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Nagpur, Mar 8 (Reuters) – Gram and tuar prices firmed up again in Nagpur Agriculture Producing
and Marketing Committee (APMC) on good Holi festival season demand from local traders amid weal
supply from producing regions. Healthy rise in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and repeated enquiries
from South-based millers also pushed up prices, according to sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Desi gram reported higher in open market on good demand from local traders amid thin
arrival from producing belts.
TUAR
* Tuar gavarani and tuar Karnataka recovered in open market here on good demand
local traders amid weak supply from producing regions.
* Wheat Lokwan moved down in open market here on lack of demand from local traders
amid good arrival from producing belts.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,400-4,500, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,700-6,900, Udid Mogar (clean)
– 8,500-9,000, Moong Mogar (clean) 6,600-6,900, Gram – 5,000-5,100, Gram Super best
bold – 7,500-7,700 for 100 kg.
* Other varieties of wheat, rice and other commodities moved in a narrow range in
scattered deals, settled at last levels.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 4,400-4,810 4,100-4,820
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction 3,900-4,420 3,900-4,300
Moong Auction n.a. 6,400-6,600
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 6,600-7,000 6,600-7,000
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 4,700-4,800 4,700-4,800
Desi gram Raw 4,950-5,250 4,900-5,200
Gram Yellow 7,700-8,200 7,700-8,200
Gram Kabuli 11,800-13,000 11,800-13,000
Tuar Fataka Best-New 6,800-7,000 6,800-7,000
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 6,400-6,600 6,400-6,600
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 6,000-6,200 6,000-6,200
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 5,500-5,800 5,500-5,800
Tuar Gavarani New 4,600-4,800 4,400-4,500
Tuar Karnataka 4,550-4,750 4,450-4,650
Masoor dal best 5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800
Masoor dal medium 5,300-5,500 5,300-5,500
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 6,900-7,200 6,900-7,200
Moong Mogar Medium 6,200-6,600 6,200-6,600
Moong dal Chilka 5,500-6,100 5,500-6,100
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 6,100-6,900 6,000-6,700
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 8,500-9,500 8,500-9,500
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,600-8,000 7,500-8,000
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,300-5,600 5,300-5,600
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 3,600-3,800 3,600-3,800
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,100 3,000-3,100
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,400 3,200-3,400
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,800-4,300 3,800-4,300
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,300 2,100-2,300
Wheat Lokwan new (100 INR/KG) 1,950-2,400 2,000-2,350
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,350-2,550 2,500-2,700
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,050-2,350 2,200-2,500
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,200 3,600-4,200
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,700-3,200 2,700-3,200
Rice BPT new (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,200 2,800-3,200
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,600 3,200-3,600
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,700-3,000 2,700-3,000
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,500 2,200-2,500
Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG) 2,250-2,450 2,250-2,450
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,600 2,400-2,600
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400
Rice HMT New (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,600 3,200-3,600
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,800-4,200 3,800-4,200
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,500 3,200-3,500
Rice Shriram New(100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,600 4,200-4,600
Rice Shriram best 100 INR/KG) 5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,700-5,000 4,700-5,000
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,200-13,300 9,200-13,300
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-6,200 5,000-6,200
Rice Chinnor New(100 INR/KG) 4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 5,600-6,200 5,600-6,200
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 5,100-5,500 5,100-5,500
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,300 2,000-2,300
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,000 1,900-2,000
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 33.0 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 21.0 degree Celsius
Rainfall : Nil
FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 33 and 20 degree
Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but
included in market prices)
http://in.reuters.com/article/nagpur-foodgrain-idINL3N1GL366
USA Rice Foodservice Activities in Mexico Influence Next Generation of Chefs
By Gaby Carbajal
PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO -- Puerto Vallarta is a major player on the gastronomic stage, hosting international gourmet festivals attended by award winning chefs from around the world. The vibrant culinary scene is known for its world-class restaurants and the extraordinary cuisine, and earlier this month, USA Rice conducted three foodservice seminars and student chef competitions here.
"Our goal with these activities is to have a presence in the region and to ultimately influence the future chefs in this important and booming market," said USA Rice Vice President International Hugh Maginnis. "In addition, we want to encourage the hotel and restaurant industry here to use more U.S.-grown rice in their menus as a way to provide patrons with delicious, elegant, gourmet meals while increasing their own profits because of the affordability of rice as an ingredient."
USA Rice events were held at three culinary institutions and included foodservice seminars under the slogan, "Increase your Profits with Rice," presentations on U.S. rice production and the importance of rice in the foodservice industry, and an interactive rice cooking instruction.
The cooking competitions were the final activity of the day and generated much excitement as student chefs created a variety of gourmet rice dishes, including paella, desserts, and healthy dishes that were the perfect combination of rice, proteins, and vegetables for optimal nutrition.
"It's worth noting that the culinary training schools where we stage these events have a high success rate in placing students in jobs in the restaurant and hospitality industry," said Maginnis. "Past contestants in USA Rice competitions have gone on to work at top restaurants throughout Mexico as well as at a Michelin Star restaurant in Spain where they are making menuing decisions that include U.S. rice."
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On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the significant contributions women are making around the world, especially in agriculture toward helping secure our global food supply.
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[2] USDA 2012 Census of Agriculture
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Marching on: Researchers are working to bring scientific advances to the growers of Asia who produce most of the world’s rice, and Africa, where production is increasing.
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International Temperate Rice Conference: Aussie role on rise
EMMA FIELD, The Weekly Times
March 7, 2017 6:00pm
AUSTRALIA’S rice farmers make up a small fraction of the world’s 144 million rice producers, but they can still play an important role in the industry’s global development.
That’s according to Australian scientist Matthew Morell, who heads up the Philippines-based International Rice Res¬earch Institute.
Dr Morell was a keynote speaker at the International Temperate Rice Conference in Griffith, NSW this week.
The IRRI is an independent research and education agency dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger through rice research, improving the health and welfare of rice farmers and tackling future climate issues.
Dr Morell said the increasing population was putting pressure on the availability of land and labour and access to water and fertiliser.
“We are going to have to produce 25 per cent more rice from less inputs by about 2040,” he said.
“We have 20 years to change the way rice and cereal are produced. We are also looking at technology and ways of breeding rice to meet challenges of climate change.”
About 90 per cent of the world’s rice farmers are in Asia and another 2-3 per cent in Africa.
Temperate-zone rice is grown in cool regions such as Australia, the Americas and Europe, while tropical rice, which is the most common, is grown mostly in Asia.
Australia’s small pool of farmers produce about 1 million tonnes of the 700 million tonnes grown globally.
Dr Morell said there was much the temperate-zone rice community could do for the millions of tropical region growers, who were among the poorest farmers and populations in the world.
“We would like those people who are poor farmers to be able to access all the technology and knowledge that’s produced in more affluent rice producing countries,” Dr ¬Morell said.
“We are trying to work with temperate rice communities and bring some of that technology and opportunity to the poorer farmers in the disadvantage areas in Asia but also Africa.”
He said in Africa rice production was growing and replacing the more commonly eaten root crops, cassava and also corn.
“There is a big opportunity from a development perspective to make countries in Africa self-sufficient, and a lot of this will be from temperate rice production.”
Australia is a donor to the IRRI via the Australian Centre for international Agricultural Research, which is the Australian Government’s agricultural research for development agency.
The IRRI is also seeking scientific collaborations with Australian research agencies, universities and businesses to “ensure science technology, research and knowledge is shared for mutual benefit”.
“There is a long tradition between Australia and international organisations like ours. I’m confident that this will continue,” Dr Morrell said.
The former CSIRO scientist said he felt an enormous obligation working at the IRRI, because on any given day about half of the 3.5 billion people who ate rice worldwide would eat a variety bred by the development agency he led.
“I love it and I keep saying there has never been a better time to be in agriculture. The world really needs agriculture. People still need to eat,” he said
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Rice field day at Jerilderie
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The 2017 Rice Industry Field Day will bring together close to 400 growers, industry representatives and researchers at ‘Old Coree’ near Jerilderie tomorrow.
They will showcase the latest in rice research and development as part of the International Temperate Rice Conference (ITRC).
Organised by the Rice Extension team, the Rice Industry Field Day is an opportunity to see the latest rice research and development in action and learn how it can be applied on farm, as well as explore agricultural trends and share new perspectives.
Funded by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC), Rice Extension connects growers to research, the latest technologies and best management practice in the rice industry.
RIRDC program manager Michael Beer said the field day brings the RIRDC Rice Program to life, highlighting the importance of research and development investment.
‘‘The rice program aims to improve the productivity and sustainability of the Australian rice industry and is delivering significant outcomes for industry and stakeholders,’’ he said.
‘‘Of particular note is our recent evaluation of the rice program which found investment in research, development and extension delivered a cost-benefit ratio lying between 6.6 and 7.6 - an impressive result for any industry.’’
The field day program includes speaker sessions from SunRice and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and the choice of attending either a field site walking tour or business and innovation session at the Old Coree homestead.
Rice Extension coordinator Gae Plunkett said the field day program further cements the ITRC theme, ‘Tradition, Technology, Productivity – A Balancing Act’.
‘‘For growers, the field day is a fantastic opportunity to discuss the latest issues and trends in rice growing, as well as network with growers, industry professionals and researchers on a local and international level,’’ Ms Plunkett said.
‘‘We are expecting strong interest from local industry and growers, particularly in the practical sessions focused on improving on farm production and profit.
‘‘The business and innovation session is an exciting and thought provoking addition to the program that will explore new trends and challenge traditional thinking when it comes to agricultural business practices.’’
The 2017 Rice Industry Field Day is a free event starting from 9am. ‘Old Coree’ is located on the Conargo Rd, 18.5km west of Jerilderie
http://www.sheppnews.com.au/regional/2017/03/08/77684/rice-field-day-at-jerilderie No order for Pakistani non-basmati rice in Gulfood exhibition
Last Updated On 08 March,2017 10:34 am
Pakistan's rice exporters participated in Gulfood Exhibition in Dubai.
DUBAI (Roznama Dunya) - Pakistani non-basmati rice has failed in swamping Gulf food market as price of Indian, Vietnamese, and Thai rice is relatively lower.
According to details, Pakistan’s rice exporters participated in Dubai’s ‘Gulfood Exhibition’ but did not succeed in getting a single order for non-basmati rice.
"We are unable to compete Indian, Vietnamese, and Thai rice as their price is relatively lower when compared with Pakistani rice," narrated Rice Export Association of Pakistan Chairman Mahmood Baqi.
Baqi urged federal government for emergency measures to slash production cost at earliest.
Export orders will be acquired only when price of our product is lower than same product of other countries. Pakistan’s second largest export sector would face serious threats if government does not take timely steps, articulated Baqi
http://dunyanews.tv/en/Business/378097-No-order-for-Pakistani-nonbasmati-rice-in-Gulfood
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Rice field day at Jerilderie
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MARCH 08, 2017
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The 2017 Rice Industry Field Day will bring together close to 400 growers, industry representatives and researchers at ‘Old Coree’ near Jerilderie tomorrow.
They will showcase the latest in rice research and development as part of the International Temperate Rice Conference (ITRC).
Organised by the Rice Extension team, the Rice Industry Field Day is an opportunity to see the latest rice research and development in action and learn how it can be applied on farm, as well as explore agricultural trends and share new perspectives.
Funded by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC), Rice Extension connects growers to research, the latest technologies and best management practice in the rice industry.
RIRDC program manager Michael Beer said the field day brings the RIRDC Rice Program to life, highlighting the importance of research and development investment.
‘‘The rice program aims to improve the productivity and sustainability of the Australian rice industry and is delivering significant outcomes for industry and stakeholders,’’ he said.
‘‘Of particular note is our recent evaluation of the rice program which found investment in research, development and extension delivered a cost-benefit ratio lying between 6.6 and 7.6 - an impressive result for any industry.’’
The field day program includes speaker sessions from SunRice and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and the choice of attending either a field site walking tour or business and innovation session at the Old Coree homestead.
Rice Extension coordinator Gae Plunkett said the field day program further cements the ITRC theme, ‘Tradition, Technology, Productivity – A Balancing Act’.
‘‘For growers, the field day is a fantastic opportunity to discuss the latest issues and trends in rice growing, as well as network with growers, industry professionals and researchers on a local and international level,’’ Ms Plunkett said.
‘‘We are expecting strong interest from local industry and growers, particularly in the practical sessions focused on improving on farm production and profit.
‘‘The business and innovation session is an exciting and thought provoking addition to the program that will explore new trends and challenge traditional thinking when it comes to agricultural business practices.’’
The 2017 Rice Industry Field Day is a free event starting from 9am. ‘Old Coree’ is located on the Conargo Rd, 18.5km west of Jerilderie.
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MARCH 08, 2017
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NFA estimates rice import requirement at 800,000 MT
Posted on March 09, 2017
THE National Food Authority (NFA)is looking to import around 800,000 metric tons (MT) of rice this year under a government-to-government arrangement to cover the lean months in the third quarter.
Workers unload sacks of rice at a warehouse of the National Food Authority. -- AFP
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Citing “critical” stock levels of the staple grain in government warehouses, NFA Administrator Jason Laureano Y. Aquino said that, as of March 8, inventory in government warehouses was 400,000 MT, good for about 13 days. Stocks have thus fallen below the 15-day buffer stock the agency is mandated to maintain.
“If we are to maintain a 30-day buffer, more or less we will need 800,000 metric tons,” he said in Filipino. Asked if that quantity will be satisfied by imports, he said “Yes, so we can satisfy the 30-day buffer stock.”
“Other regions and provinces are at critical supple levels,” he added. “Some places will have very tight supply by April and May,” Mr. Aquino said in a Wednesday news conference at the agency’s headquarters in Quezon City. He was citing reports from NFA regional directors across the country.
“By end of June, the NFA’s buffer stock will be short three days. That’s why we are pushing for the approval of the 250,000 MT importation... We need to utilize by June this year the remaining standby volume to cover the gap in our 15-day buffer stock requirement,” he added.
However, as the July to September period covers the lean months during which the state-run agency is required to maintain a 30-day buffer stock, Mr. Aquino said that this may translate to an 800,000 MT requirement, making more imports necessary beyond the approved standby authority.
Asked if Mr. Aquino will propose the importation of the 800,000 MT volume to the NFA Council, he replied in the positive, adding that the arrival of a portion of these imports, specifically the remaining 250,000 MT standby authority, is intended for before the lean months start.
In a text message yesterday, NFA Spokesperson Marietta J. Ablaza said that the 250,000 MT of rice is proposed to arrive April or May “to have ample time to position the stocks before onset of lean supply months.”
Last year, the inter-agency NFA Council approved the importation of 500,000 MT of rice under a government-to-government scheme, giving the agency standby authority in preparation for last year’s El Niño.
Of this total, only 250,000 MT has been activated with the top exporting countries, Vietnam and Thailand, clinching the bid.
The remaining portion, however, has not been shipped due to sufficient stocks of rice in both government and private warehouses when the dry spell proved to be less severe than expected.
As early as December, NFA proposed the importation of the 250,000 MT, citing an expected shortfall in rice production due to typhoons Karen, Lawin, and Nina which hit the country last quarter.
The NFA Council did not approve the proposal amid the lack of endorsement by the inter-agency National Food Security Committee chaired by the National Economic Development Authority, which recommends to the council whether the country will need to import, based on rice inventory data. -- Janina C. Lim
NFA estimates rice import requirement at 800,000 MT
Posted on March 09, 2017
THE National Food Authority (NFA)is looking to import around 800,000 metric tons (MT) of rice this year under a government-to-government arrangement to cover the lean months in the third quarter.
Workers unload sacks of rice at a warehouse of the National Food Authority. -- AFP
RELATED STORIES
NFA head could be removed from office over rice import deadline
NFA seeks tougher import permit regime for agriculture
NFA approves private imports totaling 641,080 tons of rice
Draft EO will bring NIA, NFA back under Agriculture department
NFA sets higher target for 2017 palay purchase
Citing “critical” stock levels of the staple grain in government warehouses, NFA Administrator Jason Laureano Y. Aquino said that, as of March 8, inventory in government warehouses was 400,000 MT, good for about 13 days. Stocks have thus fallen below the 15-day buffer stock the agency is mandated to maintain.
“If we are to maintain a 30-day buffer, more or less we will need 800,000 metric tons,” he said in Filipino. Asked if that quantity will be satisfied by imports, he said “Yes, so we can satisfy the 30-day buffer stock.”
“Other regions and provinces are at critical supple levels,” he added. “Some places will have very tight supply by April and May,” Mr. Aquino said in a Wednesday news conference at the agency’s headquarters in Quezon City. He was citing reports from NFA regional directors across the country.
“By end of June, the NFA’s buffer stock will be short three days. That’s why we are pushing for the approval of the 250,000 MT importation... We need to utilize by June this year the remaining standby volume to cover the gap in our 15-day buffer stock requirement,” he added.
However, as the July to September period covers the lean months during which the state-run agency is required to maintain a 30-day buffer stock, Mr. Aquino said that this may translate to an 800,000 MT requirement, making more imports necessary beyond the approved standby authority.
Asked if Mr. Aquino will propose the importation of the 800,000 MT volume to the NFA Council, he replied in the positive, adding that the arrival of a portion of these imports, specifically the remaining 250,000 MT standby authority, is intended for before the lean months start.
In a text message yesterday, NFA Spokesperson Marietta J. Ablaza said that the 250,000 MT of rice is proposed to arrive April or May “to have ample time to position the stocks before onset of lean supply months.”
Last year, the inter-agency NFA Council approved the importation of 500,000 MT of rice under a government-to-government scheme, giving the agency standby authority in preparation for last year’s El Niño.
Of this total, only 250,000 MT has been activated with the top exporting countries, Vietnam and Thailand, clinching the bid.
The remaining portion, however, has not been shipped due to sufficient stocks of rice in both government and private warehouses when the dry spell proved to be less severe than expected.
As early as December, NFA proposed the importation of the 250,000 MT, citing an expected shortfall in rice production due to typhoons Karen, Lawin, and Nina which hit the country last quarter.
The NFA Council did not approve the proposal amid the lack of endorsement by the inter-agency National Food Security Committee chaired by the National Economic Development Authority, which recommends to the council whether the country will need to import, based on rice inventory data. -- Janina C. Lim
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No more private sector rice imports, NFA head insists
By: Ronnel W. Domingo - @inquirerdotnet
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 12:20 AM March 09, 2017
Leoncio Evasco Jr. MALACANANG PHOTO
The National Food Authority (NFA) is holding its ground on not allowing more private-sector imports to arrive, in defiance of its governing body’s decision, and instead wants clearance for the government importation of 250,000 tons.
The NFA insists that the deadline of Feb. 28 stands although the NFA Council, chaired by Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr., maintains that this was extended to March 31.
NFA Administrator Jason Laureano Y. Aquino said Wednesday that no more shipments procured through the minimum access volume (MAV) mechanism of the World Trade Organization (WTO) should be accepted because local farmers had started harvesting this year’s first crop.
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Data from the NFA showed that 211 farmer cooperatives and private businessmen applied for the importation of a total of 692,340 metric tons of rice through the MAV.
Aquino warned that additional inbound cargoes would push down prices to the detriment of farmers.
According to Raul Montemayor, business manager of the Federation of Free Farmers Cooperative, farmgate prices of palay in Nueva Ecija had gone down by as much as P2 a kilo on reports that more MAV shipments were being allowed.
Aquino said the NFA Council made the decision to extend the deadline for the arrival of shipments during a meeting when he was not present. He also said the resolution on the extension was disseminated “on a weekend.” Last Monday, Aquino said a majority of the council approved the extension “in a supposed meeting held on Feb. 27.”
The NFA administrator serves as vice chair of the council. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor is a member of the council, along with the secretaries of finance, trade and economic planning as well as the chair of the Development Bank of the Philippines, president of the Land Bank of the Philippines and a representative of farmers.
“Later this afternoon (Wednesday), the council will be convening and we will iron out everything (but) as far as the NFA is concerned, there is no extension,” Aquino said.
In a separate statement last Monday, Evasco said the NFA’s insistence on an earlier deadline for the arrival of MAV imports meant that the food agency wanted to do the importation itself.
“It creates serious doubt on the part of the NFA Council when some of the NFA’s executives have been insisting on G2G [government-to-government] procurement despite lack of recommendation to import from the National Food Security Committee,” Evasco said.
The Cabinet secretary vowed to hold NFA officials liable for “making a cash cow out of government-led importations.” The NFA itself imports milled rice through G2G contracts, but has the authority to issue permits for private importation.
“I will propose to the [NFA] Council the creation of a special committee to investigate the culprits of this flagrant corruption to the detriment of the country’s food security,” said Evasco, who is the council’s chair.
“It has come to the council’s attention that [NFA deputy administrator Ludovico] Jarina and Aquino have been holding closed-door meetings even prior to Aquino’s appointment as NFA administrator (last January),” Evasco said.
Evasco’s office also provided reporters a copy of Aquino’s letter to Vietnam’s ambassador to the Philippines dated March 3, informing the latter that the Philippine government would open a state-to-state importation this month to shore up its buffer stock. Evasco said this letter was sent to the Vietnamese embassy “behind the council’s back.
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PH launches agricultural guide map to double rice output
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The government on Tuesday launched a comprehensive color-coded agricultural guide (CCAG) map that can pave the way for doubling rice production to ensure food security in the country.
“We expect rice production to double because of this map. If you are talking of 100-percent growth in rice production, just imagine how huge (its impact on agricultural growth),” Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol told reporters.
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Piñol said the map indicated there were six to seven million hectares of rice farms in the country, while only 3.9 million hectares of which were actually devoted to rice farming.
He said the color-coded agricultural guide map guided over 12 million farmers about the most suitable crops they could plant in their provinces and regions. They can then select the right crop that can produce a substantial income.
The map identifies the agricultural areas that are naturally suitable for 20 crops. It can be used as guide in investment planning, research and development, infrastructure and disaster management.
“It will also guide investors and big businessmen who would like to invest in agriculture,” he added.
Piñol said the government spent Php36 million to roll out the CCAG map under the DA’s project Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (AMIA).
“The data here is not constant because the soil fertility changes. We will have new hazards and risks because of climate change. So this is a work in progress, we will continue to improve (this) and through the years, hopefully, we will be able to add more data,” he said.
Piñol is mulling to set up information centers and kiosks especially for barangays to make the CCAG map accessible to more farmers.
For his part, Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano said the AMIA would help the country adapt to climate change.
He stressed that the agriculture sector was the first one to be affected by climate change.
AMIA works hand-in-hand with the International Plant Nutrition Institute to adopt and enhance the tool called Nutrient Expert to assist farmers attain the best yields and income despite climate and disaster risks.
“This of course is not magic. The farmer still has to be proficient,” Serrano added.
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China Vows Self-Sufficiency in Rice, Aims to Cut Corn Glut
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China, the world’s second-largest producer and consumer of corn, will continue to reduce corn stockpiles and acreage this year as part of agriculture reforms that also include seeking self-sufficiency in rice and wheat.
Falling domestic corn prices after the government ended its price-support system last year should lead farmers to reduce acreage this year, Agriculture Minister Han Changfu said at a press conference on the sidelines of the annual National People’s Congress in Beijing. The reform has spurred market demand and led to the restarting of corn processors which were previously halted, he said.
China needs to find new ways to reduce its corn stockpiles as annual production and consumption is relatively balanced, Chen Xiwen, former deputy director with the Central Rural Work Leading Group, said Monday, forecasting reserves at 230 million tons. Options include expanding fuel ethanol and corn sweetener production and using more of the grain to make film for greenhouses, he said. China’s government has previously announced plans to reduce corn planting and some provinces are subsidizing processing to boost consumption of domestic grain.
“What we are lacking now is good quality and ‘green’ farm products,” Han said. Despite a slight decrease in total grain production last year, China still aims to stabilize the area planted to rice and wheat and ensure “absolute” self-sufficiency in the staple grains, including increasing subsidies in major producing regions, he said.
The ministry will also tackle agriculture pollution by reducing use of fertilizer and pesticides and asking large-scale livestock farms to treat animal waste within five years, Han said.
Given that genetically-modified technology has the potential to reduce the use of fertilizer and pesticides while boosting yields, China will continue to push the technology in the production of feed grains, Zhang Taolin, vice agriculture minister, said at Monday’s briefing. The country will maintain caution on using the technology in staple food production.
China is the world’s biggest soybean importer and buys from the U.S., Brazil and Argentina, which grow genetically-modified soy.
Source: Bloomberg
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Philippines' Food Security Agency Plans to Import 250,000T Rice Sooni
Manila. The Philippines' food security agency said on Tuesday (07/03) it was looking to import 250,000 tonnes of rice as soon as possible via a government-to-government deal with any of its traditional suppliers such as Vietnam and Thailand.
The volume will augment rice imports of around 543,000 tonnes shipped in by private traders between December and February, and help boost state buffer stock ahead of the country's lean harvest season beginning in July, it said.
The National Food Authority (NFA) has informed Vietnam of its import plan via a letter to its embassy in Manila, it said in a statement.
Major rice suppliers, Vietnam and Thailand, are keeping an eye on any fresh demand from the Philippines, one of the world's biggest buyers, but the NFA has yet to decide when to issue a tender for its import requirement.
The timing remains uncertain as the NFA Council, a panel comprising the country's economic managers, still has to approve the terms of reference.
The planned purchase is part of the 500,000-tonne import volume the NFA Council approved last year. The NFA had bought only 250,000 tonnes -- 150,000 tonnes from Vietnam and 100,000 tonnes from Thailand.
"We need the additional 250,000 tonnes for our buffer stock," NFA spokeswoman Marietta Ablaza told Reuters. "We are running out of time."
Ablaza could not say if the NFA has formally informed Thailand of its import plan
http://jakartaglobe.id/international/philippines-food-security-agency-plans-import-250000t-rice-soon/Resilience of rice put to the test
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8 Mar 2017, noon
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Rice Growers Association chairman Jeremy Morton in a paddock of rice at Wakool in November last year.
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With 100 per cent water allocations in the Riverina and plenty of hot weather for pannicle initiation, forecasts for the 2017 rice harvest in this part of Australia are on target to reach 800,000 tonnes.
Tom Howard from SunRice, said that in spite of the tough start to the season due to cold weather and a record wet winter, rice has demonstrated its resilience to be a valuable crop in almost all growing conditions. “The hot weather in late January and early February demonstrated rice’s ability to withstand almost every weather variation and highlighted growers skills who have had possibly the most demanding conditions ever”.
Leeton’s Guiseppe Napoli, pictured on our cover with children Max,6, and Lucie, 2, has four varieties on 175 hectares this season and is delighted with YRM70’s progress. “It was sown on December 7 and has made up around four weeks growth when compared to Reizeiq sown on October 23. This variety has great potential as it was sown only two days after harvesting barley so double cropping is now a possibility. Water is cheap and prices are OK”.
Rice Growers Association chairman Jeremy Morton from Moulamein is growing Reizeiq, Koshihikari and the unnamed, short growing season YKM5 on 200 hectares. “I direct drilled the YKM5 on December 9 and, with this variety, everything happens in a hurry. It has had permanent water on for only 60 days and, even though it is quite a tall plant, it is doing really well and is the height of the earlier-sown varieties.”
Rice has been grown in northern NSW for more than a decade with the main variety a medium grain especially suited to dryland conditions. Steve Rogers, rice consultant from Northern Rivers, said that the vast majority of crops sown this season are Tachiminori which grows aerobically.
“This season has been a little tougher for the 25 growers which have 700 hectares in as only 260ml of rain has fallen this year which is 60 per cent of what would usually have fallen by now. However, the rice is still growing well showing the possibilities of growing with less water than thought”, Mr Rogers said
Resilience of rice put to the test
pennie scott
8 Mar 2017, noon
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Rice Growers Association chairman Jeremy Morton in a paddock of rice at Wakool in November last year.
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With 100 per cent water allocations in the Riverina and plenty of hot weather for pannicle initiation, forecasts for the 2017 rice harvest in this part of Australia are on target to reach 800,000 tonnes.
Tom Howard from SunRice, said that in spite of the tough start to the season due to cold weather and a record wet winter, rice has demonstrated its resilience to be a valuable crop in almost all growing conditions. “The hot weather in late January and early February demonstrated rice’s ability to withstand almost every weather variation and highlighted growers skills who have had possibly the most demanding conditions ever”.
Leeton’s Guiseppe Napoli, pictured on our cover with children Max,6, and Lucie, 2, has four varieties on 175 hectares this season and is delighted with YRM70’s progress. “It was sown on December 7 and has made up around four weeks growth when compared to Reizeiq sown on October 23. This variety has great potential as it was sown only two days after harvesting barley so double cropping is now a possibility. Water is cheap and prices are OK”.
Rice Growers Association chairman Jeremy Morton from Moulamein is growing Reizeiq, Koshihikari and the unnamed, short growing season YKM5 on 200 hectares. “I direct drilled the YKM5 on December 9 and, with this variety, everything happens in a hurry. It has had permanent water on for only 60 days and, even though it is quite a tall plant, it is doing really well and is the height of the earlier-sown varieties.”
Rice has been grown in northern NSW for more than a decade with the main variety a medium grain especially suited to dryland conditions. Steve Rogers, rice consultant from Northern Rivers, said that the vast majority of crops sown this season are Tachiminori which grows aerobically.
“This season has been a little tougher for the 25 growers which have 700 hectares in as only 260ml of rain has fallen this year which is 60 per cent of what would usually have fallen by now. However, the rice is still growing well showing the possibilities of growing with less water than thought”, Mr Rogers said
http://www.theland.com.au/story/4512242/rices-resilience-proven/
IFC Supports Loc Troi Group to Scale up Sustainable Rice Production in Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh City, March 8, 2017—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is supporting the Loc Troi Group to roll out sustainable agricultural standards and practices throughout its rice-production value chain in the Mekong Delta. Improving rice production will help Vietnam’s agri-sector expand its global market share, increase profitability sustainably, and improve farmer livelihoods.
IFC and the Loc Troi Group, a leading provider of agricultural services and products in Vietnam, introduced the project to local stakeholders today in Ho Chi Minh City. IFC will work with the Loc Troi Group over the next two years to help it conform to agricultural standards and practices developed by the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP), a multi-stakeholder partnership to promote resource efficiency and sustainability, both on-farm and throughout the rice value-chain.
“This new and unique partnership will help provide better returns to shareholders and create brighter futures for farmers,” said Huynh Van Thon, Chairman, Loc Troi Group. “This will be of huge benefit to us as we go about building a specific rice brand with high quality and competitiveness in international markets.”
About 4,000 farmers will learn about new farming practices that will help them grow high-quality, high-yielding, and sustainable rice. The project will be implemented first as a pilot and subsequently scaled up. IFC is partnering with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), which will provide technical support to Loc Troi and the farmers within its supply chain.
The Loc Troi Group pioneered the building up of the rice-production value-chain model in Vietnam and has around 25,000 farmer households in its fold. The group is looking to manage a sustainable rice supply-chain in the Mekong Delta, which is known as the "rice bowl" of Vietnam.
The project is being supported by the Government of Canada. "We are very pleased to support IFC's efforts to improve Vietnam’s agricultural competitiveness while applying climate-smart practices,” said H.E. Mr. Richard Bale, Consul General of Canada to Vietnam. “We believe the private sector has an important role to play in promoting sustainable and inclusive economic growth through initiatives such as this one, which will benefit thousands of farmers, both women and men, across the Mekong Delta.”
This new initiative is in line with Vietnam’s recent Agricultural Restructuring Plan (ARP), an ambitious move to enhance the sector’s competitiveness and better position it to respond to international market opportunities. Despite being a leading rice exporter, Vietnam faces competition in price and quality from market players such as Thailand, India, Pakistan, and emerging countries like Cambodia and Myanmar.
“IFC and the Loc Troi Group share a common interest in linking up Vietnamese rice farmers to the global supply chain to capture the industry’s full potential,” said Kyle Kelhofer, IFC Country Manager for Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao PDR. “This partnership will create opportunities for farmers through sustainable farming, improving their productivity and quality of life.”
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Loc Troi Group, established in 1993 and formerly known as An Giang Plant Protection Joint Stock Company, is a leading provider of agricultural products and services in Vietnam. It has been a successful pioneer in building value chain models for sustainable rice production, focusing on developing and sharing value across the supply chain, especially among farmers. More than 1,300 engineers of its field force have established close links with 25,000 farmers to help reorganize production and provide seeds and agricultural inputs for about 60,000 hectares of large scaled rice fields. It has five processing plants equipped with advanced technology which provide various varieties of high quality, traceable rice products for domestic and international markets. For more information, visit www.loctroi.vn and http://www.facebook.com/loctroiag
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Laos to reduce dry season rice target
March 8, 2017 14:32
VIENTIANE, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has set this year's target for dry season rice production lower after the country's rice farmers failed to meet last year's estimate.
Last season, the Department of Agriculture under the ministry encouraged farmers around the country to grow 126,000 hectares of rice but they were only able to plant 98,000 hectares, local daily Vientiane Times quoted the department's report as saying on Wednesday.
This dry season, the department has set a target to grow 95,000 hectares but until now has only planted about 90,000 hectares or 95 percent of the planned output.
Large numbers of rice farmers, especially those in the northern parts of the country, have shifted to growing small commercial crops which leads to better profits and requires less water.
The challenge for the agriculture and forestry sector now is to have rice production reach its target of 4.3 million tons this fiscal year.
In an attempt to increase productivity, agricultural authorities have urged farmers to use modern technology and good seed varieties.
The Lao government has also urged farmers to produce quality rice for domestic supply and export only after surplus consumption
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Sri Lanka's North-Eastern rice farmers badly hit by drought
Mar 08, 2017 11:10 AM GMT+0530 | 0 Comment(s)
ECONOMYNEXT - Rice farmers in Sri Lanka's North and East have been worst hit by an ongoing drought, with Jaffna district where almost all rice cultivation is rain fed, where almost of all the crop is facing total destruction, official data shows.
In the Northern Jaffna district where 10,400 hectares of rice rainfed rice was cultivated almost 99 percent was fully or partially destroyed by drought, during the ongoing Maha or main cultivation season, Department of Agriculture data shows.
About 50 percent, 5,233 hectares were totally damaged in Jaffna, 2,288 hectares were 75 percent damaged, 1,872 were 75 percent damaged and 947 were 25 percent damaged.
Jaffna has no major irrigation schemes, and other crops are mostly cultivated with groundwater. The region is legendary in Sri Lanka's culture for hardworking farmers who complain little.
Both the North and East was under a 30-year war until 2009, when the Sri Lanka government started to re-build irrigation facilities.
In Batticaloa in the Eastern province where 64,416 hectares of rice was sown, 41,446 or 64 percent was hit by drought with 17,939 hectares fully destroyed.
In Trincomalee where 34,796 hectares were sown, 20,000 or 57 percent was fully damaged.
In Mulativu in the East, 53 percent of the planted area was hit and in Mannar in the north west 40 percent was hit.
In Amparai also in the Eastern province, the top rice producing district outside of Mahaweli river valley areas, 74,836 hectares were sown, 18,267 or 24 percent was damaged, with 13,925 hectares fully damaged.
In Kilinochchi in the northern province, where 23,438 hectares were sown, 36 percent or8,470 hectares was drought hit with 1,000 fully destroyed already.
In Kurunegala another top rice producing area 42,740 hectares (51 percent of the usual) was sown and 14,452 or 34 was partially destroyed.
As at February 2017, rice farmers have sown 535,192 hectares in the current Maha season or 66 percent of the potential extent and 137,017 hectares were stricken with drought.
The government has promised 10,000 rupees an acre of compensation for farmers for rice and other crops.
Farmers are expected to lose 435,390 metric tonnes from damaged areas and another 110,327 tonnes from other fields in drought hit districts totalling 545,717 metric tonnes of rice paddy.
Sri Lanka is expected produce 1.33 million metric tonnes of paddy this season down from 2.9 million tonnes last year.
Sri Lanka was hit by a crushing drought last year with both monsoons failing due a cooler temperatures in the Western Indian Ocean which reduced precipitation in South Asia, a weather phenomenon known as an Indian Ocean Dipole negative event.
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Ritter Grain Operations in Marked Tree Sold to Poinsett Rice & Grain
by Gwen Moritz on Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2017 12:06 pm
Ritter Agribusiness of Marked Tree is exiting the grain services business, having sold its grain operations in Marked Tree to Poinsett Rice & Grain Inc.
The sale, which was completed Friday, was announced Tuesday by Kevin Wright, president of Ritter Agribusiness, and Ryan Carwell, vice president of Poinsett Rice & Grain.
Poinsett Rice & Grain, founded in the Poinsett County town of Waldenburg in 1988, acquired 20 employees along with the facility at Marked Tree. Wright said business will continue as before: buying rice, soybeans, wheat and corn from farmers; drying the rice; storing the grains; and selling the grains for the export market.
Four more Ritter's Grain Services employees will continue working at a leased facility in Otwell (Craighead County) until the end of March, when the lease will expire. Wright said the company would help those employees find new jobs.
Ritter Agribusiness will remain headquartered in Marked Tree and will continue its other businesses: managing 32,000 acres of company-owned farmland in the Delta and managing 16,000 acres of farmland for other owners. Ritter Agribusiness is also a partner in a cotton gin and warehouse operation.
“Delta farming is part of who we are and it is deeply embedded in our company history,” Wright said in a news release. “We remain committed to the agriculture industry and to the Marked Tree community. We’re excited about the opportunities that lie ahead.”
With the Marked Tree addition, Poinsett Rice & Grain owns and operates six storage facilities as well as a river port and a brown rice mill.
“We are pleased to have the opportunity to continue to grow our business as we serve Northeast Arkansas farmers and Arkansas agriculture as a whole,” Carwell said. “The acquisition of the Marked Tree facility gives our customers another marketing option that will prove beneficial to their businesses. It’s a win-win situation for all involved.”
Ritter Agribusiness is a subsidiary of E. Ritter & Co. of Marked Tree, which ranked 49th on Arkansas Business' most recent list of the state's largest private companies with 2015 revenue of $189.9 million
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/115888/ritter-grain-operations-in-marked-tree-sold-to-poinsett-rice-grain
No order for Pakistani non-basmati rice in Gulfood exhibition
Last Updated On 08 March,2017 10:34 am
Pakistan's rice exporters participated in Gulfood Exhibition in Dubai.
DUBAI (Roznama Dunya) - Pakistani non-basmati rice has failed in swamping Gulf food market as price of Indian, Vietnamese, and Thai rice is relatively lower.
According to details, Pakistan’s rice exporters participated in Dubai’s ‘Gulfood Exhibition’ but did not succeed in getting a single order for non-basmati rice.
"We are unable to compete Indian, Vietnamese, and Thai rice as their price is relatively lower when compared with Pakistani rice," narrated Rice Export Association of Pakistan Chairman Mahmood Baqi.
Baqi urged federal government for emergency measures to slash production cost at earliest.
Export orders will be acquired only when price of our product is lower than same product of other countries. Pakistan’s second largest export sector would face serious threats if government does not take timely steps, articulated Baq
http://dunyanews.tv/en/Business/378097-No-order-for-Pakistani-nonbasmati-rice-in-Gulfood
Industrial grain first up for auction
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The government is calling the first auction for 3.66 million tonnes of grain unfit for human consumption.
Interested bidders will be invited to hear the terms of reference on Friday and submit their bidding prices on March 23.
According to Duangporn Rodphaya, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, the state rice stocks to be sold for industrial use cover 17 types of poor-quality grains including hom mali fragrant rice, white rice, glutinous rice and broken rice stored across 278 state warehouses in 39 provinces.
Mrs Duangporn said the state officials have pledged to come up with strict controls for poor-quality rice auctions to keep the grains separated from the normal rice market.
According to Mrs Duangporn, the government is also scheduled to announce the terms of reference for the auction of 1 million tonnes of decaying rice stored over five years for ethanol production by April.
In a related development, Mrs Duangporn said yesterday the national rice policy committee yesterday approved the Commerce Ministry's proposal to sell 1.35 million tonnes of rice from 127 state warehouses in the first general auction of state rice stocks in 2017 to 41 qualified buyers and fetch 13.20 billion baht in total.
The Foreign Trade Department announced on Jan 10 a call for the first general auction for the remaining 2.87 million tonnes fit for human consumption.
Interested bidders were allowed to inspect the rice stocks during Feb 6-10.
Qualified bidders were scheduled to submit their bids on Feb 16, with the names of the winners announced on the same day.
But the department on Feb 14 ordered the auction of 4,784 tonnes of hom mali rice at warehouses in Nakhon Sawan to be scrapped, as requested by the Public Warehouse Organisation.
According to Mrs Duangporn, the department will officially inform the winning bidders to sign rice deals with the state-run Public Warehouse Organisation and the Marketing Organisation for Farmers over the next 15 working days.
Since the May 2014 coup, 10.1 million tonnes of rice have been sold via 24 auctions, fetching 104 billion baht.
State-held rice stocks have fallen about 6.5 million tonnes from the 18.7 million tonnes accumulated during 2011-14.
This year, the government expects to be able to export not fewer than 9.5 million tonnes, slightly below last year's figures.
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Nagpur, Mar 8 (Reuters) – Gram and tuar prices firmed up again in Nagpur Agriculture Producing
and Marketing Committee (APMC) on good Holi festival season demand from local traders amid weal
supply from producing regions. Healthy rise in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and repeated enquiries
from South-based millers also pushed up prices, according to sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Desi gram reported higher in open market on good demand from local traders amid thin
arrival from producing belts.
TUAR
* Tuar gavarani and tuar Karnataka recovered in open market here on good demand
local traders amid weak supply from producing regions.
* Wheat Lokwan moved down in open market here on lack of demand from local traders
amid good arrival from producing belts.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,400-4,500, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,700-6,900, Udid Mogar (clean)
– 8,500-9,000, Moong Mogar (clean) 6,600-6,900, Gram – 5,000-5,100, Gram Super best
bold – 7,500-7,700 for 100 kg.
* Other varieties of wheat, rice and other commodities moved in a narrow range in
scattered deals, settled at last levels.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 4,400-4,810 4,100-4,820
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction 3,900-4,420 3,900-4,300
Moong Auction n.a. 6,400-6,600
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 6,600-7,000 6,600-7,000
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 4,700-4,800 4,700-4,800
Desi gram Raw 4,950-5,250 4,900-5,200
Gram Yellow 7,700-8,200 7,700-8,200
Gram Kabuli 11,800-13,000 11,800-13,000
Tuar Fataka Best-New 6,800-7,000 6,800-7,000
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 6,400-6,600 6,400-6,600
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 6,000-6,200 6,000-6,200
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 5,500-5,800 5,500-5,800
Tuar Gavarani New 4,600-4,800 4,400-4,500
Tuar Karnataka 4,550-4,750 4,450-4,650
Masoor dal best 5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800
Masoor dal medium 5,300-5,500 5,300-5,500
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 6,900-7,200 6,900-7,200
Moong Mogar Medium 6,200-6,600 6,200-6,600
Moong dal Chilka 5,500-6,100 5,500-6,100
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 6,100-6,900 6,000-6,700
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 8,500-9,500 8,500-9,500
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,600-8,000 7,500-8,000
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,300-5,600 5,300-5,600
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 3,600-3,800 3,600-3,800
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,100 3,000-3,100
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,400 3,200-3,400
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,800-4,300 3,800-4,300
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,300 2,100-2,300
Wheat Lokwan new (100 INR/KG) 1,950-2,400 2,000-2,350
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,350-2,550 2,500-2,700
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,050-2,350 2,200-2,500
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,200 3,600-4,200
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,700-3,200 2,700-3,200
Rice BPT new (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,200 2,800-3,200
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,600 3,200-3,600
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,700-3,000 2,700-3,000
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,500 2,200-2,500
Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG) 2,250-2,450 2,250-2,450
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,600 2,400-2,600
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400
Rice HMT New (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,600 3,200-3,600
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,800-4,200 3,800-4,200
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,500 3,200-3,500
Rice Shriram New(100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,600 4,200-4,600
Rice Shriram best 100 INR/KG) 5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,700-5,000 4,700-5,000
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,200-13,300 9,200-13,300
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-6,200 5,000-6,200
Rice Chinnor New(100 INR/KG) 4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 5,600-6,200 5,600-6,200
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 5,100-5,500 5,100-5,500
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,300 2,000-2,300
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,000 1,900-2,000
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 33.0 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 21.0 degree Celsius
Rainfall : Nil
FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 33 and 20 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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USA Rice Foodservice Activities in Mexico Influence Next Generation of Chefs
By Gaby Carbajal
PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO -- Puerto Vallarta is a major player on the gastronomic stage, hosting international gourmet festivals attended by award winning chefs from around the world. The vibrant culinary scene is known for its world-class restaurants and the extraordinary cuisine, and earlier this month, USA Rice conducted three foodservice seminars and student chef competitions here.
"Our goal with these activities is to have a presence in the region and to ultimately influence the future chefs in this important and booming market," said USA Rice Vice President International Hugh Maginnis. "In addition, we want to encourage the hotel and restaurant industry here to use more U.S.-grown rice in their menus as a way to provide patrons with delicious, elegant, gourmet meals while increasing their own profits because of the affordability of rice as an ingredient."
USA Rice events were held at three culinary institutions and included foodservice seminars under the slogan, "Increase your Profits with Rice," presentations on U.S. rice production and the importance of rice in the foodservice industry, and an interactive rice cooking instruction.
The cooking competitions were the final activity of the day and generated much excitement as student chefs created a variety of gourmet rice dishes, including paella, desserts, and healthy dishes that were the perfect combination of rice, proteins, and vegetables for optimal nutrition.
"It's worth noting that the culinary training schools where we stage these events have a high success rate in placing students in jobs in the restaurant and hospitality industry," said Maginnis. "Past contestants in USA Rice competitions have gone on to work at top restaurants throughout Mexico as well as at a Michelin Star restaurant in Spain where they are making menuing decisions that include U.S. rice."
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On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the significant contributions women are making around the world, especially in agriculture toward helping secure our global food supply.
On average, women represent 43 percent of the agricultural labor force in developing countries[1] and up to 30 percent of all farmers in the United States.[2]
At Kellogg, women farmers play an important role at the start of our food journey. They are responsible for growing and nurturing the grains and other ingredients we use to make many of the delicious cereals and snacks consumers enjoy today. From seed planting to harvest, these farmers take great pride and care in their work, although in some regions often lack access to the resources they need to achieve their full potential.
We also recognize that in many countries, women often lack the opportunities needed to enable them to reach their highest potential. As part of our Global Sustainability Commitments, Kellogg is identifying women farmers and workers in our value chain and developing programs to help improve their livelihoods, their families and communities. This pledge also supports the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal (UN SDG 5) of achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls, which we celebrate on International Women’s Day.
Today, we are proud to announce that Kellogg has supported 10,000 women farmersaround the globe. This achievement is reflected in the work of our responsible sourcing team and in part, our Kellogg’s Origins™ Program, which is designed to provide education, training and other resources that focus on climate-smart agriculture. Over the past few years, we have seen the program positively impact women farmers such as Cecilia, Rita, Jayna and Marisol, who grow grains to make our Special K® cereals and snacks.
In Europe, we partnered with Marisol, a rice farmer in Spain’s Delta Del Ebro region, to leverage natural agronomic practices to help recover and protect the soil where she grows the rice for Special K® cereal. Through this program, participants have seen annual yields increase by approximately eight percent, which also drove an increase in income and efficiency.
In Latin America, we provided on-site soil health and financial training, as well as recommended best practices in sustainable agriculture to women farmers such as Cecilia in Bolivia, who grow the quinoa used to make delicious Special K® Nourish foods. Through that program, we have impacted more than 600 families in the region.
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[1] FAO, 2014 State of Food and Agriculture. http://www.fao.org; http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/economic-empowerment/facts-and-figures
[2] USDA 2012 Census of Agriculture
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Marching on: Researchers are working to bring scientific advances to the growers of Asia who produce most of the world’s rice, and Africa, where production is increasing.
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International Temperate Rice Conference: Aussie role on rise
EMMA FIELD, The Weekly Times
March 7, 2017 6:00pm
AUSTRALIA’S rice farmers make up a small fraction of the world’s 144 million rice producers, but they can still play an important role in the industry’s global development.
That’s according to Australian scientist Matthew Morell, who heads up the Philippines-based International Rice Res¬earch Institute.
Dr Morell was a keynote speaker at the International Temperate Rice Conference in Griffith, NSW this week.
The IRRI is an independent research and education agency dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger through rice research, improving the health and welfare of rice farmers and tackling future climate issues.
Dr Morell said the increasing population was putting pressure on the availability of land and labour and access to water and fertiliser.
“We are going to have to produce 25 per cent more rice from less inputs by about 2040,” he said.
“We have 20 years to change the way rice and cereal are produced. We are also looking at technology and ways of breeding rice to meet challenges of climate change.”
About 90 per cent of the world’s rice farmers are in Asia and another 2-3 per cent in Africa.
Temperate-zone rice is grown in cool regions such as Australia, the Americas and Europe, while tropical rice, which is the most common, is grown mostly in Asia.
Australia’s small pool of farmers produce about 1 million tonnes of the 700 million tonnes grown globally.
Dr Morell said there was much the temperate-zone rice community could do for the millions of tropical region growers, who were among the poorest farmers and populations in the world.
“We would like those people who are poor farmers to be able to access all the technology and knowledge that’s produced in more affluent rice producing countries,” Dr ¬Morell said.
“We are trying to work with temperate rice communities and bring some of that technology and opportunity to the poorer farmers in the disadvantage areas in Asia but also Africa.”
He said in Africa rice production was growing and replacing the more commonly eaten root crops, cassava and also corn.
“There is a big opportunity from a development perspective to make countries in Africa self-sufficient, and a lot of this will be from temperate rice production.”
Australia is a donor to the IRRI via the Australian Centre for international Agricultural Research, which is the Australian Government’s agricultural research for development agency.
The IRRI is also seeking scientific collaborations with Australian research agencies, universities and businesses to “ensure science technology, research and knowledge is shared for mutual benefit”.
“There is a long tradition between Australia and international organisations like ours. I’m confident that this will continue,” Dr Morrell said.
The former CSIRO scientist said he felt an enormous obligation working at the IRRI, because on any given day about half of the 3.5 billion people who ate rice worldwide would eat a variety bred by the development agency he led.
“I love it and I keep saying there has never been a better time to be in agriculture. The world really needs agriculture. People still need to eat,” he said
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Rice field day at Jerilderie
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MARCH 08, 2017
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The 2017 Rice Industry Field Day will bring together close to 400 growers, industry representatives and researchers at ‘Old Coree’ near Jerilderie tomorrow.
They will showcase the latest in rice research and development as part of the International Temperate Rice Conference (ITRC).
Organised by the Rice Extension team, the Rice Industry Field Day is an opportunity to see the latest rice research and development in action and learn how it can be applied on farm, as well as explore agricultural trends and share new perspectives.
Funded by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC), Rice Extension connects growers to research, the latest technologies and best management practice in the rice industry.
RIRDC program manager Michael Beer said the field day brings the RIRDC Rice Program to life, highlighting the importance of research and development investment.
‘‘The rice program aims to improve the productivity and sustainability of the Australian rice industry and is delivering significant outcomes for industry and stakeholders,’’ he said.
‘‘Of particular note is our recent evaluation of the rice program which found investment in research, development and extension delivered a cost-benefit ratio lying between 6.6 and 7.6 - an impressive result for any industry.’’
The field day program includes speaker sessions from SunRice and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and the choice of attending either a field site walking tour or business and innovation session at the Old Coree homestead.
Rice Extension coordinator Gae Plunkett said the field day program further cements the ITRC theme, ‘Tradition, Technology, Productivity – A Balancing Act’.
‘‘For growers, the field day is a fantastic opportunity to discuss the latest issues and trends in rice growing, as well as network with growers, industry professionals and researchers on a local and international level,’’ Ms Plunkett said.
‘‘We are expecting strong interest from local industry and growers, particularly in the practical sessions focused on improving on farm production and profit.
‘‘The business and innovation session is an exciting and thought provoking addition to the program that will explore new trends and challenge traditional thinking when it comes to agricultural business practices.’’
The 2017 Rice Industry Field Day is a free event starting from 9am. ‘Old Coree’ is located on the Conargo Rd, 18.5km west of Jerilderie
http://www.sheppnews.com.au/regional/2017/03/08/77684/rice-field-day-at-jerilderie No order for Pakistani non-basmati rice in Gulfood exhibition
Last Updated On 08 March,2017 10:34 am
Pakistan's rice exporters participated in Gulfood Exhibition in Dubai.
DUBAI (Roznama Dunya) - Pakistani non-basmati rice has failed in swamping Gulf food market as price of Indian, Vietnamese, and Thai rice is relatively lower.
According to details, Pakistan’s rice exporters participated in Dubai’s ‘Gulfood Exhibition’ but did not succeed in getting a single order for non-basmati rice.
"We are unable to compete Indian, Vietnamese, and Thai rice as their price is relatively lower when compared with Pakistani rice," narrated Rice Export Association of Pakistan Chairman Mahmood Baqi.
Baqi urged federal government for emergency measures to slash production cost at earliest.
Export orders will be acquired only when price of our product is lower than same product of other countries. Pakistan’s second largest export sector would face serious threats if government does not take timely steps, articulated Baqi
http://dunyanews.tv/en/Business/378097-No-order-for-Pakistani-nonbasmati-rice-in-Gulfood
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Rice field day at Jerilderie
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MARCH 08, 2017
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The 2017 Rice Industry Field Day will bring together close to 400 growers, industry representatives and researchers at ‘Old Coree’ near Jerilderie tomorrow.
They will showcase the latest in rice research and development as part of the International Temperate Rice Conference (ITRC).
Organised by the Rice Extension team, the Rice Industry Field Day is an opportunity to see the latest rice research and development in action and learn how it can be applied on farm, as well as explore agricultural trends and share new perspectives.
Funded by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC), Rice Extension connects growers to research, the latest technologies and best management practice in the rice industry.
RIRDC program manager Michael Beer said the field day brings the RIRDC Rice Program to life, highlighting the importance of research and development investment.
‘‘The rice program aims to improve the productivity and sustainability of the Australian rice industry and is delivering significant outcomes for industry and stakeholders,’’ he said.
‘‘Of particular note is our recent evaluation of the rice program which found investment in research, development and extension delivered a cost-benefit ratio lying between 6.6 and 7.6 - an impressive result for any industry.’’
The field day program includes speaker sessions from SunRice and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and the choice of attending either a field site walking tour or business and innovation session at the Old Coree homestead.
Rice Extension coordinator Gae Plunkett said the field day program further cements the ITRC theme, ‘Tradition, Technology, Productivity – A Balancing Act’.
‘‘For growers, the field day is a fantastic opportunity to discuss the latest issues and trends in rice growing, as well as network with growers, industry professionals and researchers on a local and international level,’’ Ms Plunkett said.
‘‘We are expecting strong interest from local industry and growers, particularly in the practical sessions focused on improving on farm production and profit.
‘‘The business and innovation session is an exciting and thought provoking addition to the program that will explore new trends and challenge traditional thinking when it comes to agricultural business practices.’’
The 2017 Rice Industry Field Day is a free event starting from 9am. ‘Old Coree’ is located on the Conargo Rd, 18.5km west of Jerilderie.
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MARCH 08, 2017
http://www.sheppnews.com.au/regional/2017/03/08/77684/rice-field-day-at-jerilderie
NFA estimates rice import requirement at 800,000 MT
Posted on March 09, 2017
THE National Food Authority (NFA)is looking to import around 800,000 metric tons (MT) of rice this year under a government-to-government arrangement to cover the lean months in the third quarter.
Workers unload sacks of rice at a warehouse of the National Food Authority. -- AFP
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Citing “critical” stock levels of the staple grain in government warehouses, NFA Administrator Jason Laureano Y. Aquino said that, as of March 8, inventory in government warehouses was 400,000 MT, good for about 13 days. Stocks have thus fallen below the 15-day buffer stock the agency is mandated to maintain.
“If we are to maintain a 30-day buffer, more or less we will need 800,000 metric tons,” he said in Filipino. Asked if that quantity will be satisfied by imports, he said “Yes, so we can satisfy the 30-day buffer stock.”
“Other regions and provinces are at critical supple levels,” he added. “Some places will have very tight supply by April and May,” Mr. Aquino said in a Wednesday news conference at the agency’s headquarters in Quezon City. He was citing reports from NFA regional directors across the country.
“By end of June, the NFA’s buffer stock will be short three days. That’s why we are pushing for the approval of the 250,000 MT importation... We need to utilize by June this year the remaining standby volume to cover the gap in our 15-day buffer stock requirement,” he added.
However, as the July to September period covers the lean months during which the state-run agency is required to maintain a 30-day buffer stock, Mr. Aquino said that this may translate to an 800,000 MT requirement, making more imports necessary beyond the approved standby authority.
Asked if Mr. Aquino will propose the importation of the 800,000 MT volume to the NFA Council, he replied in the positive, adding that the arrival of a portion of these imports, specifically the remaining 250,000 MT standby authority, is intended for before the lean months start.
In a text message yesterday, NFA Spokesperson Marietta J. Ablaza said that the 250,000 MT of rice is proposed to arrive April or May “to have ample time to position the stocks before onset of lean supply months.”
Last year, the inter-agency NFA Council approved the importation of 500,000 MT of rice under a government-to-government scheme, giving the agency standby authority in preparation for last year’s El Niño.
Of this total, only 250,000 MT has been activated with the top exporting countries, Vietnam and Thailand, clinching the bid.
The remaining portion, however, has not been shipped due to sufficient stocks of rice in both government and private warehouses when the dry spell proved to be less severe than expected.
As early as December, NFA proposed the importation of the 250,000 MT, citing an expected shortfall in rice production due to typhoons Karen, Lawin, and Nina which hit the country last quarter.
The NFA Council did not approve the proposal amid the lack of endorsement by the inter-agency National Food Security Committee chaired by the National Economic Development Authority, which recommends to the council whether the country will need to import, based on rice inventory data. -- Janina C. Lim
NFA estimates rice import requirement at 800,000 MT
Posted on March 09, 2017
THE National Food Authority (NFA)is looking to import around 800,000 metric tons (MT) of rice this year under a government-to-government arrangement to cover the lean months in the third quarter.
Workers unload sacks of rice at a warehouse of the National Food Authority. -- AFP
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Citing “critical” stock levels of the staple grain in government warehouses, NFA Administrator Jason Laureano Y. Aquino said that, as of March 8, inventory in government warehouses was 400,000 MT, good for about 13 days. Stocks have thus fallen below the 15-day buffer stock the agency is mandated to maintain.
“If we are to maintain a 30-day buffer, more or less we will need 800,000 metric tons,” he said in Filipino. Asked if that quantity will be satisfied by imports, he said “Yes, so we can satisfy the 30-day buffer stock.”
“Other regions and provinces are at critical supple levels,” he added. “Some places will have very tight supply by April and May,” Mr. Aquino said in a Wednesday news conference at the agency’s headquarters in Quezon City. He was citing reports from NFA regional directors across the country.
“By end of June, the NFA’s buffer stock will be short three days. That’s why we are pushing for the approval of the 250,000 MT importation... We need to utilize by June this year the remaining standby volume to cover the gap in our 15-day buffer stock requirement,” he added.
However, as the July to September period covers the lean months during which the state-run agency is required to maintain a 30-day buffer stock, Mr. Aquino said that this may translate to an 800,000 MT requirement, making more imports necessary beyond the approved standby authority.
Asked if Mr. Aquino will propose the importation of the 800,000 MT volume to the NFA Council, he replied in the positive, adding that the arrival of a portion of these imports, specifically the remaining 250,000 MT standby authority, is intended for before the lean months start.
In a text message yesterday, NFA Spokesperson Marietta J. Ablaza said that the 250,000 MT of rice is proposed to arrive April or May “to have ample time to position the stocks before onset of lean supply months.”
Last year, the inter-agency NFA Council approved the importation of 500,000 MT of rice under a government-to-government scheme, giving the agency standby authority in preparation for last year’s El Niño.
Of this total, only 250,000 MT has been activated with the top exporting countries, Vietnam and Thailand, clinching the bid.
The remaining portion, however, has not been shipped due to sufficient stocks of rice in both government and private warehouses when the dry spell proved to be less severe than expected.
As early as December, NFA proposed the importation of the 250,000 MT, citing an expected shortfall in rice production due to typhoons Karen, Lawin, and Nina which hit the country last quarter.
The NFA Council did not approve the proposal amid the lack of endorsement by the inter-agency National Food Security Committee chaired by the National Economic Development Authority, which recommends to the council whether the country will need to import, based on rice inventory data. -- Janina C. Lim
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No more private sector rice imports, NFA head insists
By: Ronnel W. Domingo - @inquirerdotnet
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 12:20 AM March 09, 2017
Leoncio Evasco Jr. MALACANANG PHOTO
The National Food Authority (NFA) is holding its ground on not allowing more private-sector imports to arrive, in defiance of its governing body’s decision, and instead wants clearance for the government importation of 250,000 tons.
The NFA insists that the deadline of Feb. 28 stands although the NFA Council, chaired by Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr., maintains that this was extended to March 31.
NFA Administrator Jason Laureano Y. Aquino said Wednesday that no more shipments procured through the minimum access volume (MAV) mechanism of the World Trade Organization (WTO) should be accepted because local farmers had started harvesting this year’s first crop.
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Data from the NFA showed that 211 farmer cooperatives and private businessmen applied for the importation of a total of 692,340 metric tons of rice through the MAV.
Aquino warned that additional inbound cargoes would push down prices to the detriment of farmers.
According to Raul Montemayor, business manager of the Federation of Free Farmers Cooperative, farmgate prices of palay in Nueva Ecija had gone down by as much as P2 a kilo on reports that more MAV shipments were being allowed.
Aquino said the NFA Council made the decision to extend the deadline for the arrival of shipments during a meeting when he was not present. He also said the resolution on the extension was disseminated “on a weekend.” Last Monday, Aquino said a majority of the council approved the extension “in a supposed meeting held on Feb. 27.”
The NFA administrator serves as vice chair of the council. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor is a member of the council, along with the secretaries of finance, trade and economic planning as well as the chair of the Development Bank of the Philippines, president of the Land Bank of the Philippines and a representative of farmers.
“Later this afternoon (Wednesday), the council will be convening and we will iron out everything (but) as far as the NFA is concerned, there is no extension,” Aquino said.
In a separate statement last Monday, Evasco said the NFA’s insistence on an earlier deadline for the arrival of MAV imports meant that the food agency wanted to do the importation itself.
“It creates serious doubt on the part of the NFA Council when some of the NFA’s executives have been insisting on G2G [government-to-government] procurement despite lack of recommendation to import from the National Food Security Committee,” Evasco said.
The Cabinet secretary vowed to hold NFA officials liable for “making a cash cow out of government-led importations.” The NFA itself imports milled rice through G2G contracts, but has the authority to issue permits for private importation.
“I will propose to the [NFA] Council the creation of a special committee to investigate the culprits of this flagrant corruption to the detriment of the country’s food security,” said Evasco, who is the council’s chair.
“It has come to the council’s attention that [NFA deputy administrator Ludovico] Jarina and Aquino have been holding closed-door meetings even prior to Aquino’s appointment as NFA administrator (last January),” Evasco said.
Evasco’s office also provided reporters a copy of Aquino’s letter to Vietnam’s ambassador to the Philippines dated March 3, informing the latter that the Philippine government would open a state-to-state importation this month to shore up its buffer stock. Evasco said this letter was sent to the Vietnamese embassy “behind the council’s back.
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PH launches agricultural guide map to double rice output
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The government on Tuesday launched a comprehensive color-coded agricultural guide (CCAG) map that can pave the way for doubling rice production to ensure food security in the country.
“We expect rice production to double because of this map. If you are talking of 100-percent growth in rice production, just imagine how huge (its impact on agricultural growth),” Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol told reporters.
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Piñol said the map indicated there were six to seven million hectares of rice farms in the country, while only 3.9 million hectares of which were actually devoted to rice farming.
He said the color-coded agricultural guide map guided over 12 million farmers about the most suitable crops they could plant in their provinces and regions. They can then select the right crop that can produce a substantial income.
The map identifies the agricultural areas that are naturally suitable for 20 crops. It can be used as guide in investment planning, research and development, infrastructure and disaster management.
“It will also guide investors and big businessmen who would like to invest in agriculture,” he added.
Piñol said the government spent Php36 million to roll out the CCAG map under the DA’s project Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (AMIA).
“The data here is not constant because the soil fertility changes. We will have new hazards and risks because of climate change. So this is a work in progress, we will continue to improve (this) and through the years, hopefully, we will be able to add more data,” he said.
Piñol is mulling to set up information centers and kiosks especially for barangays to make the CCAG map accessible to more farmers.
For his part, Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano said the AMIA would help the country adapt to climate change.
He stressed that the agriculture sector was the first one to be affected by climate change.
AMIA works hand-in-hand with the International Plant Nutrition Institute to adopt and enhance the tool called Nutrient Expert to assist farmers attain the best yields and income despite climate and disaster risks.
“This of course is not magic. The farmer still has to be proficient,” Serrano added.
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China Vows Self-Sufficiency in Rice, Aims to Cut Corn Glut
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China, the world’s second-largest producer and consumer of corn, will continue to reduce corn stockpiles and acreage this year as part of agriculture reforms that also include seeking self-sufficiency in rice and wheat.
Falling domestic corn prices after the government ended its price-support system last year should lead farmers to reduce acreage this year, Agriculture Minister Han Changfu said at a press conference on the sidelines of the annual National People’s Congress in Beijing. The reform has spurred market demand and led to the restarting of corn processors which were previously halted, he said.
China needs to find new ways to reduce its corn stockpiles as annual production and consumption is relatively balanced, Chen Xiwen, former deputy director with the Central Rural Work Leading Group, said Monday, forecasting reserves at 230 million tons. Options include expanding fuel ethanol and corn sweetener production and using more of the grain to make film for greenhouses, he said. China’s government has previously announced plans to reduce corn planting and some provinces are subsidizing processing to boost consumption of domestic grain.
“What we are lacking now is good quality and ‘green’ farm products,” Han said. Despite a slight decrease in total grain production last year, China still aims to stabilize the area planted to rice and wheat and ensure “absolute” self-sufficiency in the staple grains, including increasing subsidies in major producing regions, he said.
The ministry will also tackle agriculture pollution by reducing use of fertilizer and pesticides and asking large-scale livestock farms to treat animal waste within five years, Han said.
Given that genetically-modified technology has the potential to reduce the use of fertilizer and pesticides while boosting yields, China will continue to push the technology in the production of feed grains, Zhang Taolin, vice agriculture minister, said at Monday’s briefing. The country will maintain caution on using the technology in staple food production.
China is the world’s biggest soybean importer and buys from the U.S., Brazil and Argentina, which grow genetically-modified soy.
Source: Bloomberg
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Philippines' Food Security Agency Plans to Import 250,000T Rice Sooni
Manila. The Philippines' food security agency said on Tuesday (07/03) it was looking to import 250,000 tonnes of rice as soon as possible via a government-to-government deal with any of its traditional suppliers such as Vietnam and Thailand.
The volume will augment rice imports of around 543,000 tonnes shipped in by private traders between December and February, and help boost state buffer stock ahead of the country's lean harvest season beginning in July, it said.
The National Food Authority (NFA) has informed Vietnam of its import plan via a letter to its embassy in Manila, it said in a statement.
Major rice suppliers, Vietnam and Thailand, are keeping an eye on any fresh demand from the Philippines, one of the world's biggest buyers, but the NFA has yet to decide when to issue a tender for its import requirement.
The timing remains uncertain as the NFA Council, a panel comprising the country's economic managers, still has to approve the terms of reference.
The planned purchase is part of the 500,000-tonne import volume the NFA Council approved last year. The NFA had bought only 250,000 tonnes -- 150,000 tonnes from Vietnam and 100,000 tonnes from Thailand.
"We need the additional 250,000 tonnes for our buffer stock," NFA spokeswoman Marietta Ablaza told Reuters. "We are running out of time."
Ablaza could not say if the NFA has formally informed Thailand of its import plan
http://jakartaglobe.id/international/philippines-food-security-agency-plans-import-250000t-rice-soon/Resilience of rice put to the test
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8 Mar 2017, noon
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Rice Growers Association chairman Jeremy Morton in a paddock of rice at Wakool in November last year.
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With 100 per cent water allocations in the Riverina and plenty of hot weather for pannicle initiation, forecasts for the 2017 rice harvest in this part of Australia are on target to reach 800,000 tonnes.
Tom Howard from SunRice, said that in spite of the tough start to the season due to cold weather and a record wet winter, rice has demonstrated its resilience to be a valuable crop in almost all growing conditions. “The hot weather in late January and early February demonstrated rice’s ability to withstand almost every weather variation and highlighted growers skills who have had possibly the most demanding conditions ever”.
Leeton’s Guiseppe Napoli, pictured on our cover with children Max,6, and Lucie, 2, has four varieties on 175 hectares this season and is delighted with YRM70’s progress. “It was sown on December 7 and has made up around four weeks growth when compared to Reizeiq sown on October 23. This variety has great potential as it was sown only two days after harvesting barley so double cropping is now a possibility. Water is cheap and prices are OK”.
Rice Growers Association chairman Jeremy Morton from Moulamein is growing Reizeiq, Koshihikari and the unnamed, short growing season YKM5 on 200 hectares. “I direct drilled the YKM5 on December 9 and, with this variety, everything happens in a hurry. It has had permanent water on for only 60 days and, even though it is quite a tall plant, it is doing really well and is the height of the earlier-sown varieties.”
Rice has been grown in northern NSW for more than a decade with the main variety a medium grain especially suited to dryland conditions. Steve Rogers, rice consultant from Northern Rivers, said that the vast majority of crops sown this season are Tachiminori which grows aerobically.
“This season has been a little tougher for the 25 growers which have 700 hectares in as only 260ml of rain has fallen this year which is 60 per cent of what would usually have fallen by now. However, the rice is still growing well showing the possibilities of growing with less water than thought”, Mr Rogers said
Resilience of rice put to the test
pennie scott
8 Mar 2017, noon
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Rice Growers Association chairman Jeremy Morton in a paddock of rice at Wakool in November last year.
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With 100 per cent water allocations in the Riverina and plenty of hot weather for pannicle initiation, forecasts for the 2017 rice harvest in this part of Australia are on target to reach 800,000 tonnes.
Tom Howard from SunRice, said that in spite of the tough start to the season due to cold weather and a record wet winter, rice has demonstrated its resilience to be a valuable crop in almost all growing conditions. “The hot weather in late January and early February demonstrated rice’s ability to withstand almost every weather variation and highlighted growers skills who have had possibly the most demanding conditions ever”.
Leeton’s Guiseppe Napoli, pictured on our cover with children Max,6, and Lucie, 2, has four varieties on 175 hectares this season and is delighted with YRM70’s progress. “It was sown on December 7 and has made up around four weeks growth when compared to Reizeiq sown on October 23. This variety has great potential as it was sown only two days after harvesting barley so double cropping is now a possibility. Water is cheap and prices are OK”.
Rice Growers Association chairman Jeremy Morton from Moulamein is growing Reizeiq, Koshihikari and the unnamed, short growing season YKM5 on 200 hectares. “I direct drilled the YKM5 on December 9 and, with this variety, everything happens in a hurry. It has had permanent water on for only 60 days and, even though it is quite a tall plant, it is doing really well and is the height of the earlier-sown varieties.”
Rice has been grown in northern NSW for more than a decade with the main variety a medium grain especially suited to dryland conditions. Steve Rogers, rice consultant from Northern Rivers, said that the vast majority of crops sown this season are Tachiminori which grows aerobically.
“This season has been a little tougher for the 25 growers which have 700 hectares in as only 260ml of rain has fallen this year which is 60 per cent of what would usually have fallen by now. However, the rice is still growing well showing the possibilities of growing with less water than thought”, Mr Rogers said
http://www.theland.com.au/story/4512242/rices-resilience-proven/
IFC Supports Loc Troi Group to Scale up Sustainable Rice Production in Vietnam
In Hanoi, Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh City, March 8, 2017—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is supporting the Loc Troi Group to roll out sustainable agricultural standards and practices throughout its rice-production value chain in the Mekong Delta. Improving rice production will help Vietnam’s agri-sector expand its global market share, increase profitability sustainably, and improve farmer livelihoods.
IFC and the Loc Troi Group, a leading provider of agricultural services and products in Vietnam, introduced the project to local stakeholders today in Ho Chi Minh City. IFC will work with the Loc Troi Group over the next two years to help it conform to agricultural standards and practices developed by the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP), a multi-stakeholder partnership to promote resource efficiency and sustainability, both on-farm and throughout the rice value-chain.
“This new and unique partnership will help provide better returns to shareholders and create brighter futures for farmers,” said Huynh Van Thon, Chairman, Loc Troi Group. “This will be of huge benefit to us as we go about building a specific rice brand with high quality and competitiveness in international markets.”
About 4,000 farmers will learn about new farming practices that will help them grow high-quality, high-yielding, and sustainable rice. The project will be implemented first as a pilot and subsequently scaled up. IFC is partnering with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), which will provide technical support to Loc Troi and the farmers within its supply chain.
The Loc Troi Group pioneered the building up of the rice-production value-chain model in Vietnam and has around 25,000 farmer households in its fold. The group is looking to manage a sustainable rice supply-chain in the Mekong Delta, which is known as the "rice bowl" of Vietnam.
The project is being supported by the Government of Canada. "We are very pleased to support IFC's efforts to improve Vietnam’s agricultural competitiveness while applying climate-smart practices,” said H.E. Mr. Richard Bale, Consul General of Canada to Vietnam. “We believe the private sector has an important role to play in promoting sustainable and inclusive economic growth through initiatives such as this one, which will benefit thousands of farmers, both women and men, across the Mekong Delta.”
This new initiative is in line with Vietnam’s recent Agricultural Restructuring Plan (ARP), an ambitious move to enhance the sector’s competitiveness and better position it to respond to international market opportunities. Despite being a leading rice exporter, Vietnam faces competition in price and quality from market players such as Thailand, India, Pakistan, and emerging countries like Cambodia and Myanmar.
“IFC and the Loc Troi Group share a common interest in linking up Vietnamese rice farmers to the global supply chain to capture the industry’s full potential,” said Kyle Kelhofer, IFC Country Manager for Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao PDR. “This partnership will create opportunities for farmers through sustainable farming, improving their productivity and quality of life.”
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Loc Troi Group, established in 1993 and formerly known as An Giang Plant Protection Joint Stock Company, is a leading provider of agricultural products and services in Vietnam. It has been a successful pioneer in building value chain models for sustainable rice production, focusing on developing and sharing value across the supply chain, especially among farmers. More than 1,300 engineers of its field force have established close links with 25,000 farmers to help reorganize production and provide seeds and agricultural inputs for about 60,000 hectares of large scaled rice fields. It has five processing plants equipped with advanced technology which provide various varieties of high quality, traceable rice products for domestic and international markets. For more information, visit www.loctroi.vn and http://www.facebook.com/loctroiag
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Laos to reduce dry season rice target
March 8, 2017 14:32
VIENTIANE, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has set this year's target for dry season rice production lower after the country's rice farmers failed to meet last year's estimate.
Last season, the Department of Agriculture under the ministry encouraged farmers around the country to grow 126,000 hectares of rice but they were only able to plant 98,000 hectares, local daily Vientiane Times quoted the department's report as saying on Wednesday.
This dry season, the department has set a target to grow 95,000 hectares but until now has only planted about 90,000 hectares or 95 percent of the planned output.
Large numbers of rice farmers, especially those in the northern parts of the country, have shifted to growing small commercial crops which leads to better profits and requires less water.
The challenge for the agriculture and forestry sector now is to have rice production reach its target of 4.3 million tons this fiscal year.
In an attempt to increase productivity, agricultural authorities have urged farmers to use modern technology and good seed varieties.
The Lao government has also urged farmers to produce quality rice for domestic supply and export only after surplus consumption
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Sri Lanka's North-Eastern rice farmers badly hit by drought
Mar 08, 2017 11:10 AM GMT+0530 | 0 Comment(s)
ECONOMYNEXT - Rice farmers in Sri Lanka's North and East have been worst hit by an ongoing drought, with Jaffna district where almost all rice cultivation is rain fed, where almost of all the crop is facing total destruction, official data shows.
In the Northern Jaffna district where 10,400 hectares of rice rainfed rice was cultivated almost 99 percent was fully or partially destroyed by drought, during the ongoing Maha or main cultivation season, Department of Agriculture data shows.
About 50 percent, 5,233 hectares were totally damaged in Jaffna, 2,288 hectares were 75 percent damaged, 1,872 were 75 percent damaged and 947 were 25 percent damaged.
Jaffna has no major irrigation schemes, and other crops are mostly cultivated with groundwater. The region is legendary in Sri Lanka's culture for hardworking farmers who complain little.
Both the North and East was under a 30-year war until 2009, when the Sri Lanka government started to re-build irrigation facilities.
In Batticaloa in the Eastern province where 64,416 hectares of rice was sown, 41,446 or 64 percent was hit by drought with 17,939 hectares fully destroyed.
In Trincomalee where 34,796 hectares were sown, 20,000 or 57 percent was fully damaged.
In Mulativu in the East, 53 percent of the planted area was hit and in Mannar in the north west 40 percent was hit.
In Amparai also in the Eastern province, the top rice producing district outside of Mahaweli river valley areas, 74,836 hectares were sown, 18,267 or 24 percent was damaged, with 13,925 hectares fully damaged.
In Kilinochchi in the northern province, where 23,438 hectares were sown, 36 percent or8,470 hectares was drought hit with 1,000 fully destroyed already.
In Kurunegala another top rice producing area 42,740 hectares (51 percent of the usual) was sown and 14,452 or 34 was partially destroyed.
As at February 2017, rice farmers have sown 535,192 hectares in the current Maha season or 66 percent of the potential extent and 137,017 hectares were stricken with drought.
The government has promised 10,000 rupees an acre of compensation for farmers for rice and other crops.
Farmers are expected to lose 435,390 metric tonnes from damaged areas and another 110,327 tonnes from other fields in drought hit districts totalling 545,717 metric tonnes of rice paddy.
Sri Lanka is expected produce 1.33 million metric tonnes of paddy this season down from 2.9 million tonnes last year.
Sri Lanka was hit by a crushing drought last year with both monsoons failing due a cooler temperatures in the Western Indian Ocean which reduced precipitation in South Asia, a weather phenomenon known as an Indian Ocean Dipole negative event.
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Ritter Grain Operations in Marked Tree Sold to Poinsett Rice & Grain
by Gwen Moritz on Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2017 12:06 pm
Ritter Agribusiness of Marked Tree is exiting the grain services business, having sold its grain operations in Marked Tree to Poinsett Rice & Grain Inc.
The sale, which was completed Friday, was announced Tuesday by Kevin Wright, president of Ritter Agribusiness, and Ryan Carwell, vice president of Poinsett Rice & Grain.
Poinsett Rice & Grain, founded in the Poinsett County town of Waldenburg in 1988, acquired 20 employees along with the facility at Marked Tree. Wright said business will continue as before: buying rice, soybeans, wheat and corn from farmers; drying the rice; storing the grains; and selling the grains for the export market.
Four more Ritter's Grain Services employees will continue working at a leased facility in Otwell (Craighead County) until the end of March, when the lease will expire. Wright said the company would help those employees find new jobs.
Ritter Agribusiness will remain headquartered in Marked Tree and will continue its other businesses: managing 32,000 acres of company-owned farmland in the Delta and managing 16,000 acres of farmland for other owners. Ritter Agribusiness is also a partner in a cotton gin and warehouse operation.
“Delta farming is part of who we are and it is deeply embedded in our company history,” Wright said in a news release. “We remain committed to the agriculture industry and to the Marked Tree community. We’re excited about the opportunities that lie ahead.”
With the Marked Tree addition, Poinsett Rice & Grain owns and operates six storage facilities as well as a river port and a brown rice mill.
“We are pleased to have the opportunity to continue to grow our business as we serve Northeast Arkansas farmers and Arkansas agriculture as a whole,” Carwell said. “The acquisition of the Marked Tree facility gives our customers another marketing option that will prove beneficial to their businesses. It’s a win-win situation for all involved.”
Ritter Agribusiness is a subsidiary of E. Ritter & Co. of Marked Tree, which ranked 49th on Arkansas Business' most recent list of the state's largest private companies with 2015 revenue of $189.9 million
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No order for Pakistani non-basmati rice in Gulfood exhibition
Last Updated On 08 March,2017 10:34 am
Pakistan's rice exporters participated in Gulfood Exhibition in Dubai.
DUBAI (Roznama Dunya) - Pakistani non-basmati rice has failed in swamping Gulf food market as price of Indian, Vietnamese, and Thai rice is relatively lower.
According to details, Pakistan’s rice exporters participated in Dubai’s ‘Gulfood Exhibition’ but did not succeed in getting a single order for non-basmati rice.
"We are unable to compete Indian, Vietnamese, and Thai rice as their price is relatively lower when compared with Pakistani rice," narrated Rice Export Association of Pakistan Chairman Mahmood Baqi.
Baqi urged federal government for emergency measures to slash production cost at earliest.
Export orders will be acquired only when price of our product is lower than same product of other countries. Pakistan’s second largest export sector would face serious threats if government does not take timely steps, articulated Baq
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Industrial grain first up for auction
• 8 Mar 2017 at 08:52 2,534 viewed0 comments
• NEWSPAPER SECTION: BUSINESS | WRITER: PHUSADEE ARUNMAS
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The government is calling the first auction for 3.66 million tonnes of grain unfit for human consumption.
Interested bidders will be invited to hear the terms of reference on Friday and submit their bidding prices on March 23.
According to Duangporn Rodphaya, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, the state rice stocks to be sold for industrial use cover 17 types of poor-quality grains including hom mali fragrant rice, white rice, glutinous rice and broken rice stored across 278 state warehouses in 39 provinces.
Mrs Duangporn said the state officials have pledged to come up with strict controls for poor-quality rice auctions to keep the grains separated from the normal rice market.
According to Mrs Duangporn, the government is also scheduled to announce the terms of reference for the auction of 1 million tonnes of decaying rice stored over five years for ethanol production by April.
In a related development, Mrs Duangporn said yesterday the national rice policy committee yesterday approved the Commerce Ministry's proposal to sell 1.35 million tonnes of rice from 127 state warehouses in the first general auction of state rice stocks in 2017 to 41 qualified buyers and fetch 13.20 billion baht in total.
The Foreign Trade Department announced on Jan 10 a call for the first general auction for the remaining 2.87 million tonnes fit for human consumption.
Interested bidders were allowed to inspect the rice stocks during Feb 6-10.
Qualified bidders were scheduled to submit their bids on Feb 16, with the names of the winners announced on the same day.
But the department on Feb 14 ordered the auction of 4,784 tonnes of hom mali rice at warehouses in Nakhon Sawan to be scrapped, as requested by the Public Warehouse Organisation.
According to Mrs Duangporn, the department will officially inform the winning bidders to sign rice deals with the state-run Public Warehouse Organisation and the Marketing Organisation for Farmers over the next 15 working days.
Since the May 2014 coup, 10.1 million tonnes of rice have been sold via 24 auctions, fetching 104 billion baht.
State-held rice stocks have fallen about 6.5 million tonnes from the 18.7 million tonnes accumulated during 2011-14.
This year, the government expects to be able to export not fewer than 9.5 million tonnes, slightly below last year's figures.
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In many
areas, the rice crops are around two months old and due for harvest at the end
of April, he added.Irrigation officials have repeatedly warned farmers of an
impending drought and a water shortage in many parts of the country.The RID
also urged farmers to switch to growing drought-resistant crops.In Ayutthaya
alone, more than 570,000 rai of off-season rice crops have been grown. However,
the province has enough water to feed 340,000 rai of the rice, Mr Bowdaeng
said.The water shortage would adversely affect agricultural production and
selling prices, he said.The water scarcity will also undermine the provincial
water management plan as farmers will be desperate in looking for water sources
to be diverted to their farmland for use, possibly leading to water conflict.