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Rice exporters
delegation from Pakistan eyeing big deals in KSA
10 May,2017 10:00
am
The government has appreciated the initiative taken by
the rice exporters of Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A 14-member
joint delegation of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) and Pak-Saudi
Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PSJCCI), headed by Shah Jan Malik, Vice
Chairman REAP visiting Saudi Arabia from 11-19 May, 2017, as part of trade
promotion activities to increase export of rice to the Royal Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia (KSA).
According to the Consulate
General of Pakistan, Jeddah, Shehryar Akbar Khan Consul General of Pakistan has
appreciated the initiative taken by the rice exporters of Pakistan, and hoped
that these efforts would support our efforts to increase the exports of rice to
the Kingdom.
He shared that the consulate is
making an extensive programme for the delegation which includes meetings with
Makkah and Jeddah chambers, Business to Business Networking Session and meetings/visits
to the leading supermarkets and hypermarkets of the Western Region.
The President of Pak-Saudi Joint
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mian Mehmood said Saudi Arabia imports over
USD 1 billion worth of rice every year making great opportunity for REAP to
further increase the export of rice.
He said the joint chamber of both
the countries is playing a very vital role in promoting trade in all the
sectors between the two brotherly countries.
Vice Chairman Jeddah Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (JCCI), Sheikh Mahzen Batterjie has welcomed the visit of
the delegation and said such bilateral visits are necessary to increase the
bilateral trade, commerce and investment between both the countries.
Members of the delegation are
very confident that they will meet their objective and the visit will be
fruitful. They are hopeful that there is tremendous scope for the export of
Pakistani Basmati rice to Saudi Arabia, because of its supreme quality, unique
aroma and taste.
This is the reason why Pakistani
Basmati rice is very popular worldwide including Saudi Arabia. Rice exporters
association of Pakistan has been making candid efforts to promote Pakistani
rice which has resulted in exponential increase in the popularity of Pakistani
rice across the globe
WHEN President Rodrigo Duterte ponders whether to allow more rice
imports this year, he will be presented a host of numbers. But one disturbing
figure he probably won’t get is the one that has the biggest long-term impact
on the lives of millions of poor children.As pointed out by former economic
planning secretary Cielito Habito at the April 18 DuterteNomics Forum on the
administration’s economic policies, one in every three Filipino children five
years old or younger are stunted from malnutrition — an indication of
permanently impaired brain and body development.
Habito reported that 33.5 percent of the 15 million or so Filipino
children aged 5 or less — about 5 million in all — will never reach full
physical and mental development, restricting their learning and earning
capacity for life.
What’s that got to do with rice? Habito argued that high prices of
the staple due to import restrictions cut into what poor families can spend on
protein- and vitamin-rich foods. Hence, while our rice policy may help rice
farmers, it may be harming the future of generations of Filipino children,
including those of poor farmers.
To import or not to import
That’s not even talking about what those children and their indigent families
would suffer if rice runs short and skyrockets in price.
For sure, President Duterte will get the numbers on rice stocks,
production and importations, so he can decide how much foreign grain is needed.
The multi-agency Task Force Bigas is conducting a nationwide
inventory of rice warehouses. The group under Agriculture Secretary Manuel
Piñol, also includes the revenue and customs bureaus and the Philippine
Statistics Authority (PSA).
Secretary Piñol argued last month that no imports were needed at
this time, with the bumper harvest in March exceeding projections by a quarter
of a million tons. But Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr., head of the NFA
Council overseeing the National Food Authority, favored private-sector imports,
while the NFA itself, under administrator Jason Aquino, contracted
government-to-government purchases.
President Duterte initially sided with Piñol, even firing Evasco’s
undersecretary Maia Chiara Halmen Reina Valdez for approving an importation,
which Duterte lambasted for, in his view, threatening to slash rice prices to
the detriment of farmers.
But after the President publicly thumbed down foreign rice, expert
voices like the Federation for Economic Freedom warned of shortage and price
spiral if all imports stopped.
FEF member Romy Bernardo pointed out that current stocks across
the country are equivalent to 12 days of nationwide consumption, far below the
30 days deemed prudent during the lean months of July to September, when the
nation draws down supplies while waiting for the main harvest.
Notably, too, just last December, both the US Department of
Agriculture and the International Grains Council said the Philippines would
need 1.4 million tons of rice imports this year.
Piñol then clarified that he did not oppose imports later in the
year, and Task Force Bigas will verify how much rice we now have and what we
may need to bring in. And last week, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez
allowed that private-sector rice imports may now be the direction.
The ides of July
While the President and the Cabinet are gathering and pondering rice numbers,
another issue may further complicate things, and even precipitate a shortage:
the Philippines’ commitment under World Trade Organization rules to replace
starting in July the quantitative restrictions on rice imports with steep
tariffs, which may reach 35 percent.
If the current minimum access volume regime will give way to rice
duties, Congress needs to amend Republic Act 10848 to include the staple among
commodities for which tariffs replace import limits.
Until this is passed, it is not clear whether foreign rice would
be subjected to high duties and by how much, especially since the Philippines
has repeatedly deferred tariffication, as it is allowed by the WTO. The
uncertainty would make both importers and exporters wary of concluding
purchases which could later be rendered unviable by high duties.
If this unclear situation persists well into June, importations may
be delayed, leading to a big drop in existing stocks while waiting for
shipments to arrive from abroad. And that could lead to scarcity, hoarding and
profiteering.
As this column has recounted before, such a scenario could
collapse President Duterte’s lofty trust, approval and satisfaction ratings, as
they did to those of then-President Fidel Ramos during the 1995 rice shortage
due to the El Niño drought. His +60 percent net satisfaction rating in
1992-1994 plunged to +1 in late 1995.
Keeping rice affordable and children well-fed
What to do? Plainly, President Duterte needs to decide two big questions: Will
the Philippines import rice, and how much? And will the current quantitative
restrictions on rice imports be replaced by tariffs? If tariffs go ahead, then
Congress has to rush the RA 10848 amendment, so importers can contract
shipments in time for the lean months.
If tariffication finally gets moving, three action points should
be considered:
Congress should amend RA 10848 before its session ends on June 3,
so that importations needed for July-September can be expedited. Ditto the Task
Force Bigas inventory: it must be fast-tracked, so President Duterte can decide
soon if there would be rice imports, and how much.
Second, NFA should channel its funds to local palay procurement,
to support farmers in the face of possible enlarged import competition.
And third, the government should revive the rice-for-school
program, which gave one kilogram of rice every class day to public
schoolchildren in poor areas. This boosted not only pupils’ attendance, but
also family nutrition.
And that may just save hundreds of thousands of young and poor
boys and girls from a lifetime of stunted mind and body
Contract farming to begin in Ayeyawady, Bago, Yangon and
Mandalay
Submitted byElevenon
Wed, 05/10/2017 - 15:28
Writer: Nilar
Farmers work in a farming site in Ayeyawady Region. (Photo-Min
Thu Win Htut)
Contract farming will begin on
60,000 acres in Ayeywady Region, and 30,000 acres each in Bago, Yangon and
Mandalay totaling about 150,000 acres during the upcoming rainy season, said Ye
Min Aung, general secretary of the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF).
Rice millers, rice merchants and
rice companies can put forward contract farming planS to the MRF including the
regions and acreages they wish.
The MRF said that tripartite
participation is of great importance. Tripartite means the government, farmers
and companies. The participants must follow the provisions contained in the
agreement of the protection and promotion of farmers’ rights and interests. The
MRF submitted standardisations and rules to the government.
The MRF will arrange necessary
technical and financial supports to rice millers, rice merchants and rice
companies. Myanmar expects that it will export 2 million tonnes of rice to
foreign countries in 2017-2018 fiscal years. So as to meet with this target,
the MRF will try contract farming and integrated farming systems in
collaboration with the government, farmers and companies.
Ghana imported some 689,000
metric tonnes of rice in 2016, and that cost approximately $300 million,
according to an official of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
Mr Benjamin K. Gyasi, the Acting
Chief Director, said rice had become one of the most important food staples in
Ghana during a mid-term review workshop of the Food and Agriculture
Oraginsation (FAO).
The inception mid-tern review
international workshop of the FAO, dubbed: “Strengthening Agricultural
Statistics and Food Security Information in Coalition for African Rice
Development (CARD) countries,” is underway in Accra.
The two-day workshop is being
attended by participants from CARD member countries such as Ghana, Ivory Coast,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Senegal and Nigeria.
The workshop, which is being
organised by the FAO in collaboration with Ghana, seeks to afford participants
the opportunity to share ideas and knowledge on improved rice production
practices.
Mr Abebe Haile-Gabriel, the FAO
Deputy Regional Representative for Africa, said rice consumption in Africa was
growing faster than that of any other major staple food crops.
“Currently, various kinds of
efforts have been made in the development of the rice sector aimed at boosting
production through improving productivity, market efficiency and viable
partnerships along the rice value chain,” he said.
He said one of the significant
efforts in this regards was the CARD initiative aimed at doubling rice
production in 10 years up to 2018, which was advocated during the
fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV).
He said the Strengthening
Agricultural Statistics and Food Security Information in CARD countries through
South-South Co-operation was formulated in 2014, and had contributed to
improving the capacity of CARD countries for timely collection and provision of
reliable statistics on rice production.
He noted that the project had
been drawing from experiences and know-how from the Association of South-East
Asian nations (ASEAN) under the FAO’s South-South Cooperation Scheme.
“The FAO considers South-South
Co-operation as an important mechanism for the achievement of its strategy
framework,” Mr Haile-Gabriel said.
“Many developing countries face
similar challenges in food security and agricultural and rural development, and
in many cases, the geographic, climatic and socioeconomic conditions are
similar. This makes it easier to adapt successful experiences to local
realities.”
He explained that much of the
technologies and capacities needed in developing countries already exist
somewhere.
He said there were lots of
benefits, which should be shared, transferred and disseminated.
“As countries share and exchange
development solutions, they will be able to co-learn, co-innovate and
co-develop and or improve mutually relevant and sustainable technologies.”
He said the FAO played the role
of facilitating and connecting countries and institutions that had proven
development solutions to exchange and share with countries in need of such
solutions.
Mr Haile-Gabriel noted that since
1996, the FAO had been facilitating South-South Co-operation programme and had
fielded more than 1,800 experts and technicians in more than 50 countries in
Africa, Asia and the Latin America and the Caribbean and the Near East.
Mr Kaoru Yoshimura, the
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan, said one of the priority
areas of his country’s assistance to Ghana was agriculture, which was the
backbone of the Ghanaian economy.
“Japan focuses its assistance on
increasing the productivity and profitability of small-scale rice farmers and
strengthening extension system of rice-cultivation technology utilising its
expertise in this field,” he said.
He said Japan also helped Ghana
to promote large-scale production and commercialisation by upgrading production
basis and distribution system.
He commended the efficacy of the
co-operation between the FAO and the Japan International Co-operation Agency.
Mr Benjamin K. Gyasi, the Acting
Chief Director, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, said rice had become one of
the most important food staples in Ghana.
He said demand for rice had
followed an upward trend over a decade, as a result of population growth,
urbanisation and changing consumer habits.
“Although local production of
paddy rice has increased from 302,000 metric tonnes in 2008 to 688,000 metric
tonnes in 2016, local supply had been trailing behind demand.
Government had to rely on imports
to address this shortfall,” he said.
He said in 2016 for instance,
689,000 metric tonnes of rice was imported into the country, amounting to
approximately $300 million
Rice production is estimated to
increase by 10-15% in the current Iranian year (started March 21), because of
favorable weather condition and timely distribution of seeds, fertilizers,
pesticides, machinery and equipment among local farmers, the head of
Agricultural Jihad Organization of Mazandaran Province said.Delavar Heydarpour
added that last year, close to 1.28 million tons of rice husk (or hall) were
produced in Iran. "We
expect the figure to rise by 3-9% this year and stand between 1.35-1.4 million
tons," he was quoted as saying by Young Journalists Club.Last
year's production stood at 2.25 million tons. Ali Akbarian, deputy head of Iran
Rice Union, said 2.3-2.35 million tons of rice are expected to be produced in
Iran's northern provinces alone. The two northern provinces of Gilan and
Mazandaran are home to a majority of Iran’s paddy fields, thanks to abundant
precipitation in the Caspian region. As Iranians consume 3.2 million tons of
rice a year, there is need to import the crop.
The government only bans rice imports during the harvest season
to support local farmers. Import tariffs have increased from 22% four years ago
to 40% at present for the same reason.
Rice
production is estimated to increase by 10-15% in the current Iranian year
(started March 21).
This is because of favorable weather condition and timely
distribution of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, machinery and equipment among
local farmers, the head of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Mazandaran
Province said.
Delavar
Heydarpour added that last year, close to 1.28 million tons of rice husk (or
hall) were produced in Iran."We expect the figure to rise by 3-9%
this year and stand between 1.35-1.4 million tons," he was quoted as
saying by Young Journalists Club.
Last year's
production stood at 2.25 million tons. Ali Akbarian, deputy head of Iran Rice
Union, said 2.3-2.35 million tons of rice are expected to be produced in Iran's
northern provinces alone.
The two northern
provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran are home to a majority of Iran’s paddy
fields, thanks to abundant precipitation in the Caspian region.
As Iranians consume
3.2 million tons of rice a year, there is need to import the crop.
The government only
bans rice imports during the harvest season to support local farmers. Import
tariffs have increased from 22% four years ago to 40% at present for the same
reason.■
The monsoon delivers about 70 per cent of India's annual
rainfall
New
Delhi: The country looks likely to receive higher monsoon
rainfall than previously forecast as concern over the El Nino weather condition
has eased, the chief of the India Meteorological Department said on
Tuesday, raising prospects of higher farm and economic growth. The weather
office on April 18 forecast this year's monsoon rains at 96 per cent of the
50-year average of 89 cm. "Things have changed for the good since
then," K J Ramesh, director general of the state-run India Meteorological
Department, told Reuters in an interview.
The monsoon delivers about 70 per cent of India's annual rainfall, critical for
crops such as rice, cane, corn, cotton and soybeans because nearly half of the
country's farmland lacks irrigation.
"We assessed 96 per cent based on the climatological conditions up to
March. Now, conditions are becoming favourable for an improvement over our
April 18 estimate," Mr Ramesh said.
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology recently said there were signs of concerns
easing over El Nino.
El Nino, a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central
Pacific that typically occurs every few years and was linked to crop damage,
fires and flash floods, faded in 2016.
The establishment phase of the monsoon north of the equator has already
started, and the Indian Ocean Dipole phenomenon - which counters the impact of
an El Nino - will have an incremental positive effect on the Indian monsoon, Mr
Ramesh said.
Pre-monsoon showers have already hit certain dry areas in the southern part of
the country, he said, bringing much needed relief to farmers ahead of the start
of the four-month monsoon season beginning June.
India defines average, or normal, rainfall as between 96 per cent and 104 per
cent of the 50-year average.
New prediction model
Jettisoning a statistical method introduced under British colonial rule in the
1920s, the India Meteorology Department has for the first time relied on the
so-called dynamic model to improve the accuracy of one of the world's most
vital weather forecasts.
The new system, based on a US model tweaked for India, requires large computing
power to generate three-dimensional models to help predict how the monsoon is
likely to develop.
Experts say better forecasting could help India raise its farm output by nearly
15 per cent, by helping farmers tweak the best time to sow, irrigate or apply
fertiliser, and, if rains fail, plan state-wide measures.
This would be a major boon for a country already either the world's biggest or
second-biggest producer and consumer of rice, wheat, sugar and cotton.
Higher farm output will raise the income of some 600 million people who depend
on farming for their livelihood, and boost demand for an array of goods and
services
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ISLAMABAD: Rice exporters of
Pakistan are expecting to fetch big deals in Saudi Arabia during their visit to
the Kingdom from May 11 to 19.
A 14-member joint delegation of
Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) and Pak-Saudi Joint Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (PSJCCI), headed by Shah Jan Malik, vice chairman of
REAP, is visiting Saudi Arabia as part of the trade promotion activities to
increase exports of rice to Saudi Arabia.
According to the Consulate General
of Pakistan, Jeddah, Shehryar Akbar Khan, consul general of Pakistan, has
appreciated the initiative taken by the rice exporters of Pakistan, and
expressed the hope that these measures would support Pakistan’s efforts to
increase rice exports to the Kingdom.
He said the consulate is making an
extensive programme for the delegation, which includes meetings with Makkah and
Jeddah chambers, business-to-business networking session and meetings / visits
to the leading supermarkets and hypermarkets of the western region.
Pak-Saudi Joint Chamber of Commerce
and Industry president Mian Mehmood said Saudi Arabia imports over $1 billion
worth of rice every year, making great opportunity for REAP to further increase
exports.
The joint chamber is playing a very
vital role in promoting trade in all the sectors between the two brotherly
countries, he added. Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) vice
chairman Sheikh Mahzen Batterjie has welcomed the visit of the delegation and
said such bilateral visits are necessary to increase the bilateral trade,
commerce and investment between the two countries.
The delegation members expressed
confidence that they will meet their objective and the visit will be fruitful.
They said there is tremendous scope for the export of Pakistani basmati to
Saudi Arabia because of its supreme quality, unique aroma and taste. This
is the reason why Pakistani basmati is very popular worldwide, including Saudi
Arabia. REAP has been making efforts to promote Pakistani rice, which has
resulted in exponential increase in the popularity of the produce across the
world, the delegation members added.
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CAUAYAN
CITY — Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has vowed to help uncover the rice
cartel controlling grain production and correct the unstable price situation
for palay (unhusked grains).
“There
are these traders from Bulacan and Binondo who speculate to control prices…We
must stop this rice cartel,” Piñol said, adding that the cartel has been
pushing for his ouster.
“This is
the cartel [composed of] people who can wage a campaign against you. They
control it. However, my policy is no rice importation even for corn as even
imported wheat floods our local market,” he said on Tuesday during a visit here.
Piñol
said the buying price for palay must fall within the P20-P22 a kilo range, to
balance the rice purchases of the private sector.He said farms must develop
more livestock projects which would consume rice straw left rotting in fields
after harvests.
Piñol
also said he has formed a task force to look into the implementation of new
regulations controlling the importation of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).
He was
criticized for suspending in March the enforcement of a Sugar Regulatory
Administration order that has imposed stiff tariff and duties on HFCS.
A soda
bottling company tried to stop the order but lost in court. Piñol said two of
the largest soda bottling firms had relied heavily for the past five years on
imported HFCS when the prices of local sugar doubled.
He said
he has lifted his earlier order and pushed for a regulated import of HFCS.
He
lamented the high production cost of sugar, which, he said, discouraged soda
companies from buying local sugar.
Sugar
producers and workers in Cagayan and Isabela provinces have been discussing the
impact of HFCS imports on their trade.
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Wholesale prices of sugar have plunged to P1,200 a sack, from P2,000 a sack in
the same period last year, but deliveries have also dwindled, said Remegio de
la Cruz, a member of a Cagayan sugarcane planters’ cooperative.
Government
data showed that beverage makers and food processors imported 800,000 metric
tons of HFCS since 2011, replacing a demand for 23 million bags (each weighing
50 kilos) of locally produced sugar and depriving the country of P35.2 billion
in potential income. For the present crop year, HFCS importation has pulled
down sugar prices from P1,800 to P1,300 a bag, or potential revenue losses of
P20 billion
India
registered a record production of rice, wheat, cereals, pulses and cotton in
2016-17 due to a good monsoon. As per the third advance estimate of production
of foodgrains released on Tuesday, the total foodgrain output will be an
all-time high at 273.38 million tonnes (MT) in 2016-17. This will be over eight
MT more than the previous record of 265.04 MT in 2013-14.
The
total foodgrain output was 251.57 MT in the year 2015-16. The record harvest is
expected to help keep food inflation under control.
The
current year’s production is also higher by 16.37 MT (6.37 per cent) than the
previous five years’ (2011-12 to 2015-16) average production of food grains.
The current year’s production is higher by 21.81 MT (8.67 per cent) than last
year’s food grain production. The target for the next crop year (2017-18) was
made after the recent prediction of
normal
and well-distributed monsoon rainfall (during June-September period) by
the
India Meteorological Department (IMD).
According
to estimates, the Government has projected wheat output to reach an all-time
high of 97.44 MT in the 2016-17 crop year (July-June). India had harvested
92.29 MT wheat during the 2015-16 crop year. Wheat, the main Rabi crop, is
being harvested now. The previous record was 95.85 MT achieved in 2013-14.
Production
of rice, the most popular staple, is estimated at a record 109.15 MT, which is
also a new record. This year’s rice production is higher by 2.50 MT (2.34 per
cent) than previous record production of 106.65 MT achieved during 2013-14.
It is
also higher by 3.73 MT (3.54 per cent) than five years’ average rice production
of 105.42 MT. Production of rice has increased significantly by 4.74 MT (4.54
per cent) than the production of 104.41 MT during 2015-16.
Coarse
cereals production is also estimated to be a record 44.39 MT in 2016-17 as
against 38.52 MT last year. The previous record was 31.20 MT during the 2013-14
crop year. The current year’s production is also higher by 5.87 MT (15.23 per
cent) as compared to their production of 38.52 MT achieved during 2015-16.
Pulses
output has gone up substantially to 22.40 MT in 2016-17 from 16.35 MT last year
as the Government encouraged farmers to grow pulses in a big way by announcing
higher support price and procurement. The previous record in pulses was 19.25
MT in 2013-14. Among pulses, tur output is projected to be a record 4.60 MT in
the 2016-17 crop year as against 2.56 MT last year, while urad output is 2.93
MT compared to 1.95 MT in the said period.
Despite
lower area coverage during 2016-17, the cotton production will be 32.58 million
bales (of 170 kg each), i.e. an increase of 8.57 per cent, as compared to 30.01
million bales during 2015-16.
Food
grain basket comprises of rice, wheat, coarse cereals, and pulses. These crops
are grown in both Kharif (summer) and Rabi (winter) season.
Bangladesh floods cut
potential 700,000 T from rice harvest
May 6 Flash
floods have washed away crops in northeastern Bangladesh that would have
yielded nearly 700,000 tonnes of rice, according to estimates from the
agriculture ministry.
The fields hit
by the floods were about to be harvested, a major blow to the south Asian
country, where local rice prices have hit an all-time high and reserves of the
staple grain have dipped to a six-year low.
The flooding
triggered by heavy pre-monsoon rains also damaged other crops and fisheries in
the marshy areas in the country's northeastern region, affecting millions of
people.
The government
has allocated 100 million taka ($1.2 million) in emergency aid for people in
the flood-hit areas.
"This is a
big loss for the farmers," said Manzurul Hannan, director general of the
Department of Agriculture Extension.
Besides the
emergency aid, a farm rehabilitation plan is being worked out to provide free
seed and fertilizer for the affected farmers for the next crop season, Hannan
said.
"But we
don't think this will have much impact on the overall rice production (for this
year)," he told Reuters.
Bangladesh aims
to produce more than 34 million tonnes in the current crop year, up from nearly
33.5 million tonnes in the previous year.
The world's
fourth-biggest producer of rice consumes almost all of its own production, but often
needs imports to cope with shortages caused by natural disasters such as floods
or drought.
State rice
reserves at government warehouses have fallen to around 350,000 tonnes, the
lowest in six years.
($1 = 81.4400
taka) (Reporting by Ruma Paul; Editing by Tom Hogu
All-time
high foodgrains reap monsoon windfall
Wednesday,
10 May 2017 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
India
registered a record production of rice, wheat, cereals, pulses and cotton in
2016-17 due to a good monsoon. As per the third advance estimate of production
of foodgrains released on Tuesday, the total foodgrain output will be an
all-time high at 273.38 million tonnes (MT) in 2016-17. This will be over eight
MT more than the previous record of 265.04 MT in 2013-14.
The
total foodgrain output was 251.57 MT in the year 2015-16. The record harvest is
expected to help keep food inflation under control.
The
current year’s production is also higher by 16.37 MT (6.37 per cent) than the
previous five years’ (2011-12 to 2015-16) average production of food grains.
The current year’s production is higher by 21.81 MT (8.67 per cent) than last
year’s food grain production. The target for the next crop year (2017-18) was
made after the recent prediction of
normal
and well-distributed monsoon rainfall (during June-September period) by
the
India Meteorological Department (IMD).
According
to estimates, the Government has projected wheat output to reach an all-time
high of 97.44 MT in the 2016-17 crop year (July-June). India had harvested
92.29 MT wheat during the 2015-16 crop year. Wheat, the main Rabi crop, is
being harvested now. The previous record was 95.85 MT achieved in 2013-14.
Production
of rice, the most popular staple, is estimated at a record 109.15 MT, which is
also a new record. This year’s rice production is higher by 2.50 MT (2.34 per
cent) than previous record production of 106.65 MT achieved during 2013-14.
It is
also higher by 3.73 MT (3.54 per cent) than five years’ average rice production
of 105.42 MT. Production of rice has increased significantly by 4.74 MT (4.54
per cent) than the production of 104.41 MT during 2015-16.
Coarse
cereals production is also estimated to be a record 44.39 MT in 2016-17 as
against 38.52 MT last year. The previous record was 31.20 MT during the 2013-14
crop year. The current year’s production is also higher by 5.87 MT (15.23 per
cent) as compared to their production of 38.52 MT achieved during
2015-16.
Pulses
output has gone up substantially to 22.40 MT in 2016-17 from 16.35 MT last year
as the Government encouraged farmers to grow pulses in a big way by announcing
higher support price and procurement. The previous record in pulses was 19.25
MT in 2013-14. Among pulses, tur output is projected to be a record 4.60 MT in
the 2016-17 crop year as against 2.56 MT last year, while urad output is 2.93
MT compared to 1.95 MT in the said period.
Despite
lower area coverage during 2016-17, the cotton production will be 32.58 million
bales (of 170 kg each), i.e. an increase of 8.57 per cent, as compared to 30.01
million bales during 2015-16.
Food
grain basket comprises of rice, wheat, coarse cereals, and pulses. These crops
are grown in both Kharif (summer) and Rabi (winter) season.
Good monsoon to yield record
foodgrains harvest in 2016-17
OUR BUREAU
Wheat output to be all-time high at 97.44 mt
NEW
DELHI, MAY 9:
A normal monsoon last year,
following two consecutive seasons of drought, has ensured that the country’s
foodgrains production will hit record highs in 2016-17.
The third advance estimates of
production of major crops released by the Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday
projected that foodgrains output of the previous year would be at an all-time
high of 273.38 million tonnes (mt).
However, this glut in production
is wreaking havoc in many States, with prices of many agricultural commodities
crashing, triggering farmer agitations. The latest output is expected to
surpass the previous record of 265 mt of foodgrains in 2013-14.
All major cereal crops and most
pulses are projected to have a bumper yield. While cereal output is projected
to grow to 251 mt from 235.22 mt in 2015-16, the production of pulses may
witness a quantum leap to 22.4 mt from 16.35 mt, thanks to more acreage.
A similar uptick is expected in
oilseeds too. As against 25.25 mt in 2015-16, the combined output for all nine
major oilseeds crops is projected to top 32.5 mt.
Sugarcane, on the other hand, is
expected to have a drastic fall in output from the previous year. This year’s
yield is estimated to be 306 mt against 348.4 mt in 2015-16.
Total production of rice is
estimated to be 109.15 mt, which is 4.74 mt more than 104.41 mt during 2015-16.
At 97.44 mt, wheat output is
projected to be 5.15 mt more than the 92.29 mt recorded in the previous year.
A similar trend is expected in
coarse cereals whose yield at 44.39 mt is 5.9 mt more than 38.52 mt in 2015-16.
ARLINGTON, VA -- With the
explosion of visual storytelling on social media, Instagram is taking the lead
as a favorite photo- and video-sharing social network among U.S.
consumers. During May, Celiac Awareness Month, USA Rice is teaming up
with 14 Instagram influencers to raise awareness of U.S.-grown rice as the
go-to grain for gluten-free diets.
"We are partnering with food, gluten-free,
and parent/lifestyle influencers, all with a large and engaged following on
Instagram to broaden the audience exposed to our messages," said Katie
Maher, USA Rice director for domestic promotions.
Each influencer will create two unique Instagram
posts highlighting rice recipes accompanied by one recipe image and one recipe
video. The content will also be amplified through each influencer's
additional social channels including Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
"Instagram is known for its high engagement
rate - 75 percent of Instagram users take an action, such as visiting a website
or social page, after seeing a sponsored post," said Maher.
"Moms, a very large and influential demographic, are consuming much of
their content across Instagram and Facebook."
The campaign kicked off last week with two recipe
postings and one quick recipe video which all included U.S.-grown rice
messaging. Collectively, the two recipe posts generated more than 3,600
likes and 85 comments, and the short video received more than 6,400 views.
"Stay tuned and follow #ThinkRice on
Instagram to stay up to date on the most recent posts from our influencer
partners this month," said Maher. "And if you have a social
media account, be sure to share and repost the recipes and videos to help
spread the U.S. rice messages!
WASDE Report Released
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. 2017/18 all rice production is forecast at
201 million cwt, down 23.1 million from the previous year, all on a large
reduction in long grain acreage as indicated by the NASS Prospective Plantings
survey issuedMarch
31. The forecast 2017/18 yields are based on
long-term historical trends and are higher for long grain but slightly lower
for combined medium- and short-grain. Total 2017/18 rice supplies are
forecast to decrease 7 percent from the previous year to 273.1 million cwt,
primarily on the reduction in long grain.
U.S. 2017/18 total use is projected at 235 million cwt, down 4 percent from
last year with both domestic and residual use and exports projected
lower. Long-grain exports are projected at 76 million cwt, down 3 million
from 2016/17 on reduced exportable supplies. Combined medium- and
short-grain exports are projected at 34 million cwt, down 1 million on
increased export competition from Australia and Egypt. All rice 2017/18
ending stocks are projected at 38.1 million cwt, down 21 percent from last
year. Long-grain stocks are projected at 20.7 million cwt, down 8 million
from 2016/17, while combined medium- and short-grain are projected 2 million
cwt lower at 14.6 million. The 2017/18 all rice season-average farm price
is projected at $10.70 to $11.70/cwt, up $0.80 from the previous year's revised
midpoint.
Total 2017/18 global supplies are at 599.9 million tons, up 2.6 million from
2016/17, based on larger carry-in stocks. World 2017/18 rice production
is projected at 481.3 million tons, down fractionally from last year's record
output. Total world rice consumption is projected at a record 480.1
million tons, up from the revised 2016/17 level of 478.7 million. Global
exports are projected at 42.2 million tons, up 800,000 from 2016/17.
Thailand and India are expected to be the leading rice exporters for 2017/18,
both at 10 million tons. World 2017/18 ending stocks are projected at 119.8
million tons, up marginally from 2016/17. China continues to hold the
majority of global rice stocks as its growing production and large imports
continue to outpace consumption.
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Chinese Scientist Plans Mass Experiment of Sea-rice
May 10, 2017
Yuan Longping, China's
"father of hybrid rice," is planning experiments on expanding the
production of sea-rice to 300 kilograms per mu at the newly-founded Sea-Rice
Research and Development Center in Qingdao, China News reported. The center was
established and opened on May 7.
Sea-rice, sometimes found in saline-alkaline soil, is resistant
to pests, diseases, salt, and alkali; and does not need fertilizer. The Qingdao
research center will use gene sequencing to cultivate new strains of sea-rice
that will yield more rice and grow with saline water.
Mr. Yuan expects the yield of such sea-rice to reach at least
300 kilograms per mu (0.07 hectares) by 2020. China would gain another 30
billion kilograms of grains if the country gains 100 million mu of fertile land
on mud flats. This would meet the need of about 80 million people on a yearly
basis.
According to the center, the sea-rice to be developed has
several advantages, including high yield, good quality, and tolerance to saline-alkaline
conditions. The first generation of sea-rice is projected to be available this
November.
The rice research and development center was established in 2016
by Yuan Longping, the Qingdao Municipal Government, and the China National
Hybrid Rice Engineering Technology Research Center. The field trial is underway
and the labs will be put into use in June or July this year. (People's Daily
Online)
