The
Opening Of Millers Place At Menara JKG
Diane Foo Eu Lynn • December 7, 2018
The phrase “a miller is a person
who operates a mill” is what provided inspiration to the new makan spot in JKG
Tower. Millers Place is part of JKG Group’s pursuit in enhancing excellency in
everything they do. The vast 4,500 sq ft restaurant was opened to host not only
office workers but patrons who seek quality, comfort food with the luxury of
fully air-conditioned interiors. Motorists will be able to find parking spots
with ease, as there are 640 parking bays available.
“Wherever there is rice, there is
happiness” is a Chinese saying that closely represents the motive of Millers
Place with the logo being a visual representation of a stone miller with a bowl
of rice. With talented chefs taking care of your gastronomical needs, the food
here is second-to-none. Millers Place provides a variety of comfort food
ranging from rice to noodles, which have appeared in many popular food blogs,
and are frequently written about in print media. In fact, it can be said that
most of the cuisine at Millers Place originated in South East Asia.
“A modern interpretation of oriental classics,” said Dato’ Teh
Kean Ming from JKG Group. The venue is filled with artsy modern vibes which
pays tribute to the oriental heritage. In addition to that, Millers Place is
also surrounded by many different types of air plants, such as ‘Tillandsia’ in
its scientific name, solely to enhance the quality of air. Altogether, this
modern design recreates the memories of the past.
Take out your phones and post as many photos as you want of the
gastronomic delights and dashing interiors with creative hashtags, as Millers
Place has created an Instagram corner to suit the social media trend for the
youngsters and adults alike.
People sometimes ask “Why Millers Place? What do they have to
offer?”. Well, if you are a staff or JKG Tower tenant, then Millers Place is
great for you when it comes to value, taste, and proximity. Other than that, if
you are planning on any corporate events, or even if you need a venue for a
birthday party or wedding celebration, Millers Place is a great location for
these special events.
All in all, Millers Place is the go-to place for an extravagant
gastronomical experience in a modern-throwback concept that comes with the
benefit of having more than enough parking space. Bring your friends and family
to Millers Place for a great time and leave with happy memories of the great
food!
This article was written by the editorial team of
PropertyGuru. To contact them about this or other stories email editorialteam@propertyguru.com.my
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buying process and laws governing the housing industry.
Paddy procurement stalemate continues over FAQ
As a result, more than 50,000 quintals of
paddy are lying at different village points and mandis in Jeypore and Koraput
sub-divisions for sale due to the dispute.
published: 07th December 2018 04:55 AM |
Last Updated: 07th December 2018 11
Bags of
paddy at a mandi in Koraput district
JEYPORE: The stalemate over paddy procurement
has been continuing in Koraput district following a dispute over fair average
quality (FAQ) norms between farmers and millers even after 12 days of opening
of mandis.
As a result, more than 50,000 quintals of paddy
are lying at different village points and mandis in Jeypore and Koraput
sub-divisions for sale due to the dispute. Though the administration had opened
the mandis in the region on November 9, it could not be geared up due to
non-participation of millers of the district. Later, they joined in the
procurement process on November 26 following pressure from the administration.
However, as soon as the mandis started functioning, the District Millers’ Association raised their voice over low quality paddy in the centres and informed the District Civil Supply office about non-availability of FAQ standard paddy. They urged the administration to ensure only FAQ standard paddy transaction in the mandis for quality custom milling rice (CMR).
However, as soon as the mandis started functioning, the District Millers’ Association raised their voice over low quality paddy in the centres and informed the District Civil Supply office about non-availability of FAQ standard paddy. They urged the administration to ensure only FAQ standard paddy transaction in the mandis for quality custom milling rice (CMR).
The officials of civil supply and PACS, who
are authorised for paddy quality measurement in the district, asked the farmers
to bring FAQ standard paddy to the procurement centre for sale. This led to
widespread resentment among the farmers.
While the officials suggested that the
millers should purchase paddy stocks by negotiating with farmers, the latter
urged them to accept their rice after custom milling. So far, only 323 quintal
of paddy has been purchased at the mandis in the district.
The district administration has decided to
hold a tripartite meeting between farmer leaders, officials and millers to
resolve the issue soon for smooth functioning of mandis.Meanwhile, the farmers
have urged the district administration to purchase all types of paddies from
the farmers, irrespective of their quality, at the minimum support price (MSP).
The paddy, which was saved from the untimely rains, is likely to be discoloured
and would not fulfil the norms of the FAQ prescribed by the Government, they said.
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Farmer’s Group stuck with rice huller
Kampala, Uganda | THE
INDEPENDENT | A group of 300 small holder
farmers in Gulu district is stuck with a rice huller despite the bumper harvest
due to lack of electricity.
It is now three months since
Latyeng Farmer Group in Laliya Sub County, about 10 Kilometers North of Gulu
Town received the rice huller under the Operation Wealth Creation – OWC program
to process their harvest for value addition.
Ben Ochan, the Chairperson of
Latyeng Farmers Group, the umbrella organization for the farmer’s group, says
power distributors UMEME requires about Shillings 40 million to procure a
transformer to connect the rice huller.
Ochan says the rice huller is too
big to be driven on a generator at a critical time when the members want to
mill their rice produce. The group was trained by the Integrated Seed
Production Scheme to produce rice seeds for farmers in the area.
Ochan says the group produced 135 acres of Namse Rice seeds,
which they supplied to commercial farmers in the region. Vicky Ochan, the vice
chairperson of the group says members have been forced to mill their rice from
millers charging them exorbitant prices in Gulu Town.
She says the group intends to
pack and label the Rice before selling it. World Bank has plans of developing
farmer cooperatives in Northern Uganda to enable them tap into the unique
agribusiness markets in the region. Anthony Thompson, the World Bank Country
Manager says the Bank is developing projects aimed at creating better
agribusiness opportunities for the farmers.
According to the World Bank,
investing in agriculture provides huge potential for expediting national
economic growth and the ambitious journey to the middle income status.
Doctors
explained when the rice may be hazardous to health
By paradox
06.12.2018
Supporters of a healthy diet is
recommended to soak the rice.Scientists conducted an experiment during which found dangerous quality of rice, namely, rice – “the champion” in content of arsenic.Professor Zheng Zhou the University of Indiana told me that his fellow researchers conducted a large-scale experiment, which found that 70-90% of arsenic can be absorbed into the rice grains during the development of the plant.
And after drinking man substance enters the digestive tract,
where it can gradually accumulate. Scientists believe that this may lead to the
development of cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
In this regard, supporters of a healthy diet is recommended to
soak the rice, then rinse it and boil in plenty of water. They explain that in
this way it is possible to reduce the content of harmful substances in rice.
tackling the menace with intelligence-driven
approach. He frowned, “The number of motorcycles being used to smuggle foreign
rice is alarming, notwithstanding the risk associated with it. So, we are
deploying intelligence in curtailing it. Instead of chasing Okada smugglers, we
trace them to their ware houses and evacuate the items. We are working 24 hours
including Sundays to protect our economic environment, especially this yuletide
season”.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/12/ogun-customs-rakes-in-n1-1bn-intercepts-6015-bags-of-foreign-rice-exotic-cars/
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/12/ogun-customs-rakes-in-n1-1bn-intercepts-6015-bags-of-foreign-rice-exotic-cars/
December 6, 2018
Trade talks, everyone
listens
U.S., Central American and Dominican Republis Rice Industries Meet
By Sarah Moran
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Forty individuals
from USA Rice and the Central American Rice Federation (FECARROZ) met here
earlier this week to talk about the Central America-Dominican Republic-U.S.
free trade agreement (CAFTA-DR).
CAFTA-DR will enter its fourteenth year in 2019 and as such, is required
to conduct a review of the operation and implementation of the free trade
agreement as it relates to trade in agricultural goods.
"Central America is the second
largest importer of paddy rice for the United States and we hope that this
meeting will facilitate a future alliance with the American rice industry so
that we can be converted into the largest importer of paddy rice," said
Mario Solorzano, president of FECARROZ.
"The FECARROZ proposal is a win-win strategy that is necessary in
order to guarantee the long term sustainability of the commercial relationships
between the United States, Central America, and the Dominican Republic."
"Central America is a top
destination for U.S. rice and helps keep our export market thriving," said
USA Rice Chairman Charley Mathews, Jr.
"We are pleased that FECARROZ has given thought to how this trade
can be sustained and reached out to us to start this dialogue."
"We will be investigating the
merits of the proposal and be in continued conversations with FECARROZ during
this process," said Todd Burich, chair of the USA Rice Latin American
Trade Policy Subcommittee. "We
welcome the opportunity to take a step back and evaluate improvements in our
trade."
Can rice filter water
from ag fields?
Research considers
pesticide-cleansing properties of rice plants
Dec 05, 2018
Rice is a staple food crop of 20 percent
of the world’s population. It’s also grown on every continent except
Antarctica.
While it’s an important part of our
diets, new research shows that rice plants can be used in a different way, too:
to clean runoff from farms before it gets into rivers, lakes, and streams.
This idea came to Matt Moore, a USDA
research ecologist, because he, himself, comes from a family of farmers. He was
trying to figure out a way to address the unintended issue of runoff. As water
drains from agricultural fields, the pesticides used on those fields can be
carried along. Moore wanted to stop pesticides from getting into water outside
the farm in a way that was easy and cost-efficient for farmers.
“We wanted something that was
common, that could be applied in a lot of different places, but something
that’s non-invasive,” said Moore, who works in the USDA-Agricultural Research
Service’s Water Ecology and Ecology Research Unit in Oxford, Mississippi.
The idea came to Moore while he was
driving to his family’s farm in northeast Arkansas. “We’re big rice farmers.
Cheesy as it sounds, I was driving around trying to look for some inspiration
and it just hit me: What about rice?”
So researchers planted four fields,
two with and two without rice. They then flooded those fields with a mix of
three kinds of pesticides plus water that together is a lot like runoff during
a storm. They did this for two years in a row.
They found that the levels of all
three pesticides were lower in fields where they’d planted rice. How much it dropped
ranged from 85 percent to 97 percent, depending on which pesticide they
measured.
Rice can do this through
phytoremediation--using plants and their roots to clean up water (though they
can also clean soil and air). That’s what researchers say happened here.
Instead of those chemicals being in the runoff water, they were captured in the
rice plants.
In real life, this
pesticide-cleaning ability of rice could be used in a few ways. To start,
farmers could plant rice in drainage ditches already on their farms, which
would “let rice clean off water that runs off into your field before it runs
into a river, lake, or stream,” Moore said. “Dreaming big, eventually we could
get to the point where you could use rice fields as constructed wetlands,”
diverting runoff into rice fields so they naturally take those pesticides out
of the water.
One big question Moore hopes
additional research can answer is whether or not those chemicals end up in the
edible part of the rice plant--the rice grain--itself. If it doesn’t, rice
could be that natural water cleaner while also being a food source.
“It’s potentially huge for
developing countries to be able to use this as a crop and water cleaning
technology,” he said.
For now, though, Moore is excited
about the potential of a humble, popular crop that even his own family has been
growing for generations.
“We’re just trying to use simple
techniques that are easy for the farmer, that are economical, that are still
environmentally friendly,” he said. “Farming seems like a not-for-profit
business these days, which I full-well understand. How can farmers use the
landscape that’s already there? How can they maximize that while helping the
environment and their bottom line? Rice could be it.”
Read more about this research in the Journal of Environmental
Quality. The U.S. Department of Agriculture funded this project.
India rice rates slip; tough Chinese rules dent Vietnam exports
·
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Rice export
prices fell a the second consecutive week in India on a weakening rupee and
slow demand, while strict inspections from top consumer China muted exports
from Vietnam.
Women plant rice saplings at a paddy field in a village in Nagaon
district, in the northeastern state of Assam, July 3, 2018. REUTERS/Anuwar
Hazarika/Files
India’s 5 percent broken parboiled variety was quoted around
$364-$368 per tonne this week, from $366-$370 the last week.“Prices
are down as traders are adjusting to the drop in the rupee. Demand is still
weak,” said an exporter based at Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra
Pradesh.The Indian rupee fell nearly 1 percent on Thursday to the lowest level
in two weeks, increasing exporters margin from the overseas sales.
In an attempt to accelerate exports, the Indian government last
month said it will give a 5 percent subsidy for non-basmati rice shipments for
the four months to March 25, 2019.In neighbouring Bangladesh, rice imports in
July-November stood at 106,640 tonnes, the country’s food ministry data showed,
after the government imposed a 28 percent tax on shipments to support its
farmers after local production revived.Meanwhile, in Vietnam, rates for 5
percent broken rice dipped to $400 a tonne from $408 last week as exports to
China fell on stricter inspections and conditions on Vietnamese rice, traders
said.
“Exports to
China are almost frozen, no one dares to buy or sell. Some people who had their
rice ready at the port now have to take them back because they fear the Chinese
side will not take them,” a trader in Ho Chi Minh City said.However, the fall
in prices was limited due to tight supply at the end of a small crop season in
Vietnam and orders from rice-scarce Philippines.
The next major crop harvest in
the southeast-Asian nation, the winter-spring crop, is due next March.In
Thailand, benchmark 5 percent broken rice prices narrowed to $390-$393,
free on board (FOB) Bangkok, from $380-$397 last week.“Apart from the recent
order from the Philippines, Thai rice exporters are not expecting any large
order until early 2019,” a Bangkok-based rice trader said.
Traders attributed this week’s
fluctuation in rice prices to the exchange rate. The Thai baht shed more than a
quarter of a percent on Thursday, after rising for four previous
sessions.[EMRG/FRX]
“Some exporters are still talking
about a possible deal to markets like Japan and Indonesia, but so far things
are quiet and will likely remain this way until January,” said another
Bangkok-based trader.
Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um in
Bangkok, Mai Nguyen in Hanoi, Ruma Paul in Dhaka and Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai;
Editing by David Evans
Rice Prices
as on :
06-12-2018 03:01:05 PM
Arrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.
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Rice
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Bangalore(Kar)
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2263.00
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-48.5
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60508.00
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4300
|
4300
|
2.38
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|
Manjeri(Ker)
|
290.00
|
NC
|
9570.00
|
3500
|
3500
|
-5.41
|
|
Hardoi(UP)
|
290.00
|
314.29
|
3030.00
|
2440
|
2480
|
7.02
|
|
Madhoganj(UP)
|
285.00
|
NC
|
2734.30
|
2150
|
2140
|
-
|
|
Puranpur(UP)
|
260.00
|
30
|
9650.70
|
2310
|
2300
|
-
|
|
Bharthna(UP)
|
240.00
|
14.29
|
8572.50
|
2450
|
2450
|
-
|
|
Etawah(UP)
|
195.00
|
-13.33
|
2906.00
|
2400
|
2400
|
5.96
|
|
Gondal(UP)
|
182.50
|
1.96
|
13741.50
|
2500
|
2500
|
17.92
|
|
Siliguri(WB)
|
164.00
|
-0.61
|
11862.00
|
2700
|
2700
|
NC
|
|
Bindki(UP)
|
160.00
|
6.67
|
1370.00
|
2190
|
2190
|
-
|
|
Azamgarh(UP)
|
150.00
|
7.14
|
25065.00
|
2210
|
2215
|
5.24
|
|
Pilibhit(UP)
|
140.00
|
9.38
|
18849.50
|
2295
|
2290
|
2.46
|
|
Sainthia(WB)
|
129.00
|
-5.15
|
1967.00
|
2450
|
2460
|
10.86
|
|
Mainpuri(UP)
|
114.00
|
-2.56
|
2037.50
|
2770
|
2720
|
-
|
|
Lalitpur(UP)
|
110.00
|
-8.33
|
1720.00
|
2730
|
2720
|
-
|
|
Lucknow(UP)
|
102.00
|
-3.77
|
2468.00
|
2350
|
2350
|
9.30
|
|
Agra(UP)
|
102.00
|
-2.86
|
4329.00
|
2540
|
2520
|
-4.15
|
|
Shahjahanpur(UP)
|
100.00
|
NC
|
12856.40
|
2350
|
2360
|
-
|
|
Barhaj(UP)
|
95.00
|
18.75
|
4474.00
|
2270
|
2270
|
-
|
|
Aligarh(UP)
|
85.00
|
6.25
|
3340.00
|
2540
|
2550
|
-0.78
|
|
Bareilly(UP)
|
85.00
|
88.89
|
1614.40
|
2275
|
2290
|
-
|
|
Kalipur(WB)
|
80.00
|
NC
|
4061.00
|
2400
|
2400
|
4.35
|
|
Thodupuzha(Ker)
|
70.00
|
NC
|
280.00
|
3800
|
3800
|
-
|
|
Hapur(UP)
|
70.00
|
40
|
3130.00
|
2720
|
2720
|
19.30
|
|
Jangipur(WB)
|
64.50
|
-0.77
|
194.00
|
2895
|
2780
|
-
|
|
Beldanga(WB)
|
60.00
|
-7.69
|
2345.00
|
2600
|
2500
|
4.00
|
|
Akbarpur(UP)
|
55.00
|
-17.91
|
735.00
|
2220
|
2210
|
-
|
|
Indus(Bankura Sadar)(WB)
|
55.00
|
-8.33
|
5325.00
|
2800
|
2800
|
9.80
|
|
Gazipur(UP)
|
51.00
|
-8.93
|
1373.50
|
2800
|
2800
|
-
|
|
Devariya(UP)
|
50.00
|
25
|
2112.00
|
2100
|
2132
|
-1.64
|
|
Maur(UP)
|
47.00
|
6.82
|
1879.00
|
2200
|
2215
|
-
|
|
Kopaganj(UP)
|
47.00
|
6.82
|
2389.00
|
2200
|
2215
|
1.85
|
|
Basti(UP)
|
44.00
|
-2.22
|
2850.50
|
2210
|
2210
|
4.49
|
|
Kicchha(Utr)
|
43.20
|
-42.32
|
948.70
|
2200
|
2200
|
-
|
|
Naanpara(UP)
|
42.20
|
83.48
|
1872.90
|
2340
|
2350
|
5.64
|
|
Sahiyapur(UP)
|
36.50
|
69.77
|
2743.50
|
2210
|
2230
|
-
|
|
Mathura(UP)
|
35.00
|
NC
|
1283.00
|
2700
|
2710
|
7.14
|
|
Jhargram(WB)
|
35.00
|
9.38
|
568.00
|
2800
|
2800
|
16.67
|
|
Auraiya(UP)
|
30.00
|
20
|
953.50
|
2100
|
2100
|
-4.55
|
|
Khalilabad(UP)
|
30.00
|
-25
|
1364.50
|
2225
|
2225
|
-
|
|
Rampur(UP)
|
30.00
|
13.21
|
667.00
|
2350
|
2360
|
-
|
|
Dadri(UP)
|
30.00
|
NC
|
1076.00
|
2700
|
2750
|
13.68
|
|
Jaunpur(UP)
|
29.50
|
-84.47
|
3122.80
|
2260
|
2260
|
7.62
|
|
Raiganj(WB)
|
28.00
|
NC
|
1193.00
|
3350
|
3350
|
32.67
|
|
Islampur(WB)
|
27.00
|
NC
|
1100.00
|
3450
|
3450
|
53.33
|
|
Saharanpur(UP)
|
26.00
|
-3.7
|
1835.00
|
2710
|
2700
|
14.59
|
|
Sirsaganj(UP)
|
26.00
|
8.33
|
1174.00
|
2750
|
2750
|
17.02
|
|
Khatra(WB)
|
24.00
|
-20
|
1224.00
|
2650
|
2650
|
-
|
|
Nadia(WB)
|
22.00
|
-8.33
|
617.00
|
3800
|
3800
|
2.70
|
|
Jalpaiguri Sadar(WB)
|
22.00
|
10
|
85.00
|
2550
|
2850
|
-1.92
|
|
Jayas(UP)
|
21.00
|
-32.26
|
2477.00
|
1930
|
1950
|
-1.03
|
|
Panchpedwa(UP)
|
21.00
|
950
|
884.00
|
2250
|
2150
|
-
|
|
Robertsganj(UP)
|
20.00
|
2252.94
|
626.50
|
2250
|
2225
|
13.92
|
|
Payagpur(UP)
|
20.00
|
-60.78
|
192.40
|
1750
|
1700
|
-
|
|
Falakata(WB)
|
20.00
|
NC
|
414.00
|
2650
|
2700
|
23.26
|
|
Alipurduar(WB)
|
20.00
|
NC
|
1000.00
|
2650
|
2700
|
15.22
|
|
Kolaghat(WB)
|
18.00
|
NC
|
464.00
|
2850
|
2860
|
23.91
|
|
Tamluk (Medinipur E)(WB)
|
18.00
|
NC
|
409.00
|
2850
|
2860
|
23.91
|
|
Jasra(UP)
|
17.00
|
41.67
|
1527.50
|
2350
|
2400
|
-
|
|
Balrampur(UP)
|
16.00
|
-20
|
132.00
|
2250
|
2250
|
-
|
|
Bazpur(Utr)
|
16.00
|
-86
|
2993.80
|
2450
|
2500
|
NC
|
|
Karsiyang(Matigara)(WB)
|
15.50
|
0.65
|
1028.60
|
3000
|
3000
|
11.11
|
|
Atarra(UP)
|
15.00
|
-25
|
426.00
|
2200
|
2150
|
10.00
|
|
Vishalpur(UP)
|
15.00
|
NC
|
801.00
|
2320
|
2325
|
-
|
|
Ghatal(WB)
|
15.00
|
11.11
|
410.00
|
2500
|
2450
|
2.04
|
|
Fatehabad(UP)
|
14.00
|
154.55
|
49.00
|
2320
|
2350
|
7.41
|
|
Muzzafarnagar(UP)
|
14.00
|
-3.45
|
415.50
|
2700
|
2695
|
-
|
|
Bishnupur(Bankura)(WB)
|
13.00
|
333.33
|
574.00
|
2650
|
2650
|
26.19
|
|
Giridih(Jha)
|
12.34
|
37.72
|
935.46
|
4200
|
4200
|
20.00
|
|
Kayamganj(UP)
|
12.00
|
20
|
1051.00
|
2370
|
2380
|
3.95
|
|
Champadanga(WB)
|
12.00
|
-14.29
|
740.00
|
3000
|
3000
|
9.09
|
|
Bijnaur(UP)
|
11.50
|
15
|
195.10
|
2290
|
2300
|
-
|
|
Etah(UP)
|
11.00
|
22.22
|
170.00
|
2530
|
2520
|
-
|
|
Farukhabad(UP)
|
11.00
|
-8.33
|
578.60
|
2650
|
2600
|
19.91
|
|
Mahoba(UP)
|
11.00
|
-13.39
|
561.40
|
2130
|
2120
|
-
|
|
Kalyani(WB)
|
10.50
|
200
|
306.50
|
3400
|
3400
|
NC
|
|
Khurja(UP)
|
10.00
|
-16.67
|
1288.00
|
2600
|
2600
|
-
|
|
Muradabad(UP)
|
10.00
|
42.86
|
457.50
|
2300
|
2315
|
-
|
|
Vilthararoad(UP)
|
10.00
|
NC
|
611.00
|
2050
|
2150
|
-4.65
|
|
Soharatgarh(UP)
|
9.00
|
12.5
|
240.00
|
2230
|
2260
|
7.47
|
|
Badayoun(UP)
|
8.00
|
-42.86
|
961.00
|
2270
|
2270
|
-
|
|
Ruperdeeha(UP)
|
8.00
|
14.29
|
490.00
|
1700
|
1700
|
-
|
|
Baberu(UP)
|
7.50
|
-
|
15.00
|
2160
|
-
|
-
|
|
Kannauj(UP)
|
7.50
|
7.14
|
272.40
|
2400
|
2400
|
9.09
|
|
Unnao(UP)
|
6.50
|
-13.33
|
181.60
|
2275
|
2300
|
10.98
|
|
Tundla(UP)
|
6.50
|
8.33
|
271.10
|
2530
|
2535
|
-
|
|
Banda(UP)
|
6.00
|
-45.45
|
75.00
|
2140
|
2160
|
9.74
|
|
Kosikalan(UP)
|
6.00
|
NC
|
235.10
|
2550
|
2550
|
-
|
|
Mugrabaadshahpur(UP)
|
5.00
|
NC
|
300.30
|
2300
|
2300
|
-
|
|
Buland Shahr(UP)
|
4.50
|
12.5
|
197.50
|
2620
|
2620
|
11.97
|
|
Kalyanpur(Tri)
|
4.20
|
5
|
85.30
|
2750
|
2965
|
NC
|
|
Kasganj(UP)
|
4.00
|
-50
|
154.50
|
2500
|
2520
|
-
|
|
Badda(UP)
|
4.00
|
-50
|
24.00
|
2400
|
2400
|
-
|
|
Ranaghat(WB)
|
3.60
|
2.86
|
300.83
|
3550
|
3550
|
54.35
|
|
Anandnagar(UP)
|
3.00
|
50
|
116.80
|
2200
|
2300
|
-
|
|
Gadaura(UP)
|
3.00
|
-33.33
|
52.40
|
2100
|
2100
|
3.70
|
|
Jahangirabad(UP)
|
3.00
|
-14.29
|
239.00
|
2575
|
2575
|
9.57
|
|
Mirzapur(UP)
|
3.00
|
-25
|
1001.00
|
2280
|
2290
|
-
|
|
Mau(Chitrakut)(UP)
|
3.00
|
20
|
89.20
|
1835
|
1825
|
-
|
|
Amroha(UP)
|
2.00
|
NC
|
99.82
|
2600
|
2600
|
5.26
|
|
Penugonda(Mah)
|
1.00
|
NC
|
30.00
|
4080
|
4080
|
0.25
|
|
Alibagh(Mah)
|
1.00
|
NC
|
29.00
|
2250
|
2250
|
-43.75
|
|
Murud(Mah)
|
1.00
|
NC
|
28.00
|
2250
|
2250
|
-25.00
|
|
Nautnava(UP)
|
1.00
|
NC
|
62.50
|
2250
|
2150
|
10.29
|
|
Ujhani(UP)
|
1.00
|
-33.33
|
21.20
|
2240
|
2270
|
-
|
|
Fatehpur Sikri(UP)
|
0.90
|
-10
|
35.70
|
2560
|
2570
|
1.19
|
|
Khairagarh(UP)
|
0.90
|
-30.77
|
130.80
|
2570
|
2570
|
1.98
|
|
Jagnair(UP)
|
0.80
|
14.29
|
96.40
|
2570
|
2570
|
1.18
|
|
Khair(UP)
|
0.80
|
-20
|
1192.40
|
2550
|
2450
|
NC
|
‘Guyana’s rice
sector under threat’ – says Opposition MP Seeraj
December 6, 2018
PPP/C Member of Parliament Dharamkumar Seeraj
As rice farmers on the Essequibo
Coast are experiencing continued difficulties, Member of Parliament (MP),
Dharamkumar Seeraj used his time in the National Assembly during Thursday’s leg
of the Budget 2019 debates to touch on the rice industry, which he posited is
under threat as a result of failures on the part of the coalition Government.
Seedlings granted to the farmers
from the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) are not germinating causing
farmers to now have to re-prepare and replant their crops, he said.
Speaking on the ongoing troubles
facing the farmers, Seeraj noted that just last season, the farmers already
lost over $1B because of poor pest control which, in his opinion, should have
been avoided.
According to Seeraj, the People’s
Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) had established a specialized unit to deal with
pest and disease control, a unit which was reportedly disbanded by the APNU/AFC
Government in 2015.
“357,000 bags of paddy losses
equivalent to $1B just because of a factor that could have been avoided in pest
and disease control…in 2015 that specialized unit was disbanded and we were
told that they works would be reassigned…that unit was created under the PPP
with a purpose” Seeraj chastised.
Further, the MP revealed that
coupled with the woes that the farmers are already facing, their machines and
properties are also under threat, plights, he noted, that the Agriculture
Minister is aware of, but to date has done nothing.
According to Seeraj, as if those
issues were not enough, the farmers are now being charged excessive amount of
monies to plant their crops.
“The cost of production is going
up, $15,000 per acre Drainage and Irrigation charges them…they are being asked
to produce more while cost keeps going up… In the purchase of fuel alone the
farming section of the industry would have contributed more than $3B in
taxes….they need to be given support so that they can produce and compete because
we are underrated on a global scale…this Government is penalizing agriculture
by means of increases..” Seeraj noted.
Touching on the international
markets for rice which is also facing several setbacks, Seeraj reminded of the
Panama rice rejection saga.
Some 20 containers of rice
shipped to Panama under a Government to Government arrangement with Guyana was
rejected.
According to reports, the
containers of what was expected to be packaged white rice were rejected as a
result of substandard quality.
It was understood that the
Panamanian authorities were complaining that the samples sent were not in
keeping with the contractual agreement with Guyana.
Seeraj questioned why did GRDB, a
Government Agency, place the Panamanian market, one of the most lucrative, in
jeopardy.
“The Government agency is the
contracting party to Panama…they do inspections, issues certificates before
customs could export, and yet some 30 containers had to come back because the
rice was different from what was requested…how did they allow this to happen?”
the MP questioned.
Added to those issues Government
is reportedly also exporting materials to Mexico at a lower price. Further, he
posited that the Malaysian Government is also seeking an agreement which is not
being supported by the coalition.
‘NFA rice to come from local farmers’
Agriculture
Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol vowed that affordable rice that will be sold by the
National Food Authority (NFA) starting next year will be produced by local
farmers. Piñol said this will be made possible by the passage of the rice
tariffication bill, which will disallow the NFA from importing rice to boost
its buffer stocks. “The NFA will be focused on the procurement of palay
[unmilled rice] produced by Filipino farmers,” Piñol said in his latest
Facebook post. “This is a welcome development not only for the Filipino farmers
but also for top officials of the Department of Agriculture and the NFA who
advocate for change in the image of the rice agency,” he added. The exit of the
NFA from importation, Piñol said, will end the corrupt practice of some
employees who seek bribes before awarding import permits. “[The NFA’s] years of
involvement in the rice importation program for buffer stocking, suspicions
were rife that there were financial transactions involved where officials raked
in money. The very tight requirements also led to corruption in the awarding of
import permits,” he said. Piñol said the passage of the rice tariff bill
“assures farmers of a market and stable income.” For next year, the government
has allocated P7 billion for local palay procurement. The House of
Representatives on November 28 endorsed for President Duterte’s signature the
rice tariffication bill and the coconut-levy trust fund after it ratified the
bicameral conference committee reports on the two measures.
The rice tariffication bill would lift the quantitative
restriction (QR) on rice in keeping with its commitment to the World Trade
Organization after the special waiver on rice expired on June 30, 2017. The
conversion of the QR on rice into tariffs would enable government to increase
its revenues. Tariffs collected from imports will then form the Rice
Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), which will bankroll initiatives aimed
at boosting farm productivity and helping farmers access cheap credit. Under
the rice tariffication bill, 10 percent of the P10-billion RCEF will be set
aside for credit to farmers and cooperatives.
Removing the QR
on rice by amending Republic Act 8178 would allow the government to
generate P27 billion annually, according to a paper published by the Philippine
Institute for Development Studies. Economic managers have been banking on the
passage of the measure before the end of the year to rein in inflation, as the
spike in rice prices was tagged as a major factor behind the rise in the
consumer price index. This year, the highest inflation rate was recorded in
September, when it reached 6.7 percent. In January, when the government started
implementing the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law, inflation was
only at 3.4 percent. The government expects the increase in rice supply—with
the scrapping of the QR—to cut the price of the staple by P7 per kilogram.
Rice cultivation area shrinks
A decline in cultivated land has resulted in Bhutan losing more
than 31,300 tons of rice in the last two decades, which could have otherwise
fed one-fifth of the total population for a year. The country is 47 percent
rice self-sufficient. According to Yadunath Bajgai (PhD), principal research
officer with Agriculture Research Development Centre, Yusipang, the decline is
due to the decrease in cultivated land from about 28,000 hectares in 1981 to
20,547 hectares in 2017. The yield per hectare in 1981 stood little over 2.2
tons and the productivity doubled to 4.2 tons per hectares in 2017 despite the
loss of cultivated land over this period. The average yield doubled because of
innovation in varietal development, crop nutrient management and plan
protection according to the researcher. “Although productivity doubled over
this period, our rice self-sufficiency stands at 47 percent,” he said. “We have
forgone quite a lot of rice because of decline in the cultivated area. Yadunath
Bajgai shared his paper on investment and innovation in agriculture at the
opening of Bhutan Lectures on Innovation, Science and Society (BLISS) on
December 3. 
Loss of prime rice growing area to
infrastructure and town development, insufficient irrigation water, pressing human-wildlife conflict and shortage of farm labour among others
were cited as reasons that pushed farmers to leave their lands fallow. He said
that the country is only three percent self-sufficient in edible oil despite
enjoying good resource and energy and said intervention and investments were
urgent in the production of edible oils. A likely cause of these consequences
was because of a decline in the fiscal budget allocation to RNR. Budget
allocation to the sector dropped from 23 percent in the fourth Plan to seven
percent in the fifth Plan. “This could have also led to a decrease in the share
of RNR GDP contribution,” he said. From about 37 percent of the RNR sector’s
contribution to GDP in 1981, the percentage of GDP share from RNR sectors
dropped to 17 percent in 2016. The highest percentage of budget share RNR
sectors received after the fifth Plan was in the seventh Plan at 16 percent.
The lowest budget was allocated during the 10th at 5.6 percent and in the 11th
Plan at 6.3 percent. Other challenges involved in agriculture are decline in
soil fertility, mainly the loss of phosphorus in the soil, climate change and a
loss of focus on agricultural development research like the dissolution of the
council of RNR research of Bhutan in 2016. “RNR sector will face the biggest
blow. Suitable crops of today may not be suitable in some ten years. Investment
in agriculture research development should begin now because it takes more than
ten years to develop new varieties,” Yadunath Bajgai said.
Loss of prime rice growing area to
infrastructure and town development, insufficient irrigation water, pressing human-wildlife conflict and shortage of farm labour among others
were cited as reasons that pushed farmers to leave their lands fallow. He said
that the country is only three percent self-sufficient in edible oil despite
enjoying good resource and energy and said intervention and investments were
urgent in the production of edible oils. A likely cause of these consequences
was because of a decline in the fiscal budget allocation to RNR. Budget
allocation to the sector dropped from 23 percent in the fourth Plan to seven
percent in the fifth Plan. “This could have also led to a decrease in the share
of RNR GDP contribution,” he said. From about 37 percent of the RNR sector’s
contribution to GDP in 1981, the percentage of GDP share from RNR sectors
dropped to 17 percent in 2016. The highest percentage of budget share RNR
sectors received after the fifth Plan was in the seventh Plan at 16 percent.
The lowest budget was allocated during the 10th at 5.6 percent and in the 11th
Plan at 6.3 percent. Other challenges involved in agriculture are decline in
soil fertility, mainly the loss of phosphorus in the soil, climate change and a
loss of focus on agricultural development research like the dissolution of the
council of RNR research of Bhutan in 2016. “RNR sector will face the biggest
blow. Suitable crops of today may not be suitable in some ten years. Investment
in agriculture research development should begin now because it takes more than
ten years to develop new varieties,” Yadunath Bajgai said.
The research urged policymakers and stakeholders to reconsider and
reprioritise food production and agriculture as key development agenda. Labour
shortage, crop damage by wild animals, insufficient irrigation supply, and
limited access to markets among others are top four farming constraints faced
by the agriculture in the country today. He said there is a need to invest more
in agriculture research and development on a priority basis, build human
resource, mechanise food production, diversify agro-ecology and marketing among
others. Rice constitutes 53 percent of daily dietary energy requirement for
Bhutanese. Bhutan cultivates rice on 53,055 acres and produces 85,090MT.
Today, the country has less
than three percent of total land cultivated and about 57 percent of people
depend on agriculture for food. Some enablers that led to increased
productivity were the construction of 1,718 km of irrigation channels at the
end of the 11th Plan, distribution of 1,200 power tillers, 11,196 km of farm
roads and 18,691 km of electricity fencing among others.
Farmer’s Group stuck with rice huller
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of 300 small holder farmers in Gulu district is stuck with
a rice huller despite the bumper harvest due to lack of electricity. It is now
three months since Latyeng Farmer Group in Laliya Sub County, about 10
Kilometers North of Gulu Town received the rice huller under the Operation
Wealth Creation – OWC program to process their harvest for value addition. Ben
Ochan, the Chairperson of Latyeng Farmers Group, the umbrella organization for
the farmer’s group, says power distributors UMEME requires about Shillings 40
million to procure a transformer to connect the rice huller. Ochan says the
rice huller is too big to be driven on a generator at a critical time when the
members want to mill their rice produce. The group was trained by the
Integrated Seed Production Scheme to produce rice seeds for farmers in the
area.
Ochan says the group produced 135 acres of Namse Rice seeds, which
they supplied to commercial farmers in the region. Vicky Ochan, the vice
chairperson of the group says members have been forced to mill their rice from
millers charging them exorbitant prices in Gulu Town. She says the group
intends to pack and label the Rice before selling it. World Bank has plans of
developing farmer cooperatives in Northern Uganda to enable them tap into the
unique agribusiness markets in the region. Anthony Thompson, the World Bank
Country Manager says the Bank is developing projects aimed at creating better
agribusiness opportunities for the farmers. According to the World Bank,
investing in agriculture provides huge potential for expediting national
economic growth and the ambitious journey to the middle income status.
Thailand rice production increasing 2%
BANGKOK, THAILAND — Despite a shift to corn acreage, Thailand’s
rice production in 2018-19 is still 2% higher than last year, according to a
Nov. 28 GAIN report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS). Production is estimated to reach 20.7 million
tonnes as increased off-season rice acreage in the northern region and the
central plains will offset the reduced acreage in the northeastern region. Rice
exports in 2018 are estimated at 10.8 million tonnes, a drop of 7% from 2017
due to reduced exports of fragrant and parboiled rice, which offset increased
exports of white rice. Corn production is estimated at 5.3 million tonnes, up
6% from 2017-18 due to expanded off-season corn acreage. Attractive prices and
government financial support are driving the increased plantings, the FAS said.
“The acreage for off-season corn is higher than previously expected, particularly
in the northeastern region, due to limited water supplies for 2018-19
off-season rice cultivation,” the report said.
