Proactive action
demanded to salvage Pak basmati market
STAFF REPORT
The Rice Syndicate of Pakistan (RSOP) lamented that the basmati
rice of Pakistan has lost ground to Indian competition due to lethargy and lack
of proactive action and urged the Ministry of Commerce to make serious efforts
to revive the basmati rice industry to its past glory.RSOP Convener Haji
Mohammad Saeed held a meeting with the Union of Small and Medium Enterprises
(UNISAME) president Zulfikar Thaver and invited his immediate attention to the
prospects available and urged him to seek the opportunity to promote basmati
rice in Arab, African, European and American markets.
He told the participants that it is now or never and if serious
promotion is not done, Pakistan will lose the markets forever as India is
taking advantage of our shortcomings and tardiness. Effective marketing and
promotional activities like gifts, festivals, deals and superior packing is
required to do handsome promotion of the king of rice, our super basmati rice,
he emphasised.UNISAME chief assured the participants that every effort will be
made to promote basmati rice in the social media by experts and offered all the
help to the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan to aggressively promote the
basmati variety of Pakistan.
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/04/06/business/proactive-action-demanded-to-salvage-pak-basmati-market/
UPDATE 3-Egypt cancels rice
tender, says will contract directly if prices stay high
Wed Apr 6, 2016 12:31pm GMT
(Adds GASC's cancellation of
tender)
CAIRO, April 6 (Reuters) - Egypt will seek direct
contracts to buy rice from abroad if prices offered by traders in its tender
competitions are not reduced, the government said on Wednesday as it seeks to
overcome a local shortage blamed on suppliers hoarding stocks.
State grain buyer GASC said it
cancelled a tendering for an unspecified amount of rice after offers it
received did not comply with its specifications or shipment dates.
It was GASC's third rice tendering
cancellation since it started seeking the grain on international markets. GASC
failed to make a purchase from a tendering last week after being unable to
agree on prices with suppliers.
"We may resort to importing
rice directly should the high prices of rice being offered at tenders
continue," Supply Minister Khaled Hanafi told Reuters.
But traders have said the
government is insisting on prices which are unrealistic. "They might as
well ask for the rice for free if it's any cheaper. They won't find anyone to
sell directly to them," one Cairo-based trader said.
Egypt produced 3.75 million tonnes
of rice in the 2015 season and held over 700,000 tonnes from 2014. With
consumption at 3.3 million tonnes, that leaves a surplus of more than 1 million
tonnes.
But the government's failure to
stock up earlier in the season has left it at the mercy of traders, some of
whom have been unwilling to sell to the state and are choosing to stockpile
instead as domestic prices are rising daily.
GASC has started seeking
international tenders to import the grain as a way out of the problem. At its
most recent tendering this week it received just two offers for Indian rice,
one for $350 per tonne and another for $390 per tonne, of 10,000 tonnes of 5
percent broken rice.
These offers are considered cheap
compared with the price of between $370 and $380 per tonne that the rice
fetches on the Indian market before shipping to Egypt, one German trader said.
Egypt said last week it would
reinstate an export ban on rice to preserve stocks for the local market and
control rising prices. (Reporting by Ehab Farouk, Maha El Dahan and Michael
Hogan; Writing by Eric Knecht; Editing by David Holmes and Greg Mahlich)
http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFL5N179186
Cambodia's rice export up 8.5 pct in Q1
06.04.2016
Cambodia exported 162,220 tons of
milled rice in the first quarter of 2016, an increase of 8.5 percent compared
to the same period last year, according to a report on Wednesday.The Southeast
Asian country has exported its milled rice to over 50 countries and regions,
said the report compiled by the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice
Export.Three top buyers are China, France and Poland, it said, adding that
China imported some 37,118 tons of milled rice from Cambodia during the
January-March period this year; France imported 20,996 tons and Poland
purchased 18,212 tons.Cambodia produced over 9 million tons of paddy rice a
year. With this amount, it has over 3 million tons of milled rice left over for
annual exports.
http://www.blackseagrain.net/novosti/cambodias-rice-export-up-8-5-pct-in-q1
Commerce minister visits Hong Kong to promote
Thai rice
Date : 5 เมษายน 2559
BANGKOK, 5 April 2016 (NNT) - Commerce Minister
Abhiradee Tantraporn has visited Hong Kong from April 5-7 to strengthen trade
relations between the two countries.
She will meet her Hong Kong counterpart to
discuss ways to expand the Thai rice market, push for ASEAN-Hong Kong Free
Trade Agreement negotiations and ask the Hong Kong government to support Thai
SMEs investment in the island state.
Besides, the Rice Exporters Association of
Thailand will discuss with the Rice Importers Association of Hong Kong
marketing and public relations plans to promote the Thai rice in 2016.
- See more at:
http://thainews.prd.go.th/CenterWeb/NewsEN/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNECO5904060010002#sthash.u7gSxLcT.dpuf
04/06/2016 08:00 AM EDT
Mark Simone(202) 720-5653
Mark.Simone@wdc.usda.gov
WASHINGTON, April 6,
2016-The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation today
announced the following prevailing world market prices of milled and rough
rice, adjusted for U.S. milling yields and location, and the resulting
marketing loan gain (MLG) and loan deficiency payment (LDP) rates applicable to
the 2015 crop, which will become effective today at 7:00 a.m., Eastern Time (ET). Rough
rice prices are unchanged from the previous announcemen
This
‘lethal’ blast occurring in Kashmir can’t be blamed on Pakistan
SRINAGAR: This blast happening in Kashmir Valley has nothing to
do with the political dispute or Pakistan; its origin and occurrence is rather
linked to China and Japan.
But it isn’t a deadly bomb blast often associated with Kashmir. It is the blast triggered by pathogens in the rice fields of the Valley.A team of agriculture scientists in Kashmir have found that pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae BC Couch, causing the blast- a fungal disease that reduces productivity of rice plants in Kashmir, has proximity to its Chinese and Japanese variants, and not to the Indian ones.
The blast caused by the pathogen in Kashmir Valley is included among the major disease affecting rice production world over.Assistant professor at Division of Plant Pathology, SKUAST-Kashmir, Dr Mehraj-u-Din Shah, who was also a part of this study carried out to characterise M. oryzae, said the pathogen variant was isolated from Kashmir on the basis of its morphological and molecular characteristics.For this, he said, the researchers used sequence information of internal transcribed sequencer (ITS) region of ribosomal-DNA to compare the phylogenetic nature of the variant with that of the sequences retrieved from GenBank of the US-based National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).“The morphological characters, pathogenicity test, and ITS sequence analysis helped in authentic identification of our blast pathogen isolates, confirming that our pathogen was more closely related to the sequences of Chinese and Japanese isolates of M. oryzae as compared to the Indian isolates,” he told Kashmir Reader.The authentic identification resulting from the study has earned the pathogen variant a new description—KP310498—at the NCBI.Shah said the close proximity between the pathogen isolates can be attributed to the fact that Kashmir has been using rice cultivars from China for a long time.“The pathogen population is greatly influenced by its host,” he added.He said the identification and analysis of the character holds greater significance for limiting or fighting this disease.“Rice or Paddy blast has, in the last few years, shown resurgence not only in Kashmir but across North India, mostly due to crop shift and including climate change,” Shah said.In India, the disease has made a comeback after Basmati replaced traditional rice varieties grown across north India. The pathogen attacks Basmati varieties more, while in Kashmir, the diseases gives prevalence and extent of the disease has distressed the farmers.The identification, Shah said, could allow researchers to select resistant varieties of rice developed in China and Japan.“Experiments could be conducted on the varieties to see how they react to our pests,” he said.
But it isn’t a deadly bomb blast often associated with Kashmir. It is the blast triggered by pathogens in the rice fields of the Valley.A team of agriculture scientists in Kashmir have found that pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae BC Couch, causing the blast- a fungal disease that reduces productivity of rice plants in Kashmir, has proximity to its Chinese and Japanese variants, and not to the Indian ones.
The blast caused by the pathogen in Kashmir Valley is included among the major disease affecting rice production world over.Assistant professor at Division of Plant Pathology, SKUAST-Kashmir, Dr Mehraj-u-Din Shah, who was also a part of this study carried out to characterise M. oryzae, said the pathogen variant was isolated from Kashmir on the basis of its morphological and molecular characteristics.For this, he said, the researchers used sequence information of internal transcribed sequencer (ITS) region of ribosomal-DNA to compare the phylogenetic nature of the variant with that of the sequences retrieved from GenBank of the US-based National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).“The morphological characters, pathogenicity test, and ITS sequence analysis helped in authentic identification of our blast pathogen isolates, confirming that our pathogen was more closely related to the sequences of Chinese and Japanese isolates of M. oryzae as compared to the Indian isolates,” he told Kashmir Reader.The authentic identification resulting from the study has earned the pathogen variant a new description—KP310498—at the NCBI.Shah said the close proximity between the pathogen isolates can be attributed to the fact that Kashmir has been using rice cultivars from China for a long time.“The pathogen population is greatly influenced by its host,” he added.He said the identification and analysis of the character holds greater significance for limiting or fighting this disease.“Rice or Paddy blast has, in the last few years, shown resurgence not only in Kashmir but across North India, mostly due to crop shift and including climate change,” Shah said.In India, the disease has made a comeback after Basmati replaced traditional rice varieties grown across north India. The pathogen attacks Basmati varieties more, while in Kashmir, the diseases gives prevalence and extent of the disease has distressed the farmers.The identification, Shah said, could allow researchers to select resistant varieties of rice developed in China and Japan.“Experiments could be conducted on the varieties to see how they react to our pests,” he said.
http://kashmirreader.com/2016/04/this-lethal-blast-occurring-in-kashmir-cant-be-blamed-on-pakistan/
UPDATE 3-Egypt cancels rice
tender, says will contract directly if prices stay high
Wed Apr 6, 2016 12:31pm GMT
(Adds GASC's cancellation of tender)
CAIRO, April 6 (Reuters) - Egypt will seek direct
contracts to buy rice from abroad if prices offered by traders in its tender
competitions are not reduced, the government said on Wednesday as it seeks to
overcome a local shortage blamed on suppliers hoarding stocks.
State grain buyer GASC said it
cancelled a tendering for an unspecified amount of rice after offers it
received did not comply with its specifications or shipment dates.
It was GASC's third rice tendering
cancellation since it started seeking the grain on international markets. GASC
failed to make a purchase from a tendering last week after being unable to
agree on prices with suppliers.
"We may resort to importing
rice directly should the high prices of rice being offered at tenders
continue," Supply Minister Khaled Hanafi told Reuters.
But traders have said the
government is insisting on prices which are unrealistic. "They might as
well ask for the rice for free if it's any cheaper. They won't find anyone to
sell directly to them," one Cairo-based trader said.
Egypt produced 3.75 million tonnes
of rice in the 2015 season and held over 700,000 tonnes from 2014. With
consumption at 3.3 million tonnes, that leaves a surplus of more than 1 million
tonnes.
But the government's failure to
stock up earlier in the season has left it at the mercy of traders, some of
whom have been unwilling to sell to the state and are choosing to stockpile
instead as domestic prices are rising daily.
GASC has started seeking
international tenders to import the grain as a way out of the problem. At its
most recent tendering this week it received just two offers for Indian rice,
one for $350 per tonne and another for $390 per tonne, of 10,000 tonnes of 5
percent broken rice.
These offers are considered cheap
compared with the price of between $370 and $380 per tonne that the rice
fetches on the Indian market before shipping to Egypt, one German trader said.
Egypt said last week it would
reinstate an export ban on rice to preserve stocks for the local market and
control rising prices. (Reporting by Ehab Farouk, Maha El Dahan and Michael
Hogan; Writing by Eric Knecht; Editing by David Holmes and Greg Mahlich)
http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFL5N179186
Rice millers face cash flow problems due to
dodgy middlemen
Date : 7 เมษายน 2559
BANGKOK, 7 April 2016 (NNT) - The Thai Rice
Mills Association has called on the government to protect rice mill operators
from suspicious exporters and middlemen. The association held a seminar that
was attended by more than 200 rice millers. Secretary-General of the Thai Rice
Mills Association Kriengsak Tapananon said many rice millers are having cash
flow problems, which he blamed on intermediaries who failed to compensate
producers. Mr. Kriengsak wants the government to mediate negotiations between
rice millers and supply chain middlemen. President of the Thai Rice Mills
Association Manas Kitprasert said that rice farmers have also been affected by
the rice millers’ cash flow problems. The lack of funds has forced rice millers
to scale back their rice purchases from farmers. The knock-on effect will
likely introduce fluctuations in the rice market.
http://thainews.prd.go.th/CenterWeb/NewsEN/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNECO5904070010005#sthash.lEcegBsu.dpuf
Concerns grow
over rice exports
Thu, 7 April 2016
After two promising months, Cambodia’s rice exports fell by 14
per cent year-on-year in March, according to new data by Ministry of
Agriculture, sparking fears amongst rice millers that export shipments would
further decline without adequate financial backing.January and February rice
export totals saw double-digit year-on-year growth, but March exports fell to
66,275 tonnes, compared to 75,867 tonnes in March 2015, the data shows.Rice
millers said yesterday that the drop was evidence that the industry is
struggling with the cost of production, high electricity bills and a lack of
finance to purchase and store paddy rice.Taing Chhung Ngy, director of market promotion
at rice exporter LBN Angkar (Kampuchea), said that March’s sub-par performance
was just the first indicator that the sector’s growth was decelerating.“The
decreasing amount of rice exports in March shows that the issues that rice
millers and exporters have recently brought up are real challenges,” he said,
referring to an action plansubmitted
by the CRISIS (Cambodian Rice Industry Survival Implementation Strategy) group
last month.In its nine-point plan, the group proposed solutions to tackle
issues that threaten the future of Cambodia’s rice sector, specifically a
100,000-tonne limit on rice imports from neighbouring countries and access for
miller to $250 million in soft loans to support their operations.“[Rice
exports] will keep decreasing if the issues are not resolved,” said Ngy, adding
that exporters are cash-strapped and unable to compete with their regional
peers.Chray Son, deputy director general of Capital Foods and a member of the
CRISIS group, said that millers and exporters are also feeling the implications
of drought and delayed rains.“We do not have enough money to buy the paddy rice
to stock in the warehouse, so it is a challenge for us to compete,” he said.“The
government should provide money to buy paddy rice and stock it in order to sell
it to the rice miller.”While last Thursday the government agreed to cut the value added tax (VAT) on imports of rice milling
machinery and step up border patrols to crack down on illegal rice imports,
there has been no agreement on the facilitation of $250 million in soft loans to
proposed by the CRISIS group to ease the financial burden on millers.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/concerns-grow-over-rice-exports
04/06/2016 Farm
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Rice futures were lower
but traded in a very narrow range. It looks like futures are attempting to
consolidate above the recent spike low. The market charted a huge bearish
reversal on Thursday in reaction to USDA's planting
intentions report. Rice acres are expected to be up 17% from 2015 at 3.064
million acres. All of that gain and then some will be in long grain rice, while
medium grain acreage will actually be down 17% across the country. Arkansas is
expected to plant 1.581 million acres of rice consisting of 1.43 million acres
of long grain and 150,000 acres of medium grain. The crop progress report
showed 16% of the rice in the ground nationwide, with Arkansas coming in at 11%
planted. Technically, the first level of support for May is Thursday's low of $9.42 1/2. A close below that level could send the market headed
for a retest of support at $9.22 on the continuation chart.
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Palak chicken: A true Pakistani delight
I had Palak chicken at one of the Pakistani restaurants and I
loved it. Later I tried my own version at home and have not looked back ever
since. PHOTO: AMBREEN MALIK
I wasn’t thrilled to find out
that O’s flat mates were eating all of his home cooked food. My first-hand experience taught me that the one
thing that you miss the most while living away from home is the home cooked
food. I quietly doubled the food he took to Warwick. Things sisters do for
their little brothers!!! Last night, O called me from his office and asked me
if I could make some palak chicken for him. I am always happy to fulfil
such farmaish (requests
Wheat remains weak on higher supply, reduced
offtake
PTI | Apr 6, 2016, 02.35 PM IST
New Delhi, Apr 6 () Wheat prices
fell further by Rs 10 per quintal at the wholesale grains market on ample
stocks on higher supplies from producing regions against reduced offtake by
flour mills.Maize also eased on muted demand from consuming industries.Traders
said adequate stocks position on higher supplies from producing belts against
reduced offtake by flour mills kept wheat prices lower.
Meanwhile, over 15,000 tonnes of
wheat have arrived in the grain markets of Haryana during the rabi marketing
season 2016-17.
In the national capital,wheat
dara (for mills) eased by Rs 10 to Rs 1,590-15,95 per quintal. Atta chakki
delivery followed suit and shed Rs 5 at Rs 1,600-1,605 per 90 kg.
Other bold grains like, maize
fell by Rs 100 to Rs 1,600-1,610 per quintal.
Following are today's quotations
(in Rs per quintal):
Wheat MP (desi) Rs 1,965-2,570,
Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,590-1,595, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,600-1,605,
Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 230, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 230, Roller flour mill Rs
850-860 (50 kg), Maida Rs 930-940 (50 kg) and Sooji Rs 1,010-1,025 (50 kg).
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300,
Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,700, Basmati common new Rs 5,600-5,700, Rice Pusa
(1121) Rs 4,300-5,300, Permal raw Rs 1,850-1,900, Permal wand Rs 2,050-2,100,
Sela Rs 2,200-2,300 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,600-1,620, Bajra Rs 1,600-1,605, Jowar
yellow Rs 1,800-1,900, white Rs 3,400-3,500, Maize Rs 1,600-1,610, Barley Rs
1,340-1,350. SUN KPS SBT MKJ
timesofindia
USA Rice Applies for International Promotion Program
Dollars
WASHINGTON, DC -- Earlier this week
the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) announced the program application dates
for 2017 for a series of FAS funded cost-share programs utilized to develop
export markets for U.S. agricultural products. These programs include the
Foreign Market Development Program (FMD), the Market Access Program (MAP), and
the Emerging Markets Program (EMP), all of which USA Rice has utilized for a
number of years to promote U.S. rice internationally. The due date for the
application for the MAP and FMD programs is June 3, in the form of the Unified Export
Strategy, a very detailed and exhaustive recitation of market conditions,
constraints and opportunities to increased trade, proposed strategies to
overcome those constraints or take advantage of those opportunities, and
required measures of success. In the current year, USA Rice received
$4.63 million in combined MAP and FMD funding.
In order to qualify for this
funding, FAS wants to see additional support for the proposed programs coming
from within the industry itself. USA Rice has pledged an impressive 400
percent match in industry cash or in-kind contributions.
"The total funding for the two
largest programs for MAP and FMD are set at just $200 million and $34.5
million, respectively," said Jim Guinn, USA Rice vice president of
international promotion. "The funding levels have remained unchanged
for a number of years, and the fact that more applicants are now receiving
funding and FAS administrative costs are rising, has reduced the availability
of funding for cooperators like U.S. rice. Clearly, more funding is
needed and justified for these successful programs as studies show that for
every dollar expended on market development, U.S. ag exports increase by $35."
The EMP program has the same due
date, however, if not all funding is utilized, additional proposals are
accepted later in the year as long as funds remain uncommitted. USA Rice
currently has an approved EMP project to bring Chinese officials to the U.S. to
inspect export facilities and to then conduct a seminar in China for importers
should the phytosanitary protocol be finalized.
USA Rice carries out promotions and
trade servicing programs in more than 20 countries utilizing these
resources. These funds are essential for U.S. rice which is so export
dependent - with as much as 50 percent of the annual crop destined for the
international market.
Drought is hammering Vietnam's agriculture, including crops like
rambutan seen here being transported in the Mekong delta.
Mekong megadrought erodes food
security
The worst drought ever recorded
in Vietnam is stoking fears of a food security crisis. In a meeting with
government officials next week, researchers with the International Center for
Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)’s Asia regional office in Hanoi will unveil maps
showing how water scarcity and climate change may imperil key crops—rice,
cassava, maize, coffee, and cashew nuts—across the country.
"The severity of this year's
drought will have a profound impact on Mekong delta agricultural production,”
says Brian Eyler, deputy director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Stimson
Center in Washington, D.C.
As of mid-March, nearly a million
people in central and southern Vietnam lack access to fresh drinking water,
according to a recent United Nations report. And supplies
of rice, the main staple crop, are in jeopardy. Saltwater intrusion in the
Mekong delta has destroyed at least 159,000 hectares of paddy rice so far, with
a further 500,000 hectares at risk before the onset of the summer monsoon. The
Vietnam government has approved $23.3 million in emergency funds to compensate
hard-hit farmers and provide water tanks and other critical provisions.
Meanwhile, the Vietnam Red Cross Society has been mobilized to provide
assistance in provinces where local health clinics are struggling to deliver
essential services due to insufficient freshwater.
Concern is focused on the Mekong
River, Southeast Asia’s longest waterway and the lifeblood of the region. The
river originates on the Tibetan Plateau and flows south through China’s western
Yunnan province, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam before spilling
into the South China Sea. According to the U.N. report issued last month,
“Since the end of 2015, water levels in the lower Mekong River have been at
their lowest level since records began nearly 100 years ago.” The United Nations estimates
that the water level flowing through the Mekong and its lower tributaries last
month was down 30% to 50% compared with average March levels.
Water levels customarily drop
during the dry season, resulting in saltwater intrusion from the South China
Sea. But last year, because of unusually sparse rainfall, the saltwater
intrusion began 2 months early—tainting groundwater and rice paddies as far as
90 kilometers inland, according to the United Nations. Most rice growers
in the region get at least two yields annually out of the delta’s fertile soil,
Eyler says. “Typically this time of the year, farmers there will have planted
the first crop,” he says. “But currently most fields are dry and the earth
cracked.”
Several factors reduced the
Mekong to a trickle this year, says Leocadio Sebastian, regional program leader
for the International Rice Research Institute’s office in Hanoi. “El Niño
contributed to the drought by reducing rains, and this may be exacerbated by
climate change,” he says. Upstream dams, a perennial concern in Southeast Asia, have
also constricted flow. Under normal flow conditions, Sebastian says, “the
river’s fresh water drives more saline water back to the sea.” China, which has
often come under criticism from environmentalists for building and financing
dams on the Mekong, is now attempting to ameliorate conditions: It is currently
releasing water from a major Mekong dam in Yunnan, the Jinghong hydropower
station, to alleviate shortages downstream, the state news agency Xinhua reports.
On 12 April, a CIAT research team
assembling maps will brief Vietnamese officials on projected vulnerabilities from
climate change. The bottom line, says CIAT’s Clément Bourgoin, is that “the
coastal Mekong region may become less suitable for some agriculture,”
especially rice, because of warmer summer temperatures and saltwater intrusion
from rising sea levels.
Rice varieties with enhanced
tolerance to salt and drought may rescue some farmers, but the use of modified
seeds “must be matched” with good climate modeling, Sebastian says. “Even
‘drought tolerant’ rice doesn’t tolerate the worst possible droughts.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/mekong-mega-drought-erodes-food-security
VN to
sustain rice exports despite failed crops
VietNamNet Bridge – The rice output of the winter-spring rice crop
fell significantly because of drought and salination, but with an additional
200,000ha to be planted in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region, there will be
enough rice for exports, according to the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Rice Research
Institute.
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As many as 180,000 hectares of the winter-spring rice crop in the
Cuu Long Delta region have been damaged by drought and saltwater.The region is
expected to yield 10.94 million tonnes of paddy from the crop, down by 186,144
tonnes over the same period last year.Professor Nguyen Hong Son, director of
the rice research institute, said that rice output from the winter-spring crop
fell by 10-15 per cent, but localities plan to increase the cultivation area
for the autumn-winter crop by 200,000ha. Thus, there will be no shortage of
rice exports.With drought and saltwater intrusion expected to continue, Kien
Giang Province in collaboration with agencies has taken urgent measures,
including building dams made of Larsen steel to prevent saltwater intrusion
into fields and to save thousands of hectares of rice to be harvested soon.
This will also help protect upcoming rice crops.
Nguyen Van Tam, director of Kien Giang Province’s Department of
Agriculture and Rural Development, said the provincial authority set a target
of 4.7 million tonnes of rice this year. Due to drought and saltwater, its rice
output had fallen by over 200,000 tonnes compared to its plan.
To compensate for the fallen output, the provincial agricultural
sector would increase the cultivation area for the autumn-winter rice crop by
30,000ha to 120,000ha, he said.
At a recent meeting to review the winter-spring rice crop and set
tasks for the next crop organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development, delegates agreed that with localities increasing rice cultivation
areas, the damage level of the winter-spring crop would not have a great impact
on rice supply sources for export.
Rice prices up
A fall in output has increased rice prices in the region. In Can
Tho City, for example, farmers have harvested all cultivation areas of the
winter-spring crop of 87,000ha.
Currently, a kilo of dried IR50404 paddy costs VND5,800-5,900
(26.3-26.8 US cents) , while jasmine rice is priced VND6,700-6,800, up
VND500-700 compared to the beginning of the crop.
Despite higher rice prices, most farmers do not have rice to sell
since they harvested and sold their fresh paddy right at the field.Many of them
had even received deposits from traders to sell their rice at the beginning of
the crop at much lower prices.Nguyen Thanh Son, a farmer in Hau Giang
Province’s Phung Hiep District, said rice prices were unstable in previous
years, with farmers even unable to sell their rice.
At the beginning of this winter-spring crop, Son and other farmers
received deposits from traders to sell rice. Because the price increased
strongly at the end of the crop, now the farmers have regrets.With current price
of VND5,400 per kilo of fresh paddy in the field, VND1,000 higher than in the
beginning of the crop, Son’s family lost VND5 million ($227) of profit from
one-ha rice field.Le Cong Ly, a rice trader in Dong Thap Province’s Cao Lanh
District, said rice prices in Can Tho and Vinh Long had also increased.
Many traders came to newly cultivated paddy fields for the
summer-autumn crop in Hau Giang, Dong Thap and An Giang provinces to place
orders to buy rice, he said.Professor Vo Tong Xuan said the agricultural sector
should quickly apply measures to cut production costs to benefit farmers and
improve the competitiveness of Vietnamese rice in the world market
The Government had set the average production cost for a kilo of
rice at VND3,800, but farmers had been spending VND3,500-4,000 to produce each
kilo of rice, he said.
Rice Prices
|
Arrivals
|
Price
|
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|
Current
|
%
change |
Season
cumulative |
Modal
|
Prev.
Modal |
Prev.Yr
%change |
|
|
Rice
|
||||||
|
Gorakhpur(UP)
|
1800.00
|
542.86
|
5752.00
|
1540
|
2070
|
-23.00
|
|
Rayagada(Muniguda)(Ori)
|
230.00
|
-
|
230.00
|
2500
|
-
|
-
|
|
Allahabad(UP)
|
150.00
|
7.14
|
5850.00
|
2165
|
2165
|
1.64
|
|
Durgapur(WB)
|
133.50
|
1.14
|
1194.00
|
2200
|
2200
|
-8.33
|
|
Asansol(WB)
|
132.00
|
NC
|
1978.50
|
2200
|
2200
|
-
|
|
Ballia(UP)
|
120.00
|
NC
|
6590.00
|
2010
|
2015
|
2.03
|
|
Mathabhanga(WB)
|
100.00
|
-23.08
|
3450.00
|
1950
|
1950
|
NC
|
|
Pilibhit(UP)
|
98.00
|
-2
|
18094.00
|
2195
|
2185
|
0.69
|
|
Sehjanwa(UP)
|
92.00
|
13.58
|
520.50
|
2080
|
2080
|
5.32
|
|
Ghaziabad(UP)
|
75.00
|
36.36
|
2325.00
|
2150
|
2150
|
1.18
|
|
Thodupuzha(Ker)
|
70.00
|
NC
|
2240.00
|
2650
|
2650
|
8.16
|
|
Etawah(UP)
|
70.00
|
-30
|
18785.00
|
2270
|
2275
|
1.34
|
|
Saharanpur(UP)
|
70.00
|
7.69
|
4282.00
|
2170
|
2160
|
2.36
|
|
Kalipur(WB)
|
65.00
|
8.33
|
4532.00
|
2050
|
2050
|
NC
|
|
Achalda(UP)
|
50.00
|
-28.57
|
3192.50
|
2290
|
2280
|
3.62
|
|
Pandua(WB)
|
48.00
|
4.35
|
1569.00
|
2700
|
2500
|
NC
|
|
Jorhat(ASM)
|
47.00
|
74.07
|
1339.00
|
2700
|
2700
|
-3.57
|
|
Gondal(UP)
|
45.00
|
-40
|
11317.10
|
2030
|
2050
|
1.00
|
|
Kasimbazar(WB)
|
43.50
|
NC
|
1539.00
|
2280
|
2280
|
-6.94
|
|
Karimganj(ASM)
|
40.00
|
NC
|
1400.00
|
2200
|
2200
|
4.76
|
|
Beldanga(WB)
|
37.00
|
-5.13
|
1610.00
|
2280
|
2280
|
-6.94
|
|
Khatra(WB)
|
37.00
|
-5.13
|
724.00
|
2100
|
2200
|
-10.64
|
|
Purulia(WB)
|
36.00
|
50
|
1687.00
|
2120
|
2120
|
-10.17
|
|
Dhekiajuli(ASM)
|
30.00
|
NC
|
860.00
|
1800
|
1900
|
-3.74
|
|
Kolhapur(Laxmipuri)(Mah)
|
30.00
|
NC
|
1379.00
|
3200
|
3200
|
-
|
|
Diamond Harbour(South 24-pgs)(WB)
|
23.00
|
15
|
562.00
|
1900
|
1850
|
-15.56
|
|
Cachar(ASM)
|
20.00
|
NC
|
1450.00
|
2700
|
2700
|
NC
|
|
Haldibari(WB)
|
20.00
|
NC
|
656.50
|
2350
|
2350
|
-11.32
|
|
Yusufpur(UP)
|
18.00
|
-48.57
|
605.00
|
1930
|
1920
|
0.52
|
|
Kolaghat(WB)
|
18.00
|
NC
|
474.00
|
2300
|
2300
|
-8.00
|
|
Lakhimpur(UP)
|
17.00
|
21.43
|
147.00
|
2140
|
2170
|
0.71
|
|
Tamluk (Medinipur E)(WB)
|
17.00
|
6.25
|
526.00
|
2300
|
2300
|
9.52
|
|
Sirsa(UP)
|
16.50
|
NC
|
432.50
|
2070
|
2080
|
0.49
|
|
Jahanabad(UP)
|
15.80
|
5.33
|
250.80
|
2170
|
2200
|
13.02
|
|
Tinsukia(ASM)
|
15.00
|
NC
|
115.00
|
2250
|
2200
|
-10.00
|
|
Kannauj(UP)
|
14.50
|
11.54
|
321.00
|
2185
|
2185
|
0.23
|
|
Firozabad(UP)
|
14.00
|
NC
|
531.00
|
2060
|
2070
|
3.52
|
|
Champadanga(WB)
|
14.00
|
40
|
714.00
|
2350
|
2350
|
-9.62
|
|
Jeypore(Kotpad)(Ori)
|
12.30
|
-15.75
|
216.50
|
3250
|
3250
|
NC
|
|
Dibrugarh(ASM)
|
12.10
|
-32.78
|
994.40
|
2400
|
2400
|
-
|
|
Pukhrayan(UP)
|
12.00
|
9.09
|
176.50
|
2045
|
2040
|
-6.19
|
|
Tanakpur(Utr)
|
12.00
|
-60
|
223.10
|
1900
|
1950
|
-5.00
|
|
Nilagiri(Ori)
|
9.00
|
12.5
|
359.00
|
2300
|
2300
|
4.55
|
|
Sheoraphuly(WB)
|
9.00
|
-5.26
|
344.50
|
2700
|
2675
|
NC
|
|
North Lakhimpur(ASM)
|
7.90
|
-60.89
|
1234.20
|
1900
|
1900
|
-
|
|
Chengannur(Ker)
|
7.50
|
NC
|
454.50
|
2400
|
2400
|
-4.00
|
|
Bolangir(Ori)
|
7.50
|
-6.25
|
193.50
|
2200
|
2200
|
-8.33
|
|
Tusura(Ori)
|
7.50
|
7.14
|
189.00
|
2200
|
2200
|
-8.33
|
|
Bhivandi(Mah)
|
7.00
|
NC
|
260.00
|
2580
|
2540
|
66.45
|
|
Khairagarh(UP)
|
7.00
|
-30
|
317.00
|
2100
|
2070
|
5.53
|
|
Muradabad(UP)
|
7.00
|
-22.22
|
438.70
|
2300
|
2270
|
13.58
|
|
Karanjia(Ori)
|
6.50
|
8.33
|
219.30
|
2600
|
2600
|
4.00
|
|
Mirzapur(UP)
|
6.50
|
8.33
|
1201.50
|
1940
|
1945
|
-1.52
|
|
Palghar(Mah)
|
4.00
|
-76.47
|
535.00
|
2003
|
3170
|
-45.51
|
|
Imphal(Man)
|
3.30
|
NC
|
171.60
|
2900
|
2900
|
NC
|
|
Alibagh(Mah)
|
3.00
|
NC
|
108.00
|
4000
|
4000
|
150.00
|
|
Mangaon(Mah)
|
3.00
|
200
|
28.00
|
2800
|
2800
|
NC
|
|
Murud(Mah)
|
3.00
|
NC
|
180.00
|
3000
|
3750
|
87.50
|
|
Rahama(Ori)
|
2.40
|
-2.04
|
29.26
|
2500
|
2450
|
13.64
|
|
Aroor(Ker)
|
2.00
|
-33.33
|
153.70
|
7000
|
6400
|
-5.41
|
|
Siyana(UP)
|
2.00
|
33.33
|
67.50
|
2055
|
2050
|
0.24
|
|
Lamlong Bazaar(Man)
|
1.40
|
NC
|
54.00
|
2900
|
2900
|
NC
|
|
Kasipur(WB)
|
1.10
|
-15.38
|
25.30
|
2100
|
2100
|
-8.70
|
|
Bonai(Bonai)(Ori)
|
1.00
|
NC
|
94.10
|
2000
|
2000
|
-9.09
|
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