How to Eat A Rainbow Diet?
Sep 18, 2016
It’s a great way to ensure that you’re getting a broad range of ingredients, all while keeping things interesting to the eye. Since eating the rainbow may require a shift in lifestyle for you, here are some tips on embracing the “eat the rainbow” lifestyle.
Know your rainbow.
The first step to eating the rainbow is to, of course, know your rainbow. There exists a wide variety of foods that fall all over the colour spectrum, many of which you probably never considered incorporating in your diet. Here is a nutritional look at the colours of the rainbow:
Red: Apples, tomatoes, peppers, beets, radishes, berries, red grapes, watermelon, grapefruit, blood orange.
Orange: Sweet potatoes, carrots, winter squash, pumpkin, bell peppers, turmeric, oranges, mangoes, apricots, peaches, nectarines, cantaloupe, papaya.
Yellow: Yellow squash, corn, bell peppers, apples, bananas, lemons, pineapple, ginger root.
Green: Lettuce, spinach, cabbage, other leafy greens, cucumbers, broccoli, brussels sprouts, bean sprouts, celery, asparagus, peas, watercress, leeks, herbs, artichokes, peppers, edamame, avocados, apples, honeydew melon, limes, pears, grapes.
Blue and purple: Red cabbage, red onions, eggplant, purple broccoli, purple cauliflower, purple potatoes, berries, grapes, figs, plums, prunes, raisins, rice.
White and beige: Cauliflower, potatoes, onions, garlic, beans, nuts, dates, coconut, whole grains, brown rice, quinoa, lean meats.
Know your meal options.
The possibilities are truly endless when it comes to preparing meals with fresh fruits and vegetables. Here are just a few types of dishes you could make for breakfast, lunch, or dinner to give you some inspiration:
• Leafy salads
• Fruit salads
• Lettuce wraps
• Smoothies
• Soups and chilli
• Buddha bowls or rice bowls
• Açai bowls or smoothie bowls
• Roasted or sauteed vegetables
• Baked veggie “fries.”
• Vegetable noodles
• Veggie burgers
• Veggie-packed omelettes
• Fancy toast
• Raw veggies (optionally with dip or hummus)
• Fresh fruit (optionally with dip)
Buy produce in season.
Gaining a firm grasp of which produce is currently in season (and when your favourite produce will be in season) is a great way to make fresh fruits and vegetables a fundamental part of your diet while keeping things interesting. Plus, it makes grocery shopping more fun, and as this article explains, it’s an excellent way to save money on groceries.
This blog post contains a great list of which fruits and vegetables are in-season in spring, summer, fall, and winter. This may vary according to which region of the country you live in, of course.
Rely on year-round produce staples.
While many types of fruits and vegetables have their peak times during the year, there are some fruits and vegetables that you can depend on enjoying year-round, as they are more or less in-season throughout the year. Year-round in-season fruits include bananas, avocados, and apples, while year-round in-season vegetables include carrots, potatoes, and celery.
In addition, grains like whole wheat bread, brown rice, quinoa, and oats will always be available throughout the year. Year-round in-season staples are great to keep in mind as you develop a personal repertoire of go-to healthy recipes.
Fall in love with your freezer.
The more fresh produce you bring into your home, the more likely you are to need to freeze some of that excess food before it goes bad. Freezing some of your fresh fruits and vegetables is an excellent way to enjoy your favourite foods out of season while keeping food waste to a minimum.
You can freeze fruits, vegetables, and herbs for smoothies, quick sautéeing, adding to soups, dropping into the slow cooker, and so much more.
Follow healthy lifestyle food bloggers.
Many healthy lifestyle food bloggers out there are all about eating the rainbow, and they can offer you endless inspiration for your everyday meals and snacks.
Find a few healthy lifestyle food bloggers who you connect with so that you can get daily food ideas while scrolling through Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, etc. Your lifestyle will conform to what you surround yourself with, and it might as well include healthy meal inspiration
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Government to expedite revival of QTA with China, Kazakhstan
September 19, 2016
Pakistan is to expedite revival of
Quadrilateral Trade Agreement (QTA) with China and Kazakhstan to access Central
Asia as an alternative route to Afghanistan, well informed sources told Business
Recorder."Pakistan's legal obligation is to provide access to
Afghanistan through sea as a landlocked country. Afghanistan is already
enjoying full access to India through ports in Karachi," the sources
added.Whatever obligation lies on Pakistan in accordance with transit trade
agreement is available to Afghanistan, the sources continued.
Pakistan is already working on revival of Quadrilateral Agreement ie Pakistan, China and Kazakhstan due to China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).f the statement of Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani with respect to transit trade is implemented, it will expedite revival of "iced" Quadrilateral Agreement. Pakistan will access Tajikistan through Khunjraab.The sources said, outlook with respect to Iran is positive. Pakistani Cabinet recently approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between State Bank of Pakistan and Iran's Central Bank on opening of banking channels."We expect that the SBP will issue SRO very soon on the basis of MoU to outline the procedures through which payment of trade will go through the banks ," the sources continued.
Pakistan is already working on revival of Quadrilateral Agreement ie Pakistan, China and Kazakhstan due to China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).f the statement of Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani with respect to transit trade is implemented, it will expedite revival of "iced" Quadrilateral Agreement. Pakistan will access Tajikistan through Khunjraab.The sources said, outlook with respect to Iran is positive. Pakistani Cabinet recently approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between State Bank of Pakistan and Iran's Central Bank on opening of banking channels."We expect that the SBP will issue SRO very soon on the basis of MoU to outline the procedures through which payment of trade will go through the banks ," the sources continued.
Presently rice stocks are almost exhausted due to massive export at very reasonable rates.Farmers, who did not get due return on rice crops for the last couple of years, are expected to get better returns this year."This year the opening price of paddy will be double last season's due to massive export of rice. First crop will come from Sindh and South Punjab after two weeks," the sources maintained.Before the Iranian local rice crop comes in export to Iran is set to rise, this season Pakistani farmers are also expected to reap benefits due to increased demand in Iran, the sources continued.The Iran news comes in addition to increased demand from China for non Basmati varieties. Non Basmati also did well last year with respect to quantity. Pakistan expects that export of Basmati rice will also increase this year, sources added.
http://www.brecorder.com/market-data/stocks-a-bonds/0/86014/
Brown rice to solve undernourishment in Central Luzon
Monday, September 19, 2016
CITY OF
SAN FERNANDO -- One important reason to switch to brown rice is that it will
solve the region’s problem with undernourishment.Be RICEponsible Campaign
Director Hazel Antonio shared that based on the latest data provided by the
International Food Policy Research Institute, there exists a 13.5 percent
proportion of undernourished in the country’s population.“This is the good thing about brown rice because it can help alleviate our problem with undernourishment,” she stressed.
Since any unpolished rice, regardless of its variety, is considered brown rice, it is recommended for all because polishing removes most of the nutrients in rice grains.
“Brown rice is really considerably more nutritious compared to white rice or milled rice because when rice goes through the process of milling twice, the bran part is removed, which contains most of its nutrients,” Antonio explained.
With this, she is encouraging the people in Central Luzon to consume brown rice because of its nutritious value, and because of its benefits not only for the body but for the Filipino farmers and for the environment, as well.
On a side note, Antonio likewise urged everyone to join the BROWN4Good challenge so as to be of help to the less fortunate.
Spearheaded by Department of Agriculture and Philippine Rice Research Institute, the BROWN4Good challenge is a competition among all regions nationwide to gather 50,000 posts in the social media with the hashtags “#BROWN4Good” and “#Region3”.
The said challenge aims to promote brown rice consumption for good, and for a good cause.
For every post with the said hashtags, a cup of rice is donated to the less fortunate. The challenge will last until October 31, 2016. (CLJD/JRAA-PIA 3)
Domoguen: The mystical power of rice
Monday, September 19, 2016
IN
CULTURAL and traditional practice, my ethnicity upholds rice as mystical. I am not a practicing Igorot in culture and tradition. My knowledge of the ways of life of my people arises from childhood memories and experiences during summer vacations spent with my grandparents in the “ili” (village) and my continuing visits to the Cordillera interior throughout the years.
As a child growing up, it was quite clear to me that the spirit world is not alien or beyond the reach of common folks. It is part of mountain life and existence among the natives.
From the beginning, rice for instance, has been viewed as sacred or divine. It is connected to gifts to spirits of ancestors long dead but yet alive in the consciousness of the living.
As it was then, the connection of the Igorot to the spirit world has remained even today, in spite of the people’s conversion to Christianity. In the interior of the Cordillera, I have seen several tiny and temporary shrines along the road, beside the creeks, on top or besides the rocks, any place some guy sensed was the right place to build them to offer prayers and leave an “atag” or offerings of food mainly cooked rice, a piece of cooked etag (dried and salted meat), tapuey (rice wine) or some other items depending on whom the ancestral spirits the offerings were made.
It is not only food that is offered to gods and spirits. Most celebrations and gatherings involved the drinking of rice wine from the gusi (rice jar). As a rule, drinking “tapuey” is a social event that follows a ritual. The first cup is offered to the Great Spirit (Kabunian or Lumawig) and all who have gone ahead in the great beyond. The wine is offered to them by spilling some of it on the ground with an accompanying prayer that it will be accepted and that Kabunian or Lumawig will look with favor upon them. The remaining wine on the cup is usually offered to the oldest among the elders.
The succeeding cups were offered or given to the elders before the rest of the wine in the jar is circulated as “tagay,” or a shared cupful of drink by the able members of the community drinking from the same cup.
The “tagay” is usually served by someone who was assigned to do the work. The drinking of “tapuey” done this way is an act of respect and reverence. Those who participate in this practice understand that it does not make people unruly or out of their senses even if they have to drink the whole night through as brave and wise men do to share sensible ideas and sing chants that inspire, challenge or uphold great men and noble deeds.
More than a decade ago during the wake of my brother, I learned how rituals and chants were sung for the dead depicting his life and good deeds. Other chants inform the people about the work of Lumawig (The Great Spirit), gods and long dead ancestors in helping to direct and guide the affairs of the living. The chants I heard informed me of how Igorots generally view ancestral spirits living together with the gods in the mountains and the heavens above where they watch over the lives of their descendants. In the same wake, I found out from an old man who sang a chant (baya-o) that Lumawig came among his people, performed spectacular miracles and also built terraces and planted rice. I figured, Lumawig was not only the supreme spirit from the skies but a humble and practical god, and that most of the pigminted and flavorful heirloom rice were given by him to the people to grow in their own farms.
One can listen to how the old folks understood their gods in the many chants uttered by them during wakes, festivals, and community gatherings and celebrations. These were occasions when the spirits descend to visit their descendants and socialize with them. In such instances, the spirits through the local indigenous priests and shamans would request for the offering of rituals, prayers, and chants which involve the butchering of animals and eating it with rice by the clan or tribe. The rituals and chants which is a narration of history may take days to complete.
I scan the surface, not going deep into the similarities and differences of the Christian faith with the Igorot’s spiritual beliefs. Generally, the sharing of food among Igorots in the observances of rituals during festivals and special occasions remind me of Christianity’s holy communion which is “the occasion to share daily food together with all people and a symbol of eternal life.” This has its social implication as well as a spiritual meaning.
A deeply convicted life takes food as an offering to God and fellow human beings in their best quality and form. Socially, rice and food must be grown and processed to serve their best purpose of providing health and well-being to people, primarily, not simply to earn profit.
As individuals and communities we are rewarded through our offerings of food to God and man. Given that duty we will not have true peace until “we share good and healthy rice and food together with all people. When every mouth in the whole inhabited world is filled with daily food then we can have peace on earth.
The Bible gives clear testimony to the humanity as well as the complete deity of Jesus Christ. Paul summarizes this: “For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form” (Col. 2:9). As Christians we partake of the Christ as food during Holy Communion. As Igorots, I believe we have that understanding of rice as the symbol of God's gift of life. Every food is meant to nourish people and rice has significant and nourishing ingredients in abundance as to be a healthy food when the grain comes in its natural unpolished form (brown rice).
When it comes in its white polished form the rice' crude protein, crude fat, crude ash, total dietary fiber, crude fiber, available carbohydrates, sugars, phytic acid, phosphorous, iron, zinc, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamin E content are greatly reduced. So when you eat white polished rice, you eat more of the rice starch (white part of the grain) with more carbohydrates but less of its original nutritious contents. You need to eat more white rice to be full but it makes you sick, rather than nourished. You cannot have life more abundantly this way, as Jesus said.
“Numerous clinical studies showed that regular consumption of whole grain cereals, including brown or whole rice, may help reduce the risks of cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. It also reduces cholesterol, serves as effective laxative for regular bowel movements; decreases urinary calcium that prevents kidney stones; and helps diminish temptation of over-eating," according to the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).
In effect, on the aspect of food alone, development and technology must truly be tools to make us live in harmony with nature and neighbor, to secure caring communities in our midst. The Christian and science community that has replaced the old villages or continue to convert the populace to Christ must in essence prove superior and better in the care of peoples, ecology and beauty in the cultural context
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Gov’t
buys rice again to stabilize falling prices
Sept
19,2016
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government will buy 390,000 tons of rice to stabilize a market that has seen
slides in both consumption and price.
According to Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Sunday, the rice output continued to increase compared to the previous year even though the total amount of land used to grow rice in Korea dropped 2.5 percent year on year to 779,000 hectares this year.
The price of 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of rice has fallen 14.6 percent year on year to 34,000 won ($30.21), which is 17 percent lower than the average price over the past five years.
Korea’s oversupply of rice has been rising since July 2013, when the rice price peaked at 170,000 won per 80 kilograms. The price has been falling since. The 390,000 tons the government will buy is the same amount as last year.
Korea harvested a record 4.32 million tons of rice last year and this year is expected to be about the same amount and possibly more.
“The government will buy rice produced in Korea starting from Friday until the end of the year,” said Lee Sang-man, a director at the Agriculture Ministry. “The government will pay 45,000 won per 40 kilograms of first class rice. The government also is running a task force to monitor the rice market and stabilize it and will come up with specific plans next month, which is when the estimated figure for this year’s output will come out.”
The government is paying about 93 percent of the 48,280 won market price for 40 kilograms. The government said it will change the price in November if prices in the domestic market change after the harvest.
Some 30,000 tons will go into the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve. 10 ASEAN countries, along with Korea, Japan and China, maintain a certain level of reserves to share in emergency situations.
Korea’s rice reserves rose 26 percent from 1.39 million tons last year to 1.75 million tons as of July. They are expected to surpass the 2 million level this year, which is 300 percent more than the 800,000 tons recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
BY KIM YOUNG-NAM [kim.youngnam@joongang.co.kr]
According to Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Sunday, the rice output continued to increase compared to the previous year even though the total amount of land used to grow rice in Korea dropped 2.5 percent year on year to 779,000 hectares this year.
The price of 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of rice has fallen 14.6 percent year on year to 34,000 won ($30.21), which is 17 percent lower than the average price over the past five years.
Korea’s oversupply of rice has been rising since July 2013, when the rice price peaked at 170,000 won per 80 kilograms. The price has been falling since. The 390,000 tons the government will buy is the same amount as last year.
Korea harvested a record 4.32 million tons of rice last year and this year is expected to be about the same amount and possibly more.
“The government will buy rice produced in Korea starting from Friday until the end of the year,” said Lee Sang-man, a director at the Agriculture Ministry. “The government will pay 45,000 won per 40 kilograms of first class rice. The government also is running a task force to monitor the rice market and stabilize it and will come up with specific plans next month, which is when the estimated figure for this year’s output will come out.”
The government is paying about 93 percent of the 48,280 won market price for 40 kilograms. The government said it will change the price in November if prices in the domestic market change after the harvest.
Some 30,000 tons will go into the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve. 10 ASEAN countries, along with Korea, Japan and China, maintain a certain level of reserves to share in emergency situations.
Korea’s rice reserves rose 26 percent from 1.39 million tons last year to 1.75 million tons as of July. They are expected to surpass the 2 million level this year, which is 300 percent more than the 800,000 tons recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
BY KIM YOUNG-NAM [kim.youngnam@joongang.co.kr]
http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3023854
S.Korea to buy 390,000 tonnes of rice to stablise prices
The ministry will carry out the rice purchase from Sept. 23 through Dec. 31, according to the statement.
Last year, South Korea harvested a record amount of 4.32 million tonnes of rice and this year's output is expected to stay high due to a bumper harvest after good weather.
"We will come up with harvest measures in mid-October when the country's expected rice output is released," the ministry said.
The rice surplus weighed on rice price coupled with declining domestic consumption as South Koreans eat more bread.
Asia's fourth-largest economy imports at least 408,700 tonnes of rice each year as part of its import quota under a World Trade Organization agreement, putting further strain on the country's low rice consumption.
The rice price was at 132,152 won ($117.46) per 80 kg as of Sept. 5, down 14.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the ministry. ($1 = 1,125.0500 won) (Reporting By Jane Chung; Editing by Robert Birsel)
http://www.reuters.com/article/southkorea-rice-idUSL3N1BU02A
Farmers block National Road 5 yesterday in
Battambang during a protest in which they demanded a solution to falling rice
prices. Ny Savuth
Battambang farmers protest plummeting rice prices
Mon, 19 September 2016
Attempting
to call attention to the havoc low rice prices are wreaking on their
livelihoods, hundreds of farmers in Battambang’s Sangke district took to the
streets yesterday, symbolically pouring rice onto National Road 5. “We harvested the rice already but there is no market for it,” explained Sok Chanthy, 46, one of the farmers who joined the protest. “Therefore, all we can do is put the rice on the road so the government will intervene and help us find buyers.”
Despite heavy rains and considerable yields, business this year has been bad for Cambodia’s rice farmers, with traders offering low prices or opting not to buy rice at all, Chanthy explained. As a result, farmers have been unable to pay back the loans they took out for fertilisers, pesticides and agricultural machinery.
“The price of rice was appropriate last year, about 11,000 baht [about $315] per tonne. But this year the traders offered only 6,000 baht [$172] per tonne. How can we sell our rice if it does not even cover our capital?” asked Soeung Soda, 51, another farmer who joined the protest.
Some have blamed the dip in prices on an upsurge in the amount of rice imported from Vietnam. “Vietnam produces far cheaper rice than we do, so it is very appealing to the traders to buy Vietnamese rice and distribute domestically,” said Khem Bunlen, executive director of the Cambodian Farmer Rice company.
But industry experts have noted that rice exports have shrunk across the region over the past two years, impacting rice exports from Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam. On Friday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced he would spend about $27 million to help prop up the struggling sector.
When news of yesterday’s protests reached the authorities, Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan took to Facebook to urge farmers to remain calm until the effects of the government intervention could be felt. He also threatened a harsh response to demonstrators.
“Bad individuals or groups using the price of rice as a means to organise people to create turmoil must face responsibility in front of the law,” Siphan said.
According to Chanthy, the protests began about 8am when three large bags of rice were dumped on the road. But the farmers quickly picked the rice up so as not to cause traffic congestion. Still, he said the protests would continue if government support was short-lived
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-farmers-protest-plummeting-rice-prices
State will take 16 years to pay off
rice-pledging debt
19 Sep 2016 at 07:23 8,668
NEWSPAPER SECTION: BUSINESS | WRITER: WICHIT
CHANTANUSORNSIRI
Government debt worth 510 billion baht,
borrowed from the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) to
fund the last administration's loss-making rice-pledging scheme, will take an
estimated 16 years to be paid off.Luck Wajananawat, president of the
state-backed bank, said if the loan repayment amount remains unchanged, the
government will take around 16 years to pay off the debt.
Rice-pledging scheme costs state 510 billion
baht, says Mr Luck. Apichit Jinakul
The BAAC
directly extended 110 billion baht and issued bonds worth 400 billion baht
guaranteed by the Finance Ministry to finance the Yingluck Shinawatra
administration's rice-pledging scheme.The current government has set the
repayment amount in budget expenditure every fiscal year and will pay 39
billion baht in principal and 20 billion in interest for fiscal 2017, starting
Oct 1.The pork-barrel spending was initiated by the Yingluck Shinawatra
government to fulfil the Pheu Thai Party's promises during the 2011 general
election campaigns. Under the scheme, the government bought every single grain
at a pledged price of between 15,000 and 20,000 baht per tonne of paddy --
40-50% above the market price.The scheme was slammed for distorting market
price and led to hefty debts for rice farmers as they borrowed and spent
lavishly, thinking that they could always sell their paddy at high prices. In
addition, the programme was blamed for a deterioration in rice quality as
farmers switched to lower-cost but high-yielding premium fragrant rice breeds.After
the scheme ran for two harvest years, it left tens of millions of tonnes of
paddy in silos and warehouses, incurring substantial costs for taxpayers.Ms
Yingluck was allegedly negligent in failing to stop corruption in the
rice-pledging scheme. Apart from the former premier, the committee through the
Commerce Ministry has demanded 18.7 billion baht in compensation for four fake
government-to-government rice deals involving 6.2 million tonnes of rice,
pointing the finger at six people in the Yingluck government.
Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom
and five ex-ministerial officials have been ordered to pay 20 billion baht in
compensation. The five are Mr Boonsong's former deputy Poom Sarapol and former
secretary Weerawut Wajanaphukka; former Department of Foreign Trade (DFT)
director-general Manas Soiploy and his then-deputy Tikhumporn Natvaratat; and
the DFT's former director of foreign rice trade, Akharaphong Chuaikliang. Ms Yingluck faces a hefty fine of 287 billion
baht for losses from the rice-pledging scheme in the latest evaluation by a
government panel but a committee on civil liability will reveal the official
figure soon
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/1089385/state-will-take-16-years-to-pay-off-rice-pledging-debt
Rice Prices
as on : 19-09-2016 08:10:27 PMArrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.
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Gadarpur(Utr)
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3368.00
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52.33
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148728.00
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2161
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2260
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18.22
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Bazpur(Utr)
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2720.00
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21.43
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59502.19
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1915
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1840
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0.74
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Kanpur(Grain)(UP)
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800.00
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11.11
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16995.00
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2165
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2170
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-0.46
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Azamgarh(UP)
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135.00
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7031.00
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2260
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2250
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10.24
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Asansol(WB)
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132.00
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-0.75
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3565.50
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2600
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2600
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10.64
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Durgapur(WB)
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130.00
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-1.52
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2647.00
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2550
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2550
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12.83
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Mathabhanga(WB)
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110.00
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22.22
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6380.00
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2450
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2450
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25.64
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Siliguri(WB)
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98.00
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3.16
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7701.00
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2600
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2600
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P.O. Uparhali Guwahati(ASM)
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91.00
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35.82
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4675.10
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2230
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2230
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6.19
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Rampurhat(WB)
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85.00
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-5.56
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1609.00
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2200
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2200
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19.24
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Manvi(Kar)
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83.00
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83.00
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2842
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27.67
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Indus(Bankura Sadar)(WB)
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80.00
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14.29
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1162.00
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2500
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2500
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13.64
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Aligarh(UP)
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75.00
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-11.76
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5840.00
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2400
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2420
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11.63
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Saharanpur(UP)
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67.00
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6794.00
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2285
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2280
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5.79
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Vikasnagar(Utr)
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64.50
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396.15
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77.50
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1840
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2640
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Kalipur(WB)
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60.00
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8282.00
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2400
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2400
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20.00
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Gajol(WB)
|
45.00
|
-13.46
|
1274.50
|
3100
|
3100
|
19.23
|
|
Cachar(ASM)
|
40.00
|
NC
|
3080.00
|
2200
|
2200
|
-18.52
|
|
Khatra(WB)
|
38.00
|
5.56
|
1294.00
|
2300
|
2300
|
4.55
|
|
Rampur(UP)
|
34.50
|
-1.43
|
1239.00
|
2485
|
2480
|
14.52
|
|
Gazipur(UP)
|
28.00
|
-55.56
|
3128.50
|
2060
|
2050
|
2.23
|
|
Ghatal(WB)
|
23.00
|
9.52
|
158.00
|
2370
|
2350
|
10.75
|
|
Balrampur(UP)
|
21.00
|
-35.38
|
1587.00
|
2040
|
2040
|
1.49
|
|
Kolaghat(WB)
|
21.00
|
5
|
1190.00
|
2450
|
2450
|
2.08
|
|
Kaliaganj(WB)
|
18.00
|
-10
|
1108.00
|
2750
|
2750
|
-1.79
|
|
Hiriyur(Kar)
|
17.00
|
13.33
|
32.00
|
3100
|
2200
|
-
|
|
Tamluk (Medinipur E)(WB)
|
17.00
|
-5.56
|
1151.00
|
2450
|
2450
|
2.08
|
|
Yusufpur(UP)
|
15.00
|
-25
|
1185.00
|
2070
|
2080
|
4.02
|
|
Bankura Sadar(WB)
|
13.00
|
NC
|
242.00
|
2270
|
2270
|
-
|
|
Kolhapur(Laxmipuri)(Mah)
|
12.00
|
33.33
|
2238.00
|
3000
|
3000
|
-
|
|
Champadanga(WB)
|
12.00
|
-20
|
1274.00
|
2700
|
2700
|
8.00
|
|
Dinhata(WB)
|
12.00
|
-20
|
145.50
|
2250
|
2250
|
10.29
|
|
Fatehpur(UP)
|
11.00
|
22.22
|
383.20
|
2225
|
2225
|
NC
|
|
Nilagiri(Ori)
|
10.00
|
NC
|
677.00
|
2300
|
2300
|
-4.17
|
|
Sheoraphuly(WB)
|
8.00
|
NC
|
609.15
|
2800
|
2850
|
5.66
|
|
Khairagarh(UP)
|
7.50
|
7.14
|
554.50
|
2240
|
2240
|
9.80
|
|
Mirzapur(UP)
|
7.50
|
25
|
1692.60
|
1985
|
1990
|
-0.25
|
|
Robertsganj(UP)
|
7.50
|
-25
|
805.50
|
1990
|
1985
|
6.99
|
|
Dibiapur(UP)
|
7.50
|
7.14
|
278.00
|
2230
|
2250
|
-1.33
|
|
Cherthalai(Ker)
|
7.00
|
-30
|
462.00
|
2200
|
2200
|
-12.00
|
|
Raiganj(WB)
|
7.00
|
-12.5
|
1109.50
|
2750
|
2700
|
-5.17
|
|
Karsiyang(Matigara)(WB)
|
6.20
|
NC
|
215.20
|
2700
|
1900
|
22.73
|
|
Firozabad(UP)
|
6.00
|
-14.29
|
803.10
|
2270
|
2260
|
11.27
|
|
Muradabad(UP)
|
6.00
|
-33.33
|
628.20
|
2450
|
2440
|
12.64
|
|
Islampur(WB)
|
6.00
|
50
|
404.00
|
2450
|
2450
|
13.95
|
|
Haldibari(WB)
|
6.00
|
NC
|
711.50
|
2250
|
2300
|
-15.09
|
|
Karanjia(Ori)
|
5.50
|
-8.33
|
437.30
|
2700
|
2700
|
3.85
|
|
Silapathar(ASM)
|
5.20
|
-25.71
|
733.00
|
3000
|
3000
|
NC
|
|
Uluberia(WB)
|
4.40
|
-15.38
|
293.20
|
2400
|
2400
|
-4.00
|
|
Hailakandi(ASM)
|
4.00
|
-20
|
158.00
|
2200
|
2200
|
-18.52
|
|
Rura(UP)
|
3.50
|
-22.22
|
190.80
|
2230
|
2210
|
-0.89
|
|
Achnera(UP)
|
3.10
|
3.33
|
42.10
|
2150
|
2150
|
5.91
|
|
Alibagh(Mah)
|
3.00
|
NC
|
186.00
|
4000
|
4000
|
21.21
|
|
Mangaon(Mah)
|
3.00
|
50
|
55.00
|
2800
|
2800
|
12.00
|
|
Murud(Mah)
|
3.00
|
NC
|
255.00
|
3000
|
3000
|
87.50
|
|
Darjeeling(WB)
|
3.00
|
7.14
|
115.50
|
2900
|
2900
|
7.41
|
|
Fatehpur Sikri(UP)
|
2.80
|
-6.67
|
63.80
|
2200
|
2200
|
9.45
|
|
Jagnair(UP)
|
2.70
|
-15.62
|
71.90
|
2150
|
4280
|
5.91
|
|
Sardhana(UP)
|
1.50
|
50
|
100.60
|
2290
|
2280
|
7.01
|
|
Bonai(Bonai)(Ori)
|
0.60
|
NC
|
96.30
|
2500
|
2200
|
13.64
|
|
Ernakulam(Ker)
|
0.58
|
3.57
|
13.82
|
3500
|
3500
|
7.69
|
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/article9123994.ece
Rice Prices
as on : 20-09-2016 02:02:15 PMArrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.
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Arrivals
|
Price
|
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|
Current
|
%
change |
Season
cumulative |
Modal
|
Prev.
Modal |
Prev.Yr
%change |
|
|
Rice
|
||||||
|
Bangalore(Kar)
|
3765.00
|
25.33
|
194031.00
|
3800
|
3800
|
-11.63
|
|
Gadarpur(Utr)
|
3708.00
|
10.1
|
152436.00
|
2375
|
2161
|
29.92
|
|
Bazpur(Utr)
|
440.00
|
-83.82
|
59942.19
|
2362
|
1915
|
24.25
|
|
Pilibhit(UP)
|
400.00
|
14.29
|
750.00
|
2245
|
2200
|
2.28
|
|
Manjeri(Ker)
|
290.00
|
NC
|
12760.00
|
3200
|
3200
|
-3.03
|
|
Azamgarh(UP)
|
170.00
|
25.93
|
7201.00
|
2250
|
2260
|
9.76
|
|
Mathabhanga(WB)
|
120.00
|
9.09
|
6500.00
|
2450
|
2450
|
25.64
|
|
Ballia(UP)
|
80.00
|
14.29
|
8230.00
|
2080
|
2080
|
5.05
|
|
Devariya(UP)
|
80.00
|
14.29
|
2625.00
|
2275
|
2265
|
12.35
|
|
Indus(Bankura Sadar)(WB)
|
80.00
|
NC
|
1242.00
|
2500
|
2500
|
13.64
|
|
Kalipur(WB)
|
76.00
|
26.67
|
8358.00
|
2400
|
2400
|
20.00
|
|
Thodupuzha(Ker)
|
70.00
|
NC
|
4340.00
|
2900
|
2900
|
16.00
|
|
Gajol(WB)
|
47.50
|
5.56
|
1322.00
|
3100
|
3100
|
19.23
|
|
Gauripur(ASM)
|
40.00
|
33.33
|
3306.50
|
4500
|
4500
|
NC
|
|
Aligarh(UP)
|
40.00
|
-46.67
|
5880.00
|
800
|
2400
|
-62.79
|
|
Yusufpur(UP)
|
35.00
|
133.33
|
1220.00
|
2070
|
2070
|
4.02
|
|
Gazipur(UP)
|
30.00
|
7.14
|
3158.50
|
2060
|
2060
|
2.23
|
|
Achalda(UP)
|
27.00
|
8
|
4420.50
|
2265
|
2265
|
1.12
|
|
Mathura(UP)
|
25.00
|
-54.55
|
6475.00
|
2380
|
2340
|
17.82
|
|
Garbeta(Medinipur)(WB)
|
25.00
|
-10.71
|
134.00
|
2500
|
2600
|
-
|
|
Ulhasnagar(Mah)
|
20.00
|
NC
|
355.00
|
3000
|
3000
|
-
|
|
Kaliaganj(WB)
|
20.00
|
11.11
|
1128.00
|
2750
|
2750
|
-1.79
|
|
Alipurduar(WB)
|
20.00
|
NC
|
718.00
|
2300
|
2300
|
2.22
|
|
Kolaghat(WB)
|
20.00
|
-4.76
|
1210.00
|
2450
|
2450
|
2.08
|
|
Tamluk (Medinipur E)(WB)
|
18.00
|
5.88
|
1169.00
|
2450
|
2450
|
2.08
|
|
Jambusar(Guj)
|
15.70
|
881.25
|
1184.05
|
3200
|
3100
|
-14.67
|
|
Sirsa(UP)
|
15.00
|
-18.92
|
669.00
|
2260
|
2265
|
3.91
|
|
Shahganj(UP)
|
15.00
|
-40
|
122.00
|
2120
|
2120
|
6.53
|
|
Kolar(Kar)
|
13.00
|
550
|
206.00
|
4742
|
3850
|
25.62
|
|
Kolhapur(Laxmipuri)(Mah)
|
12.00
|
NC
|
2250.00
|
3000
|
3000
|
-
|
|
Atarra(UP)
|
12.00
|
9.09
|
130.50
|
2100
|
2150
|
7.69
|
|
Bankura Sadar(WB)
|
12.00
|
-7.69
|
254.00
|
2270
|
2270
|
-
|
|
Dibrugarh(ASM)
|
10.00
|
-41.18
|
1589.30
|
2450
|
2450
|
-
|
|
Alappuzha(Ker)
|
10.00
|
NC
|
240.00
|
4300
|
4400
|
-3.37
|
|
North Lakhimpur(ASM)
|
9.80
|
-19.67
|
2045.80
|
1900
|
1900
|
NC
|
|
Deogarh(Ori)
|
9.00
|
NC
|
598.50
|
2500
|
2500
|
NC
|
|
Cherthalai(Ker)
|
8.50
|
21.43
|
470.50
|
2350
|
2200
|
-6.00
|
|
Fatehpur(UP)
|
8.00
|
-27.27
|
391.20
|
2215
|
2225
|
-0.45
|
|
Champadanga(WB)
|
8.00
|
-33.33
|
1282.00
|
2700
|
2700
|
8.00
|
|
Mirzapur(UP)
|
7.00
|
-6.67
|
1699.60
|
1980
|
1985
|
-0.50
|
|
Raiganj(WB)
|
7.00
|
NC
|
1116.50
|
2750
|
2750
|
-5.17
|
|
Robertsganj(UP)
|
6.50
|
-13.33
|
812.00
|
1985
|
1990
|
6.72
|
|
Karanjia(Ori)
|
6.00
|
9.09
|
443.30
|
2700
|
2700
|
3.85
|
|
Uluberia(WB)
|
5.00
|
13.64
|
298.20
|
2400
|
2400
|
-4.00
|
|
Islampur(WB)
|
4.20
|
-30
|
408.20
|
2450
|
2450
|
13.95
|
|
Alibagh(Mah)
|
3.00
|
NC
|
189.00
|
4000
|
4000
|
21.21
|
|
Murud(Mah)
|
3.00
|
NC
|
258.00
|
3000
|
3000
|
87.50
|
|
Darjeeling(WB)
|
2.80
|
-6.67
|
118.30
|
2900
|
2900
|
7.41
|
|
Tileibani(Ori)
|
2.50
|
-16.67
|
27.00
|
2500
|
2000
|
NC
|
|
Penugonda(Mah)
|
1.00
|
NC
|
9.00
|
4070
|
4080
|
-0.25
|
|
Shillong(Meh)
|
1.00
|
NC
|
76.60
|
3500
|
3500
|
NC
|
|
Sardhana(UP)
|
1.00
|
-33.33
|
101.60
|
2280
|
2290
|
6.54
|
|
Kasipur(WB)
|
0.80
|
14.29
|
49.10
|
2320
|
2360
|
8.41
|
|
Ernakulam(Ker)
|
0.56
|
-3.45
|
14.38
|
3500
|
3500
|
7.69
|
09/19/2016 Farm Bureau Market Report
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High
|
Low
|
|
|
Long
Grain Cash Bids
|
- - -
|
- - -
|
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Long
Grain New Crop
|
- - -
|
- - -
|
|
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Rice Comment
Rice prices closed lower today. As harvest
continues rice remains under pressure from the large crop being harvested as
well as the large crop left over from last year. While the USDA is forecasting
stronger U.S. rice exports,. to date, total commitments remain almost 20%
behind year ago levels. The market needs to see additional demand to help rice
prices recover from recent losses.
DA officials update farmers on new plans, programs
Posted
on Sep - 19 - 2016
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Key officials of the Department of Agriculture
(DA) updated the farmers on the agency’s targets for the next six years during
the recently concluded Lakbay Palay at the Philippine Rice
Research Institute (PhilRice) in Nueva Ecija, Sept. 15-16.Speaking to over
1,000 farmer participants, DA’s Director for field operations Roy M. Abaya and
National Rice Program senior technical adviser and PhilRice’s first Executive
Director Dr. Santiago R. Obien said that the DA aims to achieve rice
self-sufficiency and provide available and affordable food for all Filipinos.Abaya represented DA Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol as guest speaker on the first day of the event while Obien represented DA Assistant Secretary for Operations Richard C. Año II on the second day.
“The target is possible since we have the technology and hardworking farmers,” Obien said.
Obien explained DA’s plan to create a national color-coded agriculture and fisheries map to ensure that appropriate crops are planted based on geographic, climatic, and soil type of a certain area.“We will conduct a national consumption survey to predict what kind of food the country needs to produce over the years,” he added.
Abaya introduced to the rice farmers the new program called Rice Productivity Enhancement (RIPE) that aims to conduct a thorough review of the country’s water management and irrigation policies.He added that the said agency will do a nationwide soil-analysis, improve rice technologies, introduce high-yielding varieties, rehabilitate soil and fertilizer program, and harvest and postharvest facilities.
DA also plans to improve the method of insurance for farmers, provide free irrigation, curb rice smuggling, and intensify research and development.
The two-day event taught farmers on the latest technologies on rice farming. Among the stations visited by farmers were the FutureRice Farm, Palayabangan: The 10-5 Challenge, breeder seed production area, azolla and organic fertilizer production, Palayamanan Plus complex, and Rice Science Museum.
Lakbay-Palay is a major activity of PhilRice done twice yearly, one each for dry and wet seasons. It gathers thousands of farmers as well as students, researchers, and decision makers from different provinces
- See more at:
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http://www.philrice.gov.ph/da-officials-update-farmers-new-plans-programs/
Rice Millers Can Now Get $20 Mil
Rice millers in the country will now be able to
access the government’s promised emergency loan of $20 million to purchase
paddy rice from farmers in a bid to prevent rice prices from falling further,
the Rural Development Bank (RDB) announced yesterday.Rural Development Bank CEO
Kao Thach said the government’s $20 million emergency loan had been transferred
to the RDB yesterday after Prime Minister Hun Sen approved it on Friday.All
rice millers in the country who have their own warehouses and silos to store
rice can now apply for the emergency loan from RDB,” Mr. Thach told reporters
at a press conference.
“The criteria is that a separate warehouse is
needed with double locks ‒ one for the miller and the other for the RDB. The
millers must also have fire insurance,” he added.Rice millers who do not have
warehouses or silos, the RDB CEO said, will still be eligible for the loan from
the bank provided they deposit their paddy rice to be milled at government
warehouses, which in turn will be used as a collateral for the loan.The
government, Mr. Thach said, will provide loans to rice millers of up to 70
percent of the total amount required to buy paddy rice from farmers and would
charge them an interest rate of eight percent a year. He added that the
government had already prepared warehouses in five locations across the country
to pre-position paddy rice stocks.
Storage facilities in Pursat, Battambang, Siem
Reap and Banteay Meanchey provinces will be part of the scheme, as well as
facilities in Phnom Penh, Kandal, Takeo, Kampot and Kampong Speu provinces,
said Mr. Thach.On the other hand, he said, Thbung Khmum, Kampong Cham, Prey
Veng and Svay Rieng provinces will only have one storage facility each.r. Thach
said the rice millers could also use the rice stock in their own warehouses as
collateral to get loans based on an agreement between them and the RDB.In June,
the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) announced that the government agreed to
offer loans of between $20 million and $30 million to help millers buy paddy
rice from farmers after the harvest this November to store in warehouses and
process for export.
The loans were to be made to the CRF, using the
Rural Development Bank (RDB), with the foundation acting as guarantor.The CRF
in turn would screen all applicants and hand out the money to deserving rice
millers, who are now reeling from the aftereffects of the severe drought and
facing stiff competition from low-grade rice flowing into the country from
Vietnam. But three months later, the loans have yet to be made and a
specter of doom and gloom hung over the sector because there was only a short
three or four-week window of opportunity to buy paddy rice from farmers for
milling in November.If this was missed, rice millers said, the harvested paddy
rice would be sold by farmers to rice millers in neighboring countries for much
lower prices.The Ministry of Economy and Finance released a statement on Friday
saying that the money would be used to both stabilize currently falling prices
and pay farmers, at market prices, for their newly harvested rice.
“Through this special program, the government
will purchase about 90,000 tons of rice from farmers, which will make the rice
price rise to more than 940,000 riel [$235] a ton. The Ministry of Economy and
Finance will redirect about $20 million from the emergency budget fund to the
Rural Development Bank to implement the special government program,” the
statement said.In addition to the $20 million of government funds, the RDB is
loaning $7 million to the project. It is hoped that buying such a large
quantity of rice at a price similar to last year will raise the current 770,000
riel ($193) a ton price that is causing farmers such concern.
Ros Seilava, an undersecretary of state at the
Ministry of Economy and Finance, said yesterday that the country’s rice sector
was facing a myriad of problems ‒ from falling grain prices to the reluctance
of banks and microfinance institutions to loan money to millers and farmers.“The
government’s emergency loan is just a short-term measure. The bigger issue is
dealing with the mindsets of millers and farmers,” said Mr. Seilava.“Cambodia’s
rice production costs are still very high compared with Thailand and Vietnam
and that makes our rice very uncompetitive in regional markets,” he said.“We
need to be more forward thinking and have a long-term strategy to save the
country’s rice sector.”
Hun Lak, the CRF’s vice-president, told Khmer Times the current crisis in Cambodia’s rice sector was caused by domestic and external market factors.“The external factors are falling international markets for rice and the flooding of the country of cheaper-priced rice from neighboring countries. The domestic factors involve lowering rice production costs, amidst lower supply of paddy rice for milling,” said Mr. Lak.He said Cambodia needed to learn from its neighbors on how to lower rice production costs, despite falling exports.
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29939/rice-millers--can-now--get--20-mil/
Prime Minister Seeks $300 Million From China for Rice Sector
In the latest effort to mitigate the impact of
plummeting rice prices, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that the
government was seeking $300 million from China to boost the capacity of rice
millers and provide funds to them for purchasing paddy from farmers.
The announcement, made during a graduation
ceremony in Phnom Penh, came just days after the premier approved a $27 million
grant to rice millers for purchasing paddy—$20 million from the government and
$7 from the Rural Development Bank. The average price per ton of paddy dropped
from $250 in mid-August to $193 last week.
Kao Thach, director-general of the Rural
Development Bank, speaks during a press conference at its headquarters in Phnom
Penh on Monday. (Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily)
“Our capital is not enough,” Mr. Hun Sen said
on Monday. “The state’s immediate release of $20 million was a necessary
intervention to resolve the impacts incurred by our farmers.”
“For a medium-term solution, I have worked with
Chinese leaders and our specialists are working with Chinese officials, because
we need $300 million from our friend China to build” mills, kilns, storage
warehouses and other infrastructure, he said.
Speaking at a press conference at the Rural
Development Bank in Phnom Penh on Monday, Ros Seilava, an undersecretary of
state at the Finance Ministry, said the government planned to invest $300
million in infrastructure to store and dry paddy by next year. He said he was
unsure whether this was the same money that the prime minister had requested
from China.
“Regarding the long-term plans, we achieved the
first plan, winning the [award for the] No. 1 best rice in the world,” he said,
adding that a second plan to increase milled rice exports to 1 million tons
annually had been overzealous.
With many farmers struggling to repay loans,
Mr. Hun Sen again appealed to microfinance institutions on Monday to be
flexible with late payments, to reduce or eliminate interest fees and to
refrain from lodging court complaints or seizing property.
Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay said public pleas
to profit-seeking companies would not protect farmers unless real policies were
enacted. “The government has to have a law to manage these banks,” he said. “To
control the interest rate you cannot just go and tell the bank ‘don’t do that’
without having a law in place. What bank is going to listen to that?”
Miguel Chanco, lead regional analyst for
Economist Intelligence Unit, said the government’s financial intervention was
no surprise, as it “could benefit the ruling party politically at the coming
commune elections” set for June next year.
“However, if we were looking at a longer time
horizon, I wouldn’t say that it’s a sector that I would put all my cards on as
rice prices are unlikely to return to the heights seen in the late 2000s,” Mr.
Chanco added.
“Public funds would be better spent on
long-term measures to wean more people off rice farming, thereby reducing
Cambodia’s vulnerability to the ebb and flow of global commodity prices.”
(Additional reporting by Kang Sothear)
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https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-seeks-300-million-china-rice-sector-118209/
Rice exports to decline sharply this year
Update: September, 19/2016 - 18:15
Việt
Nam’s rice exporters are facing with difficulties as global prices have
declined. — Photo trithucvaphattrien.vn
HCM CITY — Việt Nam hopes to export 1.6 million tonnes rice in
the four remaining months of the year, raising exports for the year to 4.9
million tonnes, said the Việt Nam Food Association (VFA).
According
to a report the VFA tabled at a meeting held in southern An Giang Province late
last week, exports of 3.3 million tonnes in the first eight months of the year
fetched US$1.43 billion and represented a year-on-year reduction of 13.5 per
cent in volume and 10 per cent in value.
More
than a million tonnes worth of contracts are on hand as are 1.2 million tonnes
of inventory.
Business
executives attending the meeting said their inventories were at high prices
while global prices have declined, threatening to cause difficulties for them.
For
instance, 5 per cent broken rice from Thailand usually sells at above $400 per
tonne, but currently stands at $370. Pakistani rice prices have fallen the most
-- to around $330.
It is
unlikely for domestic prices to go up in a short time despite the contracts to
export large volumes, the executives said.
Lâm Anh
Tuấn, director of Thịnh Phát Co., Ltd, said rice exports this year would be
below expectations.
Thailand’s
effort to increase exports amid a global slowdown in demand is among the
reasons for prices to drop, he said.
The
annual global rice trade is around 40 million tonnes a year, and any sudden
increase in supply from one source hits the market share of others, he said.
“For
this year the VFA set an export target of 6.5 million tonnes, but due to market
volatility it has adjusted the target. The new target is 4.9 million tonnes,
but nobody can predict anything because we depend on the market. If from now to
year-end the market is good, rice exports will be higher.
“But I
think rice exports this year will surely be lower than in previous years, with exports
via border trade falling the most. China considers rice imports over the border
as smuggling.”
According
to the VFA, rice exports to China reduced by 13.33 per cent in the first eight
months of the year.
Firms
said the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta had almost completed harvest of the
summer-autumn rice crop and the volume was not high.
Yet
paddy prices are not very high because a large volume of Cambodian rice has
entered the domestic market.
The
country earned $2.68 billion from export of 6.5 million tonnes of the grain
last year, a decrease of 3.94 per cent in value despite a marginal increase in
volumes as prices dropped. — VNS
Oman
Dining: This weekend eat at Khyber
September
19, 2016 | 7:02 PM
by
Ashish Dubash
A must
try for die-hard Indian cuisine.
Sharelines
Where
Khyber
Must Eat
Chicken Biryani
What Is It?
It is basmati rice cooked with boneless pieces of chicken which is marinated with herbs and spices and cooked to perfection. While the rice is fluffy, the masalas blend well with the rice and is flavourful. It is served with raita and salad.
Price
OMR 4.1 (including tax)
Also Try
Apart from this there are lots of options. For the starters you can try Chicken 65 which is basically a south Indian speciality. The chicken pieces are marinated in a special sauce with yoghurt and deep fried. It is very crispy and a great starter to go with your drinks. Also try Gobi Manchurian, which is cauliflower stir fried in an Indo Chinese celery flavoured sauce. For the main course go for Murg Hyderabadi. It is tender boneless chicken with mint and coriander and cooked in tomatoes and onion gravy with spices. Murg Methi which is tender cube chicken cooked in garlic, ginger, tomatoes, and fenugreek is the other spicy dish one must try. We ate these with plain kulchas topped with coriander.
What’s special
A super place to have some delicious and authentic Indian food. A must try for die-hard Indian cuisine. They also have a party hall and do outdoor catering.
—ashishdubash@timesofoman.com
Location
Khyber Restaurant, CBD area, near NBO (HO)
+968 2478 1901
Khyber
Must Eat
Chicken Biryani
What Is It?
It is basmati rice cooked with boneless pieces of chicken which is marinated with herbs and spices and cooked to perfection. While the rice is fluffy, the masalas blend well with the rice and is flavourful. It is served with raita and salad.
Price
OMR 4.1 (including tax)
Also Try
Apart from this there are lots of options. For the starters you can try Chicken 65 which is basically a south Indian speciality. The chicken pieces are marinated in a special sauce with yoghurt and deep fried. It is very crispy and a great starter to go with your drinks. Also try Gobi Manchurian, which is cauliflower stir fried in an Indo Chinese celery flavoured sauce. For the main course go for Murg Hyderabadi. It is tender boneless chicken with mint and coriander and cooked in tomatoes and onion gravy with spices. Murg Methi which is tender cube chicken cooked in garlic, ginger, tomatoes, and fenugreek is the other spicy dish one must try. We ate these with plain kulchas topped with coriander.
What’s special
A super place to have some delicious and authentic Indian food. A must try for die-hard Indian cuisine. They also have a party hall and do outdoor catering.
—ashishdubash@timesofoman.com
Location
Khyber Restaurant, CBD area, near NBO (HO)
+968 2478 1901
Ministries ink deal for rice megafarms
20 Sep 2016 at 05:00 2,728
NEWSPAPER SECTION: BUSINESS | WRITER: PHUSADEE
ARUNMAS
Ministers from the Commerce, Agriculture and
Interior ministries witness the agreement to buy paddy rice from the megafarm
project. KITJA APICHONROJAREK
The government is moving ahead with a megafarm
scheme under which the government pledges to procure machinery and agricultural
equipment for farmers who cut production costs and raise productivity.The
Commerce Ministry yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the
Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry and the Interior Ministry to proceed with
the development plan and collective support with an aim to develop 426 rice
megafarms spanning 800,000 rai this year.A list of participatory farmers will
be compiled, with modern equipment deployed during the farming, including
harvesting machinery. Participating farmers can borrow up to 5 million baht
with a 0.01% interest rate from the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural
Cooperatives (BAAC), while the Commerce Ministry is responsible for marketing
and sales of the rice, finding interested buyers, mostly millers and local
agricultural cooperatives.
In late August the cabinet approved 3.25
billion baht worth of lending packages via the BAAC for megafarm projects from
2017-19.As of Sept 7, there were 386 rice megafarms being implemented, spanning
500,000 rai. A total of 57,775 farmers from 66 provinces are participating.Agriculture
Minister Chatchai Sarikulya said the government aims to expand the scheme to
cover 1,000 rice megafarms next year. The government is reviewing incentives to
lure more farmers to take part, he said.
Charoen Laothammatas, president of the Thai
Rice Exporters Association, supports the scheme as it cuts farmers' production
costs and raises their productivity and competitiveness. Rice prices are
unlikely to rise much in the short term thanks to higher rice supply, he said.
Thai export prices are now quoted at US$375 a
tonne for white rice 5%, or $30-40 a tonne higher than Vietnamese grains, while
Thai Hom Mali fragrant rice prices remain strong at $680-700 a tonne.Mr Charoen
urged the government to speed up sales of rice state stocks as soon as possible
to help lift rice prices because it would lessen speculation. The government
still controls some 8.4 million tonnes of rice from pledging schemes during
2011-14.
The National Rice Policy Committee decided last
week to delay a plan to dispose of its stocks to curb any adverse impact on
rice prices as new supply from the annual main crop is preparing to enter the
market.
Thailand is forecast to produce 23 million
tonnes of paddy in the main harvest, with new supply gradually hitting the
market from late September
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1090217/ministries-ink-deal-for-rice-megafarms
Brown rice to solve undernourishment in Central Luzon
Monday, September 19, 2016
CITY OF
SAN FERNANDO -- One important reason to switch to brown rice is that it will
solve the region’s problem with undernourishment.Be RICEponsible Campaign
Director Hazel Antonio shared that based on the latest data provided by the
International Food Policy Research Institute, there exists a 13.5 percent
proportion of undernourished in the country’s population.“This is the good thing about brown rice because it can help alleviate our problem with undernourishment,” she stressed.
Since any unpolished rice, regardless of its variety, is considered brown rice, it is recommended for all because polishing removes most of the nutrients in rice grains.
“Brown rice is really considerably more nutritious compared to white rice or milled rice because when rice goes through the process of milling twice, the bran part is removed, which contains most of its nutrients,” Antonio explained.
With this, she is encouraging the people in Central Luzon to consume brown rice because of its nutritious value, and because of its benefits not only for the body but for the Filipino farmers and for the environment, as well.
On a side note, Antonio likewise urged everyone to join the BROWN4Good challenge so as to be of help to the less fortunate.
Spearheaded by Department of Agriculture and Philippine Rice Research Institute, the BROWN4Good challenge is a competition among all regions nationwide to gather 50,000 posts in the social media with the hashtags “#BROWN4Good” and “#Region3”.
The said challenge aims to promote brown rice consumption for good, and for a good cause.
For every post with the said hashtags, a cup of rice is donated to the less fortunate. The challenge will last until October 31, 2016. (CLJD/JRAA-PIA 3
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2016/09/19/brown-rice-solve-undernourishment-central-luzon-498617
PhilRice
offers ICT-based resources, tools for farmers
- September 20, 2016
- By Merlito G. Edale Jr.
SAN MATEO, Isabela, September 20 (PIA) – The
Philippine Rice Research Institute (PHILRICE) based here urged farmers in
Cagayan Valley region to visit their Information and Communications Technology
(ICT)-based resources and tools to help improve their rice production.
Andres Dela Cruz, PhilRice – Isabela
Research and Development Coordinator, said farmers who failed to visit their
demonstration farms in this province can still be equipped with the necessary
knowledge and skills on the latest developed rice technologies through their
ICT platforms.
To avail of the online ICT-based
resources in agriculture, she said farmers must visit the following websites:
www.pinoyrice.com, http://e-extenson.gov.ph,
www.knowledgebank.irri.org, http//webapps.irri.org/ph/rcm,
http//ricedoctor.irri.org or they can text their queries to PhilRice at
09209111398.
“Farmers can also learn the latest rice
technologies through our school-on-the-air radio programs over DWSI in Santiago
City and DWDA in Tuguegaao City, both entitled “Madiskarteng Pagsasaka,” Dela
Cruz said.
Dela Cruz added that they also set to
conduct series of community visits through their Rural Transformation Movement
to bring their various services and rice technologies at the grassroots.
(ALM/MGE/PIA-2 Isabela
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/481473905836/philrice-offers-ict-based-resources-tools-for-farmers
Images of PH President and VP in rice paddy: A call to unity
UNTV News20 September 2016
NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines —The FutureRice Program, under the Philippine Rice
Research Institute, taps agritourism to call for unity among Filipinos in
advancing our rice industry and in uplifting the lives of our rice farmers
under the new administration. A 1000-square meter rice paddy displays an art
work featuring the images of President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni
Robredo. The paddy art is called “Rice Up Pilipinas”.
The site was launched last
September 16 and is open for public viewing daily from 6AM to 6PM.
The paddy art used the
Korean variety Purple rice with dark purple leaves to show distinction from the
regular green-leafed inbred variety NSIC Rc308.
The FutureRice Program ICT
Specialist Nehemiah L. Caballong created the layout and design using the
software Photoshop, guided by the anamorphosis approach which distorts the
image to appear clearly from the viewing point.
Farm Manager Marian Rikka
O. Añora led the manual transplanting of the rice paddy art joined by about
thirty farmers from the Genetic Resources Division of PhilRice last August 22.
A pattern similar of that for cross-stitch was followed by the group to create
the art.
FutureRice Program leader
Roger Barroga said, “We came up with a creative way to call for unity among Filipinos
to become partners for change in rice farming.”
PhilRice is known for its
BeRiceponsible and Brown4good campaigns which promotes responsible consumption
of rice alongside with its research and development projects aimed to attain
food security and help our farmers increase profitability through various
programs.
“We encourage the younger
generation to explore rice farming. It is not the same as before. There are new
opportunities, technologies, and innovations that we think they will find
interesting. They youth is the future of rice. We invite them to come to the
farm and have a different rice experience”, Barroga said.
“We are currently exploring
agritourism as a means to attract people to rice farming especially the youth.
When they come here, they will see and learn about the latest technologies in
rice farming like the use of drone, riding-type mechanical transplanter, clean
energy facilities and of course organic rice and the different varieties of
rice for different environments. They can also enjoy boating and kayaking,”
Barroga added.
The “Rice Up Pilipinas”
paddy art is the third for the FutureRice Program. It has showcased the image
of Dr. Jose Rizal and the popular artists Maine Mendoza and Alden Richards
during wet season 2015 and dry season 2016 respectively.
FutureRice Program is
developing a 5-hectare demonstration site at PhilRice central experiment
station which showcases a collection of high-tech farming innovations as well
as natural and diversified farming techniques for farmers, students,
enthusiasts and stakeholders. The program aims to prepare farmers for future
farming scenarios such as the rising price of fossil-based fuel and climate
change.
Barroga also said that
visiting the FutureRice farm is absolutely for free and that everyone is
welcome. For more info, visit their Facebook page at Facebook.com/FutureRice or
inquire through the PhilRice Text Center 0920-911-1398. (UNTV News and
Rescue)
The post Images of PH President and VP in rice
paddy: A call to unity appeared first on UNTV News.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/images-ph-president-vp-rice-015228162.html
APEDA AgriExchange Newsletter - Volume 1559
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Market Watch
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Commodity-wise, Market-wise
Daily Price on 17-09-2016
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Domestic Prices
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Unit Price : Rs per Qty
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Product
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Market Center
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Variety
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Min Price
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Max Price
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Rice
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1
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Mangalore (Karnataka)
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Fine
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2800
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3590
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2
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Jhagadiya (Gujarat)
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Other
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2000
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3250
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3
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Siliguri (West Bengal)
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Other
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2400
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2800
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Wheat
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1
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Dehgam (Gujarat)
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Other
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1775
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1800
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2
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Khargone (Madhya Pradesh)
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Other
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1747
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1931
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3
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Raver (Maharashtra)
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Other
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1500
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1880
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Mousambi
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||||
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1
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Jagraon (Punjab)
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Other
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2800
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3000
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2
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Mechua (West Bengal)
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Other
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3600
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3700
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3
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Fatehabad (Haryana)
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Other
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2500
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2500
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Brinjal
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||||
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1
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Jajpur (Orissa)
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Other
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1800
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2200
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2
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Palayam (Kerala)
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Other
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1100
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1250
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3
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Solan (Himachal Pradesh)
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Other
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1200
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1800
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