First
Global Sustainable Rice Conference held in Bangkok
A rice field in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam (Photo: VNA)Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) is holding the 2017 Sustainable Rice Conference and Exhibition on October 4-5 at the United Nations Convention Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand.
Attending the event are both members and non-members from the public and private sectors, as well as value chain players, research institutions, international organisations, producers and civil society groups.
Site visits and social functions are providing participants with additional opportunities to network and learn from their peers.
Kundhavi Kadiresan, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations gave the keynote address at the opening session.
She said rice markets are growing not only in countries that normally consume rice but also in some that never bought rice before. Rice sustainability cannot be guaranteed by policy makers alone, it needs support from the public and private sectors to help in creating the “Save and Grow” rice markets for everyone.
The SRP is a multi-stakeholder partnership that promotes resource efficiency and sustainability both on-farm and throughout the rice value adding chain. It was co-convened by the UN Environment and the International Rice Research Institute in December 2011, and works in collaboration with partners in the public and private sectors as well as the NGO community.-VNA
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/first-global-sustainable-rice-conference-held-in-bangkok/118991.vnp
Rice price:
State vows to act against middlemen
TNN | Oct 6, 2017, 06:59 IST
KOLKATA: The Bengal
government has promised a crackdown on unscrupulous middlemen who are jacking
up price of rice by spreading rumours of its shortage due to bulk export to
Bangladesh. Agri-marketing department minister Tapan Dasgupta said that he has already
asked his officers to assess the ground situation.
"I
will hold a meeting on the basis of the feedback and take appropriate
measures," he said. Dasgupta said that a section of middlemen plays havoc
with the price of edible commodities in connivance with some rice mill
owners."Though there is no shortage of rice in our stock, rumours are
being spread and prices artificially jacked up. But we won't tolerate this. If
needed, I will personally vi sit rice mills and check wholesale and retail
markets after Laxmi Puja," he added.
The rice trading sources said that after Bangladesh lowered import duty from 28% to 2%, there has been quite a significant export of rice to the neighbouring country this season. But that, according to them, should not hit the rice stock of Bengal. But a section of traders managed to jack up the price by spreading rumours."This season, several agri products were lost due to floods. We are hoping that the price would again normalise after the Puja," said Abani Seal, president of Burdwan Rice Traders Association.
West Bengal produced 16.2 million tonnes
of rice in 2016, higher by 2.5% compared to 2015. The Food Corporation of
India, the central agency, has so far procured 1.2 lakh tonnes of paddy for the
marketing season 201617. West Bengal's food and supplies department also plans
to procure 52 lakh tonnes of paddy from farmers at Rs 20 more than the central
purchase price of Rs 1,470 per quintal.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/rice-price-state-vows-to-act-against-middlemen/articleshow/60964675.cms
Nta News Summary: FG Assured Nigerians of More Affordable Rice price
Nta News Summary: 5th October, 2017
The federal government is assuring Nigerians that in the next few weeks, the price of
rice, the most consumed commodity in the country will become reasonably
affordable for the nation’s majority. the minister of agriculture and rural
development Audu Ogbeh announced this while briefing newsmen after the meeting
of the federal executive council presided over by president Muhammadu Buhari.
state house correspondent Adamu Sambo reports that verified debt owed
electricity distribution companies are also to be settled as part of the power
sector recovery programme.
Policy Dialogue on Anambra Election
The conduct of the november 18 anambra governorship election is being viewed as a dress rehearsal for the independent national electoral commission in its efforts to anticipate and deal with emerging issues in the electoral process. this will serve as a build up to preparations for the 2019 general elections for which dates have been fixed.
The conduct of the november 18 anambra governorship election is being viewed as a dress rehearsal for the independent national electoral commission in its efforts to anticipate and deal with emerging issues in the electoral process. this will serve as a build up to preparations for the 2019 general elections for which dates have been fixed.
Senate President Paid Tribute To Late Kanti Bello
Senate President at today’s plenary
paid tribute to a two term senator Mahmud Kanti Bello whose demise occurred
during the annual recess. National assembly correspondent dennis adegunloye
reports that the late lawmaker was described as vibrant and dedicated two other
motions were adopted including a resolution to set up an adhoc committee to
investigate nnpc trading company for alleged corrupt practices and the urgent
need to investigate the recent importation of maize. 13 bills were also up for
second reading
House Of Reps Considering Assets Management Bill
The house of representative is considering a bill that seeks to
establish the Nigerian assets management agency which will manage
all government assets including seized ones.The bill has been passed for second
reading.
National Assembly Urged Aviation Minister Of Transparency
The National Assembly joint
committee on aviation has urged the minister of aviation to ensure transparency
in all transaction leading to concession of some of the nation’s airports.
National assembly correspondent Rabi Musa said members of committee, engaged
the aviation minister on the issue of time frame, advisers contracted, in the
involvement of bureau for public enterprises, legal matters and revenue
expected after concession.
FCT Creates Special Courts To Hasten Criminal Trials
In the continued efforts to
decongest prisons and hasten the cases of awaiting trial inmates, the judiciary
of the fedral capital territory has dedicated a special division of it’s court
to the speedy trail of criminal matters. chief judge of the fct high
court, justice Isahaq Bello inaugrated the court during a visit to the kuje
prisons.
Nigerian Receives UNHCR Refugee Award
A Nigerian Zanna Mustapha who is the founder of the future
prowess school in maiduguri, borno state has received the NANSEN refugee award
2017 by the united nations high commissioner for refugees. presenting the award
in Geneva Switzerland, the united nations high commissioner for refugee filippo
grandi commended the uncommon humanitarian posture of Zanna Mustapha for
catering to welfare of victims of Boko Haram in the north east especially women
and children.
World Bank Support Crop Value Chain
The world bank through fadama three
additional financing has pledged continued support to the national food
production initiative of the federal government for local consumption and
export Musa Baba Aliyu reports that the world bank initiative is to further
enhance the capacity of farmers across all the 36 states in areas of
cultivation and also link them to off takers.
NTA Partners Nicon Luxury
The management of Nicon luxury hotels Abuja is inching towards a
mutually beneficial partnership with the Nigerian television authority NTA. This came to
the fore when the executive director of the hotel samson davies came on business mission to the management of NTA
Trial Of Boko Haram Splinter Group Stalled
A federal high court sitting in
Abuja has disqualified itself from hearing the case between the federal
government and the leader of the Boko Haram, splinter group Muhammed Usman and
seven other standing trials for alleged act of terrorism. The trial judge
justice John Tosho in a ruling on an oral application by the counsel to the
defendants accusing the court of bias ordered the cases file to be transferred
to the chief judge of the court for re-assignment.
Custom Boss Tasks Officers On Curbing Smuggling
Comptroller general of Nigeria Customs Service, Hammed Ali has given a
three month ultimatum to the officers and man of the service to curb smuggling
especially that of rice. the customs boss gave the charge in abuja at the
decoration of deputy and assistant comptrollers general who had been on acting
capacity.
Finance And Budget Ministers At Nass
The federal government has asked
ministries, departments and agencies to roll over between 50 and 60 per cent of
their capital projects to the 2018 fiscal year. this was part of the deliverables
made public by the minister of finance kemi adeosun and her counterpart in the
budget and planning ministry Udoma Udo Udoma when they appeared befor the
senate joint committee on finance and appropriation.
http://www.nta.ng/news/20171005-nta-news-summary-fg-assured-nigerians-of-more-affordable-rice-price/
Rice
exports just keep on growing
October 6, 2017
Sum Manet / Khmer
Times
Cambodia’s milled rice exports have increased
compared with the same period last year, with China still the biggest importer
of Cambodian grain.
Nearly 70 countries have been importing
Cambodian rice, while China is the largest buyer with more than 120,000 tonnes
of rice, followed by France with over 50,000 tonnes and Poland with 35,000
tonnes, according to the latest report from the secretariat of the One Window
Service for Rice Export Formality.
The report indicates that from January to
September 2017, Cambodia exported 421,966 tonnes of milled rice, an increase of
16.70 percent compared with the 361,505 tonnes exported in the same period last
year, according to the report.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, in his meeting with
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Laos in September last year, agreed to
double China’s annual purchase of 100,000 tonnes of Cambodian rice to 200,000
tons, starting from next year.
Cambodia set to meet the quota of exporting
200,000 tonnes of milled rice to China by the end of this year, while the
Chinese government plans to import 300,000 tonnes of rice from Cambodia next
year.
Hean Vanhan, the director-general of the Ministry
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ General Directorate of Agriculture,
said the trend of rising exports is expected to continue as Cambodia seeks to
expand its reach.
“We have a target of one million tonnes to
export, so we have to seek and open more markets,” he said. “We cannot depend
on only China’s market alone.”
Based on current growth, Cambodia will reach
600,000 tonnes of exported milled rice for 2017, Mr Vanhan said, noting China
will be the top buyer.
Hun Lak, the vice-president of the Cambodian
Rice Federation, said the figure of 200,000 tonnes to China will be reached.
“It may even be over the set quota, because
from July on is the rainy season and rice harvests and prices will increase,
which will benefit farmers and rice millers,” he said.
In 2016, Cambodia exported about 542,144 tonnes
of rice to international markets, while the government plans to boost rice
exports to one million tonnes per year.
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084889/rice-exports-just-keep-growing
Nigerians To Buy 50kg Bag Of Rice N6, 000 Soon- RIFAN
RICE Farmers Association of Nigeria,
RIFAN, have guaranteed that Nigerians will buy 50 kilogrammes bag of rice at
N6, 000 in the coming months.Aminu Goronyo, the National President of RIFAN
disclosed this while answering questions from newsmen after a meeting held with
the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, and the
National Rice Millers Association of Nigeria, NRMAN, on Wednesday.
Goronyo stated that despite RIFAN
and RIPAN had agreed to fix the current price of 50 kg. bag of rice at between
N13,000 and N13,500, the price would be further slashed to N6,000 within the
next few months as long as there were bumper harvests and low cost of
production.“This is just the beginning. The actual price will still come down
because we are expecting a bumper harvest this year; we have sat down with the
millers and agreed that we will work together for the interest of Nigerians.
“At one time, people were buying a
bag of rice at the cost of N18,000 but they are now buying it at between
N13,000 and N15,000. The price is coming down. “In the next few months, God
willing, the price of a 50kg. bag of rice will come down to N6,000. It is
achievable, it will be a reality,’’ he said.
The National Chairman of NRMAN,
Abubakar Mohammed, said that the associations had signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to slash the prices of both paddy and processed rice, he
also stated that with the agreement reached, their decision became imperative
necessary due to high rice in price of local rice, which consumers were no more
comfortable with, and now farmers and millers also have become daunting.
“We have agreed with the farmers on
a N13,500 and N13, 000 per bag depending on where you are in the country, we
are not making requests, but we have come here to inform the Minister that our
agreement with the farmers on the price of paddy,
“And this is what we have with the
farmers’ association and let the minister know that we agreed on a price of
paddy for this year 2017 and 2019 wet season farming. N110, 000 at the farm per
tonne, which N13, 000 to N13, 500 will be for a bag.
“Before we were buying paddy up to
N150, 000 per tonne of paddy, and we were selling our paddy for N16, 000 per
bag of 50 kilogrammes.
“We want to sell a bag of rice N13,
000 to N13, 500 per bag according to where you are in the country and the paddy
cost will be N110, 000 per bag. We have the MoU on that and we start it will be
fine for everybody. The government and farmers work with us the processors.” He
said.
However, he made it known that the
major challenge in the rice value chain has been the high cost of production
and expressed concern over persistent smuggling activities threatening farmers’
commitment to scaling up production., which he expressed optimism that the
government would soon handle.
“Our major challenge is the cost of
production and the Minister has promised to bring down the cost of production
to the barest minimum.”
Customs seizes smuggled rice
worth $64,000 in Port Harcourt
The Nigerian Customs Service has
intercepted N23m worth of illegally imported rice brought into the
countrythrough the Port Harcourt Port.This was contained in this year’s third
quarter report presented by the Port Harcourt Area 2 command of the service.TVC
News Uche Okoro reports that despite recent developments, the Nigerian Customs
Service says it is winning the war against smugglers and illegal importations.According
to the Comptroller of Port Harcourt area 2 command, Abubakar Bashir, the
service has saved the country more than N400m from seizures made between
January and September 2017. He said illegally imported rice accounts for a
large chunk of that figure.In line with achieving the target of tightening port
security the comptroller said a lot more can be achieved with the provision of
functional scanners.In addition, the Port Harcourt area 2 command of the
Nigerian customs service says it has so far achieved 67 percent of its annual
financial target.The comptroller is optimistic that by the end of the year, the
command under his leadership would have surpassed its N112.5bn mark.
http://tvcnews.tv/2017/10/customs-seizes-smuggled-rice-worth-64000-in-port-harcourt/October 6, 2017
Rice exports just keep on growing
Sum Manet / Khmer Times Share:
Cambodia’s milled rice
exports have increased compared with the same period last year, with China
still the biggest importer of Cambodian grain.
Nearly 70 countries have been
importing Cambodian rice, while China is the largest buyer with more than
120,000 tonnes of rice, followed by France with over 50,000 tonnes and Poland
with 35,000 tonnes, according to the latest report from the secretariat of the
One Window Service for Rice Export Formality.
The report indicates that from
January to September 2017, Cambodia exported 421,966 tonnes of milled rice, an
increase of 16.70 percent compared with the 361,505 tonnes exported in the same
period last year, according to the report.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, in
his meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Laos in September last
year, agreed to double China’s annual purchase of 100,000 tonnes of Cambodian
rice to 200,000 tons, starting from next year.
Cambodia set to meet the quota of
exporting 200,000 tonnes of milled rice to China by the end of this year, while
the Chinese government plans to import 300,000 tonnes of rice from Cambodia
next year.
Hean Vanhan, the director-general
of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ General Directorate of
Agriculture, said the trend of rising exports is expected to continue as
Cambodia seeks to expand its reach.
“We have a target of one million
tonnes to export, so we have to seek and open more markets,” he said. “We
cannot depend on only China’s market alone.”
Based on current growth, Cambodia
will reach 600,000 tonnes of exported milled rice for 2017, Mr Vanhan said,
noting China will be the top buyer.
Hun Lak, the vice-president of
the Cambodian Rice Federation, said the figure of 200,000 tonnes to China will
be reached.
“It may even be over the set
quota, because from July on is the rainy season and rice harvests and prices
will increase, which will benefit farmers and rice millers,” he said.
In 2016, Cambodia exported about
542,144 tonnes of rice to international markets, while the government plans to
boost rice exports to one million tonnes per year.
Myanmar diesel imports rise rice exports improve
06 OCT 2017
A rice export warehouse in Yangon. Demand for
Myanmar-produced rice from overseas is rising. Photo: The Myanmar Times
Myanmar’s trade deficit has widened on the back of
fluctuations in commodity prices, illegal trade and a weaker currency.
In 2016-17, the trade deficit
amounted to over US$5.5 billion, up from US$5.4 billion in 2015-16 and US$4.9
billion in 2014-15, according to the statistics released by the Central
Statistical Organisation.
Among the country’s imports is
diesel. Between September 17 and September 23, Myanmar imported over 64,000
tonnes of diesel worth US$32 million by sea, representing an increase of over
278,800 tonnes compared to the week before, according to government media
reports.
About a third of the diesel
entered the country through Myeik, near the Myanmar-Thailand land border trade
camp.
Diesel consumption in Myanmar
during the 2015-16 fiscal year had risen to 809 million gallons, up from 600
million gallons in the previous year and doubling from just four years ago,
data from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy revealed.
However, demand for rice and
broken rice produced in Myanmar is also rising. During the same week in
September, the country exported 26,825 tonnes of white and parboiled rice worth
US$8.1 million, an increase of 5,579 tonnes compared to the previous week,
government media reports said.
The country also exported 34,835
tonnes of broken rice valued at US$8.5 million. That’s up by 27,145 tonnes
compared to the previous week. Broken rice is fractured grains of rice usually
sold for a cheaper price compared to white or parboiled rice.
Myanmar exports rice mainly to
Bangladesh via the Sittwe border trade camp and to China via the Muse, Lwejel
and Chinshwehaw border points.
It also exports rice to
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Senegal, Japan, South Africa, Russia and
Afghanistan via sea.
Farm Policy Critics Gather
WASHINGTON, DC -- Groups from both sides of the
political aisle met yesterday to discuss how they can collectively attack the
next Farm Bill when it is introduced. Representatives from the Heritage
Foundation, the Club for Growth, and the American Enterprise Institute held a
meeting with groups they frequently are at odds with, including the Environmental
Working Group and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, to strategize on
farm policy. It is important to note that farmer groups, nor the public
were invited to the meeting (see story below).The primary issue the disparate groups were able to rally behind was crop insurance, specifically the AFFIRM Act. This legislation, introduced by Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Representative Ron Kind (D-WI), cuts the funding for crop insurance and requires farmers to disclose the amount of premium subsidies they receive. Based on a report from Agri-Pulse, the groups were unable to find common ground on a proposal to split the farm bill.
"It is unfortunate the U.S. farmers were not invited to this meeting to weigh in on the issues most important to them," said Frank Leach, USA Rice manager of government affairs. "Without the input of the agriculture industry, any recommendation from this group will undoubtedly be uninformed and misguided."
Will Anything Ever Satisfy Farm Critics? No
Special to the USA Rice Daily
WASHINGTON, DC -- For decades,
agriculture's adversaries have said "no" to almost any policy that
helped farmers. When farm policy was reformed to be more free-market
oriented, critics said it wasn't enough. When the agricultural sector
stood alone and volunteered funding cuts to help close America's budget
deficit, critics said it wasn't enough. When farmers began contributing
to their own safety net through crop insurance to offset risk to taxpayers,
critics said it wasn't enough. And now that the 2014 Farm Bill has come in
tens of billions under budget, critics still say it isn't enough."No" appears to be the only message the Environmental Working Group (EWG), Heritage Foundation, U.S. PIRG, Club for Growth, and other perennial farm policy opponents are capable of delivering. And they held a "national summit" here yesterday to discuss new ways to say no.
Could farmers or the public attend this summit?
No. But, if it were an open meeting, some tough questions would likely follow. For example:
Does EWG, Heritage, and others think it's awkward to advocate the elimination of tools like crop insurance that farmers will need to rebuild following the hurricanes?
No. The crowd heard opening remarks from a Senator who introduced legislation to effectively dismantle crop insurance just after Hurricane Harvey decimated the Gulf Coast and Irma was bearing down on Florida.Will Heritage rethink its "Blueprint for Agricultural Policy" now that a former USDA official called out the group for cherry-picking USDA data and including non-farm income to distort agriculture's financial picture?
No. In fact, Heritage just doubled down on its analysis and accused the former USDA official of opposing "freedom in agriculture," whatever that means. Will groups like the American Enterprise Institute stop paying professors with conflicts of interest to prepare its advocacy materials...especially after Politico exposed AEI's "American Boondoggle" series, which was released during the last Farm Bill?
No. These papers are a big source of fundraising, and the American Enterprise Institute is planning to release a follow-up series later this month. Do free-trade advocates like Club for Growth recognize the hypocrisy of lobbying to dismantle U.S. farm policy while saying nothing of increased ag subsidies and trade roadblocks in other countries?
No. Not even after a top trade attorney in Washington took critics to task for ignoring foreign subsidies and weakening America's ability to advance free trade in agriculture on a global scale. As the attorney noted, unilateral disarmament is not a sound farm policy; it's a recipe for foreign dependence.
Do conservative members of the anti-farm crowd mind working with EWG, which recently proposed a slew of costly environmental regulations for rural America? Conversely, do liberal members like U.S. PIRG mind that their conservative counterparts support cutting Farm Bill projects that promote conservation, education, and nutrition?
No. Apparently, idealism can be malleable, which explains yesterday's meeting. With that, here's one final question to consider:
Does anyone actually agree with the "no" crowd that America is better off without strong policies that defend our country's food security?
No. Thankfully, most Americans are far more sensible. According to a 2016 poll, eight in 10 Americans believe agriculture is critical to the country's security, and 92 percent said it was important to provide farmers with federal funding. Yes, that makes a lot more sense.
Global rice conference promotes low-carbon climate-smart rice
05.10.2017
Low carbon rice and sustained incomes for rice farmers in
developing countries were at the core of discussions at the first Global
Sustainable Rice Conference and Exhibition, which opened Oct. 4 in Bangkok. The
two-day meeting gathered around 300 global rice stakeholders from 30 countries
to discuss challenges facing the global rice sector, and to propose innovative
collaborative approaches to enhance sustainability in the sector.
The discussions are set to lead to recommendations for collaborative action and investment by governments, the private sector and the development community. Innovative partnerships are needed to transform the global rice sector toward a low-carbon, sustainable future, and contribute to the 2030 Agenda and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Speaking at the opening of the First Global Sustainable Rice Conference and Exhibition held at the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok, Dechen Tsering, regional director and regional representative for Asia and Pacific, UN Environment, called for urgent collective action among public and private sectors as well as research organizations and civil society groups.
“Rice is critical to global food security and to the welfare of around 800 million impoverished people around the world,” Tsering said. “However, we pay a high environmental price for our rice, and we need a transformation in the global rice sector if we are to meet future global demand and enhance farmer livelihoods in a sustainable way. As a multi-stakeholder initiative with 80 institutional members, the Sustainable Rice Platform, co-convened by UN Environment and the International Rice Research Institute, offers partners the opportunity to participate in this transformative process and make a real contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.”
In another keynote address, Kundhavi Kadiresan, assistant director-general and regional representative for Asia and the Pacific, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, reminded delegates that, “Asia fills the world’s rice bowls and will continue to do so in the years to come. But such a major crop needs constant attention
– by input suppliers, farmers, traders and the authorities whose
policies govern its production. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations seeks to work with partners who strive to ensure the
sustainability of rice production in ways that allow farmers to earn more
income but that do not result in damage to ecosystems and the rice-based
landscapes of the region.”
Rice climate conference
Meeting the world’s future food and nutritional needs in a sustainable way presents critical development challenges, underscoring the urgent need for action to enhance production while minimizing the environmental footprint of rice systems and their vulnerability to climate change. According to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), rice is a thirsty crop, accounting for 30% to 40% of the world’s irrigation water; 3,000 to 5,000 liters of water are needed to produce 1 kilogram of polished rice. Rice also accounts for approximately 13% of global nitrogen fertilizer use.
Aside from its extreme vulnerability to climate change impacts, rice production is itself a major contributor to climate change. According to the International Panel on Climate Change, rice fields contribute approximately 9% to 11% of the world’s non-CO2 agricultural emissions.These concerns underscore the need for action to enhance resource efficiency and reduce the environmental and carbon footprint of rice systems. Ensuring economic, environmental and social sustainability on the farm and throughout rice value chains presents critical development challenges.
Summarizing these challenges in his opening address to the conference, Matthew Morell, director general of the IRRI, reminded delegates of the efforts of the international research community to develop innovative climate-smart best practice packages for rice smallholders.“The International Rice Research Institute and its national partners and collaborating institutions have developed proven technologies and approaches to help smallholders in developing countries produce rice more efficiently, more reliably, using less water and farm chemicals, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and protecting the environment,” Morell said. “We are proud to work as co-founders of the Sustainable Rice Platform to promote adoption of these climate-smart best practice packages by Asia’s farmers.”
The Sustainable Rice Platform is a multi-stakeholder partnership to promote resource efficiency and sustainability, both on-farm and throughout rice value chains. The alliance works with over 80 institutional partners in the public and private sectors as well as international organizations, NGOs and the international research community to promote climate-smart best practice among rice smallholders in developing countries. In 2015 the world’s first Standard for Sustainable Rice Cultivation was launched, together with a set of Performance Indicators to enable monitoring of progress and impact. The launch triggered commitments by a number of private sector actors to achieve 100% sustainable sourcing within their global corporate supply chains by 2020. Revision of the standard recently began with a 60-day online public consultation.
http://www.blackseagrain.net/novosti/global-rice-conference-promotes-low-carbon-climate-smart-rice
Rice turns
pricey in city on Bangla scarcity bogey
KOLKATA: A dip in production of rice in Opar Bangla has prompted middlemen to play mis-chief in Epar
Bangla, pushing up the retail price of the staple diet that unites both Bengals.The retail price of
different varieties of rice has risen by up to 20% in Kolkata markets,
prompting the Bengalgovernment
to blame "the artificial crisis" on "a section middlemen and
speculators" and threaten action against them.
Trade insiders say the price rise has been sparked by reports of a shortfall in production of rice in Bangladesh, where the annual consumption of rice is around 3.1 crore tonnes. Bangladesh, therefore, has been forced to reduce import duty on rice from 28% to 2% in phases to tide over the crisis, which has been blamed largely on erratic rainfall.This, claim retail market operators in Kolkata, has fuelled export of rice from India — largely Bengal — which has, in turn, created a shortfall in the Bengal market.
But the Bengal government has denied this demand-and-supply rationale behind the price rise and squarely blamed the middlemen and speculators. "There is no deficit in our foodgrain stocks. A section of middlemen and speculators has jacked up retail prices by spreading all these rumours. We are keeping a close watch and will take strong action against such dishonest traders," Bengal agricultural marketing minister Tapan Dasgupta told TOI.
Trade insiders say the price rise has been sparked by reports of a shortfall in production of rice in Bangladesh, where the annual consumption of rice is around 3.1 crore tonnes. Bangladesh, therefore, has been forced to reduce import duty on rice from 28% to 2% in phases to tide over the crisis, which has been blamed largely on erratic rainfall.This, claim retail market operators in Kolkata, has fuelled export of rice from India — largely Bengal — which has, in turn, created a shortfall in the Bengal market.
But the Bengal government has denied this demand-and-supply rationale behind the price rise and squarely blamed the middlemen and speculators. "There is no deficit in our foodgrain stocks. A section of middlemen and speculators has jacked up retail prices by spreading all these rumours. We are keeping a close watch and will take strong action against such dishonest traders," Bengal agricultural marketing minister Tapan Dasgupta told TOI.
Government statistics, wholesalers and rice
mill owners support Dasgupta's contention. Bengal has produced 15.9 million
tonnes of rice in 2016-17 and the domestic dem-and is 14.9 million tonnes,
making for enough buffer to absorb any sudden spurt in export. "A spike in
exports alone cannot be blamed for this. A section of traders is using this as
a ploy to increase retail prices," Arijit Saha, owner of a rice mill in
Hooghly, said. "Exports alone cannot create such a shortfall that will
lead to a spike in the internal retail market," a Sealdah wholesale market
insider said, adding: "Some middlemen have spread these rumours and spiked
the price."
Whatever the reason, several Kolkata households
have already made small adjustments to their taste to keep the monthly expense
bill same. Thakurpukur businessman Arghya Saha's family used to buy the Mini
Kit variety till a week ago, when it used to cost Rs 32 a kg. But, with the
price of this variety going up to Rs 38, they have started buying the Ratna
variety, which now sells at Rs 34 a kg. "This, too, has gone up. the
regular price was Rs 28," Saha said. Other popular household varities have
become more pricey as well; they include Swarna Madhu and Chhatrish Chaal.
But it is not only the varities cooked at home
that have become costlier. The Basmati sold loose, which is a key ingredient of
Bengal's favourite biryani, is now pricier by Rs 5-7 a kg. "Branded
Basmati varieties, like Nafis, Wagha, Kohinoor and Adaab, have also become more
expensive but that is because of GST. Branded Basmati, anyway, is used by only
big restaurants," New Market retailer Naresh Bhai said.
But this spike will not have an immediate impact on restaurant food prices. "Restaurants will absorb the hike now," Hotel and Restaurants Association of Eastern India (HRAEI) president Sudesh Poddar said. "We will wait for at least six months before going for a price revision though neighbourhood biryani joints may be forced to hike prices," he added.
Can Tho to
ship first rice batch to Iran
Thursday, 10/05/2017, 12:01
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho
has signed an agreement with Iran to ship 100,000 tonnes of rice to the
country, said Huynh Trung Tru, Deputy Director of the Department of Industry
and Trade on October 4.
 |
According to Tru, rice import
demand has surged in Bangladesh, the Philippines and Iran.Bangladesh needs to import about 500,000 tonnes of
rice, with more than half of the volume in October alone, Tru said, adding that
local firms have registered with the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) to join
bidding.
The city hopes
to sign a longer contract with Iran next year, Tru said.In the first nine months this year, the city shipped more than
638,000 tonnes of rice abroad, worth US$262 million, up 22% in volume and
nearly 20% in value year on year.According to
the VFA, a total of nearly 5.16 million tonnes of rice was signed to be shipped
abroad up to the end of August.
The city earned more than US$1
billion in export revenue, accounting for 75.8% of the yearly target, up 16.9%
year on year.The city also imported US$321 million worth of goods, accounting
for 84.5% of the yearly target, up 47.6% from the same period last year, driven
by increased purchases of equipment and machines for production.
http://english.vov.vn/economy/can-tho-to-ship-first-rice-batch-to-iran-359783.vov
Cambodia's rice exports up 17 percent in nine
months
Source:
Xinhua| 2017-10-05 17:20:19|Editor: Mengjie
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia exported 421,966 tons of
milled rice in the first nine months of 2017, a 17 percent rise compared with
the same period last year, according to the latest report on Thursday.China is
the top buyer of Cambodian rice, followed by France and Poland, said the report
released by the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export, adding that
60 countries and regions had purchased Cambodian rice.
Export to China accounted for 124,760 tons, or 29.5 percent of
the total exports, during the January-September period this year, the report
said.Cambodia is expected to export 200,000 tons and 300,000 tons to China in
2017 and 2018, respectively.The Southeast Asian country produces over 9 million
tons of paddy rice a year. With this amount, it has over 3 million tons of
milled rice for annual export.
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Zim evaluates rice production
05.10.2017
ZIMBABWE is evaluating the feasibility of commercial rice
production with a Government delegation expected to go on a familiarisation
mission to Egypt to acquaint itself with technology and viable methods of
growing the cereal.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development (Cropping Production) Davis Marapira said he would next month lead a team of experts from his ministry to familiarise with rice production in one of Africa’s largest producer. Zimbabwe is a net importer of rice and spends about $150 million annually to import the cereal.“We have done our preliminary research, which have shown us that we can produce rice using hybrid varieties without any problem. I will lead a team from the ministry to Egypt to familiarise with their technology and understand how we can do it here.New rice varieties needs a lot of water in the first two months and we have sufficient water (to support rice production,” deputy minister Marapira said.
With hybrid varieties, Egyptian farmers have improved average rice production to almost 10 tonnes per hectare. Rice has become a priority crop in Africa with many countries looking at expanding production of the crop to achieve food self-sufficiency. At the fifth Presidential Youth Interface Rally in Chinhoyi about two months ago, President Mugabe indicated the country should seriously consider rice production.
FG: Price of
Rice will Fall Within One Month
• Approves N25bn to
offset debt it owes Discos
Omololu Ogunmade and
Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja
All things being equal, the price of rice in Nigeria will
drastically fall within the next one month, the federal government assured
wednesday.
This disclosure was made by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, while briefing State House correspondents at the
end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Presidential Villa in
Abuja.
Ogbeh said the government had been concerned about the high cost of
rice which he described as the most consumed commodity in Nigeria. The trend,
he added, resulted in the recent meetings of both the rice growers and millers
during which he said both parties resolved to crash the price of rice in the
next four weeks.
According to him, both the rice growers and millers had agreed that
the price of paddy – raw and unprocessed
rice in the farm – would be reduced to a cost that will be easily affordable by
rice millers who will in turn sell the milled rice at a competitive price that
will be within the reach of average consumers.
He said given this development, the price of locally consumed rice
would become as low as that of imported or smuggled rice. This development is
expected to make rice import or smuggling henceforth unattractive.
Ogbeh also said the council mandated the ministry to investigate
the recent export of poor quality of yam to the United States by a company with
a view to discovering why such products of low quality were exported from the
country.
Ogbeh also said a bill meant to repeal Export Prohibition Act which
prohibits the export of some locally produced items such as yam, rice, among
others, to enable the country export such products and grow the economy is
already before the National Assembly.
“We have been mandated by council to brief you on one or two
developments in the agriculture sector. One is a new development about the
consignment of yam which was exported from Nigeria to the US which, according
to a report that we heard today, was found to be of poor quality.
“The ministry will investigate it because the ministry is not an
exporter. Exporters are private sector people. We will investigate both the
company that exported and ask the quarantine department to check and find out
why such a consignment left here.
“The second issue is that in the last two days, rice growers in
Nigeria and rice millers have been meeting. We are very concerned about the
price of rice which is the most consumed commodity in Nigeria today.
“This means in the next one month, since the harvest of rice has
begun in earnest, the price of rice will become reasonable and the cost of rice
would have reduced substantially. We shall continue to pursue that. The
ministry is also equipping farmers to make rice harvest easier so that the cost
of rice harvest will substantially reduce,” he said.
In his own briefing, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr.
Babatunde Fashola, said the council approved N25.9 billion to offset the debt
owed by the federal government to electricity distribution companies (Discos).
According to him, the approval followed the verification of the
claims of over N67 billion debt made by the Discos against the federal
government.
He said the balance of N41 billion was not owed by the federal
government but rather by some states and local governments as well as some
international organisations classified as the federal government institutions.
Fashola said the decision of the government to offset the debt was
government’s own way of fulfilling its own commitment to the private sector
with the aim of promoting the growth of the private sector.
He also said the move was part of power sector recovery programme,
pointing out that further verification of debts owed by states and local
governments had been approved by the National Council on Power.
The minister also disclosed that the Discos also owe the federal
government over N500 billion, being the cost of energy which he said they took
and have not remitted.
He said: “We presented a memorandum to council to approve the
verified sums of monies owed by the ministries, departments and agencies of
government to distribution companies for electricity supplied to them. You
might recall that over time, since the inception of this administration, the
claims of debts owed by this administration to distribution companies have been
a matter of concern.
“We had committed that those figures would be verified and the
verified sums, the government would pay. We have completed the verification and
as was announced in the monthly power meeting, we now asked council to approve
the verified sum of N25.994 billion owed by MDAs of the federal government to
be paid to the Discos out of the claims of N67.41 by the Discos. There is
differential of about N41 billion. That differential arose because some of the
claims do not belong to the federal government. The debts are owed by some
states and local governments. Some are owed by public international
organisations that have been classified as government institutions.
In a related development,
the federal government, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN)
and National Rice Millers Association of
Nigeria (NRMAN) have moved to guarantee national food security by reducing the
price of rice before the end of the year.
The resolution was the highpoint of yesterday’s tripartite
understanding agreed to by Ogbeh, Chairman of NRMAN, Mohammed Abubakar and
Chairman of RIFAN, Aminu Goronyo.
The parties agreed to review and reduce the market price of
processed Paddy rice which ranges from N16,000 to N17,000 to about N13,000for
the 2017/2018 wet season farming.
Government rice policy has seen a major reduction in rice
importation from 500,000 metric ton in 2015 to 58,000 mt in 2016.
Ogbeh highlighted government’s desire to continue to procure
machines and support rice farmers so that they can maintain the MoU between the
farmers and millers to sell paddy at N110,000 per metric tonnes. Presently a
ton of paddy is sold at N150,000.
The minister appealed to RIFAN to desist from unnecessary hiking of
the price of paddy, saying such would give smugglers the leeway in market,
while ordinary Nigerians will be unable to afford the price of the local food
staple.
He stated further that with
efforts being put in place, the price of rice will be reasonable and can be
afforded by all Nigerians.
“I want to make a passionate appeal to RIFAN. Millers will be
unable to buy if the farmers hike the prices of the product. And if the millers
can’t buy, a day will come when the mills will shut down. If that happens,
people won’t find rice in the market and smugglers will take advantage of the
scarcity. Any breach of the agreement reached will benefit the smuggler while
the Nigerian consumers will suffer most,” Ogbeh admonished.
Speaking after the meeting, Goronyo said RIFAN predicted that
cheaper rice would flood the market this year in view of the anticipated bumper
harvest by farmers.
He said the rice farmer association and the millers had agreed in
principle to collaborate in the interest of Nigerians.
He gave the cost of production and high interest rate as the main
reasons responsible for the high cost of rice in the market, saying Ogbeh had
promised to bring the cost of production to the barest minimum.
“Though Nigerians were once buying a 50kg bag of rice for N18,000,
today the cost of a 50kg bag of rice is N14,000 to N15,000 which supports the
fact that the prices are coming down and will go further down to not even
N7,000 but N6,000 for a 50kg. Just give us few months,” Goronyo pleaded.
He said the government rice production scheme will benefit the
smallholder farmers estimated at 12.2 million or 90 per cent of the registered
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Nagpur
Foodgrain Prices Open- October 5, 2017
Reuters
Staff
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices –
APMC/Open Market-October 5
Nagpur, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Gram
prices showed weak tendency in Nagpur Agriculture Produce andMarketing
Committee (APMC) here on poor buying support from local millers amid high
moisturecontent arrival. Downward trend on NCDEX and good arrival in Madhya
Pradesh mandi and release ofstock from stockists also pushed down prices. About 500 of gram bags were available for
auctions, according to sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Desi gram raw declined in open market here in absence of buyers amid
good supply
from producing region.
TUAR
* Tuar varieties ruled steady in open market here on subdued demand from
local traders
amid ample stock in ready position.
* Moong varieties quoted weak in open market on poor buying support from
local
Traders.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,100-4,175, Tuar dal (clean) – 5,800-6,200, Udid
Mogar (clean)
– 7,500-8,200, Moong Mogar (clean)
6,600-7,000, Gram – 5,500-5,625, Gram Super best
– 7,800-8,300
* Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in
scattered deals and settled at last levels
in limited deals.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market
prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 4,350-5,010 4,450-5,170
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 3,500-3,970
Moong Auction n.a. 3,900-4,200
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Wheat Mill quality Auction 1,590-1,678 1,590-1,675
Gram Super Best Bold 8,000-8,500 8,000-8,500
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 7,200-7,600 7,200-7,600
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 5,700-5,800 5,700-5,800
Desi gram Raw 5,450-5,750 5,500-5,800
Gram Kabuli 12,500-13,200 12,500-13,200
Tuar Fataka Best-New 6,100-6,400 6,100-6,400
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 5,700-6,000 5,700-6,000
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 5,200-5,400 5,200-5,400
Tuar Gavarani New 3,850-3,950 3,850-3,950
Tuar Karnataka 4,250-4,550 4,250-4,550
Masoor dal best 5,200-5,400 5,200-5,400
Masoor dal medium 4,800-5,000 4,800-5,000
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 6,700-7,400 6,800-7,500
Moong Mogar Medium 6,100-6,500 6,200-6,600
Moong dal Chilka 5,400-6,100 5,500-6,200
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 7,000-7,400 7,000-7,500
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New)
7,900-8,500 7,900-8,500
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,700 5,800-6,700
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,200-6,300 5,200-6,300
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,500 5,000-5,500
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,750-2,950 2,750-2,950
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,000 2,900-3,000
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,800-4,400 3,800-4,400
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,000 1,900-2,000
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,850 1,700-1,850
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,300 2,100-2,300
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,400 2,200-2,400
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,100 1,900-2,100
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,600
3,100-3,600
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,700 2,200-2,700
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,400 3,000-3,400
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,900 2,700-2,900
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,400 2,200-2,400
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,600 2,500-2,600
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,650-4,050 3,650-4,050
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,600 3,300-3,600
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,400 4,200-4,400
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,500-13,500 9,500-13,500
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,500 5,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 4,500-4,900 4,500-4,900
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,400 4,200-4,400
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,700-2,000 1,700-2,000
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 35.6 degree
Celsius, minimum temp. 21.7 degree Celsius
Rainfall : Nil
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky.
Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 35 and 22
degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are
excluded from plant delivery prices, butincluded in market prices)
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Nagpur
Foodgrain Prices Open- October 6, 2017
Reuters
Staff
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices –
APMC/Open Market-October 6
Nagpur, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Gram
prices recovered in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing
Committee (APMC) here on good buying
support from local millers. Fresh rise on NCDEX, upwardtrend in Madhya Pradesh
gram prices and reported demand from South-based millers also jacked upprices.
About 450 of gram bags and 600
bags of tuar were available for auctions, according to sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor.
TUAR
* Tuar gavarani and tuar Karnataka reported higher in open market on
renewed festival
season demand from local traders.
* Lakhodi dal showed upward tendency in open market on good demand from
local
traders.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,100-4,175, Tuar dal (clean) – 5,800-6,200, Udid
Mogar (clean)
– 7,500-8,200, Moong Mogar (clean)
6,600-7,000, Gram – 5,500-5,625, Gram Super best
– 7,800-8,300
* Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in
scattered deals and settled at last levels
in limited deals.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market
prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 4,475-5,100 4,400-5,000
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 3,500-3,920
Moong Auction n.a. 3,900-4,200
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Wheat Mill quality Auction 1,590-1,678 1,590-1,675
Gram Super Best Bold 8,000-8,500 8,000-8,500
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 7,200-7,600 7,200-7,600
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 5,700-5,800 5,700-5,800
Desi gram Raw 5,450-5,750 5,450-5,750
Gram Kabuli 12,500-13,200 12,500-13,200
Tuar Fataka Best-New 6,100-6,400 6,100-6,400
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 5,700-6,000 5,700-6,000
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 5,200-5,400 5,200-5,400
Tuar Gavarani New 3,900-4,000 3,850-3,950
Tuar Karnataka 4,300-4,600 4,250-4,550
Masoor dal best 5,200-5,400 5,200-5,400
Masoor dal medium 4,800-5,000 4,800-5,000
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 6,700-7,400 6,700-7,400
Moong Mogar Medium 6,100-6,500 6,100-6,500
Moong dal Chilka 5,400-6,100 5,400-6,100
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 7,000-7,400 7,000-7,500
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New)
7,900-8,500 7,900-8,500
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,700 5,800-6,700
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,200-6,300 5,200-6,300
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,500 5,000-5,500
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,800-3,000 2,750-2,950
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,000 2,900-3,000
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,800-4,400 3,800-4,400
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,000 1,900-2,000
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,850 1,700-1,850
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,300 2,100-2,300
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,400 2,200-2,400
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,100 1,900-2,100
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,600 3,100-3,600
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,700 2,200-2,700
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,400 3,000-3,400
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,900 2,700-2,900
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,400 2,200-2,400
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,600 2,500-2,600
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,650-4,050 3,650-4,050
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,600 3,300-3,600
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,400 4,200-4,400
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,500-13,500 9,500-13,500
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,500 5,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 4,500-4,900 4,500-4,900
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,400 4,200-4,400
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,700-2,000 1,700-2,000
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 33.6 degree
Celsius, minimum temp. 23.4 degree Celsius
Rainfall : 0.6 mm
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky with
one or two spells of rains or thunder-showers. Maximum and
minimum temperature would be
around and 34 and 23 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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Basmati paddy price firms up on lower harvest,
steady demand
Unshelled
basmati is trading between Rs 26 and 45 per kilogram in Punjab during the
ongoing harvesting season.CHANDIGARH: The price of
basmati paddy — the premier long grain rice in its unshelled form — has
increased 30-45% from last year as farmers harvest a lower output in India, the
largest producer and exporter, even as demand remains steady globally. Traders
expect the price to remain firm through this season. Unshelled basmati is
trading between Rs 26 and 45 per kilogram in Punjab during the ongoing
harvesting season. Farmers are receiving higher value this time for 1509
basmati variety as well compared to the last year when it sold around Minimum
Support price.
India exports the rice to more than 130 countries. Its price has firmed up after remaining subdued for two seasons. Low prices had led farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to sow less basmati this year. “A drop of around 7% in area under basmati in India will buttress prices while the international demand is expected to remain stable at around 4 million tonnes,” Basmati Export Development Foundation director AK Gupta told ET. Demand from traditional markets Saudi Arabia, Iran, the UAE and the US is expected to remain normal, he said.
“The prices are expected to remain firm throughout the harvesting season as carryover stocks are low and output is less than normal,” said Arvinder Pal Singh, director at Amar Singh Chawal Wala that owns the Lal Qila rice brand. Haryana-based Dunar Foods’ CEO, Sandeep Singla, said basmati output could reduce 8-10% this year. “The export prices are bound to rise in this scenario,” Singla added. But despite this revival in price, basmati traders in Punjab said they were hurt by higher payment towards market development fee and rural development fund (RDF).
A few weeks ago, the Punjab government increased the market fee and RDF from 2% to 3%. It is expected to favour millers and traders based in Delhi, Rajasthan and Haryana where the cost is much less, traders in Punjab said. “The higher levy will ultimately affect farmers who will end up earning less remuneration,” Pal said.
To protest against the increase, rice millers in Punjab have called for a strike on October 5-6. “The government needs to cut RDF and market fee to comparative levels, else an indefinite strike will be held after October 26,” a miller said.
Basmati paddy price firms up on lower harvest,
steady demand
, ET
Bureau|
Oct 04,
2017, 07.15 PM IST
Unshelled
basmati is trading between Rs 26 and 45 per kilogram in Punjab during the
ongoing harvesting season.CHANDIGARH: The price of
basmati paddy — the premier long grain rice in its unshelled form — has
increased 30-45% from last year as farmers harvest a lower output in India, the
largest producer and exporter, even as demand remains steady globally. Traders
expect the price to remain firm through this season. Unshelled basmati is
trading between Rs 26 and 45 per kilogram in Punjab during the ongoing
harvesting season. Farmers are receiving higher value this time for 1509
basmati variety as well compared to the last year when it sold around Minimum
Support price. India exports the rice to more than 130 countries. Its price has firmed up after remaining subdued for two seasons. Low prices had led farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to sow less basmati this year. “A drop of around 7% in area under basmati in India will buttress prices while the international demand is expected to remain stable at around 4 million tonnes,” Basmati Export Development Foundation director AK Gupta told ET. Demand from traditional markets Saudi Arabia, Iran, the UAE and the US is expected to remain normal, he said.
“Steps taken by the Indian government, including
restrictions on allowing exports through Documents against Acceptance (a credit
arrangement), have also helped push up basmati export prices,” said Vijay Sethia, president of the All
India Rice Exporters Association.
Restrictions on Documents against Acceptance has reduced
defaults by overseas companies, but the Indian government still needs to
blacklist some of the firms that have blocked payments causing heavy financial
losses to Indian exporters, he said. According to Sethia, implementation of GST
will help boost exports as it has put an end to wide disparity in state levies
that were hurtling exporters.
“The prices are expected to remain firm throughout the harvesting season as carryover stocks are low and output is less than normal,” said Arvinder Pal Singh, director at Amar Singh Chawal Wala that owns the Lal Qila rice brand. Haryana-based Dunar Foods’ CEO, Sandeep Singla, said basmati output could reduce 8-10% this year. “The export prices are bound to rise in this scenario,” Singla added. But despite this revival in price, basmati traders in Punjab said they were hurt by higher payment towards market development fee and rural development fund (RDF).
A few weeks ago, the Punjab government increased the market fee and RDF from 2% to 3%. It is expected to favour millers and traders based in Delhi, Rajasthan and Haryana where the cost is much less, traders in Punjab said. “The higher levy will ultimately affect farmers who will end up earning less remuneration,” Pal said.
To protest against the increase, rice millers in Punjab have called for a strike on October 5-6. “The government needs to cut RDF and market fee to comparative levels, else an indefinite strike will be held after October 26,” a miller said.
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Rice farmers hope for fair weather during harvest
Long rainy season leads to late harvest
Area
rice farmers are rolling with the punches – they would prefer to be further
along in the process and they’re hoping dry weather holds out long enough to
give them enough time to harvest.The wet weather this past spring pushed
planting back for rice farmers across the Sacramento Valley, which has
ultimately resulted in a later harvest than usual. “It’s going OK so far, but we started
later than normal – probably 10 to 12 days later than usual,” said Michael
Bosworth, owner of Rue and Forsman Ranch in Rio Oso.
Bosworth
said he has about 60 percent of his crop still left to harvest. He knew he
would be harvesting later this year, so he also incorporated some early
maturing rice varieties in his fields to allow for a more manageable harvest. Still, it’s a race against the clock
because the rain will be coming. If it comes too soon, it could prevent rice
harvesters from getting into the field.
“The
late harvest is concerning because of how unpredictable the fall weather is,”
Bosworth said. “If we get into the situation where we got a lot of rain, things
will get way worse. But considering we are already in October, I’d say we’ve
been lucky so far.”
The
cooler temperatures over the past several days and the winds have helped some
farmers’ crops finish maturing.“We are just getting going,” said Jerry Norene,
owner of Norene Ranches Inc. in Yuba County. “The north wind the last few days
has matured everything, so we are pretty much ready to go.”
Norene
still has about 85 percent of his crop left to harvest, but the little he has
gotten out of the field was encouraging, in terms of yield. “We haven’t got the weights back on it
yet, but it seemed to do better than I was expecting,” Norene said. “I expected
a lot to fall off, considering the spring we had.”
According
to the United States Department of Agriculture, approximately 458,000 acres of
rice were planted across the state this year, which is down from about 536,000
in 2016.
From
what he’s seen so far, Bosworth said yields for certain varieties have been down,
but nothing that is too worrisome yet.“Some of the varieties have been about
average or just below average (in terms of yield), but some other varieties are
off by about 10-15 percent,” he said.
Tom
Butler, vice president of Sutter Basin Corporation located in the Robbins area,
said they typically start harvesting in mid-September, but considering
“everybody got in late” this year they were about five days behind schedule.After
racing to do everything possible to catchup for that missed time, he said the
farm is in a good position right now, even though there is more than half of
his crop still in the field.
“Harvest
is never really normal, you will always have some lodging and there will be
some fields you just don’t get into in time, but you have to deal with it. It’s
part of the business,” Butler said.
Summer heat now slows farmers
The
location of Sutter Basin Corp. – in the Robbins area and in proximity to the
Delta – helped this year’s crop, said Tom Butler, vice president of the
business.
The
cooler, milder temperatures there helped his crop mature quickly, as opposed to
some farmers who experienced lodging (when the crop grows too quickly and
becomes top-heavy, it falls over and becomes more difficult to harvest).
Butler experienced some lodging this year and
has seen worse. But he said it definitely posed a problem for many farmers this
year. One of the theories
circulating the industry is that long periods of high heat – consecutive days over
100 degrees – was a primary factor in the issue this year.
“Some of
the people I’ve talked to, who have been farming a long time, have never seen
lodging as widespread as it has been,” said Michael Bosworth, owner of Rue and
Forsman Ranch in Rio Oso. “There is not a quality issue, so you can still
harvest it. It just means your harvesting combine has to go a lot slower, or
about half the usual speed.”
In other
words, lodging is significantly slowing down the harvesting process that is
already behind schedule. That leaves farmers racing to harvest their crops from
sunup to sundown while weather conditions remain favorable.“Cutting in October
makes you nervous, but cutting late into October makes you very nervous. You
just have to do what you can and hope mother nature is nice to you for as long
as possible,” Butler said.
– Jake
Abbott
Courtesy photo A harvester loads
rice into a bankout wagon at Rue and Forsman Ranch in Rio Oso Sept. 18.
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"Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck."
- Dalai Lama
"Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck."
- Dalai Lama
