Climate change to affect rice productivity, finds a new study
Friday 26 May 2017 Elevated temperature
was found to have a negative impact on rice productivity, even nullifying the positive
effects of higher level of CO2
The study involved actual cultivation of the cereal in a climate
control chamber. Credit: Agnimirh Basu / CSE
Global
climate change is projected to have wide ranging effects on environment,
socio-economic and related sectors. Indian agriculture scientists have found that rising temperature
will adversely hit rice productivity in the country.Experiments done in Tamil
Nadu show that elevated temperature will have a negative impact on rice
productivity, even nullifying the positive effects of higher level of carbon
dioxide.
Researchers
at the Coimbatore-based Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) conducted a
study on rice which is a staple food for most people in the region. According
to Manila-based International Rice Research Institute, rice provides 23 per
cent of global human per capita energy and 16 per cent of global human per
capita protein.
The study
involved actual cultivation of the cereal in a climate control chamber (CCC)
where the temperature was maintained at four degrees above the ambient
temperature and a carbon dioxide enrichment level of 650 parts per million
(PPM). The experiment was carried out with four different days of planting –
June 1, June 15, July 1 and July 15.
It was seen
that crops grown under the projected conditions attained panicle initiation,
flowering and maturity much earlier than those grown under the ambient
condition. But, recorded reduced growth characters such as leaf area index, dry
matter production and number of tillers. In addition, lesser percentage of dry
matter was partitioned towards grain and more for the roots. Subsequently, they
recorded lower grain and straw yields.
Overall,
elevated temperature was found to have a negative impact on rice productivity,
even nullifying the positive effects of higher level of carbon dioxide. The
researchers have published a report on their work in the latest issue of
journal Current
Science.
The study
was conducted by V Geethalakshmi, K Bhuvaneswari and A Lakshmanan of TNAU and N
Udaya Sekhar of Bioforsk, Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and
Environmental Research. (India Science Wire)
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-change-to-affect-rice-productivity-57942
Turkish Retailer Shares the Bill with USA Rice for
Promotions
By Sarah Moran
ISTANBUL, TURKEY -- A major
Turkish retailer, Uyum Hypermarket, recently joined forces with USA Rice to
promote U.S.-grown rice here with a cost-sharing marketing program. The
campaign, that included retail displays at one of their busiest hypermarkets,
was conducted in the run up to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, that this year
begins today and ends on June 24.
Rice consumption is very high during Ramadan because, though observers fast from sunrise until sunset, they gather with friends and family for a post-sunset meal, called an Iftar. It is also common to have one meal, known as Suhoor, just before sunrise. A wide variety of dishes, many of which are rice-based, are prepared for the Iftar.
The five-day campaign to promote U.S. rice included outdoor and indoor billboards, where the hypermarkets paid 50 percent of the costs; giveaways that included aprons, consumer bags, and hats, where the hypermarkets paid 30 percent of the costs; and retail display space, completely paid for by the hypermarkets.
Posters promoting the event and special announcements in the stores invited customers to taste healthy recipes made with U.S.-grown rice, presented by famous gourmet Elif Korkmazel. Additionally, festive USA Rice booths were installed in the hypermarkets aimed at increasing visibility for U.S. rice, and educating consumers through taste events and distribution of recipes booklets and materials co-sponsored by participating U.S. rice brands.
Throughout the campaign, sales of U.S. rice at Uyum stores increased by an average of 700 percent and consumers received important messages about the versatility and cooking characteristics of U.S. rice.
"We have very good acceptance here and Turkey is an important growth market for our industry," said Hartwig Schmidt, USA Rice Regional Director. "I think it is particularly telling that the retailers paid for part of these promotions because it shows they not only like our products, but see value in our specific promotion program to help drive sales at their stores."
Schmidt said cost sharing programs between USA Rice, local brands, and local retailers have been successful in the Middle East, the United Kingdom, and now Turkey.
"The success of these programs and the support from local businesses is undeniable," he said.
Last year, the U.S. exported about $31 million of U.S. rice to Turkey; in the first three months of 2017, $10.5 million of U.S. rice has already been shipped.
Rice consumption is very high during Ramadan because, though observers fast from sunrise until sunset, they gather with friends and family for a post-sunset meal, called an Iftar. It is also common to have one meal, known as Suhoor, just before sunrise. A wide variety of dishes, many of which are rice-based, are prepared for the Iftar.
The five-day campaign to promote U.S. rice included outdoor and indoor billboards, where the hypermarkets paid 50 percent of the costs; giveaways that included aprons, consumer bags, and hats, where the hypermarkets paid 30 percent of the costs; and retail display space, completely paid for by the hypermarkets.
Posters promoting the event and special announcements in the stores invited customers to taste healthy recipes made with U.S.-grown rice, presented by famous gourmet Elif Korkmazel. Additionally, festive USA Rice booths were installed in the hypermarkets aimed at increasing visibility for U.S. rice, and educating consumers through taste events and distribution of recipes booklets and materials co-sponsored by participating U.S. rice brands.
Throughout the campaign, sales of U.S. rice at Uyum stores increased by an average of 700 percent and consumers received important messages about the versatility and cooking characteristics of U.S. rice.
"We have very good acceptance here and Turkey is an important growth market for our industry," said Hartwig Schmidt, USA Rice Regional Director. "I think it is particularly telling that the retailers paid for part of these promotions because it shows they not only like our products, but see value in our specific promotion program to help drive sales at their stores."
Schmidt said cost sharing programs between USA Rice, local brands, and local retailers have been successful in the Middle East, the United Kingdom, and now Turkey.
"The success of these programs and the support from local businesses is undeniable," he said.
Last year, the U.S. exported about $31 million of U.S. rice to Turkey; in the first three months of 2017, $10.5 million of U.S. rice has already been shipped.
Telangana sees record
procurement of paddy
About 60 lakh metric tonnes of
crop has been produced in Kharif and Rabi seasons, which is the highest yield
in 15 years.
en
Karimnagar/Peddapalli: For the first time in the history of the State, the highest quantity of the paddy would arrive in the market. About 60 lakh metric tonnes of the
crop has been produced in both Kharif and Rabi seasons, which is the highest
yield in last 15 years.
Announcing this to media here on
Friday, Civil Supplies Department Commissioner CV Anand said during the meeting with joint collectors that they had
presumed that about 37 lakh metric tonne paddy would arrive in the market, but
it might touch 43 lakh metric tonnes. In the Kharif season, they had procured
17 lakh metric tonnes.
It will be a record production
since the paddy
production never crossed 24 lakh metric tonnes
in the past, he informed.
Admitting that there were some
problems in the procurement since a huge quantity of crops has arrived paddy
purchasing centres, Commissioner said all measures were taken to speed up the
procurement process.
Initially, they faced the problem
of gunny bags and transportation of crops to rice mills due to a shortage of
vehicles. They managed to engage trucks in transporting crop by giving warning
to the owners of vehicles through RTA officials. Anticipating 37 lakh metric
tonnes, they, initially, purchased 9.25 crore gunny bags from Jute Commission.
Later, another 1.5 crore bags were procured from neighbouring States to meet
the demand.
As on Thursday, Rs 2,200 crore had
been deposited in the bank accounts of farmers through the online payment
system. At present, Online Paddy Procurement Management System is being
implemented only in 10 erstwhile districts and it would be implemented in 31
districts from the next Kharif season, he informed.
Stating that there was a change in
the attitude of rice millers, Anand said millers have completed 100 per cent
custom milling. Out of 17 lakh metric tonnes procured in the last Kharif
season, the government had given 11.20 lakh metric tonnes for custom milling.
The total quantity of rice was returned to government by millers, he informed.
Talking about reforms being
introduced to streamline the department, Commissioner said e-pass machines will
be set up in fair price shops across the State to check irregularities. E-pass
system is being operated in 250 shops of Mahabubnagar on pilot basis. In the
next phase, it would be introduced in 5,000 shops. Later, the system would be
introduced in 17,200 shops across the State in the coming three months period.
Earlier, he conducted review
meetings with civil supplies department officials in Karimnagar and Peddapalli
districts.
https://telanganatoday.com/telangana-sees-record-procurement-paddy
Florida Woman Allegedly Assaulted Ex With Pork
Fried Rice
Victim was “covered from head to toe in pork fried rice and
a red sauce”
by
May 26, 2017 • 9:19 AM ET
An argument inside a Chinese
restaurant turned messy when a woman allegedly attacked her ex-boyfriend with
Pork Fried Rice. According to reports, the ex-boyfriend was found
“covered from head to toe in pork fried rice and a red sauce” after the alleged
assault on Wednesday.
According to the New York Daily News, Kusmer was waiting for his ex to drop off the couple's
8-year-old son for a custody visit. But when she arrived the former couple
began quarreling over their child's excessive school absences.
Wilson then allegedly tossed her
ex-boyfriend's lunch, pork fried rice, on him. Kusmer declined medical
attention, but said "the sauce burned a little."
Wilson has previously been
arrested for criminal mischief, theft, negligence and child abuse. She has
since been released and was ordered to stay away from Kusmer.
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Asia
Rice-Vietnam prices hit 13-month high; Thailand up on lower supply
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat | BANGKOK
May 25 Vietnam rice hit its highest level in over a year this week
on potential export deals and prices in Thailand firmed up as supply eased,
while the Indian variety gained on growing demand from Africa, traders said.Expectations
of strong demand from top importing countries such as Bangladesh and the
Philippines are fuelling the uptrend in Vietnam and Thailand rice prices.
Vietnam's 5-percent broken rice RI-VNBKN5-P1 was quoted at a level
unseen since April last year, at $360-$380 a tonne, FOB Saigon, up from
$365-$370 last week, as suppliers eyed export deals, traders said.Bangladesh
said on Tuesday it will buy 250,000-300,000 tonnes of Vietnamese rice
immediately and planned to increase rice imports from Vietnam to 500,000 tonnes
by end-2017.
It will also buy one million tonne of Vietnamese rice annually
until 2022.The Philippines said on Monday it would issue a tender next month to
import 250,000 tonnes of the grain from key suppliers Thailand and Vietnam, and
possibly also India.
Thai benchmark 5-percent broken rice RI-THBKN5-P1 firmed this week
to $411-$412 a tonne, free-on-board (FOB) Bangkok, from $385-$411 last week,
the highest in nine months.
"Prices have strengthened greatly, and supply is running low
while demand remains constant," a trader in Bangkok said.But traders in
Thailand and Vietnam said the price hike has started making the local grain too
expensive for them to buy for export, raising a possibility for short supply in
the market."After the Bangladesh news, I can no longer buy anything,"
said a trader in Ho Chi Minh City.
"The market is really stressed already, even though there's no
real trade," another trader said, referring to the Bangladesh deals.Thailand
and Vietnam are the world's second and third biggest rice exporters.
In India, the world's biggest rice exporter, 5-percent broken
parboiled rice RI-INBKN5-P1 jumped by $7 per tonne to $398-$403, on a slight
improvement in demand and a rally in local paddy prices."Export prices are
going up, tracking rise in other countries. Demand has also improved from
African buyers," said M.Adishankar, executive director at Sri Lalitha, an
exporter based at Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
In the past two months, there has been a sharp rise in Indian rates
on government buying and as appreciation in the rupee caused a rally in local
paddy prices."Rising paddy price in the local market has been forcing us
to raise export prices," said another exporter based in Kakinada.Global
rice prices are likely to go further up due to demand from Bangladesh,
Dhaka-based traders and government officials said.
Earlier this month, Bangladesh's state grains buyer said the
country will import 600,000 tonnes of rice.Bangladesh, the world's
fourth-biggest rice producer with around 34 million tonnes, could emerge as a
major importer this year, as low stocks and soaring prices led the government
to import the grain.
(Reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat in BANGKOK, Mai Nguyen in
HANOI, Rajendra Jadhav in MUMBAI, Additional reporting by Ruma Paul in DHAKA;
Editing by Vyas Mohan)
http://in.reuters.com/article/asia-rice-idINL4N1IR3R9
Vietnam rice prices hit 13-month
high; Thailand up on lower supply
REUTERS
UPDATED :
05/26/2017 08:24 GMT + 7
Vietnam rice hit its highest level in over a year this week on
potential export deals and prices in Thailand firmed up as supply eased, while
the Indian variety gained on growing demand from Africa, traders said.
Expectations
of strong demand from top importing countries such as Bangladesh and the
Philippines are fuelling the uptrend in Vietnam and Thailand rice prices.Vietnam's
5-percent broken rice RI-VNBKN5-P1 was quoted at a level unseen since April
last year, at $360-$380 a tonne, FOB Saigon, up from $365-$370 last week, as
suppliers eyed export deals, traders said.Bangladesh said on Tuesday it will
buy 250,000-300,000 tonnes of Vietnamese rice immediately and planned to
increase rice imports from Vietnam to 500,000 tonnes by end-2017.
It
will also buy one million tonne of Vietnamese rice annually until 2022.
The
Philippines said on Monday it would issue a tender next month to import 250,000
tonnes of the grain from key suppliers Thailand and Vietnam, and possibly also
India.
Thai
benchmark 5-percent broken rice RI-THBKN5-P1 firmed this week to $411-$412 a
tonne, free-on-board (FOB) Bangkok, from $385-$411 last week, the highest in
nine months.
"Prices
have strengthened greatly, and supply is running low while demand remains
constant," a trader in Bangkok said.
But
traders in Thailand and Vietnam said the price hike has started making the
local grain too expensive for them to buy for export, raising a possibility for
short supply in the market.
"After
the Bangladesh news, I can no longer buy anything," said a trader in Ho
Chi Minh City.
"The
market is really stressed already, even though there's no real trade,"
another trader said, referring to the Bangladesh deals.
Thailand
and Vietnam are the world's second and third biggest rice exporters.
In
India, the world's biggest rice exporter, 5-percent broken parboiled rice
RI-INBKN5-P1 jumped by $7 per tonne to $398-$403, on a slight improvement in
demand and a rally in local paddy prices.
"Export
prices are going up, tracking rise in other countries. Demand has also improved
from African buyers," said M.Adishankar, executive director at Sri
Lalitha, an exporter based at Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.In
the past two months, there has been a sharp rise in Indian rates on government
buying and as appreciation in the rupee caused a rally in local paddy prices.
"Rising
paddy price in the local market has been forcing us to raise export
prices," said another exporter based in Kakinada.
Global
rice prices are likely to go further up due to demand from Bangladesh,
Dhaka-based traders and government officials said.
Earlier
this month, Bangladesh's state grains buyer said the country will import
600,000 tonnes of rice.Bangladesh, the world's fourth-biggest rice producer
with around 34 million tonnes, could emerge as a major importer this year, as
low stocks and soaring prices led the government to import the grain.
http://tuoitrenews.vn/business/41149/asia-ricevietnam-prices-hit-13month-high-thailand-up-on-lower-supply
Rice farmers earn P32B in Q1
By Jed Macapagal
May 26, 2017
The National Food Authority (NFA) said palay farmers earned around
P32 billion due to high farm-gate prices experienced during the first quarter
of 2017.
NFA said it bought 131,720 bags from farmers nationwide at the government support price of P17 per kg, plus incentives of P0.70 to P1 per kg for a total amount of P118.5 million.
The remaining harvest for the quarter was sold by farmers to private traders at higher prices averaging P19.80 per kg.
NFA said farmers who sold palay to the agency at P850 to P900 per bag realized a net profit of at least P39.5 million, while those who sold to traders at an average of P990 per bag earned an estimated P390 per bag or a total of P31.93 billion net profit based on the Philippine Statistics Authority’s data on the cost of palay production in the country at P12 per kg.
NFA said even with its intensified palay buying activities and incentives, farmers still took advantage of the high prices offered by private traders ranging from P18 to P22.00 per kg against the government’s support price of P17 per kg plus incentives.
NFA’s number is lower than the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) estimated income of farmers during the quarter.
Last month, Emmanuel Piñol, DA secretary, estimated that the aggregate income of rice farmers during the first quarter is estimated at P73.08 billion since the buying price of paddy rice by traders has gone to as high as P21 per kilo or an increase of between P7 to P9 per kilo from the previous seasons.
“It is the mandate of the NFA to stabilize the price of rice in the market and we know NFA serves as the benchmark for the price of palay. It influences the buying price of private traders to go higher than the support price for them to corner the volume they need. Without NFA as a stabilizer, the traders can dictate the price of palay, short-changing the farmers whenever they can,” said Jason Laureano Aquino, NFA administration said in a statement.
”We don’t base our performance solely on how much we have procured because we are limited by the government support price of P17 per kg. We cannot go beyond that. What is important is that the farmers are enjoying much higher prices from private traders and that is good. The NFA’s presence is meant to stabilize the price of palay, not to directly compete with the traders,” he added.
For this year, the NFA targets to buy 4.6 million bags equivalent to 230,367 metric tons of palay to augment rice requirement for distribution and buffer stocking.
Aquino said at the present government support price of P17.70 to P18 per kg of palay, NFA is giving farmers a net profit of at least P285 to P300 per bag.
NFA also assured there is enough rice in Marawi City, which is currently being ravaged by the conflict between government troops and the Maute terrorist group.
“We assure all residents of Marawi and the rest of Mindanao that we have enough rice in NFA warehouses in the area. We are ready to issue rice to relief-giving agencies such as the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippine National Red Cross and local government units anytime they would need it to distribute to the affected residents,” Aquino said.
He said NFA rice stocks for the whole of Mindanao currently stands at 1,504,190 bags and that its offices in other regions, if necessary, are ready to augment the buffer stocks in the region to effectively meet the residents’ rice requirements during the 60-day implementation of martial law in the area
NFA said it bought 131,720 bags from farmers nationwide at the government support price of P17 per kg, plus incentives of P0.70 to P1 per kg for a total amount of P118.5 million.
The remaining harvest for the quarter was sold by farmers to private traders at higher prices averaging P19.80 per kg.
NFA said farmers who sold palay to the agency at P850 to P900 per bag realized a net profit of at least P39.5 million, while those who sold to traders at an average of P990 per bag earned an estimated P390 per bag or a total of P31.93 billion net profit based on the Philippine Statistics Authority’s data on the cost of palay production in the country at P12 per kg.
NFA said even with its intensified palay buying activities and incentives, farmers still took advantage of the high prices offered by private traders ranging from P18 to P22.00 per kg against the government’s support price of P17 per kg plus incentives.
NFA’s number is lower than the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) estimated income of farmers during the quarter.
Last month, Emmanuel Piñol, DA secretary, estimated that the aggregate income of rice farmers during the first quarter is estimated at P73.08 billion since the buying price of paddy rice by traders has gone to as high as P21 per kilo or an increase of between P7 to P9 per kilo from the previous seasons.
“It is the mandate of the NFA to stabilize the price of rice in the market and we know NFA serves as the benchmark for the price of palay. It influences the buying price of private traders to go higher than the support price for them to corner the volume they need. Without NFA as a stabilizer, the traders can dictate the price of palay, short-changing the farmers whenever they can,” said Jason Laureano Aquino, NFA administration said in a statement.
”We don’t base our performance solely on how much we have procured because we are limited by the government support price of P17 per kg. We cannot go beyond that. What is important is that the farmers are enjoying much higher prices from private traders and that is good. The NFA’s presence is meant to stabilize the price of palay, not to directly compete with the traders,” he added.
For this year, the NFA targets to buy 4.6 million bags equivalent to 230,367 metric tons of palay to augment rice requirement for distribution and buffer stocking.
Aquino said at the present government support price of P17.70 to P18 per kg of palay, NFA is giving farmers a net profit of at least P285 to P300 per bag.
NFA also assured there is enough rice in Marawi City, which is currently being ravaged by the conflict between government troops and the Maute terrorist group.
“We assure all residents of Marawi and the rest of Mindanao that we have enough rice in NFA warehouses in the area. We are ready to issue rice to relief-giving agencies such as the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippine National Red Cross and local government units anytime they would need it to distribute to the affected residents,” Aquino said.
He said NFA rice stocks for the whole of Mindanao currently stands at 1,504,190 bags and that its offices in other regions, if necessary, are ready to augment the buffer stocks in the region to effectively meet the residents’ rice requirements during the 60-day implementation of martial law in the area
https://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/business/rice-farmers-earn-p32b-q1
Iloilo is 1st qtr top rice producer
May
26, 2017 Elsa S. subong
ILOILO CITY, 26 May (PIA)—The
province of Iloilo contributed the highest yield in rice for the first quarter
2017 with 325,217 metric tons harvested in Western Visayas.
James Ogatis, Information officer of the Department of Agriculture-6 said that Iloilo has the highest rice output because it has the widest rice area.
“This makes the province capable of producing more than all the other provinces,” Ogatis said.
The provinces of Capiz and Antique contributed 111,258 metric tons and 60,291 metric tons respectively, while Aklan had 15,349 and Guimaras, 10,333.
As per data of the Regional Statistics Services Office, the regional average yield as of the first quarter is 3.17 metric tons per hectare and is expected to rise in the next quarters by boosting yields and the use of quality and hybrid seeds.
Data also showed the province of Antique yielded 3.48 metric tons per hectare, Capiz, 3.28mt, Iloilo 3.15mt, Aklan, 2.9mt, and Guimaras, 2.4mt.
DA-6 said the outcome of the production was taken from the harvests of irrigated, rain-fed, and upland areas in the region.
The total output of the irrigated lands in Western Visayas excluding Negros Occidental reached 266,212 metric tons, while the rain-fed attained 285,751 and the upland had 81 metric tons.
Ogatis said the DA continues to develop farm mechanization and high yield technology assistance in order to improve the competitiveness of local rice production and boost farmers’ income. (JCM.ESS/PIA-Iloilo)
James Ogatis, Information officer of the Department of Agriculture-6 said that Iloilo has the highest rice output because it has the widest rice area.
“This makes the province capable of producing more than all the other provinces,” Ogatis said.
The provinces of Capiz and Antique contributed 111,258 metric tons and 60,291 metric tons respectively, while Aklan had 15,349 and Guimaras, 10,333.
As per data of the Regional Statistics Services Office, the regional average yield as of the first quarter is 3.17 metric tons per hectare and is expected to rise in the next quarters by boosting yields and the use of quality and hybrid seeds.
Data also showed the province of Antique yielded 3.48 metric tons per hectare, Capiz, 3.28mt, Iloilo 3.15mt, Aklan, 2.9mt, and Guimaras, 2.4mt.
DA-6 said the outcome of the production was taken from the harvests of irrigated, rain-fed, and upland areas in the region.
The total output of the irrigated lands in Western Visayas excluding Negros Occidental reached 266,212 metric tons, while the rain-fed attained 285,751 and the upland had 81 metric tons.
Ogatis said the DA continues to develop farm mechanization and high yield technology assistance in order to improve the competitiveness of local rice production and boost farmers’ income. (JCM.ESS/PIA-Iloilo)
http://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/911495780470
Govt to speed up rice imports in wake of flooding
| Update: 08:58, May 26, 2017
Bangladesh will speed up plans to
import rice to build reserves and rein in local prices after flash floods hit
domestic output, government officials said on Thursday.
http://en.prothom-alo.com/economy/news/149213/Govt-to-speed-up-rice-imports-in-wake-of-flooding
Anchor
Borrowers Programme Has Produced 2.1Mt Of Rice – CBN
By KAYODE TOKEDE,
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said its Anchor Borrowers
Programme has produced 2.1 million metric tonnes of rice, setting the country
on the road to rice sufficiency by 2018.
The acting director of Communications, CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor in a series of tweets #CBNspeaks said programme has funded
local production of imported goods that include wheat, rice among others. Speaking on CBN’s strategy in the federal government push to get
the nation out of recession said the
apex bank has intensified the regulation of banks with respect to their foreign
exchange practices and number of banks were sanctioned for defaulting.
He said, “Even though the
country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) remains at -0.52 in first quarter of
2017, It shows that negative growth is decelerating, this is positive.”He said
CBN has adopted higher prudential standards than obtains elsewhere in the world
and Nigerian banks remain resilient in spite of this
He expressed that CBN has
resorted to prioritization by selling foreign exchange only to industries that
can stimulate growth and create jobs and created a list of items that could be
produced locally and excluded them from accessing interbank foreign exchange.
According to him, the CBN has
also created a window for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), investors and
export proceeds, increased sales to Bureau De Changes, and introduced forward
settlements.He said the foreign exchange crisis is basically structural and the
CBN has intervened in agric and manufacturing to spur growth and jobs.He said
as soon as the foreign exchange situation improved from higher crude sales as a
result of peace in the Niger Delta, the CBN began to vigorously fund
invisibles, Basic Transport Allowance, Personal Transport Allowance, school
fees and medical fees to ease pressure on the Naira
http://leadership.ng/2017/05/26/anchor-borrowers-programme-produced-2-1mt-rice-cbn/
Commoners suffer for high rice
prices in Magura
Newly-harvested Boro paddy starts appearing in Rajshahi mkts
Commoners suffer for high rice prices in Magura
Farmers filling sacks with paddy at a market of Dhaphat under
Dupchanchia upazila in Bogra on Thursday. — FE Photo
Our Correspondent
MAGURA, May 25: Commoners in the district are suffering much due to
a high price of rice.Within two months rice prices have been increased by Tk
5.0 to Tk 6.0 per kg.Sources said the local kitchen markets have now been
flooded with Boro rice. Sharna rice is being sold at Tk 46 per kg against Tk 40
around two months ago, Paijam is being sold at Tk 50 per kg against Tk 45 and
BR-28 at Tk 50 per kg against Tk 44.
District food controller Rezaul Islam said it is true that rice
price is high in the market. He also expects that rice prices will be dropped
down within a few days.
Muktadir Rahman, a rickshaw-van puller of Nanduali area in the
district town, said, "I purchase Sharna rice at Tk 46 per kg. Everyday I
need 4.0 kgs of rice for my family. It is hard to spend Tk 184 per day only for
rice."
Abul Fajal, a rice trader of the town, said present market price of
rice is high as paddy is sold at a high rate this season. "Paddy which we
purchased at Tk 700 per maund last year is Tk 1,000 this year."
Sarwar Hossein, a rice mill owner said, "We are failing to
produce rice according to demand. Everyday we are facing load shedding for
seven to eight hours."Meanwhile, our Bogra correspondent adds:
Newly-harvested Boro paddy has started appearing in the local kitchen markets
in all the eight districts under Rajshahi division.
Farmers are happy with the present market price as well, said
sub-assistant agriculture officer, Bogra, Faridur Rahman. He said Boro is being
sold at Tk 900 to Tk 950 per maund this season.
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said over
8,10,750 hectares of land in Bogra, Joypurhat, Pabna, Sirajganj, Naogaon,
Natore, Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts have been brought under the
farming of the paddy with over 2.0 million tonnes of production target.
Abdul Hakim, a cultivator of Mitoil village under Adamdighi upazila
in Bogra, said he brought five bighas of land under the farming of Jirashal
paddy variety spending Tk 35,000 and got 95 maunds of production. He expects to
earn around Tk 90,000 this year.
President of Bogra Chamber of Commerce and Industry Masudur Rahman
Milon said the farmers are getting fair prices of their produces this season
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2017/05/25/71624/Commoners-suffer-for-high-rice-prices-in-Magura
Nagpur
Foodgrain Prices Open- May 26, 2017
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices –
APMC/Open Market-May 26
Nagpur, May 26 (Reuters) – Gram
and tuar prices moved down in Nagpur Agriculture Produce andMarketing Committee
(APMC) auction on lack of demand from local millers amid increased supplyfrom
producing regions. Fresh fall in Madhya Pradesh pulses and release of stock
from stockistsalso pulled down prices in weak trading activity.
About 1,800 bags of gram and
1,700 bags of tuar were available for auctions, according to
sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here in absence of buyers
amid good
supply from producing regions.
TUAR
* Tuar gavarani and tuar Karnataka showed weak tendency in open market
on lack of
demand from local traders amid good supply
from producing belts.
* Moong Chamki moved down in open market on poor buying support from
local
traders amid increased supply from
producing regions.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,000-4,100, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,000-6,200, Udid
Mogar (clean)
– 9,000-10,000, Moong Mogar (clean)
6,800-7,200, Gram – 5,800-6,100, Gram Super best
* Wheat, rice and other commodities moved in a narrow range in
scattered deals and settled at last levels
in thin trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market
prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 5,200-5,450 5,200-5,520
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction 3,500-3,850 3,500-4,000
Moong Auction n.a. 3,900-4,200
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Wheat Mill quality Auction 1,500-1,652 1,500-1,620
Gram Super Best Bold 8,200-8,500 8,200-8,500
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 7,600-7,900 7,600-7,900
Gram
Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 5,600-5,700 5,600-5,700
Desi gram Raw 6,400-6,600 6,400-6,600
Gram Yellow 8,000-8,200 8,000-8,200
Gram Kabuli 12,300-13,400 12,300-13,400
Tuar Fataka Best-New 6,200-6,400 6,200-6,400
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 5,700-6,000 5,700-6,000
Tuar
Dal Medium phod-New
5,000-5,500 5,000-5,500
Tuar Gavarani New 4,150-4,250 4,200-4,300
Tuar Karnataka 4,250-4,350 4,300-4,400
Masoor dal best 5,500-5,700 5,500-5,700
Masoor dal medium 5,200-5,400 5,200-5,400
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 7,000-7,500 7,000-7,500
Moong Mogar Medium 6,500-6,800 6,500-6,800
Moong dal Chilka 5,400-6,300 5,400-6,300
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 6,900-7,900 7,000-8,000
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New)
10,000-11,000 10,000-11,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 8,000-9,000 8,000-9,000
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,200 5,800-6,200
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,500-5,600 5,500-5,700
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 3,300-3,500 3,300-3,500
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,000 2,900-3,000
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,600 3,400-3,600
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,500 4,000-4,500
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,950-2,050 1,950-2,050
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,650-1,750 1,650-1,750
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,150-2,350 2,150-2,350
Wheat Lokwan new (100 INR/KG) 1,850-2,050 1,850-2,050
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,350 2,200-2,350
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,150 2,000-2,150
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,400 3,100-3,400
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,800 2,300-2,800
Rice BPT new (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,400 3,100-3,400
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,500-4,000 3,500-4,000
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,200 3,000-3,200
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,800 2,500-2,800
Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,450 2,300-2,450
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,500 2,400-2,500
Rice HMT New (100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,000 3,600-4,000
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 4,500-4,800 4,500-4,800
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,200 4,000-4,200
Rice Shriram New(100 INR/KG) 4,650-4,850 4,650-4,850
Rice Shriram best 100 INR/KG) 6,800-7,000 6,800-7,000
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 6,300-6,500 6,300-6,500
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 11,000-15,000 11,000-15,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,500-8,000 6,500-8,000
Rice Chinnor New(100 INR/KG) 4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,300 5,800-6,300
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 5,400-5,600 5,100-5,300
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,200 1,900-2,200
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)
1,800-1,900 1,800-1,900
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 45.5 degree
Celsius, minimum temp. 30.9 degree Celsius
Rainfall : Nil
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. One
or two spells of rains likely. Maximum and minimum temperaturewould be around
and 45 and 32 degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are
excluded from plant delivery prices, butincluded in market prices)
Rain water inundates paddy in
Rangpur
Landless farmers cultivate paddy on
the bed of dead Sati river
Abdul Hamid of Char Nazirdah
village said he and other landless farmers have been living by cultivating
paddy on the riverbed of Sati river as there is no water flow there.
They noticed on May 19 that the
water level was rising alarmingly. “I cultivated BR-28 paddy on one acre of
land this year, which is now under water,” Hamid added.
He gathered nearly 100kg of paddy
from under the water, otherwise it would be damaged, Hamid added.
Water usually enters the river from July up to October, but it came early this
year, said Rafiqul Islam of the village, adding that he cultivated paddy on
one-and-half acres of land on the riverbed.
“I spent extra money for preventing
neck blast disease and will become a beggar if I can't harvest the paddy
properly,” said Abul Kashem of Uttar Sadi village. He borrowed Tk 25,000 for
cultivating the paddy, he added.
Nearly 300 farmers of Dhumpara,
Char-Chatura, Maya-Bazar, Bangla-Bazar Char, Uttar-Thakurdash Polimari, Char
Nazirdah, Char Prannath, Uttar Sadi and Gopidanga villages, cultivated paddy on
the 26 km long riverbed of the Sati river, he said.
Most farmers have harvested their
paddy on the riverbed, the UAO said. Water flow in the river increased early
this year due to heavy rainfall, he added
Love rice but worried about calories? This
ingredient may just be what you need
In case you too love rice and
cannot imagine giving it up, this trick might just be what you need. It also
cuts obesity rates.
May 27, 2017 15:00 IST
Also read: Not a meat-eater? 7 vegetarian foods that will take care of all your protein needs
In case you too love rice and cannot imagine giving it up, this might just be what you need. Scientists from the American Chemical Society have developed a simple and different way to cook rice that cuts the calories by half.
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For the research, the scientists used 38 kinds of rice from Sri Lanka and tried to find a new way to cook it so that it increased the resistant starch content. While they simmered the rice for about 40 minutes, one could boil it for 20-25 minutes for the same results.
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