Stress
on use of water-saving technology in farming Hans News Service |
28 Aug 2019 2:58
AM IST HIGHLIGHTS Agriculture Minister S
Niranjan Reddy said that the State government is striving hard to increase the
income of the farmers by adopting best agricultural practices and utilising
best technologies available across the globe. Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S
Niranjan Reddy said that the State government is striving hard to increase the
income of the farmers by adopting best agricultural practices and utilising
best technologies available across the globe. Addressing at an interaction
meeting with a team of scientists of International Rice Research Institute
(IRRI), Philippines on a project proposal held at Professor Jayashankar
Telangana State Agricultural University(PJTSAU) here on Tuesday, he said stress
must be given on use of water-saving and time-saving technologies in the rice
crop in the State.
Advertise With Us The Minister said that
India has set the goal to double the farmers' income by 2022. For this, States
should also set goals and strategies to contribute to the same, he added. He
said the State spent more than Rs 20,000 crore on the agriculture sector to
make agriculture profitable to farmers. He said the proposed project prepared
by the IRRI will definitely be helpful to the farmers and also improve the
water-saving and time-saving in the cultivation of paddy crop. Advertise With
Us He expressed the confidant that the project proposal will definitely be
agreed by the Chief Minister for extending new technologies to the farmers.
Earlier, the Deputy Director-General, Research, IRRI Dr Jacquelin Hughes gave a
power point presentation on "Improving farmers' income and nutrition
security in rice – based agri-food system in Telangana".
Advertise With Us According to DDG IRRI, the
proposed project would ensure doubling of farmer's income, sustainable water
management in agriculture, developing of stress-tolerant rice varieties for
sustainable farming and developing of low glycemic index varieties etc. He
further added that the project would also provide mechanisation and
post-harvest business models, capacity development and knowledge exchange to
the scholars, staff, and farmers. By implementing the project there would be an
increase in income, also increased rice yield, additional yield in pulses and
other crops could be achieved. PJTSAU, Vice-Chancellor Dr V Praveen Rao said
the main objective of the proposed project is to provide the world-class infrastructure,
capacity development of the staff and develop the strategies required for the
State. It also provides international exposure to the scientists of the
university. Director, IRRI Varanasi Center Dr Aravind Kumar, IRRI scientists,
director of Research Dr R Jagadeeshwar, university officers attended the
interaction meeting.
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Paddy
farming: Telangana, IRRI may join hands
The IRRI
proposed project will result in water and time saving technologies being
implemented in paddy cultivation - S Niranjan Reddy, Agriculture Minister
By Author | Published: 27th Aug 2019 7:57 pmUpdated: 28th Aug 2019 12:20 am
Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy felicitating Dr
Jacquelin Hughes, Deputy Director General, Research, IRRI, at PJTSAU on
Tuesday.
Hyderabad: The State government will explore joining hands with International
Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to implement methods for improving profitability
of paddy farmers in Telangana. The proposed programme also seeks to increase
nutritional security through rice-based agri food system in the State.
Agriculture Minister Singireddy
Niranjan Reddy on Tuesday said he would place the proposals mooted by IRRI
before Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. The IRRI proposed project would be
helpful to farmers and result in water and time saving technologies being
implemented in paddy cultivation, he said.
The Minister was speaking at
Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University on Tuesday at an
interaction with IRRI scientists led by Deputy Director General, Research,
IRRI, Dr Jacquelin Hughes. The State government was spending more than Rs
20,000 crore on the agriculture sector to make farming a profitable activity in
Telangana in addition to implementing several programmes for welfare of the
farming community, he said.
Dr Hughes said the proposed project
would ensure doubling of farmers’ income, sustainable water management in
agriculture, developing of stress tolerant rice varieties for sustainable
farming and developing of low glycemic index varieties of rice which are
particularly suitable for consumption by diabetic patients.
IRRI, she said, was ready to
provide, through the project, mechanisation and post-harvest business models,
capacity development and knowledge exchange to scholars, staff, and farmers. It
will also be possible to implement these methods to increase yields of other
crops such as pulses, she said.
University Vice-Chancellor Dr V
Praveen Rao said the programme would be a good opportunity for the university
scientists to gain international exposure. Director, IRRI Varanasi Centre, Dr
Aravind Kumar, several IRRI scientists, Director of Research Dr R Jagadeeshwar,
scientists from PJTSAU and university officers attended the meeting.
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New high-yielding
hybrid basmati rice coming soon
AUGUST 27, 2019
Amid the growing needs of food in country, the Guard Agriculture
Research and Services is all set to introduce new hybrid ‘basmati rice’ in
Pakistan.
This new hybrid rice has been developed focusing on the looming
water scarcity and climate changes threats which are posing serious threat to
the national food security. With the invention of this new type of rice, it
will help in increasing an average yield up to 80 maunds per acre while an
average grain length of 8mm.
This was briefed by Guard Agri Chief Executive Shahzad Malik to
the members Agricultural Journalists Association here in Lahore during a
discussion held on role of hybrid rice varieties in ensuring food security.
SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry Vice President Iftikhar
Ali Malik, LCCI President Syed Almas Hyder, Rice Exporters Association of
Pakistan’s nominated chairman for next year Shahjahan Malik were also present
on this occasion.
Shahzad Malik informed that they were very near to achieve the
targets after a hard work of five to six years and their scientists in
collaboration with the Chinese partners have developed 13 CMS lines out of
which one variety is giving 75 maund per acres and average grain length of 7
mm, slightly short of the target of 80 maund per acre. He said that scientists
have been given the task that the variety they develop should be heat &
drought tolerant and salinity resistant.
“Guard commercialized Super Basmati in 1991, which was
eventually approved by Government in 1997 for commercial cultivation after 40
per cent of Punjab area came under its cultivation. The Company so far has
developed 08 different rice hybrids for general cultivation in Pakistan with
first Seed Company developing such a big number of hybrids and starting local
hybrid seed production,” Malik stated.
Malik stressed that need to bring new hybrid rice is that yield
of existing rice varieties is low and stagnant. “The low rice yields do not
match with the increasing cost of inputs and because of increasing cost,
Pakistan is becoming uncompetitive in the international market. Declining land
resources and water shortage are other reasons which can only be solved by the
adoption of hybrid rice.”
He further added that since the introduction of hybrid rice in
Sindh, the income of rice farmers has doubled due to the double yield of hybrid
rice as compared to IRRI varieties. Due to early maturing hybrid rice crop, timely
sowing of Rabi crops is ensured. Timely sown Rabi crops give positive and
significantly increase in per-unit production / per acre yield which
consequently increases farmer income. Due to shorter maturity period, hybrid
rice crop can be planted in late season.
To a question, he said to encash upon the opportunities exist in
Iran, which is the second biggest market of Basmati rice after Saudi Arabia,
Pakistan needs to protect the rice exporters. He said as we do not have any
cash swap treaty with Iran, exporters have proposed barter trade with Iran. He
hoped that soon Pakistan will have a barter agreement with Iran of importing
LPG against Pakistani rice.
He said there is a need of more production and supply to explore
new markets and achieve the target of US 5 billion dollars export in the next
five years and hybrid seeds can give this more yield. He said that he
personally is opposed to the idea of introducing GMOs in food crops.
Senegal’s rice imports down
Published on 27.08.2019 at 13h21 by APA News
Senegal’s rice imports in June
2019 decreased by 4.877 billion CFA francs,(about $8.290 million), compared to
May 2019, according to a note from the National Agency for Statistics and
Population (ANSD) copied to APA on Tuesday.These imports amounted to 15.468
billion CFA francs, against 20.345 billion CFA francs in June 2019 representing
a 24-percent decrease in relative value (1 CFA equals $0.0017).
Compared to May 2019 when they
amounted to 16.979 billion CFA francs, rice imports in the country are down 8.9
percent on a month to month basis.
Villlar hits misconceptions on Rice Tariffication Law
SENATOR Cynthia Villar (right) along with Baldwin Jallorina,
Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization director, and
Sailila Addula, acting executive director of PhilRice, observes the operation
of a harvester tractor during a training session on modernized production of
high quality inbred rice seeds in Bacoor City, Cavite. The senator has stressed
that the Rice Tariffication Law can help farmers improve their livelihood by
providing them funds to mechanize through the P10-billion Rice Competitiveness
Enhancement Fund (RCEF). (Ali Vicoy)
Senator Cynthia Villar has
clarified misconceptions on the Rice Tariffication Law, saying it was passed
due to the Philippines’ failure to meet with its obligations with the World
Trade Organization (WTO).
Villar, one of the senators who
pushed for the law, said this amid concerns that the law has dealt a big blow
on the farmers affected by the influx of cheaper rice imports.
The law, which removes the
quantitative restrictions on rice and imposing a 35 percent tariff on imports
from neighboring Southeast Asian nations, was actually a result of the
country’s failure to meet its obligations under a 1995 agreement with the WTO
to make the country’s rice farmers more competitive.
“We (lawmakers) did not decide on
the importation of rice. We signed an agreement in 1995 with WTO, they will
allow us to control the importation of rice for 22 years to prepare our farmers
to become competitive to the imported rice and this expired in
2017,” Villar said.
“Of course, this is an agreement
with the WTO. Our President can’t do anything but conform to the agreement,
that’s why he sent a rice tariffication bill to Congress that he certified as
urgent because he doesn’t want to import rice without tariff so that our small
rice farmers will not be affected,” she pointed out.
Had the government succeeded at
making Filipino farmers competitive while the WTO agreement was in effect,
there would have been no need for the government to impose the liberalization
of rice.
“We should have, since 1995, have
helped our rice farmers to compete with those imported rice. There are
mechanisms for them to be competitive with imported rice,” she said.
“We cannot do anything about it
because that is part of our agreement with the WTO. We can’t disregard it. We
had our shortcomings, so now we are trying to correct our mistakes,” she added.
But she said the Rice
Tariffication Law can help farmers improve their livelihood by providing them
funds to mechanize through the P10-billion Rice Competitiveness Enhancement
Fund (RCEF).
As
such, Villar reiterated that the price of palay would not go down to
as low as P7 per kilo due to the effects of the Rice Tariffication law.
“How can that drop to P7, when in
Vietnam, it’s P6? Then you add tariff, that would be P9. So how can that drop
so low?,” she pointed out.
“If rice from Vietnam enters into the market that would be P20
per kilo of rice, so how will it go down to P7? That’s already false
information,” she stressed. (Hannah L. Torregoza)
Slow RCEF distribution seen hindering farmers
August 27, 2019 | 9:54 pm
SENATOR
Cynthia A. Villar — PHILSTAR
SENATOR Cynthia A. Villar on
Tuesday warned against the slow disbursement of the Rice Competitiveness
Enhancement Fund (RCEF), a component of the Rice Tariffication Law that seeks
to upgrade farmers’ competitiveness.
“If we do not give RCEF a chance
to be fully implemented and deliver on its promise to improve the
competitiveness of our agriculture sector, I don’t think we can ever make it,’’
Ms. Villar said in a statement.
“In this age of liberalization,
our farmers will continue to fear competition because they were not given the
chance to improve their ways.”
The committee on agriculture and
food with the committees on finance, trade, commerce and entrepreneurship on
Wednesday will continue its inquiry on the implementation of the Rice
Tariffication Law, or Republic Act No. 11203.
The law calls for RCEF to receive
P10 billion a year for the next six years from tariffs collected on liberalized
rice imports. The funds will be used to expand farm mechanization and increase
farmers’ access to financing, inputs and technical know-how
Ms. Villar said of the first P5
billion released for RCEF, only P1 billion has been credited to farmers.
“Now that Philippine authorities
can no longer limit the entry of imported rice, we impose tariffs and collect
the amount to spend for programs that will help improve our farmers’
productivity and profitability under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund
(RCEF),” Ms. Villar said.
Ms. Villar also pointed out the
Rice Tariffication Law helps meet the Philippines’ 1995 commitment to the World
Trade Organization, to do away with quantitative restrictions on rice imports.
“We were under a QR system for 22
years. To my mind, we were given more than enough time to improve but we did
not improve. Our farmers and fisherfolk continue to suffer in poverty while
smugglers and cartels continue to enrich themselves,” Ms. Villar said. — Charmaine
A. Tadalan
https://www.bworldonline.com/slow-rcef-distribution-seen-hindering-farmers/
Palay price continues to drop in mid-August
PALAY PRICE CONTINUES TO DROP IN
MID-AUGUST
The average farmgate price of
palay (unmilled rice) continued to fall as of the second week of August,
reaching P17.62 per kilo, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.
In its weekly update on palay,
rice and corn prices, PSA said the latest average quotation of palay was 20.9
percent lower than the P22.28 per kilo in the same period last year.
Month-on-month, it dropped by 0.6 percent from P17.72 per kilo.
Month-on-month, it dropped by 0.6 percent from P17.72 per kilo.
The steep drop in locally
produced palay was blamed on the implementation of the Rice Tariffication
Law, which allowed the unlimited entry of cheap rice imported from other
countries.
The Philippine Chamber of
Agriculture and Food, Inc. (PCAFI) earlier urged the government to start
increasing the tariff on rice imports to help plummeting prices of palay to
recover. The new rice regime has so far stripped P95 billion in losses for
farmers, according to PCAFI president Danny Fausto.
In the same report, PSA said
prices of well-milled and regular milled rice posted significant decreases at
wholesale and retail trades.
The average wholesale price of
well-milled rice slightly increased by 0.2 percent to P39.10 per kilo
week-on-week. It fell by 10.2 percent from P43.54 per kilo a year ago.
At retail trade, the average
price went up by 0.3 percent to P42.71 per kilo from a week ago, but fell by
7.3 percent from P46.06 per kilo a year earlier.
For regular milled rice, the
average wholesale price sligthly dropped to P35.09 per kilo week-on-week.
Likewise, it dropped by 12.7 percent from last year’s P40.20 per kilo. Its
retail price, meanwhile, remained at P38.38 per kilo week-on-week, but was down
by 9.8 percent from P42.57 per kilo in the same period in 2018.
Fast-spreading farm viruses, fast-engulfing
farm misery
FAST-SPREADING FARM VIRUSES,
FAST-ENGULFING FARM MISERY
MARLEN V. RONQUILLO
A FEW months back, the Department
of Agriculture (DA), knowing the perils that come with our porous borders and
the greed of meat importers and smugglers, came out with a plea. The appeal was
this: Cases of the lethal African swine fever, the dreaded ASF, had been
reported in eight countries (China, Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos,
Cambodia and Myanmar). Please have a sense of country and stop getting pork
from these countries. 
The appeal, that the survival of
the P250-billion hog industry was at stake, meant little to the profiteers. The
lust for profit in this sad country of ours does not have an accompanying sense
of country.
Today, a still unidentified
disease has been wiping out hog farms in Bulacan and Rizal. In the Central
Visayas, Bohol has reported swine deaths. Cullings and quarantines, the most
terrifying nightmare for the hog industry, have been imposed. The hog industry
is in a state of panic. A precipitous drop in the farmgate prices of
abattoir-ready hogs, from an average of P130 to P105 per kilogram, has taken
place and a further drop is expected. At the public markets in Pampanga, where
the pork stalls are usually the busiest, the current condition can be summed up
with this apt Tagalog description — matumal.
Batangas province, the base of
many industrial-scale hog farms and the modern hog farms that supply both
pricey boars, sows and hog genetics, has imposed a mandatory quarantine.
Pampanga, also host to big hog farms, is likewise on the edge and preparing for
emergencies.
The Bulacan/Pampanga/Tarlac areas
in Central Luzon and Batangas/Rizal in the Calabarzon supply more than 70
percent of Luzon’s pork requirements. Should a swine epidemic strike these
provinces, the results are predictable: the crippling of Luzon pork supply,
soaring pork prices, tens of thousands of farm workers dislocated and a banking
system holding on to worthless mortgage collaterals.
The industrial-size farms, with
an average population of 500 sows (total population at this sow size is around
5,000), you see, have been regular borrowers from the banking mainstream. The
backyard farms, mostly 10- to 20-sow levels, are mostly owned by OFW families
and these are self-financed.
The city-based people uncurious
about farm life, or who get their information about “successful lives of
farmers” through the farcical, cherry-picked articles in the glossy
agricultural magazines, will not even notice that such virus attacks have
international implications. Pork from the Philippines and exports based on
Philippine pork will now be banned from entering other markets. Even the pork
imports that countries should buy from the Philippines under international
trading rules, and whose volume is governed by the MAV, or minimum access
volume, will be waived.
A pork pariah, literally.
Taiwan is now checking the
luggage of travelers originating from the Philippines for possible ASF virus,
though some in government claim that hog cholera, less lethal than the ASF, has
been the source of the hog deaths. Taiwan is one of the most progressive in the
area of agricultural production and it will protect its hog sector at all
costs.
As if the presence of the
mysterious deaths in Luzon’s hog farms was not enough, there are reports that
isolated cases of NCD (Newcastle disease) had been noted in some egg-producing
farms of Central Luzon. The talks of NCD’s presence has been the sad topic that
has been circulating in the broiler and egg-producing circles of the region
since a month ago. At least one egg farm of 8,000 layers was shut down after
the entire stock was wiped out, according to the talks. Then, another bigger
farm was also wiped out by NCD.
I have ceased operating my
traditional poultry farm (I actually dismantled the buildings and sold the wood
and GI sheets to scrap dealers) but I am still in touch with some of the
players. My routine question on why egg prices are rising was answered with a
curt reply — NCD. During my time raising broilers, NCD was referred to in the
past tense because of improved animal health hygiene and the
meticulous/laborious NCD-prevention process adopted by the poultry farms. Now,
there are reports that it is back and this is another layer of depressing news.
ASF/Cholera for hogs and NCD for
poultry? There can be no news more devastating for these two important agri
sub-sectors.
Of course, the biggest concern in
the farming areas remains the falling palay prices. The decision of Congress to
end the quantitative restrictions on rice imports for a regime of reckless rice
importation was the equivalent of a death sentence on 3 million small rice
farmers. In an act equivalent to rubbing salt on the open wounds of the small
rice farmers, smugglers and importers have been reportedly undervaluing their
rice imports, depressing the money pool to be raised from the rice tariffs,
which Congress said would be used for an amelioration program for rice farmers.
Everywhere, the agriculture
sector is witness to a reign of greed mostly from importers, food processors
and smugglers.
Even the most passionate appeal
for sense of country is set aside for immediate gain. Misery in the farming
areas is fast-spreading, with human and animal lives as major preys.
Africa Rice Center launches new
project to improve food security
An African research center has
launched a new rice project that targets to benefit 300,000 households in
Kenya, Uganda and Madagascar.
The project which is expected to
enhance income and food security will adopt appropriate rice technologies and
innovations to address emerging rice value chain constraints, Africa Rice
Center said on Monday.
The project will run for three
years, said Paul Kiepe, head of research planning and coordination with the
Africa Rice Center.
He added that the project is
expected to improve productivity and competitiveness of domestic rice.
“The project is aimed at
contributing to the development of the rice value chain in East Africa with
focus to women and youths,” Kiepe said during the launch in Nairobi.
He added that the project will
involve multi stakeholders’ innovation platforms in strengthening functional
linkages among rice value chain actors and to improve capacity of farmers.
Kiepe observed that since Kenya
has risen to be the newest middle-income country in the region, the country
must seriously act to increasing its production and reduce the huge import
dependency.
“The project will generate ample
cross country learning cases, and indicate forms of collaboration that will
effectively and sustainably contribute to each country’s growth and the rice
development in the region,” he added.
The researcher said that the
private sector will be involved in the production and dissemination of new
varieties to be widely adopted by the farming community. The project that is
funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development is meant at
improving the local supply of rice since the East African region imports the
commodity amounting to $500 million.
“The project will help Kenya
achieve 100 per cent food and nutrition security of populations, create
employment and wealth to many stakeholders,” Mwangi Kiunjuri, cabinet secretary
for agriculture, livestock and fisheries.
Kiunjuri noted that it is
expected that the project will help Kenya meet the deficit that stands at
400,000 metric tons annually since farmers locally produce 70,000-80,000 metric
tons annually.
He noted that Kenya has the
potential and capacity if harnessed to not only be self- sufficient in rice but
to also be an exporter.
Source: GNA
Not yet time
to restrict forex for food importation
Sir: Currently, Nigeria spends about US$22 billion on food imports
annually. Rice, imported from Thailand and India, accounts for about US$1.65
billion which could make Nigeria the world’s second largest importer of rice
after China in 2019. Commodities like wheat, fish, milk, processed foods and
palm oil are also topping the list of imported items, contributing to the
depletion of the foreign exchange reserve and making the country food import
dependent. Meanwhile the country has the capacity to produce many of these
imported commodities and may have no business importing food with the right
conditions.
Thus, as one of the ways to conserve foreign exchange, promote
import substitution and encourage domestic food production and market,
President Muhammadu Buhari recently gave directives to the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) to restrict granting foreign exchange (forex) to food importers.
Here, I highlight some of the possible consequences of forex restriction given
our current realities.
Firstly, let us recall that the policy already affects more thah
25 items ranging from food to pharmaceutical and automobile, yet, these are
circumvented by smuggling and by official granting of licenses to import, with
huge profits likely for those who are selling the banned imports at the
inflated domestic prices. Secondly, it is important to note that restriction of
forex for food importers does not mean ban on the importation of food items. It
simply means that the CBN rate of 305/dollar is no longer available for food
importers through the official means, so importers are still free to import
food items that are not on the list of prohibited items.
The agricultural policy of the current administration is focused
on import substitution and reviving the domestic food industries.
Unfortunately, domestic production of many food items in Nigeria has never been
able to meet the demand, leading to considerable imports. Nigeria domestic rice
demand is in excess of six million metric tonnes but domestic production is
just about four million MT leaving a huge gap of over two million. Although
there are indications that the domestic production of rice has significantly
increased, the validity of such claim is still in question as a huge chunk of
rice comes in through the land borders.
According to the 2019 Food Business Africa report, the country
spent $1.1 billion to import 5.5 million tonnes of wheat (99% of wheat
consumed) in 2018 as domestic production remained static at 60,000 tonnes.
National dairy output per annum is 700,000 metric tons while the national
demand is put at 1.3 million metric tons annually, leaving a gap of 600,000 MT
(FMARD 2016). For palm oil, Nigeria has a demand-supply gap of 800,000 MT
in the palm oil market. Similarly, there is huge demand gap for fish, sugar,
beef, tomatoes and many other food items. With these current realities, Nigeria
is not on course in meeting domestic demand gap for many essential food items.
Since these food products are not banned and the domestic gap
still exist which creates a huge demand, what is likely to happen is that
importers will source for their dollars from the black market and still import
food at high cost and pass the cost to the consumer. Therefore, if this
directive is implemented, Nigerian should expect an upward surge in food prices
in the next coming weeks. Secondly, arising from the huge demands on dollar
from the parallel market, there is going to be an upward surge in the black
market dollar exchange rate, which will further affect the strength of the
local currency.
It is important to mention that food import is not the major
source of depletion of the country’s foreign exchange reserve. Nigeria imports
industrial supplies (27%), capital goods (23%), food and beverage (17%), fuel
and lubricants (14%), transport equipment and parts (12%) and consumer goods
(7%). About 43% of total imports come from Asia; 34% from Europe; 15% from
America and 7% from Africa. Food importation represents only 17% of foreign
exchange depletion and therefore all categories of imported commodities bear
the brunt of foreign exchange conservation
I would recommend a targeted gradual restriction as against a
blanket directive to the CBN. By this, I mean setting a timeline and taking the
implementation in phase in tandem with our current realities and comparative
advantage. While we are taking it in phases, we are also building the domestic
food industries by providing the critical infrastructure for the industries to
thrive. Nigeria must consciously support domestic food industries with
favorable policies, access to electricity, bank credit, security and access to
export market for the country not to plunge into an era of food crisis.
§ Godswill Aguiyi,
godswill.aguiyi@gmail.com
Study identifies
gene responsible for early-maturing, high-yielding rice
Source:
Xinhua| 2019-08-27 20:47:34|Editor: Li Xia
BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have identified
a gene that enables hybrid rice varieties to have a higher yield and shortens
maturity duration by seven to 20 days.
Early-maturing rice cultivars usually have a low-yield. Although
Chinese researchers have developed some early-maturing and high-yielding hybrid
rice cultivars, the molecular mechanism underlying remains unclear.
Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Development
Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as Sichuan Agriculture
University found that among hybrid rice varieties with a gene named Ef-cd, the
nitrogen utilization was facilitated and photosynthesis rate was improved.
Reporting online in the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, the researchers said Ef-cd could be a vital contributor of
elite early maturing hybrid rice varieties in balancing grain yield with
maturity duration.
They said the study provides breeders with a valuable genetic
resource that is useful for balancing grain yield with maturity duration for
further elevating food production.
Commerce
ministry orders rice millers, traders to report sticky rice stocks
Deputy Prime
Minister/Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit has ordered the Department of
Internal Trade to have rice millers, traders and relevant parties report rice
stocks in their possession in order to prevent the hoarding of sticky rice,
which is a controled commodity nationwide.
The deputy
premier/commerce minister ordered rice millers, traders and relevant parties to
report their sticky rice stocks in the face of last week’s reported price rise
to 40-50 baht a kilogram as the volume of production has dropped during the
late part of the season which has been adversely affected by drought.
Internal
Trade Department Director General Wichai Phochanakit said today that major
traders and rice millers in areas where the volume of sticky rice production is
normally high should also buy more sticky rice to supply areas where the volume
may be low. Though transportation costs may increase, the authorities will act
as coordinators in the matter. Meanwhile, department stores nationwide are
being asked to help distribute sticky rice.
Provincial
offices of the Department of Internal Trade, and inspection units of the
Ministry of Commerce are closely following the situation in order to prevent undue
profiteering or hoarding. Those found to have broken the law pertaining to
excessive profiteering or hoarding of goods will be subject to a maximum of
seven years in prison, or a maximum fine of 140,000 baht or both. Members of
the public who suspect such malpractice can call Hotline 1569 to report the
situation.
Kebbi @28: Gov
Bagudu seeks supporting of all for development
.....Gen. Bamaiyi seeks fair treatment for Emirates
Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin-Kebbi
Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state has sought
for the total support and collaboration of people of the state irrespective of
their political affiliations, Emirates and tribes to develop the state.
Bagudu stated this on Tuesday during the 28
anniversary celebration of Kebbi state held at Presidential lodge, Birnin-Kebbi
which was attended by the Emirs of the four Emirates in the state, former
State Administrators,retired Judges, opposition leaders,Universities Scholars
and former Chief of Staff to former Head of state, Gen Ishai Bamaiyi among
others.
Speaking at the event, Governor Bagudu disclosed that his
administration is doing everything possible to improve on infrastructure
facilities across the 21 LGAs in the state as well set aside about N1.8 billion
to mobilize Almajiri children off the streets to former schools.
To develop the state, Governor noted that all hands
must be on desk to rapidly improved infrastructure facilities, stressed that
all stakeholders must unite irrespective of their political affiliations for
the betterment of the state.
Governor Bagudu while responding to few comments from
other stakeholders, noted that his administration is currently rehabilitated
some roads outside the state capital which were stronghold of opposition
stressed that the projects were undergoing execution because they are important
to the state economy.
In his remarks,Senator Adamu Aleiro ,representing Kebbi
Central Senatorial district at the Senates, sought for the closure of porous
borders in Nigeria to enable local farmers, rice millers to maximize their
potential and profits.
“We cannot continue to be using hoes and cutlasses for
farming and that is why we are poor. Smugglers are coming through our porous
borders. These borders should be closed for six months so that our farmers will
get better patronages”,.
The former Chief of Staff to late General Sani Abacha,
Gen. Ishai Bamaiyi who is also a leader in one opposition party in the state,
noted that people of other Emirates were not fairly treated, stressed that all
elected Governors were from one particular Emirate in the state.
He also wants farmers in the state to be treated
well as well as rapid development of Birnin-Kebbi, the State capital.
The Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Illiasu
Bashar, who is also Chairman of Council of Chiefs in the state, , urged people
to continue praying for the peace and progress in the state.
He said: “We should know that the peace we enjoy in the
state is due to the daily prayers we have been doing for peace and unity to
rein in our state; we should not relent in that,” he enjoined.
Earlier, the President of Miyatti Allah Cattle Breeders
Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Muhammad Kiruwa,said the current
relative peace in Zamfara was a result of the 3rd May,2019 dialogue between the
association and Federal Government delegation in the state.
“We have been hearing accolades and phrases to Zamfara
Government for their in improving the security of the state. But we should not
be unmindful that the peace enjoyed in Zamfara in as a result of the
close-door interaction session the federal government had with our
leaders.
“Those responsible for banditry converged in Kebbi state
and had dialogue with the federal government. The federal government listened
to their agitations and yearnings and provided solutions to them; henceforth
,the Zamfara relative peace is the outcome of that meeting,” he said.
India Grain: Spot wheat,
maize prices down on weak purchases
Tuesday,
Aug 27
By
Sampad Nandy
NEW
DELHI – Prices of mill-quality wheat fell today due to a decline in demand from
flour millers and stockists, traders said. A gradual decline in arrivals,
however, limited the fall in spot prices.
"Bulk
demand remained weak today as most purchasers avoided picking up stocks due to
high spot prices," Indore-based trader N.K. Agarwal said.
Wheat
futures on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange also fell in line
with the spot markets. The most-active September contract closed at 2,070
rupees per 100 kg, down 0.6%.
Demand
is likely to remain weak in the coming days as stocks in open markets have
declined sharply and most bulk buyers are seen picking up stocks from
government auctions, Kota-based trader Aniket Mehta said.
Price of
maize also fell in spot markets as demand from bulk buyers softened, traders
said. A gradual decline in arrivals, however, limited the downside.
"Demand
fell today as most bulk buyers remained away from spot markets as they have
piled up enough stocks," said Nizamabad-based trader Amrutlal
Kataria.
Maize
futures on NCDEX also ended lower on spot cues. The most-active September
contract ended 1.1% lower at 2,180 rupees per 100 kg.
In the
case of basmati paddy, prices of the Pusa 1121 variety fell due to fall in
demand from rice millers and exporters, traders said.
Pusa
1121 basmati paddy futures on the Indian Commodity Exchange, however, ended
steady as traders anticipate a rise in demand from millers during the festive
season in October. The September contract closed at 3,520 rupees per 100
kg, largely unchanged from the previous close.
Following
are today's prices for wheat, maize, and paddy, in rupees per 100 kg, in key
wholesale markets, and the change from the previous day:
|
Commodity
|
Market
|
Price
|
Change
|
|
Wheat
|
Kota
|
2,010-2,030
|
(-)10-15
|
|
Wheat
|
Indore
|
2,010-2,040
|
(-)10-15
|
|
Maize
|
Nizamabad
|
2,430-2,450
|
(-)10-15
|
|
Maize
|
Purnea
|
2,360-2,370
|
(-)10-15
|
|
Pusa
1121 basmati
|
Amritsar
|
3,800-3,840
|
(-)10-20
|
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By Sarah Moran
ARLINGTON, VA -- This past weekend,
reports emerged regarding a Japan-U.S. trade deal covering agriculture, automobiles, and digital
trade. Initial reports indicate that rice was left out of this deal.
"While we are certainly disappointed to hear that rice wasn't included in last week's discussions, we remain committed to working with the U.S. government to realize improved rice trade," said Charley Mathews, Jr., chair of USA Rice. "At this point, we're faced with a 700 percent tariff on U.S. rice going into Japan which translates to a lack of consumer access."
Japan is the third largest export market for U.S. rice and for decades, USA Rice has pushed for an improvement in the quality and quantity of access for U.S. rice in Japan. While Japan imports more than $200 million of U.S. rice, much of that rice does not reach the Japanese consumer due to Japan's import policies and anticompetitive practices.
"Rice remains one of the most manipulated and protected commodities around the world, and Japan is no exception," said Bobby Hanks, chair of the USA Rice International Trade Policy Committee. "A comprehensive trade deal is the avenue in which to see improved commercial access to this vital market that has demonstrated an interest in U.S. rice."
As Japan and the U.S. continue trade discussions, USA Rice will support the U.S. government in adequately advocating for U.S. rice farmers and the $34 billion rice industry that they represent.
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Weather deals blow to Louisiana
rice harvest
The
2019 Louisiana rice crop has been plagued by low yields due to adverse weather
conditions.
Louisiana rice farmers probably
would like to forget the 2019 rice crop, which has been plagued by low yields.
Bad weather from the start of the
growing season through harvest is being blamed.
“Growing conditions have been less
than ideal,” said LSU AgCenter rice specialist Dustin Harrell. “We didn’t have good
conditions at any one point.”
Harrell estimated yields are off by
15 percent to 20 percent from the average harvest.
Yields range from the mid-20 barrel
to the mid 60-barrel range, but much of it is between 35 and 43 barrels. “Most
of it is below 45,” he said.
The second crop isn’t providing
much hope.
“The second crop hasn’t come back
as quickly as we thought,” Harrell said. “We’re getting off to a bad start.”
Cloudy days have interfered with
sunshine new growth needs.
Started wet
The crop year started with wet,
cool soil conditions, and wet soil complicated applications of herbicides and
fertilizer. “Getting fertilizer applied in time and on dry ground is critical
to maximize yields,” Harrell said.
Andrew Granger, AgCenter agent in Vermilion
Parish, said wet conditions also interfered with herbicide applications.
Low rice prices, currently about
$18 a barrel, are also a problem for farmers. “If rice was $25 a barrel, they
would be OK,” Granger said.
Hurricane Barry hit in early July,
the same time that most rice plants were flowering for pollination. Winds beat
up the young plants and caused many of the panicles to have empty hulls. But at
least the forecasts of more than 20 inches of rain never developed, Harrell
said.
Farmer Christian Richard of Indian
Bayou, La., said the first part of the harvest was bad with low yields, but
yields improved in later-planted fields. “Then the weather quit cooperating,
and it started raining every day,” he said.
Richard estimates his yields are
down by 15 to 20 percent from his average.
Richard said he had a truckload of
rice rejected by a buyer because of smut, adding that false smut and kernel
smut are widespread in his fields. “Our combines are black or yellow, depending
on what kind of smut you’ve got,” he said.
Quality problems
Richard said grain quality has been
a problem with his crop. “The quality was never good from the beginning. The
milling yields are just horrendous,” he said.
Richard was about 70 percent
finished in late August, but he was trying to locate a set of tracks for a
combine to harvest 500 acres of rice in a muddy field that he couldn’t prepare
properly earlier this year because the ground never got dry enough to work.
Regrowth on his second-crop fields
has been slow, he said.
Rains have continued into harvest,
complicating the process. “The harvest has been stop-and-go every day,” Harrell
said.
Some rice in Vermilion Parish was a
total loss due to flooding after Barry, Granger said, and Vince Deshotel, AgCenter agent in St. Landry
Parish, said some rice acreage was ruined by high water.
Excessive heat during night and day
in June, combined with continuous rain, especially at flowering, reduced yields
by about 10 percent, Deshotel said.
Later, steady rains kept fields wet
and humid. AgCenter plant pathologist Don Groth said the field conditions
created the perfect environment for disease.
Fields that normally yield 45 to 55
barrels are only producing in the low 30-barrel range.
Smut not isolated
Groth said Richard’s problem with
smut is not isolated. Smuts and other diseases are being reported throughout
the area. Panicle blight and blast disease also have been problems, he said.
Smut spores have produced visible
brownish-yellow clouds. “I’ve gotten reports from Texas that they’re having the
same problem,” Groth said.
He estimated the harvest throughout
south Louisiana was about 70 percent complete in late August.
Jeremy Hebert, AgCenter agent in Acadia
Parish, said many farmers are disappointed this year. “Yields are down more
than expected. There have been some disasters,” he said.
Farmers were facing an uphill
struggle from the beginning of the growing season.
Some later-planted rice appears to
have more potential, and some of rice grown for a second crop looks good,
Hebert said.
Jimmy Meaux, AgCenter agent in Jefferson
Davis, Calcasieu and Cameron parishes, said about 70 percent of the fields
there have been harvested.
Yields are down by 10 to 15
percent. “It’s not great. They’re probably in the low 40s or the high 30s,” he
said.
Daily rains during harvest are a
problem for farmers. “I don’t know if they ever get a full day of cutting,”
Meaux said.
Harvest finished
Farmer Mike Fruge of Eunice, La.,
said he wrapped up his harvest on Aug. 19. He said his yields were off
consistently. Some fields were down from his average by as much as 20 percent
while some were down by only a few percentage points. “It wasn’t as bad as some
others I’ve heard,” he said.
He also had a smut problem in the
last 400 acres he harvested. But weather complicated harvest. “Our last 200
acres took us double the time it should have taken,” Fruge said.
Rice harvest in northeast Louisiana
is about to get started, and Harrell said that crop looks better. “It looks
good in northeast Louisiana,” he said. “They don’t seem to have all the issues
we had here.”
Keith Collins, AgCenter agent in Richland
Parish, said fields are being drained in northeast Louisiana and harvest should
be in full swing within two weeks.
Jagat Basmati Rice owner arrested
for cheating
Gaurav Sharma,
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Outer-North district, said Aggrawal was arrested
on Monday on a case of cheating was registered against him at the Narela police
station on August 8. 
Published on: August 27, 2019 16:06 IST
Jagat Basmati Rice owner arrested for cheating
The Delhi police has
arrested the owner of the famous 'Jagat' Basmati rice brand, Santlal Aggrawal,
on charges of cheating and fraud.
Gaurav Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Outer-North
district, said Aggrawal was arrested on Monday on a case of cheating was
registered against him at the Narela police station on August 8.
"Vikas Gupta, a Narela
Mandi trader registered the case alleging that Aggrawal cheated him of Rs 1.9
crore," Sharma told IANS:
In his complaint, Gupta said Aggrawal had taken rice worth Rs
1.90 crore from him long ago. He later gave him a cheque of Rs 40 lakh, but it
bounced.
According to the police complaint, "Instead of returning
the money to the complainant, Aggrawal declared his company
bankrupt."
Sharma said the police is also investigating how many other cases
of cheating and fraud are registered against Aggrawal and in which police
stations in Delhi.
Using
waste from rice processing to generate energy
New rice
drying technology will eliminate the problem of husk disposal and use this
byproduct to generate electricity
august 27, 2019 10:08:11
Cuban experts, with advice from India, have set up a
plant that will use rice husks to generate electricity. Photo: El Guerrillero
newspaper Photo: Granma
PINAR DEL RÍO. – Cuban experts,
with advice from India, have set up a plant that will allow the use of rice
husks to generate electricity.
The work is being carried out at
the Enrique Troncoso mill, the largest in the province, affiliated with the Los
Palacios Agroindustrial Enterprise, where this new technology will make it
possible to save more than 200 tons of diesel a year.
MSc Ariel Rodríguez, of the
Cubaenergía company, explains that the enormous volume of rice husks that
remains after each harvest, as a residue of the drying process, is one of the
main pollution problems facing the municipality of Los Palacios.
On the other hand, he points out,
this complex is among the largest energy consumers in the territory, using more
than a ton of diesel a day to dry rice.Hence the idea of seeking technology
that would eliminate the problem of husk disposal and find a way to use this
byproduct as a resource.
With the support of the Basal
project (Environmental Bases for Local Food Sustainability), affiliated with
the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, and international
collaboration, the machinery was acquired, and the plant erected, now in the
start-up process.Broadly speaking, its operation consists of converting husks
into a combustible gas, using this as fuel to dry rice.
Plus, up to 2.4 MWh of
electricity can be generated to reduce the plant's consumption from the
national grid, and contribute to the system when the plant is not
operating.Engineer Yusniel Illas, director of the plant, stated that the goal
is to eventually replace all the diesel that is needed in the drying process.
IRRI plan for
Telangana farmers
Our Bureau Hyderabad | Updated
on August 27, 2019 Published
on August 27, 2019
A top executive of the International
Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has presented a project proposal to improve
farmers’ income and ensure nutrition security in Telangana.
Addressing a gathering at the
Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University(PJTSAU) campus
here on Tuesday, Jacqueline Hughes, Deputy Director-General (Research) of IRRI,
said the proposed project would focus on ensuring nutrition security in
rice-based agri–food system in the State.
Besides ensuring doubling of
farmer’s income, the project would focus on sustainability in water management
in agriculture, development of stress tolerant rice varieties and low Glycemic
index varieties.
“The project will also provide
mechanisation and post harvest business models and capacity development,” she
said.
Telangana Agriculture Minister S
Niranjan Reddy said States should device their own strategies to achieve the
Centre’s target of doubling farmers’ income by 2020.
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- August
28, 2019
AUGUST 28, 2019 / 2:07 PM /
* * * * * *
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-August 28, 2019 Nagpur,
Aug 28 (Reuters) – Gram and tuar prices reported higher in Nagpur Agriculture
Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC) here on good demand from local millers
amid weak supply from producing regions. Fresh hike on NCDEX in gram, good
recovery in Madhya Pradesh pulses and enquiries from South-based millers also
pushed up prices. About 400 bags of gram and 150 bags of tuar reported for
auction, according to sources.
GRAM
* Desi gram raw firmed up in open market on renewed demand from
local traders.
TUAR
* Tuar varieties ruled steady in open market here on subdued demand
from local
traders.
* Major wheat varieties showed weak tendency in open market here on
poor demand from
local traders.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 5,600-5,800, Tuar dal (clean) – 8,100-8,200,
Udid Mogar (clean)
– 7,200-7,800, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,900-8,700, Gram – 4,000-4,200,
Gram Super best
– 5,600-6,000 * 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 3,710-4,140 3,700-4,080
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction 5,200-5,700 5,200-5,600
Moong Auction n.a. 3,950-4,200
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,200-2,500
Wheat Lokwan Auction 2,000-2,110 2,000-2,110
Wheat Sharbati Auction n.a. 2,900-3,000
Gram Super Best Bold 6,000-6,300 6,000-6,300
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 4,350-4,450 4,350-4,450
Desi gram Raw 4,250-4,350 4,200-4,300
Gram Kabuli 8,300-10,000 8,300-10,000
Tuar Fataka Best-New 8,400-8,500 8,400-8,500
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 8,000-8,200 8,000-8,200
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 7,600-7,800 7,600-7,800
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 7,000-7,500 7,000-7,500
Tuar Gavarani New 5,850-5,950 5,850-5,950
Tuar Karnataka 6,200-6,300 6,200-6,300
Masoor dal best 5,600-5,700 5,600-5,700
Masoor dal medium 5,100-5,300 5,100-5,300
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 8,200-8,800 8,200-8,800
Moong Mogar Medium 7,000-7,500 7,000-7,500
Moong dal Chilka New 6,500-7,600 6,500-7,600
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 8,500-8,900 8,500-8,900
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,500-8,200 7,500-8,200
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,600-6,200 5,600-6,200
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 4,400-4,800 4,400-4,800
Mot (100 INR/KG) 5,500-6,500 5,500-6,500
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 4,800-5,000 4,800-5,000
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,300 2,200-2,300
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,200 2,150-2,200
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,700 2,600-2,700
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,450-2,600 2,500-2,650
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,250-2,350 2,300-2,400
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,800 3,200-4,000
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,700-3,000 2,700-3,100
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,300 2,200-2,300
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,800 3,200-3,800
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,200 2,800-3,200
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,000 2,900-3,000
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,750 2,600-2,750
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400
Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,600 2,400-2,600
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,800-4,400 3,800-4,400
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,600 3,400-3,600
Rice HMT new (100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,000 3,600-4,000
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 5,500-5,800 5,500-5,800
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,500-4,800 4,500-4,800
Rice Shriram new (100 INR/KG) 4,400-5,000 4,400-5,000
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 8,500-13,500 8,500-13,500
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,500 5,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 6,500-7,200 6,500-7,200
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 6,200-6,400 6,200-6,400
Rice Chinnor new (100 INR/KG) 5,300-5,600 5,200-5,600
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,350-2,550 2,350-2,550
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 2,050-2,250 2,050-2,250 WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 28.5 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 23.1 degree Celsius Rainfall :
Nil FORECAST: Generally cloudy sky with one or two spells of rains or
thunder-showers. Maximum and minimum temperature likely to be around 31 degree
Celsius and 24 degree Celsius respectively. Note: n.a.—not available (For oils,
transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market
prices)
Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
China early rice output down in 2019
Xinhua, August 27, 2019
China produced less rice in the
first harvest period of 2019 due to decreases in sown areas and per unit yield,
official data showed Monday.
The country produced 26.27 million
tonnes of early rice, planted in spring and harvested in early summer, down 8.1
percent from a year earlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics
(NBS).
Early rice planting area dropped
7.1 percent to 4.45 million hectares, and the yield per hectare edged down 1.1
percent to 5.9 tonnes.
NBS statistician Huang Bingxin
attributed the planting area drop to an improved crop structure amid deepening
agricultural supply-side structural reform, with less low-quality early rice
and more high-quality and efficient single cropping rice and other cash crops.
Insufficient rural labor force and
poor weather also led to the drop in sown areas, while the adverse weather this
year also contributed to the fall in per unit output.
"The decline will have a very
limited impact on the country's grain output as early rice accounts for only
about 4 percent of the annual grain output," Huang said.
China's total grain output consists
of three parts -- early rice, summer grain, and autumn production. Autumn grain
crops, which include corn and middle- and late-season rice, account for the
bulk of the total.
Study identifies
gene responsible for early-maturing, high-yielding rice
Source:
Xinhua| 2019-08-27 20:47:34|Editor: Li Xia
BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have identified
a gene that enables hybrid rice varieties to have a higher yield and shortens
maturity duration by seven to 20 days.
Early-maturing rice cultivars usually have a low-yield. Although
Chinese researchers have developed some early-maturing and high-yielding hybrid
rice cultivars, the molecular mechanism underlying remains unclear.
Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Development
Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as Sichuan Agriculture
University found that among hybrid rice varieties with a gene named Ef-cd, the
nitrogen utilization was facilitated and photosynthesis rate was improved.
Reporting online in the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, the researchers said Ef-cd could be a vital contributor of
elite early maturing hybrid rice varieties in balancing grain yield with
maturity duration.
They said the study provides breeders with a valuable genetic
resource that is useful for balancing grain yield with maturity duration for
further elevating food production.
Rice fields salvaged after
drought
Ly Livsier / Khmer Times
Large swathes of rice fields in
northwest Cambodia that were affected by recent droughts have now been
salvaged, officials said yesterday.
Chan Youttha, Water Resource
Ministry spokesman, said most affected rice fields in northwest Cambodia,
including Battambang, Banteay Meanchey, Siem Reap, Oddar Meanchey, Pursat, and
Pailin provinces, have been salvaged after the Ministry of Water Resources
diverted water from Bavel river to Kamping Puoy reservoir, which serves most of
the provinces.
He added that many provinces have
also received rain fall in the last four days, which has also helped to improve
the situation.
“Effective intervention by
relevant ministries in tackling the issue as well as an increase in water flow,
including to irrigation canals, have improved the situation,” Mr Youttha said.
“Most paddy fields have become greener.”
More than 20,000 hectares of rice
fields in Battambang province have been salvaged from 60,000 hectares that were
affected.
Mr Youttha noted that several
factors contributed to the challenges farmers faced, including the recent
reconstruction of Kamping Puoy reservoir, farmers not adhering to a crop
calendar and climate change.
He said Kamping Puoy reservoir
was under renovation last month and could not store water. He added that some
farmers also did not follow a crop scheduling guidance, causing them to face
difficulties such as water shortages due to mismatched seasons.
Pang Vannaseth, Banteay Meanchey
agriculture department spokesman, yesterday said that 50,000 hectares across
the provice were affected by drought and that 10,000 hectares of rice fields
were damaged.
Mr Vannaseth noted rain has begun
to fall in the last few days and some rice fields have become greener.
“In some areas, we are pumping in
water to save the rice crops, while in others, we have been able to find new
sources of water,” he said. “Some areas do not have nearby water sources and
will have to wait for rain.”
Mr Vannaseth added that
provincial Governor Oum Reatrey has donated 500 litres of diesel oil designated
for water pump machines covering 100 hectares of rice field in Mongkul Borey
district.
He added that around this time
last year, the province simultaneously experienced floods and drought. However,
he noted that this year the province is only battling drought.
Keo Vy, National Committee for
Disaster Management spokesman, citing a recent report, said more than 150,000
hectares of rice paddy across the Kingdom have been affected by a series of
droughts.
Rice traders
blame strength of Thai baht for hurting exports
August 27, 2019
By
The president of the Thai Rice
Exporters Association, Charoen Laothamtas, is concerned that the strong Thai
baht is having a negative impact on rice exports.
He notes that the baht has risen about
6% against the US dollar since January, whereas the Vietnam dong has held
steady and the Indian rupee has even weakened.
“The stronger baht has largely made
Thai rice more expensive than those of our competitors. Homali fragrant rice,
for example, currently costs $1,200 per metric tonne, while Vietnam jasmine is
only $520.”
He adds that total rice exports are
expected to reach 9 million tonnes this year, down from 11.2 million in 2018.
Water shortages are not helping matters, with so little water in reserve at
dams.
Meanwhile, rice vendors are
complaining about the rising cost of glutinous rice, but Charoen points out
that glutinous rice is for domestic consumption rather than export, and its
price is quite sensitive to local demand and supply.
Farmers in the northeast have given
up growing it, as preferences shift to fragrant rice, resulting in a diminished
supply.
SOURCE: The Nation
Senegal’s rice
imports down
Published on 27.08.2019 at 13h21 by APA News
Senegal’s rice imports in June
2019 decreased by 4.877 billion CFA francs,(about $8.290 million), compared to
May 2019, according to a note from the National Agency for Statistics and
Population (ANSD) copied to APA on Tuesday.These imports amounted to 15.468
billion CFA francs, against 20.345 billion CFA francs in June 2019 representing
a 24-percent decrease in relative value (1 CFA equals $0.0017).
Compared to May 2019 when they
amounted to 16.979 billion CFA francs, rice imports in the country are down 8.9
percent on a month to month basis.
WFP Peru
Country Brief, July 2019
REPORT
Published on 31 Jul 2019
In Numbers
USD 31 m Total requirements
Operational Updates
Behavior Change Communication Strategy
WFP and partners have agreed on a
roadmap for the implementation of the communication strategy for the pilot
project “Semilla”, which promotes healthier eating habits in the efforts to
reduce child malnutrition, in particular overweight and obesity among
school-age children. The pilot project is a joint effort between WFP, FAO, PAHO
and UNICEF and the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Development and
Social Inclusion.
Rice Fortification
Javier Sánchez, the RBP expert in
rice fortification, visited Lambayeque with the WFP nutrition team to provide
technical assistance and strengthen the strategy to promote the production of
fortified rice. Lambayeque is a region located on the northern coast of Peru
that has the most significant number of rice producers in the country.
Meetings were held with millers
in order to identify opportunities and challenges for their sector.
New Partnership with Antamina
WFP signed a partnership
agreement with Antamina to improve food security and reduce malnutrition in the
region of Ancash. The initiative aims to enhance national policies and programs
for children and pregnant women. Antamina is strongly committed to the
sustainable development in Peru.
Disaster Risk Management
The project “WFP Technical
Assistance to Strengthen Peru's Social Protection System to respond to
emergencies more effectively and reach the most vulnerable population” was
approved by the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA/ USAID). This
project seeks to extend social protection in different crises, giving priority
to the most vulnerable population in the country.
The new National Emergency
Operations Center (COEN) was inaugurated on July 18, allowing the Peruvian
Government to improve its governance mechanisms during emergencies and
strengthen national and sub-national institutions’ capacities to manage
policies and programs. The new facility, funded by the Governments of China and
Peru, includes state of the art communications for improved decision making and
plans to establish a training center. WFP is providing technical support and
guidance to COEN.
