U.S. Administration, USA Rice of Like-Mind on Rice Imports from China
By Bob Cummings
WASHINGTON, DC
-- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump instructed U.S. Trade Representative
Robert Lighthizer to consider increasing the level of an additional duty on
imports of $200 billion from China, including rice, from 10 percent to 25
percent. Action by Ambassador Lighthizer
to raise duties on the $200 billion in imports began on July 10 under Section
301 of the Trade Act of 1974."USA Rice supported the Administration's
initial action to increase import duties on rice from China," said Bobby
Hanks, chairman of the USA Rice International Trade Policy Committee and a
Louisiana miller. "We can't ship
U.S. rice to China, yet China is shipping increasing amounts of rice to the
United States, and China raised import duties on U.S. rice to 25 percent -
where is the fairness in any of this? We
support the President's instruction yesterday to Ambassador Lighthizer."
USA Rice, with
the support of successive U.S. administrations, has sought for more than a
decade to achieve regulatory approval from the Chinese government to export
U.S. milled rice to China. Despite
signing a government-to-government phytosanitary protocol last July and
positive follow-up this summer, progress has stalled. In the meantime, imports of rice from China
have soared, triple the volume in 2017 versus 2016, and up 75 percent again in
the first five months of 2018. Most of
these imports are shipped to Puerto Rico.
China also
placed retaliatory import duties of 25 percent on U.S. rice last month because
of U.S. actions in response to China's policies on intellectual property and
technology transfer.
According to a
statement by Lighthizer: "The
increase in the possible rate of the additional duty is intended to provide the
Administration with additional options to encourage China to change its harmful
policies and behavior, and adopt policies that will lead to fairer markets and
prosperity for all of our citizens."
As with past
increases in duties on imports from China, there is a comment period, including
a public hearing, followed by administrative review prior to
implementation. Because of the
President's direction yesterday, the close of the written comment period has
been extended from August 30 to September 5.
"We were
ready before the President's instruction to recommend that imports of rice from
China face an additional duty of 25 percent, and we will do so as part of the
formal comment period," said Hanks.
"We have long sought normal commercial relations with China, but
that means reciprocal fairness, and we have neither right now."
Time is of the
essence
Senate Farm
Bill Conferees Named
By Jamison
Cruce
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Chairman Pat
Roberts (R-KS)
Ranking Member
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Sen. John
Boozman (R-AR)
Sen. Sherrod
Brown (D-OH)
Sen. Joni Ernst
(R-IA)
Sen. Heidi
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Sen. John
Hoeven (R-ND)
Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-VT)
The Senate made
the procedural move to go to conference this past Tuesday, which now officially
leads to House and Senate negotiations on conference report that will have to
again be considered by both chambers.
Last week, the House named 47 conferees, 29 Republicans, and 18
Democrats (see USA Rice Daily, July 23, 2018).
"USA Rice
is pleased that with the naming of conferees, the conference process can now
formally begin," said Joe Mencer, Arkansas rice farmer and chairman of the
USA Rice Farmers. "With the appointment of Representatives Rick Crawford
(R-AR), Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and Senator Boozman to
the Farm Bill conference committee, the U.S. rice industry has exceptional
champions who will strongly advocate for our industry as these negotiations
proceed."
The 2014 Farm
Bill expires on Sept. 30, leaving 11 legislative days with both the House and
Senate in session to agree a conference report in both chambers and get a bill
to President Trump's desk without having to pass an extension.
USA RICE
Governor Badaru: How Jigawa achieved five
tons of rice per hectare
August 2, 2018
Gov. Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa
says the state government has assisted farmers in the state to enhance their
rice yield from 2.5 to 5 tons per hectare.The governor made the disclosure at
the validation workshop on capacity gaps for implementing Holistic Empowerment
for Livelihood Program (HELP), held on Wednesday in Kaduna.
He said farmers are being
clustered to produce rice by providing them with knowledge on agronomic
practices, seeds, insecticides and fertilizer in order to increase
competitiveness.“This has also provided jobs to over 145 youths across the
value chain. They have been trained on manual planters, per boiling and also
act as service providers to plant and transplant rice for farmers.
“They are also connected with
rice dealers/millers who sell to them at factory price.“I believe this workshop
is meant for us, because we are in dire need of help, advice and guidance to
record more successes in Agricultural development.“Hence, the need for me to
come along with all stakeholders in the sector,” he said.
Badaru disclosed that his
counterpart governors in the Northwest region have met and agreed that the
region’s future lies in agricultural development.Jigawa has five functional
rice mills and Dangote Group is presently building a 36 tons per hour rice
mill.In his opening remarks, the Executive Director, Forum for Agricultural
Research in Africa (FARA), Yemi Akinbamijo, said it is as a result of the
commitment demonstrated by Jigawa and Oyo State governments that FARA developed
the HELP initiative.
According to him, the philosophy
behind HELP is the promotion of triangular collaboration involving the private
sector, universities, research centres and policy makers in Africa, in
collaboration with international agencies.He stated that HELP also offers the
opportunity to exchange information on relevant agricultural technologies and
innovations.“Already, FARA-Jigawa joint engagement with the Cuban government
has yielded some positive results leading to the development of Afro-Cuba
partnership for Agricultural Research and Development ,” he said.
Akinbamijo also noted that the
workshop represents the first major step in the implementation of HELP during which
capacity gaps earlier identified by the Arewa Research and Development Project
will be validated.He said new gaps would be identified and partnership for
realising the vision of HELP mapped out.According to him, the gathering is
expected to come up with a draft that will eventually become country-specific
work program aimed at guiding activities of all stakeholders for
implementation.
On his part, the Kaduna State
Commissioner for Agriculture, Daniel Manzo, said a lot needs to be done in the
sector.He however said authorities have initiated innovations to boost value
chains in tomatoes and maize, particularly in Kaduna and Kano States.
“The gap in agricultural capacity
has kept us in a circle of crippling poverty, if only our small farmers had
capacity and are able to cluster themselves together, they can move the world.
“Even as scattered and sporadic
their efforts are, they still contribute significantly to the nation’s
economy,” he said.The workshop had in attendance major stakeholders in the
agricultural sector drawn from Northwestern Nigeria, International partners and
top government officials.
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Scientists Develop A Strain Of Genetically Modified Rice That
Neutralizes HIV
BOULENGER XAVIER/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM
By
Rosie McCall
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there
were 36,900,000 people living with HIV in 2017, 25,700,000 of whom
were in Africa. And while the spread of the immunocompromising virus has
stalled since the epidemic of the 1980s, there were still 2.1 million
people newly infected with HIV in 2015.
Right now, exciting new drugs, vaginal implants, and experimental HIV vaccines to prevent and manage the virus
are in development – human trials for the latter are expected to start in
2019. As of 2018, however, medics rely on two methods, sexual health
education and oral medication, to control the spread of the virus.
Only one person has ever been fully cured but
patients with HIV typically take an antiretroviral drug that prevents the
virus from replicating inside the body, essentially stalling the onset of AIDS.
If properly treated, the virus can be managed and patients can expect to live a
long and healthy life. The problem is not everybody has access to these drugs.
The team says their GMO rice could offer an effective – and
affordable – solution to HIV positive patients in developing
countries.
It works because the rice seeds produce three proteins –
the monoclonal antibody 2G12, and the lectins griffithsin and cyanovirin-N –
which preliminary in vitro tests show bind to gp120 (the glycoprotein that
enables the virus to target cells) and neutralize HIV. These seeds can be
ground up to form a paste that can then be applied as a topical cream, which
counterbalances the virus in the exact same way as the antiretroviral
medication.
Importantly, when the crops are fully grown, the seeds can be
produced on-site for almost no cost, making the treatment extremely accessible
to those who might otherwise have to travel miles to reach a medical clinic.
Cereal seeds, the researchers explain, are some of the most suitable materials
for producing medication because the infrastructure is already there.
There are a few hurdles researchers will have to jump before the
rice becomes widely available, not least people's aversion to anything GMO.
Scientists will first have to show that there are no harmful side effects and
second have to meet the various regulatory restrictions in place in the
countries they hope to reach – but the results so far are promising.
“This groundbreaking strategy is
realistically the only way that microbicidal cocktails can be manufactured at a
cost low enough for the developing world, where HIV prophylaxis is most in
demand," the study authors explain.
Scientists create GMO rice that neutralises HIV
16
Cheaply made
and readily available, this strand of GMO rice is set to bring relief to those
suffering from HIV.
According to the World Health Organization, 36,900,000 people were
diagnosed with HIV in 2017, 25,700,000 of whom were in Africa. And while
the spread of the virus has stalled since the epidemic of the 1980s, the question of treatment
becomes an important one to answer, particularly in places where the right
medicine is hard to come by.
Scientists from the US, UK, and
Spain have developed a new strain of GMO rice to manage HIV symptoms. The
outstanding results of the study were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences earlier
this week.
It works because the rice seeds
produce three proteins which have neutralised HIV in vitro tests. The
beauty is the ease of availability, as these seeds can be grown and
applied as a topical cream, which counterbalances the virus in the exact same
way as the antiretroviral medication.
Now, the cynic in all of us
raising its bony hands at the point, asking about the price, accessibility and
the chances of a large conglomerate of some type will buy the tech and bury it
forever.
Well, when the crops are fully
grown, the seeds can be produced on-site for almost no cost. Cereal seeds, the
researchers explain, are some of the most suitable materials for producing
medication because the infrastructure is already there.
As with anything worth our
interest, the researchers have one more thing to scale – our own collective
ignorance. They will have to prove that the genetically modified product poses
no harm to those it hopes to save.
Fingers crossed.
HIV
Infections Could Be Prevented With the Use of Genetically Modified Rice
The seeds
of the GM rice can be crushed to make a topical cream for use in preventing the
spread of HIV infection.
August, 02nd 2018
The news is the latest novel way to deal with the devastating
widespread disease. Despite massive leaps forward in knowledge and prevention
methods, there are still about 37 million people living
with HIV around the world.
One in 25 African adults
affected by HIV
According to to the World Health Organization, that’s about 0.8
percent of adults between 15 and 49 years old. Africa has the largest
population of people living with HIV, about one in twenty-five adults are
affected by the illness. In 2017 alone more than, 900,000
people died from HIV-related illnesses.
For many economic and political
reasons, HIV treatment has become more widely available in the West. In the US,
known cases of HIV infections dropped from 135,000 in 1985 to 50,000 in 2010,
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This dramatic reduction in the
disease is achieved through a combination of better education about the spread
of the disease as well as the development of oral HIV medication. However many
of these medicines are not available in developing countries so scientists are
looking for other ways to help reduce the disease.
The modified rice produces two
types of proteins and one kind of antibody that can bind to HIV viruses. Once
the rice is grown its seeds can be processed on-site to make a topical cream
containing the proteins.
Rice cream can be applied directly to skin
The cream can then be applied to the skin to
allow the proteins to enter the body.
The researchers say the cost of
making the cream is really low and that they hope people living in affected
areas can grow the rice, make the paste and apply it themselves.
While the idea is an exciting
breakthrough in helping reduce the number of HIV infections, the scientists
still have a lengthy testing process to do to ensure that the genetically
modified rice doesn’t pass on any harmful side effects to humans.
The idea also goes some way to
perpetuate the gap between different expectation for people around the world.
It would be unheard of to expect a person living in New York to grow their own
rice to then make a cream for application to assist in the prevention of a
deadly disease, but structural racism and corporate greed means this is a
genuine suggestion for people in third world countries.
The research has been published in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences.
RESEARCHERS DISCOVER REGULATOR OF ENDOSPERM DEVELOPMENT IN RICE
Abnormally developed endosperm strongly affects rice appearance
and grain weight. Endosperm formation is a complex process, but several factors
remain largely unknown. Scientists from the China National
Rice Research Institute studied a recessive mutant, wb1, in hopes of studying
factors affecting endosperm development in rice.
The wb1 mutant develops a white-belly endosperm and abnormal
starch granules in the inner portion of white grains. Grains of wb1 also showed
higher grain chalkiness and a lower 1000-grain weight, a 34% decrease from that
of wildtype grains. The contents of amylose and amylopectin in wb1
significantly decreased, and its physical properties were also altered.
The analysis identified 12 candidate genes that
could be implicated for the wb1 mutant. Further analysis of transcript levels
of all candidate genes showed that White Belly 1 (WB1),
which encodes a cell-wall invertase, was the most probable cause of white-belly
endosperm phenotype.Switching off of WB1 using the CRISPR-Cas9 system
in Nipponbare rice lines confirms that WB1 regulates endosperm
development and is responsible for the wb1 mutation.
For more information, read the article in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Chines experts to train 40 Pakistani scientists on hybrid
ricev
APP
ISLAMABAD: A group of Chines hybrid rice
experts would arriving Pakistan in September to impart training to Pakistani
scientists for the promotion and development of hybrid seed verities across the
crop sowing areas of the country to boost local output.In first phase a batch
of 40 scientists selected all across the country would be trained to promote
and develop the hybrid rice production technology in the country, said Member
Plant Science of the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) Dr Muhammad
Yousuf.
He said that Pakistan and Chines Government had
signed a memorandum of understanding for the promotion of hybrid rice verities
in Pakistan as well as capacity building of local scientists in the field of
hybrid rice.
Under the agreement, he said that 28 scientists
all across the country were selected for the training programme and they had
completed their training form China and now they were extending their services
for the promotion and development of hybrid rice seed in the country.
He said that hybrid rice cultivation across the
crop sowing areas during the current season had registered significant increase
and it is expected that the trend of hybrid rice seed would gain momentum
during the next season.
“Hybrid rice had been cultivated over 800,000
hectares of land across the crop producing areas of the country, which was a
healthy trend and give boost to the local output of the rice”, he added.
The area under hybrid rice production was
gradually increasing and it was phasing-out the trend of conventional seed,
adding that it would help in boosting the local output that would also result
in enhancing the exports and fetch more foreign exchange for economic
development.
Meanwhile, he said that rice had been
cultivated over approximately 2.8 million hectares of land to produce about 7.4
million tons of the above-mentioned commodity. He said that out of the total
produces, 60 percent was consumed locally, where as 40 per cent was exported.
It is worth mentioning here that country earned
$2.073 billion by exporting about 4.106 million tons of rice during 12 months
of last financial year as compared the exports of 3.523 million tons valuing
$1.606 billion of the corresponding period of last years.
During the period from July-June, 2017-18,
about 520,759 metric tons of basmati rice worth US$ 540.231 million were
exported as against 496,263 metric tons valuing $453.441 million of same period
of last year, showing an increase of 19.14 per cent growth.
https://nation.com.pk/02-Aug-2018/chines-experts-to-trains-40-pakistani-scientists-on-hybrid-rice
Rice Research center at Stuttgart adds
greenhouse, growth chambers
This photo shows the inside of the new research greenhouse at
the Rice Research and Extension Center on July 2. Special to The Commercial/U
of A System Division of Agriculture, Ehsan Shakiba
Officials prepare to cut the ribbon, formally opening the new
research greenhouse and growth chambers at the Rice Research and Extension
Center at Stuttgart. Special to The Commercial/U of A System Division of
Agriculture, Sarah Cato
This photo shows the inside of the new research greenhouse at
the Rice Research and Extension Center on July 2. Special to The Commercial/U
of A System Division of Agriculture, Ehsan Shakiba
Officials prepare to cut the ribbon, formally opening the new
research greenhouse and growth chambers at the Rice Research and Extension Center
at Stuttgart. Special to The Commercial/U of A System Division of Agriculture,
Sarah Cato
This photo shows the inside of the new research greenhouse at
the Rice Research and Extension Center on July 2. Special to The Commercial/U
of A System Division of Agriculture, Ehsan Shakiba
Rice Research center at Stuttgart adds greenhouse,
growth chambers
STUTTGART – A research greenhouse
formally opened Thursday further enables efforts by University of Arkansas
System Division of Agriculture to stem rice yield loss after milling due to
high nighttime temperatures, officials said.
Jay Coker, chairman of the Rice
Research and Promotion Board, said the need for an advanced facility to help
develop resilient rice varieties became apparent after Arkansas rice producers
lost yield after milling due to high nighttime temperatures in 2016.
“The greenhouse and growth
chambers projects are both an immediate and direct response to the impact of
high nighttime temperatures that negatively impacted rice growers in 2016,”
Coker said. “This investment of research funds will allow researchers to
overcome these issues and bring higher yielding and better quality rice
varieties in an expedited manner into the hands of the Arkansas rice grower.”
The Rice Research and Promotion
Board fully funded the $1.88 million cost for the research greenhouse and
growth chambers, officials said.
Eshan Shakiba, a rice breeder for
the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said the growth
chambers and rest of the greenhouse are digitally controlled, enabling
researchers to precisely create whatever environment is needed for research.
Researchers can control temperature, light intensity, humidity, carbon dioxide
levels, length of day and other factors as needed for variety testing, as well
as being alerted should something go awry. A reverse osmosis system ensures
pure water for plant growth.
These new programs also keep data
readily available for researchers.
“These facilities are unique in
our region in that they are controlled by a computer. It has a sophisticated
system for moisture, light and heat control,” Shakiba said. “If something
happens it can notify us via Bluetooth. Also, it is all connected to the
Internet, so we can take data from the computer and put that information on a
flash drive if needed.”
The 40 by 80-foot greenhouse will
be used to breed hybrid and conventional rice that is tolerant to high
nighttime temperatures. The greenhouse will be used primarily for hybrid rice
breeding activities. The 10- by 20-foot growth chambers will be used for
screening hybrid and conventional rice lines for tolerance to high nighttime
temperatures.
Along with advanced technology,
the growth chambers also offer researchers the space they need to test the 72
different cultivars in the high nighttime temperatures study.
“Most growth chambers are small,
like closets,” Shakiba said, “But we needed something to test multiple
cultivars simultaneously in different conditions.”
Jean-Francois Meullenet,
associate vice president for agriculture research, said the new facilities are
in good hands with the rice breeders at the Rice Research and Extension Center.
“The Arkansas Rice Research and
Promotion Board have been very supportive of our research, and it’s comforting
to know that their dollars are being put to good use,” Meullenet said. “This
research will, in time, have a great impact on our rice growers.”
The project has been a group
effort between Division of Agriculture rice breeders, University of Arkansas
scientists and administrators, architects and the Rice Promotion Board. Shakiba
said seeing all of their hard work come to fruition has been satisfying.
“We traveled and spoke with
people across the state and in other states to ask questions about their
greenhouses. We asked about what worked and what didn’t,” Shakiba said. “We
worked very hard on this and we are very proud of it.”
For more information on rice
research in Arkansas visit https://www.uaex.edu/media-resources/ArkansasRicePeakPerformance/.
The University of Arkansas System
Division of Agriculture offers all its Extension and Research programs to all
eligible persons without discrimination.
Hybrid rice seed to significantly
increase yield, exports
LAHORE: The commercialisation of
Hybrid Basmati seed, expected to be achieved by 2019-2020, will boost farm
income as well as exports, Shahzad Ali Malik, chief executive officer of Guard
Agricultural Research and Services (Guard Agri) said.
Talking to a group of journalists,
Malik said with the development of high-yielding fine rice seed varieties,
Pakistan would finally end stalemate in production of Basmati rice. The
development of an ideal hybrid Basmati seed was a cumbersome process.
“It is not a simple job. We have
been working on development of Basmati strain with the help of hybridisation
for last several years. After going through a tedious task, with the help of
Chinese experts, our scientists have arrived at the advance stage of carrying
out its trial,” he said.
Malik, who has pioneered the launch
of high-yielding coarse varieties of hybrid rice seed in the country, said
farmers of fine rice varieties would also be able to earn significantly more
income soon with the cultivation of hybrid Basmati rice.
The development and launch of
hybrid rice seed of coarse varieties has helped many farmers in Sindh and
Balochistan to double the per acre yield as compared to earlier varieties,
reduce cost of production, and increase income significantly. At the national
level, quantum jump in rice production has resulted in export surpluses,
leading to rise in export earnings tremendously.
Local consumption of premium rice
has also been on the rise with passage of time. However, it requires jump in
Basmati rice production, which has been prime choice of farmers living in north
and central Punjab for centuries.
Keeping in view the consumption
trend in local and overseas markets, Malik said the intensification of Basmati
rice assumes paramount importance. Thus, share of Basmati trade in overall rice
export needs to be increased in coming years to spur growth on a sustained
pattern.
With the launch of hybrid Basmati
strains, he said the competitive edge of Pakistani Basmati exporters would be
bolstered by greater exportable surplus, which might lead to add another
billion dollars in rice exports in the coming years.
Pakistan has seen a surge in rice
exports in recent year, but it still needs to be improved given the immense
agrarian base of the country and potential of scientific development in
research. With the Chinese assistance, new varieties of rice hybrid seed
already resulted in increasing productivity and exports. It is a win-win
situation for all stakeholders, ultimately playing a role in building the
national economy, the CEO of Guard Agri said.
With the addition of the new hybrid
Basmati rice varieties, farmers in Punjab would be able to increase production
manifold. The added quantities would definitely increase exports to traditional
markets, Malik said.
Coming back to hybrid Basmati seed,
Malik said, typically, minimum seven to eight years were required to develop a
new seed variety. “We are facing a few challenges in development of hybrid
Basmati, which are being addressed with back-crossing by breeders this year.”
The CEO said, “We are hopeful of
increasing hybrid Basmati rice yield to 70 to 80 maunds per acre, which is
almost double the present average yield.” The new hybrid Basmati variety would
be extra-long grain, especially after cooking and non-stickiness.
“We are expecting to retain some
aroma in hybrid Basmati seed, although, now it is not one of the primary
features of new varieties being developed in other countries. The hybrid
Basmati available in world markets nowadays doesn’t have much of aroma, so it
is no more a primary characteristic of Basmati rice,” he observed.
It may be noted that after
attaining two billion dollar mark in export of rice a few years back, a slump
was seen for a couple of years. However, for the last one year, export of rice
from Pakistan has picked up.
The country recorded around $2
billion worth of rice exports in the outgoing fiscal year. Rice exports had
reached $2 billion for the first time in fiscal year 2015.
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Pakistan
develops high-yield hybrid basmati seed with China’s help
August 2, 2018
LAHORE: With
the development of a high-yielding fine rice seed, the commercialisation of
hybrid basmati is expected to be achieved by 2019-20, announced Guard
Agricultural Research and Services (Guard Agri) Chief Executive Officer Shahzad
Ali Malik.Talking to a group of journalists, Malik pointed out that the
development of an ideal hybrid basmati seed was a cumbersome process. “It is
not a simple job, we have been working on introducing the seed for the past
several years,” he said, as reported by The Express Tribune.
“After going through a tedious
process, our scientists, with the help of Chinese experts, have reached an
advanced stage of carrying out the seed’s trial.” According to Malik, seven to
eight years are at least required to introduce a new seed variety. “We are
facing a few challenges in developing the hybrid basmati variety, which are
being addressed by breeders this year.”
Malik, who have launched
high-yielding coarse hybrid rice seed varieties in the country, said farmers
planting fine rice varieties would also be able to earn a significantly higher
income with the cultivation of hybrid basmati rice.
With the marketing of hybrid
seeds for coarse rice varieties, many farmers in Sindh and Balochistan have
been able to double the per-acre yield, which has also brought down the cost of
production and increased their income significantly.
At the national level, a quantum
jump in rice production has led to export surplus and a tremendous rise in
export earnings. “We are hopeful of increasing the hybrid basmati rice yield to
around 70 to 80 maunds per acre, which is almost double the present average
yield. The new hybrid variety will be an extra-long grain that elongates after
cooking,” he said.
The company expects to keep some
aroma in the hybrid basmati variety, though it is not among primary features of
new varieties being developed in other countries. The hybrid basmati available
in world markets nowadays did not have much aroma, so it was no more a primary
characteristic of the rice variety, he noted.
Malik was of the view that the
competitive edge enjoyed by Pakistan’s basmati exporters would widen with the
more exportable surplus in the next couple of years, which may lead to a jump
of $1 billion in rice exports. Pakistan’s rice shipments have gone up rapidly
in recent years. With Chinese assistance, new varieties of hybrid seeds have
enhanced productivity, profitability, and exports.
It is a win-win situation for all
stakeholders that will play a role in building the national economy. With the
addition of new hybrid basmati varieties, Punjab farmers will be able to raise
production manifold and exports to traditional markets will increase.
Kalimbeza loses over half a million worth
of rice to floods
01 Aug 2018
Albertina Nakale
WINDHOEK – The early floods experienced this year have destroyed
unharvested rice fields worth more than N$500 000 at the Kalimbeza Rice Project
in Zambezi Region.
Kalimbeza farm manager, Patrick Kompeli, who is also the
agricultural research technician in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and
Forestry confirmed the financial losses experienced due to heavy deluge that
flooded fields planted with three rice varieties.
The rice farm in the Zambezi Region around March experienced
heavy floods after the recent heavy rains, forcing the project to resort to
manual harvesting as mechanical harvesters cannot be used in water and mud.
He said that this year’s flood was very high and the project
lost 10 hectares of Irga rice (medium grain), 8 hectares of Basmati rice and 11
hectares of Supa rice (long grain).
Kompeli revealed that out of the rice varieties lost, the farm
had planted about 50 hectares of Supa rice, which could not be harvested and
has translated into a loss of N$227 700. The Irga rice was planted on 48
hectares, and the loss of unharvested crop is estimated at N$138 888, while the
loss of 10 hectares of basmati rice amounted to N$165 600. The three loses
translate into a total of N$532 188 of lost produce.
However, he was quick to say the long grain was ready for
harvesting during the flood and harvesting was delayed as it was done manually.
For the 2018/19 financial year, government allocated an amount
of N$4.2 million for the Kalimbeza Rice farm.
Regarding drought experienced over the past three years
countrywide, Kompeli said the project is not affected by drought since it is an
irrigation project, as it does not rely on rainwater. He noted that over the
past three years, production has been steady but affected by the number of
issues such as high number of birds and recently by the floods. Asked on some
of the planned activities for this year at the project, he mentioned the
development of the new area for vegetable production, repairing of the damaged
fence and construction of the drying slab and of course increase the hectares
for long grain rice.
On some of the major challenges that project faces which hampers
its full production as mandated by government, he said the main problems are
birds, weeds, uneven land surface that makes irrigation difficult and huge
electrical bills.
Over the past couple of years, the issue of elephants destroying
the fence has been reported as rampant. However, Kompeli said the elephants are
no longer destroying the fence.
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- AUG 02, 2018
AUGUST 2, 2018
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open
Market-August 2, 2018
Nagpur, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Gram
prices reported down in Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing
Committee (APMC) on lack of demand
from local millers amid high moisture content arrival.
Downward trend in Madhya Pradesh
gram prices and release of stock from stockists also pushed
down prices in weak trading
activity.
About 400 bags of desi gram
reported for auction in Nagpur APMC, according to sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Desi gram showed weak tendency in open market on poor demand from
local traders.
TUAR
* Tuar varieties ruled steady in open market here on subdued demand from
local
traders amid ample stock in ready
position.
* Rice BPT reported down in open market on poor demand from local
traders.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 3,950-4,075, Tuar dal (clean) – 5,700-5,850, Udid
Mogar (clean)
– 6,900-7,600, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,300-8,100, Gram – 4,050-4,200, Gram
Super best
– 5,200-5,300
* Wheat, other varieties of rice and other foodgrain items moved in a
narrow range in
scattered deals and settled at last levels in thin trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market
prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available
prices Previous close
Gram Auction
3,200-4,170 3,430-4,280
Gram Pink Auction
n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction
n.a. 3,300-3,840
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
1,940-2,075 1,900-2,075
Gram Super Best Bold
6,000-6,500 6,000-6,500
Gram Super Best
n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best
5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800
Gram Dal Medium
n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 4,250-4,350 4,250-4,350
Desi gram Raw
4,150-4,250 4,200-4,300
Gram Kabuli
8,000-10,000 8,000-10,000
Tuar Fataka Best-New
6,000-6,300 6,000-6,300
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 5,700-5,900 5,700-5,900
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New
5,500-5,650 5,500-5,650
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New
5,200-5,400 5,200-5,400
Tuar Gavarani New
3,950-4,050 3,950-4,050
Tuar Karnataka
4,400-4,500 4,400-4,500
Masoor dal best
4,800-5,200 4,800-5,200
Masoor dal medium
4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800
Masoor
n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 7,500-8,500 7,500-8,200
Moong Mogar Medium
6,500-7,300 6,500-7,300
Moong dal Chilka New
5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Moong Mill quality
n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 7,500-8,500 7,500-8,500
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 6,800-8,000 6,800-8,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)
5,000-5,500
5,000-5,500
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG)
4,200-4,500
4,200-4,500
Batri dal (100 INR/KG)
5,500-5,800 5,500-5,700
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)
3,650-3,750 3,650-3,750
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)
5,000-5,100 5,000-5,100
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG)
5,300-5,600
5,300-5,600
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)
2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG)
2,000-2,050
2,000-2,050
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)
2,250-2,400
2,250-2,400
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG)
2,350-2,450
2,350-2,450
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG)
2,100-2,300 2,100-2,300
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG)
n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG)
3,200-4,000 3,200-4,000
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG)
2,400-2,800
2,400-2,800
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG)
2,100-2,200 2,100-2,200
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG)
3,400-3,800
3,200-3,800
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG)
2,800-3,000
2,600-2,900
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG)
2,800-3,000
2,800-3,000
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG)
2,600-2,800
2,600-2,800
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG)
2,500-2,600
2,500-2,600
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG)
4,000-4,400
4,000-4,400
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG)
3,600-3,900
3,600-3,900
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG)
5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG)
4,500-4,800
4,500-4,800
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG)
9,500-14,000
9,500-14,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG)
5,000-7,500
5,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG)
6,600-7,000
6,500-7,000
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG)
6,200-6,400
6,100-6,300
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG)
2,000-2,200
2,000-2,100
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)
1,800-2,000 1,700-2,000
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 34.0 degree Celsius,
minimum temp. 24.7 degree Celsius
Rainfall : Nil
FORECAST: Generally cloudy sky with
one or two spells of rains or thunder-showers. Maximum and
minimum temperature would be around
and 34 and 25 degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are
excluded from plant delivery prices, but
included in market prices)
Rice Fields in China
Double Yields by “Ratooning”
01 Aug 2018
,
Just as
grass lawns regrow after they are mowed, rice fields can regrow after they are
harvested. This second harvest – known as a ratoon crop – has traditionally
yielded only a small fraction of the first harvest. But farmers in China are
now benefitting from laboratory and field studies conducted by the Joint
FAO/IAEA Division that used nuclear techniques to determine the best rice
varieties and the best fertilizer regimes for increasing second harvest yields,
often resulting in second harvests as large as the first – meaning the farmers
who ratoon correctly are doubling their yields – and their income.
The word
“ratoon” meaningfully can be traced to two Latin words: retonsus which means
“to cut down” and retono which means “to thunder back”. It’s meaningful because
when ratoon is used in relation to agriculture, it means both: a crop is “cut
down” at harvest, but its roots are left behind and from that stubble, a second
crop “thunders back”. Although, realistically, it’s only been recently – thanks
to an increased focus on fertilizer management and plant breeding – that the
second “ratoon” crop has returned with any kind of thunderous energy.
Not all
crops can regenerate. For example, maize cannot produce a second crop, but
sugarcane, sorghum, pigeon pea and, importantly, rice can. The Joint FAO/ IAEA
Division began working on improving the outcome of rice ratooning – also called
“stubble cropping” – in China’s Fujian Province in 2012. This included studying
fertilizer and water management practices for Jiafuzhan, an early maturing rice
variety developed by Chinese plant mutation breeders.
Appropriate fertilization: for economic and
environmental results
In
addition to working with China’s mutation breeders to develop and promote
climate-resilient early-yield varieties, the Joint Division used nitrogen-15
stable isotope tracing to determine the optimum application rate for nitrogen
fertilizers. Both the nitrogen-15 technology and the mutation induction for
developing improved varieties were monitored and fine-tuned in the Joint
Division’s Agriculture & Biotechnology Laboratories in Seibersdorf,
Austria, and then applied in the farmers’ fields.
The
nitrogen-15 technology was able to discern how well the main crop had absorbed
the fertilizer, how much was left in the field after the first harvest, and how
much more would be needed for the ratoon crop. A major goal is to avoid
over-application, which, in addition to being an unnecessary expense, could
have environmental implications if the fertilizer is converted as a greenhouse
gas and emits into the atmosphere or is washed away and becomes a water
pollutant. In this study, the optimum fertilizer application needed for their
ratoon harvest was 150 kg of nitrogen per hectare.
Efficient
and economic ratooning requires developing and adopting crop varieties with
high ratooning capability plus following the fertilizer management practices
prescribed by the study. Success depends on the two being combined. The study
found that farmers who adopted the combination of improved varieties and
fertilizer management saw yields almost double from 6.7 to 12.3 tonnes per
hectare. The only expense they incurred for the second crop was buying the
required amount of supplemental fertilizer and the only labour required was
having to spread the fertilizer, no replanting was needed.
Once the
results were known, other farmers were eager to adopt the improved varieties
and fertilizer management practices, and now ratooning is underway on 42 000
ha. In addition to nearly doubling rice yields, the farmers in Fujian Province
saw their profits increase by USD 3 260 per hectare, which, combined with a 30
percent decrease in the cost of fertilizer, has proven extremely beneficial to
the province.
In the
past, many upland farmers had ratooned their rice crops, based solely on their
awareness that a second harvest was possible. But their second harvest was much
smaller than the first, sometimes dropping from 3 tonnes per hectare to 0.5
tonnes per hectare. At that time, they were happy even with a small second
harvest. But now they know that with proper management, their ratoon crop can
be almost equal to their main crop.
The
success in China has indicated that improving ratooning yields also has
potential for other rice-producing countries in Asia. They know what they will
need: a rice variety bred for high ratooning capabilities, and nitrogen
management which uses tracing studies to determine the amount of fertilizer
needed to support a high yielding second harvest.
Rice
prices to go down with tariffs in place: solon
ABS-CBN News
MANILA -- Taxing rice imports will help bring down the price of
the staple grain by P7 to P8 per kilo, a lawmaker who is pushing for the tariff
said Thursday.A bill seeking tariffs on rice in place of import quotas will be
put to a vote on second reading next week, said House Agriculture and Food
Committee chairman Jose Panganiban, who represents the ANAC-IP party list.
Revenue from tariffs will be used to fund subsidies for farmers,
Panganiban told ANC's Headstart.Without tariffs, imported rice costs P27 per
kilo, lower than the P34 to P35 per kilo production cost of local rice, he
said.President Rodrigo Duterte's economic managers are also pushing for rice
tariffs to help tame inflation.
NFA interagency council pushes for rice importation
Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine
Star) - August 2, 2018 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — State-run National Food Authority is
hopeful the interagency NFA Council will heed the advice of House Speaker
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to import 500,000 metric tons (MT) of rice as part of
efforts to control inflation.The Speaker recently met with President
Duterte’s economic managers to discuss measures to control the prices of basic
commodities, particularly rice.
To temper inflation, the House recommended that the NFA be
allowed to purchase 500,000 MT of well-milled rice with staggered deliveries
over the next five months.
The economic team also comprises members of the NFA Council
which approves the grain agency’s recommendations for importation.
“Hopefully, they consider it because it will be good for
everybody,” NFA spokesperson Rex Estoperez told The STAR.
NFA, however, does not want to be overly confident just because
its proposal to import 500,000 MT of rice gained support from the House.
“I cannot assure that they will approve it because there a lot
of factors that they need to look into,” Estoperez said.NFA, however, has yet
to submit its proposal as it is still awaiting the latest data on production
forecast from the Department of Agriculture, household rice inventory from the
Philippine Statistics Authority and the weather outlook from PAGASA for the
second semester as basis for its own recommendation.NFA inventory is
currently good for three days, still below its mandated buffer stock of
30 days during the lean season.
Continuous unloading and arrival of two batches of earlier
imports, however, are expected to add to the inventory of up to five days.
https://www.philstar.com/business/2018/08/02/1838755/nfa-interagency-council-pushes-rice-importation
Mekong Delta farmers
struggle with floods
REPORT
02 Aug 2018
HÀ NỘI - Farmers in Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are
struggling to fight floodwaters caused by heavy rains, rising tides and water
released in the wake of a dam breach in Laos.
Mekong countries have also discharged water from their
reservoirs after the dam breach in Laos, causing water levels to rise in the
delta, Trần Bá Hoằng, head of the Southern Institute of Water Resources
Research, told vietnamplus.vn.
The water level was expected to peak at 3.4-3.6m, he said.
According to Người Lao Động (The Labourer) newspaper, thousands
of hectares of rice and cash crops in An Giang Province had been submerged in
An Phú, Tịnh Biên, Châu Đốc and Tân Châu, causing huge losses to farmers.
Trần Anh Thư, director of the provincial Department of
Agriculture and Rural Development, said flooding caused by the rising level of
Mekong River would occur earlier than usual this year.
The provincial agriculture sector has instructed localities to
closely monitor the weather and tides in order to inform people of when they
would need to harvest crops not protected by dyke systems.
Local authorities had been helping farmers to upgrade dykes,
drain water from rice fields and harvest crops quickly to minimize losses, Thư
said.
Võ Hùng Kiệt, vice chairman of the People’s Committee of Thạnh
Hưng Commune in Long An Province, said the flood water was rising by 5-7cm each
day but the dyke system was incomplete, so farmers had no time to harvest tens
of hectares of rice.At a recent meeting on natural disasters in the Mekong
River Delta, Nguyễn Trường Sơn, deputy head of office of the Central Steering
Committee on Disaster Prevention, said localities had been instructed to
closely monitor the situation and provide updated information to authorized
agencies and local residents.
He also asked provinces in the Mekong Delta to prepare disaster
response plans and be ready to evacuate, and the provinces of Đồng Tháp, Long
An and An Giang to harvest the early summer-autumn rice crop, especially in
low-lying areas.According to forecasts, water levels in the Mekong Delta will
continue to rise quickly over the next 2-3 days due to floods from upstream,
but then recede due to low tides.
Water levels will peak at 3.7m at the Tân Châu Station on the
Tiền River and 3.7m at the Châu Đốc Station on the Hậu River by August 18.
Regarding the situation in the North, Sơn said the Central
Steering Committee on Disaster Prevention was also monitoring floods in the Bùi
and Hoàng Long rivers and directing local authorities to ensure the safety of
dyke systems and key irrigation works. - VNS
Mekong farmers urged summer-autumn rice harvest
Thursday, August 02, 2018 12:36
Due to the week-long heavy rains accompanied by
the Sepien Senamnoy dam collapse in Laos’ Attapeu province caused floodwaters
in the upper section of the Mekong River are coming earlier and higher than
previous years.
The
areas near the border with Cambodia such as Tinh Bien, Tan Chau, An Phu (An
Giang Province); Hong Ngu (Dong Thap Province), Dong Thap Muoi (Long An),
floodwaters are forecast be able to break the dyke systems.Hundred hectares of
rice crop outside dyke-protected areas have been flooded though local
authorities issued flood warnings to local people about complicated flooding
earlier.
Dong
Thap province’s Hong Ngu district department of agriculture & rural
development said local farmers have harvested the autumn-summer rice crop of
over 7,000 hectares out of 11,000 hectares. It is predicted the harvesting of
100 percent of crop will be done on August 5.However, floodwaters are threating
many hectares of vegetables and fruit in the Mekong Delta region which were
planted at the midland and down land areas.
SGGPNews
shot photos in the Mekong Delta provinces:
N. Korea says 'unprecedented' heatwave
causing heavy crop damage
In this photo taken on July 27,
2018, women wearing traditional dress shield their faces from the sun as they
cross a street in Pyongyang. North Korea on August 2 warned its people of
"unprecedented" heatwaves that hit the peninsula and urged efforts to
save crops against drought that may hamper food production at the impoverished
country. (Ed JONES / AFP)
(AFP) - North Korea on Thursday warned that an
"unprecedented" heatwave has
caused heavy damage to crops as it urged citizens to "join the
struggle" to prevent drought-like conditions from worsening and hampering
food production in the impoverished country.The Korean peninsula has been
gripped by a scorching heatwave in
recent weeks, with dozens of deaths in the South blamed on soaring temperatures
that have hit all-time highs.The temperature in North Korea's capital Pyongyang
climbed to a record high of 37.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, with state TV
warning that it was "taking a toll on the economy".
It did not elaborate on the scale of the damage.But the rising
temperatures have already inflicted heavy losses on the richer South, which has
reported more than three million deaths of livestock and a fivefold increase in
deaths from heat-related illnesses, while vegetable prices have doubled due to
supplies being affected.
The North's state-run Rodong
newspaper on Thursday said that curbing further damage to the agriculturesector was an "extremely important and
urgent task".
"Rural areas across the
country... are reporting damages to crops including rice and corn due to
extremely high temperatures and drought," it
said in an editorial.
"Today's reality is calling
for every single individual across the country to join the struggle to contain
the damages stemming from high temperature and drought,"
it said, urging citizens to "display their patriotic zeal" and
"save every single dollop of water"."This year's high
temperature is an unprecedented natural disaster but it is not an
insurmountable difficulty," it added.The North has a fragile economy and
has been frequently condemned by the international community for decades of
prioritising its military and banned nuclear weapons programme over adequately
providing for its people.
It has also been slapped with UN sanctions over its nuclear and
missile tests, with the restrictions remaining in place despite an ongoing
diplomatic rapprochement that has seen the North's leader Kim Jong Un hold a
landmark summit with US President Donald Trump.
The country has periodically been hit by famine, and hundreds of
thousands of people died -- estimates range into millions -- in the mid-1990s. The
food situation has improved in recent years however, partly due to reforms
in agriculture and increasing trade at
state-sanctioned private markets that have cropped up nationwide.But the nation
remains vulnerable to natural disasters including flood and drought due to chronic lack of infrastructure,
deforestation and decades of state mismanagement.
India rice rates up on monsoon
lull; flood threat looms in Thailand, Vietnam
Sethuraman N R
AUGUST 2, 2018
/ 4:15
BENGALURU
(Reuters) - Rice prices in top exporter India rose this week on concerns of
lower production due to below-normal rainfall, while traders in Thailand and
Vietnam kept a close eye on the possibility of flooding in major rice growing
regions.
FILE PHOTO:
Farmers plant saplings in a rice field in Srinagar June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Danish
Ismail/File Photo
Rates for
India’s 5 percent broken parboiled variety rose by $3 to $392-$396 per tonne
this week amid modest demand, after falling to the lowest level since April 20,
2017 last month.
India is likely
to receive below-normal monsoon rains in 2018, a private weather forecaster
said on Wednesday, raising concerns over farm output in Asia’s third-biggest
economy.Meanwhile, a senior food ministry official from neighbouring
Bangladesh, which emerged as a major importer of rice in 2007, said the country
does not have any plan to import rice for now due to higher local procurement.
Thailand’s
benchmark 5 percent broken rice rose slightly to $385-$393 per tonne this week
free on board (FOB) Bangkok, from $380-$385 last week on a stronger bhat, but
demand remained flat, traders said.“There is interest from markets like the
Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, without any deals ... If prices remain
low, these might turn into deals,” a Bangkok-based rice trader said.
Thailand is in
the middle of harvesting its off-season crops. But, heavy rainfall has
increased the risk of flooding, which could pressure supplies.Traders are also
keeping an eye on the water levels at 11 major dams, including several located
upstream to the rice bowl in central Thailand, which have risen to near their
storage limit.Authorities, however, have stressed that flooding is not
imminent.
“If the release
of water results in prolonged flooding, then it could damage crops and increase
prices,” another trader said.In Vietnam, rates for 5 percent broken rice were
$385-$395 a tonne, versus $390-$395 a week ago.Trade is quiet as we are
focusing on delivering the deals signed before,” a Ho Chi Minh City-based
trader said.“Flood water is rising in the Mekong Delta, prompting farmers to
speed up their harvest of the summer-autumn crop.”
Government
officials said on Wednesday floods from a burst dam in Laos had inundated
thousands of hectares of paddy fields in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam’s rice bowl,
although the damage is limited and not expected to affect the country’s export
crop.
Farmers in the
delta provinces have planted more than 1.69 million hectares of rice for the
summer-autumn crop, government data showed.
Boro rice
output hits new record
August
02, 2018
Rice production in the immediate
past boro season shot up to a new high of 1.95 crore tonnes, pulling the total
output of the staple to 3.62 crore tonnes in the immediate past fiscal year,
enough to meet domestic demand.The latest production estimate of boro is 8.67
percent higher than 1.80 crore tonnes harvested in 2016-17, according to the
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
“Based on the production figures,
we should have a surplus of about 30 lakh tonnes,” said Md Shahjahan Kabir,
director general of the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), the state
agency responsible for developing improved rice varieties.The BRRI estimates
that the country's annual demand for rice stands at 3.30 crore tonnes.
“The area for plantation increased
in the last boro season. There is also improvement in the yield,” Kabir said.Farmers
grew rice on 48.59 lakh hectares of land in the last boro season, up 8.58
percent from a year ago, BBS data showed.Areas dedicated to the previous two
crops – aus and aman – had also risen amid farmers' enthusiasm to cultivate
rice on the back of higher prices prevailing in the domestic market for more
than a year.
Rice production in the aus season
shot up 27 percent year-on-year to 27.09 lakh tonnes in 2017-18. Aman output
rose 2.46 percent to 1.39 crore tonnes in the just concluded fiscal year.
Kabir said the increased area for
plantation, favourable weather, and increased use of quality seed contributed
to the good crops.He said farmers and agricultural extension officials were
trained on safe boro cultivation in the haor areas in the northeast region
following floods that washed away crops in 2017 boro season.
BRRI's 78 scientists and officials
of state-run Department of Agricultural Extension were in the field to monitor
the crop situation and tackle pest attacks and other problems quickly. The
government continuously monitored the cultivation situation, he said.Kabir said
aus paddy, which is now on the field, also looks promising and its acreage has
increased further this year, spurred by the higher price and the government's
incentive to promote the farming of the crop.
DAE data showed that aus area under
plantation exceeded the target of 11.40 lakh hectares in 2018-19.As a result,
aus production will rise, said Kabir, adding that transplantation has completed
on 20 percent of the area so far.The boro season starts in December-February
and ends in April-May.
Planting of aus starts in April-May
and the harvesting takes place in July-August, while the aman season begins in
April-May and ends in November-December.
https://www.thedailystar.net/business/boro-rice-output-hits-new-record-1614844+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pk
