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Upto 35 Pakistani companies to attend China Import Expo in Shanghai

  03 November,2019 07:29 pm

He said the TDAP will also set up a stall to show Pakistani products.

BEIJING (APP) – Over 35 Pakistani companies will participate and showcase their products including top textile, leather, and sports goods, surgical equipment, home furnishing and other products at the 2nd China International Import Expo (CIIE) scheduled to be held in Shanghai from November 5 to 10.

Advisor on Commerce, Textile, Industry and Production and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood will lead the Pakistani delegation. Pakistan’s top business executives will attend.

“As many as 35 top export-oriented Pakistani companies will display textile, leather and sports goods, surgical equipment, home furnishing and other products at their stalls set up at the expo in an effort to enhance exports to China,” Badar uz Zaman, Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Pakistan, Beijing confirmed here on Sunday.

The companies included: From Karachi, M/s Garib Sons, Marhaba Laboratories, Sarmco International, Continental Traders, Al-Hamra Handicrafts, Indus Marbles, Pak Products, Chadyala Art, Ansari Brothers, Hamdan Traders, FB Enterprises, H. Rehman & Sons, MJ Traders, ARI Traders, AJ Traders, Dewan Enterprises, Saleem Associates, Rana Co (Exports), American Safety Power Tool, Peena Carpets Industries, Shahid Nazir Carpet Centre, from Lahore, WBM Pvt. Ltd, Starlet Innovations, Al Rasheed Traders, Pak Shalimar Carpets, Fateh Woolen Mills, Sheikh Carpets, Splendor & Souvenir Carpets, from Sialkot, Green Hill Corporation, Fraz Enterprises, ABRO Group, H. Skill Sports and Fircos Shoes.

These companies export rice, textile, garments, leather products, carpet, handicrafts, wood furniture, sports and natural herbal products and are set to look at opportunities in the Chinese market to enhance exports from Pakistan, he added.

The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) will also set up a stall to show Pakistani products, he added. The advisor will also talk to media on trade and investment opportunities in Pakistan during the expo.

The advisor will attend the ministerial meeting of WTO and hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese Minister of Commerce in Beijing. It may be mentioned that Pakistan had also participated in the last year’s expo in Shanghai where many Pakistani companies showcased their products.

According to a senior official of China’s Ministry of Commerce, so far 63 countries have registered for the exhibition and over 3,000 businesses from more than 150 countries and regions will be attending the business exhibition, exceeding the number at the first CIIE. This year’s expo will involve two key exhibition categories: country exhibitions and business exhibitions.

As for business exhibitions, they will cover more than 300,000 square meters of floor space, and over 3,000 enterprises from about 150 countries and regions will participate in the exhibitions. In addition, registration for the business exhibition of the third CIIE has begun, and overseas enterprises can register on the official website of the CIIE.

A total of 172 countries, regions and international organizations and more than 3,600 enterprises participated in the first CIIE, held from Nov. 5 to 10 in Shanghai last year. It was the world’s first import-themed national-level expo.

https://dunyanews.tv/en/Business/517051-Upto-35-Pakistani-companies-to-attend-China-Import-Expo-in-Shanghai

Upto 35 Pakistani companies to attend China Expo in Shanghai

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November 4, 2019

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Over 35 Pakistani companies will participate and showcase their products including top textile, leather, and sports goods, surgical equipment, home furnishing and other products at the 2nd China International Import Expo (CIIE) scheduled to be held in Shanghai from November 5 to 10.
Advisor on Commerce, Textile, Industry and Production and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood will lead the Pakistani delegation. Pakistan’s top business executives will attend. “As many as 35 top export-oriented Pakistani companies will display textile, leather and sports goods, surgical equipment, home furnishing and other products at their stalls set up at the expo in an effort to enhance exports to China,” Badar uz Zaman, Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Pakistan, Beijing confirmed here on Sunday.
The companies included: From Karachi, M/s Garib Sons, Marhaba Laboratories, Sarmco International, Continental Traders, Al-Hamra Handicrafts, Indus Marbles, Pak Products, Chadyala Art, Ansari Brothers, Hamdan Traders, FB Enterprises, H. Rehman & Sons, MJ Traders, ARI Traders, AJ Traders, Dewan Enterprises, Saleem Associates, Rana Co (Exports), American Safety Power Tool, Peena Carpets Industries, Shahid Nazir Carpet Centre, from Lahore, WBM Pvt. Ltd, Starlet Innovations, Al Rasheed Traders, Pak Shalimar Carpets, Fateh Woolen Mills, Sheikh Carpets, Splendor & Souvenir Carpets, from Sialkot, Green Hill Corporation, Fraz Enterprises, ABRO Group, H. Skill Sports and Fircos Shoes. These companies export rice, textile, garments, leather products, carpet, handicrafts, wood furniture, sports and natural herbal products and are set to look at opportunities in the Chinese market to enhance exports from Pakistan, he added. The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) will also set up a stall to show Pakistani products, he added.
The advisor will also talk to media on trade and investment opportunities in Pakistan during the expo. The advisor will attend the ministerial meeting of WTO and hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese Minister of Commerce in Beijing. It may be mentioned that Pakistan had also participated in the last year’s expo in Shanghai where many Pakistani companies showcased their products. According to a senior official of China’s Ministry of Commerce, so far 63 countries have registered for the exhibition and over 3,000 businesses from more than 150 countries and regions will be attending the business exhibition, exceeding the number at the first CIIE.
This year’s expo will involve two key exhibition categories: country exhibitions and business exhibitions. As for business exhibitions, they will cover more than 300,000 square meters of floor space, and over 3,000 enterprises from about 150 countries and regions will participate in the exhibitions.
In addition, registration for the business exhibition of the third CIIE has begun, and overseas enterprises can register on the official website of the CIIE. A total of 172 countries, regions and international organizations and more than 3,600 enterprises participated in the first CIIE, held from Nov. 5 to 10 in Shanghai last year. It was the world’s first import-themed national-level expo.

https://pakobserver.net/upto-35-pakistani-companies-to-attend-china-expo-in-shanghai/

A different system

In Pakistan we have tried all forms of governments. We started with bureaucrats running the show, then we tried military governments and elected governments, in turns. In my layperson opinion none of these have suited us. What we like to call a democratic government actually means that only those can run for elections and hope to win who are rich or from a political family. In a true democracy, every voter has a right to vote for the candidate who he/she thinks is the best. In Pakistani democracy the majority vote for whom they are told to vote for, or on the basis of caste – or even for a plate of rice. Those in government are hounded by those not in government like we have been seeing since the 1970s. Instead of doing what they promised to do, the new party finds faults in the previous party.

It is time to look at a new form of government where representatives from all parties form the government – on the basis of proportional representation. Besides political parties, there would be representatives from the military, civil bureaucracy, agriculture and business. In this way almost all points of views would be discussed and hopefully the most feasible solution would be arrived at. Pakistan's economy is at a stage where it cannot afford dharnas every time a new government is formed. It is time our leaders got together and worked jointly to build a country that reflects the true potential of its human and natural resources. Here we can take the examples of Japan, Singapore and Bangladesh that hardly have any resources, but are great examples of how good leadership can make a country grow and develop.

Syed Hussein El-Edroos

Islamabad

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/550336-a-different-system

Basmati paddy price slides in India due to tepid global demand, higher output

India is the largest exporter of basmati rice and its price is a function of global trade. A decline of 10% in price was recorded in the first five months of the current financial year. During the period, the country exported 1.66 million tonnes ...

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India’s output of basmati this year is expected to rise by 10% due to higher acreage.

CHANDIGARH: Basmati paddy prices in the ongoing harvest season have fallen by up to a fifth from last year, pulled down by a combination of higher output and tepid global demand. The situation has exporters worried.

A domestic exporters’ lobby said a 10% dip in export of the premium quality rice in the current financial year and prevailing geopolitical situation in key export markets is keeping prices suppressed.

“Unfavorable sentiment in the export market is keeping buyers wary and it has affected prices,” Ashok Sethi, director of Punjab Rice Millers and Exporters Association, said. According to Sethi, the volatile geopolitical situation in major destinations for export of basmati, including Iran, Lebanon and Syria, is keeping uncertainty over the trade prospects.

India is the largest exporter of basmati rice and its price is a function of global trade. A decline of 10% in price was recorded in the first five months of the current financial year, as per Agricultural & Processed Foods Export Development Authority (APEDA). During the period, the country exported 1.66 million tonnes of basmati compared with 1.85 million tonnes in the same period last year.

Traders are circumspect of delay in payments from Iran, the country’s largest importer of basmati, after India cut crude oil supply from the Gulf nation. “Even though Iran annually restricts import of rice from July to December to safeguard its farmers, but this time the concern is much deeper,” said AK Gupta, director, Basmati Export Development Foundation (BEDF), an arm of APEDA.

Basmati exporters are worried that in the prevailing market, major international basmati buyers could bargain hard for lower prices. “Traders in India are avoiding taking advances from banks for the purchase of basmati paddy as they foresee squeeze in margins in exports,” Sethi said.

At a time when harvesting is at full swing, basmati paddy prices are hovering between Rs 2,300 and Rs 2,800 per quintal for the popular 1121 variety in Punjab and Haryana. The price had increased up to Rs 3,300-3,800 per quintal in the previous year due to low output and higher demand from Iran.

Despite high quality of basmati this season, farmers are earning less than last year and the situation will drive away farmers to other crops in the next season,” said Kulwant Singh, a Amritsar-based basmati rice grower.

India’s output of basmati this year is expected to rise by 10% due to higher acreage, and that could suppress prices. Also exporters are worried that Saudi Arabia could press new trade regulations on import of basmati

Rice Yields Plummet and Arsenic Rises in Future Climate-Soil Scenarios

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November 4, 2019

Rice is the largest global staple crop, consumed by more than half the world’s population – but new experiments from Stanford University suggest that with climate change, production in major rice-growing regions with endemic soil arsenic will undergo a dramatic decline and jeopardize critical food supplies.

These experiments exploring rice production in future climate conditions show rice yields could drop about 40 percent by 2100 — with potentially devastating consequences in parts of the world that rely on the crop as a basic food source. What’s more, changes to soil processes due to increased temperatures will cause rice to contain twice as much toxic arsenic than the rice consumed today. The research was published Nov. 1 in Nature Communications.

“By the time we get to 2100, we’re estimated to have approximately 10 billion people, so that would mean we have 5 billion people dependent on rice, and 2 billion who would not have access to the calories they would normally need,” says co-author Scott Fendorf, the Terry Huffington Professor in Earth system science at Stanford University’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences (Stanford Earth). “We have to be aware of these challenges that are coming so we can be ready to adapt.”

The researchers specifically looked at rice because it is grown in flooded paddies that help loosen the arsenic from the soil and make it especially sensitive to arsenic uptake. While many food crops today contain small amounts of arsenic, some growing regions are more susceptible than others. Future changes in soil due to higher temperatures combined with flooded conditions cause arsenic to be taken up by rice plants at higher levels – and using irrigation water with naturally occurring high arsenic exacerbates the problem. While these factors will not affect all global commodities in the same way, they do extend to other flood-grown crops, like taro and lotus.

“I just didn’t expect the magnitude of impact on rice yield we observed,” says Fendorf, who is also a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. “What I missed was how much the soil biogeochemistry would respond to increased temperature, how that would amplify plant-available arsenic, and then – coupled with the temperature stress – how that would really impact the plant.”

A naturally occurring, semi-metallic chemical, arsenic is found in most soils and sediments, but is generally in a form that doesn’t get taken up by plants. Chronic exposure to arsenic leads to skin lesions, cancers, aggravation of lung disease and, ultimately, death. It is especially concerning in rice not only because of its global significance, but also because the low-allergen food is often introduced early to infants.

“I think this problem is also crucial for people that have young kids in our society,” says lead author E. Marie Muehe, a former postdoctoral scholar at Stanford and now at the University of Tübingen, Germany. “Because infants are a lot smaller than we are, if they eat rice, that means that they take up more arsenic relative to their body weight.”

Climate Simulations

The researchers created future climate conditions in greenhouses based on estimates of a possible 5 degree Celsius temperature increase and twice as much atmospheric carbon dioxide by 2100, as projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

While previous research examined the impacts of increasing temperature in the context of the global food crisis, this study was the first to account for soil conditions in combination with shifts in climate.

For the experiments, the group grew a medium-grain rice variety in soil from the rice-growing region of California. The greenhouses were controlled for temperature, carbon dioxide concentrations and soil arsenic levels, which will be higher in the future due to its buildup in soils from irrigating crops with arsenic-contaminated water, a problem that is worsened by over-pumping groundwater.

“We don’t often think about this, but soil is alive — it’s teeming with bacteria and a lot of different microorganisms,” Fendorf says. “It turns out those microorganisms determine whether the arsenic stays partitioned onto the minerals and away from the plants or comes off the minerals into the water phase.”

The researchers found that with increased temperatures, microorganisms destabilized more of the soil’s inherent arsenic, leading to greater amounts of the toxin in the soil water that is available for uptake by the rice. Once taken up, arsenic inhibits nutrient absorption and decreases plant growth and development, factors that contributed to the 40 percent decrease in yield the scientists observed.

Early Warning, Future Planning

While the dramatic loss in production is a major cause for concern, the scientists are hopeful that this research will help producers find potential solutions for feeding the world.

“The good news is that given past advances in terms of the global community’s ability to breed varieties that can adapt to new conditions, along with revisions to soil management, I’m optimistic we can get around the problems observed in our study,” Fendorf says. “I’m also optimistic that as we continue to shine a light on the threats resulting from a 5 degree Celsius change, society will adopt practices to ensure we never reach that degree of warming.”

As next steps, Fendorf, co-author Tianmei Wang and Muehe hope to asses rice yields on a global scale by using remote sensing to pinpoint contaminated rice paddies in order to model future yields and arsenic contamination.

“This is most likely to be a problem where most rice is consumed, so we think about South and East Asia,” says Wang, a PhD candidate in Earth system science. “Especially for people like my dad — he consumes rice three times a day and he just cannot live without it.”

https://seedworld.com/rice-yields-plummet-and-arsenic-rises-in-future-climate-soil-scenarios/

New Kind of Concrete Cracks Much Less Than the Regular Stuff

The secret is in the mix.

By Caroline Delbert

Nov 4, 2019A new concrete mix replaces 40 percent of cement with plentiful materials and byproducts.

·       This formula reduces brittleness and “bounces back” more than traditional concrete.

·       Using non-cement fillers may reduce environmental impact.

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Russian scientists have developed a new, more flexible form of concrete that could mean stronger, safer buildings and structures around the world, reports New Atlas. The secret is in the mix, where the scientists replaced 40 percent of the cement binder with plentiful, eco-friendly materials that increase the “give” and make the concrete both more ductile and elastic.

All concrete is made by combining aggregate (the gravel or other solid materials) and cement (a powder saturated with water to form a paste). Cement seems like an everyday thing in the modern world, but its invention in ancient Rome paved the way for millennia of subsequent progress. The Romans created the earliest known concrete when they mixed batches of cement and then added gravel and volcanic ash to bulk it up.

Concrete is immeasurably useful, most of all when it’s poured around a frame or cage of the reinforcing steel beams known as rebar. Using steel reinforcement makes concrete not just stronger, but also somewhat more flexible. But there are major drawbacks to using steel-reinforced concrete, including simple human variance when concrete is poured around steel rebar frames. Any kind of moisture or foreign matter clinging to rebar’s nooks and crannies can contain bacteria and other agents that work to weaken the concrete over time. Once concrete has even tiny cracks, that’s where the trouble begins.

Postponing the “first crack” was mission number one for the scientists at the Military Studies Center at Far Eastern Federal University in Russia. They wanted to find a more elastic concrete mix, and according to New Atlas, the mix is indeed six to nine times more crack-resistant than traditional concrete.

Concrete has a major environmental cost, not just from the process of making cement, but in waste concrete that accumulates over time. In a Guardian feature earlier this year, experts recommended using less concrete in new projects. That might sound like pie-in-the-sky advice, but Far Eastern’s new concrete reduces cement by 40 percent and replaces it with mostly waste materials that we already generate. The new concrete is better for the environment and will likely be cheaper for builders.

What are these cement-alternative fillers? The scientists used rice husk cinder, limestone crushing waste, and silica sand. Silica is a wildly plentiful mineral whose crystal form is quartz and is the natural “sand” in sandstone. Beach or playground sand is composed of both silica sand and finely ground calcium-based particles from coral and other sea creatures.

Scientists have long investigated rice husk cinder, meanwhile, as an alternative or addition to coal-industry “fly ash,” a byproduct with similar properties that helps to offset emissions. Rice husk ash is more elastic and may be feasible in higher percentages than fly ash. Limestone crushing waste is from quarries, where giant machines called crushers turn mined rock into gravel and other small aggregate. Recapturing quarry waste like limestone and marble dust may reduce environmental impact as well as increasing concrete’s tensile strength.

It isn’t clear if the concrete with 40 percent less cement is suited for large-scale construction. Builders already have many types of rebar to consider in different climates, because temperature and humidity play a part in how rebar and concrete age separately and together.

A more flex-friendly concrete could be a great alternative for bridge building, where the ability to bend but retain shape is a requirement, not just a nice benefit. The Russian scientists also cited its potential for bunkers and other secure military and government facilities.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a29688227/strong-new-concrete-crack-resistant/

Cross River to launch rice mill by December, set to boost local rice production 

By   Joseph Olaoluwa

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November 4, 2019

Governor Ben Ayade

The Cross River State Government has unveiled plans to build an ultra-modern rice mill, expected to be ready by December of this year.

This disclosure was made by Francesco Antonio Lucarelli, the contractor engaged to deliver the rice mill project who also serves as the General Manager of AA Universal Agro Industries Ltd.

[READ MORE: Like Nigeria, Ghana moves to stop rice, poultry imports]

Capacity of the Mill: According to Lucarelli, an experienced contractor in the business, the Cross River Rice Mill boasts of a storage capacity of more than 6500 metric tonnes, which makes it one of the biggest in Nigeria.

Giving more details about the project, he explained that all the equipment required for the construction of the mill had been made available since April this year. He also noted that the project had approached advanced stages.

Friday Aruko Odey, a former Special Adviser to the Cross River governor on projects, disclosed that the rice mill would produce certain varieties of rice, create more opportunities as well as boost the revenue of the state.

The project is expected to engage more than 20,000 employees who would work on three shifts, the former aide explained. He also confirmed the project would be completed by the end of the year.

In a recent Nairametrics article, rice farmers assured the general public that a 50kg bag of rice will sell for N9,000 in three weeks’ time, after recording a bumper harvest this year. They also promised that more rice would flood the market thereby forcing market prices downward, against the continual hoarding that raised the price to about N26,000.

Aminu Goronyo, the President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), confirmed the development. He said: “We have a bumper harvest that we never had before. We have never had the type of bumper harvests that we recorded this year.”

He also promised that the increase in the prices of rice will no longer persist.

https://nairametrics.com/2019/11/04/cross-river-to-launch-rice-mill-by-december-set-to-boost-local-rice-production/

Customs, Importer Disagree Over Impounded Containers Of Rice

 By Economic Confidential -November 4, 2019

Customs, Importer Disagree Over Impounded Containers Of Rice   The Nigeria Customs Service and Masters Energy Commodities Trading Limited, owners of some of the containers of rice recently seized by the former, have disagreed over the dates when the seizures were made. While the Customs on Friday insisted that the rice containers were recently impounded, the importer, Masters Energy, said they were seized by the NCS in 2016, about three years before the current partial closure of land borders by the Federal Government. On October 29, the NCS had announced that it impounded 52 containers of banned goods worth N2.7bn smuggled through the Tin Can Island Port in Lagos. While announcing the seizure, the Comptroller General of the NCS, Col Hameed Ali (retd), disclosed that 34 of the 52 containers had rice in them.

He said the border closure had prompted smugglers to route some banned items through the seaports. He said since certificate (Form M) had not been issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria for importation of rice since 2015, any rice that came through the seaport must have been smuggled. Ali also disclosed that some of the rice had expired while others were about to expire. A day after the story broke, Masters Energy responded through its lawyer, Mr Monday Ubani, that it imported the rice and was seized in 2016 and not 2019 as claimed by the Customs boss. Reports quoted Ubani as saying that the rice containers were impounded in 2016 due to the inability of the company’s clearing agent to pay the correct tariff on the commodity.

“It was even reported that Masters Energy then petitioned the House Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff that its agent Messrs Destiny Impex Limited, a clearing company registered and licensed by the Customs made a false declaration in order to cut tariffs for the 30 containers of rice,” the lawyer stated. Ubani said Masters Energy had offered to pay the correct tariff on the rice since the agent had been paid the full amount but decided to cut down the amount and pay lower tariff. The firm, according to him, was told that the rice had already been distributed to the Internally Displaced Persons homes.

 He said 60 containers of rice were imported and they came in two batches. Thirty containers were seized at first and the remaining 30 arrived later. However, by the time the remaining 30 containers came in, the CBN had added rice on its list of 41 items not eligible for foreign exchange. He said due to this policy, the 30 containers were abandoned and not cleared, adding that the Customs had written to them asking them to seek CBN’s permission to have the containers cleared. But sources at the Customs had said that the rice containers were seized between 2018 and 2019 and that Masters Energy is not the owners of all the impounded containers of rice.

On Friday, the spokesperson for the NCS, Joseph Attah, who had earlier addressed the issue in the report, issued a statement confirming that in 2016/2017, 30 containers of rice declared as yeast by Masters Energy were seized and distributed to the IDPs. He said out of the 33 containers of rice unveiled by Ali on October 29, only 25 containers belonged to Masters Energy. He said, “The discovery of these containers stacked in the terminal came as a result of painstaking profiling of unutilised bills of lading and undisclosed manifests which led to the physical discovery of these containers with expired rice.

 “It should be noted that when goods are imported but not declared, they are not yet brought to the Customs’ attention, hence cannot exit the port unless the owners succeed in compromising port officials and operatives to smuggle them out. This was not (or could not) be the case here.” Attah also said, “Containers have distinct identities (numbers); so they cannot be mixed (up) to confuse the public. We have the numbers of those falsely declared as yeast and seized then and these (25 in reference) are containers that were not declared and have been fished out through profiling. They are distinct and clear for any well-meaning individual to understand.”

 https://economicconfidential.com/2019/11/customs-importer-disagree-impounded-rice/

Myanmar Farmers Say Govt Failing to Buy Rice at Floor Price

Farmers at Kangyidaunt Township in Ayeyarwady Region / Salai Thant Zin / The Irrawaddy

By SALAI THANT ZIN 4 November 2019

PATHEIN, Ayeyarwady Region—Rice paddy farmers in Ayeyarwady Region have complained that merchants are paying them less than the minimum price recently set by the government.

The government’s Leading Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Interests of Farmers, led by Vice President Henry Van Thio, fixed the floor price for rice this year at 500,000 kyats for 100 baskets of paddy (US$327.30 for about 2.09 tons) in a move to protect the interests of paddy farmers.

But farmers in Ayeyarwady Region said merchants only pay for around 450,000 kyats for 100 baskets of paddy.

“In Maubin, paddy prices are between 450,000 and 480,000 kyats. This is the price given by merchants and rice millers. Though the government said the minimum price is 500,000 kyats, nobody is paying that price, and the government is not buying directly from farmers, so we can only sell at market rates,” said rice farmer U Hla Htay of Yenangyoung village in Maubin Township.

The government said in the second week of October that it will pay the floor price for paddy that meets quality standards: the grains, once processed, must have a moisture content of 14 percent and the baskets can’t contain any dust, sand or gravel.

According to the government’s statement, if the market rate is higher than the floor price, rice is to be bought according to the market rate, but if the market rate is lower than the floor price, rice is to be bought at floor price.

The floor price will be applied for this year’s monsoon paddy season and next year’s summer paddy season. Once minimum prices fall below the minimum price, paddy purchase committees formed by regional and state governments are responsible for purchasing rice from farmers with the approval of the vice president’s leading committee. But in the case of Ayeyarwady Region, the regional paddy purchase committee is failing to intervene.

Currently, the market prices of lower grade paddy are between 400,000 and 480,000 kyats per 100 baskets in Hinthada District, between 450,000 and 480,000 kyats in Maubin District and between 480,000 and 500,000 kyats in Myaungmya and Pathein districts.

“The price of 500,000 kyats fixed by the government is not bad. But we are paid only just over 400,000 in Kyangin,” said farmer U Hlaing Kyi from Koe Taung Village in Hinthada District’s Kyangin Township. “The profit is quite small. If the government will buy paddy, I want them to show up, on the ground, soon after the harvest.”

The problem is partly due to measurement differences. The government has adjusted the size of one basket to equal 46 pounds. But rice merchants and millers are still using the previous basket size of 50 pounds. As a result of the discrepancy, farmers are forced to sell an extra 400 pounds of rice per 100 baskets for no additional pay.

The Irrawaddy was unable to obtain a comment from Ayeyarwady Regional Minister for Financing and Planning U Htay Win about the fact that the government has yet to purchase rice from the farmers.

“The Ayeyarwady regional government has held two meetings with us to buy rice when it falls below 500,000 kyats,” said Ayeyarwady Region Rice Millers Association Chairman U Soe Win. “We drafted plans for rice purchases and presented them to the government. The government said it would seek approval and budget from the Union government.”

Around 50 percent of Myanmar’s rice exports are shipped to China. Myanmar exported 3.58 million tons of rice during the 2017-18 fiscal year, the largest volume in 70 years, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

Though the Myanmar government allows official rice exports to China, Chinese authorities consider most rice imports from Myanmar to be illegal but still allow rice merchants to bring rice across the border. After Chinese authorities launched a crackdown on illegal rice imports from Myanmar in 2018, Myanmar’s rice exports to its neighbor declined significantly, dropping by around 1 million tons.

Rice prices have so far continued the downward trend in the 2019-20 fiscal year due to low demand from China.

Translated from Burmese by Thet Ko Ko

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-farmers-say-govt-failing-buy-rice-floor-price.html

Senate approves P33.9B rice subsidy

November 4, 2019 | 8:27 pm

PHILSTAR

THE Senate yesterday approved on third and final reading a resolution allowing the government to distribute locally produced palay instead of cash to 4.1 million social welfare beneficiaries.

The P33.9-billion rice subsidy will come from this year’s national budget and will go to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, according to Senate Joint Resolution 8.

The palay must come from farmers in the provinces of Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Oriental and Occidental Mindoro, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Zamboanga del Sur and Iloilo.

The measure was filed in light of the Rice Tariffication Law, which removed restrictions on rice imports.

“Despite the efforts made by the government to protect the local rice industry, large stocks of imported rice have depressed the buying price of local palay to levels way below the cost of production,” according to the resolution.

As of Aug. 22, the National Food Authority (NFA) had in its custody 209,525 metric tons (MT) of imported rice and another 209,525 MT of locally procured palay.

“The warehouses of NFA are already full, and the problem of oversupply is expected to exacerbate during the period from October to December, which is the peak palay harvest season.”

This has caused average palay prices to go down to P16.28 a kilo from P23.10 a kilo a year earlier.A similar resolution is pending at the committee level of the House of Representatives. — CAT

https://www.bworldonline.com/senate-approves-p33-9b-rice-subsidy/

Climate Change Effects May Soon Expose Billions Of People To Toxic Rice

Nov 4, 2019 07:39 PM By Darwin Malicdem

Many parts of the world have been experiencing the growing impact of climate change. The rising temperatures are expected to affect the sea levels and global food supply in the future. 

A new study, published in the journal Nature Communications, found that the world may soon see a dramatic drop in rice production. Climate change has been causing changes to soil processes, which increase levels of toxic arsenic in rice. 

“I just didn’t expect the magnitude of impact on rice yield we observed,” Scott Fendorf, study co-author and a professor of earth system science at Stanford University, said. “What I missed was how much the soil biogeochemistry would respond to increased temperature, how that would amplify plant-available arsenic, and then—coupled with the temperature stress—how that would really impact the plant.”

Researchers said the increasing temperatures combined with flooding could significantly increase arsenic from the soil and being absorbed by rice plants. Arsenic is a naturally occurring, semi-metallic chemical linked to cancer, lung disease, skin lesions and even death, Futurity reported.

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“By the time we get to 2100, we’re estimated to have approximately 10 billion people, so that would mean we have 5 billion people dependent on rice, and 2 billion who would not have access to the calories they would normally need,” Fendorf said. “We have to be aware of these challenges that are coming so we can be ready to adapt.”

The findings come from the analysis of simulated climate conditions when the global temperature increases by 5 degrees Celsius. Researchers said the study is the first to look into impact of shifts in climate on soil conditions. 

They examined the effects of climate change with a medium-grain rice variety in soil from the rice-growing region of California. The team exposed the rice to controlled temperature, carbon dioxide concentrations and soil arsenic levels.

Results showed that with increased temperatures, microorganisms disrupted the arsenic in the soil, which led to higher toxin in the soil water surrounding rice plants. The increased levels of arsenic also blocked nutrients and reduced plant growth and development.

The researchers said with the current climate conditions, many regions may soon see the same changes in soil. The study predicts that by 2100 the rice production could drop by 40 percent.

However, researchers noted there are ways to prevent such decrease and continue a stable production of rice. Fendorf said revisions to soil management and farmers’ ability to breed varieties of rice that can adapt to new conditions would help address the potential issue. 

A farmer spraying herbicide to rice plants before harvest season. Pixabay

https://www.medicaldaily.com/climate-change-effects-may-soon-expose-billions-people-toxic-rice-445271

Vietnamese rice prices fall; India’s rates steady

Rice export rates for the Vietnamese variety fell this week from multi-month highs on weak demand from Philippines and China, while prices were steady in top exporter India on festival-thinned trading. Vietnam's 5% broken rice inched lower to $345-$350 a tonne on Thursday, from a 4-1/2 month high of $350-$355 last week. “Trading is thin this week on weak demand from major buyers such as Philippines and China," said a trader based in Ho Chi Minh City. “The autumn-winter crop season will be in full swing in December," the trader added. Vietnam's rice shipments in the first 10 months of this year rose 6.1% from a year earlier to 5.56 million tonnes, but export revenue fell 7.8%, government data showed. In India, prices of the 5 percent broken parboiled variety were unchanged from last week at $368-$372 per tonne. “Trading was negligible due to the Diwali festival. New season supplies have also been delayed due to recent rainfall," said a Mumbai-based dealer with a global trading firm. Prices had recovered from a four-month low on a stronger rupee last week. Many rice growing states had rainfall in the last few days, damaging paddy crops ready for harvesting, exporters said. Meanwhile, in Thailand, benchmark 5 percent broken rice prices were at $390-$413 a tonne, versus $396-$410 last week. “The domestic price of rice is actually quite low but it's the baht that's really pushing up export prices and this has deterred overseas buyers," a Bangkok-based rice trader said. Exporters have wrestled with a strong baht this year, which has kept prices for the Thai variety higher than those of competitors.

“New supply will gradually enter the market over the next few weeks until the end of the year and if exporters can't sell, stockpiles may build and prices would fall," another Bangkok-based trader said. Elsewhere, Bangladesh will buy 1 million tonnes of rice and paddy, up from 600,000 tonnes last year, in the upcoming harvesting season from local farmers who incurred losses from high production costs and low domestic prices this year, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque said on Thursday. Rain-fed rice output or the Aman crop, accounting for nearly a third of country's annual rice output of around 35 million tonnes, is estimated to hit 15.3 million tonnes this year from nearly 14 million tonnes last year, the minister said.

 https://www.brecorder.com/2019/11/05/541457/vietnamese-rice-prices-fall-indias-rates-steady/

Rice will be cheaper before Christmas, says Kebbi governor

November 04

18:462019

The National Food Security Council (NFSC), chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, says it will make rice available before Christmas.

Atiku Bagudu, governor of Kebbi and the deputy chairman of the council, told NAN in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, that the council is aware of the current high prices of rice.

According to the governor, the government is also aware of the activities of some individuals and groups bent on frustrating the new rice policy.

“The good news is that there is a lot of production in the country. All the millers in Nigeria have enough paddy and farmers are producing and the harvest is coming in strong,” he said.

“We believe in addition to market forces, there are some people bent on manipulating the situation in order to exploit bigger revenue, bigger profits and some may even be doing so for the wrong reason.

“They want to truncate policy which is helping the Nigerian economy; which is helping Nigerian millers; which is helping the Nigerian farmers and the Nigerian population.

“We are taking steps to ensure that more rice is taken to markets where shortages can easily be created.

“There is enough product in the country and the National Food Security Council is focused on how to ensure that availability is restored all across the country so that prices will come down reflective of the cost of production.”

Since the country’s land borders were closed and forex restricted for the importation of rice, a 50kg bag of the commodity has increased to an average of N22,000 from N14,000.

On the reported loss of about N1 billion by onion farmers in Kebbi state, Bagudu said the government would always respond to farmers’ predicaments promptly.

He disclosed that the federal government had approved N23billion for distribution to states affected by floods.

“For the onion farmers, they have calculated that the rain will stop by September because when onion is growing there is a point at which it does not desire rainfall, now we have rainfall,” he said.

“I’m not sure of the N1 billion loss in terms of the quantum because we have not done the assessment but we are always willing and ready to support all our producers especially when they are faced with unforeseen circumstances like this.”

Bagudu was on the entourage of Buhari’s official visit to Saudi Arabia which ended on Saturday.

Others governors on the entourage included Babagana Zulum of Borno and Aminu Masari of Katsina.

https://www.thecable.ng/rice-will-get-cheaper-before-christmas-kebbi-governor-assures

Rise in inflation rate in Nigeria man-made – Experts

November 4, 2019 Admin5 News 0

By Ibukun Emiola

Ibadan – Experts have said that the current rise in inflation rate in the country is man-made and self-inflicted, occasioned by preference for foreign goods by Nigerians.

Mr Tunji Adepeju, an economist and Mr Raji Rasaki, an ex-banker, made this known in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, in Ibadan.

Adepeju, who commended the Federal Government policy on border closure, said it would help grow the nation’s economy and make it self- reliant.

“At the commencement of this policy, prices will have to go up because of government’s move to curb smuggling.

“The border closure is in the best interest of this country, because people who make illegitimate income are not happy about the policy and they are trying to frustrate government’s efforts,” he said.

Adepeju urged Nigerians to start consuming locally-made goods which, he said, were healthier and capable of saving the nation’s economy from recession.

Similarly, Rasaki stressed the need for Nigerians to consume the goods being produced in the country.

“The present government is doing the needful, to ensure that our economy bounces back; it is also important for rice millers to appreciate government’s efforts and stop creating artificial scarcity as well as hike in the price of locally-produced rice.

“We should stop being enemies of ourselves; local consumers should not be exploited.

“If government keeps encouraging the millers, they too should boost their production to meet the demands,” the ex-banker said.

https://sundiatapost.com/rise-in-inflation-rate-in-nigeria-man-made-experts/

Fermented rice is cancer curing’ properties, says yoga expert

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | SANJEEVI ANANDAN

PublishedNov 5, 2019, 5:54 am IST

UpdatedNov 5, 2019, 5:54 am IST

The event was organised by Pathanjali free yoga center here in Hosur.Venkata.

 On Sunday evening, Venkata, a yoga campaigner for over three decades of Bengaluru have handed over the certificates to those qualified to the level of becoming yoga teachers.

Krishnagiri: A yoga expert has urged people to revert back to the old custom of consuming fermented rice (cooked rice soaked in water for a night) which according to him has cancer-curing properties.

“Days are not too far for our mildly fermented rice, branded as the poor man's food, to enter hotel's menu card” Dr Venkata Rayadu Venigala said.

He added, “already Chinese restaurants started selling mildly fermented foods because probiotics has become popular in the modern wellness trend and also found of having cancer curing properties”.

On Sunday evening, Venkata, a yoga campaigner for over three decades of Bengaluru have handed over the certificates to those qualified to the level of becoming yoga teachers. The event was organised by Pathanjali free yoga center here in Hosur.Venkata, while speaking on the occasion said, “people think that only those who have training can do yoga. But we all do it daily without knowing that as yoga. Particularly habits like scrape your tongue, breathing and good food habits”

He continued, “three scientists have been awarded the Nobel prize 2019 for their discovery of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability. It should be termed as rediscovery because our ancient sages have discovered for what the scientist have now been honoured.”

“For example let us take the pranayama asana which helps our body to get sufficient oxygen.  The loss of energy we feel in our body was due to incorrect breathing. The body functions are slowed down, both the tissue and cells becomes weak, and could not regenerate themselves due to lack of sufficient energy,” Venkata said. He also felt concern that the present generation come to know the value of our native customs, culture and tradition only after they are validated by the foreigners who came to India and returned to their nation not only with the material wealth, but also carried our other practices including the habit of consuming fermented rice and yoga.

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/051119/fermented-rice-is-cancer-curing-properties-says-yoga-expert.html

Bumper paddy crop raises storage woes in Telangana

Roushan Ali | TNN | Updated: Nov 3, 2019, 9:47 IST

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HYDERABAD: Widespread rains, water supply from irrigation projects, 24x7 power supply, minimum support price, Rythu Bandhu and other farmer welfare schemes have resulted in bumper crop this kharif in Telangana.
As against 42 lakh metric tonnes (MTs) of paddy in kharif season last year, this time 65 lakh MTs of paddy is being expected. However, the bumper crop is also bringing with it its own problems. The state is faced with the huge task of making arrangements for storage of 65 lakh MTs of paddy.

Officials said the storage capacity in government, private and Food Corporation of India godowns in Telangana is 40 lakh MTs. Though the entire paddy won’t be procured and brought to godowns in one go, officials said the existing storage capacity is not sufficient to store so much paddy.

Chinese researchers develop database for rice molecular breeding

2019-11-02 19:40:58XinhuaEditor : Cheng Zizhuo

Chinese researchers have developed a knowledge base for molecular breeding of rice to facilitate the breeding of different rice varieties.

With the development of genome sequencing technology, large amounts of genomic and phenotypic data have been accumulated in the fields of crop genomic research. The integration and deep mining of these data are key for crop breeding.

Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a database which integrates more than 7,000 sets of global rice re-sequencing data, large amount of rice germplasm resources information, as well as annotations of more than 13,000 rice genes, many of which are related to improved rice quality, disease-resistance and high yield.

The database also provides advanced online tools for germplasm screening, individual comparison and variation analysis.

The research also offers a reference for the database on the molecular breeding of other crops such as soybeans, wheat and corn.

The research was published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research.

http://www.ecns.cn/news/sci-tech/2019-11-02/detail-ifzqmsrp9611022.shtml

GOCC subsidies climb in Sept

ByMayvelin U. Caraballo, TMT

November 4, 2019

Subsidies extended by the national government to government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) climbed in September, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed.

Thirty-one state-run firms secured P54.70 billion, a 179.34-percent rise from P19.58 billion in the same month last year.

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) accounted for the bulk, or P29.75 billion, of total subsidies in the month.

PhilHealth is responsible for administering the country’s health insurance program, particularly the Universal Health Care program that aims to provide Filipino families equitable access to quality and affordable health care services.

The Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) followed with P12 billion, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) with P7.54 billion, and the Small Business Corp. with P1.25 billion.

Also receiving assistance in September were the Local Water Utilities Administration, Light Rail Transit Authority, National Food Authority, National Power Corp., Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority, Bases Conversion and Development Authority, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Cagayan Special Economic Zone, Credit Information Corp., Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions, Lung Center of the Philippines, National Dairy Authority, National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Philippine Coconut Authority, Philippine Crop Insurance Corp., Philippine Children’s Medical Center, Philippine Heart Center, Philippine Rice Research Institute, Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care, Philippine Postal Corp., People’s Television Network Inc., Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, Social Housing Finance Corp., Southern Philippines Development Authority, Sugar Regulatory Administration, and Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone Authority.

The September figure boosted the year-to-date government subsidies to surge by 21.36 percent to P151.49 billion from the year-earlier figure of P124.83 billion.

State-run companies with the biggest funding assistance in the first nine months of the year were PhilHealth with P58.90 billion; NIA with P31.57 billion, and LandBank with P30.48 billion.

Subsidies fell under the national government’s disbursements program.

State spending in September rose by 39.01 percent to P415.1 billion from P298.6 billion a year ago, boosting the year-to-date tally by 5.5 percent to P2.62 trillion.

In 2018, the government gave away a record P136.652 billion in subsidies.

https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/11/04/business/business-top/gocc-subsidies-climb-in-sept/653458/

November is National Rice Awareness Month

Philippine Information Agency
4th November 2019, 19:38 GMT+11

QUEZON CITY, Nov. 4 (PIA)--Did you know? November is being observed as National Rice Awareness Month by virtue of Proclamation No. 524 signed on Jan. 5, 2004, by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

The proclamation also tasked the Department of Agriculture as the lead agency for the month-long observance.

The celebration coincided with the anniversary of the Philippine Rice Research Institute created under Executive Order No. 1061 dated Nov. 5, 1985.

This year's theme, "Quality Rice, Quality Life," forms part of the Department of Agriculture's awareness campaign to encourage farmers to produce quality rice for consumers, contribute in achieving rice security, promote the values of responsible rice consumption, and to inspire public influencers in advocating this cause.

With NRAM 2019 encouraging consumers to not waste rice, producers are also challenged to use efficient farming technologies and to become agri-entrepreneurs.

There will be various activities lined-up across the country including Agri-Trivia shows for elementary and junior high school students; feeding programs; press conferences on the Suggested Retail Price for rice, and radio guesting, among others.

Meanwhile, as part of the celebrations, the Philippine Ambassador to Italy Domingo P. Nolasco hosted a dinner for the Ambassadors, the Charge d'Affaires, a.i., and the Deputy Chiefs of Mission of the member states of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Asia Pacific group in Rome recently. The guests were treated to traditional Filipino fare, highlighting the rich culinary arts of the country.

Ambassador Nolasco is the current Dean of the UN ESCAP Asia Pacific grouping in Rome. The hosting of the luncheons or dinner rotates among the ESCAP Ambassadors. Specifically, the observance also aims to strengthen the bond between rice farmers and the consumers towards quality life.

Accordingly, DA encourages farmers to produce quality rice and instill the values of responsible rice consumption among consumers, thus contribute in achieving rice sufficiency in the country. (PIA NCR)

https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/262961904/november-is-national-rice-awareness-month

Outlook Conference Rates Rising This Week 

By Michael Klein

 

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - The 2019 USA Rice Outlook Conference is just over a month away and registration rates are set to increase on Wednesday as the Early Bird window closes.  With more than two days of top-notch programming, a packed Exhibit Hall, the annual Rice Awards Luncheon, networking opportunities galore, and a special First Timers' rate of just $99, there is little reason not to attend this year's conference - expected to be the largest ever.

Headshots of keynote speakers

Keynotes  (clockwise from upper left: Kang, Wiesemeyer, Stoddard, and Childs)

General Session attendees will witness a sit down between Arkansas rice farmer Jeff Rutledge and NRCS Chief Matthew Lohr, and take a deep dive into the global rice industry with USDA's Nathan Childs, and the intersection of U.S. ag policy and politics with ProFarmer's Jim Wiesemeyer. RealClearPolitics' Senior Editor A.B. Stoddard will unpack the 2019 elections and tell attendees what she thinks it all means for 2020. Keynote speaker Dr. Shimi Kang will share insights into the science of stress and anxiety, how it impacts us all, and what we can do to live our best lives, be productive, and not give in to the pressure.

This year's Exhibit Hall has a new look as well. In addition to being sold out, four stages will host cutting edge breakout sessions throughout the conference.

The FMC Stage will host sessions on mapping technology; plant breeding innovation; the latest in mid-south groundwater; and more. Over at the IndigoAg Stage attendees will learn about setting up an eCommerce platform; farm estate planning; new research into consumer grocery shopping habits; and much more. Those interested in making sense of competing data sets from NASS, FSA, and RMA; hearing a row rice annual review, or learning about the future of rice co-ops will find that and more at the Heritage Agriculture Stage.

The Rice Foundation Innovation Stage will once again host the state outlook and research reports as well as presentations on new products, technologies, and services designed to improve your bottom line.

"There is quite literally something for everyone at the USA Rice Outlook Conference. No matter the size of your operation or whether you are in farming, ag equipment or inputs, financial services, milling, end use, exporting, transportation, or somewhere else on the value chain, you will leave the conference with new practical knowledge," said Charley Mathews, Jr., California rice farmer and Chair of USA Rice. "Our team has worked hard to make this the biggest and best Outlook yet and I know you won't want to miss it."

As was the case last year, the Think Rice Road Trip truck, a 2019 F-150 currently partaking in consumer promotion events across the Mid-Atlantic, will be raffled off during the Tuesday General Session - so be sure to include a raffle ticket in your registration!

 

Registration and programming details can be found at www.usarice.com/outlook.

The 2019 USA Rice Outlook Conference will take place from December 8-10, 2019 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. The conference hotel is sold out, however, guests can lock in a special conference rate of $139/night at the Little Rock Doubletree, just steps from the Convention Center, by mentioning Group Code RIC.

Headshots of Outlook Conference Speakers

Just some of the speakers on tap

https://www.bworldonline.com/bill-creating-cash-transfer-scheme-for-rice-farmers-filed-in-senate/

Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- November 04, 2019

NOVEMBER 4, 2019 /

Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-November 4, 2018 Nagpur, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Gram and tuar prices reported strong again in Nagpur Agriculture Producing and Marketing Company here on good seasonal demand from local millers amid weak supply from producing regions. Notable hike on NCDEX in gram, good recovery in Madhya Pradesh pulses and reported demand from South-based millers also helped to push up prices. About 100 bags of gram and 50 bags of tuar reported for auctions here, according to sources.

GRAM

* Desi gram raw and mill quality recovered strongly in open market here on good

demand from local traders.

TUAR

* Tuar varieties firmed up in open market here on good buying support from local

traders. Stockists were reportedly active because of damage of crop due to

unseasonal rains.

* Masoor varieties and Lakhodi dal showed upward tendency in open market here on good

demand from local traders amid tight supply from producing belts.

* In Akola, Tuar New – 5,500-5,700, Tuar dal (clean) – 8,300-8,400, Udid Mogar (clean)

– 7,900-9,000, Moong Mogar (clean) 8,500-9,200, Gram – 4,350-4,500, Gram Super best

– 6,000-6,300 * Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in

scattered deals and settled at last levels in thin trading activity.

Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg

FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close

Gram Auction 3,800-4,350 3,700-4,270

Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600

Tuar Auction 5,000-5,450 5,000-5,300

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 2,000-2,075 2,000-2,060

Wheat Sharbati Auction n.a. 2,900-3,000

Gram Super Best Bold 6,200-6,500 6,200-6,500

Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.

Gram Medium Best 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000

Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a

Gram Mill Quality 4,600-4,750 4,500-4,700

Desi gram Raw 4,450-4,650 4,400-4,600

Gram Kabuli 8,500-10,000 8,500-10,000

Tuar Fataka Best-New 8,500-8,800 8,400-8,600

Tuar Fataka Medium-New 8,000-8,300 8,000-8,200

Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 7,800-8,000 7,600-7,800

Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 7,200-7,600 7,000-7,400

Tuar Gavarani New 5,800-5,900 5,700-5,750

Tuar Karnataka 6,250-6,350 6,050-6,150

Masoor dal best 5,600-5,800 5,500-5,800

Masoor dal medium 5,300-5,400 5,200-5,400

Masoor n.a. n.a.

Moong Mogar bold (New) 9,100-9,600 9,100-9,600

Moong Mogar Medium 7,600-8,200 7,600-8,200

Moong dal Chilka New 7,200-8,000 7,200-8,000

Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.

Moong Chamki best 8,500-9,500 8,500-9,500

Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 8,300-9,600 8,300-9,600

Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,200-8,100 7,200-8,100

Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,500-5,900 5,300-5,800

Mot (100 INR/KG) 6,000-7,000 5,800-6,800

Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 4,800-5,200 4,500-4,900

Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 4,700-5,000 4,700-5,000

Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 6,850-7,100 6,850-7,100

Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400

Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 2,150-2,250 2,150-2,250

Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,650-2,750 2,650-2,750

Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,750 2,600-2,750

Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,500 2,400-2,500

Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.

MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-4,000 3,400-4,000

MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,200 2,800-3,200

Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,500 2,400-2,500

Rice BPT best new (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,500 3,000-3,500

Rice BPT medium new(100 INR/KG) 2,700-3,000 2,700-3,000

Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,100 3,000-3,100

Rice Swarna best new (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,700 2,600-2,700

Rice Swarna medium new (100 INR/KG)2,400-2,500 2,400-2,500

Rice HMT best new (100 INR/KG) 3,900-4,000 3,900-4,000

Rice HMT medium new (100 INR/KG) 3,600-3,800 3,600-3,800

Rice Shriram best new(100 INR/KG) 4,500-4,800 4,500-4,800

Rice Shriram med new (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,300 4,000-4,300

Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 8,500-13,500 8,500-13,500

Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,200 5,000-7,200

Rice Chinnor best new 100 INR/KG) 5,400-5,500 5,400-5,500

Rice Chinnor medium new(100 INR/KG)5,000-5,200 5,000-5,200

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. 33.8 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 20.7 degree Celsius Rainfall : Nil FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. Maximum and minimum temperature likely to be around 34 degree Celsius and 21 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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https://in.reuters.com/article/nagpur-foodgrain/nagpur-foodgrain-prices-open-november-04-2019-idINL3N27K1UB