California Rice Country: Plants, and Birds, and Rocks, and
Things
SACRAMENTO, CA -- Earlier this week,
USA Rice's Josh Hankins and Sarah Moran met with California Rice Commission
(CRC) staff and observed rice planting in the second largest rice producing
state.
Farmers at Montna Farms and LaGrande Ranches were busy tilling the land and planes were loading up soaked seed to plant during a relatively wind-free day. Bruce Rolen, a Colusa County rice farmer and seed supplier, gave USA Rice a tour of seed storage and preparation facilities.
USA Rice also visited the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, which consists of over 10,000 acres of wetlands for migratory birds and other wildlife. Curt McCasland, Project Leader at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex and USA Rice's guide at the Refuge for the day, eloquently articulated the vital role working ricelands play in necessary habitat and food for the survival of many species that reside in these regions.
"The close relationship between the Refuge and local rice farmers is a great story for our industry," said Hankins. "California rice farms add hundreds of thousands of additional acreage for wildlife habitat."
Moran also talked with several exporters about their top markets for California rice, such as Japan and Korea, and growing markets such as Jordan.
"Last year, Japan imported 100,000 MT of rice under the simultaneous-buy-sell (SBS) system which allows the rice to reach Japanese consumers origin-identified, and the U.S. had a 59 percent market share," said Moran. "Japan values and appreciates the high quality rice grown here and, after seeing how diligently California farmers prepare the land for planting, you can appreciate why those overseas consumers want this rice."
Farmers at Montna Farms and LaGrande Ranches were busy tilling the land and planes were loading up soaked seed to plant during a relatively wind-free day. Bruce Rolen, a Colusa County rice farmer and seed supplier, gave USA Rice a tour of seed storage and preparation facilities.
USA Rice also visited the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, which consists of over 10,000 acres of wetlands for migratory birds and other wildlife. Curt McCasland, Project Leader at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex and USA Rice's guide at the Refuge for the day, eloquently articulated the vital role working ricelands play in necessary habitat and food for the survival of many species that reside in these regions.
"The close relationship between the Refuge and local rice farmers is a great story for our industry," said Hankins. "California rice farms add hundreds of thousands of additional acreage for wildlife habitat."
Moran also talked with several exporters about their top markets for California rice, such as Japan and Korea, and growing markets such as Jordan.
"Last year, Japan imported 100,000 MT of rice under the simultaneous-buy-sell (SBS) system which allows the rice to reach Japanese consumers origin-identified, and the U.S. had a 59 percent market share," said Moran. "Japan values and appreciates the high quality rice grown here and, after seeing how diligently California farmers prepare the land for planting, you can appreciate why those overseas consumers want this rice."
Progress Needed on Korea Rice Access
SEOUL, KOREA -- The United States and
Korea recently reached agreement in several trade areas, but a long-standing
rice dispute remains. The two countries agreed to modify certain terms of
the U.S.-Korea free trade agreement, commonly known as KORUS, at the request of
the United States. Korea has also agreed to limit exports of steel to the
United States - the first supplier to do so - following President Donald
Trump's decision to impose tariffs and quotas on imports of steel and aluminum
for national security reasons.
Similar progress is needed on rice. "Korea changed its rice import system in 2015 in a way that disadvantaged U.S. rice," said USA Rice COO Bob Cummings. "The change left the Korean government in charge of imports but removed the guaranteed access the U.S. previously enjoyed, increased substantially certain import duties, and effectively restricted access to retail consumers. The U.S. government rightfully objected to the new system at the World Trade Organization."
U.S. trade officials, with the support of USA Rice, have sought to negotiate a solution that would allow the United States to lift its objection. Michael Rue, California producer and chairman of the USA Rice Asia Trade Policy Subcommittee, and Cummings traveled to Korea last month to review the situation with U.S. Department of Agriculture officials at the U.S. embassy and to meet with Korea's rice importing entity and USA Rice's promotion contractor.
"Rice is the most sensitive import commodity
in Korea. It was excluded from KORUS at the last minute, and we are
continually working to maintain the size and quality of our access," said
Rue. "We met with Korea's agency that oversees rice imports and
agreed to resume our annual U.S.-Korea rice technical meetings, an important
step to improve the efficiency of U.S.-Korea rice trade. We continue to
press for resolution of our rice issues and discussions between the two
governments are expected to resume this month."
The United States exported 152,100 MT of rice to South Korea in 2017, valued at $103 million.
Similar progress is needed on rice. "Korea changed its rice import system in 2015 in a way that disadvantaged U.S. rice," said USA Rice COO Bob Cummings. "The change left the Korean government in charge of imports but removed the guaranteed access the U.S. previously enjoyed, increased substantially certain import duties, and effectively restricted access to retail consumers. The U.S. government rightfully objected to the new system at the World Trade Organization."
U.S. trade officials, with the support of USA Rice, have sought to negotiate a solution that would allow the United States to lift its objection. Michael Rue, California producer and chairman of the USA Rice Asia Trade Policy Subcommittee, and Cummings traveled to Korea last month to review the situation with U.S. Department of Agriculture officials at the U.S. embassy and to meet with Korea's rice importing entity and USA Rice's promotion contractor.
The United States exported 152,100 MT of rice to South Korea in 2017, valued at $103 million.
USA Rice Daily
How I cook rice and answers to
your questions
Hi y’all! Hope you are having a
good week. We have been super busy on the farm planting rice and
soybeans, and building levees in our rice so we have the ability to hold the
flooded water for the season. Our corn is complete and it is coming up in
the warm sunshine we have had. Today I am writing about some simple rice
cooking tips and tricks. I sure don’t claim to be an expert but I cook
ALOT OF RICE!!
When it comes to cooking rice the
first thing you must ask yourself is what kind do you want? There are so
many different types of rice. Here in Arkansas the predominate type we
grow is long grain indica rice. Indica is also the predominate type of
rice grown in the world. It is grown in hot climates and the kernels tend
to break easier but the grains are not as sticky as the other types.
These include japonica which is grown in California and aromatic types of
jasmine and basmati that are grown in Thailand and Pakistan/India
respectively. We also grow medium grain in Arkansas and it is primarily
used in further processed items such as cereals and treats that are made with
melted marshmallows. However, southern medium grain is delicious in rice
pudding!
I store my rice in an airtight
container. As you might imagine we eat a great deal of rice!! I buy
it 3-4 pounds at a time and have a container for each type of rice. We
mainly eat long grain white rice or long grain brown rice with some aromatic
jasmine when we can find US grown. As a rice farmer I am adamant that we only
eat US rice. I most often embarrass my family or friends when we are at a
restaurant and I ask if the rice on the menu is US grown. If rice is not
listed on the menu I usually as why not? It is always surprising that people do
not know we grow rice in the US! I feel it is my personal mission to make
sure they do. So now that YOU know make sure you are buying it. You
can check the package for this logo below and support US farmers.
I was always a stove top rice
preparer. Not sure why because my Mom usually baked it. That’s just
the way I have always cooked rice. I would even argue it was the BEST
way. It is simple and as long as you measure your rice and water and DO
NOT open the lid while it is cooking it does come out perfect every time!
If the steam escapes it can not be absorbed into the rice and may cause it to
not be fully cooked. In my opinion there is nothing worse than partially
cooked rice. For basic long grain white rice the rice to water is a 1:2
ratio. 1 cup uncooked rice to 2 cups water. I usually add a dash of
salt in the water and no oil or butter but you certainly could. Bring the
water to a rolling boil and immediately upon achieving a boil pour in the rice,
give it a stir and put on the tight-fitting lid. Turn your heat down to
simmer for about 15 minutes, remove from heat for another 5 or until the rice
is soft and the water is absorbed. Simple as that! When preparing
long grain brown rice you use the same amounts but it takes longer.
Simmer for 35-45 minutes and remove from heat for 5 minutes. http://fieldgoodlife.com/2018/05/02/how-i-cook-rice-and-answers-to-your-questions/
NOW I have the most fantastic
rice cooker! We received this as a gift a few years ago and the rice – no
matter the type or amount is PERFECT every time. This is my go to wedding
gift for new couples! Aren’t you surprised?? Mine is a Japanese brand
(and no I am not getting paid to promote this cooker!) and I have actually seen
it in a larger version on a buffet in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese people
know how to cook and eat rice and they eat it every meal. This cooker is made
to cook the rice and hold it warm for hours without changing the consistency of
the rice. Therefore it is great when you are cooking for a crowd or
trying to finish up cooking the rest of your meal.
For other ways to prepare rice
such as in the microwave and information about other types of rice cooking go
to http://www.riceland.com/pages/rice-cooking-instructions/
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
Early in the week I asked on all
my social platforms for your questions and how you cooked your rice. I
was amazed to read that many of you use your pressure cooker or newly named
instant pot to cook rice. I am so excited about this method and hope to
buy one of these appliances in the near future. Or maybe I will receive
one for Mother’s Day. You might send a hint out to a kid I know.
From what I understand you can cook the rice and the rest of your meal and /or
meat at the same time. This sounds so interesting to me! I
love that so many of you are having rice at your family meals. Did you
know you are influencing your kids tastes and preferences for rice just by
serving it? Thank you! If you have any suggestions on the size appliance
I should buy send me a comment. Many of you told me to get the larger
size InstaPot. AND ALSO SEND THOSE RECIPES!! I may try some of them
out on the blog in the future.
Questions that you sent were do
you rinse your rice or not before cooking it. I actually wasn’t sure
because my cooker says to rinse the rice. One very knowledgeable lady
commented that it will rinse off the nutrients. I had always heard it
makes the rice less sticky to rinse it. So lets take a look at to rinse
or not to rinse? The Japanese brand rice cooker instructions say to rinse
but I think it says to rinse because many Japanese families grow and mill their
own rice. In that instance the rice has not been fortified; a process by
which white rice has nutrients added back to the kernel after milling.
US white rice is fortified after
milling and if we rinse it, those minerals go down the drain. If you want
to keep the nutrients then do not rinse white rice or you can use brown
rice. However rinsing does make the rice less sticky. Which leads
me to my next question – How do you cook rice to be fluffy and not
sticky? The easiest way is to use parboiled rice. Parboiled rice is
rice that has been soaked, steamed and dried IN the husk and then it is
milled. When cooked the kernels do not stick together. This is
perfect for rice salads, rice that will be on a buffet or if you simply prefer
non sticky rice.
What other questions do you have
about cooking rice? I would love to hear them. I learned a few
things myself in researching for this post.Be sure to sign up to receive alerts
about new blog posts! See you next week.
Rice mills: Nigeria’s quest for
self-sufficiency
By
Last week, the Federal
Executive Council (FEC) approved the sum of N10.7 billion for the construction
of 10 new rice mills in Nigeria to actualise its rice-sufficiency programme.
Taiwo Hassan looks at the implication of this initiative
It is no longer news that Nigeria is now a rice producing nation
following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (APB), which
has opened gateway of potential opportunities for rice development in the
country.At the launching of the CBN ABP scheme on rice development at Birni
Kebbi, Kebbi State, there were lots of doubts on the sustainability of the
project as majority believed that the government may not deliver on its
promises. But, emphatically, the ABP has been a success story in all
ramifications and it is even being replicated in other neighbouring African
states.
In 2015, at a Federal Executive
Meeting (FEC) in Abuja, it was agreed that there was need to float rice ABP to
be managed by the apex bank, whose focus would be to increase the country’s
quest to attain self-sufficiency in rice production.
FG’s rice sufficiency target
One germane thing that struck the present administration to insist on embarking the project was the continued rise in Nigeria’s import bill on importation of rice, which was running into trillions of Naira.
Nigeria had been spending an average of $22 billion on annually on food import bill and this had led to the astronomical rise in the price of rice and other commodities in the market.
The ABP gave president, President Muhammadu Buhari the courage to during announce on his live broadcast on New Year day, that the country was inching closer to attaining self-sufficiency in rice production this year.
Particularly, the president stated that rice importation into the country would stop at the end of this year, assuring Nigerians of consumption of local rice that is fresher and more nutritious.
He said: “Two years ago I appealed to people to go back to the land. I am highly gratified that agriculture has picked up, contributing to the government’s effort to re-structure the economy. Rice imports will stop this year. Local rice, fresher and more nutritious will be on our dishes from now on.”
Impact of rice millers
Following the Federal Government intention to ban rice imports into Nigeria in favour of local rice production, there has been aggressive move by the private sector-led firms to invest in rice mills in order to boost rice production in the country.
Particularly, many rice millers have commenced rice cultivation, in line with FG’s rice policy to ensure rice sufficiency in the country by year-end.
Some of the major rice milling companies in the country that heeded to the FG’s clarion call on establishing rice mills to boost local rice production have intensified their efforts to see that more rice mills are established in the country.
These rice companies include Olam Nigeria Limited, Popular farms and mills owned by Stallion Group, WACOT rice mill, Dangote rice mill, Sunti rice Limited, subsidiary of FMN Plc, Miva rice mill, BUA rice mill among others.
Commenting on the impact of the local rice millers, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said that their role cannot be overemphasized because they have put Nigeria on the map of greatness for being among world’s rice producing country.
Ogbeh gave assurance to millers and investors in the rice value chain of the support of Federal Government to ensure that Nigeria becomes self-sufficient in rice production and even export the commodity.
Huge potential for rice production exists in the country, according to Ogbeh, and Nigeria can feed its growing population and even export to earn revenue.
New rice mills
However, in order to sustain the momentum in rice production, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the sum of N10.7 billion for the construction of 10 new rice mills to sustain the actualisation of rice-sufficiency programme last week.
Speaking at the press briefing of the Council’s meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Heneiken Lokpobiri, said the Council approved the establishment of 10 rice mills with the capacity to produce 100 tonnes per day, which would be managed by private rice millers.
Lokpobiri said the Federal Executive Council approved the construction of 10 large rice mills to boost the milling capacity of rice value chain in the country.
“Few years ago it was reported that this country needs a minimum of 100 large rice mills. As of today, we have about 21 but Federal Government in its wisdom decided that today we should approve the establishment of 10 at the total cost of N10.7 billion,” he said.
According to the minister, the rice mills would be given to the private sector for proper management and they will pay back within a given time frame as agreed upon between the Bank of Agriculture and the rice millers.
Lokpobiri noted that the mills would be located in Kebbi, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Bayelsa, Anambra, Kaduna, Ogun, Niger and Bauchi states.
Last line
Indeed, the additional 10 rice mills would complement the existing ones nationwide and is poised to play a critical role towards attaining rice self-sufficiency in Nigeria and stopping the importation of the commodity.
FG’s rice sufficiency target
One germane thing that struck the present administration to insist on embarking the project was the continued rise in Nigeria’s import bill on importation of rice, which was running into trillions of Naira.
Nigeria had been spending an average of $22 billion on annually on food import bill and this had led to the astronomical rise in the price of rice and other commodities in the market.
The ABP gave president, President Muhammadu Buhari the courage to during announce on his live broadcast on New Year day, that the country was inching closer to attaining self-sufficiency in rice production this year.
Particularly, the president stated that rice importation into the country would stop at the end of this year, assuring Nigerians of consumption of local rice that is fresher and more nutritious.
He said: “Two years ago I appealed to people to go back to the land. I am highly gratified that agriculture has picked up, contributing to the government’s effort to re-structure the economy. Rice imports will stop this year. Local rice, fresher and more nutritious will be on our dishes from now on.”
Impact of rice millers
Following the Federal Government intention to ban rice imports into Nigeria in favour of local rice production, there has been aggressive move by the private sector-led firms to invest in rice mills in order to boost rice production in the country.
Particularly, many rice millers have commenced rice cultivation, in line with FG’s rice policy to ensure rice sufficiency in the country by year-end.
Some of the major rice milling companies in the country that heeded to the FG’s clarion call on establishing rice mills to boost local rice production have intensified their efforts to see that more rice mills are established in the country.
These rice companies include Olam Nigeria Limited, Popular farms and mills owned by Stallion Group, WACOT rice mill, Dangote rice mill, Sunti rice Limited, subsidiary of FMN Plc, Miva rice mill, BUA rice mill among others.
Commenting on the impact of the local rice millers, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said that their role cannot be overemphasized because they have put Nigeria on the map of greatness for being among world’s rice producing country.
Ogbeh gave assurance to millers and investors in the rice value chain of the support of Federal Government to ensure that Nigeria becomes self-sufficient in rice production and even export the commodity.
Huge potential for rice production exists in the country, according to Ogbeh, and Nigeria can feed its growing population and even export to earn revenue.
New rice mills
However, in order to sustain the momentum in rice production, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the sum of N10.7 billion for the construction of 10 new rice mills to sustain the actualisation of rice-sufficiency programme last week.
Speaking at the press briefing of the Council’s meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Heneiken Lokpobiri, said the Council approved the establishment of 10 rice mills with the capacity to produce 100 tonnes per day, which would be managed by private rice millers.
Lokpobiri said the Federal Executive Council approved the construction of 10 large rice mills to boost the milling capacity of rice value chain in the country.
“Few years ago it was reported that this country needs a minimum of 100 large rice mills. As of today, we have about 21 but Federal Government in its wisdom decided that today we should approve the establishment of 10 at the total cost of N10.7 billion,” he said.
According to the minister, the rice mills would be given to the private sector for proper management and they will pay back within a given time frame as agreed upon between the Bank of Agriculture and the rice millers.
Lokpobiri noted that the mills would be located in Kebbi, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Bayelsa, Anambra, Kaduna, Ogun, Niger and Bauchi states.
Last line
Indeed, the additional 10 rice mills would complement the existing ones nationwide and is poised to play a critical role towards attaining rice self-sufficiency in Nigeria and stopping the importation of the commodity.
Rice mills: Nigeria’s quest for
self-sufficiency
By
Last week, the Federal
Executive Council (FEC) approved the sum of N10.7 billion for the construction
of 10 new rice mills in Nigeria to actualise its rice-sufficiency programme.
Taiwo Hassan looks at the implication of this initiative
It is no longer news that Nigeria is now a rice producing nation
following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (APB), which
has opened gateway of potential opportunities for rice development in the
country.
At the launching of the CBN ABP scheme on rice development at
Birni Kebbi, Kebbi State, there were lots of doubts on the sustainability of
the project as majority believed that the government may not deliver on its
promises. But, emphatically, the ABP has been a success story in all
ramifications and it is even being replicated in other neighbouring African
states.
In 2015, at a Federal Executive Meeting (FEC) in Abuja, it was
agreed that there was need to float rice ABP to be managed by the apex bank,
whose focus would be to increase the country’s quest to attain self-sufficiency
in rice production.
FG’s rice sufficiency target
One germane thing that struck the present administration to insist on embarking the project was the continued rise in Nigeria’s import bill on importation of rice, which was running into trillions of Naira.
Nigeria had been spending an average of $22 billion on annually on food import bill and this had led to the astronomical rise in the price of rice and other commodities in the market.
The ABP gave president, President Muhammadu Buhari the courage to during announce on his live broadcast on New Year day, that the country was inching closer to attaining self-sufficiency in rice production this year.
Particularly, the president stated that rice importation into the country would stop at the end of this year, assuring Nigerians of consumption of local rice that is fresher and more nutritious.
He said: “Two years ago I appealed to people to go back to the land. I am highly gratified that agriculture has picked up, contributing to the government’s effort to re-structure the economy. Rice imports will stop this year. Local rice, fresher and more nutritious will be on our dishes from now on.”
Impact of rice millers
Following the Federal Government intention to ban rice imports into Nigeria in favour of local rice production, there has been aggressive move by the private sector-led firms to invest in rice mills in order to boost rice production in the country.
Particularly, many rice millers have commenced rice cultivation, in line with FG’s rice policy to ensure rice sufficiency in the country by year-end.
Some of the major rice milling companies in the country that heeded to the FG’s clarion call on establishing rice mills to boost local rice production have intensified their efforts to see that more rice mills are established in the country.
These rice companies include Olam Nigeria Limited, Popular farms and mills owned by Stallion Group, WACOT rice mill, Dangote rice mill, Sunti rice Limited, subsidiary of FMN Plc, Miva rice mill, BUA rice mill among others.
Commenting on the impact of the local rice millers, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said that their role cannot be overemphasized because they have put Nigeria on the map of greatness for being among world’s rice producing country.
Ogbeh gave assurance to millers and investors in the rice value chain of the support of Federal Government to ensure that Nigeria becomes self-sufficient in rice production and even export the commodity.
Huge potential for rice production exists in the country, according to Ogbeh, and Nigeria can feed its growing population and even export to earn revenue.
New rice mills
However, in order to sustain the momentum in rice production, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the sum of N10.7 billion for the construction of 10 new rice mills to sustain the actualisation of rice-sufficiency programme last week.
Speaking at the press briefing of the Council’s meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Heneiken Lokpobiri, said the Council approved the establishment of 10 rice mills with the capacity to produce 100 tonnes per day, which would be managed by private rice millers.
Lokpobiri said the Federal Executive Council approved the construction of 10 large rice mills to boost the milling capacity of rice value chain in the country.
“Few years ago it was reported that this country needs a minimum of 100 large rice mills. As of today, we have about 21 but Federal Government in its wisdom decided that today we should approve the establishment of 10 at the total cost of N10.7 billion,” he said.
According to the minister, the rice mills would be given to the private sector for proper management and they will pay back within a given time frame as agreed upon between the Bank of Agriculture and the rice millers.
Lokpobiri noted that the mills would be located in Kebbi, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Bayelsa, Anambra, Kaduna, Ogun, Niger and Bauchi states.
Last line
Indeed, the additional 10 rice mills would complement the existing ones nationwide and is poised to play a critical role towards attaining rice self-sufficiency in Nigeria and stopping the importation of the commodity.
FG’s rice sufficiency target
One germane thing that struck the present administration to insist on embarking the project was the continued rise in Nigeria’s import bill on importation of rice, which was running into trillions of Naira.
Nigeria had been spending an average of $22 billion on annually on food import bill and this had led to the astronomical rise in the price of rice and other commodities in the market.
The ABP gave president, President Muhammadu Buhari the courage to during announce on his live broadcast on New Year day, that the country was inching closer to attaining self-sufficiency in rice production this year.
Particularly, the president stated that rice importation into the country would stop at the end of this year, assuring Nigerians of consumption of local rice that is fresher and more nutritious.
He said: “Two years ago I appealed to people to go back to the land. I am highly gratified that agriculture has picked up, contributing to the government’s effort to re-structure the economy. Rice imports will stop this year. Local rice, fresher and more nutritious will be on our dishes from now on.”
Impact of rice millers
Following the Federal Government intention to ban rice imports into Nigeria in favour of local rice production, there has been aggressive move by the private sector-led firms to invest in rice mills in order to boost rice production in the country.
Particularly, many rice millers have commenced rice cultivation, in line with FG’s rice policy to ensure rice sufficiency in the country by year-end.
Some of the major rice milling companies in the country that heeded to the FG’s clarion call on establishing rice mills to boost local rice production have intensified their efforts to see that more rice mills are established in the country.
These rice companies include Olam Nigeria Limited, Popular farms and mills owned by Stallion Group, WACOT rice mill, Dangote rice mill, Sunti rice Limited, subsidiary of FMN Plc, Miva rice mill, BUA rice mill among others.
Commenting on the impact of the local rice millers, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said that their role cannot be overemphasized because they have put Nigeria on the map of greatness for being among world’s rice producing country.
Ogbeh gave assurance to millers and investors in the rice value chain of the support of Federal Government to ensure that Nigeria becomes self-sufficient in rice production and even export the commodity.
Huge potential for rice production exists in the country, according to Ogbeh, and Nigeria can feed its growing population and even export to earn revenue.
New rice mills
However, in order to sustain the momentum in rice production, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the sum of N10.7 billion for the construction of 10 new rice mills to sustain the actualisation of rice-sufficiency programme last week.
Speaking at the press briefing of the Council’s meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Heneiken Lokpobiri, said the Council approved the establishment of 10 rice mills with the capacity to produce 100 tonnes per day, which would be managed by private rice millers.
Lokpobiri said the Federal Executive Council approved the construction of 10 large rice mills to boost the milling capacity of rice value chain in the country.
“Few years ago it was reported that this country needs a minimum of 100 large rice mills. As of today, we have about 21 but Federal Government in its wisdom decided that today we should approve the establishment of 10 at the total cost of N10.7 billion,” he said.
According to the minister, the rice mills would be given to the private sector for proper management and they will pay back within a given time frame as agreed upon between the Bank of Agriculture and the rice millers.
Lokpobiri noted that the mills would be located in Kebbi, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Bayelsa, Anambra, Kaduna, Ogun, Niger and Bauchi states.
Last line
Indeed, the additional 10 rice mills would complement the existing ones nationwide and is poised to play a critical role towards attaining rice self-sufficiency in Nigeria and stopping the importation of the commodity.
Cambodia produces 10.5 mln tons of
paddy rice last year: PM
Source: Xinhua
2018-05-02 23:24:14
PHNOM
PENH, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia produced 10.5 million tons of paddy rice in
2017, up 5.7 percent year-on-year, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on
Wednesday.
With
the amount of production last year, besides local consumptions, the country
would have some 5.56 million tons of un-husked rice, or 3.56 million tons of
milled rice, left over for exports this year, he said during the closing
ceremony of the annual conference of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries.
Rice
paddy is usually grown during the rainy season; however, farmers, whose fields
are close to water or irrigation system, also plant rice paddy in the dry
season.
Minister
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said the country planted
rice paddy on a total area of 3.21 million hectares last year and a hectare
averagely yielded 3.29 tons.
"Agricultural
sector grew by nearly 2 percent in 2017, accounting for 24.9 percent of the
country's GDP (Gross Domestic Product)," he said.
According
to the minister, the Southeast Asian nation exported 635,697 tons of milled
rice to 63 countries and regions last year. China is the top buyer of Cambodian
rice, followed by France and Poland.
Premier welcomes
climate-resilient rice
Sum
Manet / Khmer Times
The Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute
(CARDI) has developed a rice variety better adapted to withstand the drastic
changes in weather patterns seen in Cambodia in recent years.
Prime Minister Hun Sen broke the news yesterday during the
closing ceremony of the Ministry of Agriculture’s annual conference.
Baptised ‘Mey Tey’, the new rice is a premium fragrant variety
that can reportedly survive severe draughts and floods, which have become more
common in the kingdom in recent years, Mr Hun Sen said. “We haven’t tasted it
yet, but I believe it will be a success,” he said.“It can withstand extreme
changes in temperature,” he said, explaining that some of the rice varieties
Cambodian farmers are using struggle to survive in the hot weather of recent
weeks.
Hun Lak, vice president of Cambodia Rice Federation, said the
work of CARDI in developing new rice varieties is now more important than ever
due to climate change.
“It is essential to work on new rice varieties given how
drastically the weather is changing. All our neighbours are also working on
this type of research,” Mr Lak said.
“We need new rice varieties that can help us increase yields and
keep up the price of the commodity. If we don’t undertake this type of
research, we run the risk of not being able to produce enough rice to meet
market demand.”
Cambodia’s exports of milled rice fell by 3.4 percent during the
first three months of 2018, dropping to 161,115 tonnes.
Asia Rice-India prices rise as demand
recovers; Thai prices dip ahead of harvest
May 03, 2018, 08:13:00 AM EDT By Reuters
Reuters
By Apeksha Nair
BENGALURU, May 3 (Reuters) - Rice export prices in India rose as
demand picked up, while rates for the Thai variety eased amid prospects of a
healthy harvest, even as top exporters looked to clinch a possible deal with
the Philippines.
Rates for India's 5 percent broken parboiled rice rose from the
4-1/2 month lows hit last week, gaining $3 to $412-$416 a tonne, as demand
improved from African buyers.A weaker Indian rupee had allowed exporters to
lower prices in the past few weeks.India's exports jumped by 18 percent from a
year ago to a record 12.7 million tonnes in the 2017/18 financial year to March
31, lifted by demand for non-basmati rice from Bangladesh, Benin and Sri Lanka.
However, imports by neighbouring Bangladesh, which emerged as a
major buyer last year after flood damage to crops, will slow in the coming
months due to good crops this summer, said Badrul Hasan, head of Bangladesh's
state grain buyer.
Rice at government warehouses stood at nearly 1 million tonnes,
boosted by record imports of about 3.7 million tonnes in the 10 months to
April, Bangladesh's food ministry data showed. Meanwhile, Vietnam's 5 percent
broken rice prices were unchanged at $445-$450 a tonne."The Ministry of
Industry and Trade on Wednesday assigned state-run Northern Food Corp (also known
as Vinafood I) to join a bidding round for 250,000 tones to be opened by the
Philippines on Friday, and other exporters have been advised not to
participate," said a trader in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Philippines' state agency has issued international tenders
to purchase 500,000 tonnes of rice, European traders said on Wednesday. A
separate tender for 250,000 tonnes has been issued, open only to Vietnam and
Thailand.
Vietnam's exports in the first four months of 2018 were forecast
to have risen by 22.3 percent from a year earlier to 2.17 million tonnes,
according to the government's General Statistics Office.Prices for Thailand's 5
percent broken rice dropped to $430-$445 a tonne, free on board (FOB) Bangkok,
from $440-$445 last week.
This was because of speculation of ample supply from the harvest
expected around the end of May or early June, one Bangkok-based trader said.Traders
said they are still fulfilling shipments to Indonesia and anticipating the
Philippines' tender.
"Prices have stabilised over the past few days, since there
were no big orders from abroad," another trader said. Thailand's commerce
ministry this week said that the country will offload 2 million tonnes from
state stockpiles by the end of the year.
Bangladesh rice production,
consumption and imports (graphic).
Rice prices rise in India as demand
recovers; Thai prices dip ahead of harvest
By Reuters
May 4, 2018 | 08:44 am GMT+7
Farmers harvest rice on a field in the outskirts of Hanoi on
June 9, 2017. Photo by AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam
'Indian rice is
currently very competitive compared with supplies from Thailand and Vietnam.'
Rice export prices in India rose as demand picked up, while rates
for the Thai variety eased amid prospects of a healthy harvest, even as top
exporters looked to clinch a possible deal with the Philippines.
Rates for India’s 5 percent broken parboiled rice rose from the
4-1/2 month lows hit last week, gaining $3 to $412-$416 a ton, as demand
improved from African buyers.
“Indian rice is currently very competitive compared with supplies
from Thailand and Vietnam,” said an exporter based at Kakinada in the southern
state of Andhra Pradesh.
A weaker Indian rupee had allowed exporters to lower prices in the
past few weeks.
India’s exports jumped by 18 percent from a year ago to a record
12.7 million tons in the 2017/18 financial year to March 31, lifted by demand
for non-basmati rice from Bangladesh, Benin and Sri Lanka.
However, imports by neighbouring Bangladesh, which emerged as a
major buyer last year after flood damage to crops, will slow in the coming
months due to good crops this summer, said Badrul Hasan, head of Bangladesh’s
state grain buyer.
Rice at government warehouses stood at nearly 1 million tons,
boosted by record imports of about 3.7 million tons in the 10 months to April,
Bangladesh’s food ministry data showed.
Meanwhile, Vietnam’s 5 percent broken rice prices were unchanged
at $445-$450 a ton.
“The Ministry of Industry and Trade on Wednesday assigned state-run
Northern Food Corp (also known as Vinafood I) to join a bidding round for
250,000 tons to be opened by the Philippines on Friday, and other exporters
have been advised not to participate,” said a trader in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Philippines’ state agency has issued international tenders to
purchase 500,000 tons of rice, European traders said on Wednesday. A separate
tender for 250,000 tons has been issued, open only to Vietnam and Thailand.
Vietnam’s exports in the first four months of 2018 were forecast
to have risen by 22.3 percent from a year earlier to 2.17 million tons,
according to the government’s General Statistics Office.
Prices for Thailand’s 5 percent broken rice dropped to $430-$445 a
ton, free on board (FOB) Bangkok, from $440-$445 last week.
This was because of speculation of ample supply from the harvest
expected around the end of May or early June, one Bangkok-based trader said.
Traders said they are still fulfilling shipments to Indonesia and
anticipating the Philippines’ tender.
“Prices have stabilized over the past few days, since there were
no big orders from abroad,” another trader said.
Thailand’s commerce ministry this week said that the country will
offload two million tons from state stockpiles by the end of the year.
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Persistent
high inflation seen waning in Q4
May 3, 2018
By Cai U. Ordinario
& Bianca Cuaresma
Filipinos should brace for still higher commodities prices as
the high inflation regime will likely continue until the end of the year,
according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda).
This view was validated on Thursday by Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas Governor Nestor A. Espenilla Jr. who acknowledged that their latest
inflation simulation show numbers that “somewhat spread,” resulting to more
“elevated” price worries.
“We have always said that we will position policy based on our
assessment of inflation. It is a very objective process and we keep looking at
the data. And the data flow suggests that our concerns may be elevated in terms
of inflationary pressures and expectations moving up,” Espenilla said.
“What we want to react to is whether it [inflation] is spreading
and it is affecting expectations. And based on the latest data it seems to have
spread somewhat and in fact, we revise upward our inflation forecast slightly,”
he quickly added.
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto M. Pernia told
reporters at the sidelines of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 51st Annual
Meeting in Manila that inflation will continue to be high due to oil prices and
the impact of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion legislation.
The BSP estimates inflation to be between 2 percent and 4
percent this year until the President steps down in 2022. However, inflation
already averaged 4.3 percent in March, or an average of 3.8 percent in the
first quarter of the year.
“I think it will continue to be an issue throughout most of the
year, maybe it will the peter out during the last quarter of the year—start to
peter out,” Pernia told reporters.
However, Pernia said once the Philippines puts place a rice
tariff to replace the country’s expired quantitative restriction (QR) on rice,
there could be some reprieve where rice prices are concerned.
Pernia estimated that a rice tariff can cut inflation by a
percentage point, which is already a considerable reduction.
This is possible since food accounts for over 30 percent of the
consumption of households and the bulk of this is accounted for by rice, the
country’s staple.
“At least 1 percentage point. It’s quite big,” Pernia said. “I
think oil prices have really been a more material factor [in inflation].”
The Neda earlier stated that there is a need to immediately pass
the rice tariffication bill in Congress to reform the agricultural sector.
The passage of the bill, which amends Republic Act 8178,
otherwise known as the Agricultural Tariffication Act of 1996, will pave the
way for the replacement of the QR on rice imports with tariff.
This will remove unnecessary government intervention in the rice
market, as envisioned by President Duterte during the meeting with rice
traders, officials of the National Food Authority (NFA) and members of the NFA
Council (NFAC).
Inflation in the first three months of the year averaged at 3.8
percent, still within the 2-percent to 4-percent target for the year. In March,
however, inflation rose sharply to 4.3 percent.
“You know our position here, we keep on monitoring those
numbers. We don’t just focus on what we see today but look at it from a medium
term perspective, especially with respect to the medium term,” Deputy BSP
Governor for the Monetary Stability Sector Diwa C. Guinigundo said also at the
sidelines of the 51st ADB Meet.
“But again you have the discipline of inflation targeting, you
just don’t move the policy rate without considering all of the factors that we
normally consider in the context of inflation targeting. We look at both price
and monetary conditions we look at the trend in output,” the deputy governor
added.
Guinigundo also cited one of the arguments saying that the
economy has grown enough to absorb a tighter monetary-policy stance.
“Let us see on May 4 what is going to come out of the PSA
[Philippine Statistics Authority]. If it is higher than 4.3 percent then it
means something. If it is lower than 4.3 percent, 4.2 percent or 4.1 percent
then we have to reassess all the numbers,” Guinigundo said.
The BSP earlier said inflation in April would likely climb above
4 percent and range from a low of 3.9 percent to as high as 4.7 percent.
The Department of Finance, meanwhile, projected inflation as
high as 4.5 percent in April.
The PSA will release the latest inflation numbers on Friday, May
4, while the BSP will have its rate-setting monetary-policy meeting on
Thursday, May 10.
“But let me just clarify. If the sum of all of these points of
considerations point to the BSP undertaking decisive action, we will not have
second thoughts on this because maintaining price stability is our primary
mandate and we are going to adhere to that mandate of the BSP,” Guinigundo
said.
The members of the NFAC Council, which include the Neda, also
took note of the instruction of the President to expedite the processing of the
necessary papers and clearances.
The Council is responsible for setting the terms of reference
including the volume to be imported for the year, the timing of import arrivals
and the mode of importation, while the permit to import by a specific trader or
importer is being processed by the NFA.
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Nigerian Rice
Penetrates, Captures Africa’s Markets – RIFAN
May 3, 2018
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) says the
Nigerian rice is gradually capturing African markets, just as Nigeria is fast
becoming Africa’s rice production hub.Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, the National
President of RIFAN, said in Abuja on Thursday that the feat was as a
result of the Federal Government’s innovative policy on rice production.He
noted that the quantity and quality of Nigerian rice had increased
significantly in recent times, adding that various international groups had
attested to the achievement.
Goroyo said that many entrepreneurs and some African
countries, which had recognised the efforts of RIFAN to champion rice
development initiatives in Nigeria and Africa at large, were now willing to be
part of the rice revolution. He added that some international agencies were
also linking those countries that were interested in rice development
initiatives with RIFAN.
He stressed that the Nigerian rice revolution had improved the
Nigerian brand of rice, while creating more avenues for the engagement
of youths in sustainable rice farming development strategies.
Goroyo said that Nigeria, as the largest producer of rice
in West Africa and third largest in Africa, was attaining the benchmark of
producing the quantity of rice needed to sustain its population and for export.He
said that Nigeria had a huge potential of producing rice in commercial
quantities to meet the growing demand of the citizens, adding, however, that
the feat could be attributed to the Federal Government’s support for rice
farmers and collaborations with other agencies.
Goroyo said that the various interventions of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s administration had led to remarkable improvements in
rice production, while facilitating the operations of RIFAN.
He noted that the Buhari-administration kick-started the rice
revolution with the launch of the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) on Nov. 17,
2015, adding that the programme had saved for the country over N220 billion via
the ban placed on rice importation.
Goronyo said that available statistics indicated that the rice
consumption in Nigeria now had increased from 7.9 million tonnes to over 8.1
million tonnes, while rice production had increased from 5.8 million tonnes to
7 million tonnes per annum.The RIFAN president said that the rice revolution
was achieved through the government’s determination to outlaw rice importation
into the country, adding that Nigerians and agencies like the
Nigerian Custom Services should also be commended for ensuring the
fulfilment of the policy.
“RIFAN is not only a part of FG’s efforts to enforce the ban but
it is also driving other advocacy groups in the campaign towards the attainment
of self-sufficiency in rice production in the country.
“RIFAN is so happy that the country is set to achieve its
targets in rice production under the ABP because government officials and banks
are not identifying with politicians who claim to be farmers,’’ he said.Goronyo
commended the Buhari-administration for dealing directly with RIFAN, adding
that in the past, the government politicised its agricultural programmes by
choosing to deal with “political farmers’’ who had no farmlands.
“It has become so easy now for our members to access government
loans, fertilisers and other farm inputs,’’ he added.He said that the Nigerian
rice revolution was now extending to other African countries, while the Federal
Government was determined to sustain the ongoing process and encourage young
Nigerians to engage in rice production.
Goronyo said that a recent research on African rice markets
revealed that all the rice varieties that were needed in the African markets
were grown in Nigeria.He said that major rice producing states like Katsina,
Niger, Anambra, Kebbi, Cross River, Benue, Ebonyi, Jigawa and Sokoto, Plateau,
Kaduna and Zamfara were now set with their acquisition of adequate rice
processing equipment to boost local rice production and ward off rice imports.
The RIFAN president called on the youth and other interested
citizens to participate in rice production, saying that rice farmers were now
provided with the necessary funding, inputs, mechanisation and expertise.He
said that the ABP had created laudable linkages between companies, agencies,
research institutions and international bodies which were involved in rice
processing
A country of famished farmers
12:00 AM, May 04, 2018 / LAST
MODIFIED: 12:00 AM, May 04, 2018
Photo:
Mohammad Moniruzzaman
As a small farmer, Shyamol's life
was never easy. In his 10-decimal land in Rajshahi's Durgapur village under
Godagari upazila, Shyamol used to grow rice. Like many other farmers of his
village, he inherited that land and his profession from his ancestors. With the
crop, he could hardly meet the expenditures of his family of six—his wife,
elderly mother and three children. He also had to pay instalments of his debt
which he had to take for buying seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and for hiring a
tractor to cultivate his land. Due to the falling price of paddy and increasing
price of fertiliser and diesel in 2016, Shyamol decided to grow vegetables on
his land. So, he grew radish and green chilli that year. In his small patch of
land, he produced around 30 kg of radish and another 25 kg of green chilli.
However, such high yields turned out to be a fatal curse for him.
When he took his produce to the
local market, it was already saturated with radish and green chilli coming in
huge quantities from all the surrounding villages. As there was no storage
facility for his perishable produce, Shyamol had to sell the radishes at only
Tk 10 per kg and chillies at Tk 40 per kg. Despite four months of hard labour
and financial investment, Shyamol could not earn even Tk 2000.
It was a mortal blow for Shyamol
who is the only earning member of his family. Just a month after this disaster,
Shyamol was diagnosed with a tumour in his stomach. With his ailing body, he
again took a loan from the local usurer and planted rice on his land. However,
that time he had to employ at least eight labourers to sow seeds and to
harvest. Although the harvest was good, the profit was too little to pay for
Shyamol's soaring debt, medical treatment and other expenditures. Utterly
frustrated, Shyamol Kundu took his own life on November 12 last year.
Shyamol's suicide was not an
isolated incident of a psychological illness. In the same year, a small farmer
in Jhenaidah named Kawsar committed suicide due to persistent losses with his
crops. On April 7, a farmer in Habiganj district's Baniyachang upazila also
committed suicide as he failed to pay off his increasing debt. According to a
2016 study conducted by Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, 55 percent
of the suicide victims earned less than Tk 4000 per month and most of these
victims are farmers or agricultural labourers.
Due to lack of storage facilities
and the government's failure to control the market, every year Bangladesh's
farmers incur huge losses with their products. For food crop and vegetable
growers, the damage, most of the time, is almost irrecoverable. Although prices
are higher in urban markets, the growers rarely benefit from price hikes. To
control the market, every year the government takes the initiative to procure
rice and paddy directly from the farmers at a fixed price. Considering
increasing production costs, the government also increases the price to ensure
a fair price for the farmers. For instance, in 2017, the government procured
each kg of aman rice at Tk 33. This year, the government is going to procure
rice at Tk 39 per kg.
Nevertheless, every year, this
initiative loses its purpose as, instead of procuring the rice from the
farmers, the government actually procures it from the millers. The millers
purchase paddy from the farmers at a far lower price than the government fixed
rate. Last year, the government's fixed price for each kg of paddy was Tk 24.
However, the millers of Kushtia, the largest rice market of Bangladesh,
purchased each kg of paddy at only Tk 15-18. The millers and wholesalers
stockpiled one million tonnes of paddy in this way, creating instability and
price hikes in the rice market.
Photo:
Mohhamad Moniruzzaman
The millers purchase each kilogram
of paddy at a reduced rate, pointing out the moisture percentage of paddy.
According to rice millers, when they purchase paddy from the farmers, its
moisture percentage remains too high—which increases the weight of the paddy.
As a result, they have to dry the paddy several times before husking. However,
when asked to reveal how they measure percentage of moisture in paddy, they
refused to provide an answer to Star Weekend. Again, as all the paddies are
harvested at the same time, the farmers are forced to sell the paddy at a
reduced rate to the millers.
For purchasing paddy at a lower
rate and for hoarding huge amounts of paddy, the government last year
blacklisted 16,000 rice mills. Nevertheless, to meet the procurement demand for
the persistent rice shortage, the government has decided to purchase rice and
paddy even from the blacklisted millers, as Food Minister Qamrul Islam stated
on
April 15.
Md Omar Faruque, additional
secretary (Procurement and Supply), Ministry of Food says in this regard, “We
have to procure a huge amount of rice. This is why we go to enlisted millers
who can meet our demand of quality and quantity. This year, we are thinking of
inviting the farmers to the mill for the rice and paddy procurement. Our
officials will monitor the paddy purchasing process so that no farmer is deprived
ofa fair price by the millers.”
Photo:
Amran Hossain
Shykh Seraj, the prominent
agricultural development activist and journalist, however, states that the
government has never procured rice or paddy directlyfrom the farmers. “The
government doesn't have the infrastructure to procure directly from the
farmers,” he argues. “They procure it from the millers and the wholesalers and
they become the actual beneficiaries of the government's increased rate for
rice and paddy. This syndicate is making huge profit and the growers remain
poor as usual.”
“As a result, many rice farmers are
now cultivating more profitable crops like fruits and vegetables,” adds Seraj.
According to Dr K A S Murshid,
Director General, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, “If the
government wants to reach every farmer for purchasing paddy or rice, the
procurement cost will be too high. So, to keep the rice market under control,
the government should procure more rice and paddy for the public stockpile. The
amount the government procures every year is too negligible to influence the
market.”
infograph:
Ehsanur Raza Ronny
However, like Shyamol, vegetable
farmers are also incurring huge losses every year with their perishable produce
due to lack of storage facilities. In 2017, farmers produced 1.02 crore tonnes
of potatoes which was eight percent more than the year before. At local
large-scale food markets, the farmers had to sell potatoes at only Tk 2.5 per
kg. Only 53 lakh tonnes of potatoes could be stored in cold storage and 15 lakh
tonnes of potato remained unsold. According to Bangladesh Cold Storage
Association (BCSA), “The loss of the farmers had exceeded more than Tk 12,000
crore due to lack of storage facility and
high yield.” Md Mosharaf Hossain,
President of BCSA, says,“If the storage facility is not increased and if the
extra produce is not exported or utilised through relief works, last year's
loss might be repeated this year as there will be another high yield of potato
in districts like Bogra and Munshiganj.”
However, price of this produce is
spiralling as they enter urban markets. The potatoes that were sold at the
local market at Tk 2.5 per kg are sold in Dhaka at Tk 15-20 per kg by the retailers.
The situation is similar for other vegetable growers as well. Shamsher Alam,
originally a rice farmer in Bogra's Muradnagar village, produced 70 maunds
(2800 kg) of cauliflower from one acre of land in 2017. To produce this 2800 kg
of cauliflower, he had to spend Tk 6000 for seeds, Tk 2500 for the tractor, and
Tk 15,000 for fertiliser, irrigation and labour costs. However, he had to sell
each cauliflower at Tk 3 in the Mahasthan food market in Bogra which was sold
in Dhaka for Tk 30 at least.
Farmers like Shamsher Alam in Bogra
are passing their days in extreme hardship. He says, “My backbone was broken. I
don't think I will be able to recover the loss in my life time. Many farmers
like me in Muradnagar cannot afford a square meal a day.”
“If we get a plate of rice for
lunch, we only eat boiled potato or rice starch for supper. Sometimes, we
cannot buy even a kilo of rice for the whole day. I was a wealthy farmer. I
never imagined that I would spend days in hunger like this,” adds Shamsher.
According to experts, as the
government doesn't have any estimation of the national demand for food crops
and vegetables, farmers suffer heavy losses due to high yield because most of
them grow the same crop assessing the current year's demand. “To solve the crisis,
the government should establish more cold storages near large-scale local food
markets through public-private partnerships where farmers will be able to store
their produce at an affordable cost. On the other hand, the government should
also estimate the national demand for food crops and vegetables. If such
assessment can be done on a yearly basis, the farmers can be informed of which
crop should be cultivated in which areas according to the market demand,”
suggests Seraj.
The experts also emphasise on
reducing influence of the middlemen from the market. According to Dr M M Akash,
“The government needs to form two price commissions: one for the price of the
agricultural produce and one for the food products. These commissions will
monitor the market and determine prices for these commodities for the
individual markets. Price commissions can also ensure supply of the food crops
in the public stockpile so that the crops can be supplied in the market in time
of shortage. As there is no such commission in Bangladesh, even price of the
coarse rice is now beyond purchasibility of the people who are living below the
poverty line.”
Every year, the Bangladesh
government invests a huge amount of its revenue in the agricultural sector to
ensure subsidised supply of fertiliser, diesel, seed and agricultural
equipment. In the budget of 2016-17 fiscal year, Tk 13,600 crore was allotted
for the agricultural subsidies. Despite such investments, an uncontrolled food
market creates persistent poverty among Bangladeshi farmers which has
significantly threatened food security in the country. In terms of food
security, Bangladesh is 5th among five countries of South Asia and 22nd among
23 countries of Asia Pacific.
Recently Bangladesh's Law
Commission has prepared a draft of the Bangladesh Food Security Act, 2018. We
hope that this act will address the issue of ensuring justifiable price of
agricultural products for the farmers by creating an accountable price chain in
every market. The development policy of quantitative growth of agricultural
products without ensuring a sustainable market for the growers and consumers
has already pushed a huge number of farmers below the poverty line. If the act
does not address these issues and the government fails to enforce the act
properly, our agriculture, our country's economic backbone, might be broken in
the near future.
The writer can be contacted at shahnawaz.khan@thedailystar.net
Premier welcomes
climate-resilient rice
The Cambodian Agricultural Research
and Development Institute (CARDI) has developed a rice variety better adapted
to withstand the drastic changes in weather patterns seen in Cambodia in recent
years. Prime Minister Hun Sen broke the news yesterday during the closing
ceremony of the Ministry of Agriculture’s annual conference. Baptised ‘Mey
Tey’, the new rice is a premium fragrant variety that can reportedly survive
severe draughts and floods, which have become more common in the kingdom in
recent years, Mr Hun Sen said. “We haven’t tasted it yet, but I believe it will
be a success,” he said. “It can withstand extreme changes in temperature,” he
said, explaining that some of the rice varieties Cambodian farmers are using
struggle to survive in the hot weather of recent weeks. Hun Lak, vice president
of Cambodia Rice Federation, said the work of CARDI in developing new rice
varieties is now more important than ever due to climate change. “It is
essential to work on new rice varieties given how drastically the weather is
changing. All our neighbours are also working on this type of research,” Mr Lak
said. “We need new rice varieties that can help us increase yields and keep up
the price of the commodity. If we don’t undertake this type of research, we run
the risk of not being able to produce enough rice to meet market demand.”
Cambodia’s exports of milled rice fell by 3.4 percent during the first three
months of 2018, dropping to 161,115 tonnes.
Philippines
tendering to purchase 500,000 T rice
DEMAND
RECOVERS; THAI PRICES DIP AHEAD OF HARVEST
5/3/2018
* Imports by Bangaladesh likely to
slow in coming months
By Apeksha Nair
BENGALURU, May 3 (Reuters) - Rice
export prices in India
rose as demand picked up, while rates for the Thai variety eased
amid prospects of a healthy harvest, even as top exporters
looked to clinch a possible deal with the Philippines.
rose as demand picked up, while rates for the Thai variety eased
amid prospects of a healthy harvest, even as top exporters
looked to clinch a possible deal with the Philippines.
Rates for India's 5 percent broken
parboiled rice
<RI-INBKN5-P1> rose from the 4-1/2 month lows hit last week,
gaining $3 to $412-$416 a tonne, as demand improved from African
buyers.
<RI-INBKN5-P1> rose from the 4-1/2 month lows hit last week,
gaining $3 to $412-$416 a tonne, as demand improved from African
buyers.
"Indian rice is currently very
competitive compared with
supplies from Thailand and Vietnam," said an exporter based at
Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
supplies from Thailand and Vietnam," said an exporter based at
Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
A weaker Indian rupee had allowed
exporters to
lower prices in the past few weeks.
lower prices in the past few weeks.
India's exports jumped by 18
percent from a year ago to a
record 12.7 million tonnes in the 2017/18 financial year to
March 31, lifted by demand for non-basmati rice from Bangladesh,
Benin and Sri Lanka.
record 12.7 million tonnes in the 2017/18 financial year to
March 31, lifted by demand for non-basmati rice from Bangladesh,
Benin and Sri Lanka.
However, imports by neighbouring
Bangladesh, which emerged
as a major buyer last year after flood damage to crops, will
slow in the coming months due to good crops this summer, said
Badrul Hasan, head of Bangladesh's state grain buyer.
as a major buyer last year after flood damage to crops, will
slow in the coming months due to good crops this summer, said
Badrul Hasan, head of Bangladesh's state grain buyer.
Rice at government warehouses stood
at nearly 1 million
tonnes, boosted by record imports of about 3.7 million tonnes in
the 10 months to April, Bangladesh's food ministry data showed.
tonnes, boosted by record imports of about 3.7 million tonnes in
the 10 months to April, Bangladesh's food ministry data showed.
Meanwhile, Vietnam's 5 percent
broken rice prices
<RI-VNBKN5-P1> were unchanged at $445-$450 a tonne.
<RI-VNBKN5-P1> were unchanged at $445-$450 a tonne.
"The Ministry of Industry and
Trade on Wednesday assigned
state-run Northern Food Corp (also known as Vinafood I) to join
a bidding round for 250,000 tones to be opened by the
Philippines on Friday, and other exporters have been advised not
to participate," said a trader in Ho Chi Minh City.
state-run Northern Food Corp (also known as Vinafood I) to join
a bidding round for 250,000 tones to be opened by the
Philippines on Friday, and other exporters have been advised not
to participate," said a trader in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Philippines' state agency has
issued international
tenders to purchase 500,000 tonnes of rice, European traders
said on Wednesday. A separate tender for 250,000 tonnes has been
issued, open only to Vietnam and Thailand.
tenders to purchase 500,000 tonnes of rice, European traders
said on Wednesday. A separate tender for 250,000 tonnes has been
issued, open only to Vietnam and Thailand.
Vietnam's exports in the first four
months of 2018 were
forecast to have risen by 22.3 percent from a year earlier to
2.17 million tonnes, according to the government's General
Statistics Office.
forecast to have risen by 22.3 percent from a year earlier to
2.17 million tonnes, according to the government's General
Statistics Office.
Prices for Thailand's 5 percent
broken rice <RI-THBKN5-P1>
dropped to $430-$445 a tonne, free on board (FOB) Bangkok, from
$440-$445 last week.
dropped to $430-$445 a tonne, free on board (FOB) Bangkok, from
$440-$445 last week.
This was because of speculation of
ample supply from the
harvest expected around the end of May or early June, one
Bangkok-based trader said.
harvest expected around the end of May or early June, one
Bangkok-based trader said.
Traders said they are still
fulfilling shipments to
Indonesia and anticipating the Philippines' tender.
Indonesia and anticipating the Philippines' tender.
"Prices have stabilised over
the past few days, since there
were no big orders from abroad," another trader said. Thailand's commerce ministry this week said that the countrywill offload 2 million tonnes from state stockpiles by the end
of the year.
were no big orders from abroad," another trader said. Thailand's commerce ministry this week said that the countrywill offload 2 million tonnes from state stockpiles by the end
of the year.
(Reporting by Patpicha
Tanakasempipat in Bangkok, Khanh Vu in
Hanoi, Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai and Ruma Paul in Dhaka
Editing by David Goodman)
Hanoi, Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai and Ruma Paul in Dhaka
Editing by David Goodman)
Food prices hold steady in April
REPORT
Published on 03
May 2018
Bagging rice for the market in the Democratic Republic of Congo
© FAO/Olivier Asselin
FAO’s first forecasts for the year ahead: Cereals output to ease
off record highs
3 May 2018, Rome - The FAO Food Price Index remained broadly
steady in April, averaging 173.5 points for the month, a tiny notch up from
March and 2.7 percent higher than in the same month of 2017.
Prices of cereals and dairy products continued their recent
rising trend, while those of sugar continued their decline.
FAO also released its first forecasts for the 2018/19 marketing
season, predicting a decline in global cereal output and reserves, both of
which have been at or near record highs.
The year ahead
Early prospects for global cereal markets in the year ahead are
favourable, despite a forecasted decline, according to FAO's new Cereal Supply
and Demand Brief, also released today.
Global cereal crops output in 2018 is expected to fall to 2 607
million tonnes, about 1.6 percent below the near-record harvest of 2017.
The decline is mostly due to an anticipated contraction in maize
production, especially in the United States of America. Lower wheat output is
mostly associated with an expected decline in the Russian Federation after an
exceptional outcome the year earlier. Meanwhile, FAO tentatively forecasts
world rice production to increase by 1.3 percent to reach 510.6 million tonnes,
setting a new record high, due primarily to expanded cultivations in Asia.
As for cereal utilization, FAO's new forecast - both food and
feed - also points to an all-time high of 2 626 million tonnes.
That reflects a projected 1.0 percent increase in world rice
utilization, a 0.8 percent expansion in global wheat utilization and a 0.4
percent rise in total
of coarse grains, of which maize feed use is expected to
increase by as much as 2.8 percent to a new high of 615 million tonnes. The
largest year-on-year increase in the feed use of maize is envisaged in China
and South America.
As a result, FAO expects world cereal stocks at the close of
seasons ending in 2019 to decline by 2.7 percent and the world cereal
stocks-to-use ratio to drop to 27.2 percent, down from its 16-year high level
of 28.8 percent in 2017/18 but well above the historical low of 20.4 percent
registered in 2007/08. FAO's first forecast of international trade in cereals
in the year ahead is pegged at 406 million tonnes, implying a mere 0.6 percent
decline from the all-time high anticipated for the current season.
Price trends
The FAO Cereal Price Index rose 1.7 percent in April, its fourth
consecutive monthly increase, and is now 15.4 percent above its value a year
earlier. Wheat prices were supported by weather-related risks in the United
States, while drought-reduced production in Argentina and lower plantings in
the U.S. pushed up international maize prices. Rice prices also rose.
The FAO Dairy Price Index rose 3.4 percent from March,
reflecting robust demand for all milk products and apprehensions about export
availabilities in New Zealand.The FAO Food Price Index is a measure of the
monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities.Declines
were posted in April on the three other sub-indices. The FAO Vegetable Oil
Price Index declined by 1.4 percent since March, while the FAO Meat Price Index
fell 0.9 percent.
The FAO Sugar Price Index fell 4.8 percent in April from the
previous month, continuing a decline that began last December, and averaging 24
percent lower than April 2017. Lower prices reflected a supply glut buoyed by
record outputs in Thailand and in India, the world's second-largest sugar
producer, as well as the depreciation of the Real, the currency of Brazil, the
world's largest producer.
Cambodia produces 10.5 mln tons of
paddy rice last year: PM
Source:
Xinhua 2018-05-02 23:24:14
|
PHNOM
PENH, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia produced 10.5 million tons of paddy rice in
2017, up 5.7 percent year-on-year, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on
Wednesday.
With
the amount of production last year, besides local consumptions, the country would
have some 5.56 million tons of un-husked rice, or 3.56 million tons of milled
rice, left over for exports this year, he said during the closing ceremony of
the annual conference of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Rice
paddy is usually grown during the rainy season; however, farmers, whose fields
are close to water or irrigation system, also plant rice paddy in the dry
season.
Minister
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said the country planted
rice paddy on a total area of 3.21 million hectares last year and a hectare
averagely yielded 3.29 tons.
"Agricultural
sector grew by nearly 2 percent in 2017, accounting for 24.9 percent of the
country's GDP (Gross Domestic Product)," he said.
According
to the minister, the Southeast Asian nation exported 635,697 tons of milled
rice to 63 countries and regions last year. China is the top buyer of Cambodian
rice, followed by France and Poland.
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- May 03, 2018
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – Open Market-May 03, 2018
Nagpur, May 3 (Reuters) – Batri dal, Lakhdi dal and Watana dal reported strong in open market
here on increased seasonal demand from local traders amid tight supply from producing regions.
Notable rise in Madhya Pradesh and reported demand from South-based traders also helped to push
up prices.
No auction in gram, tuar and other foodgrain items reported in Nagpur APMC on second day today
because of payment problem. Some companies failed on payment front and brokers are on warpath.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
* Gram and tuar prices reported steady in open market here on subdued demand from
local traders amid ample stock in ready position.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,000-4,100, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,000-6,300, Udid Mogar (clean)
– 7,000-8,000, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,000-7,200, Gram – 3,400-3,475, Gram Super best
– 5,200-5,600
* Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in
scattered deals and settled at last levels in thin trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction n.a. 3,100-3,350
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 3,400-3,950
Moong Auction n.a. 3,900-4,200
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Wheat Mill quality Auction n.a. 1,550-1,690
Gram Super Best Bold 5,000-5,500 5,000-5,500
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 3,400-3,500 3,400-3,500
Desi gram Raw 3,400-3,450 3,400-3,450
Gram Kabuli 12,700-13,200 12,700-13,200
Tuar Fataka Best-New 6,200-6,500 6,200-6,500
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Tuar Gavarani New 4,100-4,150 4,100-4,150
Tuar Karnataka 4,500-4,700 4,500-4,700
Masoor dal best 4,800-5,000 4,800-5,200
Masoor dal medium 4,500-4,700 4,600-4,800
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000
Moong Mogar Medium 6,500-7,000 6,500-7,000
Moong dal Chilka 5,600-6,600 5,600-6,600
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,500-8,500 7,500-8,500
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,500-6,500 5,500-6,500
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,700-6,000 5,700-6,000
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,200 4,800-5,000
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,600-2,700 2,500-2,600
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,700-3,800 3,500-3,600
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,300 4,200-4,300
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,950-2,000 1,950-2,000
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,350 2,200-2,350
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,250-2,450 2,250-2,450
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,050-2,150 2,050-2,150
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-4,000 3,200-4,000
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,800 2,300-2,700
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,800 3,400-3,800
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,100 2,800-3,100
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,500 2,400-2,500
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,600 4,000-4,600
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,700-3,900 3,700-3,900
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,700-5,000 4,700-5,000
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,500-14,000 9,500-14,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,500 5,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 6,200-6,500 6,200-6,500
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 5,700-6,000 5,700-6,000
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,200 2,000-2,100
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,000 1,700-2,000
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 43.9 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 27.4 degree Celsius
Rainfall : nil
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 46 and 27
degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices)
/
UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Nagpur
Foodgrain Prices Open- May 04, 2018
MAY 4,
2018 / 1:45 PM
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – Open
Market-May 4, 2018
Nagpur, May 4 (Reuters) – Desi gram
raw firmed up in open market here on good buying support
from local traders amid weak
arrival from producing belts. Fresh rise in Madhya Pradesh gram
prices and enquiries from
South-based traders also helped to push up prices.
No auction in gram, tuar and other
foodgrain items reported in Nagpur APMC on third day today
because of payment problem. The
situation will be eased by this evening, according to sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
* Tuar gavarani moved down in open market here in absence of
buyers.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,000-4,100, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,000-6,300, Udid
Mogar (clean)
– 7,000-8,000, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,000-7,200, Gram – 3,400-3,475, Gram
Super best
– 5,200-5,600
* Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in
scattered deals and settled at last levels in thin trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market
prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS
Available prices Previous
close
Gram Auction
n.a. 3,100-3,350
Gram Pink Auction
n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction
n.a. 3,400-3,950
Moong Auction
n.a. 3,900-4,200
Udid Auction
n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction
n.a. 2,600-2,800
Wheat Mill quality Auction
n.a. 1,550-1,690
Gram Super Best Bold
5,000-5,500 5,000-5,500
Gram Super Best
n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best
4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800
Gram Dal Medium
n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality
3,400-3,500 3,400-3,500
Desi gram Raw 3,450-3,525 3,400-3,450
Gram Kabuli
12,700-13,200 12,700-13,200
Tuar Fataka Best-New
6,200-6,500 6,200-6,500
Tuar Fataka Medium-New
5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New
5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New
5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Tuar Gavarani New
4,050-4,100 4,100-4,150
Tuar Karnataka
4,500-4,700 4,500-4,700
Masoor dal best
4,800-5,000 4,800-5,200
Masoor dal medium
4,500-4,700 4,600-4,800
Masoor
n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New)
7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000
Moong Mogar Medium
6,500-7,000 6,500-7,000
Moong dal Chilka
5,600-6,600 5,600-6,600
Moong Mill quality
n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best
7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,500-8,500 7,500-8,500
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)
5,500-6,500
5,500-6,500
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG)
5,700-6,000
5,700-6,000
Batri dal (100 INR/KG)
5,000-5,200 5,000-5,200
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)
2,600-2,700 2,600-2,700
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)
3,700-3,800 3,700-3,800
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG)
4,200-4,300
4,200-4,300
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)
2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG)
1,950-2,000
1,950-2,000
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)
2,200-2,350
2,200-2,350
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG)
2,250-2,450 2,250-2,450
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG)
2,050-2,150 2,050-2,150
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG)
n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG)
3,400-4,000
3,200-4,000
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG)
2,400-2,800
2,300-2,700
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG)
3,400-3,800
3,400-3,800
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG)
2,800-3,100
2,800-3,100
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG)
2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG)
2,600-2,800
2,600-2,800
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG)
2,400-2,500
2,400-2,500
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG)
4,000-4,600
4,000-4,600
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG)
3,700-3,900
3,700-3,900
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG)
5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG)
4,700-5,000
4,700-5,000
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,500-14,000 9,500-14,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG)
5,000-7,500
5,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG)
6,200-6,500
6,200-6,500
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG)
5,700-6,000 5,700-6,000
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG)
2,000-2,200
2,000-2,100
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)
1,800-2,000 1,700-2,000
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 37.9 degree Celsius,
minimum temp. 22.8 degree Celsius
Rainfall : nil
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky.
Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 42 and 26
degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are
excluded from plant delivery prices, but
included in market prices)
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DA seeks doubling of budget in ’19
The Department of Agriculture is hoping to increase its loan funds by tenfold, improve its rice program and boost the country’s maritime presence in the Philippine Rise before the end of President Duterte’s term.
To do this, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol will work on securing a P130-billion budget for 2019—more than double the agency’s budget this year of P60 billion.
In an interview on Wednesday, the agriculture chief said the department had secured the endorsement of the National Agricultural and Fishery Council for the proposed budget to fund its three priority programs.
Firstly, the DA is set to implement a “major policy shift” starting this year by moving away from providing subsidies to farmers and fisherfolk and move to credit financing as repayment rates of local producers continue to improve.
“I’m asking P10 billion for easy access credit because we are slowly shifting from loans to financing as approved by the President,” he said.
For this year, the agency’s Agricultural Credit Policy Council was given an estimate of P1 billion. This is expected to increase by tenfold if the budget proposal will be approved.
Secondly, the DA will be allocating P13.76 billion for its rice program.
According to Piñol, a recent discussion with the International Rice Research Institute showed that out of the 39 million metric tons (MT) of rice in the world market, 5 percent or 15 million MT had already been allocated for China.
According to Piñol, a recent discussion with the International Rice Research Institute showed that out of the 39 million metric tons (MT) of rice in the world market, 5 percent or 15 million MT had already been allocated for China.
Pinol said the department was aiming for a 97-percent rice self-sufficiency rate to avoid supply glut.
Lastly, the DA will set aside P19.6 billion for fishery law enforcement. Piñol revealed that the National Security Council (NSC) has synchronized efforts among agencies to protect Philippine Rise, with DA leading the conservation of the country’s aquatic resources.
Under its budget proposal, DA is hoping to build four multimission vessels (MMVs) in addition to the two MMVs built last year. It will also be constructing a refrigerated food boat to ferry food commodities across the country, and helicopter patrols to monitor the country’s 24 fishing grounds.
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Eating oily fish and fresh legumes delays the onset of natural menopause by around 3 years, shows a new published analysis of data from the UK Women's Cohort Study (UKWCS).
Higher intake of vitamin B6 and zinc were also associated with modestly delayed menopause.
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Global Rice Husk Ash Market Analysis and Professional Research 2018-2023
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Crops in Central China's Rice Belt Soaked in Toxic Mercury
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Why you need to know
Fish is often seen as the main source of mercury in food, but the brain damaging pollutant can be absorbed just as easily through rice.
By Noelle Eckley Selin and Sae Yun Kwon
Mercury pollution is a problem usually associated with fish consumption. Pregnant women and children in many parts of the world are advised to eat fish low in mercury to protect against the adverse health impacts, including neurological damage, posed by a particularly toxic form of mercury – methylmercury.
But some people in China, the world’s largest mercury emitter, are exposed to more methylmercury from rice than they are from fish. In a recent study, we explored the extent of this problem and its possible future development.
We found that China’s future emissions trajectory has a measurable influence on methylmercury levels in rice across the country. This has important implications not only in China but across Asia, where coal use is increasing and rice is a staple food. It is also relevant as countries across the world implement the Minamata Convention, a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from mercury.
Why is mercury a problem in rice?
In the early 2000s, measurements of methylmercury in rice in China were taken in areas where mercury mining and other industrial activities led to high mercury levels in soil that was then taken up by rice plants. More recent research, however, has shown that methylmercury in rice is also elevated in other areas of China. This suggests that airborne mercury – emitted by sources such as coal-fired power plants and subsequently settling onto the land – might also be a factor.
To better understand the process of methylmercury accumulation in rice through deposition – that is, mercury originating from the air that rains out or settles to the land – we constructed a computer model to analyze the relative importance of soil and atmospheric sources on levels of methylmercury in rice. Then we projected how future methylmercury concentrations could change under different emissions scenarios.
Concentrations of methylmercury in rice are lower than those in fish, but, in central China, people eat much more rice than fish. Studies have calculated that residents in areas with mercury-contaminated soil consume more methylmercury than the U.S. EPA’s reference dose of 0.1 microgram methylmercury per kilogram of body weight per day, a level set to protect against adverse health outcomes such as decreased IQ.
Recent data suggest that other neurodevelopmental impacts from methylmercury might occur at levels below the reference dose. Few health studies, however, have examined impacts of methylmercury exposure to rice consumers specifically.
To identify the potential scope of the problem, we compared the areas in China where mercury deposition is expected to be high based on mercury models, with maps of rice production. We found that provinces with high mercury deposition also produce substantial amounts of rice.
Seven provinces in central China (Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Chongqing and Hubei) account for 48 percent of Chinese rice production and receive nearly double the atmospheric mercury deposition as the rest of China.
We calculated that mercury deposition could increase nearly 90 percent or decrease by 60 percent by 2050, depending on future policies and technologies.
Our modeling approach
To understand how mercury from the atmosphere might be incorporated into rice as methylmercury, we built a model to simulate mercury in rice paddies. Methylmercury is produced in the environment by biological activity – specifically by bacteria. Often, this occurs in flooded environments such as wetlands and sediments. Similarly, rice paddies are kept flooded during the growing season, and the nutrient-rich environment created by rice roots support both the bacterial growth and methylmercury production.
Mercury deposition could increase nearly 90 percent or decrease by 60 percent by 2050, depending on future policies and technologies.
Our rice paddy model simulates how mercury changes form, accumulates and converts to methylmercury in different parts of the ecosystem, including in the water, the soil and the rice plants.
In our model, mercury enters the standing flooded water via deposition and irrigation processes, and then moves among water, soil and plants. After initializing and calibrating the model, we ran it for the typical five-month duration from planting seedlings to rice harvest and compared our results to measurements of mercury in rice from China. We also conducted different simulations with varying atmospheric deposition and soil mercury concentrations.
Despite its simplicity, our model was able to reproduce how rice methylmercury concentrations vary across different Chinese provinces. Our model was able to accurately reflect how higher soil mercury concentrations led to higher concentrations in rice.
But the soil wasn’t the whole story. Mercury from water – which can come from the flooded water in rice paddies or the water held in the soil – can also influence concentrations in rice.
How much depends on the relative rates of different processes within soil and water. Under some conditions, a portion of the mercury in rice can come from the mercury in the atmosphere, once that mercury is deposited to the rice paddy. This suggested that changing emissions of mercury could potentially affect concentrations in rice.
Future emissions can influence rice
How will the rates of mercury in rice change in the future?
We examined a high emission scenario, which assumes no new policies to control mercury emissions by 2050, and a low emission scenario, where China uses less coal and coal-fired power plants have advanced mercury emission controls. Median Chinese rice methylmercury concentrations increased by 13 percent in the high scenario and decreased by 18 percent under the low scenario.
Regions where rice methylmercury declined the most under strict policy controls were in central China, where rice production is high and rice is an important source of methylmercury exposure.
Managing mercury concentrations in rice thus requires an integrated approach, addressing both deposition and soil and water contamination. Understanding local conditions is also important: Other environmental factors not captured by our model, such as soil acidity, can also influence methylmercury production and accumulation to rice.
Different rice production strategies can also help – for example, alternating wetting and drying cyclesin rice cultivation can reduce water consumption and methane emissions as well as rice methylmercury concentrations.
Our scenarios likely underestimate the potential health benefits of Minamata Convention controls in China, which is a party to the convention. We include in our scenarios only changes in air emissions from power generation, while the convention controls emissions from other sectors, bans mercury mining and addresses contaminated sites and land and water releases.
Reducing mercury could also be beneficial for other rice-producing countries, but at present, there are few data available outside China. However, our research suggests that the problem of mercury is not just a fish story – and that policy efforts can indeed make a difference.
Noelle Eckley Selin is an associate professor of Data, Systems and Society and Atmospheric Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Sae Yun Kwon is assistant professor at the division of environmental science and engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.
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Global Rice Wine Market 2018-2022
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LONDON, May 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- About Rice Wine
Rice wine is produced by yeast-induced fermentation of glutinous rice starch that has been converted to sugars. Popularly consumed in the Asian countries, the rice wine variants are rapidly gaining popularity in the wine markets around the world.
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• Zhangjiagang City Xiongzheng Wine
• Zhejiang Guyuelongshan Shaoxing Wine
• Zhejiang Jiashan Yellow Rice Wine
• Zhejiang Pagoda Brand Shaoxing Rice Wine
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• Health benefits of rice wine
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• Effects of climatic condition on wine production
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• Increasing popularity of rice wine among millennials
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Rice wine is produced by yeast-induced fermentation of glutinous rice starch that has been converted to sugars. Popularly consumed in the Asian countries, the rice wine variants are rapidly gaining popularity in the wine markets around the world.
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Technavio's analysts forecast the Global Rice Wine Market to grow at a CAGR of 2.04% during the period 2018-2022.
Covered in this report
The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the Global Rice Wine Market. To calculate the market size, the report considers the demand for rice wine variants.
The market is divided into the following segments based on geography:
• Americas
• APAC
• EMEA
Technavio's report, Global Rice Wine Market 2018-2022, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
Key vendors
• Kuaijishan Shaoxing Wine
• Zhangjiagang City Xiongzheng Wine
• Zhejiang Guyuelongshan Shaoxing Wine
• Zhejiang Jiashan Yellow Rice Wine
• Zhejiang Pagoda Brand Shaoxing Rice Wine
Market driver
• Health benefits of rice wine
• For a full, detailed list, view our report
Market challenge
• Effects of climatic condition on wine production
• For a full, detailed list, view our report
Market trend
• Increasing popularity of rice wine among millennials
• For a full, detailed list, view our report
Key questions answered in this report
• What will the market size be in 2022 and what will the growth rate be?
• What are the key market trends?
• What is driving this market?
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• Who are the key vendors in this market space?
• What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the key vendors?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the key vendors?
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Worldwide Fragrant and Long Grain Rice Market Research Report: Know Market Dynamics, Opportunities and Risks 2022
Fragrant and Long Grain Rice Market Report provides an analytical assessment of the prime challenges faced by this Market currently and in the coming years, which helps Market participants in understanding the problems they may face while operating in this Market over a longer period of time.
Various Fragrant and Long Grain Rice industry leading players are studied with respect to their company profile, product portfolio, capacity, price, cost and revenue.
The following firms are included in the Fragrant and Long Grain Rice Market report: REI Agro Ltd, KRBL Ltd, LT Foods Ltd, Kohinoor Foods Ltd, Lakshmi Group, Pari India, DUNAR, Amar Singh Chawalwala, Golden Foods, R.S.Mills, Tilda, Matco Rice
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Fragrant and Long Grain Rice Market by Product Type
Indian varieties
Pakistani varieties
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Fragrant and Long Grain Rice Market by Applications
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The production process is analysed with respect to various aspects like, manufacturing plant distribution, capacity, commercial production, R&D status, raw material source and technology source. This provides the basic information about the Fragrant and Long Grain Rice industry.
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- Production Analysis– Production of the Fragrant and Long Grain Rice is analysed with respect to different regions, types and applications. Here, price analysis of various Fragrant and Long Grain Rice Market key players is also covered.
- Sales and Revenue Analysis– Both, sales and revenue are studied for the different regions of the global Fragrant and Long Grain Rice Market. another major aspect, price, which plays important part in the revenue generation is also assessed in this section for the various regions.
- Supply and Consumption– In continuation with sales, this section studies supply and consumption for the Fragrant and Long Grain Rice Market. This part also sheds light on the gap between supple and consumption. Import and export figures are also given in this part.
- Other analyses– Apart from the above-mentioned information, trade and distribution analysis for the Fragrant and Long Grain Rice Market, contact information of major manufacturers, suppliers and key consumers is also given. Also, SWOT analysis for new projects and feasibility analysis for new investment are included.
In continuation with this data sale price is for various types, applications and region is also included. The Fragrant and Long Grain Rice Market for major regions is given. Additionally, type wise and application wise consumption figures are also given.
Regions covered in the Fragrant and Long Grain Rice Market report:
- North America
- China
- Europe
- Southeast Asia
- Japan
- India
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With a purpose of enlightening new entrants about the possibilities in this market, this report investigates new project feasibility. A thorough SWOT analysis & investment analysis is provided in the report which forecasts imminent opportunities for the Fragrant and Long Grain Rice Industry market players.https://thetechnicalprogress.com/2018/05/worldwide-fragrant-and-long-grain-rice-market-research-report-know-market-dynamics-opportunities-and-risks-2022/
IRRI partners with Korea on improving rice sector
03.05.2018
IRRI is working closely with the government of South Korea through its Rural Development Administration (RDA) in advancing rice research to help more rice-growing countries.
The IRRI-RDA collaboration goal is to maximize research opportunities and go beyond challenges to create a strong impact in helping resource-poor farmers. IRRI works with RDA in the delivery of tailored solutions to the country’s local needs.
“Our 50-year partnership with the Republic of Korea has led to the development of premium quality varieties — Gopumbyeo and Unkwangbyeo — as well as high-quality and high-yielding temperate japonica rice varieties that also benefit the Philippines,” said Arvind Kumar, senior scientist with the IRRI. “It has also launched the Rice Technology Transfer System Workshops, which has benefited around 130 practitioners from over 17 countries in Asia.”
In the 1960s, the government of the Republic of Korea through RDA started working with the IRRI to improve rice production and build the country’s national capacity. This partnership brought the Green Revolution to South Korea and helped transform the country from a rice importer to a self-sufficient producer and exporter of rice.
“Through our partnership with IRRI, Korea has revolutionized rice production and RDA came to have world-class rice breeding technology,” said Jeom-Ho Lee, director of the RDA. “We hope that through this meeting, we will be able to evaluate our current projects and plan future initiatives on delivering impactful rice research, which is crucial for both organizations.”
South Korea supported more than 50 research projects with IRRI and is looking forward to more research collaborations. In 2010, RDA committed $2.09 million for cooperation, training, and support to INGER and other ongoing projects. Among the priority areas of research in the new agreement are the development of abiotic stresses and disease tolerance in temperate japonica, and the development of rice cultivars with tolerance to high temperature.
RDA officials led by Lee met with IRRI scientists to evaluate current projects and other opportunities for collaboration last April 25 at IRRI headquarters.
The IRRI-RDA collaboration goal is to maximize research opportunities and go beyond challenges to create a strong impact in helping resource-poor farmers. IRRI works with RDA in the delivery of tailored solutions to the country’s local needs.
“Our 50-year partnership with the Republic of Korea has led to the development of premium quality varieties — Gopumbyeo and Unkwangbyeo — as well as high-quality and high-yielding temperate japonica rice varieties that also benefit the Philippines,” said Arvind Kumar, senior scientist with the IRRI. “It has also launched the Rice Technology Transfer System Workshops, which has benefited around 130 practitioners from over 17 countries in Asia.”
In the 1960s, the government of the Republic of Korea through RDA started working with the IRRI to improve rice production and build the country’s national capacity. This partnership brought the Green Revolution to South Korea and helped transform the country from a rice importer to a self-sufficient producer and exporter of rice.
“Through our partnership with IRRI, Korea has revolutionized rice production and RDA came to have world-class rice breeding technology,” said Jeom-Ho Lee, director of the RDA. “We hope that through this meeting, we will be able to evaluate our current projects and plan future initiatives on delivering impactful rice research, which is crucial for both organizations.”
South Korea supported more than 50 research projects with IRRI and is looking forward to more research collaborations. In 2010, RDA committed $2.09 million for cooperation, training, and support to INGER and other ongoing projects. Among the priority areas of research in the new agreement are the development of abiotic stresses and disease tolerance in temperate japonica, and the development of rice cultivars with tolerance to high temperature.
RDA officials led by Lee met with IRRI scientists to evaluate current projects and other opportunities for collaboration last April 25 at IRRI headquarters.
http://www.blackseagrain.net/novosti/irri-partners-with-korea-on-improving-rice-sector
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Another problem with China’s coal: Mercury in rice
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Noelle Eckley Selin receives funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The research described in this article was supported by the MIT Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Laboratory (J-WAFS) and the MIT Leading Technology and Policy Initiative.
Sae Yun Kwon receives funding from the MIT Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Laboratory (J-WAFS) and the MIT Leading Technology and Policy Initiative.
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Mercury pollution is a problem usually associated with fish consumption. Pregnant women and children in many parts of the world are advised to eat fish low in mercury to protect against the adverse health impacts, including neurological damages, posed by a particularly toxic form of mercury, methylmercury.
But some people in China, the world’s largest mercury emitter, are exposed to more methylmercury from rice than they are from fish. In a recent study, we explored the extent of this problem and which direction it could go in the future.
We found that China’s future emissions trajectory can have a measurable influence on the country’s rice methylmercury. This has important implications not only in China but across Asia, where coal use is increasing and rice is a staple food. It is also relevant as countries across the world implement the Minamata Convention, a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from mercury.
Why is mercury a problem in rice?
Measurements of methylmercury in rice in China from the early 2000s were in areas where mercury mining and other industrial activities led to high mercury levels in soil that was then taken up by rice plants. More recent research, however, has shown that methylmercury in rice is also elevated in other areas of China. This suggests that airborne mercury – emitted by sources such as coal-fired power plants and subsequently settling onto the land – might also be a factor.
To better understand the process of methylmercury accumulation in rice through deposition – that is, mercury originating from the air that rains out or settles to the land – we constructed a computer model to analyze the relative importance of soil and atmospheric sources of rice methylmercury. Then we projected how future methylmercury concentrations could change under different emissions scenarios.
Concentrations of methylmercury in rice are lower than those in fish, but, in central China, people eat much more rice than fish. Studies have calculated that residents in areas with mercury-contaminated soil consume more methylmercury than the U.S. EPA’s reference dose of 0.1 microgram methylmercury per kilogram of body weight per day, a level set to protect against adverse health outcomes such as decreased IQ. Recent data suggest that other neurodevelopmental impacts from methylmercury might occur at levels below the reference dose. Few health studies, however, have examined impacts of methylmercury exposure to rice consumers specifically.
To identify the potential scope of the problem, we compared the areas in China where mercury deposition is expected to be high based on mercury models, with maps of rice production. We found that provinces with high mercury deposition also produce substantial amounts of rice. Seven provinces in central China (Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Chongqing and Hubei) account for 48 percent of Chinese rice production and receive nearly double the atmospheric mercury deposition as the rest of China.
We calculated that mercury deposition could increase nearly 90 percent or decrease by 60 percent by 2050, depending on future policies and technologies.
Our modeling approach
To understand how mercury from the atmosphere might be incorporated into rice as methylmercury, we built a model to simulate mercury in rice paddies. Methylmercury is produced in the environment by biological activity – specifically, by bacteria. Often, this occurs in flooded environments such as wetlands and sediments. Similarly, rice paddies are kept flooded during the growing season, and the nutrient-rich environment created by rice roots support both the bacterial growth and methylmercury production.
Our rice paddy model simulates how mercury changes form, accumulates and converts to methylmercury in different parts of the ecosystem, including in the water, the soil and the rice plants.
In our model, mercury enters the standing flooded water via deposition and irrigation processes, and then moves among water, soil and plants. After initializing and calibrating the model, we ran it for the typical five-month duration from planting seedlings to rice harvest and compared our results to measurements of mercury in rice from China. We also conducted different simulations with varying atmospheric deposition and soil mercury concentrations.
Despite its simplicity, our model was able to reproduce how rice methylmercury concentrations vary across different Chinese provinces. Our model was able to accurately reflect how higher soil mercury concentrations led to higher concentrations in rice.
But the soil wasn’t the whole story. Mercury from water – which can come from the flooded water in rice paddies or the water held in the soil – can also influence concentrations in rice. How much depends on the relative rates of different processes within soil and water. Under some conditions, a portion of the mercury in rice can come from the mercury in the atmosphere, once that mercury is deposited to the rice paddy. This suggested that changing emissions of mercury could potentially affect concentrations in rice.
Future emissions can influence rice
How will the rates of mercury in rice change in the future?
We examined a high emission scenario, which assumes no new policies to control mercury emissions by 2050, and a low emission scenario, where China uses less coal and coal-fired power plants have advanced mercury emission controls. Median Chinese rice methylmercury concentrations increased by 13 percent in the high scenario and decreased by 18 percent under the low scenario. Regions where rice methylmercury declined the most under strict policy controls were in central China, where rice production is high and rice is an important source of methylmercury exposure.
Managing mercury concentrations in rice thus requires an integrated approach, addressing both deposition and soil and water contamination. Understanding local conditions is also important: Other environmental factors not captured by our model, such as soil acidity, can also influence methylmercury production and accumulation to rice.
Different rice production strategies can also help – for example, alternating wetting and drying cycles in rice cultivation can reduce water consumption and methane emissions as well as rice methylmercury concentrations.
Our scenarios likely underestimate the potential health benefits of Minamata Convention controls in China, which is a party to the Convention. We include in our scenarios only changes in air emissions from power generation, while the Convention controls emissions from other sectors, bans mercury mining and addresses contaminated sites and land and water releases.
Reducing mercury could also be beneficial for other rice-producing countries, but at present, there are few data available outside China. However, our research suggests that the problem of mercury is not just a fish story – and that policy efforts can indeed make a difference.https://theconversation.com/another-problem-with-chinas-coal-mercury-in-rice-92974
Oily Fish and Beans Delay Menopause, Rice and Pasta Hasten It
Eating oily fish and fresh legumes delays the onset of natural menopause by around 3 years, shows a new published analysis of data from the UK Women's Cohort Study (UKWCS).
Higher intake of vitamin B6 and zinc were also associated with modestly delayed menopause.
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