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Rice
growers take to the streets for reasonable, timely support price
Rice growers hold a rally in Shahdadkot on Monday
for reasonable support price of their crop.—Dawn
LARKANA: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) along with some other
organisations of growers organised a rally in Shahdadkot on Monday against what
they described as “government’s apathy” towards them which was ruining their
investment and labour in the cultivation of rice — the only major crop in this
belt — by not fixing a reasonable support price on time.The rally was taken out
from Koto Moto Chowk located at a section of Tanveri Shakh (irrigation channel)
in the city.Qambar-Shahdadkot SAB president Ishaque Mughiri, Comrade Uris
Selro, Wahab Pandrani and others who led the rally reminded the government that
a majority of the district’s population had no alternative livelihood and, as
such, they solely depended on the rice crop.
The rally participants held a three-hour sit-in at the protest
venue demanding timely fixing of the support price for their crop as per the
recommendation of growers’ representatives.Mr Mughiri said that on the one
hand, the government had turned a deaf ear to their demand and, on the other,
rice millers and traders were fleecing growers with a meagre procurement rate,
i.e. below Rs650 for 40 kilogram.
The yawning difference between
the procurement price and the cost of production with increased rates of
agricultural input was causing a huge loss to growers who, he said, were not
even able to pay off their loans extended to them by banks.The protesters
raised slogans urging the federal government to come to their rescue on the
support price issue as it had recently done in the case of sugar cane
crop.Referring to the recent Sindh High Court decision fixing Rs900 and Rs1,300
per 40 kilogram support price for paddy and wheat, respectively, the SAB
leaders called for ensuring the implementation of the order.
They also demanded lifting of paddy through the Trade
Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) and Pakistan Agricultural Stores and Services
Corporation (Passco) and urged lawmakers to pursue their case on the floor of
the elected houses through resolutions in order to save a big population from
losses.They also urged the federal government to explore export orders in the
international markets for rice. The government should procure Basmati rice at
the minimum rate of Rs1,800 per 40 kilogram, they said.
Wajid Chandio, Khalid Umar Khoso, Atta Hussain Junejo, Hazar
Khan Jamali, Tarique Khuhawar and others also spoke.Meanwhile, Larkana Deputy
Commissioner Javed Ahmed Jagirani held a meeting with representatives of
rice growers and millers to discuss the practice of causing one-kilo loss on
every 40-kilo to growers during the paddy buying process.Mr Jagirani asked
millers to immediately stop the practice. He said that the matter would also be
communicated to provincial government.SAB vice president Gada Hussain Mahisar
and representatives of the Bureau of Supply and Prices, Larkana Chamber of
Commerce and Industry and agriculture department also attended the meeting.
Published in Dawn, November 24th, 2015
Wheat
exports post 100% increase in four months
- Sarfraz Ali
- November 24, 2015 4:07 pm
ISLAMABAD
(APP) – Wheat exports from the country during first four months of current
financial year registered 100 percent increase as compared to the corresponding
period of last year.About 1,061 metric tons of wheat were exported during the
period from July-October, 2015 and earned US$ 0.220 million, said data of
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics here Tuesday.Meanwhile, exports of rice also
witnessed 10.78 percent increase during the period under review as compared to
same period of last year as about 898,603 metric tons of rice worth US$ 339.92
million as against 657,420 metric tons of US$ 306.89 million exports of last
same period last year.
The data
revealed that vegetable exports during last four months has also witnessed an
increase of 89 percent as the country was able to export 195,659 metric tons of
fish vegetables of different kind and fetched US$56.779 million for the
country.The vegetable exports during first four months of last financial year
was recorded at 85,420 metric tons valuing US$ 28.689 million, the data
revealed.During the period from July-October, 2015, meat and meat preparations
exports grew by 36.32 percent about 25,925 metric tons of meat and meat
products worth US$ 90.218 million exported, it added.Meat and meat preparation
exports from country was recorded at 21,433 metric tons valuing US$ 66.183
million in first four months of last financial year, the data said.However,
overall food group exports from the country during first four months remained
to declining trend as it reduced by 8.17 percent as compared to same period of
last year.During the period under review, food exports came down from US$ 1.205
billion to US$ 1.107 billion as exports of some items including rice basmati,
fish and fish preparations, fruits and leguminous recorded negative growth in
their exports.
It may
be recalled here that food group imports in country decreased by 12.89 percent
as compared to same period of last year which were recorded at US $1.705
billion as compared to the imports of $1.954 billion in July-October
(2014-15).The food imports on year-on-year basis also decreased by 3.42 percent
from $524.363 million in October 2014 to $506.438 million in October 2015
‘Last-minute’ basmati price surge fails to enthuse farmers
Prices
double after 80% procurement | Hooda smells scam, to meet Guv
Jind: The price of 1121 paddy has increased to
Rs 3,000 per quintal from the last week’s rate of Rs 2,600 per quintal in Jind.
“Of late, rates have improved. Still, the government should keep a check on
activities of its officers, millers and commission agents to curb hoarding,”
said Ram Kishan, a farmer of Pandu Pindara. Farmers alleged that initially
commission agents did not purchase their produce at the MSP (Rs 1,450 per
quintal) and they were forced to sell it at low rates. — TNS
Pusa 1121 basmati that sold for Rs 1,600 per quintal last month fetched Rs 3,050 in Sirsa and Rs 3,200 in Taraori on Monday. file photo
Sushil Manav
Tribune News Service
Sirsa, November 24
Basmati farmers across the state are feeling let down over a
“untimely” rise in prices of various varieties in the past couple of days after
a majority of them have already sold their produce at low prices.Alleging it a
scam at the instance of the BJP government, former Chief Minister Bhupinder
Singh Hooda today said he would meet Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki on November
27 and request him to order a probe into it.Pusa 1121 basmati that sold at
Rs1,600 per quintal last month fetched Rs3,050 per quintal in Sirsa and Rs3,200
per quintal in Taraori mandi on Monday.
Prices of the Muchhal
variety too shot from Rs1,550 last month to Rs2,800 per quintal.Though the
prices came down by 5 per cent today, these are still almost double of the last
month’s rates.“Nearly 80 to 85 per cent of farmers have sold their crop,” said
Gurdial Mehta, former president of the Sirsa Arhtiya Association.Lala Sewa Ram,
patron of the Haryana Rice Millers Association and owner of Hanuman Rice Mill
at Taraori, said less quantity of basmati was coming to the markets now.Haryana
Kisan Manch state president Prahlad Singh Bharukhera said farmers had been
fleeced with the connivance of the BJP government. Swaran Singh Virk, general
secretary, Haryana Kisan Sabha, demanded a bonus of Rs500 per quintal to those
farmers who have already sold their crop.“After a scam in special girdawari,
the paddy scam has come to fore in the first year of the BJP government’s rule.
Under a plan, the government announced to buy PB-1509 variety
of basmati at the minimum support price (rates of parmal) allowing millers and
hoarders to fleece farmers at will. Farmers were forced to sell their produce
in distress at Rs1,200 per quintal for which payment was claimed from the
government at Rs1,450 per quintal,” Hooda said.The former CM said farmers and
the state exchequer suffered the loss of Rs4,000 crore by first preparing
separate records for the purchase of parmal and PB 1509 basmati and then making
joint entries of the varieties.“Millers are preferring parmal as levy rice
(mandatory supply by millers to public distribution system) which is available
in MP and other states at Rs20 a kg,” Hooda said.Terming the BJP of working
against the interests of farmers to benefit hoarders and black-marketers, Hooda
demanded a probe into “paddy and girdawari scams”.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/-last-minute-basmati-price-surge-fails-to-enthuse-farmers/162606.html
Farmers
hurt by low aman prices
Sohel Parvez
Farmers have started harvesting aman paddy but prices remain below
the last year's level mainly for sluggish demand from millers.Growers and
traders said paddy prices increased marginally after the government had
announced its purchase plans for the current aman harvest season. But it is
still lower than last year's prices."There was good demand for paddy in
the market last year. But it is unclear to me why the demand has waned this
year," said Fazlul Haque, a farmer at Dimla of Nilphamari, a northern
district.He grew aman paddy on 6.6 acres of land and received Tk 470 a maund
for hybrid or coarse paddy earlier this month. Growers are selling the same
coarse paddy at around Tk 500 a maund now, he added.
He and his peers sold hybrid
varieties at more than Tk 550 a maund during the same period last year.Overall,
coarse or hybrid paddy is being sold at Tk 500-Tk 530 a maund at rural markets
in the north, down from Tk 550 a year ago, said Nirod Boron Saha, president of
a platform of rice and paddy commission agents at Naogaon.Swarna, a relatively
slimmer or medium variety of rice compared to the hybrid, is also being traded
at prices lower than last year's, he said.
"It seems that prices may fall further in the coming weeks,
as harvest has begun in full swing and paddy is arriving at local markets,”
Saha added.
"Crop yield is very good in some growing regions. So, supply
will also be good. Under the circumstances, prices may fall further unless the
government raises its procurement quantity and hikes duty on rice
imports."On November 12, the government announced its plans to buy two
lakh tonnes of aman rice this season at Tk 31 a kilogram.Last year, it targeted
to buy three lakh tonnes of aman rice at Tk 32 a kilogram, and began purchasing
from November 15.This year, the government plans to start purchasing from
December 15, which will be too late to ensure fair prices for farmers, said
Saha.Mohammad Mokhlesur, a farmer at Adamdighi in Bogra, another northern
district, said, "The government will buy at a time when poor farmers like
us will not have paddy to sell.
A majority of us will have to sell paddy to meet our immediate
needs just after harvesting."He grew swarna paddy on one acre of land,
including a portion that was rented.However, prices of the variety stand at
around Tk 600 a mound; he sold the same at Tk 650 last year."The demand is
low. Many large farmers still hold good quantities of paddy from last
season," said Mokhlesur."We, the small farmers, would have been
benefitted had the government purchased paddy now. But the present purchase
plan will only benefit the rich farmers."Md Layek Ali, general secretary
of Bangladesh Auto, Major and Husking Mills Association, said mills still hold
a high quantity of carry-over stock from last season.
"That is why the prices of aman paddy are low," he said,
urging the government to increase duties on rice imports to 30 percent from 10
percent at present, to safeguard local farmers."Unless the government
increases the duty, imports will rise, dampening aman paddy prices," Ali
said.Rice imports slumped 60 percent to 1.21 lakh tonnes from July 1 to November
12 this fiscal year, from 3.06 lakh tonnes in the same period a year ago,
according to Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) under the food
ministry.Aman accounts for 38 percent of annual rice output. The Department of
Agricultural Extension targeted to ensure production of 1.35 crore tonnes of
rice during the current aman season, up from 1.31 crore tonnes of actual
production last year.The government expects to meet the target for conducive
weather, despite some early setbacks due to floods in the northern districts,
according to a report by FPMU.
http://www.thedailystar.net/business/farmers-hurt-low-aman-prices-177064
Rural
distress: Madhya Pradesh faces the brunt of monsoon failure
November 24, 2015
10:52 IST
Most farmers depend on rainwater
for farming; depleting groundwater has exacerbated the matters.
Image: Monsoon 2015 marks a period
when India suffered back-to-back droughts, a phenomenon which had happened only
four times in the past 100 years.
Photograph: Reuters
Farmers across India are faced with a multitude
of problems, posing a serious challenge to the country's development narrative. Cotton and basmati rice growers in
Punjab, sugarcane farmers in west Uttar Pradesh are all under stress due to the
non-payment of insurance and state compensation. Growers in Odisha, Madhya Pradesh,
Bihar and Maharashtra are also hit by consecutive monsoon failures.
In a two-part series, Business Standard looks at the problem:
When Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh (MP) received good rainfall during
the early days of monsoon season, thousands of soybean farmers were overjoyed
as this was the best in the past two years. They
dreamt of a good income and plan for family weddings and better schools for
their children. They were happy
to see a bumper crop standing in their fields. This proved short-lived as the
cumulative rainfall turned out to be below average, making it a second
consecutive year of drought.
In MP, the soya crop had ripened but the pods were without seeds,
making it worthless. Worse, a
yellow virus attacked the white lentil (urad) for the first time and destroyed
the second Kharif crop (sown between July and October). District magistrate M B Ojha blames
"irregular rainfalls" and "rise in the temperature in
August" for the reduced yield of soybean and white lentils in the
district, which is currently represented by external affairs minister Sushma
Swaraj in Parliament and is the hometown of state chief minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan.Unofficial reports suggest the loss of 14 lives either due to cardiac
arrest or suicide in this one district.The situation is not much different
elsewhere in the state - and indeed in much of the country. The state government has declared
drought conditions in 40 out of 51 districts and sought Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100
billion) in Central assistance.
Officials from the drought-affected states will meet the Central government in New Delhi on Tuesday to seek help. "Some states are reluctant to declare the crisis as a natural disaster and are delaying sending the memorandums, which is impacting the farmers," a senior agriculture ministry official remarked. Agriculture growth in 2014-15 was 0.2 per cent, while growth in 2015-16 is also not expected to improve by much and might in fact see agriculture contract.
India's average annual farm growth
in the 12th Plan period (2012-13 to 2016-17) is set to be far below the
targeted four per cent.
REDIFF.COM
Posted On: 2015-11-23 21:51:43
The Board of Directors of Sanwaria
Agro Oils Ltd informed that it has been decided to form a subsidiary Company in
Dubai to cater specific business needs for export and marketing of Basmati Rice
for Middle East Market. Further, Iran, Iraq and African markets will also be
catered through this subsidiary.Presently, the Company is introducing its
Basmati Rice Brand "Nashira�" for the Middle East Market
and others with a local partner there.
The Board of Directors noted
further that presently the paddy processing capacity of the Company under
operation is 600 Metric tonnes (MT) per day and a substantial portion of
revenue of the forthcoming Quarters including the running Quarter will come
from Paddy / Rice business.Shares of SANWARIA AGRO OILS LTD. was last trading
in BSE at Rs.7.09 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 7.5. The total
number of shares traded during the day was 62061 in over 77 trades.The stock
hit an intraday high of Rs. 7.74 and intraday low of 7.09. The net turnover
during the day was Rs. 444221.
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Iran
Defaults on Rice Payments to India: Traders
By Raymond Ronamai on February 07 2012 9:13 AM EST
Iranian buyers have defaulted on payments for about 200,000 tonnes
of rice from their top supplier India, exporters and rice millers said on
Tuesday, a sign of the mounting pressure on Tehran from a new wave of Western
sanctions.The default prompted the head of the All India Rice Exporters'
Association to call on members to stop rice exports to Iran based on credit,
which would be a fresh blow to a country where imports of staple foods are
already being hampered by sanctions.It is a serious issue and we do not rule
out further payment defaults by Iran, said Vijay Setia, the association's
president.Indian sources said the Iranian buyers had defaulted on payments
worth about $144 million for rice shipments under long-term supply deals. Iran
shipped the cargoes from Indian ports in October and November.
Most Indian rice exporters allow 90 days credit.In other supply
disruptions, five deliveries of grain to Iran were diverted to new destinations
because payments were held up, ship tracking data showed last week. Other
cargoes are sitting offshore Iran because of difficulty with payments.Under a
tightening grip of sanctions, the country of 74 million people is finding it
increasingly difficult to repatriate the hard currency from its crude oil
exports, its major foreign currency earner, that it needs to pay for shipments
of food and other imports.A sharp drop in the value of the rial is adding to
Iran's import costs and the financial sanctions make it difficult for traders
in the country to channel import payments through unofficial routes involving
middlemen based in Dubai.
India is Iran's top rice supplier, accounting for some 70 percent
of its annual requirement of 1-1.2 million tonnes of the grain, mainly the
aromatic variety called Basmati.Traders and officials in Iran could not be
immediately reached to comment.The United States slapped fresh sanctions on
Tehran from the start of this year, targeting financial institutions that deal
with the central bank, hoping to stem oil revenues and persuade Iran to abandon
a suspected nuclear weapons program.U.S. President Barack Obama tightened those
sanctions on Sunday, again targeting Iran's central bank and giving U.S. banks
new powers to freeze assets linked to Tehran.The European Union has agreed to
ban Iranian oil imports, a measure expected to take full effect within six
months.of crude exports, are under pressure from U.S. sanctions to cut back
their purchases.China has already cut Iran imports in the first three months of
this year over a pricing dispute and a flurry of U.S. diplomats has discussed
the sanctions with Asian government officials.South Korea is paying Iran for
crude in its local currency, but difficulty repatriating the funds under the
weight of sanctions means won worth an estimated $5 billion has piled up South
Korean banks.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/.../us-india-rice-idUSTRE8160CX201202
Smugglers
flood Nigeria with expired rice
Posted
By: Lucas Ajanakuon: November 25, 2015
Smugglers
seem to have taken over the Nigerian rice market, flooding it with substandard
and expired brands.Hundreds of trailers have been crossing the porous borders
unchallenged – a development that is endangering the country’s plans to achieve
self-sufficiency in rice production.Industry sources and consumers have urged
the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to curb smuggling. They also want the
National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to step up
the inspection of rice stored at several locations in the country. Supply of
expired and poisonous rice to unsuspecting consumers could rapidly develop into
a major health disaster if left unchecked, a source said yesterday.Stakeholders
have urged the Presidency to urgently step in by directing the regulatory
agencies to take action to prevent the outbreak of diseases.
Given
the unmet demand of more than three million tonnes annually and owing to
inadequate local production, rice consumption needs are currently limited to
legal imports with high import tariff and lack of cohesive policy.Legal
importers paying full tariff of 70 per cent will never be able to compete with
smugglers who enjoy a free ride into the market, aided by negligible tariffs in
neighbouring Cameroon and Republic of Benin and taking advantage of porous
borders. To add to these woes, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) also barred
rice importers from accessing foreign exchange through its window.The resultant
shortage in the market is now being exploited by smugglers, who prospered
significantly in 2013 when they smugled around 2.5 million tonnes of rice into
the country through the borders, without paying any duty. In 2013, the Federal
Government increased rice importation tariff to 110 per cent as against zero
duty regime administered in Benin and Cameroon.
The
National Rice Millers Association of Nigeria (NRMAN) has complained that the
NCS erred in its decision to lift the ban on rice importation through land
borders. Its chairman said if the NCS succeeds in its decision, it would erode
the gains achieved by the previous administration in the country’s rice value
chain.
http://thenationonlineng.net/smugglers-flood-nigeria-with-expired-rice/
Vietnam’s
medicinal rice selling like hot cakes
VietNamNet Bridge - Rice with a high nutrition content, known as
medicinal rice, developed by some Vietnamese food companies, has been selling
well in Vietnam and the world market.
In late September, Docimexco collected all the Ngoc do
huong dua (Red gem with pineapple flavor) fresh rice harvested by Dinh An
Cooperative in Dong Thap province at VND7,000 per kilo. The price was far
higher than the other specialty rice varieties, including Jasmine, sold for
VND5,200 per kilo.Tran Quoc Nam, general director of Docimexco, said in Tuoi
Tre that the trading company bought all the harvested rice to fulfill contracts
signed with partners from France, the UK, Italy, Switzerland and Turkey.“It is
sold for $750-800 per ton,” he said.
Meanwhile, Jasmine, also a specialty rice variety, can
be sold for $530 per ton.Ngoc do huong dua was accidentally discovered by
Nguyen Anh Dung, the cooperative’s director in 2012, when he kept a close watch
over the development of LD2012 rice variety on the fields. Dung then found that
the rice has red grain and has natural pineapple flavor.Dung decided to grow
the rice variety on a trial basis on one hectare of land in the 2014
autumn-winter crop. Since people said what most attracts them in the rice
is the pineapple flavor, Dung decided to name it Ngoc do huong dua, which means
the gem with red color and pineapple flavor.
Ngoc do huong dua is one of the new specialty rice
varieties developed recently by Vietnamese scientists and cooperatives.Loc Troi
Group, for example, has Vibigaba, suitable to diabetes patients.Loc Troi’s
president Huynh Van Thon said on VnExpress that the rice is produced on the
basis of BN1 variety which the company has developed after three years of
conducting research.Thon went on to say that Loc Troi is working on a new rice
variety beneficial to human health, which helps stabilize blood sugar level,
prevent atherosclerosis and provide high nutrients. Meanwhile, Vo Minh Khai,
director of Vien Phu Trade and Production, said the company has marketed an
organic Japonica brown rice.
The rice can help regulate blood pressure, help people
have deep sleep and support cardiovascular health.Vien Phu now churns out 11
rice products of different kinds, including the organic black sprout gaba rice,
priced at VND100,000 per kilo.Hoa, a housewife in Binh Thanh district in HCM
City, said her family members previously only favored Thai fragrant rice.
However, they have shifted to use medicinal rice for the last six months.“A
kilo of medicinal rice is priced at VND40,000, twice as much as normal rice.
But it is affordable. Besides, it is safe for my mother, who suffers from
diabetes,” she said.
Sale of rotten rice to go ahead on December 1 despite
protest
PETCHANET PRATRUANGKRAI
November 24,
2015 1:00 am
THE Commerce Ministry will open bidding for
37,412 tonnes of rotten rice on December 1, despite opposition from rice
quality surveyors who called for the suspension of the auction as they believe
the rice could be sold for human consumption rather than for the industrial
sector.Representatives of the Thai Agricultural Surveyors Association marched
to the ministry yesterday to express their concerns that the government would
sell this rice too cheaply. The rice surveyors said some of it was of high
enough quality to be sold for human consumption, but the government has
insisted that most was not fit for consumption.Duangporn Rodphaya,
director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said the government would
proceed with the auction as rice from the stockpile had been checked by the
military's ruling National Council for Peace and Order, the government rice
inspection committee and private enterprises.
"It has been proved that this rice stock
is not suitable for consumption. "Some rice may be in good condition but
it has mixed with rotten rice, and the government would need to spend more
[time] managing this rice stock if it does not release it for industrial use.
Thus the government will go ahead and open this lot of rice for industrial
supply," Duangporn said.She added that rice surveyor companies had also
taken part in the rice inspection. If they wanted to oppose the auction, they
should have done so earlier.Duangporn added that those rice surveyor companies
would face legal action by the government as they were contributed to poor
oversight of the rice stocks that caused the rotting.However, Montatip
Vaiyawanna, president of the Thai Agricultural Surveyors Association, said rice
surveyors had not taken part in the government's rice inspection. She insisted
that some of the rice from this lot could be sold for human consumption or
feedmeal production, bringing in more money for the government.
More than 170 industrial enterprises attended a
session yesterday explaining the regulations and conditions for joining the bid
on December 1.
THE NATION
Cereal imports expected to hit record 855,800 tonnes
Sangam Prasain, Kathmandu
Nov
24, 2015- Nepal’s cereal imports are expected to swell to a record 855,800
tonnes in 2015-16, a whopping 35 percent jump over last year’s level, the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said in its latest report.In
terms of value, the import figure could reach Rs48 billion. The country’s
cereal import bill amounted to Rs35.12 billion in the last fiscal year.Most of
the total projected food imports are rice, the FAO said. Rice shipments are
anticipated to amount to 640,000 tonnes in 2016, up 14 percent from the
previous year’s level.The expected sharp rise in imports has been attributed to
the reduced production in 2015 and sustained demand. Similarly, a lower 2015
maize output is expected to boost imports to 190,000 tonnes from last year’s
low level of 50,000 tonnes.
According
to the statistics of Nepal Rastra Bank, the rice and paddy import bill jumped
43.4 percent to Rs24.75 billion in the last fiscal year, largely due to
disappointing summer harvests. All the rice imports were made from India. The
rice import bill stoodat Rs13.14 billion in 2012-13.and surged to Rs17.26
billion in 2013-14. The FAO has
forecast Nepal’s 2015 rice production to reach 4.6 million tonnes, 4 percent
below last year’s reduced level, as a result of a light contraction in the area
planted and yields, following below-average rains over the central and eastern
Tarai areas, which account for the bulk of rice production at the national
level. Harvesting of the 2015 rice crop started in mid-October and will
continue until December.
However, the government estimates that the
production of cereal crops could drop sharplyby at least 15 percent, withpaddy
production expected to fall 10 percent.According to Hem Raj Regmi, chief
statistician of the Ministry of Agricultural Development, the paddy production
areas contracted 4 percent this year, while 3 percent of the paddy fields has
been left unused due to lack of water.Likewise, the ministry has reported the
level of crop failures at 1 percent of the total paddy fields due to seed
failure and untimely transplantation.
Paddy
is cultivated on 1.5 million hectares of arable land in NepalAfter having
endured drought and erratic rain throughout the June-August transplantation
period, Nepali farmers have been hit by a shortage of vital farm inputs and
subsequent crop failure this season. “We are currently doing a crop assessment
in 20 districts, and preliminary reports show a record drop in output this
year,” said Regmi, adding that the winter crop output, particularly wheat,
could also be discouraging if fertilizers are not distributed on time. So far,
the government has released 13,000 tonnes of chemical fertilizers in the last
three weeks out of the shipments stuck at Birgunj dry port due to the ongoing
Tarai unrest. The requirement of chemical fertilizers for the winter crops
amounts to 50,000 tonnes.
The
FAO estimate of the 2015 maize crop, harvested by September, indicates a 7
percent year-on-year decline with an output level of 2 million tonnes. The drop
is mainly due to reduced seed and fertilizer availability, following losses
caused by the earthquake in April.
Published: 24-11-2015 08:53
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http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2015-11-24/cereal-imports-expected-to-hit-record-855800-tonnes.html
Govt to
double import duty on rice
The government has decided to double the import duty on rice – to
discourage import of the staple and encourage domestic crop growers. Star file
photo
Star
Online Report
The government has decided to double the import duty on rice – to
discourage import of the staple and encourage domestic crop growers.The duty,
hiked to 20 percent from the existing 10 percent, will be 
implemented soon, Food Minister Quamrul Islam said at a meeting
today.A gazette notification will be issued in this regard, he told the meeting
of Bangladesh Auto, Major and Husking Mills Association in response to their
demand.Soaring rice imports have been affecting farmers all over the country –
compelling the authority to slap a 10 percent import duty after the first
quarter of this year.The hike, 4 percent, was made effective from May 11, after
a gap of eight years.The mill-owners’ association have been demanding 30
percent import duty on rice, for what they said “to ensure fair pricing for the
farmers”.
implemented soon, Food Minister Quamrul Islam said at a meeting
today.A gazette notification will be issued in this regard, he told the meeting
of Bangladesh Auto, Major and Husking Mills Association in response to their
demand.Soaring rice imports have been affecting farmers all over the country –
compelling the authority to slap a 10 percent import duty after the first
quarter of this year.The hike, 4 percent, was made effective from May 11, after
a gap of eight years.The mill-owners’ association have been demanding 30
percent import duty on rice, for what they said “to ensure fair pricing for the
farmers”.
Climate-Friendly
Rice Recognized as a Top Science Development of 2015
Methane emissions
dramatically reduced compared to common rice
Released: 24-Nov-2015 1:05 PM EST
Available for logged-in reporters only
Newswise — RICHLAND, Wash. – The creation
of a new kind of rice which gives off nearly zero greenhouse gas emissions
during its growth has earned kudos for a team of scientists from three
continents, including the lead investigator at the Department of Energy’s
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.The new kind of rice grows in a manner
that nearly eliminates the production of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. And
rice is a big source of methane: Scientists estimate that somewhere in the neighborhood
of 8 to 15 percent of global methane emissions come from rice paddies around
the world. Methane is 20 times more efficient at trapping heat in atmosphere
than its better-known counterpart, carbon dioxide, making the team’s
contribution especially important for climate issues.The research has been
recognized with a “Best of What’s New” award for 2015 by Popular Science. The
work was named the grand prize winner in the magazine’s engineering category,
one of 10 categories in which a total of 100 research developments around the
globe were recognized.
The awards are described in the December
issue of the magazine.PNNL scientist Christer Jansson led the team; he is
director of plant sciences at EMSL, the Environmental Molecular Sciences
Laboratory, a DOE user facility at PNNL. For more than a decade he has worked
closely with Chuanxin Sun of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,
who has contributed significantly to the research on rice. The two published a
research paper about the rice in July in Nature, together with other
researchers at the Swedish institution and colleagues at China’s Fujian Academy
of Agricultural Sciences and Hunan Agricultural University.To create the rice,
the team identified a gene in barley that directs how that plant uses carbon,
then spliced that gene into common rice.
The change redirected the way the rice
plant uses the carbon it pulls from the atmosphere, causing the plant to send
more carbon into the plant’s grain and stems and less into its roots.That
change increases the amount of starch and the yield of rice and reduces the
carbon available to the roots, where bacteria convert much of the substance
into methane.“This is a win-win finding,” said Jansson, a plant biochemist.
“The process results in reduced methane emissions, which helps to mitigate
climate change, and also results in more biomass – more food. This dual effect
is very positive.
”Much of Jansson’s work focuses on
understanding how plants absorb light and tap water and carbon to carry out
photosynthesis. The work is central to scientists who investigate “bioenergy,”
which involves creating or tapping biological materials for energy. Jansson has
worked with crops like sorghum, rice and tobacco to discover new ways to create
plants that offer novel energy traits.Funding for this research was provided by
the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the Swedish Research Council
for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, the National
Natural Science Foundation of China and the Carl Tryggers Foundation. Most of
Jansson’s current research is funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of
Science and ARPA-E.The new strain of rice (right)
compared to common rice (left). The new rice creates much less methane during
its growth and produces more grains.
(Photo courtesy of the Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences)
http://www.newswise.com/articles/climate-friendly-rice-recognized-as-a-top-science-development-of-2015
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Rice Comment
Rice prices closed higher today. Prices
remain volatile as the market has little change in the fundamental situation.
While U.S. exports remain sluggish along with global demand, the threat of El
Niño continues to provide underlying support for prices.
http://www.arfb.com/ag-markets-statistics
Nagpur
Foodgrain Prices Open-November 24
Tue Nov 24,
2015 2:39pm IST
Nagpur,
Nov 24 Gram prices moved down in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing
Committee
(APMC) here on poor buying support from local millers amid increased supply
from
producing
regions. High moisture content arrival and fresh fall in Madhya Pradesh gram
prices
also
affected prices, according to sources.
* * * *
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram super best bold and medium varieties
recovered in open market on good seasonal
demand from local traders amid weak supply
from millers.
TUAR
* Tuar varieties ruled steady in open market
here on subdued demand because of high
prices and good overseas supply.
* Rice HMT Shriram and Chinnor varieties
zoomed up in open market on increased
seasonal demand from local traders amid
tight supply from producing regions like
Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
* In Akola, Tuar - 10,000-10,300, Tuar dal -
15,800-16,200, Udid -
13,600-14,000, Udid Mogar (clean) -
17,000-17,700, Moong -
9,700-9,900, Moong Mogar (clean)
11,000-11,400, Gram - 4,200-4,300,
Gram Super best bold - 6,000-6,200 for 100
kg.
* Wheat, other varieties of rice and other
commodities remained steady in open market
in weak trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market
prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 4,000-4,800 4,150-4,800
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 7,000-8,000
Moong Auction n.a. 6,000-6,400
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 6,700-6,900 6,600-6,800
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 6,300-6,400 6,200-6,300
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 5,100-5,200 5,100-5,200
Desi gram Raw 4,800-4,900 4,800-4,900
Gram
Filter new 5,500-5,700 5,500-5,700
Gram Kabuli 6,000-8,000 6,000-8,000
Gram Pink 6,800-7,500 6,800-7,500
Tuar Fataka Best 16,000-16,500 16,000-16,500
Tuar Fataka Medium 15,000-15,500 15,000-15,500
Tuar Dal Best Phod 14,000-14,500 14,000-14,500
Tuar Dal Medium phod 12,500-13,000 12,500-13,000
Tuar Gavarani New 10,700-11,200 10,700-11,200
Tuar Karnataka 11,100-11,600 11,100-11,600
Tuar Black 17,000-17,400 17,000-17,400
Masoor dal best 7,500-7,800 7,500-7,800
Masoor dal medium 6,900-7,400 7,100-7,400
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold 10,800-11,700 10,800-11,700
Moong Mogar Med 10,200-11,000 10,200-11,000
Moong dal Chilka 8,600-9,600 8,600-9,600
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 9,000-9,800 9,000-9,800
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 16,700-18,200 16,700-18,200
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 14,200-16,200 14,200-16,200
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 10,300-11,100 10,300-11,100
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,200 5,800-6,200
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 4,800-5,000 4,800-5,000
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,400 3,200-3,400
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,100 3,000-3,100
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,500 3,200-3,500
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,550-1,650 1,550-1,650
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,550-1,750 1,600-1,800
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,400 2,000-2,400
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,850-2,100 1,950-2,100
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-4,000 3,400-4,100
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,900
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,200 2,800-3,200
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,800 1,600-1,800
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,450 2,100-2,450
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,200 1,800-2,200
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,800 3,500-3,800
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,300 3,100-3,300
Rice HMT Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 4,500-4,800 4,200-4,500
Rice HMT Shriram med.(100 INR/KG) 3,900-4,400 3,600-4,100
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,200-11,200 9,200-11,200
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,200-7,600 7,200-7,600
Rice Chinnor best(100 INR/KG) 5,300-5,600 5,200-5,500
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 4,700-5,200 4,600-5,000
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,200 1,900-2,200
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,900 1,700-1,900
WEATHER
(NAGPUR)
Maximum
temp. 31.4 degree Celsius (88.5 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
16.9
degree Celsius (62.4 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity:
Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall
: n.a.
FORECAST:
Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 31 and 17
degree Celsius respectively.
Note:
n.a.--not available
(For
oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in
market prices.)
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/11/24/nagpur-foodgrain-idINL3N13J2Q720151124
Rice Prices
as on : 24-11-2015 08:11:24 PM
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Shahjahanpur(UP)
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2005.70
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-29.08
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72166.50
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2150
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2115
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3.37
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Etawah(UP)
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1200.00
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22.45
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16020.00
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2260
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2260
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4.15
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Pilibhit(UP)
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950.00
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-5
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22450.50
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2190
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2195
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-3.74
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Bharthna(UP)
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600.00
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650
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4548.50
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2240
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2250
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4.67
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Samsi(WB)
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600.00
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NC
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22700.00
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2800
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2800
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-9.68
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Sultanpur(UP)
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380.00
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90
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5540.00
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2150
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2150
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14.67
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Varanasi(Grain)(UP)
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320.00
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3.23
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113821.10
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1990
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2010
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1.53
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Bangarpet(Kar)
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253.00
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-35.13
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19435.00
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1620
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1620
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-11.96
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Saharanpur(UP)
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172.00
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14.67
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9025.50
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2010
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2000
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-4.74
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Allahabad(UP)
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160.00
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-5.88
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14962.50
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2285
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2275
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11.46
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Srirampur(ASM)
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150.00
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-25
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4810.00
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2980
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2980
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-
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Bahraich(UP)
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138.00
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0.36
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8271.50
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2080
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2085
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1.96
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Sitapur(UP)
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110.00
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-19.71
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3672.50
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2110
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2100
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0.24
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Bishnupur(Bankura)(WB)
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110.00
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-12
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3435.00
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1900
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1900
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-22.45
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Kalipur(WB)
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102.00
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-11.3
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6056.00
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2000
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2000
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-14.89
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Kesinga(Ori)
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100.00
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-20
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956.00
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2500
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2400
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4.17
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Rampurhat(WB)
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95.00
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5.56
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474.40
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1800
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1800
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-
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Barasat(WB)
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65.00
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-7.14
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2300.00
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2200
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2200
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-10.20
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Sealdah Koley Market(WB)
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63.00
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NC
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1478.30
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2200
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2200
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-15.38
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Dahod(Guj)
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59.30
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59.41
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3268.20
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3700
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3600
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-7.50
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Agra(UP)
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45.00
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15.38
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6757.00
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2200
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2210
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8.37
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Dadri(UP)
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45.00
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-18.18
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3850.00
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2050
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2060
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-5.53
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Indus(Bankura Sadar)(WB)
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42.00
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-40
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997.00
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2250
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2250
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-
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Gazipur(UP)
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38.00
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5.56
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3929.80
|
2025
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2025
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1.25
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Khatra(WB)
|
38.00
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-2.56
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2257.00
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2300
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2300
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-8.73
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Sirsa(UP)
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34.00
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277.78
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532.00
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2010
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2110
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-2.90
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Jagraon(Pun)
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26.50
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-72.11
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357.00
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2495
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1950
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1.84
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Farukhabad(UP)
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22.00
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33.33
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247.00
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2215
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2225
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3.02
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Jasra(UP)
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20.00
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25
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661.00
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2050
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2055
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-3.07
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Palghar(Mah)
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18.00
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-63.27
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1033.00
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2350
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2523
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-
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Ramkrishanpur(Howrah)(WB)
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17.70
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-1.12
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1698.40
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2400
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2400
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-22.58
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Dhilwan(Pun)
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17.00
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-58.54
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164.00
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2650
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1750
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-
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Kasganj(UP)
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16.00
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-38.46
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857.50
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1970
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1970
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-6.41
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Nilagiri(Ori)
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15.00
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25
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2811.00
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2300
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2400
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-
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Bankura Sadar(WB)
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15.00
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-6.25
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606.00
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2150
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2100
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-14.00
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Meerut(UP)
|
14.00
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-50
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1074.50
|
2040
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2040
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-2.86
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Lakhimpur(UP)
|
12.00
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20
|
315.50
|
2145
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2210
|
-
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Kolaghat(WB)
|
12.00
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NC
|
653.00
|
2400
|
2400
|
-
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Tamluk (Medinipur E)(WB)
|
12.00
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NC
|
719.00
|
2400
|
2400
|
-
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Holenarsipura(Kar)
|
10.00
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-83.87
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94.00
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2100
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1500
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-
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Mannargudi(Ker)
|
10.00
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NC
|
760.00
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2600
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3100
|
-
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Chengannur(Ker)
|
10.00
|
25
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843.00
|
2500
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2500
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-13.79
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Bampada(Ori)
|
10.00
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NC
|
340.00
|
2500
|
2400
|
-3.85
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Barikpur(Ori)
|
10.00
|
NC
|
400.00
|
2400
|
2400
|
-7.69
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Champadanga(WB)
|
10.00
|
-33.33
|
807.00
|
2450
|
2500
|
-10.91
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Jeypore(Ori)
|
7.80
|
387.5
|
74.80
|
3250
|
4100
|
NC
|
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Chalakudy(Ker)
|
7.00
|
NC
|
626.00
|
2750
|
2580
|
-8.33
|
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Ajuha(UP)
|
7.00
|
-22.22
|
1102.00
|
2120
|
2070
|
6.80
|
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Silapathar(ASM)
|
6.70
|
48.89
|
425.40
|
3000
|
3000
|
NC
|
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Imphal(Man)
|
6.00
|
-27.71
|
184.10
|
2900
|
2900
|
-9.38
|
|
Karanjia(Ori)
|
5.50
|
-1.79
|
489.40
|
2900
|
2900
|
16.00
|
|
Nimapara(Ori)
|
4.50
|
12.5
|
333.30
|
2200
|
2200
|
NC
|
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Islampur(WB)
|
3.20
|
-20
|
325.50
|
2150
|
2150
|
-14.00
|
|
Melaghar(Tri)
|
3.00
|
7.14
|
101.10
|
2450
|
2350
|
-9.26
|
|
Fatehpur(UP)
|
3.00
|
-25
|
2244.50
|
2250
|
2260
|
7.14
|
|
Jeypore(Kotpad)(Ori)
|
1.80
|
38.46
|
431.00
|
3250
|
3250
|
-9.72
|
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Darjeeling(WB)
|
1.80
|
-10
|
132.60
|
2800
|
2800
|
-
|
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Karsiyang(Matigara)(WB)
|
1.80
|
12.5
|
38.70
|
2300
|
2300
|
-
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Lamlong Bazaar(Man)
|
1.30
|
8.33
|
36.00
|
2900
|
2900
|
-9.38
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Shillong(Meh)
|
1.20
|
20
|
58.50
|
3500
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3500
|
NC
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Mawana(UP)
|
1.20
|
20
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85.60
|
2050
|
2060
|
NC
|
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Thoubal(Man)
|
1.20
|
-7.69
|
59.10
|
2600
|
2600
|
NC
|
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Sardhana(UP)
|
1.00
|
-33.33
|
83.90
|
2060
|
2060
|
-0.48
|
|
Bishenpur(Man)
|
1.00
|
NC
|
33.30
|
2900
|
2900
|
-6.45
|
|
Kalimpong(WB)
|
0.80
|
-33.33
|
64.30
|
2350
|
2300
|
-2.08
|
|
Aroor(Ker)
|
0.70
|
-
|
1.40
|
2900
|
-
|
-
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Usa
rice daily
Domestic Usage
Report: Per Capita Rice Consumption
Increases in 2014
ARLINGTON,
VA -- According to USA Rice's annual U.S. Rice Domestic Usage Report, which
tracks shipments and consumption of U.S. milled rice from August 2013 to July
2014, U.S. rice mills shipped 9.78 billion pounds of rice to domestic and
export markets. American consumption of
rice increased to 26 pounds per capita, a one-pound increase compared to last
year, with growth contributed by increases in both imported and domestically
grown rice.
While
imports increased from the 2012-13 milling year, the report found that more
than 81 percent of the rice consumed domestically was American grown. Imports from Thailand saw the largest increase
and made up 58 percent of total imported rice, followed by India and Viet
Nam. Fifty percent of rice milled within
the U.S. was distributed domestically; and more than six billion pounds of rice
were shipped domestically (63 percent went towards direct food use and 37
percent towards pet food, processed food, beer, and sake).
"We
are pleased to release the completed report which identified several
interesting trends in the domestic rice market," said Ken Cox, Louisiana
rice miller and chairman of the USA Rice Domestic Usage Report
Subcommittee. "Domestic rice
shipped within the retail grocery category saw a significant jump by 22 percent
and military shipments were up 17 percent from the last report. Shifts in the market were also evident with
increased consumption of rice types like parboiled, instant/pre-cooked, and
rice flour."USA Rice President & CEO Betsy Ward said, "This
report is extremely useful to us because it not only identifies positive trends
we can help the industry capitalize on, but negative ones as well that we need
to focus resources against - such as apparent rising imports of rice."
Ward concluded, "We continue to strongly
urge rice industry members to label their rice as "Grown in the
U.S.A." since we know American consumers want to buy local and support
American farmers."The full report can be purchased for $500.00 per
company. For more information and to
purchase the report, contact Peter Bachmann.
Contact:
Peter Bachmann (703) 236-1475
USA
RICE DAILY
USA Rice
Publishes Student Chef Cookbook in Mexico
Restaurant-quality
rice recipes
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO -- This month, USA Rice
released a special edition cookbook featuring student chefs who have
participated in USA Rice competitions.
The deluxe full-color "Future Chefs Cooking with Rice"
cookbook is in a magazine format and includes 43 recipes using U.S.-grown rice
as the main ingredient. Along with
restaurant-quality recipes of contemporary Mexican cuisine, international
dishes, desserts, and more avant-garde cuisine, there is an information section
that includes rice cooking techniques, rice varieties, nutritional information,
creative plating and molding, informative graphics, and invitations to USA
Rice's Spanish language websites and social media."The dishes demonstrate
the wide range of possibilities rice offers in the food service industry and
share upscale ideas that foodies and readers of the magazine can prepare at
home," said Leticia Escobar, the editor of the publishing company that
produced the book.
The special edition cookbook is being sold
online, at newspaper stands nationwide, and at Sanborns, a major department
store chain with more than 100 restaurants in Mexico City and the Metropolitan
area frequented by approximately one million customers each month.These special
edition magazines are very popular in Mexico and are considered luxury
collector's items. USA Rice published
50,000 copies of the 50-page cookbook magazine targeting home cooks who enjoy
preparing traditional and contemporary rice dishes as well as the food service
industry.
Contact:
Sarah Moran (703) 236-1457
USA
RICE DAILY
