Rival Maps of India and Pakistan
August 27, 2017
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Pakistan and India are such quarrelsome twins that they don't
even agree on their birthday. Both countries were born from British India, but
Pakistan celebrates 14 August 1947 as its independence day; for India, it's 15
August.
In either case, that's just over 70 years ago. The conjoined
anniversaries earlier this month were marked by a lot of media attention, focusing
mainly on how the joy of independence remains indelibly mixed with the trauma
of separation.
But there are many other stories to be told about this vast
subcontinent. Here are two sets of maps that provide a different angle on the
two nations, celebrating instead life's rich pageant through two categories for
which the region is rightly famous – textiles and food.
In western media, the map of Pakistan is used mainly for three
things: to highlight Taliban activity in the frontier zone with Afghanistan, to
illustrate tensions over the disputed border with India, or to locate a
terrorist attack in one of the country's big cities.
It's as if the shape of the country itself can be the harbinger
of nothing but misery and death (1). Well, here's a long-overdue
corrective: a map of Pakistan showing the rich diversity of its regional
textiles.
Only colour and beauty here, from the traditional Ralli quilts
made in southern Balochistan over the eye-catching Phulkari - embroidered
shawls and head scarfs – from Punjab to the Dandi Taanka embroidery of Kashmir
in the north, and much in between.
But even the non-political act of weaving fabric is not immune
to subcontinental rivalry. As it turns out, this textile map of Pakistan is the
twin of a similar map of India, plotted on the same principle: showing the
richness of textile variation throughout the country. Only, in India's case,
the mapmaker has made the effort to zoom in on each state's particular kind of
fabric.
Muga silk, for example is produced only in the eastern Indian
state of Assam, and is known as the 'golden fibre' – the lustre of its
naturally yellow-gold tint increasing with every wash. Bandhani is a
tie-dye textile made by the Khatri community of Gujarat, and is characterised
by white dots forming patterns on yellow, red, blue, green and black background
colours. Kasavu refers to the off-white and gold saree worn by women of
the Malayali community in Kerala on the occasion of Onam, an annual summer
harvest festival.
According to Hindu mythology, the Chanderi, the traditional
saree of Madhya Pradesh, was first introduced by Lord Krishna's cousin
Shishupal. As in Pakistani Punjab, the Indian part of Punjab is know for
the Phulkari, the embroidery of floral motifs on fabric.
The rich variation of this map brought to mind a similar one
sent in earlier, detailing the regional origins of the cornucopia of India's
culinary delights.
If you're in Tamil Nadu, you should try the Appam and/or the
Pongal, if you have room after the Chettinad chicken. Don't leave Rajasthan
without trying the Dal-Baati-Churma, or the Ker-Sangari, or at least the Pyaaz
ki Kachori. When in Delhi, try the Tandoori chicken, or why not the
Nagauri-Halwa. In Nagaland, wash your Momos down with rice beer and/or cherry
wine.
Of course Indo-Pakistani rivalry being what it is, there is a
corresponding map of regional foods on the other side of the border.
Mussels may rhyme with Brussels, but they're pretty popular in
Karachi too. Balochistan is fruit country, famous for its melons, peaches,
cherries and plums. The latter are a key ingredient in Aloo Bukhara Ghost, a
local stew. Go to the other side of the country for Sarson Ke Sag, a dish of
mustard greens cooked in oil. Slake your thirst in Rawalpindi with a glass of
Kanji, or black-carrot drink.
Now, wouldn't it be nice to show a map of the regional textiles
(or foods) of both countries on one map? Or is that too soon, even 70 years on?
Many thanks to Robert Capiot, who sent in the Pakistani textile
map (found
here); and to Sunil Maisuria, who provided the India food map (here). Click
here for the India textile map, and here for
the Pakistani food map.
Strange Maps #853
Got a strange map? Let me know at strangemaps@gmail.com.
(1) Although with some imagination you could detect in
the boundaries of the country the name of the Prophet Muhammad,
or even a (badly drawn) dinosaur.
India, for its part, looks like a Ghandi in a cape (see #361), or Bharat
Mata (Mother India – see #473 for
another country coterminous with its mythical female representation).
CPEC and the Chinese interests in
Pakistan
The government and people of
Pakistan, not the Chinese, will have to devise a mechanism for CPEC
implementation to ensure that equity and distribution concerns of the poor are
addressed
28-Aug-17
Though an industrial giant,
Chinese interest in Pakistan’s varied hinterland and agricultural produce draws
on her need to feed a population of 1.37 billion. The USA with population of
321 million, has six times more arable land than China. In 2012, China surpassed
USA to become world’s largest importer of agricultural products. Despite
achieving high per acre yield, only 15 percent of China’s land area can be
cultivated. China’s limited space for farming has been a problem throughout its
history, leading to chronic food shortage and famine. While the production
efficiency of farmland has grown over time due to modern agricultural
technologies and genetically engineered crops, it is still insufficient to meet
the demands of burgeoning Chinese population.
China’s aspirations of fulfilling
its food needs utilising Pakistani land should prompt Pakistani authorities to
do their homework, so they can also benefit from this opportunity. Some of the
basic steps include registration and preservation of top Pakistani produce
varieties of cereals and fruits such as rice, mangoes and dates at
international forums
The China-Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC) unveiled in 2013,is frequently referred to in Pakistan as a
potential economic game changer. Now expected to have an outlay of $62 billion,
the Chinese money will be mostly spent to improve transport links and energy
cooperation between China and Pakistan.
However, with more details
becoming public, CPEC has a large agriculture aspect with Chinese expected to
invest in seeds, fertilisers, supply chain, livestock and agri-business chain.
Large tracts of land will be leased out to Chinese firms for developing
advanced planting and breeding bases.
Pakistan’s agriculture main
issues are low per acre yield, soil erosion, water logging, subsistence
farming, large post-harvest losses and low value addition with lack of
innovation.
Now is a definite opportunity for
Pakistan to learn from Chinese agribusiness technology, capacity and skills.
With concentrated poverty (56 percent) in rural areas, Pakistan needs to
achieve agriculture driven economic growth as nearly 40 percent of the
country’s population lives in poverty. Over 75 per cent of people living in
poverty depend on agriculture for their livelihoods all over the world. To ensure
inclusive growth that contributes to poverty alleviation, agribusiness can
serve as the main key as growth in agriculture is two to four times more
powerful at reducing poverty than growth in other sectors.
Unlike subsistence farming to
which the poor subscribe and live from hand to mouth, agribusiness involves
collective agriculture activities including supply of agricultural inputs,
production and their distribution to final consumers at a commercial level.
How Chinese involvement in
agriculture will benefit the poor and help reduce poverty and would not further
exacerbate inequality is yet to be seen. Of course, Chinese will look for large
tracts of land where commercial farming activities can be undertaken. In
Pakistan, the landholding is extremely unequal with 61 per cent of the total
private holdings are under five acres and ownership of 50 acres and above are
only two per cent. Majority of the landholdings, 94 per cent are in the
category of less than 25 acres while only six per cent of the holdings are in
the category of 25 acres and above. In Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP),
majority of ownership holds in category of under 5 acres, but Sindh and
Balochistan have the majority ownership holds in category of five to under 25
acres.
The government and the people of
Pakistan, and not the Chinese, will have to think and devise a mechanism to
ensure that equity and distribution concerns of the poor are addressed. CPEC
agriculture divided will also have to be leveraged, as it will help create
income opportunities for the deprived and the marginalised segments of the
society.
Some in Pakistan may not be happy
to see the Chinese in agriculture sector and having big tracts of land — but
Pakistan is not the only country where Chinese enjoy this kind of ownership. In
New Zealand, the world’s largest dairy producer, China has become the third
largest dairy producer by purchasing dairy farms through its conglomerate
Shanghai Pengxin Group since 2011. However, the fact is publicly known and the
government has set a criterion for purchase of agriculture land by foreigners —
making sure that the country’s interests are protected.
China’s aspirations of fulfilling
its food needs utilising Pakistani land should prompt Pakistani authorities to
do their homework, so they can also benefit from this opportunity. Some of the
basic steps include registration and preservation of top Pakistani produce
varieties of cereals and fruits such as rice, mangoes and dates at
international forums. Also, the government should open up details of the total
CPEC plan including its agriculture outlay for public debate and to involve
agribusiness food chain stakeholders. Making it fully transparent, not through
hiding and fear but through deep and loud thinking to set up the regulatory framework
for foreign investors that the country should to be taken forward.
Dr Abdur Rehman Cheema is a development practitioner and
academic based in Islamabad. He can be reached at arehmancheema@gmail.com.
Connect AbdurRehmanCheema via LinkedIn.
Muhammad Haris is Programme Officer at the China Study Centre,
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad. He can be reached at muhammadharis@hotmail.com
Published in Daily Times, August 28th 2017.
Daily Times
Pakistani rice
lowest offer in Iraq’s 30,000 T tender
HAMBURG,
Aug 28 (Reuters) - The lowest price offer in the tender from Iraq's state
grains buyer to purchase at least 30,000 tonnes of rice was $416 a tonne
c&f free out for rice to be sourced from Pakistan, traders said on Monday.
No
decision about a purchase was believed to have been made in the tender which
closed on Sunday, Aug. 27, with offers remaining valid up to Thursday, Aug. 31.
The offer was made for 40,000 tonnes from Pakistan, they said. This was
followed by an offer of 40,000 tonnes rice from Thailand at $420.45 a tonne
c&f free out. Other offers for Thai rice were made at prices from $422.70
to $457 a tonne c&f free out. The lowest offer for rice from the United
States was $660 a tonne free out for 30,000 tonnes. Indian rice was offered
lowest at $574 a tonne c&f free out.
Rice
from Uruguay was offered lowest at $580.50 a tonne, Brazilian rice at $584 and
Argentine rice at $579 all c&f free out. Volumes in Iraq's tenders are
nominal and the country can buy more than requested in the tender. Iraq made no
purchase in its previous international tender to buy rice which closed on July
30. The country has been struggling to import grain for its food subsidy
programme after introducing new payment and quality terms that left trading
houses unwilling to participate in its international tenders. Iraq is expected
to produce about 250,000 tonnes of rice this year, suggesting the country will
face a shortfall of about 1 million tonnes which will need to be covered by
imports. (Reporting by Michael Hogan, editing by David Evans)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/pakistani-rice-lowest-offer-in-iraqs-30000-t-tender/articleshow/60260306.cms
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Vietnam
to reform rice production, improve exports
Last update 11:17 | 29/08/2017
Vietnam will reform rice production to gain
sustainable development in the production and export of rice, according to
Vietnam’s Rice Market Development Strategy from 2017 to 2020.
Vietnam will reform rice production to gain
sustainable development in the production and export of rice
According to the strategy for developing the
country’s rice export market in the 2017–20 period with a vision to 2030, one
of the goals is to gradually reduce the rice export volume but increase the
value of exported rice.Specifically, the annual rice export volume is expected
to reach about 4.5-5 million tonnes in 2020, earning an average of about
2.2-2.3 billion USD per year.
From 2021 to 2030, the nation’s annual rice
export volume is expected to reach about 4 million tonnes, earning 2.3 to 2.5
billion USD per year. At the same time, it would restructure rice export
products.Exports of fragrant rice, specialty rice and Japonica rice will
account for the largest proportion of the total volume of exported rice at 40
percent, followed by glutinous rice and white rice exports at 25 percent each.
Meanwhile, the proportion of high quality,
high-value, organic, highly-nutritious rice and products made from rice will be
about 10 percent.Tran Cong Thang, deputy director of the Institute of Policy
and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development under the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development, said that at present Vietnam does not have a
national plan for the development of export rice but provinces have developed
areas of producing high-quality rice products while applying high technology
for production. In addition, the nation has had geographical indicators for
rice products such as Hai Hau rice and Dien Bien rice.
Meanwhile, many local brands have been
protected including Kinh Mon glutinous rice in Hai Duong province, Dong Trieu
glutinous rice in Quang Ninh province and aromatic rice of Soc Trang province.
Many enterprises have developed brands for their business and for their rice
products.
Meeting the market demand, in recent years, the
area of growing high-quality rice is increasing. Rice exporters are also more
active in seeking ways to penetrate high-quality rice markets as well as
linking with each other to build the rice production chain. Especially, in the
Mekong Delta, there are 10 to 12 brands of rice produced by private enterprises
such as Ngoc Troi and Ngoc Dong.However, Thang said, besides development of
high-quality rice, Vietnam still needs to develop rice products in traditional
rice markets and expand the export market to Africa.
In addition, Vietnam and many other countries
producing rice are experiencing various problems such as salinity intrusion and
climate change, so rice production to adapt to climate change is a big
challenge, he said.
The MARD has worked with the International Rice
Research Institute (IRRI) to develop key rice varieties for each region
according to the market demand.Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development Le Quoc Doanh said that to implement the restructuring of the rice
production industry in Vietnam, the agricultural sector has to improve rice
varieties, production technique and infrastructure; set up appropriate
mechanisation in production, preservation and processing; and promote
production chain. The sector will identify suitable rice varieties for each
export market.
He said that initially, the sector would focus
on researching high-quality rice varieties and rice production technical
package to reduce production cost, improve rice quality, protecting the
environment and ensure sustainable agricultural reforms.To implement Vietnam’s
Rice Market Development Strategy for the period 2017 to 2020, the MARD will
review and identify rice growing areas with an advantage to adjust production
plans and convert areas with inefficient rice production to other purposes. It
will plan a schedule on adjusting production scale and output to meet domestic
and international demand and the competitive ability of Vietnamese rice.
It will also plan and organise production based
on regions of material and regions specialising in the production of rice,
demand of specific export markets, and orders of enterprises.he ministry said
that in the first seven months of the year, Vietnam exported 3.3 million tonnes
of rice, earning 1.5 billion USD, up 15.7 percent in volume and 13.7 percent in
value compared to the January-July period of 2016. China was still the largest
export market for Vietnamese rice, followed by the Philippines.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/185490/vietnam-to-reform-rice-production--improve-exports.html
Rice basmati
softens on low demand
.Press
Trust of India | New Delhi August 26, 2017 Last Updated at
14:13 IST
In restricted activity, rice basmati
prices fell by upto Rs 300 per quintal at wholesale grains market today owing
to slackened demand. However, other grains held steady in thin trade. Traders
said easing demand from retailers and stockists against adequate stocks
position mainly pulled down rice basmati prices.
In the national capital, rice
basmati common and Pusa- 1121 variety settled lower at Rs 6,300-6,500 and Rs
5,000- 5,050 from previous levels of Rs 6,500-6,600 and Rs 5,250- 5,350 per
quintal, respectively.
Following are today's quotations (in
Rs per quintal):
Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,100-2,350,
Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,755-1,760, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,760-1,765,
Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour
mill Rs 950-960 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,030-1,040 (50
kg).
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700,
Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs
6,300-6,500, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 5,000-5,050, Permal raw Rs 2,150-2,175, Permal
wand Rs 2,200-2,225, Sela Rs 2,300-2,400 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,825-1,850, Bajra Rs
1,225-1,230, Jowar yellow Rs 1,400-1,450, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs
1,335-1,340, Barley Rs 1,490-1,500.
(This story has not been edited by
Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed ]
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rice-basmati-softens-on-low-demand-117082600380_1.html
Rice-growing period in peril without seasonal rains
Parched paddyland in Thabbowa. Pic by Karuwalagaswewa Jayarathna
Water reservoirs in the country
have nearly dried up and this will mean cultivation in the next rice-planting
season will be a challenge, barring rains in the next few months. In the
2015-2016 Maha season only 756,000 hectares were sown, less than in the same
growing season in 2014-2015. Out of this, only 743,000 hectares were harvested
in the 2015-2016 Maha season. But the agriculture director expects to cultivate
800,000 hectares this Maha season.Inter-monsoon rains fall between October and
November, usually spread across the island.
As a result of the lingering drought in which more than 1.3
million people are suffering, in some cases, water levels are down to 20%
percent of the capacity of tanks.The director of irrigation, M. Thurasingham,
said water for cultivation will be scarce if the rains don’t arrive. He said
water for the Yala season had been provided with what was available.
“We are to yet provide water for the Maha season cultivation. If
rains don’t occur we will face difficulties to provide water to the farmers,’’
he said. “We can manage with the water until September to October, the months
that bring heavy rainfall.’’He said that there are 70 big tanks and 300 other
tanks. The water in these will be enough for day-to-day needs.
Meanwhile, the Meteorology Department’s deputy director
(forecasting), Anusha Waranasooriya, said rains are expected in the next two
months. The north, northeast and Uva should receive evening thundershowers next
month, she said.
Ms. Warnasooriya said that the southwest monsoon rains will
continue from September to October. These rains will not help fill the tanks,
she cautioned, noting the shortage of rainfall last year.The Disaster
Management Ministry says more than a 1.3 million people are affected by the
drought. Most of the affected are in Kurunegala where 231,121 people belonging
to 70,309 families are suffering.Kurunegala is one of the top three
rice-producing districts of the country.
Dried up Tissawewa. Pic by Athula Bandara
Pradeep Kodippili, the deputy director, said drinking water and
rations are the priorities. So far, Rs. 600 million has been spent to provide 600
tanker trucks and 6,000 plastic storage tanks, he said. Rs. 1.8 billion has
been allocated for rations. “We have given priority to Kurunegala. We have not
yet considered irrigation and cultivation. These issues will be handled by the
agriculture ministry and other organisations.’’The director general of the
Agriculture Department, Dr. Rohan Wijekoon, said there are plans to begin the
cultivation of 800,000 hectares. Already 40,000 bushels of seed paddy have been
prepared.
“During the Yala season, the cultivation of 400,000 hectares of
paddy was planned, but because of the drought, only 250,000 hectares were
harvested. Most of this [harvest] had to be purchased for seed paddy for the
upcoming Maha season,’’ he said.He added that seeds for planting chili, soy,
rice, big onions and other vegetables will be provided to farmers
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Rice production to fall as floods ravage farmland
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Around
5,000 hectares of vegetable crops have been inundated while around 8,000
hectares of Aush paddy has also been badly hit by the floods ahead of
harvesting Dhaka Tribune
The food
shortage over the last few months hiked the coarse rice price in local markets
by Tk18 a kg compared to the same period a year ago
The production of rice is
expected to fall in the next cycle as around 600,000 hectares of Aman paddy
fields have been inundated with floodwater.
According to a floods bulletin
issued by the Department of Disaster Management on Monday, a total of 591,647 hectares
of Aman paddy field in 32 districts have been affected.
Unofficial sources, however, put
the total damage to crops including paddy far higher.
According to the Ministry of
Agriculture, the average Aman paddy production in Bangladesh is around 2.5 tons
per hectare. Therefore the country is expected to produce around 1.5
million tons less Aman paddy this season.
In addition, around 5,000
hectares of vegetable crops have been inundated while around 8,000 hectares of
Aush paddy has also been badly hit by the floods ahead of harvesting.
This year the government set a
target to bring around 5.4 million hectares of agricultural land under
Aman production.
The country produces around 34.7
million tons of rice against its annual demand for 32.4 million tons.
Among the paddy varieties, Boro
accounts for the bulk of total production – ranging around 19.5 million tons –
while Aman production comes second annually.
Meanwhile, the government has
started distributing Aman paddy seedlings in different districts where
floodwater is receding.
Sources said there is an acute
shortage of seedlings after the flood.
Food Loss
Just a few months ago during the
Boro season, the country lost around two million tons of Boro rice due to
sudden flash floods in six districts along the Haor basin.
The food shortage over the last
few months hiked the coarse rice price in local markets by Tk18 a kg compared
to the same period a year ago.
With its limited stocks, the
government is struggling to provide support for Safety Net Programmes including
Vulnerable Group Feeding, Vulnerable Group Development and Gratuitous Relief.
As of on Monday, the government’s
food reserve stood at 446,000 tons. Of the total, there were 312,000 tons of
rice and 134,000 tons of wheat grains.
The Floods
According to Flood Forecasting
and Warning Centre, water levels of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna and Ganges-Padma
rivers are in falling trend while Surma-Kushiyara is rising.
Under the influence of current
floods, 18 river points out of 90 measured stations in different rivers in all
three basins – Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna – have seen water flow above the
danger level.
At the same time, water levels
have been rising in 31 points in the rivers across the country.
Of them, the Kushiyara River at
Amalshid point has risen by 101cm, the Gur River at Singra point by 71cm and
the Atrai River at Baghabari point by 19cm.
In addition, the level of the
Lakhya River has swollen at Lakhpur point by 91cm, the Padma River at Goalanda
point by 10cm, and the Surma River at Kanaighat point by 42cm.
All of these are above the danger
level.
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Floods destroy 90,000 acres of paddy field
Bago,
Ayeyarwady, Magwe and Yangon regions have been the areas most affected by
flooding during the rainy season. Aung Htay Hlaing/The Myanmar Times
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation said that
of the estimated 15 million acres of rainy-season rice crop for this fiscal
year, some 10.5 million acres had been cultivated before the rainy season
peaked in late July, submerging 400,000 acres of rice.
“We cannot say that all of the submerged paddy has been
destroyed. Only around 90,000 acres have been destroyed,” U Myo Tint Htun,
deputy secretary at the ministry’s office, said, but he added that the figure
can increase because the rainy season has not yet ended.
Bago, Ayeyarwady, Magwe and Yangon regions have been the most affected by the
floods, with more than 400,000 acres of farmland under water up to August 18,
but water levels have almost receded in those areas, said U Myo Tint
Htun.
U Myo Tint Htun said the irrigation department has prepared for
this year’s flooding season more intensively, building canals that drain the
paddies fast, and this was a factor in the decline of damage to the crop.
U Thein Aung, president of the Freedom of Farmer League, said
Ayeyarwady has not been affected much in the cultivation of rainy-season paddy
this fiscal year because there was not much heavy rain at the time of the
planting season in early June.
“Some areas of the cultivation are under water, but loss is not
much worth saying compared to the last three years,” he said.
U Nay Lin Zin, joint secretary general of Myanmar Rice
Federation, said Myanmar can meet the export goal as the floods did not
significantly affect the cultivation of crops.
“In the last fiscal year we could only export 1.8 million
tonnes. I think 200,000 tonnes was lost because of the floods,” he said.
The government export target is 4 million tonnes of rice by
2020, double the 2 million tonnes export target for fiscal 2017-2018.
The ministry has access to more than 50,000 buckets of seed
which can be immediately distributed around the country to those in need to
ensure this year’s target would be met
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Alternatives to reduce rice imports
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He said the Government has been talking with the major rice distributors to grow and manufacture rice locally.
He added that the 500 hectares of rice farming in the Markham plains, in Morobe Province, will ease some of the burdens the government is facing with rice imports if the project commences.Currently, PNG is importing about 350,000 tons of rice per year which equates to about K600m to K700m.Prime Minster, Peter O’Neill, when responding to a query in Parliament last year (2016) said becoming self-sufficient in rice production is a matter of high national importance.
“We have a desire to grow more rice in our country and we need to work hard at this.”He said as a country, we rely too much on rice imports, from Australia and from Asia that is sold in Papua New Guinea.“We want to have a large scale and commercially viable rice production sector in our country, that will meet the demands of our people.”
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uniting with 150 experts worldwide to advocate for use of Rice Bran Oil
A joint initiative of Deputy Prime Minister of
Thailand, FAO and WHO representatives
- 28 Aug 2017 at 11:40 917
The high-profile 4th International Conference
on Rice Bran Oil 2017 (ICRBO 2017) was held in Thailand on August 25, where
representatives from multiple international organizations and countries
gathered in Bangkok. Marshall Dr. Prajin Juntong, Deputy Prime Minister of
Thailand, Dr. Rabi Rasaily, the representative of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and Li Duo, a nutritionist of the
World Health Organization (WHO), etc. gave speeches, and over 150 experts and
scholars from over 20 countries including China, Japan, the U.S., India and
Thailand, etc. discussed on the research and applications of rice bran oil in
pharmaceutical products, cosmetics, nutraceuticals and foods.
This
conference also invited over 30 rice bran oil enterprise representatives and
R&D institutions from different countries. Arawana, the only invited
enterprise of China, and Wilmar Global R&D Center (both as relevant
representatives) launched an initiative with the International Association of
Rice Bran Oil (IARBO), Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, representative of
FAO, and expert of WHO, etc. to advocate for use of the rice bran oil
containing oryzanol, together with 150 experts worldwide.
With low
intake of oryzanol, Asia faces many health challenges
Experts
in this conference emphasized to different degrees the close correlation
between the rice bran oil and Asian health problems. Due to the unhealthy
lifestyles, Asia faces many health challenges, the sub-health state caused by
great stress, Triple H (hypertension, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia),
insomnia and fatiguability is popular in Asian cities, and chronic diseases
including diabetes and hypertension, etc. have also entered the high-incidence
period. The WHO released the Global Report on Diabetes for the first time in
2016, according to which, there were about 110 million diabetes patients in
China alone, accounting for 1/10 of the total adults, and the number is
expected to increase to 150 million in 2040; the diabetes patients had exceeded
65 million in India. Li Duo, a member of the WHO Nutrition Guidance Expert
Advisory Group, held that many diseases were associated with the fact that the
modern food processing and diet of people are over refined, and most nutrition
of cereals is lost, leading to low intake of oryzanol.An Indian expert who studies relevant problems in the U.S., said, "If the Asian-Pacific region does not pay attention, the health of Asian people will be more worrying in the future." This viewpoint was generally accepted by the over 150 experts in the conference.
An Asian
way to meet the sub-health challenge is to eat the rice bran oil containing
oryzanol
"Dietotherapy is fundamental to the traditional Chinese medicine. A sound strategy to meet the challenge is to improve the lifestyle, adjust the diet structure, and eat rice bran oil and supplement oryzanol every day."
According to the experts, the rice bran oil contains rich active nutrition of grains, including many physiological activators such as oryzanol, phytosterol and vitamin E, and was recommended as one of the three healthy edible oils by WHO. The oryzanol is mainly extracted from the rice bran oil, has been clinically proved to be able to improve the vegetative nerve function and endocrine dyscrasia, lower blood lipids, resist oxidation and senescence, and function as de-stressing and sleep aiding, and is very important to human health. The global rising trend of the scale of oryzanol used in drugs in recent years has reflected people's increasingly higher demand for it. Eating the rice bran oil containing oryzanol can improve the diet structure and meet the health challenges, being an "Asian way" tailored for Asians.
Prasert Setwipattanachai, President of IARBO, said in the conference that the vigorous development of rice bran oil and supplementation of oryzanol could contribute to the health of Asian people and even all humanity. There is big research space in the value and application of the rice bran oil; rice or rice bran oil is used as the raw material in the pharmaceutical products, health products, foods and cosmetics, such as oryzanol, vitamin E, lotions, and antioxidant and anti-aging nutraceuticals.
Japan is considered as a country excellent in oriental diet structure among the Asian countries, and is the country earliest in popularizing rice bran oil: Japan proposed the initiative of supplementing oryzanol and vitamin B1 from rice bran oil in 1917, and vigorously popularized the daily consumption of rice bran oil containing oryzanol on the initiative of the government, which was a move to meet the national health challenge, just like the Chinese government's proposing of universal salt iodization in 1995 to respond to and contain students' goiter prevalence.
Teruo Miyazawa, a professor of nutrition at the Tohoku University of Japan, told the reporter that 40% nutritious lunches of primary and secondary schools in Japan used rice bran oil as the cooking oil, and the Japan Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare designated rice bran oil as the oil for the nutritious meals of Japanese primary and secondary school students. "The grain nutrition is very important to the growth and development of children, especially, the growth of children aged 7-14 needs strengthening supplementation of vitamin E and oryzanol. Rice bran oil contains those nutrients, and has a very good antioxidant capacity. And its taste is quite in line with the light-based Japanese dietary habit. I advocate other Asian countries to eat more rice bran oil containing oryzanol."
China is
at the forefront of rice bran oil R&D and industry innovation, and Arawana
becomes the leader
Consuming
the rice bran oil can improve health, and developing the rice bran oil is of
great significance to increasing self-sufficiency rate of edible oil of Asian
countries, boosting Asian countries' world position in the grain and oil field,
and guaranteeing the edible oil supply security. Asia is the most important
consuming region of edible oil, but it has the common problem of oil shortage
due to the limited cultivated area, especially in China, a major consumer of
edible oil where the sunflower oil and soybean oil, etc. mainly depend on
import. The awkward situation of shortage of oils in the country would be effectively
solved without the competition for land with fertile farmland, if the rice
industry could be deeply developed.Marshall Dr. Prajin Juntong, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, said in the speech that the Thai government highly valued and supported the development of the rice bran oil industry; this industry was of great significance to alleviating the Asian food security issue and was worthy of attention of every country.
The global experts' attention to Asian health and advocacy of edible rice bran oil coincided with the ideal of the Chinese enterprise Arawana which, as a forerunner in technological innovation in the grain and oil industry of China, threw itself into the R&D of rice bran oil in as early as 2006. Arawana, the only invited Chinese grain and oil enterprise in this conference, brought the "double-10,000" rice bran oil to this conference to show the product innovation, which increases the average content of both the oryzanol and phytosterol to 10,000ppm at the same time, and successfully solves the worldwide problem of how to naturally retain the nutritive essence of rice bran oil in the processing while well attaining good taste, color and quality. According to information, this product won the "Quality Award of International Rice Bran Oil" in the 3rd International Conference on Rice Bran Oil in 2016 in Tokyo, Japan, and it was also a focus of the media and experts in the conference in Thailand this year.
In the meantime, in terms of industry pattern exploration, the rice circular economy industry pattern first developed by Arawana has realized the transformation from the traditional extensive rice processing model to intensive processing model, successfully built the eco-circulating economy of the whole rice industry chain, and achieved the "least waste of useful materials" of each piece of rice. According to information, such pattern is expected to be promoted into a pattern that can be practiced and replicated in China, which will play the leading and demonstration role in the grain and oil industry transformation and upgrading of Asia and even the world.
Dr. Rabi Rasaily, the representative of FAO, called on Asians to eat more healthy rice bran oil, and highly affirmed China's "double-10,000" rice bran oil and the rice circular economy pattern initiated by it: "It is a responsibility and an obligation of Asia to develop good rice bran oil. Learning and publicizing relevant experience of the Chinese enterprises will be very helpful to promoting Asian rice processing and the sustainable development of the rice bran oil industry."
Seedlings crisis worries farmers
12:00
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Massive damage of seedbeds in flood badly affects Aman cultivation
Till the third week of this month,
farmers could plant Aman on 40 lakh hectares across the country, around 16 lakh
hectares short of the target, according to preliminary field assessment by the
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).In the corresponding period last
year, Aman coverage was nearly 100 percent of the target.
Amid weather uncertainty and
projections of more rainfall later this week, the DAE advised its staff all
over the country to encourage farmers to reap Aus rice immediately so that no
more grain is lost to floodwater. The agriculture ministry expects Aus
harvest of at least 23 lakh tonnes from 10 lakh hectares.
Aman, grown during the monsoon,
contributes 38 percent to the country's annual rice output, the second highest
after irrigated Boro that accounts for 55 percent of the total. Aus contributes
the remaining seven percent.Given this year's loss of 20 lakh tonnes of Boro
rice due to flashflood in haor areas and fungal attacks, production of the
staple in the current Aman season is considered crucial for the country's food
security.Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina distributed Aman seedlings
among farmers during her visit to flood-hit Gaibandha.
Officials at the agriculture
ministry and the DAE told The Daily Star that efforts are underway to
provide flood-affected farmers with vegetable seeds and Aman seedlings.
Experts, however, cautioned that
farmers would have to plant Aman by mid-September or else they would fail to
achieve the targeted yield.
The disaster management and relief
ministry statistics show crops were completely or partially damaged on 6.11
lakh hectares in 32 of the 64 districts till August 25 with Dinajpur, Naogaon,
Kurigram, Jamalpur, Sunamganj, Bogra, and Manikganj being the
worst-hit.
Talking to this newspaper
yesterday, Abdul Jalil, a farmer in Naogaon's Niamatpur area, said he lost more
than 60 maunds of Aus to recent floods."My Aman seedbed was also ravaged
by the floods."Jalil thought of planting Aman once floodwater recedes from
his cropland. But he failed to manage seedlings and decided to cultivate
mustard instead. He said around a thousand flood-hit farming households in
his area recently received 10 kgs of rice, two kgs of cooking oil and one kg of
sugar each in relief but no seedlings to recoup the crop loss.
Prof Bahadur Meah, who teaches
plant pathology at Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh, said that
if farmers manage to plant Aman seedlings by mid-September, they could still
recover the flood-induced losses.
He stressed the need for
initiatives from both the government and non-government actors to provide
seedlings to farmers.FM Moinuddin, who heads Rice Farming System Division at
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), told this newspaper that the
government could help the farmers get seedlings from other areas not affected
by floods.
Besides, many farmers, who produced
BRRI-52, are now doing fine, as the submergence-tolerant variety can survive up
to 15 days of flooding, he added.Our correspondents in flood-hit districts
reported that the assessment of the damage was not complete yet.
Dinajpur is the worst affected
district where standing crops were damaged on 121,170 hectares.
Ziaur Rahman, a farmer in Tentulia
of Dinajpur's Chirirbandar upazila, said Aman on his two-acre land was washed
away by the floods.Vegetable farmers were also hit hard in the district.In a
recent visit to Majadanga village in Biral upazila, our correspondent found
Roksana Begum, a 43-year-old farmer, checking her damaged pointed gourd
farm.
Roksana said she and her husband
Rafiqul Islam spent Tk 30,000 for producing pointed gourd on the leased land.But
floods damaged the crop as they were about to reap it. “The price was good
in the market…,” she said while trying to choke back tears.
According to the DAE, vegetable on
550 hectares of land in Dinajpur was damaged by flood.
In Lalmonirhat's Dhairkhata
village, farmer Khoda Baksh cultivated Aman in more than four acres of land,
but the crop was destroyed by floodwater.
“I don't know how I will provide
for my seven-member family,” said the 55-year-old farmer.
There was no scope for him to
replant Aman, as seedlings were not available.
DAE officials in the flood-hit
districts are advising farmers to go for direct seeding of broadcast Aman if
they fail to get seedlings.Following flashfloods in haor areas of six
northeastern districts in late March, the government is walking a tightrope as
far as food stock is concerned. With losses of 20 lakh tonnes of Boro due
to flood and fungi blast, the government revised its food import projection
from nine lakh tonnes to 20 lakh tonnes for the current fiscal year.
Experts note that a back-to-back
loss of Aman would have a significant impact on the government's food reserve
as it has to run a prolonged post-flood relief operation and provide rice to 50
lakh ultra-poor at a subsidised price of below Tk 10 a kg for the next three
months.
[Our correspondents in the
flood-hit districts contributed to this report]
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