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Governor
speaks at Ralston Family Farms ribbon cutting in Atkins
THE
COURIER / Submitted Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson talks during the May 18 ribbon
cutting at Ralston Family Farms in Atkins.
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For The Courier
5/27/2018
8:00 AM
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ATKINS
— P. Allen Smith, national author, television host, entrepreneur and
conservationist based in Little Rock, announced his partnership with Ralston
Family Farms in the marketing and distribution of traditional, aromatic and
unique rice blends grown in the heart of Arkansas.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Wes Ward, Arkansas Secretary of
Agriculture, also attended the May 18 news conference.
“Ralston Family Farms has contributed to our state’s rich
farming heritage for generations,” the governor said. “Arkansas’ farm families
play a critical role in making agriculture our state’s largest industry — it’s
simply part of who we are. Ralston Family Farm’s new facility will continue to
bolster our economy and support our agriculture industry.”
“From the beginning, the Ralstons’ authenticity and dedication
made me want to roll up my sleeves and work with them to debut and promote
Ralston Family Farms’ artisanal, single-batch rice,” Smith explained. “They’ve
put thoughtful care and attention into growing, harvesting and milling their
product, and the farm’s placement near the Arkansas River allows them to work
in environmentally friendly ways during the growing season.”
With 10 generations of farming in the Ralston Family heritage,
it is safe to say rice farming is more than a job — it is a calling. Ralston
Family Farms milled rice is sold across the state and nationally through Ben E.
Keith, Wal-Mart, Blue Apron, and other retailers.
“We are so proud to partner with P. Allen Smith and leverage his
knowledge and expertise in marketing and product promotion,” said Robin
Ralston, co-owner of Ralston Family Farms. “His respected lifestyle brand
reaches millions of households across multiple channels, and we look forward to
our continued collaboration with the entire P. Allen Smith team.”
One product sold by Ralston Family Farms is the Nature’s Blend
rice, which is a long, whole grain aromatic rice that is cross-pollinated in
the field and harvested as a blend straight out of the ground. Its unique
combination of aromatic purple, red and brown rice has a nutty texture and is
full of nutrition and antioxidants.
Ralston Family Farms also provides domestic varieties of basmati
and jasmine rice to offer buyers an opportunity to buy U.S. grown. The
artisanal, single-batch rice varieties are carefully grown, harvested and
milled at the farm’s location, which offers cooler nighttime temperatures,
allowing Ralston Family Farms to produce a much higher quality rice naturally
with less damage from disease and pests.
The new, revolutionary mill uses a computer-controlled system
that leverages the drying potential of the surrounding air and temperature to
naturally dry the rice to its optimum level.
P. Allen Smith collaborated with the Ralston Family Farms to
work through the debut and promotion of these rice varieties, and he will
support and share their products with his nationwide audience.
Ralston Family Farms also works with charities throughout the
state to help fight hunger through their Family to Family donation program.
No govt in history has done so much with so little as Buhari’s — Lai Mohammed ON MAY 28, 20187:05 AMIN NEWS95
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor LAGOS—
The Muhammadu Buhari administration was,
yesterday, counting its successes after three years, saying no administration
has equalled it in doing so much with so little. Speaking at a press conference
in Lagos, the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, enumerated what he described as the administration’s strides in
infrastructure, security, social security, power, anti-corruption among others.
: Minister for Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed While noting that no inch
of Nigerian territory was currently occupied by insurgents, Mohammed said the
administration’s successes had become evident to all with the resumption of
flight services to Maiduguri. Listing some of the achievements of the Buhari
administration, Mohammed said: “In just three years, the Buhari administration
has taken power generation to an all-time high of 7,000 Mega Watts, from the
2690 which we inherited. “In just three years, this Administration has moved
Nigeria closer to self-sufficiency in rice more than any Administration before
it. It’s just two years away from meeting its target production of 6 million MT
of milled rice, meeting Nigeria’s consumption. “In just three years, this administration
has increased the number of rice farmers from 5 million to an all-time high
over 11 million “In just three years, this Administration has cut Nigeria’s
rice import bill of $1.65 billion annually by 90%, the highest such
cut ever. “In just three years, this Administration has slashed leakages in
government spending that made corruption possible, thanks to the diligent
implementation of the Treasury Singles Account, TSA, and the hugely-successful
Whistle-Blower Policy “In just three years, this Administration is feeding 8.2
million pupils in 45,394 schools in 24 states, employing 87,261 cooks in the
process. “In just three years, this Administration has been paying conditional
cash transfer of N5,000 monthly to 297,973 poorest and most vulnerable
households. “In just three years, this Administration has delivered 10 million,
50kg bags of fertiliser at a low price N5,500 (for 2017 alone). The country now
has annual savings of US$200 million in foreign exchange and ¦ 60 billion
annually in budgetary provisions for Fertilizer subsidies. “In just three
years, this administration is turning around the nation’s infrastructural
fortunes, including power, roads and rail, thanks to the unprecedented N2.7
trillion ($9 billion) that has been spent on infrastructure.” The achievements
he said were against the background of the security threats inherited from the
preceding administration that saw the Boko Haram insurgent group occupy a
portion of the country equal to the size of Lebanon. In the fight against corruption,
he said that the Whistle Blowing Policy introduced by the Federal Ministry of
Finance in December 2016, N13.8bn from tax evaders, N7.8bn, $378million,
£27,800 in recoveries from public officials targeted by whistleblowers.
Mohammed said that the Buhari administration had been able to ensure return to
normal life in the Northeast with the resumption of air flights and sporting
activities to the region he said had been cleared of Boko Haram insurgents.
“Where many saw challenges, we saw opportunities. Where many saw
impossibilities, we saw possibilities. We surmounted every opposition on our
path to deliver on our promises to Nigerians. While naysayers pretended to be
blind to our achievements, Nigerians who are being positively impacted by the good
works of President Buhari applaud and appreciate our efforts, from the feedback
we are getting. “They know that no government in the history of our country has
ever done so much with so little. They know and acknowledge the sincerity,
transparency and accountability of the Buhari Administration. They know and
support the Administration’s diversification effort, which is paying off. We
must be able to own our own future. “We cannot be a hostage to oil price or
production levels. That means taking back control of our economy and making it
productive, and delivering value for ALL of our people. That’s exactly what we
are doing. “By building an economy that is no longer reliant on income from one
commodity, thanks to the ongoing diversification process, we will be creating a
sustainable basis for long-term and inclusive growth for ALL. “We are keenly
aware that Government must be accountable, and this government is very
accountable. We are providing security, we are providing an enabling
environment for business and we are delivering strong and effective public
services.”
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/05/no-govt-history-done-much-little-buharis-lai-mohammed/
Gene-edited rice plants could boost the world's food supply
So
long as the potential ethical issues are addressed, at least.
Rice may be one of the most plentiful crops on
Earth, but there are only so many grains you can naturally obtain from a given
plant. Scientists may have a straightforward answer to that problem: edit the
plants to make them produce more. They've used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing
to create a rice plant variety that produces 25 to 31
percent more grain per plant in real world tests, or far more than you'd get
through natural breeding. The technique "silenced" genes that improve
tolerances for threats like drought and salt, but stifle growth. That sounds
bad on the surface, but plants frequently have genetic redundancies -- this
approach exploited this duplication just enough to provide all of the benefits
and none of the drawbacks.
The CRISPR technique isn't ready
to be used in the field just yet. Researchers want to see how this editing
affects "elite" rice variants like those farmers use. If successful,
though, it could work wonders in parts of the world where food shortages are a
regular problem. Agriculture companies would have to overcome ethical fears,
however. There are already concerns about
the use of genetically modified rice, including a lack of scientific consensus
on its value and corporate control (can a company own a specific variety of
plant, for example?). Producers would likely have to ensure that gene-edited
rice is both safe and accessible before introducing it to the farming
community.
More
carbon dioxide may affect rice
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Todd Hill
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May 27, 2018Top of Form
Seemingly
countless studies of how a warming planet will affect the food we grow have
focused on how and where growing seasons will be fundamentally altered. Others
have concluded that more drought-resistant crops will have to be developed as
droughts are expected to become more prevalent in some parts of the world. But
a new study, published in a recent edition of the journal Science Advances,
found that higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have the potential
to render rice, one of the most vital food crops in the world, less nutritious.
Researchers
reached their conclusion by exposing test plots of rice, which feeds about 2
billion people worldwide, to amounts of CO2 expected to be present by the close
of this century. And they found that the rice was leached of several nutrients
such as iron, zinc and protein, as well as the essential vitamins B1, B2 and
B5, although the rice produced more vitamin E. While elevated levels of CO2
enable plants to grow more vigorously, the scientists suspect the excess carbon
dioxide may also disrupt the plants' chemical balance.
Shan Foods, intent on
spicing it up with a listing on the bourse
With disposable incomes on the rise, the Pakistani international
spices giant not just doubles its size in the last three years, but with new
products and an acquisition part of its expansion plans, the family-run
business is evaluating tapping into funds from the capital market
May 28, 2018
After nearly four decades of
successful operations as a family-run business, Shan Foods is now considering
an initial public offering (IPO) to execute its expansion plans – including a
possible acquisition, and new product launches.“We are definitely considering
an IPO,” Sikandar Nawaz Tiwana, Chief Executive Officer, Shan Foods told Profit during
an interview at the company’s headquarter at Korangi Industrial Area.
Tiwana, who joined the company in
December 2015, is part of the new Shan management that came about as a
consequence of a major policy shift a couple of years hence – turning the
family business to a corporate with professional managers conducting the
business.
Until recently, the company had
been almost single-handedly managed by the family patriarch, Sikandar Sultan –
the majority owner, and present chairman.
Evaluating the advantage
“We are evaluating the advantage
of an IPO. Do we need the funds, is the question”, said the CEO. Shan has
previously shied away from conventional banking as a financing source owing to
Sultan’s conservative interpretation of Islam, that prohibits interest-based
borrowing.
Tiwana refused to disclose any
timeline or further details, but Shan has been publicly musing about an IPO
since at least Jan 2014, when it participated in Pakistan IPO Summit. The
induction of professional, non-family managers into its corporate leadership
was an integral part of that strategy, said one source familiar with the
matter. The company would indeed have already been listed had conditions in the
equity markets not deteriorated, added the source.
Earlier this year, Muneer Kamal,
chairman of the PSX board, had told Dawn that companies were
lining up for IPO in 2017 when the market was bullish, but most of them had to
put off their plans fearing under-subscription soon after the bourse’s retreat
May 2017 that remains unarrested. The benchmark KSE 100 Index has shed
more than 21% of its value since May 25, 2017, when it hit an all-time high of
52,876 points – up to that point, as many as 17 companies had applied for
listing.
“I think Shan will go for it
[IPO] now. They will do it by 2020, if not before,” said the source. The
company’s expansion plans prima facie back that view.
Shan Foods, insiders share, is in
the process of launching a few new products, including wheat flour. Tiwana too
hinted at it, without being specific. “It could be anything related to our
existing brand portfolio as we are looking into next possible categories,” said
the CEO. “It could be wheat or pasta,” he added.
Starting in 1981 with a
single-room business from his house, Sultan, the chairman, turned Shan Foods
into a global spices gian
t, to the extent of raking in Rs10 billion in revenues in the
latest financial year. With cash flows strong and consistent, Shan funded its
expansion by reinvesting its own profits.
The company launched with basic
spices (plain spices) and recipe spice mixes and later expanded its portfolio
to include Oriental and Arabic recipe ranges, instant noodles, salt, cooking
paste, ginger garlic paste, pickles, chutneys (sauces), desserts, rice, lentils
as well as ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat range –some of these being available
abroad only. Today, it has customers in 65 countries and manufacturing units
and offices in Pakistan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom.
In recipe mix and plain spices,
Shan is amongst the top two, neck-to-neck with arch-rival National Foods
Limited (NFL) – a bigger brand based on revenues and number of categories, but
industry sources say that in overseas markets, the former has a larger share.
Challenge of the ‘unbranded’
Other than brands like NFL,
Chef’s Pride, Mehran Foods, Ahmed Foods, and Habib Foods keeping it on its
heels, the unbranded portion of the industry cornering an estimated 70% of the
total market is the challenge.
This is certainly a challenge,
concedes Tiwana, linking it with affordability and consumer awareness. “As
disposable income and awareness levels rise, they shift to the branded
segment.”
Hence, the question: with the
statistics reflecting a rise in disposable incomes, did Shan reap the windfall?
“Yes, there has been a major change in the last three years,” said the CEO,
adding, “Our size has doubled [during the period].”
Pakistan’s spices and condiments
market was in 2017 (Database: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics) estimated to be
worth Rs203 billion ($1,933 million).
Shan Foods’ management estimates
that the share of the informal market as a proportion of the total market has
gone down by 10 percentage points in the last three years. Shan’s compound
annual growth rate (CAGR) for the same period witnessed “a strong double-digit
growth”, Tiwana said – thanks to our middle class’ growing income levels and
changing consumption trends.
Annual disposable income in
Pakistan grew by 8% between 2015 and 2016, fetching the country
23rd position in the world in terms of growth of annual disposable income,
the London-based market research firm Euromonitor International mentioned in
its report last year. ‘A strong indicator that consumption in the country’ was
increasing, and ‘would continue to grow’ – further driving the ‘retail market’,
said the report. The annual disposable income, the report ascertained, is
expected to grow at a constant value – a compound annual growth rate of 5.4%
(based on fixed rupee-dollar exchange rate) between 2017 and 2022.
Besides these optimistic
forecasts on local consumption, Shan is set to benefit from the recent surge in
rupee-dollar parity – the rupee depreciating by 9% compared to the greenback.
Uptick encourages expansion
“Dollar appreciation benefits the
export-oriented, so it will definitely help Shan,” said Tiwana, adding, the
extent of its benefit would reveal itself in the coming months.
Since exports constitute over 40%
revenue and more than half of its profit, Shan is most likely to make a decent
yield in profits that, market sources claim, saw a dip in 2013 and 2014.
On the decline in Shan’s
profitability, the CEO turned philosophical, saying, ups and downs were part of
the business. To him, ‘Multiple’ factors may have triggered it. Such as, ‘a
slowdown in global economic growth bringing about regulatory changes’ in
international markets. “We have been growing for the last two years.”
The recent uptick in its bottom
line may have encouraged Shan to go for further expansion, but, critics say,
the spices giant seems to be stuck in a select few categories, with its planned
foray into new food segments on hold for a while.
The last time the company entered
a new category was more than five years ago when it launched Shoop,
its instant noodles range. Meanwhile, its main competitor, NFL, has added jams
and ketchup to its portfolio as far back as 1997 – categories still missing
from Shan’s range.
When asked as to why the company
had not ventured into new categories and product diversification, since this is
part of its vision, Tiwana said, all those categories added to the company’s
product range over the past three decades are diversification of Shan’s portfolio.
An industry expert concurs. “Shan
has done the right thing by focussing on its core strength instead of
overstretching its portfolio like NFL… It may be looking to expand within their
existing categories or may go for vertical integration,” added he.
The company chairman acknowledges
that food businesses are targeting new, previously non-existent segments. Every
business grows in two ways, says Sultan. ‘One, by evolving and expanding the
current portfolio, and, two, by capturing untapped opportunities that present
themselves in the market. “One will always find opportunities in the market.
The key is to pursue the right opportunity at the right time, in the right
manner,” says the chairman.
It is pertinent to mention here
Shan sells rice and frozen food internationally but not in Pakistan, despite
the categories being in high demand – as evident from a large number of players
dealing in these commodities.
“The quality and price of rice
Shan exports is not feasible for Pakistan, plus our expertise is in recipe mix,
not rice. Therefore, we are not selling it locally,” said Tiwana. As for
fully-cooked frozen food Shan offers in Manchester, Tiwana said, the market was
not ripe for it.
“The existing players are
offering finger food, while we want to tap into the main course, like Nihari,
Qorma, Biryani, and Haleem,” said Tiwana.
Elaborating his point further,
Tiwana said: “When the opportunity is there, we will take advantage of that.
The purpose is to stay one step ahead of the competition.”
Tiwana didn’t disclose details of
their expansion plans and the products or categories it will be adding to the
business nor did he mention whether Shan will launch them from its own
platform. He, however, confirmed Shan is looking to acquire another company.
“Yes, we are thinking about an
acquisition and we have even spoken to one company about it,” said Tiwana,
refusing to disclose further details. “It could also be an international
acquisition,” he said in an apparent reference to the arch-rival NFL’s recent
acquisition of Canada’s A1 Cash + Carry.
MP government
trying for basmati patent: CM
National | Written by : IANS| Updated: Mon, May 28, 2018, 03:47 PM
Indore, May 28 (IANS) Amid
similar efforts being made by other states, the Madhya Pradesh government too
is trying hard to get a patent for basmati variety of rice, Chief Minister
Shiraj Singh Chouhan has said.
Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh was strongly contesting the claims made by
other states on the issue.He also said that a law had been made in the state to
regulate contract farming, which will help both landowners and lessees.He was
addressing farmers at an event here on Sunday
‘Golden Rice’
secures regulatory approvals
THE
genetically modified GR2E Golden Rice variety is expected to reach consumers
soon after three food regulators overseas found it fit for consumption, the
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said.
According
to IRRI Director General Matthew Morell, the US Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), and Health Canada have
validated Golden Rice’s safety and nutritional value.
They did
so according to globally accepted food safety guidelines developed by the
United Nations’ World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO) of the United Nations (FAO); the Organization for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD); and the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
“Each regulatory
application that Golden Rice completes with national regulatory agencies takes
us one step closer [in]bringing Golden Rice to people who need it the most,”
Morell said.
“The
rigorous safety standards observed by the US FDA and other agencies provide a
model for decision-making in all countries wishing to reap the benefits of
Golden Rice,” he added.
Once
Golden Rice receives all the necessary approvals, a sustainable deployment
program will ensure that it is acceptable and accessible to the estimated 250
million preschool-age children with Vitamin A deficiency (VAD), the Los Baños,
Laguna-based institute said.
Because
rice is already widely grown and eaten, bio-fortified rice varieties like
Golden Rice can easily provide 30 percent-to-50 percent of women and children’s
estimated average requirement for the vitamin.
WHO
estimates that children younger than five years old and a large number of
pregnant and lactating women have VAD.
This
vitamin deficiency is highly prevalent in South and Southeast Asia.
In the
Philippines, high-yielding inbred local rice varieties with the beta-carotene
producing GR2E Golden Rice trait is being developed by the Philippine Rice
Research Institute (PhilRice).
According
to Dr. Reynante Ordonio, Healthier Rice Project leader at PhilRice, Golden Rice
has great potential in improving Filipinos’ nutrition.
“While
current interventions, such as proper feeding practices and supplementation,
have” been successful in improving our people’s nutrition, “millions continue
to suffer from these preventable micronutrient deficiencies,” Ordonio said.
“Food-based
approaches, like Golden Rice, can help improve nutrition for those who have
limited access to diverse diets,” he added.
Golden
Rice in the Philippines is being reviewed for field trial and food, feed, and
processing applications, according to him.
“Our
research is fully compliant with the country’s stringent regulatory procedures,
and we are very optimistic that our application will be approved,” Ordonio
said.
“Regulatory
approval is a necessary step in the research process, as it enables us to
continue research to ensure that Golden Rice is safe and efficacious,” Ordonio
said.
Dr.
Russell Reinke, Healthier Rice program lead at IRRI, said regulatory
applications were necessary in research and development.
“Regulatory
approval enables organizations, such as IRRI, to conduct further trials and
nutrition assessments that can assure the public that our healthier rice
varieties meet their needs.”
Ombudsman drops graft cases vs Arthur Yap over fertilizer purchase in
Mindanao
Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
May 28 2018 02:47 PM
Bohol Representative Arthur Yap. File photo
MANILA - The Office of the
Ombudsman has dismissed 5 graft charges against former National Food Authority
administrator and now Bohol 3rd District Rep. Arthur Yap.
Yap was charged over procurement
of fertilizers under the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani Rice Program in 2003.
In a statement and copy of the
order released by Yap's office, his motion for partial reconsideration was
granted in an order signed by Graft Investigation and Prosecution Officer
Millicent Reyes and approved by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales.
Upon verification, the Public
Information and Media Relations Bureau of the Office of the Ombudsman confirmed
the release of the order on Yap’s case.
Yap, as well as former Department
of Agriculture secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. and Philippine Phosphate Fertilizer
Corporation representative Raymundo Cagampang were accused of conspiracy for
intentionally favoring Philphos for the procurement of fertilizers in Mindanao.
The Ombudsman however noted in
its order that there was no violation of laws as Yap still required a
performance bond, which guarantees the fulfillment of a particular contract.
“A second look at the case
records shows that there was no 'no performance bond policy,'” the Ombudsman
said in the order.
The Ombudsman also noted that the
cases transpired before the October 8, 2003 effectivity of the Implementing
Rules and Regulations of the Government Procurement Act, which still allowed
the practice of negotiated procurement of goods.
Yap said the dismissal of the
Mindanao fertilizer graft cases and the earlier dismissal of the Visayas cases
warranted a reversal of the Luzon cases which are pending at the 6th Division
of the Sandiganbayan.
"The Luzon case invol
ves similar transactions with the
same set of facts and evidence as the ones in the Visayas and Mindanao. If the
cases in the Visayas and Mindanao were dismissed, there should be no reason why
the case in Luzon, should prosper,” Yap said.
Aside from the Philphos cases,
Yap was also charged by the Ombudsman at the Sandiganbayan in connection with a
supposedly anomalous car plan for Philippine Rice Research Institute employees
and the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund of former Misamis
Occidental representative Marina Clarete.
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1.1.1 Definition of Clarified Rice Syrup
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1.2.1 White rice
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4.3.1 2013-2018E Global Clarified Rice Syrup Sales and Growth Rate Analysis
4.3.2 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Analysis (Company Segment)
4.4 Sales Price Analysis
4.4.1 2013-2018E Global Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price
4.4.2 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis (Company Segment)
5 Clarified Rice Syrup Regional
Market Analysis
5.1 North America Clarified Rice Syrup Market Analysis
5.1.1 North America Clarified Rice Syrup Market Overview
5.1.2 North America 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Local Supply, Import,
Export, Local Consumption Analysis
5.1.3 North America 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis
5.1.4 North America 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Share Analysis
5.2 China Clarified Rice Syrup Market Analysis
5.2.1 China Clarified Rice Syrup Market Overview
5.2.2 China 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Local Supply, Import, Export, Local
Consumption Analysis
5.2.3 China 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis
5.2.4 China 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Share Analysis
5.3 Europe Clarified Rice Syrup Market Analysis
5.3.1 Europe Clarified Rice Syrup Market Overview
5.3.2 Europe 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Local Supply, Import, Export,
Local Consumption Analysis
5.3.3 Europe 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis
5.3.4 Europe 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Share Analysis
5.4 Southeast Asia Clarified Rice Syrup Market Analysis
5.4.1 Southeast Asia Clarified Rice Syrup Market Overview
5.4.2 Southeast Asia 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Local Supply, Import,
Export, Local Consumption Analysis
5.4.3 Southeast Asia 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis
5.4.4 Southeast Asia 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Share Analysis
5.5 Japan Clarified Rice Syrup Market Analysis
5.5.1 Japan Clarified Rice Syrup Market Overview
5.5.2 Japan 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Local Supply, Import, Export, Local
Consumption Analysis
5.5.3 Japan 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis
5.5.4 Japan 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Share Analysis
5.6 India Clarified Rice Syrup Market Analysis
5.6.1 India Clarified Rice Syrup Market Overview
5.6.2 India 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Local Supply, Import, Export, Local
Consumption Analysis
5.6.3 India 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis
5.6.4 India 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Share Analysis
6 Global 2013-2018E Clarified
Rice Syrup Segment Market Analysis (by Type)
6.1 Global 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales by Type
6.2 Different Types of Clarified Rice Syrup Product Interview Price Analysis
6.3 Different Types of Clarified Rice Syrup Product Driving Factors Analysis
6.3.1 White rice of Clarified Rice Syrup Growth Driving Factor Analysis
6.3.2 Brown rice of Clarified Rice Syrup Growth Driving Factor Analysis
7 Global 2013-2018E Clarified
Rice Syrup Segment Market Analysis (by Application)
7.1 Global 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption by Application
7.2 Different Application of Clarified Rice Syrup Product Interview Price
Analysis
7.3 Different Application of Clarified Rice Syrup Product Driving Factors
Analysis
7.3.1 Food and beverage industry of Clarified Rice Syrup Growth Driving Factor
Analysis
7.3.2 Nutritional supplements of Clarified Rice Syrup Growth Driving Factor
Analysis
7.3.3 Energy drinks of Clarified Rice Syrup Growth Driving Factor Analysis
8 Major Manufacturers Analysis of
Clarified Rice Syrup
8.1 BioPharma Industries
8.1.1 Company Profile
8.1.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.1.2.1 Product A
8.1.2.2 Product B
8.1.3 BioPharma Industries 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price,
Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.1.4 BioPharma Industries 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region
Distribution Analysis
8.2 Malt Products Corporation
8.2.1 Company Profile
8.2.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.2.2.1 Product A
8.2.2.2 Product B
8.2.3 Malt Products Corporation 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory
Price, Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.2.4 Malt Products Corporation 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region
Distribution Analysis
8.3 Marigold Inc.
8.3.1 Company Profile
8.3.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.3.2.1 Product A
8.3.2.2 Product B
8.3.3 Marigold Inc. 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price, Revenue,
Gross Margin Analysis
8.3.4 Marigold Inc. 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region Distribution
Analysis
8.4 Khatoon Industries
8.4.1 Company Profile
8.4.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.4.2.1 Product A
8.4.2.2 Product B
8.4.3 Khatoon Industries 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price,
Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.4.4 Khatoon Industries 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region Distribution
Analysis
8.5 Sweet Nature Inc.
8.5.1 Company Profile
8.5.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.5.2.1 Product A
8.5.2.2 Product B
8.5.3 Sweet Nature Inc. 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price,
Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.5.4 Sweet Nature Inc. 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region Distribution
Analysis
8.6 AG Commodities Inc.
8.6.1 Company Profile
8.6.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.6.2.1 Product A
8.6.2.2 Product B
8.6.3 AG Commodities Inc. 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price,
Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.6.4 AG Commodities Inc. 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region
Distribution Analysis
8.7 Shafi Gluco Chem Limited
8.7.1 Company Profile
8.7.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.7.2.1 Product A
8.7.2.2 Product B
8.7.3 Shafi Gluco Chem Limited 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory
Price, Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.7.4 Shafi Gluco Chem Limited 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region
Distribution Analysis
8.8 Wuhu Deli Foods Co Ltd
8.8.1 Company Profile
8.8.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.8.2.1 Product A
8.8.2.2 Product B
8.8.3 Wuhu Deli Foods Co Ltd 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price,
Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.8.4 Wuhu Deli Foods Co Ltd 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region
Distribution Analysis
9 Development Trend of Analysis
of Clarified Rice Syrup Market
9.1 Global Clarified Rice Syrup Market Trend Analysis
9.1.1 Global 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Size (Volume and Value)
Forecast
9.1.2 Global 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Forecast
9.2 Clarified Rice Syrup Regional Market Trend
9.2.1 North America 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption Forecast
9.2.2 China 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption Forecast
9.2.3 Europe 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption Forecast
9.2.4 Southeast Asia 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption Forecast
9.2.5 Japan 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption Forecast
9.2.6 India 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption Forecast
9.3 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Trend (Product Type)
9.4 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Trend (Application)
10 Clarified Rice Syrup Marketing
Type Analysis
10.1 Clarified Rice Syrup Regional Marketing Type Analysis
10.2 Clarified Rice Syrup International Trade Type Analysis
10.3 Traders or Distributors with Contact Information of Clarified Rice Syrup
by Region
10.4 Clarified Rice Syrup Supply Chain Analysis
11 Consumers Analysis of
Clarified Rice Syrup
11.1 Consumer 1 Analysis
11.2 Consumer 2 Analysis
11.3 Consumer 3 Analysis
11.4 Consumer 4 Analysis
12 Conclusion of the Global
Clarified Rice Syrup Market Professional Survey Report 2017
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2013 to 2024 (forecast), covering
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Europe
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Chapter
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Chapter 3: United States Rice Noodles Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 4: China Rice Noodles Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 5: Europe Rice Noodles Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 6: Japan Rice Noodles Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 7: Southeast Asia Rice Noodles Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 8: India Rice Noodles Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
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Chapter 11: Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers
Chapter 12: Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders
Chapter 13: Market Effect Factors Analysis
Chapter 14: Rice Noodles Market Forecast (2018-2025)
Chapter 15: Research Findings and Conclusion
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SunRice, the Australian rice firm that began life as a
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record on the ASX because it seeks to capitalise on the rising worldwide demand
for Australian grown rice.
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Chief government Rob Gordon advised Fairfax Media the cash raised
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“very profitable growth agenda” for the business, Mr Gordon stated.
While already having success with sushi-style rice exports to
Japan, Mr Gordon stated extra funding was wanted to permit processing to a
better commonplace.
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The Nigerian Presidency, Thursday, reeled out an array of “facts”
that snowballed into claims that the economy is firmly on the road to
diversification.
A BusinessDay fact
check however dispels those claims.
In a press statement signed by Femi Adeshina, special adviser to the President,
the Presidency said
“According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the
economy has recovered from the slow-down and eventual recession, which started
in 2014,” the statement read, wrongly citing 2014 as the year the economy
started to slowdown rather than 2015.
In 2014, the economy expanded 6.3 percent, after a GDP rebasing
exercise that cemented Nigeria as Africa’s largest economy.
The slowdown, the Presidency alluded to, actually started in 2015, after the
lengthy collapse in oil prices that started in mid-2014 caused growth to slow
to 2 percent, the lowest in a decade, according to the National Bureau of Stati
stics (NBS).
The decline worsened and come 2016, the economy was soon left picking up the
pieces from its first recession in over two decades.
But there has been some improvement as the Presidency rightly noted.
“There has been improvement, with stronger growth for three
successive quarters,” the statement read, referring to progress made since the
economy exited recession in the second quarter of 2017.
“From contracting by 0.91 percent in Q1 2017, the economy has grown by 0.72
percent in Q2 2017, to 1.17 percent in Q3 2017, and 2.11 percent in Q4 2017.
“The Q1 2018 GDP shows that the economy has recorded a GDP growth of 1.95
percent, compared to a contraction of 0.91 percent in Q1 2017.”
On a quarter on quarter basis, the economy actually performed
worse, having gone from 2.11 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 to 1.95
percent this year (first quarter 2018).
The Presidency went on:
“The growth is driven by Agriculture and Industry, which shows
that finally, after more than 50 years of lip service, the Nigerian economy is
on the road to diversification.
“The oil sector’s contribution to GDP is 9.61 percent, while non-oil sector’s
share is 90.39 percent.”
But the non-oil sector has contributed more to GDP than the oil
sector since 2014.
In the first quarter of 2018- when oil prices averaged $66 per barrel and
production was 1.8 million barrels daily- oil contributed 9.61 percent to GDP,
up from 8.5 percent in Q1 2017 and 6.75 percent as at the end of 2016 when the
militant hostilities were at fever-pitch levels.
Also, contrary to the Presidency’s claim that growth in the first quarter was
driven by Agriculture, our fact check shows otherwise as the sector slowed from
4.8 percent growth in Q4, 2017 to 3 percent growth in Q1, 2018.
In contrast to the scenario that played out in the previous quarter, the oil
sector was the major growth driver in Q1’18.
The oil sector grew markedly by 14.77 percent on an annualised basis, as
against a contraction of 15.60 percent in the first quarter of 2017, while the
non-oil sector grew by 0.76 percent year-on-year from 0.72 percent in Q1 2017.
Real GDP growth for the Oil sector advanced by 14.77 percent in the quarter
under review, in contrast to the negative growth of 15.60 percent in the
corresponding quarter in the previous year.
Also, on a quarterly basis, Oil sector came in stronger (Q4’17 11.20% YoY).
According to the NBS, the average daily oil production advanced by 2.6% QoQ to
2.0 million barrels per day (2mbpd) during the period under review. On a
year-on-year basis, this represented a production increase by 14.3% on an
annualised basis compared to 1.75mbpd in Q1’17.
The presidency’s claims that one of the factors responsible for the positive
performance of the economy in Q1 2018 was the spending of about N1.5 trillion
on infrastructure projects in 2017 may be true and for the past 15 months,
inflation has declined consistently from 18.72% to 12.48%.
Capital importation has also improved, as the Presidency claimed, with the
first quarter of 2018 recording the fourth consecutive quarterly increase since
Q2 2017 with a total of $6.3 billion, powered by an astronomic surge in
portfolio inflows.
Foreign reserves also stand at $47.79 billion as at May 2018, helped in part by
foreign borrowings of about $7 billion.
The Presidency said Nigeria’s Stock Market ended 2017 as one of the
best-performing in the world, with returns of about 40 percent. While this may
be true the markets are only back to levels they were at before the President
took office in mid-2015, as the market sold off following the plunge into
recession in 2016.
The Presidency says milled rice production has increased from 2.5MT to 4MT, and
rice imports have dropped from 580,000MT in 2015 to 58,000MT in 2016 while
millions of dollars have been saved.
However data by the Thai rice exporters shows that Benin Republic imported
1,330, 809 metric tons of rice, between January and September 2017 a 51.9
percent increase from the 876, 228 metric tons which was imported in the same
period of 2016.
Comparing the 2017 imports to total imports in 2015 also shows there has been a
65 percent increase. Most of the rice is destined for Nigeria through smuggling
Why I’m investing in Nigeria, by Dangote
•Businessman hails govt’s economic growth plan
DANGOTE Group President Aliko
Dangote has explained that he decided to engage in strategic investments in
Nigeria to complement the Federal Government’s economic recovery and growth
plan.According to the businessman, his investments in agriculture and
fertiliser production were in that direction.
Dangote spoke at the weekend as
the flagship of the conglomerate, the Dangote Cement Plc, began the training of
newly engaged managers to sustain its leadership and competitiveness in the
industry.
He said the government’s decision
at diversifying the economy from oil remained the viable solution to creating a
healthy economy.
The multi-billionaire noted that
the private sector had important roles to play, which was why he took up the
challenge to lead the way as a leading private sector operator.
Dangote said it was because of
his belief in the government approach at re-energising the economy and make it
export-oriented that made him to step up his investment in agriculture,
especially in the area of food sufficiency.
Nigeria, he said, had wasted so
much foreign exchange importing foods that ordinarily should be produced
locally and even exported and that until a new approach at redirecting the
economy from import-dependent to an export one, which the present government is
leading, no meaningful changes can happen.
“We have invested massively in
rice, sugar, dairy products, and tomatoes. Our rice-out grower scheme will
produce rice by next year and that will reduce our rice import to nearly zero
because Nigeria imports more than half of the rice it consumes. We have
expanded our sugar operations with our operations in Tonga in Nasarawa in
addition to Numan sugar projects, where sugarcane is being planted for raw
sugar production that will be refined.
Group Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of the Dangote Cement Plc Joseph Makoju lauded the programme,
saying it would support the overall drive of the conglomerate.
Makoju said the management scheme
was part of the effort of the conglomerate “to sustain our exponential growth,
competitiveness and market leadership”.
He said: “We are committed to
attract top talents into our business for our current and future business
needs.”
Turn rice straws into packaging materials
By
CONSIDERED by farmers as waste
materials, rice straws can have the potential to become packaging materials for
packing rice and other food commodities.When harvested, rice usually leaves a
voluminous amount of straws in the field, and burning seems to be the most
convenient way to dispose it.However, burning rice straws causes air pollution
and risks to human health.
To address the situation, a
research project will study the straws alone, and in combination with other
biodegradable raw materials to develop an eco-friendly process of converting it
into packaging materials.
The Philippine Council for
Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department
of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) has approved the implementation of the
project dubbed “Development of Green Packaging Technology Using Eco-friendly
Materials for Rice and other Commodities.”
It will be implemented by the
Iloilo Science and Technology University (ISaTU) in La Paz, Iloilo City.
The raw materials available and
abundant in the locality will be identified and characterized where the
potential raw materials will be converted into packaging papers.
The project intends to develop packaging
materials for specialty rice and food commodities following an
environment-friendly process protocol.
The process protocol is expected
to be cost-effective and will result in longer preservation of rice products,
reduced use of health hazardous chemicals to avoid food contamination, and
reduced carbon emissions.
A series of tests and evaluation
will be conducted until the packaging materials become strong, durable,
moisture-resistant, and affordable. Those who will benefit from the outputs of
this project include farmers growing organic/specialty rice and consumers.ISaTU
researchers and inventors intend to file for patent on the process and product
as soon as these are fully developed.
With this project, PCAARRD looks
forward to further provide solutions to waste management problems in rice farms
through innovative products and processes that are eco-friendly as well.In
another development, a project to document the indigenous vegetables locally
known as “katutubong gulay” in the different provinces of the Philippines has
been officially set in motion following a recent inception meeting at the
DOST-PCAARRD.
Titled “Documentation of the
Indigenous Vegetables in the Philippines,” the project will gather and compile
information about several indigenous vegetables in the country. This initiative
could lay the foundation for further research and development works. The
importance of mainstreaming the production and utilization of indigenous
vegetables as healthy alternatives to common vegetables in every Filipino’s
food basket has already been discussed.
The team will gather available
printed or electronically published, including unpublished materials in 25
provinces of the 17 regions in the country. They will also source out materials
from national and local agencies as well as public and private institutions to
produce information, education, and communication (IEC) materials.A database of
all the abstracts and indices on indigenous vegetables will be one of the
outputs of the project.In line with the targets of the “Industry Strategic
S&T Program (ISP) for Vegetables,” the project will indirectly help
increase the consumption of safe vegetables in the country.
Bayelsans Laud Fg's N1.07b Rice Mill, Want
Real Farmers Engaged
By ENIDENEZE ETETE, ABUJA
Bayelsa State is one state that still lacks real federal presence.
Even at that, whenever federal projects are luckily allocated to it,
politicians and contractors treat the projects with lip service, besides not
meaningfully engaging indigenes in the implementation.
Instances are the so-called abandoned largest rice farm in
Africa located at Peremabiri, Southern Ijaw; Federal Housing Estate, Elebele;
federal secretariat project and Nigerian Law School in Yenagoa; Federal
Polytechnic Ekewei in Southern Ijaw as well as the Federal University Otueke.
It is against this background that Bayelsa State tends to be
apprehensive whenever a federal project is allocated to it. Although the recent
approval of about N1.07billion to the state, for a rice mill, to boost
production, is applauded, some Bayelsans are a bit apprehensive of how this new
federal project, will be successfully executed for the benefit of the people.
Bayelsans in Abuja, on hearing the about the approval of rice
mill for the state, have expressed delight over the development, given the
benefits it will accrue, besides nearly being out of the show in the allocation
of political appointments and physical projects in the current dispensation.
President of Association of Bayelsa State Indigenes in Abuja
(ABSIA), Mr. Ebielado Solomon Barry, said in an interview with our
correspondent in Abuja that the inclusion of Bayelsa State in the rice mill
project was a welcomed development.
"We must commend the Federal Government for this. We thank
the government for the inclusion of Bayelsa in the recently approved
$10.7billion for rice mills in 10 states", Mr. Barry lauded.
"However, we will like to advise Bayelsa State Government
to ensure that the Federal Government should use indigenous contractors or
indigenous companies as well as indigenous farmers in the execution of this
project", he appealed.
Barry stressed that Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, has a
responsibility to see to the actual disbursement and judicious use of the fund,
to execute the project to completion.
"This is to encourage and enable indigenes, especially rice
farmers to participate in and benefit from the project.
"The project will further open up agriculture in Bayelsa
State; boost rice production; increase trade and investments as well as put
Bayelsa in the map of rice producing states, besides creating jobs for the
teeming unemployed youths", the Bayelsa indigenes chairman in Abuja
further stated.
He underscored the need for Bayelsa State Government to promote
and market resources and products in the state through advertising and public
relations, as done by other states, for instance, Kebbi and Nasarawa States,
which he said promoted their rice, were able to attract buyers.
In a similar vein, the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria
(RIFAN), Bayelsa State, Chapter, has called on the Federal to match words with
action by releasing the state's share of the N10billion approved for 10 states.
Chairman of the association, Mr. Simeon Ezekiel Ogbianko made
the appeal in an interview with our Abuja correspondent.
"As the rice mill will be private sector driven, the
Federal Government is doing the right thing but the problem is that, if they
give the project to friends, under the guise of private public partnership,
like the power sector, the project could collapse.
"Unless it is given to genuine organisation that is really
into rice business, or to real indigenous rice or commodity associations, the
project might not yield the needed results.
"If government wants to really boost agriculture sector,
especially rice production, or help farmers, it should make sure the rural
farmers benefit", Mr. Ogbianko admonished.
He said while it would not be good to leave the mill for every
rice farmers to operate, and expose it to vandalisation, the real rice farmer
groups should be allowed to run the mill.
He re-echoed the fear that the project could be politicised like
any other, stating that: "Bayelsa State has the highest number of
political rice farmers", adding that they could "connive with the
Federal Government and at the end of the day, no mill nor processed rice could
be seen".
Answering question on the non-listing of Bayelsa among 12 rice
producing states, as was announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, Mr. Ogbianko said the minister was fund of making
pronouncements without action.
Ogbianko recalled that, Chief Ogbe had promised disbursement of
funds to all the states of the federation, for rice production, but without
results.
Mr. Ogbianko said Bayelsa has all it takes to produce rice in
commercial quantities, but the sector was politicised, pointing out the his
group alone, has large hectres of land for commercial rice farming, and has
started receiving support from private partners. Thus, he wondered why Bayelsa
was not listed by the agric minister as a rice state, except that may be its
products are yet to be seen in the market.
He decried that farming, especially rice farming and whatever
government claims it has given to farmers, often exists merely in the media or
even when true, are rather given to politicians and supporters.
Ogbianko prayed that the Federal Government should not let the
on-coming rice mill project in Bayelsa to end in the media, but should rather
be sincerely implemented for the benefit of the people.
It will be recalled that the Minister of State for Agric and
Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri had announced penultimate
Wednesday, after cabinet meeting of the Federal Government, that N10.7billion
was approved for 10 new rice mills in 10 states, among which was Bayelsa. Other
are Kebbi, Zanfara, Niger, Kaduna, Benue, Kogi, Bauchi, Ogun and Anambra
States. Each of the mills, he said will produce 100 tones of processed rice,
per day.
Senator Lokpobiri who hails from Bayelsa State, said the new
mills were to add to existing 21 mills, to make, 31, adding that the overall
target of the Federal Government was to establish rice 100 mills in the
country.
He said the mills will be run by private operators, who will pay
back the capital, based on agreement.
According to Senator Lokpobiri, 30 states are so far, producing
rice in the country.
Before now, the senior agric minister, Chief Audu Ogbe had
listed Kano, Gombe, Niger, Kebbi, Ebonyi, Anambra, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ekiti, Edo,
Osun and Lagos states as the 12 rice producing states in the country, with
Bayelsa excluded.
Command Agriculture requires $1,3 billion
by Staff reporter
27 May 2018 at 10:08hrs | 159 Views
Zimbabwe's main agro-import substitution programme,
commonly referred to as Command Agriculture, requires close to $1,3 billion to
take off as the country steps up efforts to raise local production and export
earnings.
The Government is using this programme as one of its key policies towards
reducing an unsustainable import bill, reviving industry and jobs creation.
Already, some agro-based companies listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange,
buoyed by the two successful agriculture seasons, have recorded impressive
results, thanks mainly to the Government's support schemes.
Built on a need to balance foreign currency savings and Government spending,
the Government is improvising to make the programme profitable.
Buoyed by the command maize success last year, Government has extended Command
Agriculture to other crops such as wheat, soyabeans, and rice and livestock to
cut the country's trade deficit to sustainable levels.
According to statistics with the Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement
Ministry, command maize production has reportedly used $334 million this year,
while command livestock, wildlife and fisheries are expected to use $300
million. Soyabean requires $200 million, wheat production requires $200
million, while horticulture requires $120 million and rice needs $100 million.
It is believed that last year, the country used $600 million on processed food
only.
Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Davis Marapira said
such a situation is unacceptable and should not be repeated in a country that
has the best soils and climate for almost every crop.
Command programmes will save $1 billion. Deputy Minister Marapira said:
"If Zimbabwe carefully undertakes the aforementioned Command programmes,
the country will save up to over $1billion of foreign exchange, thereby cutting
the trade deficit to around $900 million from $1, 8 billion.
"If for one season we manage to produce 300 000 of soyabean, we will save
$200 million, domestic maize requirements could save us $300 million, while
sufficient wheat production will save us $200 million of hard currency,
localised rice production can save Zimbabwe up to $150 million while command
horticulture will help us to save over $200 million."
Deputy Minister Marapira reiterated that the increased local production will
help the country improve food security, save foreign currency, cut trade
deficit and increase capacity utilisation of the manufacturing industry as well
as increase exports.
Government has already started import substitution programmes on wheat,
livestock and soyabean.
More permits for raw materials, less for finished goods
He said the country will restrict the issuance of permits to companies that are
buying finished products to reduce the trade deficit, while issuing more import
permits to raw materials buyers.
"We have engaged our Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Ministry
counterparts on the issuance of import permits on finished products.
Although we don't need any shortages of basic commodities in the country, there
is need to import more raw materials to increase localised production and
employment rather than importing inflation into the country.
"Our local production is currently down and we need to find ways to get it
back up. We need to produce locally.
"If we issue import permits recklessly we will
be killing ourselves as we use more money on finished products than buying raw
materials.
"No new jobs will be created. If we have higher hopes of returning to the
bread basket status and recovering the economy, we should leave the importation
of finished food stuffs to very few companies," said Deputy Minister
Marapira.
He said organisations should contract more farmers to produce locally.
It is believed that every time permits are issued, the country is exporting
jobs and foreign currency to other countries.
Zimbabwe imports 94 percent of its rice and 75 percent of its potatoes from
South Africa. Government is moving to produce the crops under the Command
Agriculture programme.
Irrigation and mechanisation programmes
There is need to minimise the over-dependence on rain-fed agriculture and start
mounting robust irrigation infrastructure to cushion the country against the
effects of successive droughts.
So far, the country has spent $61 million on the More Food for Africa
irrigation programme, $85 million on dams and $160 million on centre pivots.
However, more still needs to be done to sustain this.
Deputy Minister Marapira said: "The Government is moving towards ensuring
every district has up to five areas where there are centre pivots and a string
of small irrigation schemes to achieve sustainable Command Agriculture.
"We should also take in mind that livestock farming needs a lot of water,
hence there is need for boreholes and tanks to make water available, especially
during the dry periods of the year."
Low interest rates for farmers
Most farmers have become notorious for failing to honour their obligations.
This has resulted in a strained relationship between the farmers and lending
institutions.
Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) president, Mr Wonder Chabikwa said
banks should lower interest rates so that farmers are able to pay back their
loans.
"We are sorry about what happened in the past, some farmers could not pay
back loans but going forward, banks should give us loans at lower interest
rates so that we can repay them.
"Look at the Command programme, over 75 percent of farmers have managed to
honour their obligations," said Mr Chabikwa.
The major beneficiaries of agriculture in Zimbabwe include Agrifoods, Alpha
Grain, Agricura, Ariston, Agricon Equipmen, Farmec, Olivine Industries, Pure
Oil Industries, Surface Wilmar, CFI Holdings, Cottco Holdings, Baine New
Holland, Hippo Valley, National Foods, Colcom, Zimplough and Seed Co, among
others.
Can a new rice
variety address world hunger?
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing has been used to create new
rice variety, which the developers say could address world hunger. Opponents,
however, raise the ethical issue of the crop not being owned by the farmers but
by the technologists behind it.
Scientists from Purdue University and the
Chinese Academy of Sciences have used CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing
technology to produce a variety of rice that can produce up to
31 percent more grain when compared with current strains of rice. To develop
the rice, the researchers created mutations to 13 genes that were linked
with phytohormone abscisic acid. Essentially the
gene editing 'silenced' these genes. This plant hormone is related to plant
stress tolerance and suppression of growth. By controlling plant stress, the
variant with improve yield was produced.
The new process was different to other
attempts at genetically modifying rice. Other approaches have used
gene-splicing where genes from other plants have been transferred into rice in
order to boost its robustness. Here rice plants have been modified to increase
micronutrients such as vitamin A, increase grain size, or to accelerate
photosynthesis. More controversially, some rice plants have been engineered to
tolerate herbicides or to resist pests, meaning that framers are reliant upon
specific chemicals produced by global multinationals in order to continue using
the crop.
Tests on the new variant rice were conducted
in Shanghai, China and on China’s Hainan Island. The types of stresses that the
new rice can better withstand include drought, soil salinity plus other
environmental factors that lead to a reduced yield for farmers.
CRISPR
CRISPR is an acronym for “Clustered
regularly-interspaced short palindromic repeats.” It is a relatively new genome
editing tool that functions like molecular scissors. The method allows
scientists to modify an organism’s DNA. For a fuller description of the
technology, see the Digital Journal article "Is CRISPR technology set to change
biological science?"
According to an overview by Engadget,
there remain ethical questions to unravel with the new rice. Some environmental
groups are concerned with the impact of genetically modified rice on other
crops. There is also the issue of who would own the rice and future corporate
control. In addition, further tests are required to ensure that the rice is
safe and accessible.
The development of the new rice has
been published in the
journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The research paper is headed "Mutations in a subfamily of abscisic acid
receptor genes promote rice growth and productivity."
China Expands Salt-Tolerant Rice Tests to Use
More Degraded Land
Bloomberg News
May 29, 2018, 11:36 AM GMT+5
Trials to test hybrid’s yields, taste before further
expansion
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Scientists target possible commercial production in 2019
Chinese scientists will expand
planting of a salt-tolerant hybrid rice breed this year as the world’s
most-populous country seeks to use more of its poor-quality arable land and
increase self-sufficiency.
Small-scale planting will occur in
six areas across the nation after trials last year were “satisfactory,” said Du
Dele, spokesman with Qingdao Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and
Development Center in the coastal province of Shandong. This year’s crops will
be tested for yield stability and taste before the hybrids are grown on a
larger scale, Du said. The scientists will look at potential commercial
production in 2019, he said.
China is the world’s top rice importer and purchases climbed to a
record last year due to cheap overseas prices and as a wealthier middle class
looked to high-quality varieties. The country seeks self-sufficiency in its
main food crops and has previously highlighted tackling soil pollution and
implementing water-conservation systems as part of its agriculture reforms. About one-fifth of rice planted worldwide is
in China.
Last year, the hybrid yielded an
average 620.95 kilograms per mu (0.2 acre) in simulated paddy fields with a
salt concentration of six parts per 1,000. That’s about half of the highest
yield when compared with all varieties of hybrid rice, according to Du. This
year, the salt-tolerant strain will be grown in areas including Kashgar, in the
northwest region of Xinjiang, and Dongying at the mouth of the Yellow River
where sea water is encroaching on farmland, Du said.
If this year’s trials are
successful, the center will expand growing of the hybrid strains commercially
in 2019 and eventually to 6.7 million hectares (17 million acres) in five to
eight years, said Du. China has 100 million hectares of saline-alkaline land,
of which one fifth can be utilized to grow the salt-tolerant strains, according
to Du.
— With assistance by Shuping Niu
Feel nice about rice but don't overdo it
9000-year paddy history need not
settle race with china
G.S. Mudur May 29, 2018 00:00 IST
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The
archaeological site near Lahuradewa lake in eastern Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi: Fossils of microscopic algae found near an ancient lake in Uttar
Pradesh suggest that people cultivated paddy there about 9,000 years ago,
adding fresh evidence for the independent domestication of rice in China and
India, scientists have said.
The scientists at the Birbal Sahni
Institute of Paleosciences (BSIP) in Lucknow say their study of the algae
microfossils called "diatoms" associated with paddy fields point to
the presence of cultivated rice near Lahuradewa lake in eastern Uttar Pradesh
about 9,000 years ago.
A team of Chinese and Canadian
archaeologists had two years ago described plant remains, including residues of
rice, dated to between 9,000 and 8,400 years ago, representing the earliest
evidence for domestication of rice in the Yangtze valley.
"The evidence from Lahuradewa
supports earlier suggestions that domestication of rice occurred in parallel in
China and India," Rakesh Tewari , a senior archaeologist and former project
director of the Archaeological Survey of India's excavations at Lahuradewa
told The Telegraph.
Tewari, who was not associated with
the new BSIP study, said differences of a few hundred years from a single site
should not be used to claim domestication of rice may have taken place in India
even before it did in China.
Paleobotanist Biswajit Thakur and
his colleagues at the BSIP analysed the distribution of diatoms across
excavated areas around the Lahuradewa lake which has long been recognised as a
site of ancient cultivation.
"We looked specifically at the
distribution of diatoms associated with paddy fields - these algae are like
signatures for rice cultivation," Thakur told The Telegraph.
"The rise and fall in the populations of diatoms coincides beautifully
with conditions conducive and not conducive for rice cultivation."
Their study, published this week
in Current Science, published by the Indian Academy of Sciences,
has found increases in diatoms along the margins of the lake when environmental
conditions were favourable for paddy cultivation and decreases when conditions
were unfavourable.
The earlier excavations by Tewari
and his colleagues had already recovered phytoliths, or fossil remains of rice
plants, from around the Lahuradewa lake area dated up to 8,300 years ago.
The BSIP researchers believe the
lake's margins with between 10cm and 20cm deep water were used as paddy fields.
"Even today, we see lake margins used for paddy cultivation," Thakur
said.
Two years ago, a study by
scientists at the University of Cambridge and the Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi, had shown that farmers in the Indus valley civilisation had
independently domesticated rice as an annual summer crop.
"Rice is a staple across
eastern and southeastern Asia and the subcontinent - it is possible the
domestication process occurred at multiple sites," Tewari said
New
Rice Variety Created By CRISPR Gene-Edit Technology Can Yield Up To 31% More
Grain Per Crop
: May 28, 2018
Rice is one of the most plentiful food
grains in the world, yet there's only so much rice a crop in the field can
produce. At the same time, world hunger is on the rise, affecting over 10
per cent of the global population, according to a UN report.
To overcome this natural farming barrier,
and to feed more people around the world, scientists have created a new variety
of rice which can increase grains per crop by a whopping 31%.
Scientists have successfully come up with a
simple technique to edit a rice plant -- at a genetical level -- and make it
produce more rice grains per crop.
According to an Engadget report, through
the use of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing scientists have created a rice
plant variety that produces 25 to 31 percent more grain per plant in real world
tests -- obviously, a lot more than what you'd otherwise get through planting a
natural variety of rice.
Limiting global warming levels can reduce dengue fever cases
If global
warming levels can be limited, it can reduce cases of dengue and stop it from
spreading to areas where incidence is currently low.
HEALTH Updated: May 29, 2018 12:29 IST
A global warming trajectory of 3.7 degree Celsius could lead to
an increase of up to 7.5 million additional dengue cases per year by the middle
of this century.(Shutterstock)
Global warming is a major concern around the world. But did you
know that it can also have implications for your health and well-being?
Researchers from the University of East Anglia suggest that limiting
global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius could avoid around 3.3 million cases of
dengue fever per year in Latin America and the Caribbean alone.
The new report revealed that limiting warming to the goal of the
UN Paris Agreement would also stop dengue spreading to areas where incidence is
currently low. The Paris Climate Agreement aimed to hold global-mean
temperature well below 2 degree Celsius and to pursue efforts to limit it to
1.5 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels. A global warming trajectory of
3.7 degree Celsius could lead to an increase of up to 7.5 million additional
cases per year by the middle of this century.
Dengue fever is a tropical disease caused by a virus that is
spread by mosquitoes, with symptoms including fever, headache, muscle and joint
pain. It infects around 390 million people worldwide each year, with an
estimated 54 million cases in Latin America and the Caribbean. As the
mosquitoes that carry and transmit the virus thrive in humid conditions, it is
commonly found in areas with these weather conditions. There is no specific
treatment or vaccine for dengue and, in rare cases, it can be lethal.
There is no specific treatment or vaccine for dengue and, in
rare cases, it can be lethal. (Getty Images)
What the study shows
Lead researcher Felipe Colon-Gonzalez said, “There is growing
concern about the potential impact of climate change on human health. While it
is recognised that limiting warming to 1.5°C would have benefits for human
health, the magnitude of these benefits remains mostly unquantified.”
The team studied clinical and laboratory-confirmed dengue
reports in Latin America and used computer models to predict the impacts of
warming under different climate scenarios. Brazil would benefit the most from
limiting warming to 1.5 degree Celsius with up to half a million cases avoided
per year by the 2050s and 1.4 million avoided
cases per year by 2100.
The findings from the study are published in the journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Summer temperatures have gone up by more than 0.5 degrees
Celsius. (HT file photo )
4 other harmful effects of global warming
* Heat waves
A study has shown that summer temperatures have gone up by more
than 0.5 degrees Celsius on an average over five decades, and this rise has
increased probability of heat wave deaths.
* Affects air, food and water
Global warming can make rice lose its vitamin and protein
content. (Shutterstock)
* It is making more people sick
The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, which
represents more than half of US doctors, says that climate change is making people sick due to the
rising levels of air pollution, inc
reased water contamination, and a
widening range for disease-carrying mosquitoes.
* Rice can become unhealthy.
(With inputs from ANI)
Paddy output drops due to land plotting
May 29, 2018-Fertile farmlands in the eastern district of Jhapa,
which is also known as the country’s grain basket, are being rapidly buried
under concrete, and the effects of the land plotting are becoming visible in
food production.
According to locals, unnecessary construction of roads in the
name of development has prompted land plotting for housing estates. “The hidden
motive behind the construction of roads is plotting,” said Megh Raj Khanal, a
farmer at Bahundangi, Jhapa.
According to the District Agriculture Development Office, 4,000
hectares out of the total 159,920 hectares of cultivable land have been turned
into concrete. Nearly, 2,000 hectares of land remain uncultivated.
When a bigha of land is developed for housing, it directly
affects 15 to 20 bighas of surrounding land. “The area of land suitable for
growing crops has been decreasing annually due to plotting which has also led
to a fall in food grain production,” said Shaligram Bhattarai, technical
assistant at the office.
Jhapa district, which once used to export paddy and rice to
Indian border markets, has now become a large importer of food. According to
the Mechi Customs Office, paddy and rice imports are swelling annually. In the
last fiscal year, Jhapa imported paddy worth Rs30 million. Paddy imports have
reached Rs25 million in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year.
Imports of broken rice are also increasing. Rs25 million worth
of broken rice, which is mainly used in making alcohol, had been imported as of
the first 10 months of this fiscal year.
According to Om Prakash Sarawogi, provincial parliamentarian and
trader, around 22 rice mills used to produce steamed rice and export it to
India in the past decades. The main markets were West Bengal, Bihar and
southern part of India. Now, Nepal has started importing rice.
Traders said that due to the high prices of paddy produced in
Nepal, they are forced to import fine rice from India.
Surya Agro Mill of Mechinagar, Jhapa purchased Ranjit Mansuli
paddy at the rate of Rs4,000 per quintal last year. However, the mill is not
getting paddy by paying Rs5,500 this year. “The
price has increased by Rs1,500 within a year,” said Sanjay Kumar
Minda, manager of Surya Agro. The fine variety of paddy is not available
although traders are willing to pay high prices for it, he added.
Rice mills have hiked the price of paddy by Rs5 per kg. “Even
then, we cannot get enough paddy of such fine variety in the district, and we
are compelled to import it from India,” he said.
According to traders, the price of Ranjit paddy is Rs5,500 per
quintal. Similarly, paddy such as Sona Mansuli is being sold at Rs4,700, Jira
Masino at Rs6,250 and Basmati at Rs11,100 per quintal. Most of the mills import
paddy from India which is processed into rice and packaged and sold in Nepal.
Published: 29-05-2018 08:49
3 years of Buharinomics leave agriculture impact doubtful
Developments in agriculture as
government handlers like to put it, has been one of the posters readily
brandished when asked of what the Buhari administration has achieved in the
last three years.
However, while the sector has to
a considerable extent recorded a number of positive developments, determining
just how effective and impactful these have been is quite a tricky subject.
Rice production is one of the very first areas the government says it has made
significant progress. To some extent, yes it has, but this has also been
largely exaggerated, as with virtually everything else.
The agriculture promotion policy of the Federal Government for 2016 – 2020
showed that rice production in the country at 2.3 million metric tonnes, with a
four million tonne deficit from the country’s 6.3 million metric tonnes demand.
The deficit has been attributed to insufficient supply chain integration which
remains a nagging issue in achieving sustenance. The deficit was previously
filled through a combination of massive legal imports through the ports, and
unabated smuggling through the many porous land borders. The situation even
though said to have improved, still remains vulnerable.
BusinessDay reported in 2017 that rice imports from Thailand, one of the
country’s largest suppliers had dipped by 96 percent compared to the volume
imported in 2015. But a cursory examination shows that even though rice exports
to Nigeria have dipped, increase in imports by neighbouring countries such as
Benin may imply more smuggling in getting the commodity into Nigeria.
Data by the Thai rice exporters showed that Benin has between January and
September 2017 imported 1,330, 809 metric tonnes of rice, a 51.9 percent
increase from 876, 228 metric tonnes which was imported within the same period
last year. Comparing the 2017 imports (so far) to total imports in 2015 also
shows there has been a 65 percent increase.
In essence, while the Nigerian government celebrates its achievements in
increasing rice production, the smugglers are very well also celebrating
increase in their business.
Three years of Buhari has also not appeared to give confidence and assurance to
many industry heavyweights, who feel the sector is running on wheels on trial
and error. A deliberate, strategic, action plan, experts say, would see the
country’s agriculture delivering far more than currently recorded.
Sani Dangote, vice president, Dangote group, and president of the Nigeria
Agribusiness Group (NABG), had noted that at a press conference, that “there is
overwhelming evidence that lack of affordable financing, inadequate
infrastructure, lack of supply securities, inconsistencies of government
policies and regulations are top among constraints facing agribusiness
investments in Nigeria.”
While the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has more or less added agricultural
banking to its portfolio, going as far as spearheading initiatives such as the
Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP), financing still remaining a challenge. This
is especially so for the millions of smallholder farmers who produce the bulk
of food in Nigeria, yet are unable to access finance. Even some fairly “big”
farmers are not left out of the desperate search for funds which continue to
elude them.
“I cannot approach banks for loan at 30 percent interest rate. The Agric
intervention funds at single-digit interest rate are not accessible, they are
mere political statements,” said Bode Adetoyi, chairman, Poultry Association of
Nigeria (PAN), Lagos state, who also lamented that the “poultry industry and
feed business is already collapsing and farms, feed mills are closing every
day,”
Nigeria’s commercial banks’ credit to agriculture slightly increased from
N491.3 billion in the third quarter of 2016 to 491.5 billion in the same
quarter of 2017 according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Yet, the average player in the agric sector continues to wonder who the people
getting all the money are.
The poultry industry under Buhari has also struggled to survive. BusinessDay
reports had indicated many poultry farms had shut down on account of difficulty
to feed their birds owing, blaming the situation on inability to access to feed
and other inputs, and later in the year, excessive smuggling saw local producers
unable to sell off their stock.
The poultry industry is however expected to improve this year as feed supply
improves with increase in maize availability. But then, this is not such
because local production has gone up tremendously, but as some sources informed
us; massive maize importation had been done to address the previous feed
shortages.
Onalo Akpa, director general, Poultry Association of Nigeria, projected that
this year, “with the prices of maize coming down, if our cost of production is able
to come down, then we are able to produce at relatively affordable prices.
There is going to be a lot of competition between smuggling and locally
produced chicken. But the most important things is patriotism. The locally
produced chicken is more preferable than the smuggled one, so the government
needs to create awareness on the benefits of locally produced chickens”
In essence, just as rice, even poultry production within the country is
threatened by massive smuggling. This, added to other factors make it difficult
to determine just how much change Buhari has brought to the agric sector.
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Chinese
researchers expand test of saline soil rice
Xinhua| 2018-05-28
21:02:16|Editor: ZX
QINGDAO, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Researchers Monday expanded the
testing of rice growing with saline-alkali soil across China to choose breeds
with quality and optimum yield.
According to Zhang Guodong, deputy director of Qingdao's
saline-alkali tolerant rice research and development center,in eastern Shandong
Province, the new tests almost cover all major types of saline-alkali soil in
China.
The six testing bases are located across Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region and the provinces of Heilongjiang, Shandong, Zhejiang, and
Shaanxi.
"The tests will examine the performance, yield, taste, and
cost of saline-alkali tolerant rice on different types of saline soil,"
said Zhang.
A section of land at each testing base will be used for soil
amelioration using a technique created by the Qingdao center. It is expected to
transform the saline land into arable land within two to three years.
Yuan Longping, China's "Father of Hybrid Rice" who
helped found the Qingdao center, said that if 100 million mu (6.7 million
hectares) of saline land can be used to grow saline-alkali tolerant rice, the
country could produce an extra of 30 billion kg of rice if production per mu
reaches 300 kg.
On Monday, the center also announced the completion of yield
test of its first batch of drought-resistant rice varieties in Dubai. The rice
breed can produce more than 500 kg per mu.
Test planting of saltwater rice begins
2018-05-29
08:20:40China DailyEditor : Li Yan
Yuan Longping, China's "father
of hybrid rice", checks saltwater rice seedlings before they are planted
in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Monday. (Photo provided to China Daily)
Renowned Chinese agricultural
scientist Yuan Longping and his research team planted saltwater-tolerant rice
on six plots of saline-alkali land on Monday.
It was the first time this kind of
rice has been planted simultaneously on different types of such land, a major
step in exploring its commercial viability.
The planting sites are in Kashgar,
in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region; Daqing, Heilongjiang province;
Dongying and Qingdao, Shandong province; Wenzhou, Zhejiang province; and
Yan'an, Shaanxi province. The sites represent virtually every type of
saline-alkali land in China.
So-called saltwater rice is
designed to grow in tidal flats or other areas with heavy salt content.
"These planting practices aim
to test saltwater rice's performance, yield, taste and cost when grown on
different types of saline-alkali land," said Zhang Guodong, deputy
director at the Qingdao Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development
Center in Shandong province.
The center, led by Yuan, China's
"father of hybrid rice", was founded in 2016 to help expand the
farming of salt-tolerant varieties of rice.
Zhang said researchers and planters
applied several methods based on the Internet of Things, big data and
artificial intelligence, and tried to improve productivity and land use.
Besides testing saltwater rice's
performance, the six saline-alkali areas have different orientations.
For example, in Kashgar, poor
families from ethnic groups have been organized to plant seawater rice to help
poverty alleviation.
In Dongying, saline land is
expected to provide crops to support civilian-military integration.
The six plots are expected to
become fertile land in two or three years, and other saline lands will be used
to examine saltwater-tolerant rices species.
Zhang said the center had joined
with the China National Hybrid Rice R& D Center, as well as 18 other
research institutions and enterprises, to establish a working group to examine
the test results.
China has 100 million hectares of
saline-alkaline soil.
Yuan and his team plan to develop a
type of saltwater rice that can be planted on 6.7 million hectares of
saline-alkali land around the country, which they estimate can yield 30 million
metric tons every year, feeding an additional 80 million mouths.
In September last year, the Qingdao
demonstration center harvested four types of saline-alkali rice, with the
highest yield reaching 9.3 tons per hectare, much higher than expected.
Yuan's team also estimated the
results of experimental planting of saltwater rice in desert areas of Dubai in
the United Arab Emirates. One type is expected to yield more than 7.5 tons per
hectare.
The Chinese team started planting
the rice in January. The harvest is expected to take place in late June.
Can a new rice variety address world hunger?
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing has been used to create new
rice variety, which the developers say could address world hunger. Opponents,
however, raise the ethical issue of the crop not being owned by the farmers but
by the technologists behind it.
Scientists from Purdue University and the
Chinese Academy of Sciences have used CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing
technology to produce a variety of rice that can produce up to
31 percent more grain when compared with current strains of rice. To develop
the rice, the researchers created mutations to 13 genes that were linked
with phytohormone abscisic acid. Essentially the
gene editing 'silenced' these genes. This plant hormone is related to plant
stress tolerance and suppression of growth. By controlling plant stress, the
variant with improve yield was produced.
The new process was different to other
attempts at genetically modifying rice. Other approaches have used
gene-splicing where genes from other plants have been transferred into rice in
order to boost its robustness. Here rice plants have been modified to increase
micronutrients such as vitamin A, increase grain size, or to accelerate
photosynthesis. More controversially, some rice plants have been engineered to
tolerate herbicides or to resist pests, meaning that framers are reliant upon
specific chemicals produced by global multinationals in order to continue using
the crop.
Tests on the new variant rice were conducted
in Shanghai, China and on China’s Hainan Island. The types of stresses that the
new rice can better withstand include drought, soil salinity plus other
environmental factors that lead to a reduced yield for farmers.
CRISPR
CRISPR is an acronym for “Clustered
regularly-interspaced short palindromic repeats.” It is a relatively new genome
editing tool that functions like molecular scissors. The method allows
scientists to modify an organism’s DNA. For a fuller description of the
technology, see the Digital Journal article "Is CRISPR technology set to change
biological science?"
According to an overview by Engadget,
there remain ethical questions to unravel with the new rice. Some environmental
groups are concerned with the impact of genetically modified rice on other
crops. There is also the issue of who would own the rice and future corporate
control. In addition, further tests are required to ensure that the rice is
safe and accessible.
The development of the new rice has
been published in the
journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The research paper is headed "Mutations in a subfamily of abscisic acid
receptor genes promote rice growth and productivity."
Increasing levels of dioxide
reduce the nutritional value of rice
Increasing concentrations of
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to climate change gradually reduce the
nutritional value of rice, a basic feed for more than two billion people,
especially in the poorest countries, thus threatening their health, according
to a new international scientific research.
The study shows for the first
time that rice grown under conditions of increased atmospheric dioxide has
reduced four important vitamins B (B1, B2, B5, B9), less protein and also fewer
other nutrients such as iron and zinc.
Researchers from the United
States, Japan, Australia and China, who carried out research with 18 common
varieties of rice, made the relevant publication in the journal Science
Advances. Experimental rice crops were made with artificially elevated levels
of dioxide (568 to 590 ppm), as expected in the second half of our century.
It was found that when there is
increased airborne dioxide, mean levels of vitamin B1 (thiamine) in rice are
reduced by 17%, 1, B2 (riboflavin) by 16.6%, B5 (pantothenic acid) by 12.7% and
B9 (folate) by 30.3%. Climate change does not change levels of vitamin B6
(pyridoxine) and calcium while increasing levels of vitamin E.
Also, increased dioxide reduces
by about 10% the level of protein, 8% of iron and 5% of zinc, containing the
rice.
“Rice has been the basis of
nutrition for many populations in Asia for thousands of years and is the
fastest growing food in Africa. Reducing nutritional quality of rice will
affect maternal and child health for millions of people, “said researcher
Christy Ebi, a professor at the University of Washington.
Approximately 600 million people,
mostly in Southeast Asia (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam,
etc.), take over half of their daily calories and protein from rice, the
physiology of which is affected by climate change. The research has shown,
however, that not all rice varieties respond to the increased dioxide, and
therefore – through further research – those that can better preserve their
nutritional value.
