Manipur affected by changing climate, say scientists
Trend analysis of weather variables in Imphal under National
Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture reveals mean annual maximum
temperature increasing
IMPHAL , May 31, 2019 11:12 am
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The scientists of Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) Centres, working in diverse discipline said
Manipur has been affected by the changing climate.
Trend analysis of weather variables in Imphal under National
Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture revealed that the mean annual
maximum temperature (1954–2014) has been increasing (0.1°C per decade). This
was relvealed by the scientists in their research paper report published in
Current Science journal in October 2018.
The 20 paged reports called ‘Climate resilient agriculture in
Manipur: status and strategies for sustainable development’ is the result of
year long work by as many as 11 ICAR scientists who have reviewed a number of
sources of information.
Stating that as evident from the last 30 years’ climate data
analysis, precipitation rate in northern parts is expected to increase, the
scientists said.
The southern districts are expected to experience higher
temperature than that of the northern districts.
Total annual precipitation is expected to increase throughout
the State. As evident from the last 30 years’ climate data analysis,
precipitation rate in northern parts is expected to increase.Greenhouse gas
emissions have also increased in Manipur from 1980 to 2005.
Projecting the loss of bio-diversity and extinction of
rare/threatened flora and fauna besides projecting decline in crop yields by 10
percent in 2030 in view of the said climate variability, the scientists
estimated that the food grain production and requirement of the state would be
77105 and 79323 thousand tonnes respectively by 2050.
Hence, there will be deficit of 2218 thousand tonnes of food
grain by 2050, they predicted.
The total food grain production in Manipur (2014–15) was 594.28
thousand tonnes from an area of 292,950 ha.
Otherwise the total gross cropped area the state is 350,290 ha,
which account for 15.24 per cent of the total land areas.About 65.93% under
rice cultivation.
There are enormous gene pool of rice, maize, cucurbits, legumes,
tuber crops, turmeric, ginger and chillies in Manipur which houses more than
500 orchid varieties, 1200 species of medicinal plants, 50 species of fleshy
fungi, 121 algae and a few moses, 200 plus fish species, 73 different types of
birds, 31 endemic mammals, more than 53 species of bamboos etc, according to
the report.
Hence they suggested the need for devising climate proof plan
and climate ready policy for climate compatible agricultural development in
Manipur. Location-specific climate smart technology baskets need to be devised
or introduced and should be demonstrated through participatory approach, for
ensuring a climate resilient production system, and a climate resilient
ecosystem.
Sign-Ups for
Conservation Stewardship Program Projects Now Open
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- Three
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) sign-ups are now open to rice producers
in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas. The deadline to
apply for all three projects is June 28, 2019. Eligible counties
and parishes are listed below.
Through the Mid-South Graduated Water Stewardship signup, producers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri can address water quality, water quantity, and wildlife habitat resource concerns. Louisiana and Texas rice producers can apply for funds to address water quantity and habitat concerns through the Gulf Coast Water and Wildlife Conservation RCPP signup. Producers in Texas have the opportunity to apply for additional acres to enhance current conservation efforts through a special Lower Colorado River Authority Prairie Water Conservation project.
All three projects are sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS).
To learn more about CSP, contact your local USDA service center or visit www.nrcs.usda.gov/GetStarted. Rice Stewardship Partnership staff is another resource for information about the projects. Go here for contact information for the staff member closest to you.
"This is another great opportunity for rice producers in the Mid-South and Gulf Coast to participate in a working lands conservation program," said Josh Hankins, USA Rice Director of Grower Relations and the Rice Stewardship Partnership. "This sign-up would not be possible without the support of our partners and the collaboration with NRCS, and we're excited to continue to grow the Rice Stewardship Partnership program offerings."
Through the Mid-South Graduated Water Stewardship signup, producers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri can address water quality, water quantity, and wildlife habitat resource concerns. Louisiana and Texas rice producers can apply for funds to address water quantity and habitat concerns through the Gulf Coast Water and Wildlife Conservation RCPP signup. Producers in Texas have the opportunity to apply for additional acres to enhance current conservation efforts through a special Lower Colorado River Authority Prairie Water Conservation project.
All three projects are sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS).
To learn more about CSP, contact your local USDA service center or visit www.nrcs.usda.gov/GetStarted. Rice Stewardship Partnership staff is another resource for information about the projects. Go here for contact information for the staff member closest to you.
"This is another great opportunity for rice producers in the Mid-South and Gulf Coast to participate in a working lands conservation program," said Josh Hankins, USA Rice Director of Grower Relations and the Rice Stewardship Partnership. "This sign-up would not be possible without the support of our partners and the collaboration with NRCS, and we're excited to continue to grow the Rice Stewardship Partnership program offerings."
Mid-South Graduated
Water Stewardship
Arkansas Counties: Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Conway,
Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Greene, Independence,
Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Lonoke, Mississippi, Monroe,
Phillips, Poinsett, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, St. Francis, White,
and Woodruff
Louisiana Parishes: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Rapides, Richland, St. Landry, St. Martin, Tensas, and West Carroll
Mississippi Counties: Bolivar, Coahoma, Humphreys, Leflore, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica, and Washington
Missouri Counties: Bollinger, Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley, Scott, and Stoddard
Louisiana Parishes: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Rapides, Richland, St. Landry, St. Martin, Tensas, and West Carroll
Mississippi Counties: Bolivar, Coahoma, Humphreys, Leflore, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica, and Washington
Missouri Counties: Bollinger, Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley, Scott, and Stoddard
Gulf Coast Water and
Wildlife Conservation
Louisiana Parishes: Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron,
Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and
Vermillion
Texas Counties: Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Jefferson, Lavaca, Liberty, Matagorda, Waller, and Wharton
Texas Counties: Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Jefferson, Lavaca, Liberty, Matagorda, Waller, and Wharton
Lower Colorado River
Authority Prairie Water Conservation
Texas
Counties: Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers,
Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Jefferson, Lavaca, Liberty, Matagorda, Waller,
and Wharton. A special emphasis is placed on Colorado, Wharton, and Matagorda
Rice export; Buffer stock planned
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Special Correspondent :
The government has finally decided to export rice to boost morale of farmers who are being deprived of getting fair prices of their produces this year in the wake of good harvest as well as higher private and public stocks of rice.
The sharp fall in paddy prices forced the farmers to lodge widespread protest across the country.
"The government has decided to export rice to protect farmers interests," Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzak said on Thursday.
Earlier, the government raised import duty on rice to 55 per cent from 28 per cent to support the farmers.
Bangladesh imported a record 3.9 million tonnes of rice in the last fiscal year (2017-18).
But the country now has a surplus of 2.0 million tonnes to 2.5 million tonnes of rice taking advance of bumper paddy yield in the last two consecutive harvesting seasons and massive import, officials said.
Private traders imported more than 330,000 tonnes of rice in the July-April period, government data showed.
Bangladesh paddy production is expected to reach 35 million tonnes in 2018-19.
"We will export 1 million-1.5 million tonnes of rice from the surplus production," said Dr Abdur Razzak.
Earlier, the Ministry of Agriculture engaged in high-level discussions with the Ministries of Food and Commerce for weeks to decide on the rice export.
Both the ministries this week approved, in principal, the rice export decision for the farmers' interest, said the officials. Bangladesh banned overseas sales of some common rice varieties in May 2008 when there was a spike in domestic prices. A year later, it banned all rice exports to help bring rice prices stable in local market.
"Rice exports will not affect the market because we have about 2.0-2.5 million tonnes of surplus rice," Dr Abdur Razzak stated this at a media briefing at his office.
The Agriculture Minister told The New Nation that Bangladesh need to reduce its paddy production cost to stay competitive in global rice export trade. It has to compete with India, Thailand and Vietnam in the export market.
Rice exports by countries totaled an estimated US$24.5 billion in 2018, down by an average 7.1 per cent since 2014 when overall rice shipments were valued at US$26.4 billion, according to various global rice research institutes.
In last year, India stood first among the list of top rice exporting nation with US$7.4 billion export turnover followed by Thailand with $5.6 billion, Vietnam $2.2 billion, Pakistan 2.0 billion and the United States 1.7 billion.
India accounted for 30.1 per cent of global rice exports in 2018 while Thailand 22.7 per cent share.
The value of global rice exports reached U$24.4 billion in 2017.
"Paddy production has become costly in Bangladesh and that has created the problem. We have to adopt mechanization in paddy farming to reduce its production cost," he added.
Dr Abdur Razzak further said that Bangladesh could gain a strong foothold in global rice trade if mechanization is introduced in the paddy farming process. "Major rice exporting nations like Thailand and Vietnam are getting an extra edge in export market due to automation in farming," he added.
The Minister said that the government has also aimed at full mechanization in farming process with an estimated cost of Tk 3000 crore. The fund will be disbursed among the farmers as subsidy to buy mechanized agro tools.
"The process will complete soon," he added.
Meanwhile, the government has planned to create a buffer stock of food grains (paddy, rice and wheat) to deal with their surplus production and help farmers relieving from price havoc.
"We will procure more food grains from local farmers to protect them from any price shock," Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar told The New Nation.
He said that his ministry has taken the initiative to increase storage capacity of its silos to support additional procurement.
Majumdar said, "We are building 200 silos across the country so we are able to procure more food grains, especially rice, from next year."
Silos under the Food Department have the storage capacity of at best 2.1 million tonnes of food grains.
He further said that farmers would also benefit from the initiative. http://m.thedailynewnation.com/news/217412/rice-export-buffer-stock-planned
The government has finally decided to export rice to boost morale of farmers who are being deprived of getting fair prices of their produces this year in the wake of good harvest as well as higher private and public stocks of rice.
The sharp fall in paddy prices forced the farmers to lodge widespread protest across the country.
"The government has decided to export rice to protect farmers interests," Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzak said on Thursday.
Earlier, the government raised import duty on rice to 55 per cent from 28 per cent to support the farmers.
Bangladesh imported a record 3.9 million tonnes of rice in the last fiscal year (2017-18).
But the country now has a surplus of 2.0 million tonnes to 2.5 million tonnes of rice taking advance of bumper paddy yield in the last two consecutive harvesting seasons and massive import, officials said.
Private traders imported more than 330,000 tonnes of rice in the July-April period, government data showed.
Bangladesh paddy production is expected to reach 35 million tonnes in 2018-19.
"We will export 1 million-1.5 million tonnes of rice from the surplus production," said Dr Abdur Razzak.
Earlier, the Ministry of Agriculture engaged in high-level discussions with the Ministries of Food and Commerce for weeks to decide on the rice export.
Both the ministries this week approved, in principal, the rice export decision for the farmers' interest, said the officials. Bangladesh banned overseas sales of some common rice varieties in May 2008 when there was a spike in domestic prices. A year later, it banned all rice exports to help bring rice prices stable in local market.
"Rice exports will not affect the market because we have about 2.0-2.5 million tonnes of surplus rice," Dr Abdur Razzak stated this at a media briefing at his office.
The Agriculture Minister told The New Nation that Bangladesh need to reduce its paddy production cost to stay competitive in global rice export trade. It has to compete with India, Thailand and Vietnam in the export market.
Rice exports by countries totaled an estimated US$24.5 billion in 2018, down by an average 7.1 per cent since 2014 when overall rice shipments were valued at US$26.4 billion, according to various global rice research institutes.
In last year, India stood first among the list of top rice exporting nation with US$7.4 billion export turnover followed by Thailand with $5.6 billion, Vietnam $2.2 billion, Pakistan 2.0 billion and the United States 1.7 billion.
India accounted for 30.1 per cent of global rice exports in 2018 while Thailand 22.7 per cent share.
The value of global rice exports reached U$24.4 billion in 2017.
"Paddy production has become costly in Bangladesh and that has created the problem. We have to adopt mechanization in paddy farming to reduce its production cost," he added.
Dr Abdur Razzak further said that Bangladesh could gain a strong foothold in global rice trade if mechanization is introduced in the paddy farming process. "Major rice exporting nations like Thailand and Vietnam are getting an extra edge in export market due to automation in farming," he added.
The Minister said that the government has also aimed at full mechanization in farming process with an estimated cost of Tk 3000 crore. The fund will be disbursed among the farmers as subsidy to buy mechanized agro tools.
"The process will complete soon," he added.
Meanwhile, the government has planned to create a buffer stock of food grains (paddy, rice and wheat) to deal with their surplus production and help farmers relieving from price havoc.
"We will procure more food grains from local farmers to protect them from any price shock," Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar told The New Nation.
He said that his ministry has taken the initiative to increase storage capacity of its silos to support additional procurement.
Majumdar said, "We are building 200 silos across the country so we are able to procure more food grains, especially rice, from next year."
Silos under the Food Department have the storage capacity of at best 2.1 million tonnes of food grains.
He further said that farmers would also benefit from the initiative. http://m.thedailynewnation.com/news/217412/rice-export-buffer-stock-planned
· PAKISTAN
Russia has reportedly imposed a ban on
Pakistani grain after finding Kepra Beetle in a consignment of rice with phyto
sanitary certificate of national organization of quarantine duly issued by
Pakistan's official agency. This was disclosed by Manzoor Ellahi, Chairman All
Pakistan Commercial Exporters Association (APCEA) while talking to Business Recorder.
"We have contracted 10-15 containers of rice with Russian importers per month of processed par boiled 1121 rice. One of our consignments is lying at Karachi Port and two consignments are on the way to Karachi, against which advance payment is already received," he added.
In reply to a question, he said that his buyer has intimated that Russia has imposed temporary ban on import of grain from Pakistan, on the plea that in a batch of rice Kepra Beetle was found despite the fact that the consignment was duly cleared by the Department of Plant Protection, which issues sanitary and phyto sanitary certificates for each grain consignment.
"This will be a big loss to the rice market if immediate action is not taken on our part through Pakistan embassy in Moscow (Russia)," he said, adding that Pakistan will lose huge Russian market of rice," he said, adding that Pakistan exports approximately 35000 tons per annum or rice and other grains to Russia worth $40-50 million. In reply to a question, he said that his company M.M. Ellahi Traders has already received advance from the buyer. He has offered his Russian buyer his money back but he is insisting on supply of rice.
"I have requested the federal government to intervene in the matter and take serious action at the government level because negligence of one exporter should not hurt the business of all other genuine exporters. I have also demanded of the government to take strict action against the official who earned a bad name for the country by issuing certificate for the infested consignment," he added. Meanwhile, Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has also sent a letter to the federal government seeking help to resolve this issue immediately so that exports should restart.
"We have contracted 10-15 containers of rice with Russian importers per month of processed par boiled 1121 rice. One of our consignments is lying at Karachi Port and two consignments are on the way to Karachi, against which advance payment is already received," he added.
In reply to a question, he said that his buyer has intimated that Russia has imposed temporary ban on import of grain from Pakistan, on the plea that in a batch of rice Kepra Beetle was found despite the fact that the consignment was duly cleared by the Department of Plant Protection, which issues sanitary and phyto sanitary certificates for each grain consignment.
"This will be a big loss to the rice market if immediate action is not taken on our part through Pakistan embassy in Moscow (Russia)," he said, adding that Pakistan will lose huge Russian market of rice," he said, adding that Pakistan exports approximately 35000 tons per annum or rice and other grains to Russia worth $40-50 million. In reply to a question, he said that his company M.M. Ellahi Traders has already received advance from the buyer. He has offered his Russian buyer his money back but he is insisting on supply of rice.
"I have requested the federal government to intervene in the matter and take serious action at the government level because negligence of one exporter should not hurt the business of all other genuine exporters. I have also demanded of the government to take strict action against the official who earned a bad name for the country by issuing certificate for the infested consignment," he added. Meanwhile, Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has also sent a letter to the federal government seeking help to resolve this issue immediately so that exports should restart.
Pakistan, Malaysia resolve to enhance trade
ties
Web Desk May
30, 2019
JEDDAH:
Pakistan and Malaysia here on Thursday reaffirmed the desire to promote
bilateral cooperation in the economic arena as well as enhancement of bilateral
trade with a particular focus on halal food industry and tourism, Radio
Pakistan reported.
This concurrence came during a meeting
between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi with his Malaysian counterpart
Dato Saifuddin bin Abdullah on the sidelines of OIC Council of Foreign
Ministers meeting in Jeddah.
The two sides further decided to
intensify people-to-people exchanges with a special focus on parliamentary
exchanges and linkages between electoral institutions, anti-corruption
mechanisms and institutions of higher learning.
The prospect of defence cooperation,
including in the field of defence production, also came under discussion. Both
sides agreed to expand cooperation in industries of future including robotics
and artificial intelligence.
Foreign Minister Qureshi noted that
Pakistan and Malaysia enjoyed convergence of views on a number of regional and
international issues and have a tradition of close cooperation in different
regional and international fora.
Read More: Pakistan, Malaysia
sign five MoUs: Asad Umar
Earlier
on March 22, then Finance Minister Asad Umar had said Pakistan and Malaysia had
signed five memorandums of understanding in various sectors.
In
his informal talk with the reporters in the federal capital, the then minister
had said Malaysia had expressed interest in buying meat and rice from Pakistan.
The
Malaysian delegation had also showed their interest in buying Pakistani made
JF-17 Thunder fighter jets.
In
this regard, Umar had maintained that the Malaysian authorities had invited
Pakistan to attend defence exhibition, to display its JF-17 jets.
07:53 PM, May 30, 2019 / LAST MODIFIED: 10:06 PM, May 30, 2019
Govt to export 10 to 15 lakh tons rice:
Minister
Agriculture Minister Muhammad
Abdur Razzaque speaks a press conference on the market price of paddy at the
auditorium of his ministry office in Dhaka on Thursday, May 30, 2019. Photo:
Collected
The
minister came up with the discloser while addressing a press conference on the
market price of paddy at the auditorium of his ministry office in Dhaka this
noon.
As
part of the efforts to minimise the farmers’ losses, the government is
considering rising incentive more than 20 per cent aiming at encouraging rice
export.
At the
same time, the government has increased import duty to 55 per cent from 28 per
cent to discourage the rice import, he said.
During
the press conference, the minister also underscored the need for mechanisation
and modernisation in the agriculture sector to make it more profitable.
Earlier
on May 18, GM Quader acting Chairman of Jatiya Party, the main opposition in
the parliament, at a press conference criticised the government for its plan to
export rice saying the government will have to pay much if it exports food
crops.
Quader
also a former commerce minister at the press conference categorically said that
if the government export rice, it will face a serious crisis in purchasing the
rice from the market despite paying the double during any natural disaster.
MAY 31, 2019
/ 6:34 AM / A DAY AGO
Asia Rice-Top hubs see muted activity;
fresh supply to weigh on Vietnam rates
Diptendu Lahiri
3 MIN READ
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* Bangladesh lifts ban on exports after 10
years
* Quality of rice from new harvest in Vietnam
expected to be lower
* Demand for Indian variety subdued
* Thai rates barely changed at $385-$402 a
tonne
By Diptendu Lahiri
BENGALURU, May 30 (Reuters) - Export prices
for rice were little changed in major hubs in Asia amid few new deals, with
rates for the Vietnamese variety expected to fall further in the coming week as
the ongoing harvest picks up pace, boosting domestic stocks.
Rates for Vietnam’s 5 percent broken rice
RI-VNBKN5-P1 were $350 a tonne on Thursday, flat from last week.
“Prices will likely fall further over the
coming weeks as the summer-autumn harvest is picking up pace,” a trader based
in Ho chi Minh City said, adding the harvest will peak mid-June.
However, the quality of rice from the new
harvest is expected to be lower than that of the winter-spring harvest due to
adverse weather and crop diseases, another trader said.
The government estimated Vietnam’s rice
exports in the January-May period fell 5.3% from a year earlier.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh, traditionally the
world’s fourth biggest rice producer, lifted a long-standing ban on exports on
Thursday.
Bangladesh aims to sell as much as 1.5 million
tonnes, the country’s agriculture minister Abdur Razzak said, in a move aimed
at supporting farmers amid a drastic drop in domestic prices.
Last week, Bangladesh raised rice import duty
to 55% from 28% amid widespread protests by growers.
Bangladesh had banned all rice exports in
2009. The country now has a surplus of 2-2.5 million tonnes.
Bangladesh’s neighbour and the world’s top
rice exporter India saw subdued demand for its benchmark variety from buyers in
Africa.
Prices of India’s 5 percent broken rice
RI-INBKN5-P1 were unchanged from last week at $364-$367 per tonne.
“Export demand is weak but we couldn’t cut
prices due to the rising rupee,” Ashwin Shah, director at Shah Nanji Nagsi
Exports Pvt. Ltd, an exporter based in Nagpur in central India.
A strong rupee reduces exporters’ margin from
overseas sales.
Thailand’s benchmark 5-percent broken rice
RI-THBKN5-P1 prices were largely unchanged at $385-$402 a tonne on Thursday,
free on board Bangkok (FOB), from $385-$400 last week, as it faces stiff
competition from other exporters.
There are no major deals in sight, traders
said, attributing slight moves in prices to currency fluctuations.
“Prices could not go up because other
exporters sell rice cheaper than ours, and the price could not go down because
the baht is too strong,” a Bangkok-based rice trader said.
The Thai Commerce Ministry projected the
country’s rice exports at 10 million tonnes this year, versus last year’s 11
million tonnes, while the Rice Exporters Association pegged 2019 exports at 9.5
million tonnes. (Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um in Bangkok, Khanh Vu in Hanoi,
Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai, Ruma Paul in Dhaka; Editing by Arpan Varghese and
Alexandra Hudson)
Rice prices continue drop
May 31, 2019 | 7:37 pm
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THE
average farmgate price of palay, or unmilled rice, fell 0.5% week on week
during the third week of May to P18.26 per kilogram (kg), the Philippine
Statistics Authority (PSA) said.
The PSA
said the average wholesale price of well-milled rice fell 0.1% week on week to
P39.48. At retail, it fell 0.3% to P43.07.
For
regular-milled rice, its wholesale price fell 0.1% week on week to P35.79
during the period. At retail, the price increased 0.03% to P38.75.
The
farmgate price of yellow corn grain during the same period inched up 0.4% week
on week to P14.06 per kg. The average wholesale price declined 0.4% to P20.21
and the retail price increased 0.6% to P25.02.
The
average farmgate price of white corn grain rose 0.9% week on week to P16.34.
The average wholesale price increased 0.3% to P22.75, and the average retail
price was stable at P29.12, remaining at that level for six weeks straight.
The
decline of palay prices for the past months is due to the implementation of the
Rice Tariffication Law, which liberalized the importation of rice. Tariffs to
be collected from this will be used to improve the production by local farmers
through better equipment, hybrid seeds, and source of capital, among others.
— Vincent Mariel P. Galang
Rice price fall: Bane of farmers,
boon to consumers
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Published
at 09:32 pm May 30th, 2019
Rice prices at record low at the capital’s
kitchen markets, much to the worry of paddy growers in the country Mehedi
Hasan/Dhaka Tribune
Traders said rice price
gradually fell over the last couple of years, though with some ups and downs
Rice prices have continued
to fall, bringing relief to consumers but hitting the growers hard.
Prices of the staple were
found to have come down by Tk100 for a 50kg bag of rice on an average the last
week in Dhaka city markets including Karwan Bazar, Khilgaon, Malibag and
Hatirpool.
Traders said rice price
gradually fell over the last couple of years, though with some ups and downs.
Haji Md Lokman, general
secretary of Karwan Bazar traders’ association Islamia Shanti Samiti, considers
the current rice price unprecedented and claims that they did not see such a
low price in the last few years.
The rice prices still
continued to fall, he told Dhaka Tribune, adding that the fall hurt farmers,
rendering them unable even to meet their production cost while it benefited the
consumers.
“The price of a 50kg sack of
rice fell by Tk500 over the last month,” said Md Hannan, another wholesaler of
Karwan Bazar.
He said the price fell
sharply since last year. “I can’t recall how long ago I sold the rice at the
current price,” he claimed.
Dewan AS Farid, a trader
from Malibagh, said he sold rice at the current price more than 10 years
ago.
To keep the price stable,
they (traders) had to frequently sell rice below the purchase price, he
claimed.
Rice was found selling at
Tk28 to Tk90 per kg depending on its varieties on Sunday. Coarse rice sold at
Tk28, Paijam and BR-30 at Tk30, Miniket at Tk48, Nazirshail at Tk55 and
Katarivog at Tk90.
The price was between Tk30
to Tk92 per kg in last week, Tk38-95 a month ago and Tk42-100 a year ago, said
the traders, adding that coarse rice earlier sold at Tk40.
Md Lokman believes that
extra stock of rice is the main reason behind the price fall and says the stock
has been rising since 2010, when the government started rice import and allowed
traders to import the staple by lowering the import duties.
Besides, the last couple of
harvesting seasons witnessed substantial growth in yields, which was another
reason, he added.
Now, Boro rice has started
coming to the market despite the huge stock and further pushing down the
prices.
The huge stock of rice
forced farmers to lower prices to the point that they could not even realize
their production costs.
They had to sell paddy at
Tk450 to Tk500 for every maund (40kg) in the last few days, which was the half
the production cost.
The growers said the cost of
harvesting each maund of paddy was between Tk1,000 to Tk1,500. As a result
farmers across the country launched protests over the issue.
Meanwhile, the government
doubled import duties to 55% from 28% in a bid to discourage imports.
But it was yet to create an
impact on the markets, said Lokman.
Agreeing with Lokman, Centre
for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Research Director Khondaker Golam Moazzem said the
decision to control rice imports should have been made long ago.
“The government has acted
too late,” he said, adding that the late decision caused suffering to farmers
as rice prices fell due to the supply of imported rice.
He believes that increasing
the duty will have no immediate effect but it will have some effect in the long
run.
Lokman expects that the
price would go up after Eid, when the Boro harvesting season will end.
MAY 30, 2019 / 1:16 PM / 2 DAYS AGO
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- MAY 30, 2019
6 MIN READ
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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-May 30, 2018
Nagpur, May 30 (Reuters) – Gram and tuar prices showed weak tendency in Nagpur
Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC) on poor buying support from
local millers. Easy condition in Madhya Pradesh pulses and release of stock
from stockists also pushed down prices in limited deals. About 500 bags of gram
and 300 bags of tuar reported for auction, according to sources.
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand
was poor.
TUAR
* Tuar Karnataka moved down in open market here in absence
of buyers amid good supply
from producing regions.
* New rice varieties recovered in open market on good buying
support from
local traders amid weak arrival from producing regions.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 6,100-6,200, Tuar dal (clean) –
8,600-8,800, Udid Mogar (clean)
– 6,900-7,800, Moong Mogar (clean) 8,000-8,600, Gram –
4,500-4,700, Gram Super best
– 6,300-6,500 * Wheat, other varieties of 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 3,900-4,290 4,000-4,290
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction 5,000-5,795 5,100-5,900
Moong Auction n.a. 3,950-4,200
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,200-2,500
Wheat Lokwan Auction 1,850-1,940 1,850-1,915
Wheat Sharbati Auction n.a. 2,900-3,000
Gram Super Best Bold 6,600-6,800 6,600-6,800
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 6,200-6,500 6,200-6,500
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 4,650-4,750 4,650-4,750
Desi gram Raw 4,500-4,600 4,500-4,600
Gram Kabuli 8,300-10,000 8,300-10,000
Tuar Fataka Best-New 9,000-9,100 9,000-9,100
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 8,600-8,800 8,600-8,800
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 8,200-8,400 8,200-8,400
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 7,800-8,100 7,800-8,100
Tuar Gavarani New 6,050-6,150 6,050-6,150
Tuar Karnataka 6,200-6,300 6,250-6,350
Masoor dal best 5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800
Masoor dal medium 5,300-5,500 5,300-5,500
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 8,000-8,800 8,000-8,800
Moong Mogar Medium 7,000-7,500 7,000-7,500
Moong dal Chilka New 6,600-7,800 6,600-7,800
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 8,000-9,000 8,000-9,000
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,000-8,000 7,000-8,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,000-6,500 6,000-6,500
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,700 4,200-4,700
Mot (100 INR/KG) 5,000-6,600 5,000-6,600
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 5,500-5,600 5,500-5,600
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 6,700-6,900 6,700-6,900
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,200 2,100-2,200
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,600 2,500-2,600
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,500 2,400-2,500
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,300 2,200-2,300
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,500 3,000-3,500
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,900 2,600-2,900
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,200 2,100-2,200
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,500 3,100-3,500
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,900 2,500-3,000
Rice BPT new (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,200 2,700-3,100
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,000 2,900-3,000
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,700 2,500-2,700
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 4,100-4,600 4,100-4,600
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,600-3,900 3,600-3,900
Rice HMT New (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,400 3,800-4,200
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,600-5,000 4,600-5,000
Rice Shriram New (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,500 4,800-5,200
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 8,500-13,500 8,500-13,500
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,000 5,000-7,000
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 6,500-7,200 6,500-7,200
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 6,200-6,400 6,200-6,400
Rice Chinnor New (100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,000 4,700-5,000
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,350-2,550 2,350-2,550
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 2,050-2,250 2,050-2,250 WEATHER
(NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 46.0 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 30.3 degree Celsius
Rainfall : Nil FORECAST: Heat wave likely. Maximum and minimum temperature
likely to be around 46 degree Celsius and 30 degree Celsius respectively. Note:
n.a.—not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery
prices, but included in market prices)
MAY 31, 2019 / 12:58 PM / UPDATED A DAY AGO
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- MAY 31, 2019
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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-May 31, 2018
Nagpur, May 31 (Reuters) – Gram and tuar prices declined in Nagpur Agriculture
Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC) on lack of demand from local millers.
Fresh fall on NCDEX in gram, weak trend in Madhya Pradesh pulses and high
moisture content arrival also pushed down prices in thin trading activity.
About 900 bags of gram and 400 bags of tuar reported for auction, according to
sources.
GRAM
* Desi gram raw reported down in open market on poor buying
support from local
traders.
TUAR
* Tuar gavarani showed weak tendency in open market here on
poor demand from local
traders.
* Lakhodi dal recovered in open market on increased demand
from local traders amid
thin supply from producing belts.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 6,100-6,200, Tuar dal (clean) –
8,600-8,800, Udid Mogar (clean)
– 6,900-7,800, Moong Mogar (clean) 8,000-8,600, Gram –
4,500-4,700, Gram Super best
– 6,300-6,500 * 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 3,800-4,300 3,900-4,300
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction 4,900-5,890 5,000-5,900
Moong Auction n.a. 3,950-4,200
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,200-2,500
Wheat Lokwan Auction 1,8900-1,920 1,850-1,940
Wheat Sharbati Auction n.a. 2,900-3,000
Gram Super Best Bold 6,600-6,800 6,600-6,800
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 6,200-6,500 6,200-6,500
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 4,650-4,750 4,650-4,750
Desi gram Raw 4,450-4,550 4,500-4,600
Gram Kabuli 8,300-10,000 8,300-10,000
Tuar Fataka Best-New 9,000-9,100 9,000-9,100
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 8,600-8,800 8,600-8,800
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 8,200-8,400 8,200-8,400
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 7,800-8,100 7,800-8,100
Tuar Gavarani New 6,000-6,100 6,050-6,150
Tuar Karnataka 6,200-6,300 6,250-6,350
Masoor dal best 5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800
Masoor dal medium 5,300-5,500 5,300-5,500
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 8,000-8,800 8,000-8,800
Moong Mogar Medium 7,000-7,500 7,000-7,500
Moong dal Chilka New 6,600-7,800 6,600-7,800
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 8,000-9,000 8,000-9,000
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,000-8,000 7,000-8,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,000-6,500 6,000-6,500
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,700 4,200-4,700
Mot (100 INR/KG) 5,000-6,600 5,000-6,600
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 4,650-4,850 4,600-4,800
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 5,500-5,600 5,500-5,600
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 6,700-6,900 6,700-6,900
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,200 2,100-2,200
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,600 2,500-2,600
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,500 2,400-2,500
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,300 2,200-2,300
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,500 3,000-3,500
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,900 2,600-2,900
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,200 2,100-2,200
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,500 3,100-3,500
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,900 2,500-3,000
Rice BPT new (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,200 2,800-3,200
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,000 2,900-3,000
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,700 2,500-2,700
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 4,100-4,600 4,100-4,600
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,600-3,900 3,600-3,900
Rice HMT New (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,400 4,000-4,400
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,600-5,000 4,600-5,000
Rice Shriram New (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,500 5,000-5,500
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 8,500-13,500 8,500-13,500
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,000 5,000-7,000
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 6,500-7,200 6,500-7,200
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 6,200-6,400 6,200-6,400
Rice Chinnor New (100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,000 4,800-5,000
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,350-2,550 2,350-2,550
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 2,050-2,250 2,050-2,250 WEATHER
(NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 44.3 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 31.5 degree Celsius
Rainfall : Nil FORECAST: Heat wave likely. Maximum and minimum temperature
likely to be around 45 degree Celsius and 31 degree Celsius respectively. Note:
n.a.—not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery
prices, but included in market prices)
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