Philippines' Duterte Orders State
Food Agency to Boost Rice Reserves
Philippine
President Rodrigo Duterte has directed the country's food security agency to
build up its rice buffer stock to the equivalent of 60 days of national
consumption, by buying more locally-produced grains and imported varieties, the
agriculture minister said on Tuesday (17/04). (Reuters Photo/Erik De Castro)
Manila. Philippine President Rodrigo
Duterte has directed the country's food security agency to build up its rice
buffer stock to the equivalent of 60 days of national consumption, by buying
more locally-produced grains and imported varieties, the agriculture minister
said on Tuesday (17/04).
A 60-day buffer stock would be equivalent to a reserve of as
much as 1.92 million tonnes. The National Food Authority (NFA), the agency in
charge of ensuring stable rice supply, had an inventory of only 43,500 tons, or
less than 2 days of national consumption, as of last month.
The NFA is under increasing pressure to beef up its rice
inventory, which has been almost depleted in the absence of fresh purchases.
The
Philippines, a frequent rice importer, saw domestic prices of the staple grain
increase in recent weeks as the NFA could not provide the local market with
cheap rice.
Higher rice prices added pressure to Philippine inflation, which
quickened to an annual pace of 4.3 percent in March, the fastest in at least
five years.
"Buy from the Filipino farmers first and if you could not
find sufficient stocks to be bought at the price approved by the NFA Council,
that's the time you source it through importation," Duterte told NFA
management on Monday night, according to Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol.
In a meeting with the NFA Council, Duterte also directed Finance
Secretary Carlos Dominguez to help provide funds for NFA's local rice
procurement program, saying he would like the agency's warehouses "filled
to the roof" to ensure sufficient supply, Piñol said.
The council, composed of government economic managers, has
approved the purchase by NFA of 250,000 tonnes via a tender open to
international traders and suppliers, for delivery starting May, ahead of the
lean domestic harvest season from July.
The NFA is also set to buy another 250,000-tonne volume in a
government-to-government deal with Vietnam or Thailand, for delivery starting
next month.
Duterte has also directed the NFA to increase its buying price
for local rice so it could rack up its needed buffer stocks, Piñol said in a
statement posted on his Facebook account.
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There was a time when rice was
Nepal’s major export item
INJINA PANTHI / APRIL 18, 2018
Farmers in a Parsa village
filling paddy in gunny sacks in December 2015.
Photo: Sujit
Mainali
Over the past few years, media
reports have been stating that Nepal’s rice import has been increasing. But
there was a time when Nepal used to export rice.
Nepal had formally started
exporting rice in 1974 AD. The government had established seven companies
specifically for exporting rice. These companies were: Mechi Dhanchamal Niryat
Company Limited, Koshi Anchal Dhanchamal Niryat Company Limited,
Sagarmatha Dhanchamal Niryat Company, Janakpur Anchal Dhanchamal Niryat
Company, Narayani Anchal Dhanchamal Niryat Company Limited, Lumbini Anchal
Dhanchamal Niryat Company Limited, and Sudoor Paschimanchal Dhanchamal Niryat
Company limited. Later, in 1975 August, yet another company, Seti
Mahakali Dhanchamal Niryat Company, was set up.
In these companies, the
government and cooperatives had 51 percent stake while the remaining 49 percent
stake was held by businessmen, mill owners and farmers.
Several news reports and articles
published in Gorkhapatra between 1974 and 1975 mentioned that the agriculture
sector’s share in the total national export was 65 percent with rice being
the major export commodity. Since rice dominated the export basket, the
government set up these companies to facilitate export.
Rice comprised 40 percent of
Nepal’s total exports (Nepal’s Rice Exports, Ramesh Munkarmi, Gorkhapatra
Daily, December 15, 1974). In the article, the writer has recommended that
Nepal needs to explore market for its rice in order to balance its imports and
exports.
On August 23, 1975, a year after
their establishment, the rice import-export companies’ progress report was as
follows. These companies exported rice mainly to India.
|
Companies
|
Purchase target
(metric ton) |
Total purchase
(metric ton)
|
Export target
(metric ton)
|
Export agreement
(metric ton)
|
Total export
(metric ton)
|
|
Koshi Dhanchamal
Company
|
18,750
|
27,214
|
15,000
|
20,277
|
17,300
|
|
Mechi Dhanchamal
Company
|
25,000
|
29,865
|
0
|
19,531
|
9,000
|
|
Sagarmatha
Dhanchamal Company)
|
15,000
|
23,600
|
12,000
|
8,500
|
5,000
|
|
Janakpur Dhanchamal
Company
|
15,000
|
10,271
|
12,000
|
4,720
|
3,500
|
|
Narayani Dhanchamal
Company
|
18,750
|
13,500
|
15,000
|
100,70
|
8,000
|
|
Lumbini Dhanchamal
Company
|
17,500
|
14,504
|
14,000
|
9,147
|
7,296
|
|
Sudoor Pashimanchal
Dhanchamal Company
|
15,000
|
6,861
|
12,000
|
0
|
5,194
|
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Evasco out as head of NFA Council
By: Leila B. Salaverria - Reporter / @LeilasINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 07:24 AM April 18,
2018
Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. with
President Duterte. MALACAÑANG PHOTO
Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. is out
of the National Food Authority (NFA) Council, following a row with NFA
Administrator Jason Aquino over rice importation.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said
on Tuesday that Evasco would no longer head the NFA Council because President
Rodrigo Duterte decided on Monday night to put the NFA under the Department of
Agriculture, along with the Philippine Coconut Authority and the Fertilizer and
Pesticide Authority.
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol is
expected to head the new NFA Council.
The council, the policymaking body of the
NFA, will also no longer include the Development Bank of the Philippines, which
will be replaced by the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Friction with NFA
In his statement read by Roque, Evasco
alluded to the friction that the council had with the NFA and the demolition
job he had faced.
“It has been a challenge to be part of
these reform agenda in the NFA and in the government at large, especially with
the effort of some quarters to discredit my name and that of the council,”
Evasco said.
But instituting the reforms were worth the
effort, he said.
Evasco said he hoped his successor would
continue the programs to ensure that the transactions of the NFA would be
aboveboard.
“With the President’s decision to transfer
the governance to the next council chair, I believe that NFA can now move
forward toward ensuring that corrupt, exclusive and debt-ridden practices
during the past administrations will not reign in the next transactions to
pass,” he said.
Evasco thanked President Duterte for giving
him the chance to head the council and said he respected his decision.
He also noted that in his more than 20
years in public service, he had never been charged with or investigated for any
misdeeds or corrupt practices.
Rough ride
Evasco’s term as head of the NFA Council
had not been a smooth ride.
Last year, Mr. Duterte fired Evasco’s
deputy, Undersecretary Maia Chiara Halmen Valdez, for supposedly approving the
importation of rice during the harvest season.
Valdez said then that the decision was
approved by the NFA Council.
She issued a statement saying Evasco’s
office was under attack.
Valdez accused Piñol of meddling in the
affairs of Evasco’s office, and criticized Aquino for refusing to attend
council meetings and defying its decision to extend the deadline for rice
imports.
She also said Piñol and Aquino were able to
go directly to Mr. Duterte, while the NFA Council’s request for a dialogue with
the President, which was coursed through his special assistant, Christoper Go,
had been unsuccessful.
The people lose
Opposition Senators Francis Pangilinan and
Bam Aquino questioned the removal of Evasco from the NFA Council.
In a statement, Pangilinan said Evasco’s
removal made Aquino the “clear winner” and the people “the loser” in the
attempt at reforms in the NFA.
Pangilinan questioned why Evasco was
removed when he had a good track record and had investigated illegal activities
in the NFA.
“Where is [the] government’s sincerity in
going after the corrupt if its allies who have clean objectives and are opposed
to corruption are not being heeded?” he said.
Pangilinan also said he did not agree with
Mr. Duterte’s decision to put the NFA under the agriculture department because
this could lead to more mismanagement at the NFA, which could affect the rice
supply.
In a separate statement, Aquino said
Evasco’s removal was a “loss in our fight against corruption in the importation
and management” of the rice supply.
Aquino said Evasco provided checks and
balances in the NFA.
“Without the checks and balances that
Secretary Evasco endeavored to implement, corrupt deals will continue unpunished,”
he said.
Artificial rice shortage
Evasco earlier this month accused the NFA
of creating an artificial rice shortage by announcing that its buffer stock had
dwindled to an amount good for less than half a day for the entire country.
Evasco said the artificial shortage could
force private traders to hoard their stock in anticipation of higher prices.
He said there was enough rice in the
country.
He also ordered an audit of the NFA’s rice
procurement and release of supply.
The NFA and the NFA Council had also
disagreed on conditions for the importation of rice.
But Mr. Duterte has since directed Aquino
to go ahead with rice importation and to ignore the NFA Council.
Roque said on Tuesday that Mr. Duterte had
given the authority to import 250,000 metric tons of rice in a
government-to-government arrangement to beef up the government’s buffer stock.
Subsequent
importation will be done through auction. It will be supervised by the
Executive Council Committee headed by the Office of the President. —WITH A REPORT FROM CHRISTINE O.
AVENDAÑO
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Solutions
sought to drought, saline intrusion in Mekong Delta
At the workshop (Source: VNA)
Bac Lieu (VNA) – Measures to deal with drought and saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta region were discussed during a workshop in Bac Lieu province on April 14.
Orgnaised by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, the event drew experts, scientists and managers from research institutes and universities, and representatives from regional localities such as Bac Lieu, Soc Trang, Hau Giang, Ben Tre, Tra Vinh and Kien Giang. Experts assessed solutions to adapt to drought and saltwater intrusion in this year’s dry season, while discussing the efficiency of transformative economic models that have been implemented to address the problem. Coastal provinces in the Mekong Delta are mostly affected by salinity intrusion and climate change. Scientists said the best solution is to plant crops able to adapt to climate change.
Associate Professor, PhD. Vo Cong Thanh from Can Tho University stressed the need to pay more attention to building infrastructure.
Climate change response infrastructure projects must be effective, he said, adding that they should also not affect the environment.
Duong Thanh Trung, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Bac Lieu province, said the locality will restructure many production areas.
The province is concentrating on transforming ineffective rice production areas into the rice/shrimp rotation model, he noted, adding that nearly 40,000 ha is applying the model.
The locality will replicate this model, while stepping up the transfer of science and technology and apply effective rice growing models, he said.
The Mekong Delta, the country’s largest rice granary, comprises 12 provinces and one centrally-run city with a total area of 40,000 square kilometres and a combined population of 18 million. It has been tasked with ensuring the country’s food security.
However, it is also one of the most affected by climate change, rising-sea level and saltwater intrusion. By mid-2016, the Mekong Delta faced serious drought and saline intrusion. This year’s dry season, drought, saltwater intrusion and riverbank and coastline erosion, is also extreme.
At present, saline intrusion is infiltrating regional localities, affecting a large area of rice and vegetables.-VNA
Rice production
seen hitting nearly 20 MMT this year
April 17, 2018
Philippine rice production
could rise by nearly 3.11 percent to a record-high of nearly 20 million metric
tons (MMT) on the back of higher yield and better farm-gate prices, according
to the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Despite this, the United
Nations’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) projected that Philippine
rice imports this year would expand by 40 percent to 1.4 MMT.
“This year rice production is
expected to grow by about 600,000 metric tons [MT], stimulated mainly by good
palay-buying prices, favorable climate and the increase in the adoption of good
quality and hybrid seeds by farmers,” Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol
said on Tuesday.
Rice output last year grew by 9.3
percent to 19.28 MMT, from 17.63 MMT recorded in 2016, according to the
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The 9.3-percent increase in palay output
last year allowed the country to reach a 96-percent self-sufficiency in rice,
according to the DA.
“Last year the country posted its
highest rice harvest in history at 19.28 million metric tons, which reduced the
country’s dependence on imported rice from over 2 million metric tons in 2010 to
only about 600,000 to 800,000 metric tons this year,” Piñol said.
More imports
The FAO said in a report
published recently that Philippine rice imports this year would expand by
nearly 400,000 MT from the previous year’s level. This, the report noted, reflects
Manila’s efforts to beef up the buffer stocks of the National Food Authority
(NFA).
The expected hike in Manila’s
rice purchase abroad would drive its total cereal imports this year to a
“near-record” level of 7.2 MMT, 5.88 percent higher than the 6.8 MMT recorded
in the previous year, according to the FAO.
The FAO estimated that wheat
imports in the July 2017 to July 2018 marketing year, would “remain close” to
last year’s high level at 5.5 MMT, “owing to continuing strong demand for both
high-quality wheat for milling and low quality wheat for feed.”
“Maize imports are forecast to
surpass last year’s below-average level and reach 430,000 MT, reflecting
expectations of a decreased output,” the FAO said.
In a meeting on Monday, the NFA
Council (NFAC) has given the go signal to import 250,000 MT of rice via the
government-to-government mode to replenish the stockpile of the NFA.
Presidential Spokesman Harry
L. Roque Jr. told reporters in a media briefing in Boracay that the volume
would arrive in a month and would be sold at P27 per kilogram (kg).
“Subsequent importation is to be
done by government-to-private [G2P] or auction and importation will be
implemented or supervised by the Executive Council Committee headed by the
Office of the President,” Roque said.
The Executive Council Committee
members include representatives from the NFA, DA and Department of Finance, as
well as the Office of the President.
NFA to DA
Instead of abolishing the NFAC,
the highest policy-making body of the NFA, the council has been reorganized,
according to Roque. He also announced that three agencies—the NFA, Philippine
Coconut Authority and Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority—have been transferred
back to the DA.
“Because the NFA is under the DA
anew, Cabinet Secretary [Leoncio B.]Evasco [Jr.] will no longer be part of the
NFA Council,” Roque said.
Asked if Piñol will head the
NFAC, Roque said an executive order (EO) reattaching the three agencies back to
the DA will still need to be issued first. “The composition of the board will
have to be agreed upon by the council and whoever who will lead the council
will still be agreed upon so let’s wait first for the EO.”
But Piñol said in a separate
interview “it (heading the NFAC) follows since the NFA is now under the DA.”
Roque also noted that part of the
new NFA arrangements include the relief of council member Development Bank of
the Philippines’s (DBP), which was approved by the President.
He said this was requested by the
DBP representative who noted that the bank’s representation in the council is
“redundant” since the Land Bank of the Philippines is also in the NFAC.
“The Department of Social Welfare
and Development [DSWD] will take the place of the DBP,” Roque said in a
separate statement.
In a statement which was read by
Roque during the briefing, Evasco said he respects the decision of the
President given the encompassing nature and impact of NFA on the Filipino
people and farmers.
Evasco also cited the NFAC’s
achievements, such as putting in place several policy guidelines to have a
“more transparent, competitive, inclusive and accountable” system of
procurement and distribution of NFA rice as a result of more than 20 council
meetings since his designation as NFAC chairman.
“With the President’s decision to
transfer the governance to the next council chairman, I believe that NFA can
now move forward toward ensuring that corrupt, exclusive and debt-ridden
practices during the past administrations will not reign in the next
transactions to pass,” he said.
“I call the new chairman to take
advantage of what we have started and continue the systems transformation can
so that it can take root in the NFA,” he added
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Rice output up
April 18, 2018
By
JED MACAPAGAL and PAUL ICAMINA
The Department of Agriculture said
rice production is expected to grow by about 600,000 metric tons this year.Emmanuel
Piñol, DA secretary, said this is mainly due to good buying prices of
palay, favorable climate and increase in the adoption of good quality and
hybrid seeds by farmers,Piñol said last year, the country posted its highest
rice harvest in history at 19.28 million metric tons (MT) which reduced the
country’s dependence on imported rice from over 2 million MT in 2010 to only
about 600,000 to 800,000 MT this year.
Piñol said due to the continuing better local rice production, the Philippines’ dependence from imported grains will be lessened since local production is expected to supply 95 percent to 96 percent of the national requirements this year.Meanwhile, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said the Philippines will increase rice production by 300,000 mt this year.USDA said global rice production for 2017/18 will reach a “new record” while stocks will be the second-highest on record.
In its Rice Outlook report released this week, the USDA raised its projection for global 2017/18 rice production by 1.2 million metric tons (milled basis) to a new record of 487.46 million mt, up 0.2 percent from the record set last year.
It said Brazil, Burma, Pakistan and the Philippines will each increase production by 300,000 mt.Global rice trade in calendar year 2018 is projected to be at a record high at 48.14 million mt. Global rice exports are raised 0.8 million mt relative to the March forecast, with a 0.3-million-ton increase for Thailand and 0.2-million-ton increases each for Burma India and Pakistan.At the same time, larger imports are expected for the Philippines, Ghana and Indonesia. Global rice imports are raised 0.94 million mt relative to the March estimate, to 47.55 million mt.
The large global supply combined with declining consumption has led to increased stocks in 2017/18. The projection for global ending stocks is revised upward by 1.4 million mt to 144.4 million; if realized, these will be the second-highest stocks on record, the USDA report observed.Thailand rice export quotes increased by 2 to 4 percent due to strong demand from African countries for low-grade white rice. Prices for Thailand’s premium Jasmine rice, an aromatic variety, were quoted at $1,095 per ton in the week ending April 2, up $15 from the week ending March 26, but down $13 from the week ending March 5.
Price quotes for Vietnam’s rice decreased 1 percent in March relative to the February average for 5-percent broken regular milled white rice. For the week ending April 2, Vietnam’s 5-percent broken regular milled white rice was quoted at $460 per ton, up $41 from the week ending March 26, and up $45 from the week ending March 5.
US prices for long-grain milled rice are mostly unchanged compared to the March average. For the week ending April 3, prices for high-quality US Southern long-grain rice were quoted at $590 per ton, down $5 from the week ending March 6
The Department of Agriculture said
rice production is expected to grow by about 600,000 metric tons this year.Emmanuel
Piñol, DA secretary, said this is mainly due to good buying prices of
palay, favorable climate and increase in the adoption of good quality and
hybrid seeds by farmers,Piñol said last year, the country posted its highest
rice harvest in history at 19.28 million metric tons (MT) which reduced the
country’s dependence on imported rice from over 2 million MT in 2010 to only
about 600,000 to 800,000 MT this year.Piñol said due to the continuing better local rice production, the Philippines’ dependence from imported grains will be lessened since local production is expected to supply 95 percent to 96 percent of the national requirements this year.Meanwhile, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said the Philippines will increase rice production by 300,000 mt this year.USDA said global rice production for 2017/18 will reach a “new record” while stocks will be the second-highest on record.
In its Rice Outlook report released this week, the USDA raised its projection for global 2017/18 rice production by 1.2 million metric tons (milled basis) to a new record of 487.46 million mt, up 0.2 percent from the record set last year.
It said Brazil, Burma, Pakistan and the Philippines will each increase production by 300,000 mt.Global rice trade in calendar year 2018 is projected to be at a record high at 48.14 million mt. Global rice exports are raised 0.8 million mt relative to the March forecast, with a 0.3-million-ton increase for Thailand and 0.2-million-ton increases each for Burma India and Pakistan.At the same time, larger imports are expected for the Philippines, Ghana and Indonesia. Global rice imports are raised 0.94 million mt relative to the March estimate, to 47.55 million mt.
The large global supply combined with declining consumption has led to increased stocks in 2017/18. The projection for global ending stocks is revised upward by 1.4 million mt to 144.4 million; if realized, these will be the second-highest stocks on record, the USDA report observed.Thailand rice export quotes increased by 2 to 4 percent due to strong demand from African countries for low-grade white rice. Prices for Thailand’s premium Jasmine rice, an aromatic variety, were quoted at $1,095 per ton in the week ending April 2, up $15 from the week ending March 26, but down $13 from the week ending March 5.
Price quotes for Vietnam’s rice decreased 1 percent in March relative to the February average for 5-percent broken regular milled white rice. For the week ending April 2, Vietnam’s 5-percent broken regular milled white rice was quoted at $460 per ton, up $41 from the week ending March 26, and up $45 from the week ending March 5.
US prices for long-grain milled rice are mostly unchanged compared to the March average. For the week ending April 3, prices for high-quality US Southern long-grain rice were quoted at $590 per ton, down $5 from the week ending March 6
NFA to boost rice reserves
April 18, 2018
President Duterte has directed the National Food Authority
(NFA) to build up its rice buffer stock to the equivalent of 60 days of
national consumption, by buying more locally-produced grains and imported
varieties, according to Emmanuel Piñol, secretary of the Department of
Agriculture (DA).Duterte also retained the NFA Council but ordered its
reorganization which resulted in the removal of the Office of the Cabinet
Secretary and its head Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evacso from the policy making
council.
A 60-day buffer stock would be equivalent to a reserve of as much as 1.92 million tons. The NFA had an inventory of only 43,500 tons, or less than two days of national consumption, as of last month.The NFA is under increasing pressure to beef up its rice inventory, which has been almost depleted in the absence of fresh purchases.The Philippines, a frequent rice importer, saw domestic prices of the staple grain increase in recent weeks as the NFA could not provide the local market with cheap rice.Higher rice prices added pressure to Philippine inflation, which quickened to an annual pace of 4.3 percent in March, the fastest in at least five years.
“Buy from the Filipino farmers first and if you could not find sufficient stocks to be bought at the price approved by the NFA Council, that’s the time you source it through importation,” Duterte told NFA management on Monday night, according to Piñol.In a meeting with the NFA Council, Duterte also directed Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez to help provide funds for NFA’s local rice procurement program, saying he would like the agency’s warehouses “filled to the roof” to ensure sufficient supply, Piñol said.The council, composed of government economic managers, has approved the purchase by NFA of 250,000 tons via a tender open to international traders and suppliers, for delivery starting May, ahead of the lean domestic harvest season from July.
The NFA buys the rice with 14 percent moisture content from farmers at P17 per kilo at present but some farmers prefers to sell their harvests to private traders buy the rice with 18 percent moisture for P18 to P25 per kilo. The NFA is also set to buy another 250,000-ton volume in a government-to-government deal with Vietnam or Thailand, for delivery starting next month. Duterte has also directed the NFA to increase its buying price for local rice so it could rack up its needed buffer stocks, Piñol said in a statement posted on his Facebook account.
“The DA will help NFA by identifying provinces where the buying price of palay is relatively low and the buying operations will be concentrated in those areas. The DA will also offer incentives to farmers by providing drying facilities for free in NFA buying stations, loans for cooperatives and associations who will sell their produce to NFA and free tractors, harvesters and other farm equipment to associations who could deliver a certain volume of rice to NFA,” Piñol said.
A 60-day buffer stock would be equivalent to a reserve of as much as 1.92 million tons. The NFA had an inventory of only 43,500 tons, or less than two days of national consumption, as of last month.The NFA is under increasing pressure to beef up its rice inventory, which has been almost depleted in the absence of fresh purchases.The Philippines, a frequent rice importer, saw domestic prices of the staple grain increase in recent weeks as the NFA could not provide the local market with cheap rice.Higher rice prices added pressure to Philippine inflation, which quickened to an annual pace of 4.3 percent in March, the fastest in at least five years.
“Buy from the Filipino farmers first and if you could not find sufficient stocks to be bought at the price approved by the NFA Council, that’s the time you source it through importation,” Duterte told NFA management on Monday night, according to Piñol.In a meeting with the NFA Council, Duterte also directed Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez to help provide funds for NFA’s local rice procurement program, saying he would like the agency’s warehouses “filled to the roof” to ensure sufficient supply, Piñol said.The council, composed of government economic managers, has approved the purchase by NFA of 250,000 tons via a tender open to international traders and suppliers, for delivery starting May, ahead of the lean domestic harvest season from July.
The NFA buys the rice with 14 percent moisture content from farmers at P17 per kilo at present but some farmers prefers to sell their harvests to private traders buy the rice with 18 percent moisture for P18 to P25 per kilo. The NFA is also set to buy another 250,000-ton volume in a government-to-government deal with Vietnam or Thailand, for delivery starting next month. Duterte has also directed the NFA to increase its buying price for local rice so it could rack up its needed buffer stocks, Piñol said in a statement posted on his Facebook account.
“The DA will help NFA by identifying provinces where the buying price of palay is relatively low and the buying operations will be concentrated in those areas. The DA will also offer incentives to farmers by providing drying facilities for free in NFA buying stations, loans for cooperatives and associations who will sell their produce to NFA and free tractors, harvesters and other farm equipment to associations who could deliver a certain volume of rice to NFA,” Piñol said.
Reorganization
President Duterte has ordered the transfer of the supervision of the NFA, Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) to the DA from the Office of the Cabinet Secretary.Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, in a briefing held in Boracay, said a corresponding executive order (EO) on the transfer of the three agencies to DA would be issued soon.
Roque said the President, during the NFA Council meeting that he convened and presided over in Malacanang, had stated he does not want the Office of the President being saddled with so many offices, thus approving the return of the three offices to DA.
Roque said that with the return of the NFA, along with the two other agencies to the DA, “Cabinet Secretary Leoncio B. Evasco will no longer be a part of the NFA Council.”Evasco, who previously accused some members of the NFA of creating an artificial rice shortage situation, served as the ex-officio chairman of the NFA Council.
Reports said the President had first talked to Evasco before he announced his decision.Malacanang also said that prior to the convening of the NFA Council, Duterte also talked with Piñol and NFA administrator Jason Aquino.Evasco in a statement read by Roque, thanked the President and the NFA Council members for the chance of working with the Council for one and half years and urged the public to continue their support for a better NFA and for the national government.
Piñol, when asked if he is now the ex-officio chairman of the NFA Council which was previously held by Evasco, told media that “it follows since NFA is now under the DA.”Roque echoed Piñol’s opinion but said that it is better to wait for the EO clarifying the members of the NFA Council and the transfer of the three agencies to DA.Roque also said that the President had also approved the request of the DBP to be removed from the NFA Council to be able to focus with the other projects of the bank. DBP will be replaced by the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Importation
During the meeting, it was also approved that the importation of the 250,000 metric tons of rice would now be done through government to government (G2G) mode which means “imported rice is set to arrive soon.”. The NFA Council previously recommended a government to private (G2P) mode of importation.Roque said subsequent importation is to be done by G2P or auction and importation will be implemented or supervised by the Executive Council Committee headed by the Office of the President. (Reuters, J. Montemayor and J. Macapagal)
Evasco out as head of NFA Council
By: Leila B. Salaverria - Reporter / @LeilasINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 07:24 AM April 18,
2018
Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. with President
Duterte. MALACAÑANG PHOTO 
Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. is out
of the National Food Authority (NFA) Council, following a row with NFA
Administrator Jason Aquino over rice importation.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said
on Tuesday that Evasco would no longer head the NFA Council because President
Rodrigo Duterte decided on Monday night to put the NFA under the Department of
Agriculture, along with the Philippine Coconut Authority and the Fertilizer and
Pesticide Authority.
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol is
expected to head the new NFA Council.
The council, the policymaking body of the
NFA, will also no longer include the Development Bank of the Philippines, which
will be replaced by the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Friction with NFA
In his statement read by Roque, Evasco
alluded to the friction that the council had with the NFA and the demolition
job he had faced.
“It has been a challenge to be part of
these reform agenda in the NFA and in the government at large, especially with
the effort of some quarters to discredit my name and that of the council,”
Evasco said.
But instituting the reforms were worth the
effort, he said.
Evasco said he hoped his successor would
continue the programs to ensure that the transactions of the NFA would be
aboveboard.
“With the President’s decision to transfer
the governance to the next council chair, I believe that NFA can now move
forward toward ensuring that corrupt, exclusive and debt-ridden practices
during the past administrations will not reign in the next transactions to
pass,” he said.
Evasco thanked President Duterte for giving
him the chance to head the council and said he respected his decision.
He also noted that in his more than 20
years in public service, he had never been charged with or investigated for any
misdeeds or corrupt practices.
Rough ride
Evasco’s term as head of the NFA Council
had not been a smooth ride.
Last year, Mr. Duterte fired Evasco’s
deputy, Undersecretary Maia Chiara Halmen Valdez, for supposedly approving the
importation of rice during the harvest season.
Valdez said then that the decision was
approved by the NFA Council.
She issued a statement saying Evasco’s
office was under attack.
Valdez accused Piñol of meddling in the
affairs of Evasco’s office, and criticized Aquino for refusing to attend
council meetings and defying its decision to extend the deadline for rice
imports.
She also said Piñol and Aquino were able to
go directly to Mr. Duterte, while the NFA Council’s request for a dialogue with
the President, which was coursed through his special assistant, Christoper Go,
had been unsuccessful.
The people lose
Opposition Senators Francis Pangilinan and
Bam Aquino questioned the removal of Evasco from the NFA Council.
In a statement, Pangilinan said Evasco’s
removal made Aquino the “clear winner” and the people “the loser” in the
attempt at reforms in the NFA.
Pangilinan questioned why Evasco was
removed when he had a good track record and had investigated illegal activities
in the NFA.
“Where is [the] government’s sincerity in
going after the corrupt if its allies who have clean objectives and are opposed
to corruption are not being heeded?” he said.
Pangilinan also said he did not agree with
Mr. Duterte’s decision to put the NFA under the agriculture department because
this could lead to more mismanagement at the NFA, which could affect the rice
supply.
In a separate statement, Aquino said
Evasco’s removal was a “loss in our fight against corruption in the importation
and management” of the rice supply.
Aquino said Evasco provided checks and
balances in the NFA.
“Without the checks and balances that
Secretary Evasco endeavored to implement, corrupt deals will continue
unpunished,” he said.
Artificial rice shortage
Evasco earlier this month accused the NFA
of creating an artificial rice shortage by announcing that its buffer stock had
dwindled to an amount good for less than half a day for the entire country.
Evasco said the artificial shortage could
force private traders to hoard their stock in anticipation of higher prices.
He said there was enough rice in the
country.
He also ordered an audit of the NFA’s rice
procurement and release of supply.
The NFA and the NFA Council had also
disagreed on conditions for the importation of rice.
But Mr. Duterte has since directed Aquino
to go ahead with rice importation and to ignore the NFA Council.
Roque said on Tuesday that Mr. Duterte had
given the authority to import 250,000 metric tons of rice in a
government-to-government arrangement to beef up the government’s buffer stock.
Subsequent importation will be done through
auction. It will be supervised by the Executive Council Committee headed by the
Office of the President.
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Statement
by Dr. Susan Mayne on FDA efforts to reduce consumer exposure to arsenic in
rice
April 17, 2018
Statement
The U.S. Food and Administration takes seriously its mandate to
oversee the safety of domestic and imported foods and does this, in part,
through the monitoring of contaminants in food, assessing potential exposure
and risk, and taking steps to reduce consumer exposure to contaminants.
FDA experts have been testing for
arsenic levels in foods for decades to learn about exposure levels and study
possible health risks associated with arsenic in foods. For many years, we have
partnered with other federal agencies and outside organizations to work on
reducing consumer exposure to arsenic in rice and rice products.
Rice cereal is a common first
food for infants, who, in proportion to their body weight, consume more rice
than adults. FDA researchers found that exposure to inorganic arsenic, the more
toxic form of arsenic, is associated with neurocognitive deficits in children.
In 2016, the FDA took steps to reduce exposure to inorganic
arsenic from infant rice cereal.
FDA scientists developed and
validated a method to distinguish organic from inorganic arsenic in rice. We
conducted an extensive review of the peer-reviewed literature, and published
a risk assessment on the potential health
impacts associated with exposure to arsenic from rice and rice products, and
tested more than 1000 samples of rice and rice products.
All of these data led us to issue
a draft guidance for industry, in which we identified an “action level” of 100
parts per billion for inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal. We asked food
manufacturers to take this prudent measure, and found it is largely achievable.
We continue to recommend that pregnant women and infants eat a variety of
grains and note that non-rice infant cereal options are available for
incorporation into a well-balanced diet.
Our work to reduce consumer
exposure to arsenic from rice is part of a broader initiative underway to
reduce the risks posed by arsenic and other toxic metals in food. As part of
the initiative, we recently created a Toxic Elements Working Groupthat has been
charged with identifying, targeting and prioritizing our efforts to achieve the
public health goal of reducing exposure to toxic elements to the greatest
extent possible. The working group aims to further reduce exposure to toxic
elements in food, cosmetics and dietary supplements. This group is made up of
senior leaders and risk managers in the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition with experience in toxicology, chemistry, medicine,
epidemiology, policy and law.
The Government Accountability
Office report on arsenic in rice recognizes the
work we have done in this area, and affirms that we can still do more. Two
recommendations urge us to develop timelines: to update our 2016 risk
assessment; and to finalize our action level draft guidance on inorganic
arsenic in infant rice cereal. The other two recommendations ask us to develop
mechanisms for better interagency collaboration.
Overall, we concur with the
recommendations with a note that an update to the FDA’s 2016 Arsenic in Rice and Rice Products Risk Assessment Report would
be dependent on any new and evolving science that would impact our conclusions
in the assessment. We continually monitor the scientific literature and
collaborate with partners such as the Environmental Protection Agency, whose
Integrated Risk Information System Program is an example of a scientific source
we watch for updates. Should new science become available impacting the
conclusions of our existing risk assessment, we will certainly initiate an
update to our assessment.
As for our action level draft
guidance for infant rice cereal, the FDA is committed to finalizing the guidance
establishing an action level for inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal. We
intend to finalize the guidance by the end of this calendar year.
When it comes to interagency
collaboration, we are considering ways to further improve and enhance our mechanisms
for when and how better to engage with our counterparts at the U.S. Department
of Agriculture and other agencies, including with respect to the roles and
responsibilities for risk assessments and methods to detect contaminants in
food.
Assessing and reducing consumer
exposure to arsenic in rice and rice products through rigorous scientific
research is just one way the agency is working to protect public health. We
will continue to both lead and follow relevant scientific advances, collaborate
with our partners, and communicate with consumers about making informed
nutritional decisions as we fulfill our vital public health mission.
More information on arsenic in
rice can be found on fda.gov.
Dr. Susan Mayne is the director
of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
The FDA, an agency within the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by
assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs,
vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The
agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation’s food
supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic
radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.
Raw Fruits and Vegetables May Boost Mental
Health And Ease Symptoms Of Depression
In addition to being power house of nutrients, raw fruits and
vegetables which may help ease symptoms of depression, claims a new study,
Food | NDTV
Food Desk | Updated: April 18, 2018 11:44 IST
Here's
another reason to load up on raw fruits and vegetables. In addition to being
power house of nutrients, raw fruits and vegetables which may help ease
symptoms of depression, claims a new study, published in the journal Frontiers
in Psychology. According to the researchers, eating raw fruit and vegetables
such as kiwis, bananas, apples, dark leafy greens, cucumber, and carrots may
lower symptoms of depression and improve mental health, more than cooked,
canned and processed food.
Raw fruits and vegetables also showed improved levels of psychological well-being including a positive mood and life satisfaction amongst participants. "Our research has highlighted that the consumption of fruit and vegetables in their 'unmodified' state is more strongly associated with better mental health compared to cooked/canned/processed fruit and vegetables," said lead author Tamlin Conner, senior lecturer at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
The researchers noted that when you cook fruits and vegetables, or have them canned and processed, the foods run the risk of losing their mental health benefits as the process potentially diminishes the nutrient levels. "Cooking and processing likely limits the delivery of nutrients that are essential for optimal emotional functioning," Conner said.
Raw fruits and vegetables also showed improved levels of psychological well-being including a positive mood and life satisfaction amongst participants. "Our research has highlighted that the consumption of fruit and vegetables in their 'unmodified' state is more strongly associated with better mental health compared to cooked/canned/processed fruit and vegetables," said lead author Tamlin Conner, senior lecturer at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
The researchers noted that when you cook fruits and vegetables, or have them canned and processed, the foods run the risk of losing their mental health benefits as the process potentially diminishes the nutrient levels. "Cooking and processing likely limits the delivery of nutrients that are essential for optimal emotional functioning," Conner said.
More
than 400 young adults from New Zealand and the US aged 18 to 25 years were surveyed,
for the study. For the longest time, studies have focused on on aspects of
quantity for the consumption of fruit and vegetables (such as 5+ a day), the
latest study looks into the way in which produce was prepared and consumed and
how it may have its impact on mental health.
"This research is increasingly vital as lifestyle approaches such as dietary change may provide an accessible, safe and adjuvant approach to improving mental health," Conner said.Depression is a serious mental disorder and may require prolonged treatment just like any physical ailment. But there are some natural ways to curb depression. Your diet can play a crucial role in maintaining mental health. Try to include these foods in your daily diet to curb symptoms of depression.
1. Complex carbohydrates: Include foods that are rich in complex carbs in your diet like whole grains and brown rice. A lot of studies have shown that low carb diets have been linked to nervousness, anxiety, decreased concentration and insomnia.
2. Vitamin D: Vitamin D deficiency is often linked with mood swings and depression. Add natural sources of Vitamin D like mushrooms, eggs and soy milk to your diet.
3. Antioxidants: Antioxidants can help in reducing the oxidative stress on your mental health. Berries and foods like cherries, grapes and dark leafy greens are some of your best bet.
4. Good quality proteins: Most of the protein rich foods contain an amino acid called tryptophan which helps your body make the mood boosting brain chemical, serotonin. Peas, beans, soya, lentils and paneer are good options and so are chicken and fish.
These healthy foods can really help in lifting your mood and making you feel better.
(With inputs IANS)
"This research is increasingly vital as lifestyle approaches such as dietary change may provide an accessible, safe and adjuvant approach to improving mental health," Conner said.Depression is a serious mental disorder and may require prolonged treatment just like any physical ailment. But there are some natural ways to curb depression. Your diet can play a crucial role in maintaining mental health. Try to include these foods in your daily diet to curb symptoms of depression.
1. Complex carbohydrates: Include foods that are rich in complex carbs in your diet like whole grains and brown rice. A lot of studies have shown that low carb diets have been linked to nervousness, anxiety, decreased concentration and insomnia.
2. Vitamin D: Vitamin D deficiency is often linked with mood swings and depression. Add natural sources of Vitamin D like mushrooms, eggs and soy milk to your diet.
3. Antioxidants: Antioxidants can help in reducing the oxidative stress on your mental health. Berries and foods like cherries, grapes and dark leafy greens are some of your best bet.
4. Good quality proteins: Most of the protein rich foods contain an amino acid called tryptophan which helps your body make the mood boosting brain chemical, serotonin. Peas, beans, soya, lentils and paneer are good options and so are chicken and fish.
These healthy foods can really help in lifting your mood and making you feel better.
(With inputs IANS)
Raising
the U.S. Rice Profile in Guatemala
By Sarah Moran
GUATEMALA CITY,
GUATEMALA -- Last week Asiha Grigsby, USA Rice manager of international
promotion, and USA Rice contractors here, Ernesto Baron and Chef Javier
Rodriguez, met with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Counselor Todd
Drennan, and Attaché Sean Cox, as well as representatives of U.S. Rice
Producers Association (USRPA) for a roundtable discussion of market access and
promotional activities in the region. Mr. Drennan led the group in a
conversation exploring the opportunities and challenges for U.S. rice as
compared to corn - the most consumed grain in the region.Currently there is a Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) here that requires importers to purchase local Guatemalan rice before they can access the licenses to purchase U.S. rice duty free. In less than five years, that TRQ will be phased out which could lead to a substantial increase in U.S. rice exports to the country.
To further prepare for this, USA Rice met with current importers of U.S. rice as well as importers who plan to make the switch once the TRQs are phased out to discuss strategies to make U.S. origin rice more visible to the consumer. "USA Rice educates hundreds of individuals throughout the year here via interactive promotions with student chefs, housewives, and in-store demonstrations focused on the versatility, nutritional benefits, and economic value of U.S. rice," said Chef Javier, a well-known celebrity TV chef. "We've found that these consumers really appreciate U.S. rice once they're comfortable using it in various recipes and so we want to expand this knowledge to even more Guatemalans."
Guatemalan rice production is relatively low and they rely on imports for the majority of their rice consumption needs; seventy percent of the rice that they consume comes from the United States. More than 116,000 metric tons (MT) of U.S. rice was imported in 2017, of which nearly 107,000 MT was paddy. Guatemala imports the largest amount of U.S. rice among all other countries in the Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador), as the climate there severely restricts their ability to produce large amounts of high quality rice.
President Duterte to lead AFP change of command
by UNTV News | Posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in his speech during the awarding
of the Order of Lapu-Lapu Magalong Medal and Philippine National Police (PNP)
Medal of Valor to the 44 fallen troops from the PNP Special Action Force (SAF)
at the Malacañan Palace on April 17, 2018, gives his assurance that justice
will be attained for the fallen heroes while their kins will continue to
receive welfare assistance programs from the government. RICHARD
MADELO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
President Rodrigo Duterte will
lead the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) change of command today. Outgoing
chief of staff General Rey Leonardo Guerrero will turn over the AFP’s top post
to Western Mindanao Command Chief Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez.Guerrero
was supposed to retire on December 17, 2017 when he reached the mandatory
retirement age of 56. However, President Rodrigo Duterte extended his service
for four more months.
Guerrero’s stint in the AFP
centered on focused military and intelligence operations. Under his term, over
6,000 members of the New People’s Army were neutralized.
He closely supervised the massive
rehabilitation of the war-torn Marawi city and improvements in the AFP as part
of its modernization program.The turnover ceremony will be held at Camp
Aguinaldo, where the outgoing chief of staff will be honored with a testimonial
parade and review and will be awarded the Philippine Legion of Honor. — UNTV
News & Rescue
NFA eyes cheaper rice for Visayas, Mindanao
by UNTV | Posted on
Tuesday, April 17th, 2018
FILE PHOTO: The low-priced regular milled rice from the Nueva
Ecija Rice Millers Association
MANILA, Philippines — After rice traders from Luzon kept their promise to provide
cheaper rice supply in the markets of Metro Manila, the National Food Authority
(NFA) will meet next with rice millers and traders of Visayas and Mindanao.
This is to discuss the
possibility of implementing the same program in the regions.However, according
to Grain Retailers Confederation of the Philippines (Grecon), they will
study first the feasibility of its implementation since there are areas
in Visayas and Mindanao where the prices of rice are already lower.
Moreover, the traders always
consider the high-buying price of rice in an area before sending supplies.
For now, the group is focusing on
Luzon just as they promised President Rodrigo Duterte.
According to Grecon, they expect
that on Thursday, April 19, commercial rice priced at P39 per kilo will be
distributed to markets in Metro Manila.
The rice stocks will come from
Isabela, Nueva Ecija, and Bulacan.The group of millers clarified that the rice
they deliver are newly-milled and if there are cheaper variants being sold in
the market, those did not come from them.
“Mga lumang bigas yun ng mga
traders ng ibang mga nagtitinda. Yung ibinibigay namin yung talagang pang
serbisyo doon para sa commitment namin kay president,” Grecon national
president Jaime Magbanua said.
(Those are old rice supplies from
traders of other retailers. What we are offering is for public service, in
keeping with our commitment to the president.)
Meanwhile, according to Magbanua,
President Duterte has returned the National Food Authority (NFA), Philippine
Coconut Authority (PCA) and the Philippine Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority
under the supervision of the agriculture department.
Malacañang has confirmed the
revamp.
According to Presidential
Spokesperson Harry Roque, this was discussed by the NFA Council with the
president last night.The NFA said they are ready to cooperate with whichever
department they will be under.“Wala namang problema sa amin kung saan kami
under. Ang importante maayos natin itong ating issue na kakulangan sa buffer
stock ng NFA,” said NFA spokesperson Rex Estoperez.(It’s not an issue with us
what department we’ll be under. What’s important is addressing the deficiency
in NFA’s buffer stock.) — Rey Pelayo | UNTV News & Rescue
Evasco out as NFA Council head
by UNTV News | Posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
FILE PHOTO: Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr.
Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco
Jr. will no longer head the National Food Authority Council, the agency’s
policy-making body. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Tuesday the move
was in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision on Monday night to revert
to the Department of Agriculture the supervision of NFA, along with two other
agencies — the Philippine Coconut Authority and the Fertilizer and Pesticide
Authority.
Roque added that the President’s
decision was also to unload the Office of the President.Meanwhile, Evasco
thanked the President for the trust and the chance given to him to head the
council and added that he respected his decision.It was earlier reported that
Evasco was relieved from the council following conflicts with NFA Administrator
Jason Aquino over rice importation and buying price of palay among other
issues. — UNTV News & Rescue
PCA loses
appeal on wild rice sulfate rule
Wild rice harvested on Perch Lake on the Fond du Lac Reservation
gleams in the sunlight. (News Tribune file photo)
Minnesota's chief administrative law judge has backed an earlier
ruling and decided against the Pollution Control Agency on the proposed new
rule for sulfate pollution limits for lakes and rivers that hold wild rice. The
PCA in late March appealed the January decision by Judge LauraSue Schlatter,
who said the PCA's proposed new sulfate rule failed to meet the definition of a
state rule and failed to meet the federal Clean Water Act. Schlatter also said
the PCA didn't properly consider concerns raised by tribal groups.
But Chief Administrative Law Judge Tammy Pust has ruled that
Schlatter's decision disapproving the PCA sulfate standard was correct. In a
16-page response to the PCA filed Thursday, Pust said the sulfate rule
"remains disapproved,'' and that the PCA has not corrected the defects
raised by Schlatter's original decision.
A PCA spokesman Monday said the agency was aware of Pust's
decision but had no comment.
The PCA has proposed ending a decades-old standard of
10-parts-per-million for all sulfate pollution into wild rice lakes and rivers.
Instead, the agency wants to replace it with a sulfate limit based on the
chemistry of each waterway.
Schlatter ruled against repealing the existing statewide
10-parts-per-million limit due to the PCA's "failure to establish the
reasonableness of the repeal, and because the repeal conflicts" with the
federal Clean Water Act. She said the PCA plan to develop
"equation-based" limits for specific lakes and rivers that hold wild
rice "fails to meet the definition of a rule" under state law
"and is unconstitutionally void for vagueness."
Schlatter also rejected the PCA's preliminary list of 1,300
lakes and rivers where the agency believes viable wild rice stands exist,
places where the new rules would have applied, because the list itself violated
federal law.
In filing their appeal in March, PCA officials said the judge
simply erred in applying the Clean Water Act, noting that using equations to
determine limits is a common practice in rulemaking for pollution standards.
"We think the law judge misread the Clean Water Act," said John Linc
Stine, PCA commissioner, at the time the appeal was announced.
Industry groups have panned the PCA prospal as too strict.
Environmental groups say it doesn't protect wild rice enough.
It's not clear what the PCA's next move is. The agency could
either rework the proposed sulfate rule to satisfy the administrative law
judge's concerns or bypass the administrative law judge decision and take the
issue to the state Legislative Coordinating Commission.But, already, some state
lawmakers have sought to stop the agency from enforcing any new rule as well as
eliminate the old sulfate rule, saying they are too costly and could cripple
the state's taconite iron ore industry as well as cost some water treatment
plants millions of dollars to comply with.
Scientists have found that sulfate — which can come from sewage
effluent, mine discharges and other industrial processes — is converted to
sulfides in the sediment of many wild rice lakes and rivers. The rate of that
conversion changes depending on the amount of carbon and iron in the water
(generally, more sulfides with high carbon, fewer sulfides with high iron).
It's those sulfides that harm wild rice in some areas; the proposed new rule
would study the water chemistry of each wild rice lake and river to determine
what sulfate pollution level they could handle and still grow wild rice.The PCA
says about 135 facilities are within 25 miles upstream of wild rice waters and
would be the most likely ones affected by any sulfate rule enforcement.
Indian rice, mainly basmati, would
have an important opportunity in the Peruvian market
Luis M
Cabello, economic and commercial counsellor, Embassy of Peru in India speaks to
Steena Joy about the food trade between India and Peru and the opportunities
for growth
How has the India Peru food
trade evolved over the years?
The commercial exchange of products related to the food and
beverage sector between Peru and India has shown an important growth in recent
years. A better knowledge of our consumers about what each country has to offer
has been an important factor for the diversification of the demand and this is
growing. The latter increases the opportunities for many food products of both
countries in each market, which will reduce geographical and trade barriers in
the years to come, win – win situation due to a future trade agreement between
both the economies.
The trends and behaviour of the
Indian consumer, mainly of those that conforms to the millennials segment, have
opened a great opportunity for new foods in this market, mainly for products
with nutraceutical and functional characteristics that contribute to improve
the quality of life of the consumers. Within this framework, Peru has launched
the brand ‘Superfoods Peru’ promoting the consumption of Peruvian foods with
exceptional nutritional value, such as maca, quinoa, cocoa, asparagus, grapes,
avocados, purple corn, among others, some of them already in the India market,
while others are expected to be available to the final consumers, very soon.
According to the World Travel
Awards, for six years on a road, Peru is the World´s Culinary Destination. Our
country imports from India 100 per cent of the cumin seeds consumed by our
market and there is a great expectation for another group of spices that is
quite unknown in our market. Peruvian gastronomy has always been characterised
by merging several styles and cultures. We expect that Indian ingredients as
your spices, will contribute to the enrichment of our extraordinary cuisine. In
the same way, as rice is part of our daily diet, Indian rice, mainly basmati
now allowed to be imported by Peruvians from India, would have an important
opportunity in the Peruvian market. We expect that the trade relation of the
food industry between Peru and India has a long and promising way to go.
Which are the main Peru food
imports into India? Which regions of India are the main markets for Peru
products?
Peru is a country specialised in
the production of extraordinary quality products of the food industry. Some of
these have already been consolidated within the Indian market, while others are
on the way to be part of our new projects and finally of the Indian market
preferences.
Our products are now in the most important cities in India. Our initial efforts for the positioning of our products in this market, runs toward the segment of consumers who are frequent buyers of organised retail chains located in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, among others, but, now some of our products are offered in different parts of India, gradually positioning in the preferences of Indian consumers.
Our products are now in the most important cities in India. Our initial efforts for the positioning of our products in this market, runs toward the segment of consumers who are frequent buyers of organised retail chains located in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, among others, but, now some of our products are offered in different parts of India, gradually positioning in the preferences of Indian consumers.
To mention some of the main
Peruvian foods already in the Indian market, from December to May you can find
Peruvian Red Globe grapes that are since some years back, a product of the
Indian market preference. We are the second largest exporter of grapes to
India, only after the US.
Peruvian quinoa is also another
product that could be found in almost all the major cities and markets in
India. This amazing Peruvian grain has a superior quality compared with those
produced in any other part of the world.
This is because Peru is the
center of origin of this grain and nature has been responsible of the
improvement of the number of varieties that grow in our country, with different
sizes, shapes, colours and incredible taste, appreciated by the most important
chefs and restaurants worldwide, without the characteristic bitter of those
unimproved varieties that are growing in other countries.
We are also supplying cocoa beans
to the Indian chocolate industry. According to our perspective and the efforts
displayed by our office, we expect also to grow in our exports of this product
to India in the short term. The main reason is the increasing of chocolate
consumption in India and the sophistication of your consumers, that in the last
years are seeking for new alternatives and experiences for their palates.
Peru has a wide variety of cocoas
due to its extraordinary climate and richness of its soils, internationally
recognised for their flavour and aroma. Many chocolates produced in Peru have
won international awards.There are many other Peruvian foods that can be found
in Indian markets such as fresh asparagus, avocados and maca powder and
extraordinary natural energiser.
What are the challenges faced
with regard to Indian supply chain logistics and warehousing?
The superior quality of Peruvian
Superfoods is one of the competitive advantages that have helped in the
positioning of our products in the main markets of the world. It is our
objective to introduce and position our superfoods in this market but making
them reach the consumer in the best conditions while preserving their freshness
and nutritional value.
In this sense, those logistical aspects related to the supply chain and storage are fundamental to guarantee the maintenance of quality of our products in the Indian market. So first of all, we have identified those products that have a long shelf life, analysing their corresponding perishability according to the current regulations of time of life at the moment of being imported, in order to guarantee that these foods can reach the market. In second place, for those perishable products, we have been working together with the largest importers in order to guarantee the corresponding cold storage and rapid distribution of the products in the main retail chains.
In this sense, those logistical aspects related to the supply chain and storage are fundamental to guarantee the maintenance of quality of our products in the Indian market. So first of all, we have identified those products that have a long shelf life, analysing their corresponding perishability according to the current regulations of time of life at the moment of being imported, in order to guarantee that these foods can reach the market. In second place, for those perishable products, we have been working together with the largest importers in order to guarantee the corresponding cold storage and rapid distribution of the products in the main retail chains.
Any wishlist from the
Government of India?
During 2017 the Departments of
Plant Protection, Ministries of Agriculture of India and Peru during bilateral
meetings in Delhi and Lima had generated an approach in order to work on
improving of import conditions for our products as well as granting market
access for fruits, vegetables and grains, establishing of phytosanitary import
requirements.
Thanks to this approach, India is looking to get from the Peruvian Government better conditions for the access of basmati rice, grains, as well as mango fruits, grains of amaranth, peanuts, pomegranates and gherkins.
Thanks to this approach, India is looking to get from the Peruvian Government better conditions for the access of basmati rice, grains, as well as mango fruits, grains of amaranth, peanuts, pomegranates and gherkins.
Any other agricultural products
Peru plans to export to India?
The launch of the brand
‘Superfoods Peru’ is a promotional activity which is accompanied by a parallel
impulse to achieve access to the Indian market fulfilling the conditions
established by the Department of Plant Protection of the Ministry of
Agriculture of India. In this regard, we are expecting to finish the process
for the corresponding phytosanitary requirements for the entry of our
blueberries and tangerines into the Indian market.
In the meanwhile, the Commercial Office of Peru in India will continue executing all our planned promotional activities looking for the increasing of our exports to India of mentioned products such as avocados, grapes, coffee, cocoa, asparagus and Amazonian nuts.
In the meanwhile, the Commercial Office of Peru in India will continue executing all our planned promotional activities looking for the increasing of our exports to India of mentioned products such as avocados, grapes, coffee, cocoa, asparagus and Amazonian nuts.
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PHILIPPINES'
DUTERTE ORDERS STATE FOOD AGENCY TO BOOST RICE RESERVES
4/16/2018
MANILA, April 17 (Reuters) -
Philippine President Rodrigo
Duterte has directed the country's food security agency to build
up its rice buffer stock to the equivalent of 60 days of
national consumption, by buying more locally-produced grains and
imported varieties, the agriculture minister said on Tuesday.
Duterte has directed the country's food security agency to build
up its rice buffer stock to the equivalent of 60 days of
national consumption, by buying more locally-produced grains and
imported varieties, the agriculture minister said on Tuesday.
A 60-day buffer stock would be
equivalent to a reserve of as
much as 1.92 million tonnes. The National Food Authority (NFA),
the agency in charge of ensuring stable rice supply, had an
inventory of only 43,500 tonnes, or less than 2 days of national
consumption, as of last month.
much as 1.92 million tonnes. The National Food Authority (NFA),
the agency in charge of ensuring stable rice supply, had an
inventory of only 43,500 tonnes, or less than 2 days of national
consumption, as of last month.
The NFA is under increasing
pressure to beef up its rice
inventory, which has been almost depleted in the absence of
fresh purchases.
inventory, which has been almost depleted in the absence of
fresh purchases.
The Philippines, a frequent rice
importer, saw domestic
prices of the staple grain increase in recent weeks as the NFA
could not provide the local market with cheap rice.
prices of the staple grain increase in recent weeks as the NFA
could not provide the local market with cheap rice.
Higher rice prices added pressure
to Philippine inflation,
which quickened to an annual pace of 4.3 percent in March, the
fastest in at least five years.
which quickened to an annual pace of 4.3 percent in March, the
fastest in at least five years.
"Buy from the Filipino farmers
first and if you could not
find sufficient stocks to be bought at the price approved by the
NFA Council, that's the time you source it through importation,"
Duterte told NFA management on Monday night, according to
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol.
find sufficient stocks to be bought at the price approved by the
NFA Council, that's the time you source it through importation,"
Duterte told NFA management on Monday night, according to
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol.
In a meeting with the NFA Council,
Duterte also directed
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez to help provide funds for
NFA's local rice procurement program, saying he would like the
agency's warehouses "filled to the roof" to ensure sufficient
supply, Piñol said.
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez to help provide funds for
NFA's local rice procurement program, saying he would like the
agency's warehouses "filled to the roof" to ensure sufficient
supply, Piñol said.
The council, composed of government
economic managers, has
approved the purchase by NFA of 250,000 tonnes via a tender open
to international traders and suppliers, for delivery starting
May, ahead of the lean domestic harvest season from July.
approved the purchase by NFA of 250,000 tonnes via a tender open
to international traders and suppliers, for delivery starting
May, ahead of the lean domestic harvest season from July.
The NFA is also set to buy another
250,000-tonne volume in a
government-to-government deal with Vietnam or Thailand, for
delivery starting next month.
government-to-government deal with Vietnam or Thailand, for
delivery starting next month.
Duterte has also directed the NFA
to increase its buying
price for local rice so it could rack up its needed buffer
stocks, Piñol said in a statement posted on his Facebook
account.
(Reporting by Enrico dela Cruz; Editing by Sunil Nair)
price for local rice so it could rack up its needed buffer
stocks, Piñol said in a statement posted on his Facebook
account.
(Reporting by Enrico dela Cruz; Editing by Sunil Nair)
Rice basmati slides on muted demand
PTI | Apr 17, 2018, 14:27 IST
New
Delhi, Apr 17 () Rice basmati prices went down by Rs 100 per quintal at the
wholesale grains market today on subdued demand.However, bajra and maize edged
higher on increased offtake by consuming industries.
Traders
said sluggish demand against sufficient stocks position mainly attributed to
the fall in rice basmati prices.
In the
national capital, rice basmati common and Pusa-1121 variety were trading down
by Rs 100 each to Rs 7,400-7,500 and Rs 6,700-6,800 per quintal, respectively.
On the
other hand, bajra and maize rose by Rs 25 and Rs 15 to Rs 1,285-1,290 and Rs
1,485-1,490 per quintal, respectively.
Following
are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal):
Wheat MP
(desi) Rs 2,080-2,280, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,760-1,765 Chakki atta
(delivery) Rs 1,770-1,775, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 230-260, Shakti Bhog (10
kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 950-960 (50 kg), Maida Rs 970-980 (50
kg)and Sooji Rs 1,040-1,050 (50 kg).
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super
Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 7,400-7,500, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs
6,700-6,800, Permal raw Rs 2,400-2425, Permal wand Rs 2,500-2,550, Sela Rs
3,100-3,200 and Rice IR-8 Rs 2,050-2,100, Bajra Rs 1,285-1,290, Jowar yellow Rs
1,600-1,650, white Rs 2,850-2,950, Maize Rs 1,485-1,490, Barley Rs 1,500-1,510.
SUN KPS SBT
Nagpur
Foodgrain Prices Open- April 17, 2018
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open
Market-April 17, 2018
Nagpur, April 17 (Reuters) – Gram
and tuar prices moved down in Nagpur Agriculture Produce
Marketing Committee (APMC) on lack
of demand from local millers amid release of stock from
stockists. Easy condition in Madhya
Pradesh pulses and high moisture content arrival also pulled
down prices.
About 2,400 bags of gram and 1,500
bags of tuar reported for auction in Nagpur APMC, according
to sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor.
TUAR
* Tuar gavarani reported down in open market in absence of buyers amid
increased
supply from producing regions.
* Batri dal and Lakhodi dal recovered in open market here on good demand
from local
traders amid weak supply from producing belts.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,175-4,225, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,000-6,300, Udid
Mogar (clean)
– 7,500-8,200, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,500-7,200, Gram – 3,700-3,750, Gram
Super best
– 5,200-5,600
* Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in
scattered deals and settled at last levels in weak trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market
prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS
Available prices Previous
close
Gram Auction
3,200-3,435 3,200-3,480
Gram Pink Auction
n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction
3,275-3,930 3,300-3,980
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
1,550-1,688 1,550-1,630
Gram Super Best Bold
5,000-5,500 5,000-5,500
Gram Super Best
n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best
4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800
Gram Dal Medium
n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality
3,600-3,700 3,600-3,700
Desi gram Raw
3,500-3,600 3,500-3,600
Gram Kabuli
12,700-13,200 12,700-13,200
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
5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New
5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Tuar Gavarani New
4,000-4,100 4,100-4,200
Tuar Karnataka
4,500-4,700 4,500-4,700
Masoor dal best
4,800-5,200 4,800-5,200
Masoor dal medium
4,500-4,700 4,500-4,700
Masoor
n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New)
7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000
Moong Mogar Medium
6,500-7,000 6,500-7,000
Moong dal Chilka
5,800-6,600 5,800-6,600
Moong Mill quality
n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best
7,000-8,000 7,000-8,000
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 8,000-8,500 8,000-8,500
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)
5,500-6,500
5,500-6,500
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG)
6,000-6,300
6,000-6,300
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,200 4,600-4,900
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)
2,550-2,650 2,500-2,600
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)
3,500-3,600 3,500-3,600
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG)
4,200-4,300
4,200-4,300
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG)
1,950-2,000
1,950-2,000
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)
2,200-2,350
2,200-2,350
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,250-2,400 2,250-2,400
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG)
2,100-2,200 2,100-2,200
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG)
n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG)
3,200-4,000
3,200-4,000
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG)
2,400-2,800
2,400-2,800
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG)
3,400-4,000
3,400-4,000
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG)
2,900-3,250
2,900-3,250
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG)
2,700-2,900
2,700-2,900
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG)
2,500-2,600
2,500-2,600
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG)
4,200-4,600 4,200-4,600
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG)
3,800-4,000
3,800-4,000
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG)
5,200-5,800 5,200-5,800
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG)
4,700-5,000
4,700-5,000
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG)
9,500-14,000
9,500-14,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG)
5,000-7,500
5,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG)
6,000-6,500
6,000-6,500
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG)
5,600-5,900
5,600-5,900
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG)
2,000-2,200
2,000-2,100
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)
1,800-2,000 1,700-2,000
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 42.0 degree Celsius,
minimum temp. 23.5 degree Celsius
Rainfall : nil
FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum
and minimum temperature would be around and 42 and 23 degree
Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are
excluded from plant delivery prices, but
included in market prices)
Rice Prices
as on :
18-04-2018 12:17:18 PM
Arrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.
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Arrivals
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Price
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change |
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cumulative |
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%change |
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Rice
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||||||
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Kesinga(Ori)
|
250.00
|
66.67
|
400.00
|
3300
|
3300
|
37.50
|
|
Risia(UP)
|
181.60
|
-80.47
|
5238.40
|
1600
|
1600
|
-
|
|
English Bazar(WB)
|
116.50
|
-4.51
|
1220.60
|
3800
|
3600
|
10.14
|
|
Choubepur(UP)
|
97.50
|
14.71
|
1000.00
|
2400
|
2420
|
11.11
|
|
Shahjahanpur(UP)
|
85.00
|
-5.56
|
1301.40
|
2370
|
2350
|
-
|
|
Beldanga(WB)
|
75.00
|
7.14
|
780.00
|
2800
|
2800
|
12.00
|
|
Indus(Bankura Sadar)(WB)
|
70.00
|
-6.67
|
1270.00
|
2800
|
2800
|
9.80
|
|
Kasimbazar(WB)
|
69.00
|
NC
|
1504.50
|
2760
|
2750
|
11.29
|
|
Basti(UP)
|
66.00
|
20
|
1849.00
|
2150
|
2150
|
1.65
|
|
Ghaziabad(UP)
|
60.00
|
-25
|
2005.00
|
2650
|
2640
|
10.42
|
|
Akbarpur(UP)
|
55.00
|
37.5
|
2731.50
|
2170
|
2175
|
-0.91
|
|
Lalganj(UP)
|
40.00
|
100
|
597.00
|
2040
|
2040
|
5.15
|
|
Sahiyapur(UP)
|
31.50
|
18.87
|
1331.00
|
2155
|
2150
|
-
|
|
Lakhimpur(UP)
|
30.00
|
36.36
|
1015.00
|
2270
|
2280
|
5.09
|
|
Safdarganj(UP)
|
30.00
|
20
|
563.00
|
2185
|
2185
|
1.63
|
|
Jangipura(UP)
|
30.00
|
50
|
578.00
|
2200
|
2200
|
-
|
|
Soharatgarh(UP)
|
20.00
|
5.26
|
140.00
|
2060
|
2050
|
-0.72
|
|
Balrampur(UP)
|
20.00
|
NC
|
130.00
|
2200
|
2025
|
4.76
|
|
Sirsaganj(UP)
|
20.00
|
33.33
|
452.00
|
2660
|
2690
|
13.19
|
|
Tamluk (Medinipur E)(WB)
|
18.00
|
NC
|
150.00
|
2800
|
2800
|
21.74
|
|
Kolaghat(WB)
|
16.00
|
NC
|
140.00
|
2800
|
2800
|
21.74
|
|
Islampur(WB)
|
13.00
|
NC
|
497.50
|
3350
|
3350
|
48.89
|
|
Badayoun(UP)
|
12.00
|
-40
|
276.00
|
2380
|
2375
|
-
|
|
Raiganj(WB)
|
12.00
|
NC
|
585.00
|
3250
|
3250
|
28.71
|
|
Karvi(UP)
|
11.00
|
-12
|
102.50
|
2050
|
2045
|
-8.07
|
|
Charra(UP)
|
10.50
|
10.53
|
47.50
|
2500
|
2520
|
-
|
|
Alappuzha(Ker)
|
10.00
|
NC
|
30.00
|
7450
|
6850
|
66.48
|
|
Bampada(Ori)
|
10.00
|
-16.67
|
37.00
|
2800
|
2600
|
7.69
|
|
Fatehpur(UP)
|
9.50
|
171.43
|
1088.00
|
2285
|
2280
|
3.86
|
|
Deogarh(Ori)
|
9.00
|
NC
|
213.00
|
2500
|
2500
|
NC
|
|
Paliakala(UP)
|
8.00
|
6.67
|
840.10
|
2230
|
2225
|
-
|
|
Maudaha(UP)
|
7.00
|
-12.5
|
148.00
|
2035
|
2035
|
-3.10
|
|
Muradabad(UP)
|
6.00
|
-14.29
|
148.00
|
2450
|
2420
|
-
|
|
Farukhabad(UP)
|
5.00
|
-16.67
|
136.00
|
2330
|
2330
|
5.43
|
|
Mirzapur(UP)
|
5.00
|
-28.57
|
358.00
|
2175
|
2170
|
-
|
|
Unnao(UP)
|
5.00
|
-23.08
|
141.90
|
2175
|
2175
|
6.10
|
|
Buland Shahr(UP)
|
5.00
|
11.11
|
66.50
|
2550
|
2520
|
8.97
|
|
Chhibramau(Kannuj)(UP)
|
5.00
|
25
|
222.50
|
2240
|
2240
|
NC
|
|
Chitwadagaon(UP)
|
4.00
|
-42.86
|
133.20
|
2000
|
2100
|
-6.10
|
|
Kalyani(WB)
|
3.50
|
-66.67
|
64.90
|
3400
|
3400
|
NC
|
|
Tundla(UP)
|
2.40
|
20
|
86.50
|
2520
|
2610
|
-
|
|
Khairagarh(UP)
|
1.20
|
50
|
59.90
|
2550
|
2530
|
1.19
|
|
Bangarmau(UP)
|
1.00
|
-44.44
|
23.40
|
2150
|
2150
|
4.88
|
|
Jagnair(UP)
|
0.80
|
-33.33
|
49.70
|
2540
|
2530
|
NC
|
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/rice-prices/article23582901.ece
