PHL rice stocks fall to 5-month low
March 11, 2018
Philippine rice inventory as of February 1 fell to its lowest in
five months due mainly to the depletion of the National Food Authority’s (NFA)
stockpile, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics
Authority (PSA).
Data from the PSA showed that the country’s rice stocks declined
by nearly 22 percent to 1.795 million metric tons (MMT), from 2.296 MMT
recorded in February 2017.
The rice inventory during the period was the lowest since
September 2017, when it reached 1.422 MMT, PSA data showed. The PSA said the
total rice inventory as of February 1 was sufficient for 53 days.
The NFA’s rice stockpile as of February 1 plunged to its lowest
level in two decades. It also declined by 86.8 percent to 61,400 MT, from the
previous year’s 465,260 MT. Data from the PSA showed that nearly 89 percent of
the food agency’s buffer stock was comprised of imported rice.
“Year-on-year, rice stocks inventory level dropped in the
households, commercial warehouses and NFA depositories by 5 percent, 5.74
percent and 86.8 percent, respectively,” the PSA said in its monthly report
titled, “Rice and Corn Stocks Inventory,” published recently.
“With reference to the previous month’s rice stocks inventory
level, a decrease of 17.93 percent was observed in the households, 24.58
percent in commercial warehouses and 42.54 percent in NFA depositories,” it
added.
Of the total rice inventory as of February 1, about 60.58
percent were from households, 36 percent were held by commercial warehouses and
3.42 percent were in NFA depositories, according to the PSA.
The total volume of rice held by households during the period
reached 1.087 MMT, while those in the commercial warehouses amounted to 646,560
MT.
The government periodically monitors rice inventory to determine
whether it would need to import the staple to boost local stocks.
During the period, PSA data also showed that total corn-stock
inventory stood at 410,300 MT, 6.65 percent lower than the last year’s record
of 439,570 MT.
The corn-stock inventory as of February 1 declined by more than
half from the 951,600 MT recorded in January.
The PSA said the bulk of corn-stock inventory in February, or
81.84 percent, was in commercial warehouses, while households accounted for
18.06 percent. NFA depositories accounted for a mere 0.10 percent.
Corn stocks in commercial warehouses amounted to 335,820 MT,
74,120 MT in households and 390 MT in NFA warehouses.
“Corn stocks both in the households and NFA depositories
decreased in comparison to their levels in the previous year. Stocks dropped by
51.27 percent in the households and 83.56 percent in NFA depositories. However,
an increase of 17.79 percent was recorded in commercial warehouses,” the report
read.
“Compared with the previous month, corn-stocks inventory level
in all sectors decreased. Stocks dropped by 1.16 percent in the households,
61.67 percent in commercial warehouses and 9.07 percent in NFA depositories,”
it added.
The PSA sources its data for the rice inventory held by
household from its monthly Palay and Corn Stocks Survey, which covers farming
and nonfarming households nationwide. The survey, which is done in the
first four days of the month, covers all provinces except Batanes.
Meanwhile, the data on commercial stocks are sourced from
registered grains businessmen through the Commercial Stocks Survey, conducted
by the NFA, the results of which are submitted to PSA. NFA stocks are monitored
from their warehouses/depositories, according to the PSA.
‘Aggressive palay buying’
To beef up its stockpile, the NFA said over the weekend that it
is ready to compete with private traders for local palay during the summer crop
harvest from March to May.
NFA Administrator Jason Aquino said in a statement that the food
agency will focus all its logistics, funds and personnel on aggressive palay
buying as harvest starts to peak in some areas.
As early as January, palay procurement funds had already been
remitted to areas expected to start harvesting earlier than the others. These
include Iloilo, Aklan, Bukidnon, La Union, Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, Batangas,
San Jose and Mamburao in Mindoro Occidental, Sultan Kudarat, and other areas in
Mindanao.
The agency attached to the Office of the President said it plans
to deploy mobile procurement teams in far-flung areas to buy paddy directly
from farmers. They are instructed to buy even freshly harvested or wet palay
based on the respective drying capacities of each NFA provincial and regional
office.
Almost all NFA provincial offices and half of its buying
stations across the country have mechanical driers and solar drying facilities.
All NFA buying stations will also be opened and utilized during
the whole harvest period. Procurement personnel shall be required to render
overtime work if necessary, Aquino said.
“Historically when harvest peaks, ex-farm prices go down, though
minimal, during the summer crop because this is the season when farmers produce
better quality palay than during the wet crop so traders also buy
aggressively,” Aquino said.
“Farm-gate prices may go down as rice from the private sector’s
minimum access volume imports start to be released in the market. When that
happens, the NFA shall seize the opportunity to also aggressively buy local
harvest,” he added.
Aquino said the NFA has made it easier for famers to sell their
palay to the agency by simplifying its procedures and payment scheme. In less
risky areas, NFA will pay palay deliveries in cash on the same day.
NFA buys palay at P17 per kilogram (kg) clean and dry with an
additional P0.20 per kg drying incentive and P0.20-P0.50 per kilogram
delivery incentive. For farmer organizations an additional P0.30 per
kilogram is given as cooperative development incentive fee. Effectively,
the NFA said its palay buying price ranges from P17.70 per kg to P18.00 per kg.
During year-round Ugnayan meetings with farmers and local
government officials, NFA reminds them that in selling palay to NFA, an individual
farmer only needs to secure a passbook to prove that he is a legitimate farmer.
The passbook is given free of charge.
Also, the NFA said a farmer needs to submit an information sheet
with identification picture, and certification from the barangay captain,
municipal agriculturist, municipal agrarian officer or national irrigation
administration where his farm is located. For farmer organizations, a master
passbook must be secured by submitting their certificate of registration,
assembly resolution and master list of members.
But even without a passbook, a farmer can still sell his produce
to the NFA up to 200 bags for the first time. Farmers may also deliver more
than their marketable surplus provided there is a certification on the volume
of their harvest from the municipal agriculture officer.
For 2018, NFA targets to buy 6 million bags of palay, equivalent
to 300,000 MT, to boost the government’s buffer stock and rice distribution
requirements.
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White rice is associated with
diabetes
Mar 11, 2018 10:29 am
Large consumption of white rice increases the risk of developing
type 2 diabetes, according to a new American survey. The findings confirm that
paddy brown rice is healthier and reduces the risk of diabetes. Replacement of
white rice, which increases blood sugar, brown rice and other whole grains may
reduce the likelihood of diabetes by one-third.
People who eat at least five servings of white rice a week are
17% more likely to develop diabetes than those who eat less than one serving
per month (each portion is estimated to be 150 grams). On the other hand, those
who eat two or more servings of brown rice a week have an 11% lower risk of
developing type 2 diabetes than those who eat less than one serving a month.
The study, which examined 22-year-old data from 197,000 adults,
was conducted by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and
published in the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine, according to
Reuters and French BBC.
According to the researchers, replacing the consumption of white
rice and other processed cereals with whole grains and brown rice helps reduce
the risk of diabetes. Even replacing on a daily basis only one-third of rice
(about 50 grams) of a typical white portion of white with the same amount of
brown rice may reduce the risk of diabetes by 16%. Replacing white rice with
other full grains can reduce the risk of diabetes by 36%
Three new varieties of rice to
boost Bengal's paddy production
Team MP |
11 March 2018 11:53 PM Kolkata: Scientists of the state Agriculture
department have discovered three new varieties of rice, which will ensure
further increase in paddy production in Bengal. The scientists of the
department, who are posted in its different research institutes, had been
working for a period of time on it. The three new varieties of rice that the
people of Bengal are going to get soon in the market are Bhupesh, Rajdip and
Dhruba. The production of these varieties has already been started in some
places, following necessary tests by the department's scientists. Asish
Banerjee, the state Agriculture minister, said: "All the three varieties
of rice will ensure further increase in paddy production in the state.
" The state Agriculture department has
chalked out an elaborate plan to ensure that all the three varieties are
produced in the entire state. The varieties of aromatic flavor will further
increase demand of rice from Bengal. This comes at the time when the Food
Corporation of India (FCI) has written to the state Food and Supplies
department to supply rice for distribution in three states – Tamil Nadu, Kerala
and Jharkhand. According to experts, the demand was made as Bengal is the
highest producer of rice in the country and several varieties of rice are
cultivated here. Moreover, production has increased in the past few years, with
several steps being taken by the Mamata Banerjee government. Besides organising
training programmes for farmers, tools required for agriculture were also
distributed among them. The new varieties of rice will be cultivated across the
state and the production will increase manifold, which will be beneficial for
the farmers. At the same time, a new variety of jute has also been discovered
by scientists of the state Agriculture department. The name of the new variety
of jute is ARO 4 and cultivating this variety of the crop will help farmers
make some profit as its production is comparatively lesser. It may be recalled
that the state Agriculture department has also taken a major step to utilise
its land, which remained unused for the most part of a year and sought
suggestions of scientists who are working in the field of agriculture.
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Pakistan rice exports register 27% growth
This year, Pakistan exported total 2.59
million metric tons of rice amounting to US$ 1.224 billion.
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Rice exports
from Pakistan have seen sizeable growth of overall 27% at the end of February,
2018. This statement was given by Mr. Rafique Suleman, Senior Vice Chairman
Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan, while talking with news reporters.
He shared the figures of rice exports
during the period of July to February 2018. He said that at the end of February
2018, rice exports for fiscal year 2017-18 (July to Feb 2018) a significant
growth has been observed as compared to last fiscal year 2016-17 (July to Feb
2017).
He said that this year we exported
total 2.59 million metric tons of rice amounting to US$ 1.224 billion, whereas
last fiscal year in the same period we had exported 2.27 Million Metric Tons of
rice amounting to US$.961 Million, which shows over all a significant growth of
27% in terms values and 14% in terms of quantity.
He expressed his pleasure to inform
the media persons that by the grace of Almighty Allah, we have come out of the
crisis which we have been observing since last three years. Further with the
coordination of REAP Office Bearers with Trade Development Authority of
Pakistan and Customs, value of rice export trade is showing improvement which
is a good sign for our country. Further, REAP members are putting their
untiring efforts and aggressive marketing to increase the rice exports and to
earn valueable foreign exchange for our beloved country Pakistan.
He informed that last month REAP had
organized International Buyers Recognition Awards in Dubai and as a result we
are observing that rice exports to UAE showing good growth. In 8 months of
current fiscal year, we have exported more than 100,000 Metric tons of rice
amounting to US$ 67 Million. Kenya is the largest buyer of Pakistani Non Basmati
rice and during eight months of this fiscal year (July to Feb 2018) we have
exported 323,000 Metric Tons of rice amounting to US$ 118 Million. He also said
that China is the 2nd largest destination for Pakistani Non Basmati rice. As at
the end of February 2018, we have exported 233,000 Metric tons of rice valueing
US$ 83 Million. He expressed his gratitude to authorities of Ministry of
Commerce, Government of Pakistan for obtaining more benefits for Pakistani rice
in the recent negotiations during 2nd round of Pakistan China Free Trade
Agreement which will result into substantial growth in rice exports to China.
He briefed that right now
international demand for rice has been increased around the globe. He was happy
to inform that this year we had a very good crop in terms of quality and
quantity. Further, prices of Pakistani rice are comparatively cheaper than our
competitors, Thailand, Vietnam etc. which is also in our favour.
He added that Pakistani rice
exporters are putting their extra ordinary efforts for fetching valueable
foreign exchange for the growth of economy of our beloved country and making
huge investment for installing world’s latest rice machinery and most modern
technology for value addition in rice.
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Progress to more salt
resistant rice
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10, 2018
Four types of rice registered an estimated output of between 6.5
to 9.3 tonnes per hectare, at Qingdao saline-alkali tolerant rice
research and development center.
China
improve its resilience to climate change, seawater rice could help bring 200,000
square kilometers of land with salty, alkaline soil into production, according
to Chinese media site Xinhua. Even cultivating an additional 670 square
kilometers of formerly unproductive land with seawater rice could provide an
extra 30 billion kilograms of rice a year – enough to feed 80 million people.
In 2013,
13% of China’s grain was imported, according to Qian Keming, chief economist of
China’s Ministry of Agriculture. This is expected to rise to 15% in 2020.
The water
used to irrigate Yuan’s seawater rice trials had salt content of 0.6%. On
average, the salinity of seawater is between 2-3.5% in coastal waters.
Yuan’s
most recent trial batch is selling well at 54 yuan a kg (US$8) – eight times
the cost of normal rice. South China Morning Post reports that there had been
almost 1000 orders for seawater rice on the online retail platform Tmall.com.
They hope to sell rice worth 10 million yuan (US$1.5 million) in 2017.
Salt from
coastal flooding and tides has left just a fraction of China’s total land open
to freshwater rice farming, and in Dongying, a region on China’s eastern coast,
40 percent of land has a salt concentration higher than 0.5 percent, according
to the World Bank. Experts expect the rising waters from global climate change
to exacerbate this problem.
For his
research, Longping planted 200 different saltwater-tolerant rice strains at the
Qindao Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center on the
Yellow Sea. According to China’s Xinhua News Agency, his efforts yielded 8,030
pounds of rice per acre. For comparison, most commercial U.S. growers harvest
between 7,200-7,600 pounds per acre annually.
Though
promising, Longping’s experiment did not mimic the actual conditions in China,
instead using water with a much lower salt concentration than could be found in
nature.
Longping’s
rice could also free up freshwater lands that are currently reserved for rice
to grow other foods. More affluent Chinese citizens are demanding more meatand
less grain-based food, but meeting that need has proven increasingly difficult
given the amount of freshwater land reserved for rice cultivation.
Trade deficit expands despite
export growth: High import dependency persistent weakness
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Despite an impressive export
growth last year, the trade deficit of US$9.6 billion was the country’s highest
trade deficit. Although exports reached a record high of US$11.4 billion,
imports increased to US$21 billion. The high propensity to import has been the
underlying cause for large trade deficits.
Imports exceeding exports has been a regular feature of the country’s trade balance. In the 67 years since 1950 there were only 5 years of a trade surplus. The last trade surplus was as far back as forty years ago in 1977, when a small trade surplus was achieved with stringent import and exchange controls. This reveals the endemic import dependency of the Sri Lankan economy.
Balance of payments surpluses
Nevertheless, the balance of payments has been in surplus in many more years owing to earnings from services, remittances and capital inflows. In recent years the significant growth in workers’ remittances have offset as much as about 70 percent of the trade deficit. This important source of funds has decreased last year by 1.1 percent mainly due to political upheavals and security conditions in some Middle Eastern countries.
Nevertheless, the balance of payments has been in surplus in many more years owing to earnings from services, remittances and capital inflows. In recent years the significant growth in workers’ remittances have offset as much as about 70 percent of the trade deficit. This important source of funds has decreased last year by 1.1 percent mainly due to political upheavals and security conditions in some Middle Eastern countries.
Despite
this setback, remittances of US$7.2 billion and tourist earnings of US$3.6
billion offset the trade deficit of US$9.6 billion and the balance of payments
recorded a surplus of US$2 billion last year.
Trade performance in 2017
In 2017 exports expanded by 10.2 percent to reach a new high of US$11.4 billion. However the trade deficit expanded to a massive US$9.6 billion owing to imports increasing to US$21 billion. Consequently, the trade deficit increased from US$8.4 billion in 2016 to US$9.4 billion in 2017.
In 2017 exports expanded by 10.2 percent to reach a new high of US$11.4 billion. However the trade deficit expanded to a massive US$9.6 billion owing to imports increasing to US$21 billion. Consequently, the trade deficit increased from US$8.4 billion in 2016 to US$9.4 billion in 2017.
Sri Lanka’s import dependency is in all three categories of imports: consumer goods, intermediate goods and capital goods. In recent years capital goods imports have been significant owing to huge infrastructure projects that require machinery, transport equipment and other capital goods. Such projects have also increased imports of intermediate goods like cement, fuel and steel. However in 2017, capital goods imports declined slightly from US$4.5 billion to 4.3 billion.
Of the
total imports of US$21 billion, capital goods imports accounted for US$4.9
billion, intermediate goods for US$11.4 billion and consumer goods imports for
US$4.2 billion. Therefore the largest component of imports is intermediate
imports that constituted over half (54.3 percent) of imports in 2017. These
include essential items such as fuel imports that increased by 39 percent last
year. Other essential imports include textiles, fertiliser, chemicals and iron.
These
are all essential items and there is very little possibility of cutting down
such imports. In fact most exports have a high import content. Import
expenditure on these items are dependent on international prices and fuel
prices are especially significant. In 2017 there was both an increase in the
amount of oil imports and an increase in prices.
Food
Despite near self-sufficiency in rice in normal years, food imports are significant. Last year’s food imports were high owing to a shortfall in food crops, especially rice, owing to a prolonged drought. Food imports amounted to US$1.8 billion last year. This excludes the major item of wheat that is classified as an intermediate good as it is processed to flour locally. Wheat imports increased by 43 percent last year, but constituted only a small proportion of total imports at a cost of only US$356 million.
Despite near self-sufficiency in rice in normal years, food imports are significant. Last year’s food imports were high owing to a shortfall in food crops, especially rice, owing to a prolonged drought. Food imports amounted to US$1.8 billion last year. This excludes the major item of wheat that is classified as an intermediate good as it is processed to flour locally. Wheat imports increased by 43 percent last year, but constituted only a small proportion of total imports at a cost of only US$356 million.
Therefore
total food imports cost U$2.5 billion or 11.5 percent of total imports. Food
imports include many basic and essential items such as wheat, sugar, milk, dhal
and basic foods. In brief, import expenditure in 2017 was the highest ever at
US$21 billion. This large increase was owing to higher imports of fuel and rice
and wheat mainly owing to the prolonged drought. In addition, expenditure on
gold also increased significantly during the year. However, import expenditure
on machinery and equipment, sugar, spices and fertiliser declined during the
year.
Policy implications
The reduction of the trade deficit is of fundamental importance in improving the balance of payments and strengthening foreign reserves. Unfortunately there was a deterioration in the trade performance last year owing to higher imports of food, fuel and essential intermediate goods. It is therefore vital that non-essential imports are contained.
The reduction of the trade deficit is of fundamental importance in improving the balance of payments and strengthening foreign reserves. Unfortunately there was a deterioration in the trade performance last year owing to higher imports of food, fuel and essential intermediate goods. It is therefore vital that non-essential imports are contained.
Fiscal
and monetary policies should be designed to reduce imports. However some of the
budgetary proposals are likely to increase imports, while fuel costs may rise
owing to international prices increasing. Already electric car imports have
increased. Rice and wheat imports are likely to decrease in the second half of
this year owing to better harvests. Vigilance on other imports such as motor
vehicles is vital to achieve a lesser trade deficit in 2018.
BOP surplus vital
In view of the very large foreign debt repayments in 2019 and beyond, it is vital for the country’s balance of payments to generate a significant surplus. The key to an improvement in the trade balance is much higher export earnings and enhanced earnings from services. The setback in tourism must be corrected and much higher earrings must be from IT services. Fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policies must be geared to increasing exports and restraining imports.
In view of the very large foreign debt repayments in 2019 and beyond, it is vital for the country’s balance of payments to generate a significant surplus. The key to an improvement in the trade balance is much higher export earnings and enhanced earnings from services. The setback in tourism must be corrected and much higher earrings must be from IT services. Fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policies must be geared to increasing exports and restraining imports.
In the
context of the increasing trade deficit, where export growth was nullified by
higher import growth, there has to be a concerted set of policies that would
restrain non-essential imports. Fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policies should
be geared to restrain imports. There does not seem to be an adequate policy
thrust to restrain aggregate demand. There is a need to change the policy
stance on interest rates to restrain aggregate demand.
Concluding reflections
All things considered, Sri Lanka’s prospects lie in enhancing exports significantly. Some commentators have pointed out quite rightly that our exports have a high import content and that tourist earnings and remittances too increase imports. This being so there is a need to expand exports exponentially to ensure a trade surplus. The scope for reduced import expenditure is limited owing to the essential nature of most imports.
All things considered, Sri Lanka’s prospects lie in enhancing exports significantly. Some commentators have pointed out quite rightly that our exports have a high import content and that tourist earnings and remittances too increase imports. This being so there is a need to expand exports exponentially to ensure a trade surplus. The scope for reduced import expenditure is limited owing to the essential nature of most imports.
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bangalore and US researchers develop new 2-D flat material gallenene
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Indian Institute of Science and US researchers have developed a method to
make atomically flat gallium that shows promise for nanoscale
electronics.
Extracted into a
two-dimensional form, the novel material appears to have an affinity for
binding with semiconductors like silicon and could make an efficient metal
contact in two-dimensional electronic devices, the researchers said.
The new material
was introduced in Science Advances.
Gallium is a
metal with a low melting point; unlike graphene and many other 2-D
structures, it cannot yet be grown with vapour phase deposition methods.
Moreover, gallium also has a tendency to oxidise quickly. And, while early
samples of graphene were removed from graphite with adhesive tape, the bonds
between gallium layers are too strong for such a simple approach.
So Atanu
Samanta, a student at the Indian Institute of Science, and the the Rice
team led by co-authors Vidya Kochat, a former postdoctoral researcher at
Rice, used heat instead of force.
Rather than a
bottom-up approach, the researchers worked their way down from bulk gallium
by heating it to 29.7 degrees Celsius (about 85 degrees Fahrenheit), just
below the element's melting point. That was enough to drip gallium onto a
glass slide. As a drop cooled just a bit, the researchers pressed a flat
piece of silicon dioxide on top to lift just a few flat layers of gallenene.
They
successfully exfoliated gallenene onto other substrates, including gallium
nitride, gallium arsenide, silicone and nickel. That allowed them to confirm
that particular gallenene-substrate combinations have different electronic
properties and to suggest that these properties can be tuned for
applications.
"The
current work utilises the weak interfaces of solids and liquids to separate
thin 2-D sheets of gallium," said Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, principal
investigator on the project he completed at Rice before becoming an assistant
professor at the Indian Institute of Technology in Gandhinagar, India.
"The same method can be explored for other metals and compounds with low
melting points."
Gallenene's
plasmonic and other properties are being investigated, according to Ajayan.
"Near 2-D metals are difficult to extract, since these are mostly
high-strength, nonlayered structures, so gallenene is an exception that could
bridge the need for metals in the 2-D world," he said.
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BREEDING
BUGS TO FEED THE SALMON AROUND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - Scientists at UC Davis have come up with a new way to
save the salmon population in Northern California.
Posted: Mar. 9, 2018 4:39 PM
Updated: Mar. 9, 2018 4:39 PM
Posted By: Jafet Serrato
NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA - Scientists at UC Davis have come up with a new way to save
the salmon population in Northern California.
The
fish are often cut off from their traditional food source of bugs, which are
mostly in the rice fields.
Researchers
want local farmers to harvest "water fleas" in rice fields, this
mimics floodplains where salmon traditionally went to get their "fish
food.”
The
bugs reproduce by the millions and the fish food then flows into the river,
where salmon can feed.
Scientists
say that so far, the results have been impressive.
“They're
robust, they're strong, they have shoulders and a belly, they've packed their
lunch, they're ready for that long journey to the ocean and they have a much
better likelihood of surviving,” said Jacob Kratz.
Thus
far, a handful of farmers have opened up their rice fields to grow bugs.
The
goal is to have the movement spread throughout the state
Parched in State’s
rice bowl
PALAKKAD, MARCH 10, 2018 22:21 IST
Palakkad hots up like never before posing threat of water scarcity
If there is anything that has put people
in Palakkad into a tizzy these days, it is the blistering heat, which shows no
sign of abating any time soon. With the mercury soaring above 40 degrees
Celsius in the first fortnight of March itself, the entire district is now
inching towards a blazing summer with extreme scarcity of drinking water and
frequent outbreak of epidemics.
With the much awaited summer showers
nowhere in sight, areas such as eastern Attappady and Chittur have started
wilting under the blistering heat. Drinking water has already turned into a
precious commodity even in urban areas like Ottappalam, Pattambi and Thrithala.
The highest temperature is now being
recorded in Malampuzha, Mundur and Pattambi where people prefer to keep
themselves indoors to avoid sunstroke.
Flouride content in water
While eastern Attappady depends heavily
on water-carrying tanker lorries, the water situation remains extremely
precarious in Eruthempathy, Kozhinjampra and Vadakarapathy grama panchayats of
Chittur taluk, where groundwater remains inconsumable due to high fluoride
content. The poor allocation of Kerala’s share from the Aliyar reservoir under
the inter-State Parambikulam-Aliyar Project (PAP) has affected the drinking
water supply projects in the three panchayats adversely. The arid regions
located close to Pollachi in Tamil Nadu have also been hit by water shortage.
As far as people in the tribal regions
of Attappady are concerned, the drinking water situation is showing a little
improvement with the construction of make shift check-dams in the Siruvani
river using sand bags, ignoring stiff opposition from Tamil Nadu.
Millers condemn Revanth’s allegations on
Etela
Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, District Rice
Millers Association president Bachu Bhaskar termed the allegation as false and
said the State government had taken the decision as about 3,000 millers staged
a dharna at Indira Park on November 12, 2015.
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Karimnagar: Karimnagar
Rice Millers Association condemned Congress leader A Revanth Reddy’s allegation
that Finance and Civil Supplies Minister Etela Rajender enhanced custom milling
charges by accepting a bribe from rice millers.
Speaking to reporters here on
Saturday, District Rice Millers Association president Bachu Bhaskar termed the
allegation as false and said the State government had taken the decision as
about 3,000 millers staged a dharna at Indira Park on November 12, 2015.
All political parties, including
TPCC president Uttam Kumar Reddy, was also extended support for their protest.
Realising their demand, the government had taken the decision.
Reacting to another allegation
that rice millers were supplying rice to the Civil Supplies Corporation by
polishing normal rice into fine rice, he said that there was no such machine in
the world to convert normal rice into fine variety ones.
There was no truth in the
allegation that Laxman, who was booked under PD Act for illegally transporting
rice, was the follower of the Finance Minister. Laxman belongs to Jagityal. The
opposition was not interested in continue rice mills in the State, he opined.
Rice
exports up 14 percent in eight months
KARACHI: Rice exports from
Pakistan have seen sizeable growth of 14 percent in quantity and 27 percent in
value during the eight months of the current fiscal year; July 2017-February
2018, Rafique Suleman, senior vice chairman, Rice Exporters Association of
Pakistan (REAP) said on Friday.
Sharing
the figures, Suleman said this year they exported 2.59 million tons amounting
to $1.224 billion, whereas last fiscal year in the same period 2.27 million
tons amounting to $.961 million were exported, which shows a growth of 27
percent in value terms and 14 percent in terms of quantity.
He said
they had come out of the crisis, which was observed in the last three years.
Due to
the coordination of REAP office bearers with Trade Development Authority of
Pakistan and Customs, he said, value of rice export trade was showing
improvement which was a good sign for the country.
The
senior vice chairman said last month REAP had organised International Buyers
Recognition Awards in Dubai, and as a result they observed that rice exports to
UAE showed good growth. In eight months of the current fiscal year, more than
100,000 tons of rice amounting to $67 million were exported to UAE.
Kenya
is the largest buyer of Pakistani non-Basmati rice and during eight months of
this fiscal year, 323,000 tons of rice, amounting to $118 million, were
exported to Kenya.
China
came out as the second largest destination for Pakistani non-basmati rice, as
233,000 tons valuing $83 million were exported to the country.
He
expressed his gratitude to authorities of Ministry of Commerce for obtaining
more benefits for Pakistani rice in the recent negotiations during the 2nd round
of Pakistan-China Free Trade Agreement which will result into substantial
growth in rice exports to China.
Rafique
Suleman said the international demand for rice has increased around the globe.
He was happy to inform that this year the country had a very good crop in terms
of quality and quantity. “Further, prices of Pakistani rice are comparatively
cheaper than our competitors, Thailand, Vietnam etc, which is also in our
favour,” he said.
Pakistani
rice exporters were putting in efforts for fetching valuable foreign exchange
for the growth of the economy, he said, and added that they were making a huge
investment for installing the world’s latest rice machinery and most modern
technology for value-addition in the commodity.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/290547-rice-exports-up-14-percent-in-eight-months
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Three new
varieties of rice to boost Bengal's paddy production Team MP
| 11 March 2018 11:53
PM Kolkata: Scientists of the state Agriculture department have discovered
three new varieties of rice, which will ensure further increase in paddy
production in Bengal. The scientists of the department, who are posted in its
different research institutes, had been working for a period of time on it. The
three new varieties of rice that the people of Bengal are going to get soon in
the market are Bhupesh, Rajdip and Dhruba. The production of these varieties
has already been started in some places, following necessary tests by the
department's scientists. Asish Banerjee, the state Agriculture minister, said:
"All the three varieties of rice will ensure further increase in paddy
production in the state." The state Agriculture department has chalked out
an elaborate plan to ensure that all the three varieties are produced in the
entire state. The varieties of aromatic flavor will further increase demand of
rice from Bengal. This comes at the time when the Food Corporation of India
(FCI) has written to the state Food and Supplies department to supply rice for
distribution in three states – Tamil
Nadu, Kerala and Jharkhand. According to experts, the demand was made
as Bengal is the highest producer of rice in the country and several varieties
of rice are cultivated here. Moreover, production has increased in the past few
years, with several steps being taken by the Mamata Banerjee government.
Besides organising training programmes for farmers, tools required for
agriculture were also distributed among them. The new varieties of rice will be
cultivated across the state and the production will increase manifold, which
will be beneficial for the farmers. At the same time, a new variety of jute has
also been discovered by scientists of the state Agriculture department. The
name of the new variety of jute is ARO 4 and cultivating this variety of the
crop will help farmers make some profit as its production is comparatively lesser.
It may be recalled that the state Agriculture department has also taken a major
step to utilise its land, which remained unused for the most part of a year and
sought suggestions of scientists who are working in the field of agriculture.
http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/three-new-varieties-of-rice-to-boost-bengals-paddy-production-289031
