Engineering rice to waste less fertilizer
Most of the phosphorus fertilizer goes to the seeds, ends
up wasted.
One of the interesting things about working at
Ars is that I occasionally discover that scientists are working to solve
problems I didn't even know existed. That was the case this week when I came
across a paper about efforts to cut down on the amount of phosphorus that
plants put into rice grains.
On the surface, cutting down phosphorous seems
absurd. Phosphorus, in the form of the phosphate molecule, is central to life
on Earth. It's part of the backbone of DNA and takes part in countless
signaling pathways. Phosphate bonds power pretty much everything our cells do.
Why would we want less of it in our food?
It turns out that much of the phosphorus in
plant seeds is utterly useless to us. It's stored in a compact form, the chemical
phytate, which is a six-carbon rin
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/12/engineering-rice-to-waste-less-fertilizer/
Kashmir's
Mushkbudgi, Kamad rice varieties get recognition
Anantnag farmers win Plant Genome
Saviour Award for conservation
Srinagar, Publish Date: Dec 21 2016 9:14PM | Updated Date: Dec 21 2016 9:14PM
The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha
Mohan Singh on Wednesday hailed farming community of Danwantpora and Tangpawa
Sagam in Anantnag district for their contribution to promote and produce
Mushkbudgi and Kamad scented varieties of rice. The agriculture minister
at a ceremony presented Plant Genome Saviour Community Award, citation and momentoes
with Rs 10 lakh assistance by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers
Rights Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of
India for conservation of Mushkbudgi and Kamad scented varieties of rice grown
in Danwantpora and Tangpawa Sagam, Anantnag with the technical supervision of
rice scientists of Mountain Field Crop Research Centre, Khudwani, Anantnag of
Sher-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of
Kashmir.The cheque was presented in presence of Prof Nazeer Ahmed, Vice
Chancellor, SKUAST-Kashmir, N A Wagay Member of Parliament, Abdul Rahim Rather,
MLA and Dr. G.A. Parray, Associate Director Research, Khudwani, Anantnag
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/business/story/236756.html
Focus on waterlogging,
salinity issues in south
Scientists tell launching of 'A Farm View of Bangladesh'
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council Executive Chairman Dr
Abul Kalam Azad, fourth from left, along with other guests and authors holding
copies of a book titled “A Farm View of Bangladesh” launched at Jatiya Press
Club yesterday. The Forum for Information Dissemination on Agriculture and
Syngenta Bangladesh published the book. Photo: Star
Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh has emerged as a strong
agricultural economy with its yearly rice output well surpassing its
requirement and its vegetable production hitting third and freshwater fish
output fourth in global production rankings.Now this country needs to focus on
challenges of salinity and waterlogging faced by farmers of the southern
coastal belt and ensure nutrition security by shifting towards a more balanced
diet from a predominantly rice-centric calorie intake.
Some of the country's leading
scientists, academics and officials involved with National Agricultural
Research System (NARS) came up with these views at a book launching and
discussion programme at Jatiya Press Club yesterday.The Forum for Information
Dissemination on Agriculture (FIDA) in league with agribusiness company
Syngenta Bangladesh jointly organised the programme to launch the book, “A Farm
View of Bangladesh”, co-edited by journalists Kawser Rahman and Reaz Ahmad.
Palok Publishers published the
book, rich with 17 distinct chapters depicting a wide range of issues from
innovation in rice science to seaweed, from farm technology to jute to
floriculture.Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) Executive Chairman
Dr Abul Kalam Azad along with heads of NARS bodies formally launched the book
appreciating its authors and editors for coming up with a rich anthology of
farm writings.
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University Vice Chancellor Prof Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Bangladesh Agricultural
Research Institute Director General Dr Md Rafiqul Islam Mondal, Bangladesh Rice
Research Institute Director General Dr Bhagya Rani Banik, Department of
Agricultural Extension Director (Plant Protection Wing) Golam Maruf,
Syngenta Bangladesh Managing Director Md Sazzadul Hassan and Palok Publishers
Proprietor Forkan Ahmed spoke, among others, at the discussion chaired by FIDA
President Kawser Rahman.Portraying a bright prospect for Bangladesh's farm
sector, Dr Abul Kalam Azad emphasised focusing research on the south where
farmers were facing challenges of climate change.
Dr Md Rafiqul Islam Mondal said it
was a reality that Bangladesh was losing farmlands fast due to strong demands
for housing, industries and infrastructures. However, farm technologies with
promises of higher yields are also at our disposal, he said.He emphasised
further tapping potentials from shifting from mono to multiple cropping.Dr
Bhagya Rani Banik expressed pride at some of Bangladesh's best performing
high-yield rice varieties being cultivated in countries including India and
China and a BARI-developed pulse variety in Nepal.Other discussants appreciated
the farm broadcasters and writers' move under FIDA-Syngenta joint initiative
and publishing a good collection of articles on a diverse range of issues
involving Bangladesh's farm sector.
http://www.thedailystar.net/city/focus-diet-farmers-southern-coastal-belt-1333705
Chinese scientists to develop
high-yield sea rice
Published December 22, 2016, 11:30 AM
By People’s
Daily
Yuan Longping, China’s renowned rice scientist, is leading a
research to cultivate new strains of high yield “sea rice.”
PHOTO: Grabbed from Flickr | Manila Bulletin
The research team plans to spend
three years developing a breed that can withstand water with a salinity of up
to 0.8 percent, with a yield over 300 kilograms per mu (a Chinese unit equivalent
to 666 square meters), said Yuan, known as the “father of hybrid rice,” during
a seminar in Sanya city in the southern Hainan Province.“Over half of the
world’s population relies on rice as their staple food, while the proportion is
over 60 percent in China,” Yuan said, adding that China has more than 1 billion
mu of saline-alkaline soil, and it will be of great significance to convert
such soil into arable land by developing sea rice with a high salinity
tolerance.
Using 100 million mu of land to grow
sea rice, the country could produce an extra of 30 billion kilograms of rice
and feed an extra 80 million people.Sea rice is sometimes found in
saline-alkaline soil at the junctures where rivers join the sea. The plant is
resistant to pests, diseases, salt and alkali, and does not need fertilizer.h
Currently, the most advanced sea-rice breed in China has a yield of 400
kilograms per mu, but can only be grown in water with salinity less than 0.3
percent.
A sea-rice research center, with
Yuan as the chief scientist, was established in October in Qingdao, Shandong
Province. With dozens of breeds of sea rice brought in from worldwide,
researchers will use gene sequencing technology to cultivate new strains of sea
rice.Over the past decades, Chinese scientists, led by Yuan, have worked on new
approaches to significantly increase rice yields
http://newsbits.mb.com.ph/2016/12/22/chinese-scientists-to-develop-high-yield-sea-rice/
Rice, Ducks, and Friends Awarded $15 Million in 2017 RCPP
Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced the list of 80+
projects to be funded through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program
(RCPP) for 2017.
USA Rice took the lead for the Mid-South Graduated Water
Stewardship Program, which was awarded $7 million to be used for rice-specific
EQIP and CSP contracts in Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Central and
Northeast Louisiana. The second project, is led by the Lower Colorado River
Authority (LCRA), and was awarded $8 million to supplement the building of a
conservation reservoir in Eagle Lake, Texas to provide water for irrigation and
flooded water bird habitat across 50,000 acres of ricelands and includes a
small amount set aside for CSP contracts for Texas rice farmers.
USA Rice and Ducks Unlimited currently deploy more than 15 field
staff to work on rice conservation projects, namely the implementation of the
2015 RCPP project,Sustaining the Future of Rice, across all six major
rice-growing states. The Partnership is in the process of completing the $10
million-project with hundreds of rice farmers expected to sign EQIP and CSP
contracts throughout the three-year life of its funding.
Louisiana rice farmer and co-chair of the Rice Stewardship
Partnership, Jeff Durand, shared his obvious excitement about the announcement,
"The notification that our proposals were awarded is just thrilling, the
news of this funding could really not have come at a better time," he
emphasized. "As producers we're dealing with an ongoing streak of low
commodity prices and luckily, the wide suite of practices available through EQIP
and CSP will, in most cases, improve our bottom lines and add to our overall
sustainability as an industry."USA Rice President and CEO, Betsy Ward, was
equally pleased, "We're proud of our continued, strong relationship with
Ducks Unlimited, LCRA, and NRCS as well as our many other contributing partners
on these RCPP projects," she said.
These sentiments were echoed by outgoing NRCS Chief Jason Weller
at the USA Rice Outlook Conference earlier this month when he said, "I am
so proud of the partnership NRCS has with the rice industry...for your
commitment to being partners with us to invest in conservation and really be
national leaders in production agriculture....I commend the rice industry for
your leadership and your partnership through our programs and standing up for
what's right for farmers, for families, for rural communities, but also what's
right for American conservation."
"Rice and ducks have a unique relationship, they play vital
roles in the ecosystems throughout the U.S. and we fully embrace the motto
'what's good for rice is good for ducks.' And so it comes as no surprise to us
that our Partnership's proven success will be bringing record levels of
conservation funding solely to rice farmers over the next couple of years as
the projects are implemented," Ward added.
The success of the USA Rice-Ducks Unlimited Rice Stewardship
Partnership would not be possible without the help from financial and in-kind
partners. Rice Stewardship financial contributors include the USDA Natural
Resources Conservation Service, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Walmart
Foundation, the Mosaic Company Foundation, Chevron U.S.A., Freeport-McMoRan
Foundation, Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation, RiceTec, BASF, American
Rice, Inc. - Riviana Foods, Inc., Delta Plastics, Wells Fargo, Farmers Rice
Milling Company, Horizon Ag, Turner's Creek & Bombay Hook Farms, MacDon
Industries, Dow AgroSciences, and other major Ducks Unlimited sponsors
REAP urges SBP
to give six-month relaxation
December 21, 2016
The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has sent a SOS
message to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) seeking a six-month relaxation for
the rice exporters for the year 2015-16 who could not succeed to achieve export
performance as required by the SBP to match with Export Refinance Scheme.
Heavy penalties are being imposed on the exporters against short performance by the State Bank which is adding to the woes of exporters already under financial burden because of declining rice exports, especially Basmati for the last few years. There are many reasons of this sharp decline in Pakistani rice exporters which include unfavourable local and international prices and Indian rice factor, said a letter written by the REAP to the Governor SBP.
Heavy penalties are being imposed on the exporters against short performance by the State Bank which is adding to the woes of exporters already under financial burden because of declining rice exports, especially Basmati for the last few years. There are many reasons of this sharp decline in Pakistani rice exporters which include unfavourable local and international prices and Indian rice factor, said a letter written by the REAP to the Governor SBP.
"We have already discussed this issue with the Ministry of Finance. For the year 2014-15, this relaxation was extended by the SBP and now we are seeking the same relaxation for the year 2015-16", said Senior Vice President Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan Shahjahan Malik while talking to this scribe, here on Tuesday. He urged the government to extend a relief of six months for saving the rice export sector from total collapse.
Shahjahan reviewing the year 2015-16 said it could be termed as bleak year for rice exports, especially for Basmati whose export fell by 18 to 20 percent. He said one of the major factors behind their Basmati rice exports' decline was lower rates of Indian Basmati rice because they had good new seeds giving them more per acre yield as compared to Pakistan.
He said just because of their lower prices, the Indians were far ahead of the Pakistanis in Saudi market which is also a big consumer of Basmati rice. Similarly, he said that they could not take advantage of normalisation of Iran-US relations which could earn as a big Basmati market. "We are yet to set up a banking channel which could help us opening L/Cs and make our presence felt in Iran," the REAP Senior Vice Chairman added.
On long term basis, he said their rice research institutes should introduce new higher yield rice seeds with resistance against diseases and climate change. More per acre yield could help us marketing cheaper rights, he said, and added that they are researching on some new varieties in collaboration with Chinese at his organisation to bring new varieties with higher yields.However, it will take three to four years for making such varieties commercially acceptable for the growers after their introduction. On the front of REAP, he said they would be sending two delegations - one to Saudi Arab and another to the US for marketing Pakistani rice. "There are reservations on pesticide residue in Indian rice in the US which is not present in Pakistani rice and we are planning to take advantage of it", Shahjahan Malik concluded.
http://www.brecorder.com/agriculture-a-allied/183/115539/
Aromatic rice lines planned
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A field tour held at a recent crop expo at the University of
Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart.
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Dec 21, 2016 at 1:46 PM
Debra Ahrent Wisdom, a program and research associate for the
Division of Agriculture in Stuttgart, said two jasmine-type aromatic rices,
currently known simply as AR-1105 and AR-1102, are scheduled to be released in
2017 and 2018, respectively.
By Ryan McGeeney / UofA Division of Ag
The University of Arkansas System
Division of Agriculture's specialty rice program, seated in the Rice Research
and Extension Center in Stuttgart, is planning to release two varieties of
aromatic rice in the coming years, researchers said this month.
Debra Ahrent Wisdom, a program and
research associate for the Division of Agriculture in Stuttgart, said two
jasmine-type aromatic rices, currently known simply as AR-1105 and AR-1102, are
scheduled to be released in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
"These are really the first
lines we've released through the specialty rice program," Ahrent Wisdom
said. "We determined there was a demand for these aromatics through
conversations with growers, millers and marketers, and also by simply looking
at rice imports across the country."
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Ahrent Wisdom said that while the
United States (and Arkansas in particular) doesn't typically import much long-
or medium-grain rice, imports of aromatics such as jasmine and basmati are
strong."There's an interest among consumers for aromatic rice," she
said, noting that immigrants and foreign nationals, particularly from Asian
counties such as India and Thailand, overwhelmingly prefer the rice grown in
their countries of origin.
"We can't grow the varieties
they grow in Thailand and India, because of the photo period
sensitivities," Ahrent Wisdom said. "We can't just say, 'send us some
seed and we'll grow it here.' It doesn't work that way. There's something about
the environment in Thailand and India that makes those aromatic lines just pop.
And it's not everywhere in those countries - it's just certain pockets where
the soil and the environment just works.
"We don't happen to have that
particular environment here - so we work around the environment we have,"
she said.Ahrent Wisdom said both of the new varieties claim Jazzman, a jasmine
aromatic line originally developed by Louisiana State University, as a parent.
In three years of test trials, AR-1105 and AR-1102 have averaged yields of 170
and 150 bushels per acre, respectively. While the yields aren't comparable to
most long-grain rice varieties, the numbers represent a strong showing among
aromatics, she said.Jarrod Hardke, extension rice agronomist for the Division
of Agriculture, said specialty rices like Ahrent Wisdom's aromatic lines make
up less than 1 percent of overall rice production in Arkansas, the leading rice
state in the country. Nevertheless, producers are always looking for an edge in
marketing opportunities, he said.
"Our growers do want some
investment," Hardke said. "Any kind of value-added product, anything
we can find a fit for, at a premium, and can grow and sell, that's great. But
to date, specialty rice markets are still pretty small."Karen Moldenhauer,
a professor of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science for the Division of
Agriculture in Stuttgart, said the RREC has been working with aromatic
varieties for more than a decade, although the specialty didn't become a focus
of the program's research until Ahrent Wisdom transferred from Fayetteville to
Stuttgart in 2009.
"There was a lot of interest
in aromatic rice," Moldenhauer said. "The Arkansas Rice Research and
Promotion Board and a number of producers in Arkansas thought it would be good
if we could have an aromatic that we could potentially sell to some of these
same people; people that were more interested in different types of rices, so
they could have something from the United States to choose from."Moldenhauer
said that since the Division of Agriculture's rice breeding program was
established in 1931, it has released about 45 lines of rice, only one of which
has been an aromatic.
Glen Bathke, assistant director of
the RREC, said that the specialty rice program's pursuit of unusual lines
provides an avenue for growers to find new markets in which to pursue revenues.
"Just having a new rice
variety released periodically lets growers and business owners know that we can
grow specialty rice here, not just medium- and long-grain," Bathke said.
"We have aromatic markets right here in Arkansas. If growers would like to
participate in that market, we have products that will allow them to do so, and
diversify a little bit. But developing those markets is key."
To learn more about the Division of
Agriculture's specialty rice program, rice breeding program or the Rice
Research and Extension Center, visit https://aaes.uark.edu/research-locations/rice.aspx
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/news/20161221/2-aromatic-rice-lines-planned
DA sees higher
rice prices after July ’17
THE Department of Agriculture
expects prices of rice to increase because of the lifting of restrictions on
rice imports by July 2017 but the agency vowed to support the rice sector,
which is considered as the cornerstone of the country’s food security policy.Agriculture
Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said the supposed benefits of full liberalization
such as cheaper rice for all consumers could be temporary.
Piñol noted domestic rice
production will drop and the country will be increasingly dependent on rice
imports, as many Filipino farmers who are unable to compete with cheaper
imported rice are shifting to other jobs.“We expect this to quickly exert
pressure on rice demand in the thinly traded international markets and steadily
increasing international prices. We may actually end up with higher rice prices
of which we have no control or influence,” he said in a statement.
Piñol thus reiterated his
department’s stand for the extension of the quantitative restriction on rice
imports for at least another two years to allow the Duterte administration’s
support programs to “firmly take root and set the sector on the proper path of
sustained self-sufficiency at competitive levels.” “Exposing the sector,
particularly the small rice farmers, to unbridled international competition
from heavily subsidized exporters will cost the country huge social and
economic consequences,” he said.
But whether the rice QR is
extended or allowed to expire, the DA is implementing various initiatives to
support the rice sector, including the President’s Masaganang Ani 6000 and the
completion of the rural infrastructure program, particularly the farm-to-market
roads network.The President’s Masaganang Ani 6000 is a comprehensive rice
production support initiative that targets attaining an average yield of 6
metric ton per hectare with high technology.
Piñol said a major push to
enhance innovation through increased support to rice science and technology as
well as close coordination with the local government units were also important
in revitalizing the national and local extension service systems.
Further, the agriculture chief
stressed the government would provide massive support to farm mechanization to lower
the cost of production and increase efficiency.“We are optimistic that with the
support of the President and Congress, we will be able to put in place the
necessary programs, whose benefits and sustainability will go beyond the term
of this administration, that will finally put us on the path to sustained food
security for the country and a more progressive rice sector,” he added.
http://thestandard.com.ph/news/-main-stories/top-stories/224727/da-sees-higher-rice-prices-after-july-17.html
The government measures
to ensure price stability in the rice market by importing rice
Published on 21 December 2016
Written by slbc news
The government decides to
maintain price stability in the rice market by importing rice. A proposal
submitted by Minister Rishard Bathiuddeen has been approved by the cabinet of
ministers.Inclement weather prevailed during this year has affected paddy
cultivation of Maha Season, resulting less cultivation in paddy lands all over
the island.As a result, the market expects less output during the season and
the government is contemplating on maintaining a buffer stock to meet the
demand.According to a plan, the imported rice stock will be issued to market in
a gradual manner
http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/slbc-news/slbc-loc
Govt to
procure 16,420 tonnes of Aman rice from Sylhet div
Our Correspondent
SYLHET,
Dec 21: The Food Department has taken up a programme for procure 16,420 tonnes
of rice from the four districts of Sylhet division this season. Of the total,
15,000 tonnes are Atap and the rest 1420 tonnes are boiled rice, official
sources informed today.The target includes 4280 tonnes of Atap and 313 tonnes
of boiled rice to be collected from Sylhet, 825 tonnes of Atap and 247 tonnes
of boiled rice from Moulvibazar.
Highest 8,622 tonnes of Atap and 176 tonnes of
boiled rice would be procured from Sunamganj. Procurement target for Habiganj
is 1,273 tonnes of Atap and 684 tonnes of boiled rice, informed Regional
Controller of Food, Sylhet Division, Md Anisuzzaman.
The targeted rice would be procured through the
listed millers in the region as the programme would continue till March, 2017.
Contracts had been signed with the millers for the supply through 44 purchasing
centres in the region, the official added. The prices of Atap have been fixed
at Tk 32 per kg and Tk 33 per kg for the boiled rice.
The authority is expecting to get a good
response in this regard as the farmers of the region have achieved a satisfied
production of T-Aman paddy.
However, in the last year the target couldn't
be achieved due to short supply of both boiled and Atap (non-boiled) varieties
from the millers of the division even on extension of time twice. The Food
Department had procured 11,279 tonnes of rice through the millers.
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2016/12/21/57034/Govt-to-procure-16,420-tonnes-of-Aman-rice-from-Sylhet-div
Nigeria seizes
smuggled plastic rice
Nigeria has
seized over 100 bags of plastic rice smuggled into the country, where prices of
the staple foo
Nigeria has seized over 100 bags of plastic
rice smuggled into the country, where prices of the staple food are rocketing
ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays.A suspect has been arrested over
the haul of 102 bags of the fake rice, which officials warned Wednesday was
dangerous for human consumption.They are suspected to have been smuggled or
illegally shipped in from China through Lagos port, a senior customs official
in Nigeria's commercial hub told AFP.
Nigeria has
seized over 100 bags of plastic rice smuggled into the country ©Tauseef Mustafa
(AFP/File)
The 50-kilo bags, branded "Best Tomato
Rice", had no date of manufacture and were intercepted Monday in the Ikeja
area of the sprawling city, the official said on condition of anonymity."We
have done a preliminary analysis of the plastic rice. After boiling, it was
sticky and only God knows what would have happened if people consumed it,"
Ikeja area customs controller Mohammed Haruna was quoted as saying.
Nigeria has banned rice imports as it seeks
to boost local production.Haruna said the plastic rice was to be sold ahead of
Christmas and New Year festivities, with the price for the popular Nigerian
staple hitting the roof because of galloping inflation.A 50-kilo bag now sells
for around 20,000 naira (63 dollars), more than double the price in December
last year.Nigeria's inflation stood at 18.5 percent in November, its 13th
consecutive monthly rise, driven by higher food prices.The customs service has
sent the fake rice to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and
Control for further analysis.
A Nigerian
refuge
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4055616/Nigeria-seizes-smuggled-plastic-rice.htmlhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4055616/Nigeria-seizes-smuggled-plastic-rice.html
Milled rice market planned
December 21, 2016 17:29
By The Nation
By The Nation
The Commerce Ministry has come up with the
idea of establishing the Kingdom’s first ever milled-rice market to increase
trading channels for rice farmers and millers. After meeting with the Thai
Rice Mill Association, Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn said Wednesday that
the government would collaborate with private enterprises to set up a central
market for milled rice so that farmers would have a greater opportunity to meet
with rice traders.Up to now, rice trading has relied largely on exporters. The
setting up of milled-rice market should increase bargaining power for rice
farmers.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30302576
The Rice
Research and Extension Center: Making real-world challenges the focus
By Ryan McGeeney
U of A System Division of
Agriculture
As the nation’s No. 1 rice
producer, the economy of Arkansas places a premium on every aspect of the
crop’s production, from the the availability of unique and hardy varieties, to
the financial success of our producers in the field, to the impeccable quality
of the finished product.As the primary institution of higher education in
support of agriculture in the state, the University of Arkansas System Division
of Agriculture spends a significant portion of its resources and efforts
working to make sure rice, and the people behind it, succeed.
Nathan McKinney, interim director
of the Rice Research and Extension Center, came to the research station in the
summer of 2016, after serving various roles in the Division of Agriculture’s
Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station.McKinney said
he encourages his researchers—there are about a dozen scientists attached to
the RREC—to take a “portfolio” approach to their research. Solving problems
that rice growers face today is the highest priority.
“That’s what I call ‘applied’
research,” McKinney said. “Most of our effort is targeted towards answering
present-day questions or applying a new approach, a new variety or technology
to solve a problem.
“However, part of that research
portfolio is also forecasting what problems producers may see 10 years from
now,” he said.“Some of our far-reaching, basic research is trying to answer the
question, ‘what happens when rice is exposed to high nighttime temperatures?’”
McKinney said. “And what causes the physiological stress in rice under various
climate conditions? What physiological pathways can we exploit to overcome heat
stress? We have fundamental questions that we currently have no answers for—we
have some blank spots in our knowledge of the physiology of rice.”
Although researchers at the RREC
conduct studies on other crops essential to Arkansas and the region including
corn, soybeans and wheat, the focus is on rice.Jarrod Hardke, Extension rice
agronomist for the Division of Agriculture, has been with the RREC since 2012.
He described his applied agronomic work at the research center as research
aimed at affecting production-based recommendations.“We look at every variety
of rice available to us, from both commercial seed companies and those
varieties we breed ourselves, to see what works best under a range of
conditions,” Hardke said. “One of the biggest points of emphasis is on-farm
cultivar trials—actually comparing the different varieties and hybrids a grower
has to choose from to observe their relative differences on various farms under
different production systems.”
Over the course of multiple years
and weather cycles, Hardke said, the Division of Agriculture is able to
synthesize data that gives growers the best shot at success, from choosing the
best cultivar for their soil to dealing with pests and environmental pressures
as they arise.Hardke said that over the long term, rice research in the state
evolves through the extension and feedback process, as agronomic data is pushed
out to growers through Cooperative Extension Service agents, and agents deliver
feedback back to researchers.McKinney said the research has also been guided by
challenges specific to Arkansas and the region, such as a potential scarcity of
groundwater in the near future.
“Our irrigation engineer, Chris
Henry, has introduced a wealth of ideas new to Arkansas farming, and various
water conservation measures for rice production,” McKinney said. “So that’s broadened
the scope of the station’s research.“We’ve also had a rice breeding program
here for 60 years or so, but we’ve recently added a hybrid breeding emphasis. A
new hybrid breeder joined us in November of 2015,” he said. “Hybrid seed
production in rice is relatively new, and it has broadened the scope of our
breeding program.”
McKinney said all the researchers
working under the RREC’s umbrella are to some degree involved in evaluating
constant and increasing environmental stresses, and taking measures to help
growers overcome those challenges.
“For example, this year and in
some recent years, it’s turned out that high nighttime temperatures created a
lot of yield and grain quality problems for rice producers,” McKinney said.
“It’s robbed us of millions and millions of dollars. And we’re attempting to
solve that problem. Some of the pieces of the puzzle are falling in place, but
there are still other pieces we’re trying to discover.“Everybody on this
station is involved with that, either directly or indirectly. All of our
scientists have their hands in it,” he said.
Researchers and staff at the RREC
also work closely with U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Dale Bumpers
researchers at the nearby Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, also
located in Stuttgart, as well as other entities, including the Mid-South
Breeding Consortium.“We’re bringing in the best resources to collaborate with,
and to give us ideas and input,” McKinney said.Hardke said the facility is
unique in that it remains the only fully faculty-staffed research extension
center in the state.“We house all relevant disciplines in the faculty here at
the station, permitting us to be housed right in the heart of the rice-growing
region of the state, performing our work,” Hardke said. “We’re here, we’re
accessible. Our full time job is rice, the rice industry and its improvement.
That’s how all our time is spent—that’s unique to this location.”To learn more
about rice research and agricultural production in Arkansas, contact your local
Cooperative Extension Service agent or visit www.uaex.edu.
http://www.hpj.com/crop__general/the-rice-research-and-extension-center-making-real-world-challenges/article_714d7312-7a9b-5102-8b3a-9f7c0dd053d2.html
Country yet to ensure nutrition safety:
Speakers
FE Report
Despite
the country's self-reliance in food production, people's nutrition safety is
yet to be ensured, speakers told a programme on Wednesday.They identified lack
of crops diversification, use of old technology and people's reluctance to
accept new variants of food as the key reasons behind the nutrition deficiency
among them.They were addressing a book launching ceremony and discussion on 'A
Farm View of Bangladesh', held at the National Press Club.
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)
Executive Chairman Dr Abul Kalam Azad attended the function as the chief guest.Bangladesh
Rice Research Institute (BRRI) Director General (DG) Dr Bhagya Rani Banik,
Vice-Chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Professor Dr Kamal
Uddin Ahamed and Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) DG Dr Md
Rafiqul Islam Mondal also spoke on the occasion.
In his speech, Rafiqul Islam said new variants
of food should be discovered for ensuring the nutrition safety in food supply."Foods
like sea weed and other aquatic herbs full of high nutrition value can be
chosen as alternatives," he said.Many people in East Asian countries like
China, Japan and South Korea consume a good amount of seaweeds, he added.An
office has been set up in Cox's Bazar for conducting research and development
work on seaweeds, he informed.
Kamal Uddin Ahamed said the country is
self-reliant in food production at the moment. However, it will be difficult to
meet the demand in future if new technology is not adopted.He suggested
exploring the Bay of Bengal for discovering new food items like various kinds
of seaweeds and fish.Besides, greater adoption of hydro-culture in city area
could also help produce more food.
"As the area of farmland is contracting
day by day amidst the population increase, new technologies including
hydroponic gardening should be adopted," he said.Published by Palok
Publishers, the book consists of 17 articles on several agricultural-related
issues written by journalists.
Kawsar Rahman and Reaz Ahmed edited the book.
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2016/12/22/57077/Country-yet-to-ensure-nutrition-safety:-Speakers
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North America (United States, Canada and Mexico)
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Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India and Korea)
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Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy and Russia etc.
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South America (Brazil, Chile, Peru and Argentina)
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Middle East and Africa (Egypt, South Africa, Saudi Arabia)
Split by Product Types, with
sales, revenue, price, market share of each type, can be divided into
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Polished glutinous rice(sticky rice)
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Indica(long-shaped rice)
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Polished round-grained rice
Split by applications, this
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Deep processing
Table of Contents ( Key Points )
2017 Top 5 Organic Rice
Manufacturers/Players in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America,
Middle East and Africa
1 Organic Rice Market Overview
1.1 Product Overview and Scope of
Organic Rice
1.2 Organic Rice Segment by Types
1.2.1 Global Sales Market Share
of Organic Rice by Types in 2015
1.2.2 Polished glutinous
rice(sticky rice)
1.2.3 Indica(long-shaped rice)
1.2.4 Polished round-grained rice
1.3 Organic Rice Segment by
Applications
1.3.1 Organic Rice Consumption
Market Share by Applications in 2015
1.3.2 Direct edible
1.3.3 Deep processing
1.4 Organic Rice Market by
Regions
1.4.1 North America Status and
Prospect (2012-2022)
1.4.2 Asia-Pacific Status and
Prospect (2012-2022)
1.4.3 Europe Status and Prospect
(2012-2022)
1.4.4 South America Status and
Prospect (2012-2022)
1.4.5 Middle East and Africa
Status and Prospect (2012-2022)
1.5 Global Market Size (Value) of
Organic Rice (2012-2022)
2 Global Organic Rice Sales,
Revenue (value) and Market Share by Players
2.1 Global Organic Rice Sales and
Market Share in 2015 and 2016 by Players
2.2 Global Organic Rice Revenue
and Market Share by Players in 2015 and 2016
2.3 Global Organic Rice Average
Price by Players in 2015 and 2016
2.4 Global Organic Rice
Manufacturing Base Distribution, Sales Area, Product Types by Players
2.5 Organic Rice Market
Competitive Situation and Trends
2.5.1 Organic Rice Market
Concentration Rate
2.5.2 Organic Rice Market Share
of Top 3 and Top 5 Players
2.5.3 Mergers & Acquisitions,
Expansion
3 Global Organic Rice Sales,
Revenue (Value) by Regions, Type and Application (2012-2017)
3.1 Global Organic Rice Sales,
Revenue and Market Share by Regions (2012-2017)
3.1.1 Global Organic Rice Sales
and Market Share by Regions (2012-2017)
3.1.2 Global Organic Rice Revenue
and Market Share by Regions (2012-2017)
3.2 Global Organic Rice Sales,
Revenue, Market Share and Price by Type (2012-2017)
3.2.1 Global Organic Rice Sales
and Market Share by Type (2012-2017)
3.2.2 Global Organic Rice Revenue
and Market Share by Type (2012-2017)
3.2.3 Global Organic Rice Price
by Type (2012-2017)
3.3 Global Organic Rice Sales and
Market Share by Application (2012-2017)
3.4 Global Organic Rice Sales,
Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2012-2017)
4 North America Top 5 Players
Organic Rice Sales, Revenue and Price
4.1 North America Top 5 Players
Organic Rice Sales, Revenue and Market Share in 2015 and 2016
4.1.1 North America Top 5 Players
Organic Rice Sales and Market Share in 2015 and 2016
4.1.2 North America Top 5 Players
Organic Rice Revenue and Market Share in 2015 and 2016
4.2 North America Organic Rice
Sales, Revenue, Market Share and Price by Type (2012-2017)
4.2.1 North America Organic Rice
Sales and Market Share by Type (2012-2017)
4.2.2 North America Organic Rice
Revenue and Market Share by Type (2012-2017)
4.2.3 North America Organic Rice
Price by Type (2012-2017)
4.3 North America Organic Rice
Sales and Market Share by Application (2012-2017)
4.4 North America Organic Rice
Sales and Market Share by Country (US, Canada and Mexico) (2012-2017)
4.5 North America Organic Rice
Import & Export (2012-2017)
5 Europe Top 5 Players Organic
Rice Sales, Revenue and Price
5.1 Europe Top 5 Players Organic
Rice Sales, Revenue and Market Share in 2015 and 2016
5.1.1 Europe Top 5 Players
Organic Rice Sales and Market Share in 2015 and 2016
5.1.2 Europe Top 5 Players
Organic Rice Revenue and Market Share in 2015 and 2016
5.2 Europe Organic Rice Sales,
Revenue, Market Share and Price by Type (2012-2017)
5.2.1 Europe Organic Rice Sales
and Market Share by Type (2012-2017)
5.2.2 Europe Organic Rice Revenue
and Market Share by Type (2012-2017)
5.2.3 Europe Organic Rice Price
by Type (2012-2017)
5.3 Europe Organic Rice Sales and
Market Share by Application (2012-2017)
5.4 Europe Organic Rice Sales and
Market Share by Country (Germany, UK, France, Italy and Russia) (2012-2017)
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Rice exports
this year will meet target
By Thai PBS
Thailand has so far exported over nine million
tons of rice this year.Director-general of the Department of Foreign Trade Mrs
Duangporn Rodphaya revealed that since the beginning of this year Thailand has
exported 9.3 million tons of rice valued at US$4.173 billion. She said this
represented a 2% increase from the previous year, while voicing expectations
that total exports of rice for the year will be able to meet the 9.5 million
tons projection.
According to the department, Jasmine rice
exports alone have increased from 1.5 million tons to 2 million tons which has
been helped in no small degree by the competitive price of Thai jasmine rice in
the global market.
The department expects that the situation will
continue to gradually improve in the coming months.As to the proposal to use
the remaining rice stocks in government warehouses for the production of
ethanol the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Energy, she said that they
will be joining forces to have an independent department carry out a study on
the feasibility of the project.They say that what was vital was to ensure that
the proposal in no way jeopardizes rice prices or prices of other agricultural
products in the country.
http://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/rice-exports-year-will-meet-target-158805
DA sees higher
rice prices after July ’17
THE Department of Agriculture
expects prices of rice to increase because of the lifting of restrictions on
rice imports by July 2017 but the agency vowed to support the rice sector,
which is considered as the cornerstone of the country’s food security policy.Agriculture
Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said the supposed benefits of full liberalization
such as cheaper rice for all consumers could be temporary.Piñol noted domestic
rice production will drop and the country will be increasingly dependent on
rice imports, as many Filipino farmers who are unable to compete with cheaper
imported rice are shifting to other jobs.
“We expect this to quickly exert
pressure on rice demand in the thinly traded international markets and steadily
increasing international prices. We may actually end up with higher rice prices
of which we have no control or influence,” he said in a statement.Piñol thus
reiterated his department’s stand for the extension of the quantitative
restriction on rice imports for at least another two years to allow the Duterte
administration’s support programs to “firmly take root and set the sector on
the proper path of sustained self-sufficiency at competitive levels.”
“Exposing the sector,
particularly the small rice farmers, to unbridled international competition
from heavily subsidized exporters will cost the country huge social and
economic consequences,” he said. But whether the rice QR is extended or
allowed to expire, the DA is implementing various initiatives to support the
rice sector, including the President’s Masaganang Ani 6000 and the completion
of the rural infrastructure program, particularly the farm-to-market roads
network.The President’s Masaganang Ani 6000 is a comprehensive rice production
support initiative that targets attaining an average yield of 6 metric ton per
hectare with high technology.
Piñol said a major push to
enhance innovation through increased support to rice science and technology as
well as close coordination with the local government units were also important
in revitalizing the national and local extension service systems.Further, the
agriculture chief stressed the government would provide massive support to farm
mechanization to lower the cost of production and increase efficiency.“We are
optimistic that with the support of the President and Congress, we will be able
to put in place the necessary programs, whose benefits and sustainability will
go beyond the term of this administration, that will finally put us on the path
to sustained food security for the country and a more progressive rice sector,”
he added.
http://thestandard.com.ph/news/-main-stories/top-stories/224727/da-sees-higher-rice-prices-after-july-17.html
Asia Rice-Thailand, Vietnam markets quiet ahead of Christmas, New Year
By My Pham
HANOI, Dec 21 Rice export prices in Vietnam
widened this week while prices in Thailand were flat in a quiet market ahead of
Christmas and New Year holidays, traders said on Wednesday.Prices of Vietnam's
5-percent broken rice RI-VNBKN5-P1 widened to $335-$350 a tonne, FOB basis,
from $338-$340 a week earlier."The market is quiet and we have not seen
any moves from Philippine firms, which have been given quota to import
rice," said an exporter based in Ho Chi Minh city.The Philippines' state
grains agency approved permits for local rice traders to import 294,020 tonnes
of the staple from Vietnam and 347,060 tonnes from Thailand, Pakistan and India.
"There are no buyers due to New Year
holidays," said another trader.Vietnam's rice exports are forecast to
rebound to 7.1 million tonnes in 2017, after sales were seen dropping 22.6
percent from the previous year to 6.5 million tonnes this year, the U.N. Food
and Agriculture Organization said in its December report.The Thai market was
also lacklustre with the benchmark 5-percent broken rice RI-THBKN5-P1 quoted at
$360 a tonne on Wednesday, FOB basis, compared with $355-$360 last week."There
won't be orders around this time until after the new year," a trader in
Bangkok told Reuters.
Thailand has exported 9.3 million tonnes of
rice, worth ($4.06 million), so far this year, mostly to China and countries in
Africa, the country's commerce ministry said on Monday.Commerce Minister
Apiradee Tantraporn had said earlier this month that rice exports would reach
10.5 million tonnes this year.Meanwhile, rice prices in India, the world's
biggest rice exporter, edged down due to rising supplies in physical markets
from the summer sown crop, while an uptick in export demand put a floor under
prices.Prices of India's 5 percent broken parboiled rice dropped $1 per tonne
this week to $343 to $347 per tonne.
"In eastern India, supplies have risen
significantly over the last few days," said an exporter based at Kakinada
in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh."Exports demand has also
improved a bit but still it is lower than normal," he said, adding that it
might soften again due to Christmas holidays.Trading in farm commodities such
as cotton, rice and soybeans have been disrupted in the last few weeks after
Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month scrapped 500 rupee and 1,000 rupee
notes to crack down on corruption.India's summer-sown rice output is seen at a
record 93.88 million tonnes in the crop year to June 2017, 2.81 percent higher
than last year, as plentiful monsoon rains help boost yields after back-to-back
drought years, the farm ministry said.India exported 10.34 million tonnes of
rice in October 2015 to September 2016, according to data compiled by the farm
ministry. (Reporting by My Pham and Ho Binh Minh in HANOI, Patpicha
Tanakasempipat in BANGKOK and Rajendra Jadhav in MUMBAI; writing by My Pham;
Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
http://in.reuters.com/article/asia-rice-idINL4N1EG2XW
Rice Prices
as on : 21-12-2016 08:10:32 PM
Arrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.
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Arrivals
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Price
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Current
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%
change |
Season
cumulative |
Modal
|
Prev.
Modal |
Prev.Yr
%change |
|
|
Rice
|
||||||
|
Gadarpur(Utr)
|
832.00
|
-45.66
|
210560.00
|
2030
|
2118
|
6.84
|
|
Allahabad(UP)
|
290.00
|
11.54
|
8450.00
|
2235
|
2245
|
6.43
|
|
Bazpur(Utr)
|
220.00
|
-77.41
|
75478.86
|
2430
|
1510
|
27.89
|
|
Birbhum(WB)
|
158.00
|
-0.94
|
6786.40
|
1910
|
1900
|
2.41
|
|
Gondal(UP)
|
87.00
|
-15.53
|
16036.50
|
2010
|
2040
|
-4.29
|
|
Aligarh(UP)
|
85.00
|
6.25
|
8500.00
|
2550
|
2550
|
21.43
|
|
Beldanga(WB)
|
37.00
|
-5.13
|
5803.00
|
2450
|
2400
|
8.89
|
|
Khatra(WB)
|
34.00
|
NC
|
1959.00
|
2250
|
2250
|
NC
|
|
Bishnupur(Bankura)(WB)
|
30.00
|
-25
|
896.00
|
2050
|
2200
|
-
|
|
Lakhimpur(UP)
|
25.00
|
25
|
1093.00
|
2160
|
2160
|
2.86
|
|
Karjat(Mah)
|
21.00
|
320
|
62.00
|
3000
|
3000
|
NC
|
|
Karimganj(ASM)
|
20.00
|
NC
|
2320.00
|
2300
|
2300
|
12.20
|
|
Kolhapur(Laxmipuri)(Mah)
|
19.00
|
5.56
|
2760.00
|
3000
|
3000
|
NC
|
|
Giridih(Jha)
|
15.88
|
-29.58
|
662.54
|
3500
|
3500
|
NC
|
|
Dibrugarh(ASM)
|
13.00
|
30
|
504.60
|
2250
|
2250
|
-
|
|
Firozabad(UP)
|
12.00
|
-20
|
733.10
|
2520
|
2520
|
16.67
|
|
Ranaghat(WB)
|
12.00
|
50
|
215.00
|
2200
|
2200
|
2.33
|
|
Bethuadahari(WB)
|
10.00
|
-20
|
209.80
|
2300
|
3300
|
-22.03
|
|
North Lakhimpur(ASM)
|
8.80
|
83.33
|
2538.30
|
1900
|
1900
|
NC
|
|
Cherthalai(Ker)
|
8.00
|
33.33
|
536.00
|
3100
|
2200
|
34.78
|
|
Chengannur(Ker)
|
6.50
|
NC
|
768.00
|
2500
|
2500
|
NC
|
|
Jeypore(Kotpad)(Ori)
|
6.00
|
36.36
|
415.30
|
4100
|
4100
|
26.15
|
|
Jeypore(Ori)
|
3.30
|
-15.38
|
430.10
|
4100
|
4200
|
-2.38
|
|
Darjeeling(WB)
|
3.20
|
NC
|
225.30
|
2950
|
2950
|
5.36
|
|
Alibagh(Mah)
|
3.00
|
NC
|
225.00
|
4000
|
4000
|
6.67
|
|
Kalimpong(WB)
|
1.40
|
-6.67
|
75.00
|
2600
|
2600
|
10.64
|
|
Bangarmau(UP)
|
1.00
|
-50
|
168.00
|
2050
|
2050
|
-
|
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