Scientists Say
Genetically Modified Rice Can Prevent HIV
August
08, 2018
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/scientists-say-genetically-modified-rice-can-prevent-hiv-aids/4519044.html
Nepalese farmers plant rice saplings in a paddy field during
Asar Pandra, or paddy planting day in Lele, Lalitpur, Nepal, Friday, June 29,
2018. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Researchers say a new
genetically modified rice can prevent
infections of HIV, the virus responsible for the disease AIDS.The researchers
recently published their findings in a study in the
journal Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The team included
scientists from America, Britain and Spain.
The study reports the
newly-developed rice produces proteins that attach directly to the HIV virus.
This process prevents the virus from mixing with human cells. The scientists
say this can neutralize the virus and
block its transmission.
The Joint United Nations Program
on HIV/AIDS or UNAIDS reportsthat
worldwide, nearly 37 million people were living with HIV in 2017. The
organization says the largest number of those were in developing countries.
Nearly two-thirds of HIV cases are in Africa.
In this file photo, civil rights activists march in
Durban, South Africa, July 18, 2016 at the start of the 21st World Aids
Conference.
There is currently no cure for
HIV/AIDS. But there have been major developments in oral drug
treatments shown to slow the progression of the disease. Such treatments can
also reduce the chances of passing the virus onto others. Researchers have also
worked on finding a vaccine.
UNAIDS says
new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by about 50
percent over the past two decades.
The new study predicts the
rice-based method will lead to long-term deployment of the anti-HIV treatment
across the developing world. Researchers said the “groundbreaking”
discovery is “realistically the only way” that anti-HIV combination treatments
can be produced at a cost low enough for the developing world.
Pharmacist Mary Chindanyika looks at documents on a
fridge containing a trial vaccine against HIV on the outskirts of Cape Town,
South Africa, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
The scientists say the easiest
and most cost-effective way to use the rice will be to make it into a cream to
be put on the skin. The HIV-fighting proteins can then enter the body through
the skin.
People in all parts of the world
could grow the rice and make the cream themselves, the researchers said. This
would prevent the cost and travel required for many patients to receive
treatments and medicine, especially in the developing world.
A Cambodian farmer throws rice seeds onto his paddy
fields on the outskirt of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, May 22, 2018. (AP
Photo/Heng Sinith)
The scientific team says further
testing is needed to make sure the genetic engineering process does not produce
any additional chemicals that could be dangerous to people.
The process of changing the
genetic structure of food crops has been debated for some time. Such foods are
commonly called GMOs - for genetically modified
organisms, or GEs – meaning genetically edited. Critics of
genetically engineered crops believe they can harm people.
I’m Bryan Lynn.
Bryan Lynn wrote this story for
VOA Learning English, based on reports from PNAS.org and other online sources.
Hai Do was the editor.
______________________________________________
A plan to shoot tiny
droplets into the sky would cool the planet—but wouldn’t help crops
By Sid
PerkinsAug. 8, 2018 , 3:30 PM
As the climate heats up, some scientists wish
to use a novel technique to cool things back down: geoengineering. One method
would spew tiny particles high into the atmosphere to scatter sunlight. That
would cool Earth’s surface and, in theory, protect crops like corn, which are
expected to become less productive as temperatures rise. But a new study
suggests any boost in crop yield due to lower temperatures would be largely
counteracted by dimmer sunlight.
Scientists
have long known that airborne sulfur dioxide gas—like that spewed from major
volcanic eruptions—can briefly cool the planet when it reacts with water vapor
to form light-scattering droplets. After the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in
the Philippines, there was also evidence that it increased the uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) in plants around the globe. That’s
because light-scattering aerosols can diffuse direct sunlight, whose harsh rays
typically hit only the tops of trees and other tall plants. But diffuse
sunlight can reach all layers of foliage, including those below the canopy.
Many researchers presumed the same effect would work to boost agricultural
yields, says Jonathan Proctor, an agricultural economist at the University of
California (UC), Berkeley.
To
estimate what geoengineering might do to a wide variety of crops, Proctor and
his colleagues analyzed agricultural records worldwide in the wake of two
volcanic events: the eruption of Mount Pinatubo and the 1982 eruption of
Mexico’s El Chichón. They used them to guide a model of the future in which
people injected enough light-scattering aerosols into the stratosphere to
counteract all human CO2 emissions after the year 2020.
During
the period from 2050 through 2069, geoengineering cooled the crop-growing
regions of the planet by about 0.88°C on average. That cooling boosted corn
harvests about 6.3%. But the sunlight that accompanied the scattering, in
addition to being more diffuse, was also slightly dimmer. And the researchers
found that it had the opposite effect, decreasing yields by about 5.3%. On top
of that, yields dropped by another 0.2%, thanks to subtle changes in cloudiness
and precipitation patterns. Overall, geoengineering had no discernable effect on crop yields for
corn, soy, rice, and wheat, the researchers report online today in Nature.
Maybe it
shouldn’t be surprising that diffuse sunlight, as opposed to direct, didn’t
seem to have much effect on crop yields, says Dennis Baldocchi, a
bioenvironmental engineer at UC Berkeley who was not involved in the study.
Unlike long-lived trees, which can be tightly packed in a forest and overshadow
lower layers of foliage, crop plants stand mostly unshaded by their neighbors
for much of their life cycle.
“This is
an important and impressive study, hats off to the researchers,” says Gernot
Wagner, a climate economist at Harvard University who was not involved in the
study. The findings “are an important reminder that neither climate change nor
solar geoengineering act on temperatures alone.” Other effects of the
technique, such as how it might affect ocean acidification because of uptake of
CO2, deserve significant study, he adds.
Although
the team’s findings are disappointing in one sense, says Proctor, the approach
could be easily adapted to assess the costs and benefits of geoengineering on
other economic sectors, including the construction industry and health care.
“Geoengineering may be ineffective at mitigating damage to agriculture, but it
might still be worth doing,” he notes. “At this point, we just don’t know.”
Boozman, state
farmers talk tariffs; worried about losing established markets, one grower says
This article was published August
8, 2018 at 4:30 a.m.
HOTO BY AP / DANNY
JOHNSTON
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., speaks in front of
the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, May 26, 2015.ENGLAND -- Arkansas farmers are concerned about the escalating
trade tensions between the United States and the rest of the world, they told
U.S. Sen. John Boozman on Tuesday.It's a message the lawmaker's heard elsewhere
this week during his annual agriculture tour across Arkansas."Trade, I
know, is a huge issue. ... We're all concerned about that," Boozman told
an audience of roughly 20 people.
The Republican from Rogers
answered questions about the new agricultural tariffs and other issues during a
meeting at Dow Brantley Farms in Lonoke County.The Brantleys, who have farmed
the land for generations, now oversee 10,000 acres of agriculture land, raising
rice, soybeans, corn and cotton.China has slapped a 25 percent tariff on all
four crops this year.Boozman defended President Donald Trump's trade policies,
portraying the Chinese as the bad guys.
Trump's goal is trying to level
the playing field, Boozman said."You all can compete with anybody. You do
a tremendous job. We're the cheapest, safest food supply. ... But we are
disadvantaged in many ways, particularly with agriculture," he said.Rick
Bransford, who farms near Pettus, told Boozman that he's worried about the
long-term consequences of Trump's trade policies.
"I think this tariffs
business, we're going to lose long-term markets that we ... have worked on for
years to try to get into," he said. "This is really going to affect
us this year and for possibly many more years down the road," he
said.Recent tariff increases by China could "prove to be devastating"
for the Mississippi Delta, Walton Family Foundation researchers say.In the
American heartland, the effect of these retaliatory measures "will likely
be substantially worse than on the rest of the country," foundation
researchers Jonas Crews and Ross DeVol wrote in a research brief released
Tuesday."It appears that China surgically targeted these products to place
maximum economic and political pressure on the Trump administration,"
Crews and DeVol wrote in their paper titled, "American Heartland Counties
Targeted by Chinese Tariffs on U.S. Crops."
In an interview, DeVol said
farming is "vital" to the economic well-being of many counties in the
Delta."The Mississippi Delta has a very high concentration of these
crops," he added.In an interview, Boozman portrayed the Chinese as the
aggressors."The Chinese are just a huge problem. They steal our trade
secrets. They steal everything they can get their hands on. They manipulate
their currency," he said. "We need to have a solution to that
problem. So the president's working hard to do that."The goal is to fix the
problems, he said.
"We don't want an all-out
trade war," he added.Addressing the group in Lonoke County, Boozman noted
that the White House has called for $12 billion in emergency aid for farmers to
help them deal with the affects of a wide range of tariffs.
Randy Veach, president of the
Arkansas Farm Bureau, said the extra assistance would be welcome."The $12
billion could be a really big help," he said. "Our farmers and our
ranchers, we're not looking for welfare or a handout or anything like that, but
our income has been drastically affected," he said.Arkansas Farm Bureau
Vice President Rich Hillman suggested more help may be needed if the trade
impasse continues."This $12 billion's going to be spread pretty thin when
push comes to shove, but we appreciate you doing what you're doing," he
told Boozman.
The goal, he maintained, is fair
trade."You let us go head-to-head with them. We'll beat them every
time," he added.In addition to trade, farmers also asked questions about
the farm bill, immigration policy and environmental regulation.The
Environmental Protection Agency has become more farm friendly since Trump took
office, Boozman argued."You've got the friendliest EPA that you've had in
decades," Boozman said.
Boozman's stop in Lonoke County
was the latest on his four-day agriculture tour.Starting Monday morning at the
Don Tyson Center for Agriculture Sciences in Fayetteville, he visited an Angus
cattle ranch in Lavaca, a peach orchard in Lamar and a cattle ranch in Center
Ridge.
Today, he is scheduled to stop by
the University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart, a
rice farm in Stuttgart and a crop duster in Sherrill. On Thursday, Boozman is
to tour the University of Arkansas at Monticello's forestry, agriculture and
natural resources department, meet with farmers at the Pickens Store in Pickens
and hear about wetland reserve easements in Collins.
Metro on 08/08/2018
Term limits makes the ballot
And more
fallout for PFH.
Term limits makes the
ballot
A proposal to roll back the term
limits provision of the Arkansas Constitution has enough valid signatures to
qualify for the November election ballot, according to the secretary of state's
office. The petition campaign began two years ago.
The secretary of state's office
said petitions had 93,998 valid signatures out of 124,674 submitted. That was
in excess of the 84,859 valid signatures needed.
The proposal limits state
legislators to 10 years of service, down from a minimum of 16.
If approved in November, the
measure could bring an upheaval in the legislature in 2021 because majorities
of both houses — presuming they are the same as today — would be ineligible for
further service under the proposal, which is retroactive to include past
service.
As it stands, legislators are
limited to 16 years of total service, but two-year terms drawn by senators
after redistricting every 10 years don't count against the limit. So, for
example, Sen. Cecile Bledsoe (R-Rogers) is running for a term that will give
her 20 years in the Senate. Depending on the draw and the future of this
amendment, Sen. Jason Rapert (R-Conway) could serve 22 years in the Senate.
The provision in effect now was
disingenuously pitched as a "term limits" amendment in
a legislatively referred amendment in 2014 that also gave legislators
cover for a huge pay raise and provided loopholes for nominal limits on
lobbyist wining and dining. It replaced a previous amendment that limited
service to six years in the House and eight years in the Senate. (Again, with a
lucky draw, a legislator could qualify for up to 16 years of total service.)
The current limit is a godsend for
the power-hungry. Accruing 16 (or 20 or 22) years in a single house is a
pathway to immense power, similar to lifetime tenure for some incumbents. Added
to legislative efforts to strengthen their power over the executive branch with
new review powers, it's even more fearsome.
Issue 1, also on the ballot this
year, would make their power even mightier by stripping the Arkansas Supreme
Court of rulemaking authority while discouraging lawsuits for damages.
More fallout for PFH
Preferred Family Healthcare, the
scandal-plagued behavioral health provider suspended from the
Arkansas Medicaid program in June, has withdrawn itself from one of the state's
new provider-led managed care organizations for certain high-cost Medicaid
enrollees.
That organization, Empower
Healthcare Solutions, notified the Arkansas Insurance Department last week that
PFH had voluntarily withdrawn as an equity member "and in all other
respects" effective July 26. Empower is one of four recently created
companies in the state known as PASSEs (Provider-led Arkansas Shared Savings
Entities), which are intended to lower Medicaid costs and coordinate services
for those beneficiaries with the most intensive behavioral health
needs and/or severe developmental disabilities. (About 30,000 individuals fall
in this category.) PFH had roughly a 14 percent stake in Empower,
David Ramsey reported in July for the Arkansas Nonprofit News Network.
Empower's remaining co-owners are Beacon Health Options, the Arkansas Healthcare
Alliance, Stratera, Woodruff Health Group, Independent Case Management and the
Arkansas Community Health Network.
Those entities will divvy up PFH's
share of equity, insurance department spokesman Ryan James said.
Arkansas announced June 29 it was suspending
PFH from the state's Medicaid program — thereby halting reimbursements to the
nonprofit — and the state Department of Human Services said it would terminate
its contracts with PFH. That move came after the arrest of Robin Raveendran, a
former PFH executive (and onetime DHS "program integrity" official)
accused of masterminding a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud Medicaid
through improper billing practices. Another former PFH executive, Rusty
Cranford, was previously accused of bribing multiple Arkansas legislators and —
along with other leaders of PFH — embezzling vast sums of money from the
Missouri-based nonprofit. A federal investigation into those allegations
appears to be ongoing.
Before its fall from grace, PFH was
the largest behavioral health provider in Arkansas, with 47 service
sites statewide. It also does business under the names Dayspring, Health
Resources of Arkansas and Decision Point. Its many sites remain open for now,
but their future is uncertain, and PFH has indicated it's searching for a buyer
for its Arkansas assets.
Rice researchers charged
The U.S. attorney's office in
Little Rock announced federal charges against two rice researchers from China
who allegedly conspired to steal rice production technology, a scheme that included
contacts in Arkansas.
Liu Xuejun, 49, and Sun Yue, 36,
were charged with conspiracy to steal trade secrets and conspiracy to commit
interstate transportation of stolen property.
An indictment returned last week
said they were involved in the theft of rice seeds to be used in medicine. The
seeds were developed by Ventria Bioscience to produce proteins used in medicine
and drugs. The men allegedly stole seeds from the Dale Bumpers National Rice
Research Center in Stuttgart and Ventria's rice production facility in Kansas.
The government news release said
Ventria, which is headquartered in Colorado, had invested $75 million in
developing the intellectual property behind the rice seeds.
Mutant Rice Varieties Help Indonesia Reduce
Rice Imports
08 Aug 2018
,
The village of Gowa in the South Sulawesi
province of Indonesia has an agrarian history that dates back to the fourteenth
century – an agricultural prominence it still maintains, in part due to the
top-grade fertile soil in the region. In fact, the area is now serving as a centre
for the introduction of new mutant rice varieties that owe their existence to
nuclear technology. Through the combined expertise of the National Nuclear
Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN), the Joint FAO/IAEA Division and PB
Salewangang, a certified seed breeding company, 18 Gowa farmers have planted
their land exclusively with six new mutant rice varieties. But these farmers
aren’t growing the new varieties as a food crop. They are using BATAN’s breeder
seed material in their fields for seed multiplication. Once multiplied, PB
Salewangang distributes seeds to other farmers interested in planting the new
varieties to take advantage of their improved yield and quality.
Although Indonesia is the world’s third largest
grower of rice, it still must import rice almost every year, mainly to keep
reserves at a safe level. The main reasons for the gap can be traced to farmers
using non-optimal production techniques and to the fact that each person in the
country consumes an average 150 kg of rice per year – an extremely high
consumption rate. In addition, smallholder farmers, with less than 0.8 ha of
land, account for 90 percent of Indonesia’s rice production and so cannot take
advantage of economies of scale in their production. Indonesia encourages
technological innovation in its goal of reaching self-sufficiency in rice
production.
Indonesia encourages technological innovation
in its goal of reaching self-sufficiency in rice production. In addition
to promoting improved rice infrastructure, including irrigation planning, it
also supports the plant mutation breeding work of the National Nuclear Energy
Agency of Indonesia (BATAN). BATAN has a long history of success, breeding crop
varieties that bring higher yields to meet the needs of Indonesian farmers.
Now, it is expanding this success – still breeding for yield but also focusing
on specific quality parameters, meaning that it seeks varieties that have the
taste and texture that consumers are increasingly looking for.
Mutation
breeding adds 3 275 varieties to the world’s food basket
Since
the 1970s, BATAN has worked very closely with the Joint FAO/IAEA Division and
has received both state-of-the-art equipment and extensive training in the
implementation and use of mutation breeding technologies that improve and speed
up the process of mutation breeding. Indeed, the Joint Division has promoted
the worldwide use of plant mutation breeding since its inception in 1964. As of
March 2018, people around the world were benefitting from 3 275 officially
released mutant varieties of 214 different plant species, 50 percent of which
are cereals and 15 percent are legumes. The process itself calls for exposing
seeds to gamma irradiation, which generates random genetic variations. Those
variations that display the desired characteristics are then subject to further
testing and breeding.
To date,
BATAN has developed 23 mutant rice varieties. It typically contracts with
certified seed breeding companies that multiply the seeds for dissemination and
then market the new seeds to farmers, hosting harvest fairs to introduce
farmers to the advantages of adopting the new varieties.
PB
Salewangang, one of Indonesia’s most respected producers of certified seed,
chose farmers in Gowa, in South Sulawesi, to multiply the seeds of six of BATAN’s
latest mutant varieties. This area was chosen because, while it has top-grade
soil, farmers there do not really prosper as they should, mainly because they
have insufficient supply of good quality rice seeds that would ensure high
yields and a profitable return.
In 2016,
those farmers growing BATAN’s new Sidenuk, DiahSuci and Mira-1 rice varieties
had a 150 percent increase in yield compared with conventional paddy seeds, and
were indeed able to supply 3 percent of the seed required by the entire South
Sulawesi province. The success inspired other farmers to use the company’s
seeds. In 2017, the company chose 18 farmers to plant six mutant varieties and,
with the March 2018 harvest, the six varieties had averaged a 50 percent
increase in yield.
These new
rice mutant varieties are especially important today because they are adaptable
to climate change variability. Already, 4.7 percent of Indonesia’s rice fields
are cultivated with high-yielding mutant varieties of rice. This means that 800
000 farmers are involved, and they are producing enough rice for 20 million
people. BATAN recognizes the value of these high yielding varieties and, in
collaboration with some local governments and the Ministry of Agriculture, it
has established Agro Techno Parks (ATPs) in some provinces which are expected
to become centres of excellence for developing certified seeds of mutant
varieties and related technologies to support food production under climate
smart agriculture.
Dissecting Data: How
rice tariffication, more rice imports affect prices
ABS-CBN News
Economic managers have said that
imposing tariffs on imported rice in place of quantitative restrictions could
help lower the prices and curb inflation. Farmers, however, raised concerns of
the potential harm it can do to the local rice industry.ABS CBN’s Data
Analytics team presents how rice tariffication and increased importation of
rice could potentially lower prices.
House approves rice tariffication bill
RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
MANILA – The House of
Representatives on Tuesday approved on second reading a bill which imposes
tariffs on rice imports in place of quotas.
Congressmen approved House Bill
7735 or the rice tariffication bill, which was dubbed as urgent by President
Rodrigo Duterte during his third State of the Nation Address.
Economic managers have said that
removing quotas on rice imports would lead to lower prices of the staple.
Some legislators however raised
concerns that lifting import quotas would put local rice farmers at a
disadvantage.
“We really have to make sure that
our farmers are prepared and competitive enough to withstand any shock that a
new rice regulation would create,” said Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano.
Albay Representative Edcel Lagman
meanwhile said the funds collected through the tariffs should be automatically
appropriated and released to farmers.
Lagman said there are concerns
that the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund would not go to
farmer-beneficiaries.
“We must be able to assure that
the rice fund will be automatically appropriated without passing Congress. It
must be released periodically,” Lagman said.
Importing rice was also one of
the 5 “vigorous” measures to curb inflation that were discussed during House
Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's meeting with the administration's economic
managers, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda has said.
image: https://www.philstar.com/images/arrow-top.png
image:
http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/gen1-inflation-michael-varcas_2018-08-08_23-29-56.jpg
President
Duterte is expected to issue an executive order (EO) reducing to zero the
tariffs on imported fish, corn, vegetables and feed wheat to curb inflation,
Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said yesterday.
Michael Varcas
Executive order sets zero tariffs to ease food
inflation
Jess Diaz, Paolo Romero (The Philippine Star) -
August 9, 2018 - 12:00am
Food imports to flood market
MANILA, Philippines — High food
prices? Flood the market with imports.President Duterte is expected to issue an
executive order (EO) reducing to zero the tariffs on imported fish, corn,
vegetables and feed wheat to curb inflation, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said
yesterday.Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia also revealed at a
Senate hearing the impending issuance of an EO on tariff cuts for certain
agricultural products and the imposition of tariff on rice.
Pernia said a public consultation
on the issue is set for tomorrow.Salceda told a news forum that the President
would issue the order after Congress goes on an 11-day recess next weekend.He
said the reduction of tariffs on these imported products was among the
counter-inflation measures Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and other House
leaders had agreed upon with the President’s economic advisers last week.He
revealed imported meat was removed from the list after industry leaders made a
“strong lobby” with the Palace.
“It’s not ours. It’s the
executive department that doesn’t like it. If they don’t like it, what could we
do?” Salceda told the Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum.
Arroyo clarified that she was
“not advocating the importation of meat products at reduced tariff rates
considering that there are other more substantive drivers of inflation as cited
in the PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority) survey.”
Pernia said temporary tariff cuts
are being readied for some agricultural products like corn, wheat flour,
chicken and vegetables.
Inflation represents the increase
in the prices of goods and services. According to the PSA report, inflation in
July further jumped to 5.7 percent from 5.2 percent in June.
Critics blame rising consumer
prices largely on new and higher taxes on diesel, kerosene, cooking gas and
bunker fuel for electricity generation imposed under the controversial Tax
Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law.
Salceda, who describes himself as
Arroyo’s focal person for anti-inflation measures, said the measures agreed
with the President’s economic team included deferring “regulated price
adjustments” for electricity, water and even certain oil products, and the
importation of 500,000 to 800,000 metric tons of rice.
“What we really need to do is
arrest momentum to prevent any speculation… We should bring immediate relief to
consumers, especially the poor, to bring inflation back to four percent,” he said.
“Next month, without measures, we
see inflation peak at 5.9 percent and this will hover around 5.6 percent till
yearend. With vigorous measures, we can see July to be the peak inflation with
September falling to 5.6 percent,” Salceda said.
“Mas mabilis pa ang inflation
(Inflation is faster). I would say this is possibly the first near crisis of
this administration,” he added.
Rep. Michael Romero of party-list
1-Pacman, an economist like Arroyo and Salceda, said the counter-inflation
measures proposed by the Speaker are intended to cut inflation by at least 1.8
percent.
“At this point, the specifics
must come from the President’s economic managers. The departments, for example,
must send to us the list of fish and other products whose tariffs can be reduced
to zero,” he said.
Enough time to ready EO
Senate President Vicente Sotto
III said the Senate and the House of Representatives will adjourn session from
Aug. 16 to 27 to allow Duterte to issue the order.
Sotto said despite the two-week
break, Congress will actually just lose one session day, which is sandwiched
between non-working holidays and weekends.
Letting Congress do its task of
setting tariffs would take time and require public hearings with affected
sectors.
Also, the Senate is still
discussing the Rice Tariffication Bill, which seeks to impose a 35 percent
tariff on rice imported from other Southeast Asian countries in lieu of
quantitative restrictions.
Senate Minority Leader Franklin
Drilon said the adjournment would allow Duterte to set tariffs while Congress
is drafting the necessary legislation.
Sen. Cynthia Villar, chair of the
committee on agriculture and food, said plenary deliberations on the bill may
start soon.
Villar said the bill needs to be
passed as soon as possible so the country can avoid possible sanctions from the
World Trade Organization (WTO), which required the lifting of quantitative
restrictions as part of its mandate to liberalize trade.
The country usually imports rice
from Thailand and Vietnam.
The Senate will also conduct an
inquiry into the failure of certain government agencies to put behind bars
suspected rice smugglers despite the enactment of the Anti-Agricultural
Smuggling law two years ago.
The probe by Villar’s committee
was prompted by a resolution filed by Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito seeking an
audit on the implementation of Republic Act 10845 of 2016, which imposes a
penalty of life imprisonment and other penalties on any person found guilty of
large-scale agricultural smuggling.
At a recent Senate hearing, Ejercito
noted the prevalence of the use of fake import permits as well as delays in the
filing of cases against erring traders. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) was only
able to file three cases with the Department of Justice (DOJ).
“Allegedly, the cases are still
pending before the DOJ,” Ejercito said.
Only last month, the BOC
discovered the unauthorized release of over a hundred containers from the
Mindanao International Container Terminal in Misamis Oriental that may have
contained agricultural products, he said.
Uniform 5% rate
At a press briefing, Budget
Secretary Benjamin Diokno said the Duterte administration is “leaning towards
the uniform reduction (of tariffs) to five percent.”
“We want to make it five so it’s
simpler, more uniform. A standard rate like five is kind of neutral” and “does
not affect the consumption of goods,” Diokno said.
At the Senate, economic managers
said the planned tariff cuts would not significantly affect revenue collection.
They were responding to questions from Sen. Ralph Recto.
Finance Secretary Carlos
Dominguez III said duties on chicken and fish alone have reached P1.9 billion.
Pernia told reporters after the
hearing that the reduction in tariffs would only be temporary or until
inflation normalizes next year.
He said tariff for fish products
is at 15 percent; meat, 20 percent; corn, 35 percent; feed wheat, seven
percent, and vegetables, 40 percent.
Aside from reducing tariffs,
Dominguez said the government wants to reduce the processing time for permits
and phytosanitary certificates and lift some restrictions on meat products.
The finance chief said easing
both tariff and non-tariff barriers would help the government temper the
increase in consumer goods.
Agriculture industry
stakeholders, meanwhile, have expressed support for the government’s plan for
more importation of basic commodities like pork, fish and chicken.
“We do not have problem with
that. Last year we also imported additional pork. For as long as the proper
tariff will be implemented, we have no problem with that,” Rosendo So, chairman
of the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag), said yesterday.
The industry earlier expressed
concern over proposals to remove tariff on pork and fish imports as part of
measures to ease inflation.
“Reducing tariffs to zero percent
will annihilate the agriculture sector with the expected dumping of cheaper
agri imports,” So said.
A consumer group, for its part,
is pushing for a moratorium on price increases on basic goods at least until
the end of the first quarter next year.“In two weeks’ time, we shall enter the
‘ber’ months where pressures on demand and supply of basic necessities and
prime commodities can trigger another round of price increases,” Laban
Konsyumer Inc. said in a statement.
TRAIN is culprit
Meanwhile, Anakpawis party-list
Rep. Ariel Casilao said the new 5.7 percent record inflation in July should
leave no doubt that TRAIN law has done more harm than good.“Inflation had been
relatively low in the last three years until the Duterte administration
implemented its TRAIN law which increased prices overnight and drove inflation
higher for seven straight months now,” Casilao said.
He cited a study indicating that
“the soaring inflation in the last six months has caused the loss of about P933
to P2,715 in the income of each of some 60 million Filipinos.“The inflation
rate rose to 5.7 percent in July, the highest and fastest in five years. It was
mainly pushed by price spikes in fuel, food and transportation, with food
prices registering a year-on-year increase at 7.1 percent,” he pointed out.
He accused the Duterte
administration of “making it appear that the 5.7 percent inflation in July was
triggered more by supply problems, not by its economic policies.” – With
Mary Grace Padin, Louise Maureen Simeon, Louella Desiderio, Ding Cervantes,
Ghio Ong
Read more at https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/08/09/1841029/executive-order-sets-zero-tariffs-ease-food-inflation#cwuRDICCIbMYDmPj.99 https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/08/09/1841029/executive-order-sets-zero-tariffs-ease-food-inflation
Rice tariff bill hurdles House on second reading
August 7, 2018 | 9:48 pm
THE House of Representatives,
voting viva voce, passed on second reading the rice tariff bill, which hopes to
broaden rice imports and use the tariffs to fund measures to improve
competitiveness in the rice industry.
House Bill 7735, the Revised Agricultural
Tariffication Act, proposes the creation the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement
Fund (RCEF) as the government expands the role of private traders in importing
rice.
The fund will help support
upgrades to farming equipment and provide financing for crop loans and
insurance, among others.
The fund will also be used for
post-harvest, logistical projects and rice marketing, rice scholarships and
vocational education and research extension services.
Albay Representative Edcel C.
Lagman, prior to voting, moved to introduce a provision to automatically
appropriate funds for RCEF.
“The proceeds from the rice fund
shall automatically be appropriated and periodically released by the DBM
(Department of Budget and Management) to the DA (Department of Agriculture) in
order to sustain the program on rice sufficiency and enhance the small farmers
self-reliance,” Mr. Lagman said. The proposal was accepted by bill sponsor
Representative Jose T. Panganiban.
The measure also proposes to
restore the minimum access volume (MAV) on rice to its 2012 level of 350,000
metric tons (MT).
It also proposed that the bound
rate for rice imported from non-ASEAN World Trade Organization members be set
at the 40% Most Favored Nation (MFN) rate within the 350,000 MT MAV. Beyond the
quota, the rate rises to 180% for MFNs.
Imports from ASEAN will follow
import duty rates set out by the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement.
The measure will also allow the
President to make adjustments in the applied rate, or regulate rice exports as
well as imports, and enter into trade negotiations, relating to bound or
maximum rates on rice trade. The president, however, can intervene for not more
than two months.
The “Revised Agricultural
Tariffication Act,” is among the priority bills listed by the Legislative-Executive
Development Advisory Council.
Its counterpart measure, Senate
Bill 1839, authored by Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian, remains pending at the
committee level. — Charmaine A. Tadalan
Rice hoarder’s warehouses to be opened by force
“He
invoked national security in this regard, so we warn rice hoarders that the
President will use the full force of the state and force open warehouses where
these hoarded rice may be found,” presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said.
MIchael Varcas
Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star) -
August 8, 2018 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — President
Duterte remains consistent in his pronouncement in his third State of the
Nation Address (SONA) last month that he would not hesitate to use the entire
power of the state to order the seizure of rice hoarded in warehouses,
Malacañang said yesterday.“He invoked national security in this regard, so we
warn rice hoarders that the President will use the full force of the state and
force open warehouses where these hoarded rice may be found,” presidential
spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said.
Malacañang made the statement in
the wake of Duterte expressing alarm over inflation, which has broken last
month’s record high.
Roque assured the public that the
government is working double time to address the issue.
“We are looking at all aspects,
further alleviation measures. And of course, the statement of the President
against rice hoarders was because the increase in price of rice was the major
contributor to the increase in overall inflation,” he said.
Roque confirmed that the
President earlier personally called a rice trader suspected of hoarding tons of
rice in his warehouse and warned of charging him with economic sabotage.
Rice immediately flooded the
market, Roque said, citing monitoring of concerned agencies. The Palace did not
identify the trader.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo solution
At a press briefing in
Malacañang, Roque said Duterte is amenable to looking at the recommendation of
Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to lower tariff imports for fish, rice, meat,
poultry, corn, wheat flour and vegetables.
“The President has previously
expressed alarm over rising inflation,” Roque said. “The recommendation given
by Arroyo was considered by the economic cluster.”
Duterte met with the Cabinet last
Monday, where they discussed various issues.
Finance Secretary Carlos
Dominguez III and Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno also held another meeting
with the President.
On the recommendation of
Agriculture Secretary Emmañuel Piñol, Roque said the law restricts Piñol’s
recommendation on imposing suggested retail prices for fish products.
“As far as the importation of
fish products is concerned… it cannot be delivered immediately to the markets,”
Roque said.
“It has to be delivered at an
intermediate point, which has to be amended before we can actually effect
importation of fish products,” he added.
Rice tariff bill OK’d
The House of Representatives
yesterday approved on second reading the rice tariffication bill, which is
among the priority legislative measures Duterte mentioned in his third SONA
last July 23.
Under the bill, volume
restrictions on rice imports would be replaced with 40-percent tariff.
All duties collected from the
importation of rice would go to a rice competitiveness enhancement fund that
would be used to help farmers.
The administration’s economic
managers have projected that liberalizing rice imports through tariffication could
lower the inflation rate by 0.4 percentage point.
Rep. Jose Panganiban Jr. of
party-list ANAC-IP, agriculture committee chairman, is the principal author and
sponsor of the bill.
Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund
Villafuerte, a co-author, said the proposed law “will not only pull down the
price of rice by as much as P7 per kilo but also set up a huge support fund
that will enable palay growers to increase their harvests while reducing their
production costs.”
“It will provide immediate relief
to ordinary Filipinos reeling from soaring rice prices resulting from the
perennial supply shortfall and volatile prices of the grain in the domestic
retail market,” he said.
Villafuerte had called on his
colleagues in the House as early as May last year to look into the true state
of the country’s rice inventory with an eye on coming up with policy proposals
for the government to ensure “ample and affordable” supply.
He made the call after the
National Food Authority manager in his province informed him of the precarious
level of Camarines Sur’s rice stocks.
At that time, the province’s
buffer stock totaled only 42,293 cavans. The supply was equivalent to three
days’ consumption, NFA manager Yolando Navarro reported.
“The rice tariffication bill will
hit two birds with one stone: it will help bring down rice prices and stabilize
its supply while helping our farmers become competitive through the
establishment of a competitiveness enhancement fund that will be used to
provide them cheap loans, training, scholarships and modern facilities, among
other benefits,” Villafuerte said. Camarines Sur is the fourth largest
rice-producing province in the country.
Rice tariffication is one of the
measures being pushed by the administration’s economic team.
In a joint statement, the
economic team –composed of the Department of Finance (DOF), Department of
Budget and Management (DBM) and the National Economic and Development Authority
(NEDA) – said the rise in consumer prices in July was mainly caused by supply
issues, particularly affecting agricultural products.
“The current price pressures
emanate mainly from supply-side factors. Addressing supply constraints to curb
inflation is the utmost priority of the government,” members of the team said.
They cited in particular the
declining rice stock inventory caused by weather disturbances affecting the
Philippines and other rice-producing countries like Thailand and Vietnam.
They added the country’s rice
inventory in July declined to 2.36 million metric tons from the 2.57 million MT
recorded in the same period last year. The July inventory was lower than the
2.91 million MT recorded in June.
They also pushed for the
enactment of a rice tariffication measure.
“This reform in agriculture will
also provide a P10-billion enhancement fund for rice farmers that will help
them have better access to technology and, thereby, ramp up their production,”
they added.
The economic team also called on
concerned government agencies, such as the Department of Trade and Industry and
the Department of Agriculture, to implement stricter price monitoring to ensure
that no unscrupulous individuals or groups would manipulate the prices of
goods.
On rising fuel prices, the DOF,
DBM and NEDA said the government needs to complete the implementation of the
Pantawid Pasada Program, which provides a lump sum subsidy of P5,000 to 179,852
jeepney franchise holders this year.
Inflation last month accelerated
further to hit a fresh five-year high of 5.7 percent, bringing the average
year-to-date inflation to 4.5 percent. This is above the Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas’ target range of two to four percent.
This was brought about by the
spike in the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, economic managers
said.
However, they also noted that
inflation slightly eased on a month-on-month basis, settling at 0.5 percent in
July from 0.6 percent the previous month.
The economic team expressed
confidence that inflation would taper off towards the end of 2018, echoing the
BSP’s near-term outlook.
Defer rate hikes
For Arroyo, regulatory agencies
should defer increases in oil prices and in electricity and water rates to
arrest the continued rise in the cost of products and services.
Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, Arroyo’s
focal person for counter-inflation measures, said yesterday the new Speaker is
proposing that these “regulated price adjustments” be postponed “until
inflation goes back to the 2-4 percent target band.” He said the increases “add
to inflation pressures.”
Salceda said he has already
relayed the proposal of Arroyo and her economic team to the Energy Regulatory
Commission, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System-Regulatory Office and
the Department of Energy.
He added that in the case of
electricity, there is a newly approved rate increase of 18 centavos to 26
centavos per kilowatt-hour.
“Some of these regulated price
adjustments were approved way before and are just starting to be implemented.
There is also suspicion that aside from the 60-percent spike in global oil
prices, higher ethanol content requirement may have nudged retail petroleum
prices higher,” Salceda stressed.
Rep. Michael Romero of party-list
1-Pacman, an economist like Arroyo and Salceda, said the counter-inflation
measures proposed by the Speaker “are surgically targeted ways to ease the
financial woes of our constituents.”
Romero also recommended that the
monthly subsidy to 10 million poor households under the Tax Reform for
Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law be increased from P200 to P500.
“The increase will allow these
families to cope with five-percent inflation and the depreciation of the peso,”
he said. – With Jess Diaz, Mary Grace Padin, Paolo
Romero
PNG makes rice
staple food without growing it
August 9, 2018The NationalBusiness
By Louisah Frank
Papua New Guineans have made rice a
staple food at great cost without growing and producing their own, says
Agriculture and Livestock Minister Benny Allan.
He told a media conference in Port
Moresby on Tuesday that plans were underway to produce rice to cut the cost of
importing annually.
Allan said the government was
spending K600 million to import 400,000 tonnes of rice annually.
“A kg of rice costs about K6 on PNG
shelves,” he said.
“That is because consumers are
paying for other fees on top of the initial price of the rice, such as taxes to
cover import costs.
“Stopping imports will cut price by
50 per cent – which is about K3.”
Allan said 10ha of land had been
allocated and cleared at 14-Mile, outside Port Moresby, with the help of the
Philippines government, to grow and produce rice.
“We want to stop rice imports,
supply the country with local rice and begin rice exports to other countries by
2025,” he said.
“Coffee and chocolates are now being
produced locally and I don’t see why we cannot do the same for rice. Trukai is
already growing rice in the Markham Valley.”
Allan said PNG had resources and can
do it with the help from the Philippines government.
image:
http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/startoon_2018-08-07_20-58-15.jpg
EDITORIAL
- Importation to fight inflation
(The Philippine Star) - August 8, 2018 -
12:00am
More supply of any product
generally means lower prices. So it’s understandable that the administration,
whose officials insist that the tax reform package implemented this year is not
to blame for galloping inflation, is now reportedly considering importations of
certain basic commodities to temper consumer price increases.
The downside in flooding the
market with any product has always been its impact on local producers. This is
the biggest concern of farmers in the ongoing move toward rice tariffication,
which will open the floodgates to rice imports. In addition to rice, the
government is reportedly also considering more imports of meat, fish and wheat
products.
Consumers always welcome lower
prices and more product choices in the market. The agriculture sector, however,
includes millions of the country’s poorest, whose livelihoods could be affected
by a flood of imports. In several other countries, the agriculture sector
remains protected even in a globalized economic environment.
During extraordinary times such
as when natural calamities strike, affecting crop and livestock production, the
country has no choice but to augment local supplies with imports. But creating
a supply glut to bring down prices must be balanced with the risks of the
long-term deleterious effects on the country’s food production and security.
Once people leave farming and livestock breeding because of low earnings, they
may never go back to their former means of livelihood.
Those against a food importation
spree are also raising concern about the potential for corruption when import
restrictions are relaxed. There is also concern that imports of various
products are being pushed as an election year approaches.
With inflation at a five-year
high, the government must find ways of taming price surges. Importation is one
way of tempering price hikes. But its benefits must be carefully weighed
against the long-term impact as well as potentials for abuse
|
Import
of non-basmati rice step towards stabilising China-India trade
|
||||||
|
Thursday,
09 August, 2018, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
|
||||||
|
Ashwani
Maindola, New Delhi
|
||||||
|
China’s recent move
to import Indian non-basmati rice and approvals to about 14 Indian companies
for import are being seen as steps towards stabilising the Sino-India rice
trade, which had been fluctuating in the past. However, food safety
requirement is a big hurdle towards achieving a stable long-term trade
perspective, and India needs to maintain a formidable plan for the same.
Arpita Mukherjee, professor, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), said, “If we are able to export to China, this is definitely a good move. However, as can be seen from the data, our exports have a fluctuating trend, and this is because we may not be meeting the food safety conditions.” “What is more important from India’s long-term trade perspective is to have steady exports. This is only possible when we are able to meet the food safety regulations of the importing countries. We have enough production for export, and this is not going to impact the domestic availability of rice. Not being able to export is going to impact farmers’ incomes,” she added. India-China rice trade India’s rice exports to China have seen a fluctuating trend over the last couple of years. However, the imports of rice from China have been quite low vis-a-vis exports, thus leading to a positive trade balance in rice exports to China. Import data for the years 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017 are missing in the World Integrated Trade Solutions (WITS) database. As such, import data for the years 2014 and 2016 are depicted through a table, and the exports data from 2012 to 2017 are depicted through a graph.
Exports
of rice from India to China between 2012 and 2017
India’s
imports of rice from China (2014 and 2016)
China
specifically has concerns about pests. “The consignments have to comply with
the Chinese plant quarantine laws and regulations, said Mukherjee, adding,
“For this, there is a need for more interaction and sharing of information
between the Indian Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage,
under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India,
and the Chinese authorities.”
“There is need for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare to focus on ensuring that the food safety standards at the farm level are in line with the global best practices and help to maintain the quality standards,” she said. Commenting on the subject, K Singaravadivel, independent director, Tamil Nadu Food Grains Marketing Yard, Madurai ,said, "The move to export Indian rice to China will be positive. There will be no bad impact on the country.“
“Talking
to about Tamil Nadu, the state is expecting more production of rice this
year. So, there will be no impact if rice is exported to China. In fact,
farmers will get a good share for their produce,” he added.
“However, the Chinese and even Japanese people prefer sticky rice to the other variant. The simple reason for it is they can eat it using chopsticks. This type of variant is grown and available in the North-Eastern region of India. So, if the doors for exports open, farmers from this region will benefit. However, we need to see if the farmers get a fair rate for their produce,” Singaravadivel stated.
China
has agreed to import rice from 14 registered rice exporters from India.
Currently, the former only allows import of basmati rice from the latter but
with this clearance, non-basmati rice can be exported too.
The clearance came amid rising tension between the United States and China over trade tariffs. China is looking for newer markets to boost its inventories, while exports from India have been delayed, as it failed to clear the Chinese food safety and quality norms. Non-basmati rice exports from the country between April 2017 and February 2018 stood at $3.26 billion as against $2.53 billion in 2016-17. India wants to increase exports to China with a view to bridging the increasing trade deficit, which has increased to $63.12 billion in 2017-18 from $51.08 billion in the previous fiscal. |
ASIA
RICE-INDIAN PRICES HOLD STEADY; LOW RAINFALL MAY HURT OUTPUT
8/9/2018
* Floods, heavy rain likely to dent Thai, Vietnamese production
* Vietnamese demand picking up; Thai demand stays flat
By Sethuraman N R
BENGALURU, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Rice prices in India held steady this
week as concerns over lower production due to below-normal rainfall offset
sluggish demand in the world's top
rice exporter.
rice exporter.
Prices for India's 5 percent broken parboiled variety <RI-INBKN5-P1>
were hovering between $392-$396 per tonne this week, unchanged from last week.India's
rice exports in April to June rose 4.4 percent from a year ago to 3.15 million
tonnes due to good demand from
African countries."Rice planting has been lagging due to poor rainfall. Yieldscould (be) impacted if rainfall fails to improve next week,"said an exporter based at Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
African countries."Rice planting has been lagging due to poor rainfall. Yieldscould (be) impacted if rainfall fails to improve next week,"said an exporter based at Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
Farmers in India had planted summer-sown paddy rice on 26.27 million
hectares as of Aug 3, down 4.2 percent from a year ago.The country is likely to
receive below-normal monsoon rains
in 2018, a private weather forecaster said on Wednesday.In contrast, heavy rains and floods in rice-growing regionsin Vietnam and Thailand are affecting harvests and are to likely
impact rice prices.
in 2018, a private weather forecaster said on Wednesday.In contrast, heavy rains and floods in rice-growing regionsin Vietnam and Thailand are affecting harvests and are to likely
impact rice prices.
In Thailand, 30 provinces have been affected by seasonal floods in
the past three weeks, while nine provinces, includingsome rice-growing areas,
are partially inundated.
"The flood in northeastern regions may raise the domestic price
of Jasmine rice, which has been quite strong this year,and could impact export
prices in the future," a trader said.Overall demand for Thai rice remained
relatively quiet thisweek, but prices inched up as some exporters were
fulfilling old
deals.
deals.
"Many exporters are buying rice this week because a shipfrom
Africa is arriving... These are old deals with markets likeNigeria, Senegal,
and Ghana. Prices usually go up when the ship
arrives," another Bangkok-based trader said.Thailand's benchmark 5 percent broken rice <RI-THBKN5-P1>
rose slightly to $390-$395 per tonne this week free on board(FOB) Bangkok, from $385-$393 last week.Meanwhile in Vietnam, rates for 5 percent broken rice<RI-VNBKN5-P1> were $395-$400 a tonne, up from $385-$395 a tonnea week ago.
arrives," another Bangkok-based trader said.Thailand's benchmark 5 percent broken rice <RI-THBKN5-P1>
rose slightly to $390-$395 per tonne this week free on board(FOB) Bangkok, from $385-$393 last week.Meanwhile in Vietnam, rates for 5 percent broken rice<RI-VNBKN5-P1> were $395-$400 a tonne, up from $385-$395 a tonnea week ago.
"Prolonged rain is slowing down (the) summer-autumn harvest,while
demand is picking up," a Ho Chi Minh City-based tradersaid."We are
seeing rising demand from new markets, including
Cuba, Syria and Iraq... There are also rumours that the SouthernFood Corp (or Vinafood II) is buying rice from farmers forstockpiling," the trader added.
Cuba, Syria and Iraq... There are also rumours that the SouthernFood Corp (or Vinafood II) is buying rice from farmers forstockpiling," the trader added.
In Bangladesh, rice imports in July-August stood at 26,730 tonnes,
data showed, after the government imposed a 28 percent tax on shipments to
support its farmers after local production
revived."We are not striking any new deals for rice as it is no longer profitable given the huge import duty," a trader said.(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um in Bangkok, Khanh Vu in Hanoi,
Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai, Ruma Paul in Dhaka; Editing by Koustav Samanta and Jan Harvey)
revived."We are not striking any new deals for rice as it is no longer profitable given the huge import duty," a trader said.(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um in Bangkok, Khanh Vu in Hanoi,
Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai, Ruma Paul in Dhaka; Editing by Koustav Samanta and Jan Harvey)
UAE to open new Visa Office in Karachi
KARACHI: United Arab Emirates will
be opening a new office in Karachi in next two months' time to facilitate
Pakistanis planning to visit the emirate or intending to renew their residence
and work permits.
Acting Consul General of UAE in
Karachi, Bakheet Ateeq Al-Romaithi announced this here Wednesday during the 1st
meeting of Pakistan-UAE Business Council held at FPCCI office.
He said procedures related to all
kind of visas will be handled at the office so as to facilitate Pakistanis
going to UAE.
On the occasion Chairman, Pakistan-UAE
Business Council, Dr.Mirza Ikhtiar Baig discussed proposals for 12th Session of
Pak-UAE Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC).
These were said to particularly
include early signing of Pak-GCC Free Trade Agreement and resolution of
PTCL/Etisalat outstanding dues.
Dr Baig said the bilateral trade
between the Pakistan and UAE comes to US$8.3 billion which includes Pakistan
exports to UAE worth US$ 869 million and import from UAE worth US$7.5 billion.
Acknowledging the huge trade
deficit between the two countries,he suggested that the import of rice and
sugar from Pakistan can be allowed for cooperative stores in UAE.
Dr Baig appreciated Consul
General's initiative to cultivate animal feed Alpha-Alpha in Pakistan and
successfully exporting to UAE for last many years.
The members were informed that an
Abu Dhabi infrastructure fund is interested to invest in clean and renewable
energy projects in Pakistan.
Pakistan-UAE Business Council
Chairman also discussed participation in the Expo 2020, a mega event to take
place from October 20, 2020 to April 2021 in UAE for promotion of tourism.
The meeting was attended by Mazhar
A. Nasir, senior vice president of FPCCI, Usama Qureshi, Khalid Masood, Zubair
Haider Sheikh, Anwar Qureshi, Abdul Haseeb Qureshi and other members of the
council.
Global Basmati Rice Market
Research: Growth Opportunities with Global Key Players and Business Trend
Forecast to 2025
- AUGUST 7, 2018
The Basmati Rice industry
inquires about report with the detailing of the supply, creation, and market
status completely. Generation pieces of the overall industry and deals pieces
of the pie are broken down alongside the investigation of limit, creation, and
income. A few different factors, for example, import, trade, net edge, value,
cost, and utilization are likewise investigated under the area Analysis of
Basmati Rice generation, supply and market status.
Basmati Rice Market report gives a top to bottom examination of the market as
far as income and developing business sector patterns. This report additionally
incorporates a forward examination and figures for different market fragments
and all geological regions. The Basmati Rice industry inquires about report
investigations the supply, deals, creation, and market status completely.
Generation pieces of the overall industry and deals pieces of the pie are
broken down alongside the investigation of limit, creation, deals, and income.
Request a Sample of Basmati
Rice Market research report from –https://www.marketreportsworld.com/enquiry/request-sample/11091789
Following are the Major Key
Players of Basmati Rice Market:
KRBL Limited Amira Nature Foods
LT Foods Best Foods Kohinoor Rice Aeroplane Rice Tilda Basmati Rice Matco Foods
Amar Singh Chawal Wala Hanuman Rice Mills Adani Wilmar HAS Rice Pakistan Galaxy
Rice Mill Dunar Foods Sungold
The Key objectives of this report
are:
- To analyse the top players in North
America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia and India,
to Report the , value and market share of top players in these regions.
- Focuses on the key Basmati Rice players,
to Report the , value, market share and development plans in future.
- Focuses on the global key
manufacturers, to define, describe and analyse the
market competition landscape, SWOT
The Basmati Rice market report
also presents the vendor landscape and a corresponding detailed analysis of the major vendors
operating in the market. Basmati Rice market report analyses the market
potential for each geographical region based on the growth rate, macroeconomic parameters, consumer buying patterns, and
market demand and supply scenarios.
For Enquiry for Basmati Rice
Market Report at: https://www.marketreportsworld.com/enquiry/pre-order-enquiry/11091789
Basmati Rice Market Segment considering Production, Revenue (Value), Price
Trend by Type:
Indian Basmati Rice Pakistani
Basmati Rice Kenya Basmati Rice Other
Reasons to Buy:
- This report evaluates important changes in
consumer behaviour to identify profitable markets & areas for product
innovations.
- Analyse the current and forecast market
position of the brands to identify the best opportunities to exploit.
- Detailed understanding of consumption by
individual product categories to align your and marketing efforts with the
latest trends in the market.
Purchase Complete Report Single
User Licence at:
Basmati Rice Market Overview, Market shares and strategies of key players, Manufacturing Analysis of Basmati Rice
market, Market Forecast, New Project Investment Feasibility Analysis, In-depth market segmentation.
Finally, Basmati Rice Market
report is the believable source for gaining the market research that will
exponentially accelerate your business. This research report provides analysis and information according to market
segments such as geography, technology and applications. Basmati Rice market report is a treasured source for
both the individuals as well as the
businesses as it provides
detailed SWOT analysis along with the new project investments feasibility Report.
Basmati Rice Market Outlook 2025:
Geographical Segmentation, Comprehensive Analysis Of Industry Size & Share
Basmati
Rice Market report covers Competitive detailed viewpoint
including the piece of the pie and Company profiles of the Key competitors
working in the market.
Global Basmati Rice market,
presents critical information and factual data about the Basmati Rice market,
providing an overall statistical study of the Basmati Rice market on the basis
of market drivers, Basmati Rice Market limitations, and its future prospects.
The prevalent Basmati Rice trends and opportunities are also taken into
consideration in Basmati Rice industry study.
The Global Basmati Rice Market
Research Report Forecast 2018-2025 is a valuable source of insightful data for
business strategists. It provides the Basmati Rice industry overview with
growth analysis and historical & futuristic cost, revenue, demand and
supply data.
Request a Sample of Basmati
Rice Market research report from –
Top Key players report analysis
with a snapshot of the industry’s most influential players to provide detailed
intended information to buyers.
The following firms are
included in the Basmati Rice Market report:
KRBL Limited
Amira Nature Foods
LT Foods
Best Foods
Kohinoor Rice
Aeroplane Rice
Tilda Basmati Rice
Matco Foods
Amar Singh Chawal Wala
Hanuman Rice Mills
Adani Wilmar
HAS Rice Pakistan
Galaxy Rice Mill
Dunar Foods
Sungold
Amira Nature Foods
LT Foods
Best Foods
Kohinoor Rice
Aeroplane Rice
Tilda Basmati Rice
Matco Foods
Amar Singh Chawal Wala
Hanuman Rice Mills
Adani Wilmar
HAS Rice Pakistan
Galaxy Rice Mill
Dunar Foods
Sungold
Market Segmentation by
Regions: Geographically, this report is segmented into
several key Regions such as USA, Europe, Japan, China, India, Southeast
Asia, South America, South Africa, Others, with production, consumption,
revenue (million USD), and market share and growth rate of Global Status and
Forecast to 2025 in these regions, from 2018 to 2025 (forecast).
The exploration report gives an
outline of Basmati Rice industry on by investigating different key fragments of
this Basmati Rice advertise in view of the item composes, application, and
end-utilize businesses, showcase situation. The local dispersion of the Basmati
Rice is over the globe are considered for this industry examination, the
consequence of which is used to evaluate the execution of the Basmati Rice
showcase over the period from 2018 to determined year.
Have any Query Regarding the
Fresh Milk Market Report? Contact us at:
The Basmati Rice Market has
been segmented as below:
By Product Analysis:
·
90%
Basmati Rice
·
95%
Basmati Rice
·
Other
Purity
Major classifications are as
follows:
·
Indian
Basmati Rice
Pakistani Basmati Rice
Kenya Basmati Rice
Other
Pakistani Basmati Rice
Kenya Basmati Rice
Other
The Basmati Rice Market
report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming
years, the Report also brief deals with the product life cycle, comparing it to
the relevant products from across industries that had already been
commercialized details the potential for various applications, discussing about
recent product innovations and gives an overview on potential regional market
shares.
A global Basmati Rice market
survey provides key information about the industry, including very helpful and
important facts and figures, expert opinions, and the latest developments
across the globe.
Purchase the Basmati Rice
Market Report at:
Pakistan cultivated
hybrid rice over 800,000 hectares of land across the country
By Yasir Zeb
In order to boost the local
output of rice production, Pakistan has cultivated the hybrid rice over 800,000
hectares of land across the country.
Pakistan is focusing more on
agriculture to fetch foreign exchanges via exports and rice is one of the
popular options to do that, the hybrid rice cultivation will give boost to
local production as well as the income of small-scale and medium landholders,
the area cultivated for hybrid rice is increasing gradually and it will replace
the traditional seed cultivation, said Member Pakistan Agriculture Research
Council (PARC), Dr. Muhammad Yousaf.
There was a significant increase
in hybrid rice across the country during the current season, the increase shows
that the cultivation will expand more in the next season. The rice had been
cultivated over 2.8 million hectares to produce 7.4 million tonnes of rice
during the current season, he added.
60 percent of the rice was
consumed locally while 40 percent was exported from this cultivation. He also
informed that a delegation from China expert on hybrid rice would visit the
country next month to train local scientists for the development and promotion
of hybrid verities and the crop sowing area, this will also help to boost the local
production.
Going into the details of the
training sessions he said, the first batch of 40 scientists have been selected
for the training from the country. Pakistan has signed a MoU with China for the
promotion and development of hybrid rice in Pakistan and supporting local
scientists for this purpose.
Pakistan has already fetched
$2.073 billion by exporting 4.106 million tonnes of rice in the last 12 months
of the previous fiscal year 2017-18. The exports were increased during this
year as compared to the previous year when the exports fetched $1.606 billion
by exporting 3.523 million tonnes.
An old Kerala family farm is
reviving the near-forgotten navara rice variety
AUGUST 10, 2018 12:52 IST
MORE-IN
In Chittur, in the rice bowl
of Kerala, the land flattens
conspicuously, its evenness heightened by the undulating Western Ghats that
loom large in the background. Here the Shokanashini (destroyer of woes), a
tributary of the Bharathapuzha, irrigates the dark soil on which grows luscious
paddy. Rains fall often here, enhancing the beauty of the landscape. Of late,
peacocks have come to roost and their shrill cries are heard ever so often.
Narayanan Unny’s Navara Eco Farm
is snuggled in this picturesque scenery. This 125-year-old, 18-acre farm
exclusively produces navara, a rice species acclaimed
for its medically beneficial properties.
Consumed traditionally during the
wet months of karkidakam and used
extensively in the famed navara kizhi Ayurvedic
treatment, navara is a rice endemic to
Kerala.
Not being a staple variety and
used mainly as health food, the rice lost its prominence after the Land Ceiling
Act of 1967, when paddy acreage was considerably reduced. In 1994, Narayanan
Unny quit his computer business in Kozhikode and took charge of the family
farm, after the demise of his father.
He found that the rice with a
60-day life cycle, and consumed periodically, had being reduced to production
of a mere 50 acres from the 2,000 that it once commanded. “Even pure navara seeds
were not available,” says Unny.
He then made and executed a plan
for conservation of navara. It began with a search for
pure navara seeds,
and not finding any, not even at the Rice Research Centre in Pattambi, Unny
began seed purification in 15 cents of land, sowing only navara without
another rice variety.
He then planted the pure seeds in
12 acres. “I was clear that there was a demand for this wellness rice and that
it had to be grown organically.”
Navara paddy is delicate with soft strands that wilt easily and
is prone to rice pests. To make it organic, he tried and tested an array of
natural pesticides — neem, marigold, tulsi,
stale fish mix — but found them wanting in countering pest attacks. Finally, he
came up with an innovative method of using a butterfly catching net to manually
comb the paddy for pests twice a day. Along with his five colleagues, the
workers on his farm, he brushes the paddy daily.
“It is the only successful
pesticide-free method,” he says with pride.
In 2003, the process for Organic
certification of the farm was started. A year later, he along with all
stakeholders, pitched for registration of Geographical Indication of navara.
The move brought together farmers, the Kerala Agriculture University,
Department of Agriculture, rice millers and traders with CII Kerala
facilitating Navara Rice Farmers Society in the process.
In 2007, the rice got its GI
branding. “We now have a traditional product which was on the verge of
extinction,” says Unny, adding that the price of the rice depends on output.
For him, this journey has been
special, of carrying forward the hard work done by three generations of his
family. Unny believes that the rice has the potential to conquer the world as a
health food.
“It can be a representative
ethnic product.”
And so he presents its story, his
story in a telling narrative as a PPT to documentary filmmakers, scientists,
agriculturists, conservationists, reporters, and chefs, who make a beeline to
his farm looking for the rare purple rice.
There are still more challenges
ahead, the current one being particularly tricky. Wild boars and the preening
peacocks that swarm over his farm destroy the delicate paddy. “Both are
protected species. Being the national bird, we are helpless when it comes to
them; the peacocks are not so pretty after all,” he says with a sigh.
For more details, contact
Narayanan Unny 944727749.
Administration, DDMA
distribute rice in Kiphire
|
Field Days in the Natural State
By Deborah Willenborg
ARKANSAS -- USA Rice staff fanned
out across Arkansas over the last week to meet with millers and farmers; attend
field days in Jonesboro, Stuttgart, Osceola, and Harrisburg; and present at the
Arkansas Rice Research Promotion Board (ARRPB) meeting.
During the ARRPB meeting, Sarah
Moran, USA Rice vice president for international, gave an update on
international markets, highlighting the growing importance of promotional
activities as other rice producing countries are increasing their exports.
"Not only are these countries
encroaching on traditional U.S. export markets like Mexico but they're also
increasing their exports to our own country," said Moran. "If they were playing by the rules, that
would be one thing, but many of these countries are subsidizing their exports
and not being held accountable. USA Rice
has raised this concern repeatedly to the United States Trade Representative
(USTR) and the Trump Administration, and also requested a 25 percent tariff be
imposed on Chinese rice."
Horizon Ag overflow crowd
Jesica Kincaid, manager for
international policy who joined USA Rice in January, attended the Horizon Ag
Field Day at Mark Wimpy's farm near Jonesboro last Thursday. It was Kincaid's first trip to Arkansas and
she joined a group of 150 producers and industry professionals, plus 40 rice
producers from Central and South America, who listened to Horizon Ag General
Manager Tim Walker talk about the company's Provisia™ Rice System and its
strength in combating weed resistance.
Presentations by the Horizon Ag research team indicated that additional
varieties are in the development pipeline, and future releases will continue to
be higher yielding and more disease tolerant.
Last Friday, more than five hundred
people attended the University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center's
field day that showcased the latest results in irrigation, weed management,
entomology, pathology and fertility trials, and also highlighted new trials
being conducted that look at the effects of high nighttime temperatures. Dr. Bob Scott, director of the Rice Research
and Extension Center in Stuttgart, was presented with the Distinguished Service
Award from the National Association of County Agriculture Agents.
On Monday, farmers Mike and Ryan
Sullivan joined the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), the USDA
Agriculture Research Service, along with the USA Rice and Ducks Unlimited Rice
Stewardship Partnership to host the Mississippi County Water Management Field
Day at the Sullivan's Florenden Farms in Osceola, to talk about the latest
research on water conservation, irrigation automation, and more.
Ryan Sullivan finds a better way
Ryan Sullivan discussed the
practices involved in row rice production and some of the early indications of
how this production practice can save not only water, but also labor costs and
trips across the field. "I saw how
we'd been growing rice for all these years and said, there's got to be a better
way," said Sullivan. "For us,
it's about saving trips across the field."
"This field day started three
years ago with about 15 people and has grown tremendously, drawing a crowd of
about 250 people on Monday," said Josh Hankins, director of the Rice
Stewardship Partnership, who who gave a presentation on the Regional
Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
"Water conservation and new practices are gaining popularity and
interest among growers in the Mid-South."
Lauren Waldrip Ward, executive
director of Arkansas Rice Farmers, educated growers on the recently released
Arkansas Voluntary Smoke Management Guidelines for Row Crop Burning and
encouraged growers to put 1-800-830-8015 in their phones to call before they
burn this fall. The guidelines were developed through a broad coalition of
Arkansas ag stakeholders and more information can be found here.
USA Rice's Lydia Holmes
On Tuesday, Hankins and USA Rice
Manager of Regulatory Affairs Lydia Holmes attended the RiceTec field day
outside Harrisburg. The field tour included
new innovations for irrigation management, and new hybrids coming to the market
including the herbicide-tolerant trait, FullPage. The annual event closed with a dinner with
some great giveaways, farm bill updates by Representative Rick Crawford's (R-AR)
staff, rice market updates from Holmes, and highlights of RiceTec's SmartRice
program and sustainability initiatives by RiceTec CEO Mike Gumina
Device Measures Health of
Rice Plant, Save Farmers Money
LONOKE, Ark. - Through water and
fields, 2018 has placed technology in the hands of farmers."A point and
click," says Dr. Jarod Hardke, with the University of Arkansas System
Division of Agriculture. "It's just focused on the plant."
Dr. Hardke says the Trimble Greenseeker
reveals vital details in a plant's life.
"Refer to this as a fuel gauge
for the rice plant," he says.The device sends a light to the plant and a
light source is sent back to the handheld device showing how healthy the plants
are.The lower the number on the reader, the more nitrogen, a food source for
rice plants, is needed to keep the plant alive.
"[The] real hope on this is we
get to say is 'No, you don't need additional nitrogen at that time' and we can
save that roughly $20 an acre [on nitrogen]," says Dr. Hardke.Dr. Hardke
says the device, which costs about $400, will help keep Arkansas farmers number
one in the country in rice production.
He calls it a small investment for
long-term success."Ultimately if we save one mid-season nitrogen application
in just one field, you've more than paid for the handheld itself," he
says.
2
Rice import tariffs to trim inflation by 0.8 percentage points —BSP
Published August 9, 2018 6:57pm
By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News
Mandating tariffs on rice
importation could trim inflation by 0.8 percentage points, the Bangko Sentral
ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Thursday.
The rice tariffication bill, once
enacted into law, would have an impact on inflation, BSP Deputy Governor Diwa
Guinigundo said in a press conference.
“In early 2019, the impact on
inflation will be a reduction of 0.8 percentage points,” the BSP official told
reporters.
The Agricultural Tariffication,
pending in Congress, seeks to lift the quantitative restriction (QR) on rice
and allow private trader to import the staple food of Filipinos from countries
of their choice.
Authored by former Agriculture Secretary
and incumbent Bohol Representative Arthur Yap, House Bill 4904 passed on second
reading at the House of Representatives earlier this week.
“If rice tariffication bill is
approved by Congress in the third quarter of this year and becomes operational
by the fourth quarter, we expect inflation to be reduced by 0.2 percentage
points and another 0.6 percentage points next year,” Guinigundo said.
The Duterte administration’s
economic team, particularly Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia, has
been vocal about the significance of congressional action in helping to temper
the accelerating.
NFA’s plan to import more rice opposed
Updated August 10, 2018, 12:27 AM
By Madelaine B. Miraflor
The government’s plan to import
more rice at the latter part of the year will just further hurt local farmers
who are expecting to harvest their year-end yields.This was according to
Herculano “Joji” Co, president of the Philippine Confederation of Grains
Association, who first couldn’t believe that the National Food Authority (NFA)
is still pushing for more importation this year.
“Ewan ko kung magagawa yan [I
don’t know if they can do it]. If you do it last quarter, for what? Aani na
[it’s already harvest season],” Co said in an interview.
The NFA has particularly proposed
to import additional 500,000 metric (MT) of rice for this year, and another
500,000 MT of rice for the first few months of 2019.
If things will happen according
to NFA’s plan, the total amount of imported rice that have entered and are set
to enter the country would already stand to as much as 2.4 million MT.
This includes the 500,000 MT of
rice imported through the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) scheme of the World Trade
Organization (WTO) in February, which was followed by another 250,000 MT for
its second tranche; 500,000 MT of rice imported through the NFA-led
government-to-government and government-to-private bidding; and the first phase
of the latest MAV importation, which stood around 653,000 MT.
Co is now questioning the purpose
of another importation when imported rice already started flooding the local
market.
“Is that to avoid depleting of
stocks? The purpose of importation is food security and stabilize the prices.
By December, local harvest is expected to increase because those areas not
usually covered by irrigation have been supposedly rainfed already,” Co said.
For his part, Samahang Industriya
sa Agrikultura (SINAG) Chair Rosendo So said that instead of pushing for more
importation of agriculture commodities, the government must support efforts of
the local agriculture industry to improve local productiona and reduce retail
prices of basic commodities.
“Farmgate prices have remained
constant, despite rising prices of our cost of production the past months. Why
are we now being penalized with the proposal of zero tariff for meat and other
agriculture products,” SINAG Chair Rosendo So said, referring to an earlier
proposal for the government to cut the tariff for meat and fish imports.SINAG
added the government has been pushing programs to raise revenues and now they
want to forego revenues in the guise of lowering inflation.“Reducing tariffs to
zero percent will annihilate the agriculture sector with the expected dumping
of cheaper agricultural imports,” So further said.
PH gov’t eyes importation
to lower prices
by UNTV News | Posted on Thursday, August 9th, 2018
Market in Buhi, Camarines Sur
MANILA, Philippines — The National
Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) immediately convened following the
announcement of the 5.7 percent inflation last July.In the meeting, the NPCC identified the commodities that increased in price which include rice, fish, vegetables and sugar.
To address this problem, the government will soon import such products to augment the supply.NPCC chairman and Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said, “When we talk of importation kailangang masigurado rin na it will really go to the retail; either diresto sa market o diresto sa mga user industries.”
The government is also eyeing the implementation of a five percent tariff on the prices of imported products to protect the local industry and farmers from the impact of the tariffication of sugar, rice and other commodities.
Lopez added that the high price of oil in the world market is the main culprit in the surge of prices and not the tax reform law.
“Na wrong timing itong TRAIN implementation, but it’s a needed reform but pero without the TRAIN makikita mo, kung hindi tayo nag TRAIN talagang yung presyo tataas because of the world oil price yung galaw nya.”
Meanwhile, a consumer group is offering another solution.
For Laban Konsyumer group, the NPCC must implement a moratorium on the price increases listed on the expanded suggested retail price and discourage the use of easy-open lid for canned products as it costs higher than the regular canned sardines and meat.
The group also suggests that the National Food Authority start the implementation of the 10 to 50 percent discount to consumers and to strictly monitor the price of basic goods in all the market in the country
Meanwhile, the government is appealing to the public to wait for three more months to feel the effect of these solutions. — Mon Jocson
PNG makes rice staple food
without growing it
By Louisah Frank
Papua New Guineans have made rice a staple food at great cost without growing and producing their own, says Agriculture and Livestock Minister Benny Allan.
He told a media conference in Port Moresby on Tuesday that plans were underway to produce rice to cut the cost of importing annually.
Allan said the government was spending K600 million to import 400,000 tonnes of rice annually.
“A kg of rice costs about K6 on PNG shelves,” he said.
“That is because consumers are paying for other fees on top of the initial price of the rice, such as taxes to cover import costs.
“Stopping imports will cut price by 50 per cent – which is about K3.”
Allan said 10ha of land had been allocated and cleared at 14-Mile, outside Port Moresby, with the help of the Philippines government, to grow and produce rice.
“We want to stop rice imports, supply the country with local rice and begin rice exports to other countries by 2025,” he said.
“Coffee and chocolates are now being produced locally and I don’t see why we cannot do the same for rice. Trukai is already growing rice in the Markham Valley.”
Allan said PNG had resources and can do it with the help from the Philippines government.
Papua New Guineans have made rice a staple food at great cost without growing and producing their own, says Agriculture and Livestock Minister Benny Allan.
He told a media conference in Port Moresby on Tuesday that plans were underway to produce rice to cut the cost of importing annually.
Allan said the government was spending K600 million to import 400,000 tonnes of rice annually.
“A kg of rice costs about K6 on PNG shelves,” he said.
“That is because consumers are paying for other fees on top of the initial price of the rice, such as taxes to cover import costs.
“Stopping imports will cut price by 50 per cent – which is about K3.”
Allan said 10ha of land had been allocated and cleared at 14-Mile, outside Port Moresby, with the help of the Philippines government, to grow and produce rice.
“We want to stop rice imports, supply the country with local rice and begin rice exports to other countries by 2025,” he said.
“Coffee and chocolates are now being produced locally and I don’t see why we cannot do the same for rice. Trukai is already growing rice in the Markham Valley.”
Allan said PNG had resources and can do it with the help from the Philippines government.
Đồng Tháp to release floodwater into rice
fields
REPORT
HCM CITY — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp
plans to release flood water into more than 81,000 hectares of rice fields
between August and October to enrich the soil with sediment.
The release of water will not affect the production of other
fields.
Farmers and local authorities will give suggestions about the
time and quantity of flood water that should be released, according to the
province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The delta’s annual floods are caused by the rising water levels
of the Mekong Delta in the rainy season.
Nguyễn Thanh Hùng, vice chairman of the provincial People’s
Committee, said last year the province released flood water into more than
113,600 ha of rice fields.
The flooding helps destroy germs, reduces the cost of improving
the fertility of the fields and helps crops grow.
Đồng Tháp authorities have also carried out measures to protect
summer-autumn rice and other crops from waterlogging.
In Hồng Ngự District, one of the hardest-hit flooding areas in
Đồng Tháp, local authorities and farmers have strengthened rice protection
dykes and set up teams to monitor dykes and sluices.
The district has set up 28 rescue teams to protect agricultural
production and people in case of emergency.
Floodwaters have caused damage to dozens of hectares of
vegetables and crops in alluvial grounds in Hồng Ngự District.
Lê Thị Loan in the district’s Long Khánh A Commune said her
2,000sq.m of cabbage fields were inundated by floodwaters.
She estimated a loss of about VNĐ8 million (US$350) in her
investment into this field.
Flood benefits
The annual floods enrich fields with sediment, support fisheries
and aquatic ecosystems, and offer a livelihood for many farmers.
Farmers take advantage of the flooding season to breed fish,
shrimp and other aquatic species and grow other aquatic crops like lotus and
water lily.
Locals also catch fish and other aquatic species during the
flooding season and harvest other wild crops.
Common sesban, water lily, linh fish and other aquatic species
are specialities of the delta’s flood season.
Nguyễn Văn Đực Em, who harvests common sesban in the flooding
season in Hồng Ngự District’s Thường Phước 2 Commune, said his family gets up
at 2am to pick common sesban for selling and now earns an income of VNĐ500,000
-700,000 ($22 - 30) a day from harvesting the flower.
Common sesban is sold for VNĐ60,000 – 70,000 ($2.6 - 3) a kilo.
Bùi Thị Sương has been harvesting fish and other aquatic species
in Hồng Ngự District’s Thường Thới Hậu A Commune in the "rising
water" season for more than 10 years.
“Every year I look forward to the flooding season,” she said.
Hồng Ngự and Tân Hồng districts, as well as Hồng Ngự Town, are
the province’s upstream areas where floods occur first.
As floods arrived early this year and the water level is higher,
fishermen are preparing tools to catch fish.
Phan Văn Triều, who catches shrimp in Hồng Ngự District’s Thường
Thới Hậu B Commune, is making several dozen new shrimp traps, which he
considers to be better than store-bought traps.
Producers that produce tools for catching fish and other aquatic
species in Đồng Tháp said the demand for tools is about two times higher than
in non-flooding areas. Fishing nets are the most popular item.
Ngô Phúc Lộc, who makes fishing tools in Lai Vung District’s
Long Hậu Commune, said his establishment produces more than 100 fishing nets a
day at a cost of VNĐ120,000 – 200,000 ($5 – 8.8) each.
In Hồng Ngự Town’s Bình Thạnh Commune, 100 households who make
bamboo crab traps are selling to locals and exporting to Cambodia.
Trương Thanh Hưng, who has made bamboo crab traps in Bình Thạnh
for 10 years, said he makes more than 1,000 traps every year during flooding
season.The traps sell for VNĐ28,000 – 30,000 ($1.2 – 1.3) each and producers
can earn a profit of VNĐ10,000 – 15,000 from each trap, he said.
“The sale of bamboo crab traps is high from now to September,”
he said. — VNS
Cần Thơ eyes rice exports to China
Update: August,
09/2018 - 18:32
|
Cần Thơ hopes to take advantage of
Chinese demand for Vietnamese rice to expand its exports. – Photo
nongnghiep.vn
|
Last year their trade was worth US$93.69 billion, a 30.3 per cent rise from 2016.
China imported 3.99 million tonnes of rice, 13 per cent more than in the previous year, with Việt Nam supplying more than 2.2 million tonnes.
In the first six months Việt Nam has sold 850,000 tonnes.
But Đào Việt Anh, commercial counsellor at Việt Nam’s embassy in Beijing, said Vietnamese rice exports to China could face difficulties in future and are unlikely to increase as rapidly again as in the last few years due to changes to China’s import tax in July and competition from other countries.
Nguyễn Minh Toại, director of the Cần Thơ Department of Industry and Trade, said the city has only four businesses that meet China’s quality standards for direct rice exports.The city would assist firms in improving quality to help them export to China, networking and promoting their brands, he promised. – VNS
https://vietnamnews.vn/economy/463517/can-tho-eyes-rice-exports-to-china.html
Monsoon peaks again even as depression weakens
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
AUGUST 8
The monsoon is peaking yet again
under the influence of Tuesday’s depression, which, however, weakened into a
well-marked low-pressure area on Wednesday.
The 24 hours ending in the morning
saw heavy to very heavy rain over Odisha, East Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
in line with the typical West-North-West track it took from the Odisha-Bengal
coast.
Active monsoon
Strong monsoon westerlies
generated from the Arabian Sea brought heavy rain to parts of the West Coast,
including Kerala, Coastal and South Interior Karnataka and further East to
Tamil Nadu.
Elsewhere, the convergence of
westerly flows from the Arabian Sea and easterly flows from the Bay caused
heavy rain over parts of Central and adjoining North-West India, especially
Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi.
The active monsoon rains are
likely to continue into the next week with the India Met Department (IMD)
signalling the possibility of another rain-generating low-pressure area forming
over the Bay over the next five days.
An extended forecast valid from
August 13-15 said that widespread rainfall is likely over the Western Himalayan
region, adjoining plains of North-West India, East and North-East India and
also along the West Coast.
Successor ‘low’
Isolated to scattered rainfall
has been forecast over Central India during this period, while it will be
isolated over the rest of the country, the IMD said in its forecast.
Meanwhile, a US National Weather
Services model has persisted with the outlook for another burst of activity
over the East Coast, but more southerly than usual, towards the South Andhra
Pradesh Coast.
The US agency expects the Bay to
be active for another fortnight (until August 25), which, if proven true, will
substantiate the IMD’s upgraded forecast for rain in August from 94 per cent to
96 per cent.
In its outlook for Thursday, the
IMD said that heavy to very heavy rain may lash East Rajasthan and West Madhya
Pradesh, while it will be heavy over East Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Kerala, Coastal
Karnataka, Konkan and Goa.
Dams in Kerala
Kerala has already been at the
receiving end of the re-energised monsoon, with Wayanad district in the North
receiving practically non-stop rain during the 12 hours ending Wednesday
morning.
Heavy rains elsewhere have
renewed the possibility of opening the shutters of he State’s already brimming
reservoirs with a ‘red alert’ having been declared at Idamalayar reservoir in
Ernakulam district. But there is no need to panic, authorities said in a
communication.
The Idukki reservoir too is
witnessing inflows, with its level reaching 2,396.96 ft against a full level of
2,403 ft.
Rice paddy art celebrates
'Japan's Walt Disney' Osamu Tezuka
Residents of Inakadate in Aomori
Prefecture have been showcasing rice paddy art since 1993. This year, the
intricate rice art celebrates the 90th anniversary of Osamu Tezuka, a prominent
animator and film producer.
·
Perfecting the craft
The Inakadate village in Japan's Aomori prefecture has been
farming rice for more than 2,000 years. The villagers have displayed rice paddy
art (tambo art) every year since 1993. Local residents decide on the designs
that will be on display and plant it themselves. This year, there are two
different themes: this field depicts the film Roman Holiday.
Rice prices in India hold steady; low rainfall may hurt output
AUGUST 9, 2018 / 5:55 PM
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Rice prices
in India held steady this week as concerns over lower production due to
below-normal rainfall offset sluggish demand in the world’s top rice exporter.
A labourer carries a sack filled with rice to load onto a truck
from the railway's goods yard in Ahmedabad, February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Amit
Dave/Files
Prices for India’s 5 percent
broken parboiled variety were hovering between $392-$396 per tonne this week,
unchanged from last week.
India’s rice exports in April to
June rose 4.4 percent from a year ago to 3.15 million tonnes due to good demand
from African countries.
“Rice planting has been lagging
due to poor rainfall. Yields could (be) impacted if rainfall fails to improve
next week,” said an exporter based at Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra
Pradesh.
Farmers in India had planted
summer-sown paddy rice on 26.27 million hectares as of Aug 3, down 4.2 percent
from a year ago.
The country is likely to receive
below-normal monsoon rains in 2018, a private weather forecaster said on
Wednesday.
In contrast, heavy rains and
floods in rice-growing regions in Vietnam and Thailand are affecting harvests
and are to likely impact rice prices.
In Thailand, 30 provinces have
been affected by seasonal floods in the past three weeks, while nine provinces,
including some rice-growing areas, are partially inundated.
“The flood in northeastern
regions may raise the domestic price of Jasmine rice, which has been quite
strong this year, and could impact export prices in the future,” a trader said.
Overall demand for Thai rice
remained relatively quiet this week, but prices inched up as some exporters
were fulfilling old deals.
“Many exporters are buying rice
this week because a ship from Africa is arriving... These are old deals with
markets like Nigeria, Senegal, and Ghana. Prices usually go up when the
ship arrives,” another Bangkok-based trader said.
Thailand’s benchmark 5 percent
broken rice rose slightly to $390-$395 per tonne this week free on board (FOB)
Bangkok, from $385-$393 last week.
Meanwhile in Vietnam, rates for 5
percent broken rice were $395-$400 a tonne, up from $385-$395 a tonne a week
ago.
“Prolonged rain is slowing down
(the) summer-autumn harvest, while demand is picking up,” a Ho Chi Minh
City-based trader said.
“We are seeing rising demand from
new markets, including Cuba, Syria and Iraq... There are also rumours that the
Southern Food Corp (or Vinafood II) is buying rice from farmers for
stockpiling,” the trader added.
In Bangladesh, rice imports in
July-August stood at 26,730 tonnes, data showed, after the government imposed a
28 percent tax on shipments to support its farmers after local production
revived.
“We are not striking any new
deals for rice as it is no longer profitable given the huge import duty,” a
trader said.
A woman winnows rice in a field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad,
India November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave/Files
Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um in
Bangkok, Khanh Vu in Hanoi, Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai, Ruma Paul in Dhaka;
Editing by Koustav Samanta and Jan Harvey
Thailand
sees bright prospects for rice exports
Bangkok (VNA) – The Thai Rice Exporters Association has been upbeat about rice shipment prospects in the second half of this year.However, many exporters worried that the rising price of hom mali, or fragrant jasmine, will drive local farmers to plant this variety more, thus causing pressure on rice price in the market.
The association expected a rice output of 12 million tonnes in the sub-crop, which is higher than the amount of 8 million tonnes forecast by the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.
Hom mali price hits ten-year high on global strong demands and Thai Government’s clear-out of rice stockpile. Each tonne of hom mali is currently sold at 18,000 THB, nearly doubling the price recorded in the same time last year.
In the first half of the year, Thailand exported 5.32 million tonnes of rice worth 85.8 billion THB, decreasing 2 percent in volume but rising 7 percent in value year on year.
The Philippines plans to buy 2 million tonnes of Thai rice, and Indonesia sets to make an order of 800,000- 1 million tonnes of rice from Thailand.-VNA
Basmati rice exporters face Iran defaults woes;
exports drop 7.2% in Q1
Exports should be against formal orders which
include quality specifications and a mechanism for resolution of disputes
Dilip Kumar Jha |
Mumbai Last Updated at August 9, 2018 02:09 IST
Default
by Iranian importers on some Indian basmati rice brands under bilateral deals
have hit our export of these products in the June quarter. The government has
cautioned exporters to avoid private transactions with Iranian importers.
.Many
such transactions are done on a private basis without involving banks and
regulators. Informed sources say a number of importers dealing primarily with
private basmati exporters had defaulted in making payment of around Rs 5
billion.
“Usually,
exporters get a certificate from Apeda and proper processes are followed. As
per trade sources, several large basmati rice exporting firms have become
non-performing assets with their bankers, due to non-receipt of payments
against export of large volumes to importers in these brands,” said a senior
Apeda official, on condition of anonymity.
According
to trade sources, some Indian exporters were dealing privately with Iranian
importers without opening of Letters of Credit, which guarantee the receipt of
money from importers. According to the Apeda official, around a third of
India’s basmati exported to Iran faces threat of default.“We have taken up the
issue with the trade ministry in Iran. But, it seems, Indian exporters would
have to go only through the legal route to recover the money,” added the
official.
Apeda
has advised exporters not to register contracts for export of basmati or make
arrangement for payment before applying to it in this regard. Exports should be
against formal orders which include quality specifications and a mechanism for
resolution of disputes.
“The
situation might normalise in a couple of months,” said Gurnam Arora, joint
managing director of Kohinoor Foods, an exporter of basmati.
Rice exports to eclipse forecast
Shippers confident of hitting 11m tonnes
- 9 Aug 2018
at 04:00
- NEWSPAPER
SECTION: BUSINESS
| WRITER: PHUSADEE
ARUNMAS
Thai Rice Exporters Association has raised its
export forecast to 11 million tonnes this year, citing continuously robust
purchase demand, the weakening baht and natural disasters that will dampen rice
supply.The association's president, Pol Lt Charoen Laothammatas, said yesterday
that the association is now confident that rice shipments will exceed the 9.5
million tonnes worth US$4.3 billion (142.8 billion baht) predicted in January,
likely reaching 11 million tonnes worth $5.6 billion.
"Purchase
demand from rice buyers such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and
Africa remains strong and unabated, as they are trying to boost their domestic
stocks to offset lower production at home," Mr Charoen said. "The
baht is currently trading at 33 baht per US dollar, from an average of 31 baht
at the beginning of the year, making prices more competitive in the world
market."
According to Mr Charoen, China is expected to
soon clinch a deal to buy an additional 1 million tonnes of rice this year as
part of an investment package that includes the initial high-speed rail project
and sales of 2 million tonnes of rice and 200,000 tonnes of rubber agreed
earlier.
Thai officials and their Chinese counterparts signed a memorandum of
understanding in December 2014 for 1 million tonnes each of old and new grains,
along with the 200,000 tonnes of rubber.Thailand has already signed a 1-million-tonne contract for delivery this year.
Chookiat Ophaswongse, honorary president of Thai Rice Exporters Association, said Indonesia is also expected to buy an additional 1 million-2 million tonnes, while the Philippines will import an additional 500,000 tonnes this year.
"We also expect strong demand to also come from African countries and China," Mr Chookiat said. "Ongoing flooding in several areas in the country has yet to deliver any direct impact to annual rice production and prices, since those flooded areas are not the main rice farmland."
That said, Mr Charoen added that there are several issues that need to be addressed -- namely the low levels of government rice stockpiles.
The government currently has just 70,000 tonnes of rice stocks, all of it inedible. Of the total, 20,000 tonnes will be sold for animal feed while the remaining 50,000 tonnes is earmarked for biofuel production.
The government is scheduled to auction off the remaining state rice stocks some time this month, which could drive up rice prices in the domestic market.
While exports are expected to exceed previous forecasts, Mr Charoen said, weather conditions across Thailand may cause a drop in production output -- with the association predicting that the production of the hom mali fragrant jasmine variety will drop by 40% this year because of logistical problems caused by flooding.
Mr Charoen said Thailand lacks stockpiles of softer white rice, which has higher demand and fetches higher prices in the global market.
Thailand exports about 9-10 million tonnes of milled rice a year, with white rice making up the bulk of the exports with 5 million tonnes exported each year, followed by hom mali rice at 2 million tonnes, parboiled rice at 2 million tonnes and other grains making up the rest.
TAGS
SAMBA RICE MARKET
ANALYSIS AND IN-DEPTH RESEARCH ON MARKET DYNAMICS, TRENDS, EMERGING GROWTH
FACTORS AND FORECASTS TO 2022
August 9, 2018on
Samba Rice Market Analysis and in-Depth Research on Market Dynamics, Trends,
Emerging Growth Factors and Forecasts to 2022
Samba Rice Market research report is a proven source of information which
offers a telescopic view of the current market trends, situations, opportunities and
status. Both established and new players in the Samba Rice
industry can use this report for complete understanding of the market.
Various key factors are discussed
in the report, which will help the buyer in studying the Samba Rice market on
competitive landscape analysis of prime manufacturers, trends, opportunities, marketing
strategies analysis, Market Effect Factor Analysis and Consumer
Needs by major regions, types, applications in Global
market considering the past, present and future state of the Samba Rice
industry.
Get Details of Samba Rice Research Report @ https://www.absolutereports.com/11404136
Samba Rice industry report
contains proven by regions, especially North America, China, Europe, Southeast Asia,
Japan, India, focusing top manufacturers in global market, with
Production, price, revenue and market share for each manufacturer.
Samba Rice Market Dynamics analyzed in this research report
· Samba Rice Market Opportunities
· Samba Rice Challenge and Risk
· Competition from Opponents
· Downside Risks of Economy
· Samba Rice Market Constraints and Threat
· Threat from Substitute
· Government Policy
· Technology Risks
· Samba Rice Market Driving Force
· Growing Demand from Emerging Markets
· Potential Application
Global Samba Rice Competition Analysis by Players
· Samba Rice Market Size (Value) by Players (2012 and
2017)
· Competitive Status and Trend
· Market Concentration Rate
· Product/Service Differences
· New Entrants
· The Technology Trends in Future
The report provides a thorough
view of the Samba Rice Market including Market Effect Factors Analysis, Market
Size, Status and Forecast, Competition Analysis by Players, by Type and
Application, Development Status, Outlook, Forecast by Regions, Type and
Application.
Ask for a Sample PDF of Samba Rice market report @ https://www.absolutereports.com/enquiry/request-sample/11404136
Market Effect Factors Analysis
· Technology Progress/Risk
· Substitutes
· Technology Progress in Related Industry
· Consumer Needs Trend/Customer Preference
· External Environmental Change
· Economic Fluctuations
· Other Risk Factors
Samba Rice Market Size by Type and Application (2012-2017)
· Global Samba Rice Market Size by Type (2012-2017)
· Global Samba Rice Market Size by Application
(2012-2017)
· Potential Application of Samba Rice in Future
· Top Consumer/End Users of Samba Rice
Any Query? Ask to Expert @ https://www.absolutereports.com/enquiry/pre-order-enquiry/11404136
Market Analysis by Application
· Samba Rice Share by Application (2012-2017)
· Samba Rice Growth Rate by Application (2012-2017)
Company (Top Players) Profiles has following information
· Company Profile
· Main Business/Business Overview
· Products, Services and Solutions
· Samba Rice Revenue (Value) (2012-2017)
· Recent Developments
Topics such as sales and sales
revenue overview, production market share by product type, capacity and
production overview, import, export, and consumption are covered under the
development trend section of the Samba Rice market report.
Lastly, the feasibility analysis
of new project investment is done in the report, which consist of a detailed
SWOT analysis of the Samba Rice market.
Price of Report: $3500 (Single User)
Purchase This Report@ http://www.absolutereports.com/purchase/11404136
Market Forecast by Regions, Type and Application (2017-2022)
· Global Samba Rice Market Size (Value) by Regions
(2017-2022)
· United States Samba Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
· EU Samba Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
· Japan Samba Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
· China Samba Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
· India Samba Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
· Southeast Asia Samba Rice Revenue and Growth Rate
(2017-2022)
· Global Samba Rice Market Size (Value) by Type
(2017-2022)
· Global Samba Rice Market Size by Application
(2017-2022)
Brown Rice Market: Industry
Demands, Top Key Players, Industry Analysis & Forecast By 2022
August 9, 20182018-08-09T18:50:47+00:00
Brown Rice Market research report is a proven source of information which
offers a telescopic view of the current market trends, situations, opportunities and
status. Both established and new players in the Brown Rice
industry can use this report for complete understanding of the market.
Various key factors are discussed
in the report, which will help the buyer in studying the Brown Rice market on
competitive landscape analysis of prime manufacturers, trends, opportunities, marketing
strategies analysis, Market Effect Factor Analysis and Consumer
Needs by major regions, types, applications in Global
market considering the past, present and future state of the Brown Rice
industry.
Get Details of Brown Rice
Research Report @ https://www.absolutereports.com/11404028
Brown Rice industry report
contains proven by regions, especially North America, China, Europe, Southeast Asia,
Japan, India, focusing top manufacturers in global market, with
Production, price, revenue and market share for each manufacturer.
Brown Rice Market Dynamics
analyzed in this research report
- Brown Rice Market Opportunities
- Brown Rice Challenge and Risk
- Competition from Opponents
- Downside Risks of Economy
- Brown Rice Market Constraints and Threat
- Threat from Substitute
- Government Policy
- Technology Risks
- Brown Rice Market Driving Force
- Growing Demand from Emerging Markets
- Potential Application
Global Brown Rice Competition
Analysis by Players
- Brown Rice Market Size (Value) by Players
(2012 and 2017)
- Competitive Status and Trend
- Market Concentration Rate
- Product/Service Differences
- New Entrants
- The Technology Trends in Future
The report provides a thorough view of the Brown Rice Market
including Market Effect Factors Analysis, Market Size, Status and Forecast,
Competition Analysis by Players, by Type and Application, Development Status,
Outlook, Forecast by Regions, Type and Application.
Ask for a Sample PDF of Brown
Rice market report @ https://www.absolutereports.com/enquiry/request-sample/11404028
Market Effect Factors Analysis
- Technology Progress/Risk
- Substitutes
- Technology Progress in Related Industry
- Consumer Needs Trend/Customer Preference
- External Environmental Change
- Economic Fluctuations
- Other Risk Factors
Brown Rice Market Size by Type
and Application (2012-2017)
- Global Brown Rice Market Size by Type
(2012-2017)
- Global Brown Rice Market Size by
Application (2012-2017)
- Potential Application of Brown Rice in
Future
- Top Consumer/End Users of Brown Rice
Any Query? Ask to Expert
@ https://www.absolutereports.com/enquiry/pre-order-enquiry/11404028
Market Analysis by Application
- Brown Rice Share by Application
(2012-2017)
- Brown Rice Growth Rate by Application (2012-2017)
Company (Top Players) Profiles
has following information
- Company Profile
- Main Business/Business Overview
- Products, Services and Solutions
- Brown Rice Revenue (Value) (2012-2017)
- Recent Developments
Topics such as sales and sales revenue overview, production
market share by product type, capacity and production overview, import, export,
and consumption are covered under the development trend section of the Brown
Rice market report.
Lastly, the feasibility analysis of new project investment is
done in the report, which consist of a detailed SWOT analysis of the Brown Rice
market.
Price of Report: $3500 (Single
User)
Purchase This Report@ http://www.absolutereports.com/purchase/11404028
Market Forecast by Regions,
Type and Application (2017-2022)
- Global Brown Rice Market Size (Value) by
Regions (2017-2022)
- United States Brown Rice Revenue and
Growth Rate (2017-2022)
- EU Brown Rice Revenue and Growth Rate
(2017-2022)
- Japan Brown Rice Revenue and Growth Rate
(2017-2022)
- China Brown Rice Revenue and Growth Rate
(2017-2022)
- India Brown Rice Revenue and Growth Rate
(2017-2022)
- Southeast Asia Brown Rice Revenue and
Growth Rate (2017-2022)
- Global Brown Rice Market Size (Value) by
Type (2017-2022)
- Global Brown Rice Market Size by
Application (2017-2022)
Farm-gate
price of palay dips slightly
August 9, 2018
The farm-gate price of unmilled
rice as of the third week of July declined by 0.28 percent to P21.55 per
kilogram (kg) after hitting an all-time high during the previous week,
according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
Data from the PSA showed that the
country’s record-high average farm-gate price at P21.61 per kg was observed in
the second week of July, surpassing the previous record of P21.53 per kg.
From July 18 to 24, the PSA
recorded the highest farm-gate price of palay in Ilocos region at P22.75 per
kg. The lowest palay quotation was observed in the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao at P18.50 per kg.
However, the PSA’s weekly price
monitoring report showed that the quotation during the period was still higher
by 10.57 percent compared to last year’s P19.49 per kg
Farmers and traders said the
average farm-gate price of palay remains high due to more expensive fuel and
inputs which raised their production cost.
Despite the slight reduction in
the average palay quotation on a weekly basis, both the retail and wholesale
prices of regular-milled and well-milled rice varieties sustained increments
during the reference period.
“Relative to the previous week’s
level of P42.09 per kg, the average wholesale price of well-milled rice at
P42.03 per kg this week moved up at a faster rate of 0.50 percent,” the PSA
said in the report published on Thursday.
“Compared to the price in the
same period of the previous year, it likewise rose by 8.21 percent,” it added.
The retail price of well-milled
rice rose by 0.38 percent to P44.98 per kg, from the previous week’s P44.81 per
kg. On a yearly basis, the latest figure was 7.27 percent higher than the
P41.93 per kg average quotation recorded in the third week of July last year.
“At the wholesale trade, the
average price of regular-milled rice at P38.86 per kg during the week posted a
slower increment of 0.08 percent from a week ago level,” the PSA said.
“Relative to the previous year’s price of P35.34 per kg, it picked up at a
higher rate of 9.96 percent.”
The average retail price of
regular-milled rice during the reference period reached P41.21 per kg, 0.12
percent and 8.89 percent higher than its previous week and year level,
respectively.
INDIAN
SELLA RICE MARKET 2017 BY TOP MANUFACTURERS, GROWTH, TRENDS, SIZE, SHARE,
ANALYSIS AND FORECAST TO 2022
Indian Sella Rice Market research report is a proven source of information which
offers a telescopic view of the current market trends, situations, opportunities and
status. Both established and new players in the Indian Sella
Rice industry can use this report for complete understanding of the market.
Various key factors are discussed
in the report, which will help the buyer in studying the Indian Sella Rice
market on competitive landscape analysis of prime manufacturers, trends,
opportunities,marketing strategies analysis, Market Effect
Factor Analysis and Consumer Needs by major
regions, types, applications in Global market considering the past, present and
future state of the Indian Sella Rice industry.
Get Details of Indian Sella Rice
Research Report @ https://www.absolutereports.com/11404082
Indian Sella Rice industry report
contains proven by regions, especially North America, China, Europe, Southeast Asia,
Japan, India, focusing top manufacturers in global market, with
Production, price, revenue and market share for each manufacturer.
Indian Sella Rice Market Dynamics
analyzed in this research report
·
Indian
Sella Rice Market Opportunities
·
Indian
Sella Rice Challenge and Risk
·
Competition
from Opponents
·
Downside
Risks of Economy
·
Indian
Sella Rice Market Constraints and Threat
·
Threat
from Substitute
·
Government
Policy
·
Technology
Risks
·
Indian
Sella Rice Market Driving Force
·
Growing
Demand from Emerging Markets
·
Potential
Application
Global Indian Sella Rice
Competition Analysis by Players
·
Indian
Sella Rice Market Size (Value) by Players (2012 and 2017)
·
Competitive
Status and Trend
·
Market
Concentration Rate
·
Product/Service
Differences
·
New
Entrants
·
The
Technology Trends in Future
The report provides a thorough
view of the Indian Sella Rice Market including Market Effect Factors Analysis,
Market Size, Status and Forecast, Competition Analysis by Players, by Type and
Application, Development Status, Outlook, Forecast by Regions, Type and
Application.
Ask for a Sample PDF of Indian
Sella Rice market report @ https://www.absolutereports.com/enquiry/request-sample/11404082
Market Effect Factors Analysis
·
Technology
Progress/Risk
·
Substitutes
·
Technology
Progress in Related Industry
·
Consumer
Needs Trend/Customer Preference
·
External
Environmental Change
·
Economic
Fluctuations
·
Other
Risk Factors
Indian Sella Rice Market Size by
Type and Application (2012-2017)
·
Global
Indian Sella Rice Market Size by Type (2012-2017)
·
Global
Indian Sella Rice Market Size by Application (2012-2017)
·
Potential
Application of Indian Sella Rice in Future
·
Top
Consumer/End Users of Indian Sella Rice
Any Query? Ask to Expert @ https://www.absolutereports.com/enquiry/pre-order-enquiry/11404082
Market Analysis by Application
·
Indian
Sella Rice Share by Application (2012-2017)
·
Indian
Sella Rice Growth Rate by Application (2012-2017)
Company (Top Players) Profiles
has following information
·
Company
Profile
·
Main
Business/Business Overview
·
Products,
Services and Solutions
·
Indian
Sella Rice Revenue (Value) (2012-2017)
·
Recent
Developments
Topics such as sales and sales
revenue overview, production market share by product type, capacity and
production overview, import, export, and consumption are covered under the
development trend section of the Indian Sella Rice market report.
Lastly, the feasibility analysis
of new project investment is done in the report, which consist of a detailed
SWOT analysis of the Indian Sella Rice market.
Price of Report: $3500 (Single
User)
Purchase This Report@ http://www.absolutereports.com/purchase/11404082
Market Forecast by Regions, Type
and Application (2017-2022)
·
Global
Indian Sella Rice Market Size (Value) by Regions (2017-2022)
·
United
States Indian Sella Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
·
EU
Indian Sella Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
·
Japan
Indian Sella Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
·
China
Indian Sella Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
·
India
Indian Sella Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
·
Southeast
Asia Indian Sella Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
·
Global
Indian Sella Rice Market Size (Value) by Type (2017-2022)
·
Global
Indian Sella Rice Market Size by Application (2017-2022)
SHORT
GRAIN RICE MARKET OUTLOOK TO 2022: EMERGING TRENDS, NEW GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES,
REGIONAL ANALYSIS & FORECAST
Short Grain Rice Market research report is a proven source of information which
offers a telescopic view of the current market trends, situations, opportunities and status.
Both established and new players in the Short Grain Rice industry can use this
report for complete understanding of the market.
Various key factors are discussed
in the report, which will help the buyer in studying the Short Grain Rice
market on competitive landscape analysis of prime manufacturers, trends,
opportunities,marketing strategies analysis, Market Effect
Factor Analysis and Consumer Needs by major
regions, types, applications in Global market considering the past, present and
future state of the Short Grain Rice industry.
Get Details of Short Grain Rice
Research Report @ https://www.absolutereports.com/11404141
Short Grain Rice industry report
contains proven by regions, especially North America, China, Europe, Southeast Asia,
Japan, India, focusing top manufacturers in global market, with
Production, price, revenue and market share for each manufacturer.
Short Grain Rice Market Dynamics
analyzed in this research report
·
Short
Grain Rice Market Opportunities
·
Short
Grain Rice Challenge and Risk
·
Competition
from Opponents
·
Downside
Risks of Economy
·
Short
Grain Rice Market Constraints and Threat
·
Threat
from Substitute
·
Government
Policy
·
Technology
Risks
·
Short
Grain Rice Market Driving Force
·
Growing
Demand from Emerging Markets
·
Potential
Application
Global Short Grain Rice
Competition Analysis by Players
·
Short
Grain Rice Market Size (Value) by Players (2012 and 2017)
·
Competitive
Status and Trend
·
Market
Concentration Rate
·
Product/Service
Differences
·
New
Entrants
·
The
Technology Trends in Future
The report provides a thorough
view of the Short Grain Rice Market including Market Effect Factors Analysis,
Market Size, Status and Forecast, Competition Analysis by Players, by Type and
Application, Development Status, Outlook, Forecast by Regions, Type and
Application.
Ask for a Sample PDF of Short
Grain Rice market report @ https://www.absolutereports.com/enquiry/request-sample/11404141
Market Effect Factors Analysis
·
Technology
Progress/Risk
·
Substitutes
·
Technology
Progress in Related Industry
·
Consumer
Needs Trend/Customer Preference
·
External
Environmental Change
·
Economic
Fluctuations
·
Other
Risk Factors
Short Grain Rice Market Size by
Type and Application (2012-2017)
·
Global
Short Grain Rice Market Size by Type (2012-2017)
·
Global
Short Grain Rice Market Size by Application (2012-2017)
·
Potential
Application of Short Grain Rice in Future
·
Top
Consumer/End Users of Short Grain Rice
Any Query? Ask to Expert @ https://www.absolutereports.com/enquiry/pre-order-enquiry/11404141
Market Analysis by Application
·
Short
Grain Rice Share by Application (2012-2017)
·
Short
Grain Rice Growth Rate by Application (2012-2017)
Company (Top Players) Profiles
has following information
·
Company
Profile
·
Main
Business/Business Overview
·
Products,
Services and Solutions
·
Short
Grain Rice Revenue (Value) (2012-2017)
·
Recent
Developments
Topics such as sales and sales
revenue overview, production market share by product type, capacity and
production overview, import, export, and consumption are covered under the
development trend section of the Short Grain Rice market report.
Lastly, the feasibility analysis
of new project investment is done in the report, which consist of a detailed
SWOT analysis of the Short Grain Rice market.
Price of Report: $3500 (Single
User)
Purchase This Report@ http://www.absolutereports.com/purchase/11404141
Market Forecast by Regions, Type
and Application (2017-2022)
·
Global
Short Grain Rice Market Size (Value) by Regions (2017-2022)
·
United
States Short Grain Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
·
EU
Short Grain Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
·
Japan
Short Grain Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
·
China
Short Grain Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
·
India
Short Grain Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
·
Southeast
Asia Short Grain Rice Revenue and Growth Rate (2017-2022)
·
Global
Short Grain Rice Market Size (Value) by Type (2017-2022)
·
Global
Short Grain Rice Market Size by Application (2017-2022)
Global Electric Rice Cooker Market Outlook 2018: Toshiba
Corporation, Panasonic, Bajaj Electricals, Pigeon Corporation,
Posted On : August 9, 2018
The global “Electric Rice Cooker market” research report
initiates a comprehensive analysis of the global Electric Rice Cooker market.
It offers the analysis of the rate of development of the market in the
estimated time period. Offering a brief outline, the report explores the
influencing factors and size of the global Electric Rice Cooker market in the
estimated period. It also covers the major leading factors restraining the
expansion of the global Electric Rice Cooker market. The global Electric Rice
Cooker market research report emphasizes commanding players in the market
linked with their market shares. The outstanding key players in the market are
Toshiba Corporation, Panasonic, Bajaj Electricals, Pigeon Corporation,,
Zojirushi America Corporation, Cusinart, Tiger Corporation, Sunbeam Products,
Aroma Housewares Company.
Get Access to the FREE sample
report:: www.reportsbuzz.com/request-for-sample.html?repid=54047
The report offers helpful data
that discloses the foremost players in the Electric Rice Cooker market.
It also discusses the revenue division, business general idea, and product
contributions of the key players in the market. The research study also
analyzes the growth of the well-known market performers with the help of SWOT
analysis. In addition, while evaluating the growth of main market players, the
research report covers their recent business developments. Furthermore, various
products and segments Insulation Automatic, Timing Insulation, New
Microcomputer Cont together with their sub-segments E-Commerce, Retail Store of
the global market are discussed in the global Electric Rice Cooker market
research report.
Latest trends in the global
Electric Rice Cooker market and various business growth opportunities in the
Electric Rice Cooker market for the projected duration are covered in the
global Electric Rice Cooker research report. The study utilizes various methodological
techniques to calculate the market growth for an estimated time. The market is
assessed in terms of volume [k MT] as well as revenue [USD Million]
Read Detailed Index of full
Research Study at::www.reportsbuzz.com/54047/global-electric-rice-cooker-market-outlook-2018-2025/
The global Electric Rice
Cooker market is distinguished on the basis of end-user, application
segments, and the product type. The development of each segment is evaluated
along with their predicted growth in the future. A reliable data and statistics
are collected from the regulatory authorities to calculate the growth of
various segments of the market. Additionally, the global Electric Rice Cooker
market is also divided on the basis of various regions such as the Middle East
& Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America, North America, and Europe.
There are 15 Chapters to display
the Global Electric Rice Cooker market
Chapter 1, Definition, Specifications and Classification of Electric Rice
Cooker , Applications of Electric Rice Cooker , Market Segment by Regions;
Chapter 2, Manufacturing Cost Structure, Raw Material and Suppliers, Manufacturing Process, Industry Chain Structure;
Chapter 3, Technical Data and Manufacturing Plants Analysis of Electric Rice Cooker , Capacity and Commercial Production Date, Manufacturing Plants Distribution, R&D Status and Technology Source, Raw Materials Sources Analysis;
Chapter 4, Overall Market Analysis, Capacity Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Price Analysis (Company Segment);
Chapter 5 and 6, Regional Market Analysis that includes United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea & Taiwan, Electric Rice Cooker Segment Market Analysis (by Type);
Chapter 7 and 8, The Electric Rice Cooker
Segment Market Analysis (by Application) Major Manufacturers Analysis of
Electric Rice Cooker ;
Chapter 9, Market Trend Analysis, Regional Market Trend, Market Trend by Product Type Insulation Automatic, Timing Insulation, New Microcomputer Cont, Market Trend by Application E-Commerce, Retail Store;
Chapter 10, Regional Marketing Type Analysis, International Trade Type Analysis, Supply Chain Analysis;
Chapter 11, The Consumers Analysis of Global Electric Rice Cooker ;
Chapter 12, Electric Rice Cooker Research Findings and Conclusion, Appendix, methodology and data source;
Chapter 13, 14 and 15, Electric Rice Cooker sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source.
Chapter 2, Manufacturing Cost Structure, Raw Material and Suppliers, Manufacturing Process, Industry Chain Structure;
Chapter 3, Technical Data and Manufacturing Plants Analysis of Electric Rice Cooker , Capacity and Commercial Production Date, Manufacturing Plants Distribution, R&D Status and Technology Source, Raw Materials Sources Analysis;
Chapter 4, Overall Market Analysis, Capacity Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Price Analysis (Company Segment);
Chapter 5 and 6, Regional Market Analysis that includes United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea & Taiwan, Electric Rice Cooker Segment Market Analysis (by Type);
Chapter 9, Market Trend Analysis, Regional Market Trend, Market Trend by Product Type Insulation Automatic, Timing Insulation, New Microcomputer Cont, Market Trend by Application E-Commerce, Retail Store;
Chapter 10, Regional Marketing Type Analysis, International Trade Type Analysis, Supply Chain Analysis;
Chapter 11, The Consumers Analysis of Global Electric Rice Cooker ;
Chapter 12, Electric Rice Cooker Research Findings and Conclusion, Appendix, methodology and data source;
Chapter 13, 14 and 15, Electric Rice Cooker sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source.
Enquire Here Get customization
& check discount for Electric Rice Cooker market @: www.reportsbuzz.com/inquiry-for-buying.html?repid=54047
Reasons for Buying Electric Rice
Cooker market
This report provides pin-point
analysis for changing competitive dynamics
It provides a forward looking perspective on different factors driving or restraining market growth
It provides a six-year forecast assessed on the basis of how the market is predicted to grow
It helps in understanding the key product segments and their future
It provides pin point analysis of changing competition dynamics and keeps you ahead of competitors
It helps in making informed business decisions by having complete insights of market and by making in-depth analysis of market segments
It provides a forward looking perspective on different factors driving or restraining market growth
It provides a six-year forecast assessed on the basis of how the market is predicted to grow
It helps in understanding the key product segments and their future
It provides pin point analysis of changing competition dynamics and keeps you ahead of competitors
It helps in making informed business decisions by having complete insights of market and by making in-depth analysis of market segments
Thanks for reading this article;
you can also get individual chapter wise section or region wise report version
like North America, Europe or Asia.
Private players betting on modern
rice seeds
12:00
AM, August 10, 2018 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:00 AM, August 10, 2018
Until
recently, private seed companies were not allowed to develop inbred or
high-yielding varieties of rice. Star/file
Private companies are gearing up to
develop modern rice seeds after the government lifted restriction on carrying
out research to introduce inbred varieties of the staple to cater to the Tk
1,000 crore market.
Companies such as ACI and Supreme
Seed are at the forefront of developing improved seeds of rice and other crops
thanks to their own research and development capacities, said officials of the
companies recently.
“We see a very good prospect in the
seed market, particularly in the inbred segment as the market size is quite
big,” said FH Ansarey, managing director and chief executive of ACI's
agribusinesses.
Until recently, private seed
companies were not allowed to develop inbred or high-yielding varieties of
rice. The restriction was also applied to wheat, potato, jute and sugar crops.
The control has been removed in the
Seed Act, which was passed earlier this year.
The private sector got the scope to
develop inbred seeds of crops nearly two decades after the government had
allowed them to market and develop hybrid rice seeds in order to increase
overall production to feed the growing population in the face of falling farm
land.
However, hybrid rice failed to win
the hearts of farmers and its coverage has remained confined to 7-8 lakh
hectares, which is about 15 percent of the total boro rice area and about 7
percent of the total annual rice area, according to the ministry of
agriculture.
High-yielding varieties (HYVs) or
inbred varieties account for nearly 80 percent of the total annual
rice acreage.
Industry insiders said the annual
rice seed market is about Tk 1,000 crore and HYVs' share would be two-thirds of
the total market, which was estimated to be 2.74 lakh tonnes in 2016-17.
The organised sector, including
state-run Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), can cater to
57 percent of the total requirement of rice. And of the organised seed
suppliers, BADC dominates the market.
Industry operators said the scope
to develop inbred rice seeds will help the private sector secure a bigger share
of the market.
ACI, in collaboration with Rajshahi
University (RU) and Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), has already
developed two inbred varieties of rice, Ansarey said.
One of the varieties has been
developed for the aman season that begins in June and ends in December.
BAU developed the second variety
for the boro season that spans from November to May. Both new varieties have
higher yield than the popular varieties BR-11 and BRRI Dhan 28, Ansarey said.
ACI hopes to get approval from the
National Seed Board (NSB) for the two modern varieties in 2019 and 2020, he
said, adding that the Rabi Dhan-1 developed for the aman season would come
first.
Both varieties are now under trial,
according to Ansarey.
ACI has developed the R&D
capacity with support from the International Rice Research Institute.
“We are doing focused and targeted
research,” he added.
The big market size is the main
attraction behind the private sector's interest in developing inbred rice
varieties, said Mohammad Masum, chairman of Supreme Seed Company.
“So far we are multiplying HYVs
developed by the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute. We will now be able to
develop modern rice varieties on our own and take them to the doorsteps of farmers
along with the varieties developed by the BRRI.”
This will create a healthy
competition in the market, he said.
Supreme Seed Company has been doing
R&D for the last several years on inbred rice, expecting that the
government would open the field.
The company has three modern
varieties in the pipeline that would be ready to market by 2021, Masum added.
The entry of the private sector in
developing modern rice will enhance competition, said Md Azim Uddin, chief seed
technologist at the seed wing of the ministry of agriculture.
This will have a long-term positive
impact on the seed sector owing to competition between the public and private
sectors in case of R&D on seeds.
Farmers will get better seeds in
terms of yields, resistance and taste. “In short, they will get diversified
seed,” said Azim.
The seed wing has already drafted
rules under the new seed law and sat with stakeholders to get their opinion
before finalisation.
“We want to frame the rules within
this year,” Azim added.
A senior official of the Seed
Certification Agency stressed on proper and transparent evaluation by the NSB
before the release of any new variety to farmers.
Rice Transplanter Machines
Market Analysis 2018-2025: Key Players Like - Yanmar, Iseki, Kubota, TYM,
Jiangsu World Agriculture Machinery
MarketExpertz added new report Rice Transplanter
Machines Market Status and Future Forecast 2017-2022 in its database. The
research report highlights market research and industry analysis driven by
in-depth business relevant news.
This
press release was orginally distributed by SBWireNew York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/09/2018 -- A new market assessment report on the Rice Transplanter Machines market provides a comprehensive overview of the Rice Transplanter Machines industry for the forecast period 2018 - 2025. The analytical study is proposed to provide immense clarity on the market size, share and growth rate across different regions. The profound knowledge and extensive examination of the trends from the yesteryear and future aims at offering the stakeholders, product owners, and marketing personnel a competitive edge over others operating in the Rice Transplanter Machines market for the forecast period, 2018 - 2025.
Request for free sample report to understand complete structure of this report @ https://www.marketexpertz.com/sample-enquiry-form/15660
This report studies the global Rice Transplanter Machines market status and forecast, categorizes the global Rice Transplanter Machines market size (value & volume) by manufacturers, type, application, and region. This report focuses on the top manufacturers in North America, Europe, Japan, China, and other regions (India, Southeast Asia, Central & South America, and Middle East & Africa).
The major players covered in this report:
- Yanmar
- Iseki
- Kubota
- TYM
- Jiangsu World Agriculture Machinery
- CLAAS
- Shandong Fuerwo Agricultural Equipment
- Mitsubishi Mahindra Agricultural Machinery
- Dongfeng Agricultural Machinery
- Changfa Agricultural Equipment
Purchase Full report @ https://www.marketexpertz.com/checkout-form/15660
On the basis of product, this report displays the production, revenue, price, market share and growth rate of each type, primarily split into:
- Mechanical
- Manual
On the basis on the end users/applications, this report focuses on the status and outlook for major applications/end users, sales volume, market share and growth rate for each application, including:
- Commercial
- Household
Ask for discount on this report for better value @ https://www.marketexpertz.com/discount-enquiry-form/15660
The study objectives of this report are:
# To analyze and study the global Rice Transplanter Machines sales, value, status and forecast (2018-2025);
# To analyze the top players in North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia and India, # to study the sales, value and market share of top players in these regions.
# Focuses on the key Rice Transplanter Machines players, to study the sales, value, market share and development plans in future.
# Focuses on the global key manufacturers, to define, describe and analyze the market competition landscape, SWOT analysis.
# To define, describe and forecast the market by type, application and region.
# To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints and risks.
# To identify significant trends and factors driving or inhibiting the market growth.
# To analyze the opportunities in the market for stakeholders by identifying the high growth segments.
# To strategically analyze each submarket with respect to individual growth trend and their contribution to the market
# To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market
# To strategically profile the key players and comprehensively analyze their growth strategies.
Browse complete report description on our website@ https://www.marketexpertz.com/industry-overview/rice-transplanter-machines-market
Key elements from table of content:
9 Global Rice Transplanter Machines Players/Suppliers Profiles and Sales Data
9.1 Yanmar
9.1.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
9.1.2 Rice Transplanter Machines Product Category, Application and Specification
9.1.2.1 Product A
9.1.2.2 Product B
9.1.3 Yanmar Rice Transplanter Machines Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2018-2025)
9.1.4 Main Business/Business Overview
9.2 Iseki
9.2.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
9.2.2 Rice Transplanter Machines Product Category, Application and Specification
9.2.2.1 Product A
9.2.2.2 Product B
9.2.3 Iseki Rice Transplanter Machines Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2018-2025)
9.2.4 Main Business/Business Overview
Continued….
About MarketExpertz
Planning to invest in market intelligence products or offerings on the web? Then marketexpertz has just the thing for you - reports from over 500 prominent publishers and updates on our collection daily to empower companies and individuals catch-up with the vital insights on industries operating across different geography, trends, share, size and growth rate. There's more to what we offer to our customers. With marketexpertz you have the choice to tap into the specialized services without any additional charges.
Contact Us:
40 Wall St. 28th floor New York City,
NY 10005 United States
sales@marketexpertz.com
+1-800-819-3052
For more information on this press release visit: http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/rice-transplanter-machines-market-analysis-2018-2025-key-players-like-yanmar-iseki-kubota-tym-jiangsu-world-agriculture-machinery-1026270.htm
Rice Transplanter Machines
Market Analysis 2018-2025: Key Players Like - Yanmar, Iseki, Kubota, TYM,
Jiangsu World Agriculture Machinery
MarketExpertz added new report Rice
Transplanter Machines Market Status and Future Forecast 2017-2022 in its
database. The research report highlights market research and industry analysis
driven by in-depth business relevant news.
This
press release was orginally distributed by SBWireNew York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/09/2018 -- A new market assessment report on the Rice Transplanter Machines market provides a comprehensive overview of the Rice Transplanter Machines industry for the forecast period 2018 - 2025. The analytical study is proposed to provide immense clarity on the market size, share and growth rate across different regions. The profound knowledge and extensive examination of the trends from the yesteryear and future aims at offering the stakeholders, product owners, and marketing personnel a competitive edge over others operating in the Rice Transplanter Machines market for the forecast period, 2018 - 2025.
Request for free sample report to understand complete structure of this report @ https://www.marketexpertz.com/sample-enquiry-form/15660
This report studies the global Rice Transplanter Machines market status and forecast, categorizes the global Rice Transplanter Machines market size (value & volume) by manufacturers, type, application, and region. This report focuses on the top manufacturers in North America, Europe, Japan, China, and other regions (India, Southeast Asia, Central & South America, and Middle East & Africa).
The major players covered in this report:
- Yanmar
- Iseki
- Kubota
- TYM
- Jiangsu World Agriculture Machinery
- CLAAS
- Shandong Fuerwo Agricultural Equipment
- Mitsubishi Mahindra Agricultural Machinery
- Dongfeng Agricultural Machinery
- Changfa Agricultural Equipment
Purchase Full report @ https://www.marketexpertz.com/checkout-form/15660
On the basis of product, this report displays the production, revenue, price, market share and growth rate of each type, primarily split into:
- Mechanical
- Manual
On the basis on the end users/applications, this report focuses on the status and outlook for major applications/end users, sales volume, market share and growth rate for each application, including:
- Commercial
- Household
Ask for discount on this report for better value @ https://www.marketexpertz.com/discount-enquiry-form/15660
The study objectives of this report are:
# To analyze and study the global Rice Transplanter Machines sales, value, status and forecast (2018-2025);
# To analyze the top players in North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia and India, # to study the sales, value and market share of top players in these regions.
# Focuses on the key Rice Transplanter Machines players, to study the sales, value, market share and development plans in future.
# Focuses on the global key manufacturers, to define, describe and analyze the market competition landscape, SWOT analysis.
# To define, describe and forecast the market by type, application and region.
# To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints and risks.
# To identify significant trends and factors driving or inhibiting the market growth.
# To analyze the opportunities in the market for stakeholders by identifying the high growth segments.
# To strategically analyze each submarket with respect to individual growth trend and their contribution to the market
# To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market
# To strategically profile the key players and comprehensively analyze their growth strategies.
Browse complete report description on our website@ https://www.marketexpertz.com/industry-overview/rice-transplanter-machines-market
Key elements from table of content:
9 Global Rice Transplanter Machines Players/Suppliers Profiles and Sales Data
9.1 Yanmar
9.1.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
9.1.2 Rice Transplanter Machines Product Category, Application and Specification
9.1.2.1 Product A
9.1.2.2 Product B
9.1.3 Yanmar Rice Transplanter Machines Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2018-2025)
9.1.4 Main Business/Business Overview
9.2 Iseki
9.2.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
9.2.2 Rice Transplanter Machines Product Category, Application and Specification
9.2.2.1 Product A
9.2.2.2 Product B
9.2.3 Iseki Rice Transplanter Machines Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2018-2025)
9.2.4 Main Business/Business Overview
Continued….
About MarketExpertz
Planning to invest in market intelligence products or offerings on the web? Then marketexpertz has just the thing for you - reports from over 500 prominent publishers and updates on our collection daily to empower companies and individuals catch-up with the vital insights on industries operating across different geography, trends, share, size and growth rate. There's more to what we offer to our customers. With marketexpertz you have the choice to tap into the specialized services without any additional charges.
Contact Us:
40 Wall St. 28th floor New York City,
NY 10005 United States
sales@marketexpertz.com
+1-800-819-3052
For more information on this press release visit: http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/rice-transplanter-machines-market-analysis-2018-2025-key-players-like-yanmar-iseki-kubota-tym-jiangsu-world-agriculture-machinery-1026270.htm
www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3891150
Controlled price for samba rice
Wednesday, 08 August 2018 - 15:20
The Cost of Living
Committee has decided to impose a controlled price for samba rice.The relevant
decision will be taken in due course.The Committee has also said that
controlled prices will be introduced for eggs and chicken within next two
weeks.They say that the prices of those commodities are rising without any
valid reason.
Indonesia willing to assist
Pakistan in palm oil production
By Imran
Rana
Published: August 9, 2018
4SHARES
FAISALABAD: Indonesia
is willing to set up joint ventures in the production and processing of palm
oil, along with manufacturing of high-value products from palm oil in Pakistan.
This was shared by Indonesian Embassy
Islamabad Minister Counselor Wisnu Suryo Hutomo.
During a meeting with Faisalabad Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (FCCI) Acting President Farooq Yousaf, Hutomo said that
there are vast opportunities in exploiting untapped trade potential between the
two countries. “Pakistan is exporting rice while there is a huge demand of
Pakistani Kinnow and mangoes in Indonesia,” he said. “However, efforts are in
process to encourage the production of palm oil in Pakistan in collaboration
with Indonesian businessmen.
“A proposal is under consideration for a
refinery to process crude oil in order to produce food-grade palm oil,” he
said. “This will initiate the process for production of numerous high-value
products including biscuits, chocolates, soaps and cosmetics.
“I have been making efforts to promote
consensus on these projects between the investors of the two countries to
ensure balanced bilateral trade.” Regarding the China-Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC), Hutomo said that 288 different projects were being implemented
with a huge investment of $63 billion. “This massive infrastructure will not
only benefit Pakistan but also ensure enhanced regional connectivity,” he said.
He further recalled that a Preferential
Trade Agreement (PTA) has already been signed and now Pakistan’s business
community should contact its commerce ministry to finalise the draft of the
proposed Free Trade Agreement.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1776392/2-indonesia-willing-assist-pakistan-palm-oil-production-business/
Tobacco worth $26.073m
exported in FY 2017-18
By
-
161
ISLAMABAD: About 7,211 metric tons of
tobacco worth $26.073 million exported during 12 months of the fiscal year
2017-18 as compared the exports of the corresponding period of last year.
The
exports of the above-mentioned commodity during the period under review
witnessed 76.1 per cent growth as against the same period of last year, said
data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
The
exports of tobacco were recorded at 3,802 metric tons worth $14.813 million in
the financial year 2016-17, the data revealed.
Meanwhile,
about 1,469,802 metric tons of sugar worth $508.333 million exported as
compared the exports of 307,348 metric tons valuing $161.039 million, showing
over 200 per cent increase.
Besides,
the country exported 1.189 million metric tons of wheat worth $236.339 million
during 12 months of last fiscal year as compared the exports of 3,937 metric
tons valuing $1.038 million of the corresponding period last year.
During
the period under review, about 20,694 metric tons of spices worth $79.154
million exported during last year, which was stood at 22,831 metric tons
valuing $84.572 million of the same period of 2016-17.
However,
in last fiscal year, the local exports of leguminous vegetables (pulses)
registered negative growth in their exports and no quantity of the commodity
was exported during the period under review.
In
last fiscal year, about 520,759 metric tons of basmati rice worth $540.231
million were exported during the period from July-June, 2017-18 as against the
exports of 496,263 metric tons valuing $453.441 million of the corresponding
period of last year.
During
the period under review, the exports of basmati rice witnessed 19.14 percent
growth when the quantity was compared with the same period of last year,
according the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. .
Meanwhile,
about 4.106 million tons of rice worth $2.073 billion were exported during 12
months of last financial year as compared the exports of 3.523 million tons
valuing US$ 1.606 billion of the corresponding period of last years, registered
26.78 per cent growth during the period under review.
During
the period from July-June, the country earned $1.496 billion by exporting rice
other then basmati as about 3.585 million tons of other rice exported as
against the exports of 3.053 million tons worth $1.153 billion of the same
period last year.
https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/09/tobacco-worth-26-073m-exported-in-fy-2017-18/
FIR registered against 94 rice miller defaulters in Haryana from 2013-17:
Kamboj
Chandigarh, Aug 9 (UNI) Haryana Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Karan Dev Kamboj on Thursday said that
an FIR had been registered against 94 defaulting rice millers, from 2013 to
2017.
Addressing a press conference here, he said that besides taking action on Rice Millers for not delivering the Custom Milled Rice (CMR), action is also being taken against the concerned inspector and sub-inspector, assistant food and supplies officer, under Rule 7.
He said the delivery of 47,352 tonnes of rice of kharif crops of rice millers were pending to Food Corporation of India in 2013-14.
This pendency of CMR is continuously been decreasing due to the efforts of the present government and now, the pending delivery has reduced to 1,736 tonnes in 2016-17.
Mr Kamboj said that the present state government has launched special campaign for recovery from rice millers, resultantly, in the last two years about 99 per cent CMR has been recovered.
Addressing a press conference here, he said that besides taking action on Rice Millers for not delivering the Custom Milled Rice (CMR), action is also being taken against the concerned inspector and sub-inspector, assistant food and supplies officer, under Rule 7.
He said the delivery of 47,352 tonnes of rice of kharif crops of rice millers were pending to Food Corporation of India in 2013-14.
This pendency of CMR is continuously been decreasing due to the efforts of the present government and now, the pending delivery has reduced to 1,736 tonnes in 2016-17.
Mr Kamboj said that the present state government has launched special campaign for recovery from rice millers, resultantly, in the last two years about 99 per cent CMR has been recovered.
UAE to open new visa office in
Karachi
KARACHI:
The UAE government will open a new office in Karachi in next two months to
attend all kind of visas including renewal of residence and work permits to
facilitate the Pakistanis going to UAE. This was announced by the acting Consul
General of UAE in Karachi Bakheet Ateeq Al Romaithi in the meeting of
Pakistan-UAE Business Council FPCCI, chaired by Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig,
Chairman of the Business Council at the Federation House.
Dr.
Baig discussed proposals for 12th Session of Pak UAE Joint Ministerial
Commission (JMC), particularly early signing of the Pak-GCC Free Trade
Agreement and the resolution of PTCL, Etisalat outstanding dues. Dr. Baig said
the bilateral trade between the Pakistan and UAE is US$8.3 billion which
includes Pakistan exports to UAE worth US$ 869 million, while the volume of
import from UAE is US$7.5 billion leading to a huge trade deficit. He
recommended allowing export of rice and sugar from Pakistan for cooperative
stores in the UAE. He appreciated the consul general’s initiative to cultivate
animal feed Alpha-Alpha in Pakistan and successfully exporting to UAE for the
last many years. The audience were informed that an Abu Dhabi infrastructure
fund is interested to invest in clean and renewable energy projects in
Pakistan.
Dr.
Baig also discussed participation in the Expo 2020, a mega event to take place
from October 20, 2020 to April 2021 in UAE for promotion of tourism and assured
visit of FPCCI businessmen delegation to UAE coinciding with the inaugural
meeting of Pak UAE JMC in Abu Dhabi. He requested the consul general to provide
names of 10 members from UAE for Pak-UAE JMC to finalize the date of the
meeting.
The
meeting was attended by Mazhar A. Nasir SVP FPCCI, Usama Qureshi, Khalid
Masood, Zubair Haider Sheikh, Anwar Qureshi, Abdul Haseeb Qureshi and other
members of the council.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/352528-uae-to-open-new-visa-office-in-karachi
Rice
import tariffs to trim inflation by 0.8 percentage points —BSP
August 9, 2018 6:57pm
By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News
Mandating
tariffs on rice importation could trim inflation by 0.8 percentage points, the
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Thursday.
The
rice tariffication bill, once enacted into law, would have an impact on
inflation, BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said in a press conference.
“In
early 2019, the impact on inflation will be a reduction of 0.8 percentage
points,” the BSP official told reporters.
The
Agricultural Tariffication, pending in Congress, seeks to lift the quantitative
restriction (QR) on rice and allow private trader to import the staple food of
Filipinos from countries of their choice.
Authored
by former Agriculture Secretary and incumbent Bohol Representative Arthur Yap,
House Bill 4904 passed on second reading at the House of Representatives
earlier this week.
“If
rice tariffication bill is approved by Congress in the third quarter of this
year and becomes operational by the fourth quarter, we expect inflation to be
reduced by 0.2 percentage points and another 0.6 percentage points next year,”
Guinigundo said.
The
Duterte administration’s economic team, particularly Socioeconomic Planning
Secretary Ernesto Pernia, has been vocal about the significance of
congressional action in helping to temper the accelerating.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/663594/rice-import-tariffs-to-trim-inflation-by-0-8-percentage-points-bsp/story/
Rice tariffication to temper inflation
By Leslie Gatpolintan August 9, 2018,
9:18 pm
Share
·
·
MANILA --
Liberalizing rice trade in the country can significantly temper inflation, the
country’s chief economist said.
“If the
Senate and Congress can pass the bill on rice tariffication, for example
tomorrow, that would have already an impact, very noticeable impact on food
inflation especially,” said Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia in
a press conference on Thursday.
Pernia
believes the proposed replacement of quantitative restriction on rice with
tariffication will have a “bigger impact” in addressing inflation because rice
has a dominant weight on the food basket of consumers, especially the poorest
30 percent.
“Our
inflation is mostly caused by the supply side: the availability of goods, high
global oil prices. Those are the main causes of supply side inflation and the
unavailability of rice on time,” he explained.
Along
with rice import tariffication, Pernia said the lowering of tariffs on selected
basic commodities to a uniform five percent agreed among economic managers is
intended as a temporary measure to alleviate the high food prices.
Proposed
tariff reductions will cover farm products like pork, corn, feed wheat and
fish.
“The
single rate reduction is a good strategy because it does not affect consumption
much. It is easier to monitor and implement. The measure is temporary as the
tariffs will revert once we get back to our normal inflation target,” he said.
For her
part, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Undersecretary
Rosemarie Edillon underscored the need for the country to build up the
resilience of its agriculture sector so it will not be weather-dependent.
“We
should be doing biotechnology and if we can have more resilient agriculture.
What we forecast is that there would be (inflation) tempering towards the
fourth quarter especially if it’s the impact of tax reform (law), it should
dissipate,” she said in an interview.
The
country’s inflation rate picked up to 5.7 percent in July from the previous
month’s 5.2 percent, brought about by the spike in the prices of food and
non-alcoholic beverage. (PNA)
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1044356
http://www.uniindia.com/fir-registered-against-94-rice-miller-defaulters-in-haryana-from-2013-17-kamboj/states/news/1315083.html
Scientists Say
Genetically Modified Rice Can Prevent HIV
August
08, 2018
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/scientists-say-genetically-modified-rice-can-prevent-hiv-aids/4519044.html
Nepalese farmers plant rice saplings in a paddy field during
Asar Pandra, or paddy planting day in Lele, Lalitpur, Nepal, Friday, June 29,
2018. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Researchers say a new
genetically modified rice can prevent
infections of HIV, the virus responsible for the disease AIDS.The researchers
recently published their findings in a study in the
journal Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The team included
scientists from America, Britain and Spain.
The study reports the
newly-developed rice produces proteins that attach directly to the HIV virus.
This process prevents the virus from mixing with human cells. The scientists
say this can neutralize the virus and
block its transmission.
The Joint United Nations Program
on HIV/AIDS or UNAIDS reportsthat
worldwide, nearly 37 million people were living with HIV in 2017. The
organization says the largest number of those were in developing countries.
Nearly two-thirds of HIV cases are in Africa.
In this file photo, civil rights activists march in
Durban, South Africa, July 18, 2016 at the start of the 21st World Aids
Conference.
There is currently no cure for
HIV/AIDS. But there have been major developments in oral drug
treatments shown to slow the progression of the disease. Such treatments can
also reduce the chances of passing the virus onto others. Researchers have also
worked on finding a vaccine.
UNAIDS says
new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by about 50
percent over the past two decades.
The new study predicts the
rice-based method will lead to long-term deployment of the anti-HIV treatment
across the developing world. Researchers said the “groundbreaking”
discovery is “realistically the only way” that anti-HIV combination treatments
can be produced at a cost low enough for the developing world.
Pharmacist Mary Chindanyika looks at documents on a
fridge containing a trial vaccine against HIV on the outskirts of Cape Town,
South Africa, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
The scientists say the easiest
and most cost-effective way to use the rice will be to make it into a cream to
be put on the skin. The HIV-fighting proteins can then enter the body through
the skin.
People in all parts of the world
could grow the rice and make the cream themselves, the researchers said. This
would prevent the cost and travel required for many patients to receive
treatments and medicine, especially in the developing world.
A Cambodian farmer throws rice seeds onto his paddy
fields on the outskirt of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, May 22, 2018. (AP
Photo/Heng Sinith)
The scientific team says further
testing is needed to make sure the genetic engineering process does not produce
any additional chemicals that could be dangerous to people.
The process of changing the
genetic structure of food crops has been debated for some time. Such foods are
commonly called GMOs - for genetically modified
organisms, or GEs – meaning genetically edited. Critics of
genetically engineered crops believe they can harm people.
I’m Bryan Lynn.
Bryan Lynn wrote this story for
VOA Learning English, based on reports from PNAS.org and other online sources.
Hai Do was the editor.
______________________________________________
