trade-order/
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Growth momentum and imbalances in Pakistan’s economy
Growth momentum and imbalances
in Pakistan’s economy
Published:
April 9, 2018
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Work on addressing structural
issues and increasing exports needs to continue PHOTO: EXPRESS
LAHORE: From a
global perspective, relative strengthening in economies of the US, EU and UK in
2017, along with partial recovery in commodity prices, boosted the prospects of
those emerging economies whose growth tends to hinge on exports and
remittances.
For Pakistan
as well, both these sources of foreign exchange inflows picked up during
2017-18. In case of exports, strong performances by textiles, rice, sugar and
leather manufactures led to some recovery to previously receding trends.
Regarding
remittances, lower inflows from GCC countries were offset by an improvement in
remittances from non-GCC corridors, particularly the US and the UK. However,
these positive developments were overshadowed by a mounting burden of imports,
which exacerbated the pressure on the country’s balance of payments.
Payments
related to the import of petroleum, machinery, metal, and transport were
particularly heavy during the second half of 2017-18. However, it is pertinent
to mention that most of these have been a result of investments made in
creating of energy infrastructure and other mega projects under the CPEC. It is
expected that this surge of imports will settle in the coming years and exports
will begin to increase as the dividends from these investments will materialise.
Economic outlook
The overall
economy of Pakistan is performing well and continues to grow strongly. With a
modest increase in inflation, the prices remain under reasonable control.
Although Pakistan has made substantial progress to reform its taxation system
and the business environment, there are still some critical red flags, such as
growing fiscal deficit and increasing current account deficit which require
immediate attention.
Losing out the
export competitiveness has been an important issue facing the economy.
Strategic interventions and reforms by the federal government are required to
address sectors represented by the aforementioned weakening economic indicators
to ensure macroeconomic stability in the long-run.
Although the
trade deficit is countered by remittances and financial inflows due to the CPEC
for now, the structural issues of export industries need to be addressed.
Nevertheless, Pakistan’s economy is forecasted to grow continually, given that
it maintains the momentum on structural reforms and avoids external shocks.
As the
economy’s growth momentum picked up its pace, imbalances re-emerged in
Pakistan’s external account. All the encouraging trends in real sector, like
improvement in energy supplies, industrial expansion, and rising consumer
spending, triggered a surge in the demand for imports, which grew by 17.8% and
reached a record of $48.6 billion.
Additional
stress on the import bill came from steady progress on CPEC-related power and
road construction projects. With tapering foreign exchange earnings during the
year and lower-than-expected financial inflows, the rise in import burden
created a deficit in the balance of payments.
As a result,
the country’s foreign exchange reserves declined by $1.7 billion during FY17,
after rising for 3 years in a row.
Economic performance during the past five years (2012-2017)
3. GDP growth rate increased from 3.7% in 2012-13 to 5.3% in
2016-17, which is the highest in past ten years. Most of this growth has been
triggered due to a strong recovery by agriculture and manufacturing, where
growth has reached 3.5% and 5.7%, respectively.
4. Average inflation was contained at around 4% with multi-decade
low policy rate of 5.75%.
iii. Exchange
rate remained stable and Pakistan was able to rebuild its foreign exchange
reserves in the past 5 years.
1. Energy crises were greatly resolved and the industrial sector
achieved a significant growth picking up from an average of 0.8% in 2012-13 to
5% in 2016-17.
2. Having peaked at 8.8% of the GDP in FY12, followed by 8.2% of
the GDP in FY13, overall fiscal deficit narrowed to 4.6% of the GDP in FY16,
reflecting sustained and substantial consolidation since FY13.
3. FBR’s tax revenues recorded a significant increase since FY13
and gradually grew by 60% in FY16 over FY13.
The key
recommendations include:
1. Exports have been on a declining trend, especially that of
textile and garments sector. However, a depreciation will only impact
competiveness if the government is able to control inflation. Thus, it is
strongly recommended that the federal government may work out the burden of
taxes and its correlation with inflation to improve competiveness of the
sectors.
2. Exports of Pakistan should be analysed in the context of the GSP
Plus status and corrective measures may be taken to improve the market of
Pakistani goods in the European Union (EU).
iii. The tax
base of the FBR is still quite narrow, in fact the number of filers in the last
financial year decreased instead of increasing. The federal government will
have to work in increasing this tax base to ease out the pressure from existing
tax-payers.
1. Easy access to credit for farmers may be ensured to revitalise
the agriculture sector. Central bank’s regulations regarding lending should be
investment friendly. Cheap loans for the agriculture sector, in particular for
small farmers, are necessary to offset the input costs and timely provision of
seeds and fertilisers.
2. The government may promote derivative trading in commodity
markets to provide a widespread market for exchanging risk. In addition to
boosting the financial markets, it will particularly contribute towards
reducing the price uncertainty in non-perishable agricultural products.
3. Ease of doing business reforms agenda should get a big push in
the coming year, especially considering the fall back on the ranking in 2018.
Punjab is working rigorously to improve its performance against the doing
business indicators that fall in provincial domain (enforcing contracts,
registering property, starting business, and dealing with construction
permits).
The government
must work towards improving its rankings against six indicators that fall under
its domain, including paying taxes, getting credit, trading across borders,
resolving insolvency, protecting minority investors and starting a business.
Dr M AmanUllah
is Chief Economist at the Planning and Development Department, Government of
Punjab & Muhammad Usman Khan is Provincial Team Leader, Punjab Sub-National
Governance Programme.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 9th,
2018.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1680853/2-growth-momentum-imbalances-pakistans-economy/
Report finds sharp decline in Pakistan’s pulse consumption
April 09, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The consumption of
pulses in Pakistan has sharply declined from about 15kg per person a year to
about 7kg per person a year, found a new report of the Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
The report titled ‘State of
Food and Agriculture in Asia and the Pacific Region’, reviewed pulse
consumption in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh over the period from
1961 to 2013. It has been prepared for the FAO regional conference for Asia and
the Pacific being held in Fiji on April 9-13.
The report found that as
countries became richer, populations were shifting from vegetable proteins —
such as those found in pulses and beans — to more expensive animal source
proteins such as those found in dairy products and meat.
As South Asian countries become
richer, people are shifting from vegetable proteins to those found in dairy
products and meat
Despite declining consumption
in the four countries, South Asia was the largest consumer of pulses in the
world, it added.
In India, during this period,
the consumption of pulse declined from about 22kg per person in a year to about
15kg per person per year. The decline was consistent with trends elsewhere in
the world. In Sri Lanka, however, pulse consumption seemed to have fluctuated
between 5kg and 10kg per person per year since 1960, except for a sharp drop
from 1970 to 1985, the report said.
Pointing out challenges, it
emphasised that the relative neglect of pulses, beans and other crops in
agricultural policies in the region should be reversed so that the poor had
relatively low-cost sources of protein and other micronutrients.
The report pointed out that
although overall cereal consumption per capita either declined or remained
constant, within the cereal group itself there were important changes.
Utilisation of rice and wheat for food increased — in some cases sharply —
while total food utilisation of coarse cereals, which had been relatively
important in the 1960s, either declined or remained steady, implying a fall in
per capita consumption since the population was increasing.
Citing example, the report said
in East Asia rice and wheat utilisation for food was about 220 million tonnes
per year in 2015, versus 20m tonnes per year for coarse cereals.
Total utilisation of ‘superior’
cereals was still rising in 2013 mainly because of continuing population
growth, even though per capita utilisation had started declining from the
mid-1990s onwards, it added.
The report put four South Asian
countries — Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka — below the red line,
indicating that their calorie consumption was below the level that would be
expected given their per capita household expenditure.
Published in Dawn, April 9th,
2018
Gambian state foregoes $6M+ revenue to
make rice affordable
Published on 08.04.2018 à 14h21 by APA News
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The Gambia government
in a bid to make essential foodstuff affordable in the country has removed the
customs duty on imported rice, leading to a loss of D32,0024000 ($6,809,021) in
tax revenue within three months.Tens of thousands of tonnes are imported
annually to complement domestic output and satisfy demand for rice, which is
the staple food in the Gambia.
The revenue loss was
revealed by one Baboucarr Ceesay, an economist working with the Gambia
Competition Commission consumer protection section, during a stakeholders
meeting with major rice importers at held recently the Ministry of Trade in
Banjul.
The meeting was
convened to look into the possibility of reductions in the prices of basic food
commodities, especially rice.
The permanent secretary
at the Trade ministry, Mrs Naffie Barry, said it was the government’s decision
to explore ways of curtailing price of rice and other essential food items for
the benefit of the population.
She announced that the
new government in Banjul had abolished the 10 percent import duty on rice in
January, in a bid to bring down the price of the staple food to a level
affordable to the Gambian population.
The price reduction as
a result of the 10 percent tax exemption was not implemented since then, so as
to allow importers sell already imported stock, and that they were given three
months to sell the taxed stock.
”Now the government
wants to see the zero tax on rice be transformed into a reduction of prices for
the Gambian consumers,” she stressed, adding that it wants to ensure a low cost
of living for the citizenry.
During the meeting,
officials acknowledged there had been a slight decrease in the price of the
American rice brand, from D1080 ($22) to D1025 ($21), but argued that prices
for a rice brand called ”Saddam”, as well as rice brands from Pakistan and
India remain high.
Meanwhile, some of the
major importers of food commodities said, despite the tax exemption, they were
still spending a lot of money in the importation process including for
clearing, handling and discharging of their goods at the port of Banjul.
”I had imported six to
seven vessels last year, and sometimes my vessels were delayed at the port
while priority was given to cement vessels. I paid a lot of money for the
delayed vessels as well,” one Hassan Akar complained, while urging the
government to look into those issues as well.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the rice
dealers agreed to cooperate with the government in its drive to reduce the
price of rice from now on, and vowed to import adequate stock for the upcoming
holy month of Ramadan.
https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/gambian-state-foregoes-6m-revenue-to-make-rice-affordable/
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