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Three sides to complement a Middle Eastern meal
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Rice and palm oil risk to mangroves
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Rice Import Quota
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Wholesale Basmati Rice Prices in India Decline
on Increased Stocks, Sluggish Demand
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Italian Paddy Rice Quotes Decline or Remain
Firm in Third Week of December 2015
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About 39% of Italy's 2015-16 Paddy Crop Sold as
of December 29, 2015; Down 6% from Last Year
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Efforts will be made to strengthen Pakistan and Bangladesh ties
03 January, 2016
LARKANA: Efforts will be made to further strengthen the already existing trade ties between Pakistan and Bangladesh, deputy high commissioner of Bangladesh Noor-i-Hilal Saifur Rehman said this while addressing the members of the Larkana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) at the chamber office here on Saturday.He said traders’ delegations from both countries would visit each other’s countries with a view to enhancing the volume of export and import between the countries.“Being self-sufficient in rice production, we stopped importing rice 12 years ago from different countries,” he said.
Bangladesh preferred to purchase fruit and other daily use items
from nearer countries, as it arrived at port at cheaper rates, he added.“However
we are interested in importing garments, cotton and other items as well while
Pakistani entrepreneurs are taking an interest in the textile industry in
Bangladesh.”Replying to a question, he said Bangladesh’s cricket team was ready
to play a cricket series in Pakistan and there was no issue of security.He said
it was the domain of the International Cricket Council to fix the time for the
series.He said Bangladesh’s women cricket team was scheduled to visit Pakistan
to play a series next week.
http://paktribune.com/news/Efforts-will-be-made-to-strengthen-Pakistan-and-Bangladesh-ties-275396.html
Three sides to
complement a Middle Eastern meal
Cumin-Spiced Potatoes
Boil four medium-sized potatoes and cook until they can be lightly penetrated with a fork. In the meantime, while the potatoes cool, place a skillet on medium heat and add four tablespoons olive oil.
Sauté a quarter cup chopped onion until soft. Add potatoes, a
teaspoon of cumin, three tablespoons lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste.
Cook until crispy and garnish with freshly chopped parsley.
Fatoush Salad
Cube tomatoes and cucumber and combine in a bowl. Add finely sliced scallions and minced garlic. Mix in a handful of freshly chopped parsley and a few sprigs of mint and set aside.Rub some pita bread with olive oil and sprinkle with sumac. Toast or grill the bread until crispy. Cut into small pieces and mix into salad. Lightly dress the salad with olive oil and lemon (three parts oil to one part acid), and season with salt and pepper.
Fragrant Rice
In a skillet, heat one tablespoon black peppercorn, two teaspoons whole allspice and whole cloves, and a stick of cinnamon until fragrant. Set aside to cool before pulverizing the spices into a powder using a grinder. Meanwhile, toast one cup of slivered almonds in a frying pan until golden.In a pot, place two cups of basmati rice with some olive oil and mix in the spice powder to coat. Heat until the rice is slightly toasted. Pour in three and half cups of water and boil. Reduce heat and cover rice until tender and water is absorbed – about 30 minutes. Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with freshly chopped parsley and almonds.
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Rice and palm oil risk to mangroves
Rice and oil plantations accounted for 38% of mangrove
deforestation between 2000 and 2012, the research showed.As well as being
important carbon sinks and rich in biodiversity, mangrove forests provide fuel
and food for coastal communities.The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."Aquaculture has largely been held responsible for
causing mangrove deforestation, particularly in countries like Thailand and the
Philippines," explained co-author Daniel Richards from the National
University of Singapore.
He told BBC News that a study of eight countries around the
world between the 1970s and the early 2000s found that 54% of deforested
mangroves were replaced with aquaculture ponds used for fish or shrimp/prawn
production."Our study found that aquaculture was still important but we
were surprised that in South-East Asia between 2000 and 2012, just 30% of
deforested mangroves were replaced with aquaculture."The impact of other
drivers, like rice and oil palm agriculture, was greater than we
expected."
Mangroves - natural defences
•Mangroves are salt-tolerant evergreens that grow along
coastlines, rivers and deltas
•Found in more than 120 tropical and subtropical nations
•The plants' root systems have been shown to dissipate wave
energy
Dr Richards observed: "Almost 25,000 hectares of Myanmar's
mangroves were converted to rice paddy between 2000 and 2012."He added
that while there had been a few previous studies that had highlighted the role
of oil palm production as a cause for mangrove loss, they had no idea of the
scale of the deforestation."Sixteen percent of all deforested mangroves in
Southeast Asia were replaced with oil palm plantations during our study
period," he said.
"We usually think of oil palm as an issue which affects
tropical forests on land but our study shows that demand for oil palm is also
driving deforestation in coastal mangrove forests."
'Very
threatened'
Dr Richards and his colleague, Daniel Friess, used Google Earth
to monitor how land was used once mangrove forests had been felled."We
viewed [more than] 3,000 deforested mangrove patches, and recorded the land-use
that they were replaced with," Dr Richards said."This study also
builds on some great existing data sets that were provided by scientists at the
University of Maryland and the US Geological Survey."He warned that
mangrove forests in the region were "very threatened":
"Our study focused on quite a recent period of time but
mangroves in South-East Asia have experienced widespread deforestation for
decades."Previous research suggests that around 90% of Singapore's
original mangrove forests have been lost."The region is home to about one
third of the world's mangroves, including some of the most biodiverse.The
researchers said mangroves were important to people because they provide fish
and crabs, wood and charcoal, and can help protect coastlines from erosion.
Mangrove forests also stored very high densities of carbon so
had a role in regulating carbon in the atmosphere, they added.In other regions,
such as Sri Lanka, the value of intact mangrove forests has been recognised by
authorities and measures have been put in place to protect them.
Growing
awareness
Dr Richards said that the importance of mangrove forests is
becoming better understood, but it was a slow process."It is encouraging
that our study found low rates of mangrove deforestation in Vietnam, the
Philippines, and Brunei, and this is partly due to stronger protection of
mangroves in these countries."There are initiatives to restore mangroves
in some countries: the Mangrove Action Project in Thailand, and Blue Forests in
Indonesia, are working with governments and local communities to protect and
restore mangrove forests.
"But he warned that more needed to be done: "Indonesia
has more mangrove forests than any country in the world, and the mangroves in
the more remote parts of the country, such as Indonesian Papua, are almost
intact."However, these mangroves may be at risk of deforestation [as a
result of] recent plans to grant concessions and develop the agriculture
industry in this region."If we want to protect Indonesia's remaining
mangroves then we need to act quickly."
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35198675
Rice Import Quota
03 Jan 2016
In this era of probes and
crackdown on looters, there is nothing we would not hear. Although the dust
raised by the move to recover N30 billion lost to the rice import waiver
granted by the last administration is yet to settle, the attention of the
Senate is being attracted by another allegation of high level fraud in the
business.The Senate, it was learnt might set up an ad-hoc committee when it
resumes early next month to investigate the rice smuggling allegation believed
to have made the country lose huge sums of money amounting to N117 billion.
For those of us following the
messy stories of corruption in high places, the news that some entrenched
interests including those who had no investment in the rice value chain,
manipulated the rice policy initiated by President Goodluck Jonathan to boost
local rice production is just one of the dents in the last administration.It is
a shame that friends of the government in power at the period were recklessly
granted quota, which they in turn sold to other importers.This is why I pity
the former Minister of Agriculture, who is now the President of the African
Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina.The gentleman was busy speaking Queen’s
English, brilliantly explaining the mileage covered in the nation’s
agricultural sector through a number of innovations introduced during his
tenure.
However, while Adesina was
putting policies in place to reposition the industry, some portfolio
contractors who were friends of the government were sneaking into corridors of
power in the middle of the night to get allocations for a job they did not have
the wherewithal to execute.However, some of us are monitoring the activity of
the Senate especially on the probe of the controversial quota and see how it
intends to ensure those involved make adequate refund. The Senate leadership,
last month, had urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Customs
Service (NCS); to immediately take steps to ensure that the N30 billion lost to
waiver on rice importation by the last administration was recovered.
President of the Senate, Bukola
Saraki, who gave this advice during an interactive session between the Senate
leadership and the CBN management, lamented that money that was supposed to get
into government’s coffers was allowed to be wasted in the name of waivers.Now
that the era of ‘paddy paddy’ government is gone, Nigerians are waiting and
watching how those who frittered away the chance to develop our agric industry
are brought to book.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/rice-import-quota/229363/
Wholesale Basmati Rice Prices in India Decline on Increased Stocks,
Sluggish Demand
Jan
04, 2016
Wholesale basmati rice prices have
declined last week due to sluggish demand from traders and sufficient stocks,
according to the Press Trust of India (PTI).
On January 2, 2016, prices of Pusa
1121 declined to around Rs.4,000 - 4,700 per quintal (around $605 - $711 per
ton) from previous quotes of around Rs.4,100 - 4,700 per quintal (around $620 -
$711 per ton).
However, prices of common basmati
rice on the same day declined to around Rs.5,300 - 5,400 per quintal (around
$802 - $817 per ton) from the previous level of around Rs.5,400 - Rs.5,500 per
quintal (around $817 - $832 per ton).
"Subdued demand against
sufficient stocks position led to the decline in rice basmati prices,"
traders were quoted as saying. Oryza.com
Italian Paddy Rice Quotes Decline or Remain Firm in Third Week of
December 2015
Jan
04, 2016
Italian paddy rice prices declined
or remained unchanged as of December 22, 2015, compared to those on December
15, 2015, according to local sources.
Below are farm gate paddy quotes
from the Milan grain exchange, as of December 22:
Arborio-Volano rice is quoted
675-700 euros (about $ 734-761) per ton, up from 650-675 euros (about $
704-734) per ton of the previous week;
Balilla, Centauro and similar
paddies are out at 355-385 euros (about $ 386-419) per ton, unchanged from the
previous week;
Lido, Crono, Flipper and similar
varieties are out at 300-320 euros (about $ 326-348) per ton, unchanged from
the previous week;
Padano, Argo is out at 385-430
euros (about $ 419-467) per ton, unchanged from the previous week;
Vialone Nano is quoted 560-600
euros (about $ 609-653) per ton, down from 590-630 euros (about $ 642-685) per
ton of December 15;
Carnaroli is quoted 637-692 euros
(about $ 693-753) per ton, unchanged from the previous week;
Thaibonnet and similar varieties
are quoted 305-325 euros (about $ 331-353) per ton, unchanged from the previous
week;
Sant'Andrea is quoted 380-410 euros
(about $ 413-446) per ton, down from 390-420 euros (about $ 424-457) per ton;
Luna Cl, Dardo and similar
varieties are out at 300-320 euros (about $ 326-348) per ton, unchanged
from the previous week;
Baldo is quoted 350-370 euros
(about $ 380-402) per ton, down from 360-380 euros (about $ 391-413) per ton,
unchanged from the previous week;
Roma is quoted 420-450 euros (about
$ 457-489) per ton, up from 410-440 euros (about $ 446-522) per ton of the
previous week;
Selenio is quoted 335-385 euros
(about $ 364-419) per ton, unchanged from the previous week;
Augusto is out at 335-355 euros
(about $ 364-386) per ton, down from 345-365 euros (about $ 375-397) per ton of
December 15.
Loto and Nembo are quoted 330-360 euros (about $
359-391) per ton, unchanged from the previous week.
Oryza.com
About 39% of Italy's 2015-16 Paddy Crop Sold as of December 29,
2015; Down 6% from Last Year
Jan
04, 2016
About 587,976 tons, or about 38.9%
of total Italian 2015-16 (September 2015 - August 2016) paddy crop has been
sold out as of December 29, 2015, down about 6% from around 625,642 tons sold
during the same period last year, according to data from the Ente Nazionale
Risi, the National Agency for Rice.
Year-on-year, sales of round
varieties increased by about 5,428 tons to around 161,720 tons, sales of medium
varieties increased by about 2,344 tons to around 16,728, sales of Long A
varieties increased by about 16,171 tons to around 293,3018 tons and sales of
Long B varieties declined by about 61,609 tons to around 116,220 tons.
During the week December 22-29, 2015,
a total of around 293,308 tons of paddy were sold. The week's sales included
about 4,715 tons of Long A, about 1,627 tons of Long B, about 3,194 tons of
round paddy and 579 tons of medium paddy. Loto-Ariete, with 2,549 tons and
Carnaroli, with 833 tons remained the best sold varieties during the week.
A total of around 1.510 million
tons of paddy (including carryover stocks), are available as beginning stocks
for 2015-16, up about 4% from around 1.45 million tons available last year.
Oryza.com
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