USA
Rice Lets the Trade Do the Talking in the UK
By Eszter Somogyi
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - USA Rice has launched
a print media campaign here using the UK trade itself to endorse the virtues of
U.S.-grown rice in the UK. The campaign
features four branded and five generic spokespeople and covers all areas of the
UK trade from wholesalers, importers, and millers, as well as key members of
the restaurant trade to communicate the qualities of U.S. rice and build around
the critical message of consistency.
"This is the first time our new brand,
Double 8, has been involved with USA Rice in the UK and the benefits this
collaboration brings are exciting" said Olive Chafer, Director of
Riceworks in the UK. "It will be
interesting to see how the testimonial will help drive interest and hopefully
further sales of our Double 8 brand."
Daniel Wo, Director of a leading Oriental foods
supplier also took part in the campaign with the China Chef brand of U.S. long
grain rice, and said, "This is the first time we've been involved with the
USA Rice Federation and its marketing efforts in the UK. We're hoping to see a sales lift from this
campaign"
The campaign, that includes print and online
editions of the magazines with a circulation of nearly 70,000, will continue
running until the end of the year to include the Christmas holiday and the
all-important build up to Chinese New Year celebrations.
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Rice exporters for boosting trade with US
November 29, 2016
KARACHI - Rice Exporters Association of
Pakistan (REAP) Chairman Mahmood Moulvi has emphasized on increasing bilateral
trade with the United States, especially in agriculture sector.“Pakistan
exports good quality rice to the US and still there is a good potential to
increase market share there,” he said in his speech to welcome United States’
Consul General in Karachi Grace W Shelton at a lunch hosted by REAP’s
Patron-in-Chief Abdul Rahim Janoo.
The REAP chairman also suggested to send a high
profile delegation to the US for aggressive marketing of Pakistan rice there.
He requested the US consul general to extend cooperation from his Consulate to
make this visit productive.At this reception, former Senate chairman and former
prime minister Mohammad Mian Soomro, Consul General of Indonesia Hadi Santoso,
deputy high commissioner of United Kingdom, vice consul of Malaysia in Karachi
as well as a large number of REAP members and Federation of Pakistan Chambers
of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) were present.
The REAP patron-in-chief apprised the
participants that Pakistan and the US were enjoying close relationship since
the country’s independence on 14th August, 1947. The US was one of the largest
bilateral trading partners of Pakistan. USA has provided Pakistan with economic
aid through loans and debt relief and was a major supplier of military
equipment.
The USA’s civilian assistance to Pakistan
facilitated cooperation and helped bring a stable, democratic, and prosperous
Pakistan and the region; which was in the interest of both the countries.
This aid focused on energy, economic growth including
agriculture, community stabilisation of underdeveloped areas, education and
health. He also proposed to hold a ‘Biryani’ festival in the US by REAP
members, which would be instrumental to increase the rice exports to the US.
The US consul general appreciated the proposal
of Rahim for holding ‘Biryani’ festival and assured to extend full cooperation.
She thanked him for organising a wonderful gathering in her honour and said the
US would continue to extend their support for the betterment of trade
http://nation.com.pk/business/29-Nov-2016/rice-exporters-for-boosting-trade-with-us
July-October rice exports down 19 percent YoY
Friday, 25 November 2016 11:07
RIZWAN BHATTI
KARACHI: Pakistan's rice exports declined sharply by 19 percent during July-October of this fiscal year (FY17) mainly due to stiff competition in the world market. Exporters said on Thursday that the exports of the country's second largest foreign exchange earner are on the decline for the last two years and need immediate attention of the government to overcome the current crisis.
According to Pakistan Statistics Bureau, Pakistan's overall rice exports posted a 19 percent sharp decline in first four months of this fiscal year. The country earned foreign exchange amounting to $391.65 million in July-October of FY17 compared to $484.478 million in the corresponding period of last fiscal year (FY16), depicting a decrease of $92.822 million.
During the period under review, exports of Basmati rice fell by 34 percent to $103.743 million. Non-Basmati rice exports declined by 12 percent to $288 million. Rice exports not only declined in terms of value, but also decreased in terms of quantity. Overall, some 883,074 tons of rice (Basmati and Non-Basmati) was exported during the first four months of the current fiscal year against one million tons in the same period of last fiscal year.
However, month-on-month basis, rice exports showed some improvement. The country's total rice exports mounted by 79 percent during October 2016 compared to September 2016. During October 2016, Pakistan earned $149 million by exporting rice (Basmati and Non-Basmati) compared to $83 million in September 2016. In addition, rice exports in October 2016 are also one percent higher than October 2015 exports, in which overall rice exports stood at $147.5 million.
Mahmood Moulvi, Chairman Rice Exports Association of Pakistan (REAP), told Business Recorder that due to lower international prices and rising competition in the world market, this year will remain very challenging for the country's rice trade. "Some appropriate and timely measures are required to save the country's second largest export," he added. He said China is the world's largest rice importer and mainly buying from other countries as Pakistani rice is costlier in the international market.
http://www.brecorder.com/pakistan/business-a-economy/329650-july-october-rice-exports-down-19-percent-yoy.html
A number of imported rice brands contain high levels of pesticides
Can we really be confident in what we’re eating?
byEllie
McDonald
Nov 25, 2016
In an SBS investigation, two of the four rice samples the
broadcasting service had tested by Australia’s National Measurement Institute
failed to comply with Australian regulations.These rice varieties can currently
be bought in supermarkets across the country, as well as South Asian grocery
stores.Worryingly, an insecticide called buprofezin, which is not permitted in
rice in Australia, was found in Kohinoor Basmati rice, imported from India.
Not only that, but made-in-Pakistan Indus
Basmati Rice contained chlorpyrifos – an insecticide that is reported to be in
breach of the Australian and New Zealand food code.And it seems that these
brands of rice aren’t the only products under scrutiny. Earlier this year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced
that they are now forcing brands like ALDI and Menora to carry out annual testing
of the composition of their herb and spice products. This comes after testing
uncovered that ALDI’s Stonemill Oregano and Menora-branded oregano also
contained primary ingredients (like olive leaves and sumac leaves).
http://www.aww.com.au/latest-news/health/sbs-report-finds-some-imported-rice-contains-pesticides-29844
PH-developed IR8, world’s first high-yielding rice, turns 50
ed November 29, 2016, 5:02 PM
WATCH:
IR8 – the rice variety that fed the world
Video
produced by the International Rice Research Institute
November
2016 marks the 50th anniversary of IR8; the world’s first high-yielding
rice variety and the first rice variety released by the International Rice
Research Institute (IRRI).
IR8
sparked the Green Revolution in Asia—a phenomenon that saved the region from
famine in the 1960s and 70s. This scientific innovation was soon followed by
other high-yielding varieties that each offered increasing vigor and resistance
to pests and disease—the major scourges of that period. These varieties were
also adaptable where they were most urgently needed: the Philippines, Vietnam,
Myanmar (then Burma), Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the biggest of them
all—India.
In the
1950s, Asia was on the brink of famine and millions of people were in danger of
starving. In 1960, IRRI was established with one pressing mission: To develop
high-yielding rice varieties.
Thus
began intensive research and breeding work that sought ultimately to enable the
production of more—much, much more—rice than previously possible in order to
stave off predicted mass food shortages across the continent.
IR8 is
the first offspring of these efforts. It is a semidwarf rice and was the result
of a cross between Peta, a tall vigorous variety from Indonesia, and
Dee-geo-woo-gen, a dwarf variety from Taiwan.
In the
1960s, average yield in the Philippines was at about a ton per hectare. In
initial tests at the IRRI fields in Los Baños, IR8 produced an average of 9.4
tons per hectare.
In the
business of growing food, this breakthrough is no small deal. The Philippine
press dubbed the grain a befitting “Miracle Rice.”
In the
late 1960s, IR8 was introduced in India at about the same time another variety,
‘Jaya,’ was released. Quick field evaluations and rapid promotion of the two
varieties by the Indian government, with the help of some pioneering
Indian farmers, started the country’s own Green Revolution in rice.
Jaya,
bred from an IRRI-introduced variety and an indica variety, is a high-yielding
semidwarf rice that produces long, bold grains—preferred qualities of the
Indian palate. It was a product of intensive breeding under the All-India
Coordinated Rice Improvement Project (AICRIP), a
collaboration between India and IRRI launched by the Indian Council
of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 1965.
IR8 rice
variety / Photo courtesy of IRRI /Manila Bulletin
http://newsbits.mb.com.ph/2016/11/29/ph-developed-ir8-worlds-first-high-yielding-rice-turns-50/
Rice variety on your platter with extra zinc
THE HANS INDIA | Nov 29,2016 , 04:04 AM
IST
Hyderabad: Do you know that the rice we
normally consume is shorn of its actual nutritional elements by the time it
comes on to your platter?
Rice loses 90 percent of nutrients when
polished and around 5 percent to 10 percent while being washed before cooking. And
ultimately, whatever remains in the rice after cooking are carbohydrates.
However, the recent development of a new variety of rice fortified with extra
dose of zinc has proved to be the solution to minimise the loss of crucial
nutrients during all these processes.
The Hyderabad-based Indian Institute of Rice
Research (IIRR) has developed a new rice variety - DRR Dhan 45 - in which the
zinc content is retained even after polishing and washing. According to Dr
Ravindra Babu, Director, IIRR, this variety has been released in Telangana,
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. “By next year we want to distribute
it to 10,000 farmers in these four states,” he told The Hans India.
Elucidating on its intrinsic values, Dr
Ravindra Babu said that the content of zinc retained in the IIRR variety is 22
PPM (parts per million), which is higher than the international standard of 20
PPM required in the polished rice. “Moreover, it is also a high-yielding
variety,” he said and added, “We have already achieved food security, and now
with this new variety we have moved another step ahead to accomplish
nutritional food security.
Zinc is an important nutrient for cell
physiological activities. More than 200 cell activities are dependent on zinc.
“Women need zinc four times more than men. Zinc is a necessity for conceived
women for the growth of the child in the womb.
It is important for the development of the
brain and other organs of the child,” Dr Ravindra Babu pointed out and said
that children up to five years of age who have sufficient zinc will have
resistance to diarrhoea.
By:Satyapal Menonhttp://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2016-11-29/Rice-variety-on-your-platter-with-extra-zinc/266077
DOST teaches packaging, labeling to Negros
farmers
Members of the Pacita Agricultural Workers
Association (PAWA) of Don Jorge Araneta in Bago City, recently attended a
seminar on food safety and food packaging and labeling by the Department of
Science and Technology.PAWA is the pilot site of the PalaYamaNayon of the
Philippine Rice Research Institute or PhilRice, a strategy of the institute’s
Rural Transformation Movement that envisions a holistic, inclusive and
sustainable rural development in a rice-based community.
Also,PalaYamaNayon aims to engage the
community in various expertise and organizations, thus the seminar for
packaging and labelling for their rice produce.
Aside from rice, the community is also into
hog-fattening and later went into processed meat production when PhilRice
trained them on meat processing for additional incomes.
The seminar on food safety taught them food
handling and other food safety practices so their products will not cause harm
to consumers. The packaging and labeling seminar teached them the value-adding effect if the product
produced follows the traceability requirements, excellent designs, and
product appearance.
The seminar ended with the DOST pledging to
provide the participants free design and initial packaging materials to start
the operations of the group.*MNM
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2016/November/29/businessnews4.htm
Kaiima and Horizon Ag Announce Their Collaboration to Develop New Rice Varieties for the U.S. Market Using the EP™ Technology Platform
Nov 28, 2016, 09:00 ET
Horizon Ag and Kaiima have recently completed the development phase and are entering the new EP™ rice varieties in first year yield trials in 2017 in select locations across the U.S. rice growing belt. The companies are considering the possibility of adding additional germplasm conversion projects in the future.
EP™ technology is a breeding tool developed by Kaiima that enhances plant performance by inducing novel diversity within the genome, using the plant's own DNA. The technology works with all major crops and plant species. Kaiima collaborates with multinational and leading regional seed companies to apply its technology to their elite germplasm. Technology benefits include yield increases, a unique ability to create genetic diversity, improved tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, efficient project development timelines and improved seed production.
"We are excited about our collaboration with Horizon Ag and are eager to obtain favorable initial yield results from our collaboration in 2017," said Rick Greubel, CEO of Kaiima. "Kaiima's EP™ technology platform is a powerful tool for breeding programs and we look forward to continuing to work with Horizon Ag to develop better rice varieties that create value for rice growers."
"We believe that Kaiima's vision for sustainable rice production complements Horizon Ag's strengths," said Timothy Walker, General Manager of Horizon Ag. "The combination of Kaiima's EPTM technology with Horizon Ag's proven performance of bringing novel rice seed technologies to market has the potential to bring significant new efficiencies to the rice industry of the Southern United States, and we are pleased to be a part of this effort."
About Horizon Ag
Horizon brings novel rice seed technologies and advanced germplasm to the southern USA rice market, creating unique partnerships with technology providers, seed companies and universities, allowing for more profitable production at the farm level. To learn more about Horizon Ag, please visit www.horizonseed.com.
About Kaiima
Kaiima Bio-Agritech is a plant genetics and technology company that has developed a proprietary technology platform called EP™. EP™ is a new breeding tool that enhances plant performance by inducing novel diversity within the genome, using the plant's own DNA. The technology works with all major crops and plant species. Kaiima's research and development currently covers corn, soy, rapeseed, rice, wheat, tomatoes and peppers. Kaiima collaborates with leading multinational and regional seed companies to apply its EP™ technology to their elite germplasm. To learn more about Kaiima, please visit www.kaiima.com
Media Contacts:
Horizon Ag: Tim Walker, phone: +1-901-818-3070
e-mail: twalker@horizonseed.com
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e-mail: avi@kaiima.com
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Counce works to improve quality of rice
Monday
Posted Nov 28, 2016 at 2:12 PM
By Dawn
Teer / Stuttgart Daily Leader
Editor's Note: This is the eighth article in a
series of question and answer sessions with local scientists at the University
of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center (UARREC) in Stuttgart.Name: Paul
Counce
Education:
B.S. — University of Tennessee at Martin, M.S. — Purdue University and PhD —
University of Georgia
Field of study or expertise: Crop and
plant physiology
Hometown: Counce,
Tennessee
Family: Wife, Paula Moore Counce; sons, Joshua Counce
and Caleb Counce
When did you become interested in rice
research?
Primarily when I was hired at the University
of Arkansas. Growing up I was active in 4-H, raised rabbits, swine and
chickens. After high school I joined the army and while in the army, I read an
article about agriculture and how important food was to the entire world. I
decided that's what I wanted to do when I got out of the service. I went to the
University of Tennessee at Martin and studied agriculture and plant science.
What courses did you take that steered you into
the field that became your career?
Plant physiology, crop ecology and adaptation
What do you do at UARREC?
Research on rice physiology. This is the study
of how things function. I work with Dr. Karen Moldenhauer and Dr. Terry
Siebenmorgan on saving water, producing higher yields, producing better quality
yields at times of year when nights are shorter and hotter. They have found
that during these times the grains have a lower quality. We have done a series
of studies looking at the grains and the enzymes which fill the grain out.
What are you currently working on or
developing?
And why?
One of the main things I am working on is
determining the causes of reduced quality of rice. I'm actively pursuing ways
to reduce affects of shorter, hotter nights on rice.
What
research that you have done has been able to help the average rice farmer?
1. Work, which allows many Arkansas rice
producers to save money and water while improving harvesting efficiency by
earlier draining permitted in many situations by our growers.
2. The rice growth staging system.
3. I work to discover limits to improve grain
quality.
4. Working with a series of scientists on
improving quality of rice during shorter, hotter growing seasons.
What are some of the research differences
between what you do and the Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center
(DBNRRC)?
I work on the end product of what DBNRRC does.
They work on improving seed, I work on improving quality after the seed grows.
What are some of the collaborations with
DBNRRC?
Former collaboration with Rolfe Bryant and
Yulin Jia.
What would people be surprised to learn about
your job and what you do?
That we can understand the reasons for various
yield responses in different years and why yield and quality vary so much from
year to year with almost the same production practices.
Do you
have a support staff that assist you in your research? Who are they and what do
they do?
Only one
person now — Lavonda Mitchel
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/news/20161128/counce-works-to-improve-quality-of-rice
Supply pangs hit rice markets
CHENNAI: November 30, 2016 07:29 IST
Updated: November 30, 2016 07:30 IST
Traders say sales have declined by nearly 60%
as consignments no longer reach Red Hills
For the
past few days, the paddy and rice markets in Red Hills — the backbone of the
city’s rice supply — have witnessed a drastic drop in business. Traders say
sales have declined by nearly 60 per cent. With cash being the only mode of
transaction, many trucks from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and surrounding
Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts have stopped transporting produce. Instead of the heavy 25-tonne laden trucks, empty vehicles line the roads leading to the markets that are usually bustling with activity in the early hours. On an average, the markets, which are located on the same road get 100-150 trucks from Andhra Pradesh daily. During peak season, the numbers go up to 250 trucks a day. These wholesale markets, where cash is the backbone of transactions, are severely hit as merchants cannot use old currency notes and are unable to carry out transactions due to the ceiling in the withdrawal limit.
M. Jayapalan, vice-president, Red Hills Paddy and Rice Wholesale Merchants Association, said: “We need to pay at least Rs. 35,000 towards freight charges and labour for every truck. We will also have to make a payment of nearly Rs. 5 lakh for 320 bags of produce.” Truckers are diverting produce to other places including Arani, Chengalpattu and Kancheepuram as traders here are unable to pay them in cash.
“Rice wholesalers and retailers from the city also do not visit the market as we cannot accept old currency notes. There has not been much of an increase in the prices as there is no sales,” he said. M. Muthu of Radha Paddy Mandy said payments for workers and truckers was also an issue. “They refuse to take the high denomination notes, both new and old ones. There are over 100 rice mills in Red Hills and all of them have been affected,” he said.
D. Thulasingam, president of Federation of Tamil Nadu Rice Mill Owners and Paddy-Rice Dealers Association, said that recently, they had convened a meeting of paddy suppliers and rice millers. “Many of them do not have bank accounts. And even if they have and if we transfer cash, farmers can withdraw only Rs. 25,000 at a time and others Rs. 2,500. They say they would rather not do any business and wait till things clear up,” he said.
Harvest season
Though
there is enough stock in the mills, the harvest season, particularly of the
Bapatla rice variety, is on. Wholesale merchants demanded that the government
must either increase the withdrawal limit for traders or allow the use of old
notes. “Rice is more important than fuel. When they allow de-notified
currencies in fuel outlets, they should allow it in the rice markets too,” said
a trader.
Meanwhile, lorry operators noted that only
15,000 of the 50,000 trucks operated across the State were plying now. R.
Sugumar, president of Tamil Nadu Lorry Owners Federation, said only 30 per cent
of the sales is happening. “We are forced to halt operations as we are unable
to even meet the daily expenditure of drivers,” he said
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Supply-pangs-hit-rice-markets/article16728842.ece
China allows 14 Indian firms to export rice
The companies include LT Foods, maker of the Dawat brand, KRBL, maker of the India Gate brand, and Kohinoor Foods
Sanjeeb Mukherjee & Jyoti Mukul | New
Delhi November 30, 2016 Last Updated at 01:01 IST
China has agreed to import basmati rice from 14
companies in India, opening a new vista for the country’s rice exports.The
companies include LT Foods, maker of the Dawat brand, KRBL, maker of the India
Gate brand, and Kohinoor Foods. Five companies that wanted to export to China
and were registered with the authority for phytosanitary certification, the
National Plant Protection Organisation (NPPO), did not qualify and have been
told to improve their quality before applying afresh.China is one of the
world’s largest importers of rice, but it had so far not allowed imports of
basmati rice. Chinese prefer low aroma and shorter grain rice from India.
The Chinese had earlier claimed basmati rice
consignments contained beetles and were unfit for consumption, an allegation
Indian authorities have denied. The Chinese finally agreed to inspect all 19
basmati rice-making companies in India registered with the NPPO in September.
With this clearance, India can look to lower
its trade deficit with China that has ballooned from $1.1 billion in 2003-04 to
$52.7 billion in 2015-16.
www.indiafinancenews.com/china-allows-14-indian-firms-to-export-rice
Vietnam’s rice exports see record low in 2016
VietNamNet Bridge - Contrary to optimistic
forecasts given earlier this year, rice exports have plunged recently. The
total export volume would be less than 5 million tons in 2016, a record low
since 2009.
Lao Dong cited a VFA report as saying that
Vietnam had exported 4.117 million tons of rice by the end of October with
export turnover of $1.836 billion, a decrease of 21.2 percent in volume and
16.9 percent in value compared with the same period last year. VFA
emphasized that the problem not only lies in the sharp fall in exports, but
also in the abnormally high inventory volume. It is estimated that 1.2 million
tons of rice are still in stocks.
Gana, the second largest export market for Vietnam, imported 387,700 tons of rice from Vietnam, worth $189.6 million, which represented an increase of 41.8 percent in volume and 36.2 percent in value.
Indonesia, Vietnam’s fourth largest export market, imported 359,400 tons of rice in the first nine months, worth $142.5 million.
However, the increases in exports to the two markets could not offset the decreases in exports to China, the largest export market.
Nguyen Dinh Bich, a trade expert, in an article on Thoi Bao Kinh Te Saigon, stressed that only Vietnam had a bad export season in 2016, while its rivals had satisfactory business.
Gana, the second largest export market for Vietnam, imported 387,700 tons of rice from Vietnam, worth $189.6 million, which represented an increase of 41.8 percent in volume and 36.2 percent in value.
Indonesia, Vietnam’s fourth largest export market, imported 359,400 tons of rice in the first nine months, worth $142.5 million.
However, the increases in exports to the two markets could not offset the decreases in exports to China, the largest export market.
Nguyen Dinh Bich, a trade expert, in an article on Thoi Bao Kinh Te Saigon, stressed that only Vietnam had a bad export season in 2016, while its rivals had satisfactory business.
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Contrary to optimistic forecasts given
earlier this year, rice exports have plunged recently. The total export
volume would be less than 5 million tons in 2016, a record low since 2009.
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If the export volume in the last two months of
the year is less than 400,000 tons as forecasted in October, Vietnam’s total
export volume in 2016 would be less than 5 million tons.
Meanwhile, India leads the world in rice exports with 8.1 million tons in the first nine months of the year, a drop of 9.9 percent compared with the same period last year. Thailand has been firm in the second position with 6.9 million tons, a slight increase of 3.7 percent.Bich pointed out that exporters were wrong when believing that Thailand’s move to sell its stockpile would not affect Vietnam’s exports.
Meanwhile, India leads the world in rice exports with 8.1 million tons in the first nine months of the year, a drop of 9.9 percent compared with the same period last year. Thailand has been firm in the second position with 6.9 million tons, a slight increase of 3.7 percent.Bich pointed out that exporters were wrong when believing that Thailand’s move to sell its stockpile would not affect Vietnam’s exports.
Reports showed that in order to export 6.9 million tons of rice in the first nine months, Thailand offered the low price of $449 per ton, or $31 per ton lower than the price of the same period last year. Meanwhile, the average price for 5.2 million tons of white rice dropped to $351 per ton. The average price of 1.7 million tons of Thai Hom Mali rice dropped to $751 per ton, down by 17.7 percent.After the selling price dropped for old rice, Thailand also offered low prices for new rice to lure customers.Meanwhile, Vietnam’s average export price of 4.2 million tons in the first 10 months was still at $449 per ton, up by 5.5 percent
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/167515/vietnam-s-rice-exports-see-record-low-in-2016.html
Gov`t to Stop Paddy Field Conversion
Tuesday, 29 November, 2016 | 09:08 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Agriculture and Spatial Planning Minister
Sofyan Djalil said that the Government is mulling a policy to maintain eternal
paddy fields and prevent paddy field conversion.“We will develop incentive and
disincentive system,” he said after a coordination meeting at the Coordinating
Ministry for Economic Affairs building in Jakarta on Monday, November 28, 2016.Sofyan
added that incentives would be given to paddy field owners to dissuade them
from converting their fields. Indonesia has seen an increasing rate of paddy
field conversion into both industrial and property land. The Government may
provide some tax cut as an incentive, among others things.Local governments wanting to develop industrial area will also be given incentives to stop them from acquiring paddy fields.Sofyan said that the minimum area of eternal paddy field shall be maintained to meet people’s need for food.He said that eternal paddy field program is stipulated in Law No. 41/2009 on Sustainable Agricultural Land Protection. Local governments are authorized to establish bylaws on eternal paddy field. “But local governments have been reluctant to issue such bylaw,” he said.Sofyan pointed out to the example of Japan who maintained paddy fields through a substantial amount of subsidy, even though it has resulted in soaring rice prices
http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2016/11/29/056823870/Govt-to-Stop-Paddy-Field-Conversion
Thai army continues to help rice farmers
ByNNT
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November 29, 2016
CHIANG RAI – Army units in various provinces
continued to lend support to cash-strapped farmers in an effort to help them
cope with price slump.In Chaing Rai, the 35th mobile development unit of the
Royal Thai Armed Forces and the Veterinary and Agriculture Division 3 of the
Veterinary and Remount Department mobilized 20 harvesting trucks to rice fields
in Mae Chan district to help the farmers collect grains as the renting of such
vehicle would cost as much as 1,000 baht per rai.
Meanwhile, Lampang Governor Suwat Promsuwan and
Deputy Chief of the 32nd Military Circle Col Surakol Tuamsem led a group of
soldiers, police officers and local residents in a traditional rice harvesting
activity at a rice paddy located in Hang Chat district.
Phan Suthapa, the rice field owner, needed help
because he did not have enough manpower to harvest the crop. The 32nd Military
Circle also brought a small rice refining machine to help the owner
http://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/thai-army-continues-help-rice-farmers-156725
Haryana
sees record paddy procurement at 53.24 lakh mt
Paddy procurement in Haryana so far in the current
kharif season crossed 53.24 lakh metric tonnes (lakh mt) -- an all-time high. |
1 Comments Haryana sees record paddy procurement at 53.24 lakh mt Paddy
procurement in Haryana so far in the current kharif season crossed 53.24 lakh
metric tonnes (lakh mt) -- an all-time high. This compares with 42.69 lakh mt
of paddy procured by the agencies during the same period last year, Haryana
Minister of State for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Karan Dev
Kamboj Minister said today. According to Kamboj, a total of 65.37 lakh mt of
paddy has so far arrived in grain markets of the state as against 58.14 lakh mt
in the corresponding period last year.
The procurement of paddy is going on smoothly,
he said in a release. Out of the total arrival this year, 53.55 lakh mt of
paddy is leviable, he said. Millers and dealers have procured about 12.13 lakh
mt of paddy during the current season. Giving a break-up, Kamboj said the Food,
Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department has procured over 22.59 lakh mt
of the crop and HAFED 18.35 lakh mt. Haryana Agro Industries Corporation has
picked over 6.30 lakh mt of paddy and Haryana Warehousing Corporation 5.67 lakh
mt while Food Corporation of India has gone for 31,801 mt. Referring to arrival
of paddy in various districts of the state, the minister said a maximum of
about 12.42 lakh mt of the crop had arrived in grain markets of Karnal,
followed by 11.42 lakh mt in Kurukshetra and about 7.81 lakh mt in Kaithal.
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/haryana-sees-record-paddy-procurement-at-5324-lakh-mt_8035301.html
Rice Prices
as on : 29-11-2016 08:10:54 PMArrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.
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Arrivals
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Price
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Current
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%
change |
Season
cumulative |
Modal
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Prev.
Modal |
Prev.Yr
%change |
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Rice
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Bhivandi(Mah)
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3400.00
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-39.29
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221435.00
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2250
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2250
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9.76
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Bangalore(Kar)
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2217.00
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-27.22
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215331.00
|
4550
|
4550
|
8.33
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Gadarpur(Utr)
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653.00
|
-67.35
|
199120.00
|
2410
|
2160
|
14.60
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Rasda(UP)
|
460.00
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820
|
1070.00
|
2200
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1960
|
10.00
|
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Bangarpet(Kar)
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409.00
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-19.49
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13686.00
|
1830
|
1780
|
12.96
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Burdwan(WB)
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365.00
|
41.47
|
9589.00
|
2100
|
2200
|
20.00
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Pilibhit(UP)
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300.00
|
-91.43
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175557.50
|
2240
|
2235
|
2.28
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Shahjahanpur(UP)
|
195.00
|
-70
|
50151.00
|
2350
|
2325
|
9.30
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Gondal(UP)
|
186.00
|
-6.06
|
14828.50
|
2130
|
2130
|
1.43
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Guskara(Burdwan)(WB)
|
180.00
|
16.88
|
5452.00
|
2300
|
2400
|
11.65
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|
Kanpur(Grain)(UP)
|
175.00
|
-30
|
26585.00
|
2150
|
2000
|
-1.38
|
|
English Bazar(WB)
|
164.00
|
-2.38
|
1911.00
|
2200
|
2100
|
15.79
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Sultanpur(UP)
|
162.50
|
-54.23
|
8774.50
|
2300
|
2335
|
6.98
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Faizabad(UP)
|
150.00
|
36.36
|
5103.00
|
2225
|
2200
|
6.97
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|
Bazpur(Utr)
|
150.00
|
-93.94
|
73091.06
|
2067
|
2188
|
-2.22
|
|
Asansol(WB)
|
133.00
|
NC
|
3700.50
|
2650
|
2650
|
15.22
|
|
Basti(UP)
|
110.00
|
2.33
|
5594.50
|
2125
|
2120
|
2.66
|
|
Bahraich(UP)
|
106.00
|
11.58
|
6357.50
|
2220
|
2200
|
6.73
|
|
Kalna(WB)
|
96.00
|
NC
|
762.00
|
2970
|
2970
|
-
|
|
Bareilly(UP)
|
91.20
|
98.26
|
5832.60
|
2250
|
2275
|
-0.44
|
|
P.O. Uparhali Guwahati(ASM)
|
86.70
|
9.75
|
6259.00
|
2230
|
2230
|
6.19
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Srirampur(ASM)
|
80.00
|
60
|
3280.00
|
3000
|
3000
|
0.67
|
|
Kalipur(WB)
|
80.00
|
6.67
|
9113.00
|
2400
|
2400
|
20.00
|
|
Memari(WB)
|
75.00
|
36.36
|
4745.00
|
1900
|
2100
|
8.57
|
|
Solapur(Mah)
|
64.00
|
28
|
315.00
|
3150
|
3105
|
-10.00
|
|
Mainpuri(UP)
|
63.00
|
NC
|
2691.00
|
2250
|
2250
|
13.64
|
|
Barasat(WB)
|
55.00
|
-8.33
|
3545.00
|
2450
|
2450
|
11.36
|
|
Dadri(UP)
|
52.00
|
4
|
2892.00
|
2250
|
2260
|
9.76
|
|
Gazipur(UP)
|
45.00
|
45.16
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3922.00
|
2200
|
2230
|
8.64
|
|
Haathras(UP)
|
45.00
|
-18.18
|
995.00
|
2500
|
2500
|
15.74
|
|
Kasimbazar(WB)
|
41.00
|
NC
|
3499.00
|
2480
|
2480
|
10.22
|
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Karimganj(ASM)
|
40.00
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NC
|
2120.00
|
2350
|
2350
|
14.63
|
|
Bishnupur(Bankura)(WB)
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40.00
|
14.29
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756.00
|
2300
|
2300
|
-
|
|
Yusufpur(UP)
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38.00
|
26.67
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1726.00
|
2150
|
2140
|
9.41
|
|
Khatra(WB)
|
38.00
|
NC
|
1747.00
|
2300
|
2300
|
6.98
|
|
Beldanga(WB)
|
35.00
|
-6.67
|
5345.00
|
2475
|
2500
|
15.12
|
|
Ballia(UP)
|
30.00
|
-57.14
|
6380.00
|
2225
|
2125
|
11.53
|
|
Balrampur(UP)
|
30.00
|
27.66
|
1648.50
|
2185
|
2185
|
4.55
|
|
Katwa(WB)
|
27.50
|
-
|
55.00
|
2300
|
-
|
-
|
|
Raiganj(WB)
|
27.00
|
NC
|
1357.00
|
2600
|
2600
|
-5.45
|
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Lanka(ASM)
|
25.00
|
-64.29
|
4310.00
|
2000
|
2000
|
15.94
|
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Rampur(UP)
|
25.00
|
NC
|
1461.00
|
2600
|
2575
|
20.93
|
|
Meerut(UP)
|
24.00
|
4.35
|
1109.00
|
2275
|
2300
|
10.98
|
|
Dhekiajuli(ASM)
|
22.00
|
10
|
1651.10
|
2300
|
2300
|
15.00
|
|
Ghatal(WB)
|
22.00
|
-4.35
|
202.00
|
2350
|
2370
|
9.81
|
|
Golaghat(ASM)
|
20.00
|
100
|
411.50
|
2200
|
2300
|
-10.20
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Lakhimpur(UP)
|
20.00
|
-20
|
1003.00
|
2130
|
2110
|
1.43
|
|
Islampur(WB)
|
20.00
|
NC
|
758.90
|
2350
|
2350
|
9.30
|
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Kaliaganj(WB)
|
20.00
|
33.33
|
1435.00
|
2600
|
2600
|
-3.70
|
|
Alipurduar(WB)
|
20.00
|
NC
|
784.00
|
2350
|
2350
|
6.82
|
|
Dinhata(WB)
|
20.00
|
33.33
|
405.50
|
2250
|
2300
|
12.50
|
|
Ramkrishanpur(Howrah)(WB)
|
20.00
|
75.44
|
1583.40
|
2500
|
2500
|
4.17
|
|
Fatehpur(UP)
|
16.00
|
14.29
|
551.20
|
2120
|
2130
|
-5.78
|
|
Shahganj(UP)
|
15.00
|
-34.78
|
342.00
|
2040
|
2020
|
0.49
|
|
Haldibari(WB)
|
15.00
|
50
|
622.00
|
2250
|
2300
|
-2.17
|
|
Dibrugarh(ASM)
|
12.50
|
38.89
|
371.60
|
2250
|
2250
|
-
|
|
Kolhapur(Laxmipuri)(Mah)
|
12.00
|
NC
|
2556.00
|
3000
|
3000
|
-14.29
|
|
Saharanpur(UP)
|
12.00
|
-20
|
7209.00
|
2280
|
2285
|
12.87
|
|
Jiaganj(WB)
|
11.00
|
13.4
|
147.80
|
2325
|
2325
|
-
|
|
Lalbagh(WB)
|
10.50
|
-4.55
|
224.30
|
2325
|
2325
|
3.33
|
|
Nilagiri(Ori)
|
10.00
|
NC
|
678.00
|
2300
|
2400
|
NC
|
|
Deogarh(Ori)
|
9.00
|
NC
|
676.00
|
2500
|
2500
|
NC
|
|
Tileibani(Ori)
|
9.00
|
260
|
37.50
|
2500
|
2500
|
NC
|
|
North Lakhimpur(ASM)
|
8.90
|
34.85
|
2383.50
|
1900
|
1900
|
NC
|
|
Pune(Mah)
|
8.00
|
-60
|
36.00
|
5950
|
8900
|
-
|
|
Pukhrayan(UP)
|
8.00
|
14.29
|
480.00
|
2150
|
2135
|
-2.71
|
|
Kolaghat(WB)
|
8.00
|
-11.11
|
1387.00
|
2500
|
2500
|
4.17
|
|
Ranaghat(WB)
|
8.00
|
NC
|
191.00
|
2200
|
2300
|
2.33
|
|
Chengannur(Ker)
|
7.50
|
NC
|
694.00
|
2400
|
2400
|
-4.00
|
|
Champadanga(WB)
|
7.00
|
-56.25
|
1341.00
|
2800
|
2800
|
14.29
|
|
Tamluk (Medinipur E)(WB)
|
7.00
|
NC
|
1350.00
|
2500
|
2500
|
4.17
|
|
Cherthalai(Ker)
|
6.00
|
-25
|
520.00
|
2200
|
2200
|
-4.35
|
|
Kottayam(Ker)
|
6.00
|
-40
|
232.00
|
3700
|
3800
|
8.82
|
|
Farukhabad(UP)
|
6.00
|
100
|
148.90
|
2280
|
2300
|
2.93
|
|
Uluberia(WB)
|
6.00
|
50
|
309.20
|
2450
|
2400
|
-2.00
|
|
Karanjia(Ori)
|
5.50
|
14.58
|
505.60
|
2800
|
2800
|
-3.45
|
|
Imphal(Man)
|
4.80
|
20
|
136.70
|
2900
|
3100
|
3.57
|
|
Chintamani(Kar)
|
4.00
|
-55.56
|
26.00
|
4350
|
4400
|
-
|
|
Alibagh(Mah)
|
3.00
|
NC
|
207.00
|
4000
|
4000
|
14.29
|
|
Murud(Mah)
|
3.00
|
NC
|
291.00
|
3000
|
3000
|
87.50
|
|
Jeypore(Ori)
|
3.00
|
-40
|
415.70
|
4100
|
4100
|
26.15
|
|
Bishalgarh(Tri)
|
3.00
|
20
|
58.00
|
3100
|
3000
|
6.90
|
|
Melaghar(Tri)
|
3.00
|
NC
|
142.00
|
2650
|
2750
|
10.42
|
|
Buland Shahr(UP)
|
3.00
|
-25
|
466.50
|
2230
|
2240
|
9.31
|
|
Balarampur(WB)
|
2.50
|
13.64
|
140.20
|
2520
|
2520
|
17.76
|
|
Jeypore(Kotpad)(Ori)
|
2.30
|
-47.73
|
394.50
|
4100
|
4300
|
26.15
|
|
Arakalgud(Kar)
|
2.00
|
100
|
59.00
|
2400
|
2850
|
-
|
|
Bangarmau(UP)
|
2.00
|
-50
|
166.00
|
2050
|
2050
|
-
|
|
Rahama(Ori)
|
1.41
|
12.8
|
59.84
|
2500
|
2500
|
8.70
|
|
Lamlong Bazaar(Man)
|
1.20
|
-7.69
|
65.80
|
3000
|
3000
|
3.45
|
|
Aroor(Ker)
|
1.00
|
NC
|
209.70
|
6900
|
6900
|
-5.48
|
|
Akola(Mah)
|
1.00
|
NC
|
7.00
|
3890
|
3900
|
-
|
|
Mawana(UP)
|
1.00
|
-33.33
|
32.00
|
2290
|
2270
|
11.71
|
|
Kalimpong(WB)
|
0.90
|
-10
|
64.80
|
2600
|
2650
|
10.64
|
|
Shillong(Meh)
|
0.80
|
-20
|
95.80
|
3500
|
3500
|
NC
|
|
Thoubal(Man)
|
0.60
|
-60
|
47.90
|
3100
|
3000
|
19.23
|
Nigeria will begin to export rice next year – CBN
By Sylvester Ugwuanyi on November
29, 2016
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has stated
that with the progress so far recorded through its agricultural financing
policies, Nigeria will begin exporting rice to other countries before the end
of next year.This was disclosed on Tuesday by CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate
Communication, Mr. Isaac Okoroafor, during a sensitisation/awareness programme
for farmers in Bayelsa State on the apex bank’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme,
ABP.Stating that the CBN’s ABP had started yielding fruits, he said the harvest
in rice this year has already exceeded the projections, noting that if the
tempo was sustained, by the end of 2017, Nigeria would not only meet its
national demands but would export to other countries.
Okoroafor said, “We started a pilot programme
in Kebbi State with 78,000 farmers, cultivating an average of one hectare and
that was when President Muhammadu Buhari launched the programme in March last
year.
“The
programme was to enable farmers to plant three times in year – two dry seasons
cropping and one rainy season cropping. I am telling you now that Kebbi State
has exceeded one million tonnes of rice.“Not only Kebbi, Ebonyi State has keyed into it. We were there last week and Ebonyi is to give us over 1.2million tonnes of rice in one year. They are harvesting now, they are bagging and they are milling. Nigerians are booking their Christmas rice in Abakaliki.“Abia State has ordered rice from Ebonyi State Government. Other states are keying in. In Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto, Cross River, rice is coming up. Nigerians are planting rice, producing rice. You need to taste Nigerian rice, it is fresh. Not the nine year old rice from Vietnam, Thailand and India. Let us feed ourselves. Our rice is healthier; it is not preserved with chemicals.
“We have been to Anambra, Niger, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Cross River and Ebonyi just to ensure that this is not another talk show. We have seen harvest of rice which brought me to say that the harvest in rice for this year has so far outstripped our projections.
“By the end of 2017, Nigeria will not only meet our national demands which is between six and seven tonnes per year, but we will exceed it that we will have rice to export to other countries.”
The CBN spokesman called on the people of Bayelsa state to look beyond oil, saying that the state was capable of feeding the country.
http://dailypost.ng/2016/11/29/nigeria-will-begin-export-rice-next-year-cbn/
Nigeria: Ebonyi High Producer of Rice
By Benjamin Nworie
Abakaliki — The Minister of Agriculture, Chief
Audu Ogbeh has described Ebonyi farmers as the real heroes of President
Muhammadu Buhari's push to diversify the nation's economy, especially through
agriculture in rice production.The minister also promised that the federal
government would rehabilitate the Ettem Amagu Ikwo Dam to encourage dry season
rice cultivation in the state.He explained that under Operation 1,037 of the
federal government, a minimum of 10 dams per state and the FCT would be built.
Ogbeh, who was in accompanied by the Chairman,
Presidential Committee on Rice production, Abubakar Bagudu and Central Bank of
Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele, commended Umahi for his agricultural policy,
particularly in ensuring massive rice production in the state.The minister
called on youths to key into agriculture to diversify the economy and see it as
a way out of the present economic recession in the country. He promised to
bring agricultural equipment like rice harvesters, threshers, par- boiling
drums to Ebonyi State."Next year, we shall plant for you 1,500 hectares of
cashew nuts; five hundred hectares per the three senatorial districts in your
state. We shall also build you two factories here for roasting cashew. Next
year, we shall plant for you 1,500 hectares of cashew nuts. "By the middle
of last week, I had some machines ready for you (Ebonyi State).
These include threshers and even new
par-boiling drums which operate differently from what women are using. When
those machines come, youngmen will be thought how to enter a farm and harvest
rice for farmers. These young men and farmers will make so much money to the
extent that they will become millionaires in the villages. So wealth is here
(in farming)", Ogbeh said.
He also promised that the federal government
would rehabilitate the Ettem Amagu Ikwo Dam to encourage dry season rice
cultivation in the state, even as he explained that under Operation 1,037 of
the federal government, a minimum of 10 dams per state and the FCT would be
built.The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Rice production and
governor of Kebbi State, Bagudu, said what he saw in rice producing states
showed that the country had achieved self sufficiency in rice production and
should therefore commence plan for rice export. "Success recorded in the
last one year is phenomenal. What we have seen, in terms of rice output seems
to suggest that the goal of self sufficiency which we hitherto thought will be
achieved in 2017, might have already been achieved," he stated.
Emefiele, in his remark explained that the apex
bank's Anchor Borrowers Programme would commence next year to boost farming and
tackle challenges confronting farmers.Emefiele also pledged the bank's
readiness to participate in the clearing and re-dredging of the Ettem Amagu
Dam.Governor Umahi had while welcoming them in the state, commended President
Buhari for reviving agriculture in the country.He expressed the readiness of
the state government to partner the federal government in all season farming.
He said, "There are over 30 dams in this state. They are recharged by very
near streams. So we want assistance from the Federal Government in the area of
irrigation.
We want assistance in the area of money to the
farmers. We want assistance in the area of biomass plants. The cost of buying
diesel and maintenance is too high; we also need harvesters to assist our
farmers."The team also visited the state's modern rice mills in Oso-Edda
and Ikwo where they saw live processed rice rolling out of the machines
http://allafrica.com/stories/201611290584.html
Country Briefs
http://www.fao.org/giews/countrybrief/country.jsp?code=EGY
Egypt- Supply Ministry looks to obtain 6-month
strategic supply of food commodities
|
MENAFN - Daily News Egypt - 28/11/2016
|
(MENAFN
- Daily News Egypt) The Ministry of Supply and Internal and Domestic Trade has
a plan to obtain a six-month strategic supply of food commodities, according to
minister Mohamed Ali Moselhi. He said that, over the course of a week, the
ministry is conducting international tenders to increase the 800m allocated in
funding by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) through meetings with heads of
sectors and affiliates. The minister called heads of directorates to follow up
with goods balances that are delivered daily to governorates, and to monitor
any shortages of food commodities and supply rations. He asked for their
cooperation in covering citizens requirements in supply goods and to
communicate with the Holding Company for Food Industries and its subsidiaries
in case of any shortage.
Moselhi disclosed that the recent economic
decisions raised the subsidy budget to EGP 49bn for supply commodities and
bread. In the past three months, the ministry has provided 170,000 tonnes more
sugar through its outlets than usual. The ministry has also provided 35,000
tonnes of rice to its outlets, consumer complexes, and supply shops. A further
75,000 tonnes of rice will be received and delivered to outlets. The ministry
is posing domestic and global tenders to compose a strategic supply of at least
50,000 tonnes of rice.
In his meeting with heads of directorates,
Moselhi issued instructions to wholesale companies to provide remote
governorates with supply rations, at 15% of its share of basic commodities. Moselhi
asked heads of directorates to intensify regulatory campaigns to ensure that
quantities of these goods are distributed in exchange for bread points on
subsidy cards, after allowing them to purchase these points from the private
sector. The ministry will create advanced commercial chains in the provinces,
according to the latest international standards and the expansion of logistics'
projects that help to reduce the circulation loops to keep commodity prices
from rising
http://menafn.com/1095081255/Egypt--Supply-Ministry-looks-to-obtain-6-month-strategic-supply-of-food-commodities
