Kashmirs Rice
Farmers face crisis due to acute water scarcity
, 11.04.18
Almost no snow and rain in recent months has pushed Kashmir to
an unprecedented drought, with authorities advising farmers not to cultivate
water-intensive rice
A farmer working in his rice farm
in Zangam-Pattan, north Kashmir (Photo by Athar Parvaiz)
In the villages of Kashmir, farmers are worried about the
creeping dryness in the Himalayan region. While they are acutely aware how it
can affect their crops in summer, a recent government advisory that asks
farmers in several districts not to cultivate rice this year has only
heightened their anxieties.
“All farmers are hereby requested that they do not go for paddy
cultivation this year as, due to lack of snowfall and rainfall, there is hardly
any water in the Jhelum River and the streams,” reads a notice in Urdu issued
by the Baramulla district wing of Kashmir’s Irrigation Department. “So, please don’t
go for paddy cultivation this year, considering the fact that we won’t be able
to supply any water for irrigation.” Similar notices have been issued in other
districts such as Kupwara, Bandipora and Ganderbal.
The rainfall and snowfall numbers collected at the regional
directorate of the meteorological department corroborates the helplessness
shown by the irrigation department. Rainfall in the first three months of 2018
has been the lowest in 30 years, according to Mukhtar Ahmad, deputy director at
Jammu and Kashmir Meteorological Department.
Gulmarg, for instance, recorded a mere 172 mm precipitation
(snowfall and rainfall) in the three months to March, compared with an average
of 602 mm in the past 30 years for the three-month period, Ahmad said. Similarly,
Kupwara received only 198 mm compared with the 30-year average of 424 mm,
whereas in Srinagar it was 82 mm against an average of 255 mm.
Scientists say more uncertain rainfall and snowfall is one of
the major impacts of climate change.
Worried farmers
Mohammad Amin Lone, a farmer in Nutnoosa-Kupwara, despairs at
the low level of water in Lal Kul, a stream that feeds a huge agricultural area
in Kupwara. “It used to be full of water at this time of the year when rains
and snowmelt fill the rivers and streams,” he told indiaclimatedialogue.net.
“Though we got a sense in winter that the coming months are going to be hard in
terms of availability of water, as there was no snowfall, I had no idea that
the streams could be devoid of water to such an extent.”
The drying up of Lal Kul could lead to a change in cropping
pattern. “We are thinking hard what to do, but I think we will sow other crops
like maize,” Lone said.
The state’s agriculture department has not yet advised farmers
on what to do in the backdrop of the irrigation advisory, said Altaf Andrabi,
director of the department, adding that within two weeks, farmers of different
regions would be given suggestions by his directorate on which crops to plant.
“The situation is quite grim. But I think at some places farmers
would be in a position to grow rice,” Andrabi told indiaclimatedialogue.net.
“Considering the importance of rice cultivation in the valley because it is a
staple food here, farmers in most places would insist on growing rice.” Farmers
could afford to wait for another two-three weeks in expectation of rainfall, as
the paddy season begins from May 15, he said.
There’s still a ray of hope for farmers like Abdul Ahad of
Zangam in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. “Our land still has water in it
and we also have a nearby stream, which feeds our rice fields. We just hope
that this stream doesn’t dry up. It is all up to God,” Ahad said.
Altaf Hussain Darvish of Vadora near the apple town of Sopore in
north Kashmir said his rice harvest was excellent last year due to plentiful
water. “This year, getting our farms irrigated is going to be quite tough,”
Darvish told indiaclimatedialogue.net.
“Khoyem Kul, which feeds our farms, holds just a trickle of water.”
Inadequate infrastructure
The lack of irrigation infrastructure has compounded the
farmers’ woes. Only 41% of Kashmir’s agricultural land has irrigation
facilities, according to a recent economic survey. If the government is able to
create water harvesting infrastructure across the state, Jammu and Kashmir
would be in a better position to deal with phases when there is no or little
rainfall, says Shakil Romshoo, who heads the earth sciences department at
Kashmir University. “If the government properly manages the rainfall we get and
the water which comes from more than 8,000 glaciers that we have, the region
can never face severe water shortages,” Romshoo told indiaclimatedialogue.net.
Mohammad Amin Lone, a farmer in Nutnoosa-Kupwara area of
Kashmir, is worried that the Lal Kul stream holds just a trickle, which would
be insufficient to irrigate rice fields (Photo by Athar Parvaiz)
“The government has constructed some water harvesting ponds in
some parts of north Kashmir for water harvesting, but they need to be created
in all the areas,” said Jabbar Naikoo, a farmer in Bedibera-Kupwara. “Anyone
can see that the droughts have become frequent and rainfall scarcer and more
erratic.”
Lack of irrigation facilities is one of the reasons why some
farmers are selling land to property developers. According to an official
document outlining a new policy for land use in Jammu and Kashmir, unplanned
construction like developing residential colonies, factories, brick kilns,
shopping complexes and other commercial infrastructure has eaten deeply into
the valley’s agricultural land resources.
In a letter to the government in March 2016, the director for
agriculture in Kashmir had reported that “due to the haphazard land conversion,
agricultural land has shrunk considerably, as per door to door surveys
conducted by the field workers of this (agriculture) Department.”
Declining farmland
The department’s statistics about the past two decades paint a
grim picture. Agricultural land has seen a reduction of 22,000 hectares from
163,000 hectares in 1996 to 141,000 hectares in 2012. “Going by this data,”
says an official at the agricultural department, “Kashmir loses an average of
1,375 hectares of agricultural land every year.”
To some farmers, converting rice farms into orchards, which need
virtually no irrigation, makes sense. Many farmers are doing it in Kashmir, as
is evident in the findings of a paper published
by Shakil Romshoo and Irfan Rashid. The authors said that farmland is getting
converted into orchards mainly because less water is required to grow fruit
trees.
According to a policy document of
the Jammu and Kashmir government, the region has witnessed a huge shift from
rice cultivation to horticulture in recent decades. In 1953-54, the area under
fruit cultivation was just 12,400 hectares, which has now expanded to 325,000
hectares.
Alternate crops
Tej Pratap, former Vice Chancellor of Sher-e-Kashmir University
of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST),
said earning of farmers will not be hit if they shift to maize and pulses in
the face of decreasing water availability. “India faces a shortfall of pulses,
which means there would be no price problem for the produce from Kashmir,”
Pratap told indiaclimatedialogue.net.
“Rice can be easily procured from the rest of India, where it is grown in
plenty.”
Rice is a staple in Kashmir. It is grown over 141,000 hectares,
with an average production of close to one million tonnes a year, which is
consumed locally, official data show. The state also imports rice from other
provinces, which is distributed through the Public Distribution System. These
imports are continuously increasing with growing population. For example, in
2001-02, the state had imported 79,000 tonnes whereas it was half a million tonnes
in 2015-16.
There would be a water crisis this summer because there was
almost no snowfall this winter in an area where rivers are fed by snowmelt,
Pratap said. Kashmir has to find ways to make maize a cash crop, considering
the fact that a lot of agricultural land in Kashmir is rain-fed. “Vegetable
cultivation is another option that farmers can successfully practise in various
parts of Kashmir,” Pratap said.
I WONDER | Why the delay in the rice theft case?
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Emily
Porter eporter@themercury.com
Q: Why did it take so long to
sentence the guy for stealing those rice seeds in Junction City?
A: Weiqiang Zhang, 51, Manhattan,
was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison Thursday for stealing rice seeds
from a Junction City laboratory and trying to give them to Chinese scientists
in 2013.
That may seem like a long time,
but it’s not unusual for a case in the federal court system, said Jim Cross,
spokesman for the Kansas U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Zhang was arrested on one count
of conspiracy to steal trade secrets, one count of conspiracy to commit
interstate transportation of stolen property and one count of interstate
transportation of stolen property.
After his conviction in February
2017, Zhang filed a motion for dismissal in April. The government responded in
June, and the judge denied the motion in late July, Cross said in an email.
For all court cases, there are
also preliminary hearings and sentencing memorandums passed between the
prosecution and the defense attorneys for review. A pre-sentence investigation
report, which includes the history, circumstances of the crime and more, helps
set the range of how long a term a convict serves.
To submit a question, send by
email to questions@themercury.com,
or by regular mail to Questions, P.O. Box 787 Manhattan, KS 66505.
U.S. Rice Sustainability Message
Makes a Big Splash at STEM Festival
Video report: USA Science and Engineering Festival 2018
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Arkansas farmer Jim Whitaker manned the rice section of the large booth, engaging festival attendees of all ages to explain the basics of how rice is grown, and then getting into rice sustainability practices, water use, and more. He used a small model of a rice check to demonstrate Alternative Wetting and Drying (AWD) techniques that he employs on his farm. Unsurprisingly, the kids loved the big red button which, when pressed, made water shoot up out of the model, "irrigating" the field.
"We're here helping to promote rice - showing people what we're doing to spotlight water conservation, greenhouse gas reduction, and technology, and trying to inspire kids to consider a future in agriculture," said Whitaker.
They may have come for the big red button and the splash zone, but they stayed for the information about rice farming. Whitaker explained that rice is grown in the U.S. (a fact that surprised many booth visitors) and that rice fields are a home to waterfowl and wildlife year round. Thousands of young people left the booth having learned that most of the rice they eat every day is grown in the U.S. using sustainable methods.
Whitaker recently received USA Rice's first ever Sustainability Award and is a prime example of the U.S. rice industry's growing role in the conservation and sustainability sphere. His participation at the festival helped expose a new generation to the U.S. rice industry's commitment to sustainability and introduced a largely urban coastal crowd to where their food comes from.
Farm-to-fork was another big theme at the Mars exhibit. Caroline Sherman, vice president of corporate affairs at Mars Food North America, showed students and adults the difference between rice in various stages of milling displayed in bell jars.
A major goal of the Mars exhibit at the festival was to show young people agriculture's important place in STEM fields. "Mars is promoting careers in STEM and all the diverse opportunities that are available to kids across the country," said Sherman. "Mars has a variety of different careers that we offer in STEM, and plant science and sustainability are very much a part of that."
The festival, sponsored by Mars, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Honda, and Chevron, among many others, gave the 350,000 visitors a chance to explore interactive exhibits on agriculture, aerospace, robotics, medical technology, and much more. Other exhibitors participating in the Health and Medicine Pavilion of the expo included the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the National Institute of Health.
WASDE
Report Released
Global 2017/18 rice production is raised 1.2 million tons to a new
record led by 300,000-ton increases each for Brazil, Burma, Pakistan, and the
Philippines. Global rice exports are raised 800,000 tons with a 300,000-ton
increase for Thailand and 200,000-ton increases each for Burma, India, and
Pakistan. Imports are raised 500,000 tons for Indonesia and 300,000 tons for
Bangladesh. Global domestic use is reduced fractionally. With supplies
increasing and total use decreasing, world ending stocks are raised 1.4 million
tons to 144.4 million and are the second highest stocks on record.
Read the full report here .
Rice Webinar:
Thursday April 12
Go here to register for the webinar.
USA
Rice Daily
Bangladesh’s rice import volume
to drop by one-fourth
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Published
at 06:11 PM April 10, 2018
File photo: Sacks of imported rice at a wholesaler's outlet in
Dhaka
United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) sees prospect of higher domestic production.
After a bad crop year Bangladesh
appears to be bouncing back with prospects of a good rice output this year.
The country’s dependency on rice
import is expected to drastically reduce by a fourth from a record import of
the staple – 3.6 million metric tons (MT) in 2017-18 marketing year (MY) to
just eight lakh MT in 2018-19 MY. According to a just-released grain report by
the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Bangladesh’s total rice
production is forecast to increase to 34.7 million MT in 2018-19 MY (in
May-April) from the 32.6 million MT produced in 2017-18 MY.
USDA largely attributed a higher
Boro production for this year-on-year output surge. Last year rice production
fell due to a devastating haor flashflood and rice blast attacks.
In 2018-19 MY, which begins with
the harvesting of Boro, the production of rice is forecast to exceed the
government’s target, stated the USDA report, as farmers increased cultivation
areas with an expectation of good prices, and to recoup the Boro and Aman
production losses from the previous year.
“Farmers have switched to Boro
rice from wheat and potato cultivation as they attempt to avoid loss from wheat
blast and the lower price of potato. The government’s procurement price of Boro
and Aman paddy [unhusked] and rice [milled] of last year offers an opportunity
to get good prices for this season’s Boro rice,” said USDA.
However, USDA noted, farmers’
expectation of a higher price may be dampened if production is higher as
expected and imports continue to follow the pace of the last few months. “As
highly fluctuating husked rice price is mostly controlled by millers, past
experience indicates that millers manage to keep the paddy purchase price lower
through imports of more rice [husked] before the harvest season.”
USDA estimated that rice imports
will fall to 0.8 million MT in 2018-19 MY, comparing it to an estimated 3.6
million MT in 2017-18 MY, due to higher domestic production backed by
favourable weather conditions.
The rice import estimate is
revised upward to 3.6 million MT in 2017-18 MY due to increased imports to fill
the supply shortfall caused by the previous year’s devastating flood and the
application of a 2% import tariff.
According to the Ministry of
Food, from July, 2017 to March, 2018, total rice imports were a little over 3.5
million MT. Of these, over 0.95 million MT has been imported by the government
while the rest by private traders. This is the highest ever rice import in
Bangladesh while the previous highest record stood at 3 million MT during the
1998-99 financial year.
Around 67% of Bangladesh’s
cultivated land area is used for rice production. A study by the Bangladesh
Rice Research Institute (BRRI) reported that in the period 1990-91 to 2016-17,
adoption of modern varieties (MV) increased area by 11% in Boro, 246% in Aus
and 135% in Aman season rice.
Although government has a long
term plan to reduce Boro rice area and increase Aus and Aman rice production,
the yield of Boro rice is still dominant in producing 54% higher yield than Aus
and 40% higher than Aman.
Pakistani Rice Exporters Pin Hopes on Iran Visit
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Pakistani Rice Exporters Pin Hopes on Iran Visit
A16-member delegation of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan
has left for Iran to explore trade and investment opportunities in general and
enhance rice export to the neighboring country in particular.
The delegation, led by REAP
Chairman Samee Ullah Naeem, will visit Tehran as well as the city of Mashhad
where it will have meetings with representatives of Tehran Chamber of Commerce,
Industries and Mines and Mashhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Pakistani
newspaper The Nation reported on Tuesday.
The delegation will have meetings
with the officials of Health Ministry regarding good manufacturing practices,
Industries Ministry and Government Trading Corporation of Iran for buying
Pakistani rice through government tenders. The delegation will be hosted by
Iranian Rice Importers Association.
GTC is an Iranian
government-owned company specializing in the purchase, import and distribution
of essential foodstuff. It is the lever for enforcing market controls. The
company is also in charge of maintaining a supply of wheat, rice, cooking oil
and meat, as the country’s strategic reserve of essential commodities.
The deliberations are aimed at
increasing bilateral trade and investment between the two friendly countries.
The REAP chairman said the
association would discuss issues related to the resumption of rice exports,
which nosedived after international nuclear sanctions against Iran, from
Pakistan, implementation of currency swap agreement and the condition of GMP
certification with Iranian authorities.
Naeem said Iran used to be a
800,000-ton basmati rice market until sanctions were imposed in 2010 and
exports have drastically reduced to barely 60,000 tons.
“REAP considers unavailability of
banking channel the only barrier for drop in trade,” he added.
Talks between the leading
businessmen and industrialists are meant to inspire Iranian importers as well
as investors to explore the business opportunities in Pakistan, and foster new
profitable ventures.
The REAP members will invite
Iranians to visit Pakistan where the association could arrange B2B meetings
with progressive business groups to seek fresh collaborative ventures.
The Pakistan exporters’ team will
also hold meetings with GTC to raise the issue of GMP certification for
Pakistani rice exporters, which presently has become a hurdle in the way of
rice export to Iran.
The Iranian Health Ministry has
set standards for the rice import and only those who are registered under its
GMP certification program can export rice to the country.
The REAP chairman said the
Pakistan team will also try to convince GTC to announce tenders for super
basmati and so-called long grain 386 rice so that REAP members could avail the
facility to book export orders for Iran.
With a view to enhance liaison
between the businessmen of two countries, the REAP members’ group will hold B2B
meetings with Rice Importers Association of Iran.
Naeem will also call on the Pakistani commercial attache in
Mashhad. He hoped the visit of the delegation will not only bring Pakistani and
Iranian businessmen closer but would also open doors for boosting rice export
to Iran, which is going to be a great market for Pakistan.
“I hope that the country
(Pakistan) would regain its share in the Iranian market, which can become a
good destination for their basmati exports,” he said.
“Iran is one of the largest rice
importers and purchases rice worth $2 billion every year. However, Pakistan’s
rice accounts for nearly 8% of Iran’s market,” he said.
Korea’s rice destocking fires
2018/19 corn, wheat demand increase: USDA
10 Apr 2018 | Tim Worledge
South Korea is set to increase
corn and wheat imports through 2018/19 as the government’s efforts at
destocking rice inventories bear fruit, the USDA reported via a GAIN report
highlights Tuesday.The country maintained substantial end stocks of rice, with the government allowing it to be pushed into animal feed in 2015/16 as a way to clear out older stocks.
By the 2018/19 marketing year, feed rice demand is likely to fall to 300,000 mt – less than half the 782,000 mt likely to be used in the 2017/18 marketing year, and the lowest volume to go into feed since the inaugural year.
Coupled with a broader decline in rice production in South Korea, the scene is set for “feed wheat consumption… to rebound in marketing year 2018/19 from a drop in 2017/18,” according to the report, while corn feed consumption is expected to increase steadily.
For wheat, the USDA forecasts South Korea’s domestic production in 2017/18 to weigh in just 32,000 mt, with demand stacking up at 4.36 million mt and milling wheat consumption standing at 2.4 million mt.
That could see imports increase to 4.6 million mt in 2018/19, an increase of 200,000 mt on the previous year, according to the USDA.
For corn, consumption is forecast at 10.4 million mt, up 4% from 2017/18 estimates, with 8 million mt coming from feed corn consumption, while a growth in compound feed consumption to 19.7 million mt brings an additional layer of feed corn demand as it is a major ingredient in compound feed.
Imports are expected to rise to 10.3 million mt, a rise of 400,000 mt on the current marketing year’s expectations.
In the 2017 calendar year, South Korea's biggest corn suppliers were the United States at 4 million mt, Argentina with 1.8 million mt and Brazil with 1.7 million mt.
For wheat, the United States supplied 1.6 million mt, Australia 1.1 million mt and Ukraine 700,000 mt, according to government data.
Dangote Trucks
Now Used To Smuggle Rice Into Nigeria
Dangote truck involved in an accident. They are now used to
smuggle rice into the country.
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta
The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun
State Command, has intercepted two trucks belonging to Dangote Cement used in
smuggling 600 bags of rice into the country.
The command also intercepted
vehicles and motorcycles used in smuggling Indian hemp and arrested two
suspects along the Lagos-Ijebu axis of the state.
The state Controller of Customs,
Ogun Area Command, Sani Madugu confirmed the seizures while speaking with
newsmen in Abeokuta.
“The information given to men of
the Nigeria Customs is yielding result. We have been able to intercept 1,963
bags of rice worth N21,593,000, one motorcycle used in smuggling cannabis
sativa (Indian hemp) and a container full of rice.
“We intercepted them based on
information given to us. We intercepted them and found 600 bags of rice.
Smugglers are now using new tactics and method to smuggle goods into the state
and we are ready for them.
”If smugglers are not tired of
smuggling, we will not be tired of seizing their goods,” he added.
He gave the total duty paid value
of the seized goods as N58,611,000.
The customs boss promised to hand
over the seized cannabis sativa and the suspect to the NDLEA for prosecution.
Rice to sell for N10,000 a bag soon, says Kebbi governor
By Editor
11 April 2018 |
12:46 am
Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu
Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu says the price of local rice will soon drop to N 10,000 a bag. He stated this at the opening of the two-day AgroNigeria High-Level Rice Conference yesterday in Abuja.Bagudu noted that Nigeria had the capacity to tap into the 600-700 MT Global Rice Market as rice is grown in all the states of the federation and the FCT. He stated that stakeholders must cooperate to sustain the growth already recorded in the sector.
The
Chairman of the Presidential Committee on rice noted that Nigeria must emulate
Japan, which imposes a 777 per cent tariff on imported rice as against the
current 50 per cent tariff on imported rice in Nigeria.He added that smuggling
must be tackled to grow the sector.
Delivering
the first keynote address, Dr. Luzius Cavieziel, Regional Director Africa,
Syngenta, Switzerland stated that his organisation Syngenta had been investing
in different crops across the world. He added that Syngenta was engaged in 26
Commercial Operations and 6 Research & Development sites.
In his
welcome remark, the Chief Host and Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh
represented by Director Agribusiness in the ministry, Alhaji Musibau Azeez,
stated that the Agricultural Promotion Policy had helped to improve the volume
of production, capacity of farmers as well as improved the quality and prevent
Nigeria from being a dumping site for imported rice.
He
expressed that there were 21 integrated rice mills in Nigeria currently
producing 1. 22 million metric tonnes yearly across rice-processing states like
Kano, Enugu, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Niger, Kogi amongst others. He added that the
federal government was prioritising the fight against the smuggling of
agricultural commodities including rice.
Delivering
a second keynote address, the Managing Director of NIRSAL, Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed
commended AgroNigeria for expanding its scope of coverage to the whole of
Africa and for initiating the Rice Conference.
He
stated that NIRSAL had developed production models to boost productivity of
farmers.He added that the agency had facilitated access to N3. 4billion by
57,000 farmers, 90 per cent of them from Kebbi.
On her
part, Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs Adepeju Adebajo noted that
farmers could only be economically viable if they formed clusters.
She stated that the state government was prioritising the adoption of agritech such as aquaponics to reduce the cultivation of large expanse of land.
She stated that the state government was prioritising the adoption of agritech such as aquaponics to reduce the cultivation of large expanse of land.
Highlights
of the two-day session, which continues tomorrow, include plenary sessions as
well as exhibition of products and services by agriculture-based firms.
Nigerian Govt. To Create
Additional 14 Rice Mills To Meet Local Demands
The Federal Government says it
will establish no fewer than 14 additional rice mills in the country to meet
increasing demand for local rice and achieve self sufficiency.
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development, said this at the AgroNigeria High Level Rice
Conference in Abuja on Tuesday.
Ogbeh, who was represented by
Alhaji Muyiwa Azeez, the Director, Agribusiness and Marketing in the ministry,
said the mills would be sited in different states.
“ Different brands of home grown
international grade rice can now be found in the market. This has been a great
stride.
A total of 14 number mills will
soon come on board and expected to provide an additional investment of 250
billion in the rice processing sector.
“It will also attract a savings
of 300 million dollars in foreign exchange from import substitution through
local processing.
“Government policy under the
current administration of substituting import rice with intense local
production has boosted the morale of farmers and rice millers.
“That in the past three years,
paddy production has seen exponential growth, reaching 6.9 million metric
tonnes in 2016 that is 4.41 million tonnes of milled rice and 8.019 million
metric tonnes that is 4.81 million tonnes of milled rice in 2017.
“We are on track to self
sufficiency in rice production.’’
He said the growth recorded in
the rice value chain was due to improved access to finance and inputs from the
Anchor Borrowers Programme of the CBN.
The minister said the current
demand for paddy rice was about 9.5 million metric tonnes while the deficit
stood at about 1.99 million metric tonnes.
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State
on his part said the country should aim to be among global competitors in rice
production.
Bagudu who described imported
rice as `chaff and not fit for human consumption’, said that smugglers bring in
these rice for citizens to buy them at cheaper prices.
“The major misrepresentation in
the rice story is that there is rice out there in other countries that is
cheaper than the Nigerian rice
“I think if there is anything we
can do collectively as stakeholders, it is to appreciate the significance of
that, so that we can be better stakeholders.
“Because no matter the policy
platform that is provided, if we stakeholders do not serve as guards of our
interest, then it cannot be sustained.
“We are not dealing with a case
where somebody is bringing rice of equivalent quality and selling it cheaper.
“It is a situation where somebody
is bringing rice that is of poorer quality and because people do not
discriminate, they just want lower price and they don’t know any better so,
that rice is been sold lower.
Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed, the
Managing Director of the Nigeria Incentive Based Risk Sharing System for
Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), said that the organisation has introduced some
financial models to inject fresh drive into agriculture.
Abdulhameed listed the models to
include Agricultural Primary Production Aggregation Service System (A-PASS),
FAM-SMART (Farm Aggregation Model for Smallholder Farmer Agriculture Based on
Technology), among others.He said that NIRSAL had assisted 27,000 smallholder
farmers with loans of approximately N3.4billion largely in Kebbi State through
the Anchor Borrrowers Programme (ABP).
“This is a system developed to
enable Small-holder Farmers to aggregate their land holdings (maximum of 250
Ha), and adopt single commodity of production.
“Input and mechanisation services
are provided in a structured manner’’.Dr Luzius Caviezel, the Regional Director
(Africa) of Syngenta, Switzerland, said the organisation could assist the
country in crops protection and improved seeds.
He said that smallholder
aggregation, training and market access was crucial to promoting agriculture in
the country.The two day conference was to create a rice alliance that would
incorporate the public and private sectors to find solution to challenges in
the rice value chain
Rice
importation: ‘How foreign countries wage economic warfare against Nigeria’
By
Abdullateef Salau | Publish Date: Apr 10 2018 7:11PM
Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu.
Kebbi
Sate Governor, Atiku Bagudu on Tuesday said some foreign countries are waging
economic warfare against Nigeria through rice importation at a cost cheaper
than what is produced in the country.
He
said some of them provide export subsidy which make it easy for rice produced
in those countries to be exported at a price below the cost of production.
The
governor was speaking in Abuja at a High-Level Rice conference organized by
Agro Nigeria with the theme, “Self-Sufficiency: A Must”.
According
to him, rice is the second-most distorted commodity in the world because
countries provide production support and other subsidies that people hardly
know the true cost of production.
“Those
people who are importing or smuggling rice into Nigeria are carrying out
economic warfare against us, because they are able to drop prices below the
Nigerian locally-produced rice,” he said.
The
governor charged all stakeholders to guard Nigeria’s interest saying this move
is capable of scuttling the government’s effort to achieve self-sufficiency in
rice production.
He
said Nigerian rice is of greater quality than the imported rice, urging
Nigerians to appreciate what is being produced in the country.
“Our
farmers, millers, processors are doing a great job of giving us quality rice at
fair prices and we need to support them. The more we support them, the more
they will be able to deliver lower prices,” he said.
The
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said Nigeria
is moving towards self-sufficiency in rice production.
“In
the past three years, rice production has seen exponential growth reaching 6.9
million metric tons in 2016 and 8.019 million metric tons in 2017,” he said.
This,
he said, was achieved through improved access to finance, fertilizer,
investment and focus on import substitution.
The
minister disclosed that there presently 21 large integrated rice mills in
Nigeria, while another 14 would soon come on board.
The
Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for
Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed, said the firm has
developed a business model to revamp moribund farm equipment and tractors
across the country.
“NIRSAL
will work with financial institutions, equipment manufacturers and service
providers to create a system whereby those machines will be put back to life
and provide services to farmers,” he said.
He
added that this system would be able to bring back to service, up to 50,000
equipment and tractors that have broken down throughout the country.
Komatireddy demands compensation to rain-hit farmers
THE HANS INDIA | Apr 11,2018 , 02:03 AM IST
Former Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy inspecting the
damaged crops at Velugu Pally village in Nalgonda district on Tuesday
Nalgonda: Former Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy here on Tuesday
said the farmers suffered heavy loss due to unseasonal rains. Venkat Reddy
inspected the damaged crops in GK Annaram, Velugu Pally, Mushampally villages
under Nalgonda mandal, Jonnalagaddagudem under Thippathi mandal. He interacted
with the farmers at Thipparthi sub-market yard.
Speaking on the occasion, he demanded that the government purchase
water-soaked paddy at minimum support price. He also demanded that the
government extend helping hand to the rain-hit farmers. He appealed to the
government to ensure that rice millers do not take the farmer for a ride under
the guise of more moisture content in the paddy.
He demanded that the government pay Rs 20,000 compensation an acre
to the rain-hit farmers. He threatened to stage a protest demonstration in
front of the Pragathi Bhavan in Hyderabad if the government failed to rescue
the farmers.
Government allots P6.1 B for emergency rice imports
NFA is set to send the letter of invitation to the governments
of Thailand and Vietnam for the supply of 250,000 MT of 25 percent brokens long
grain white rice well-milled.
Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine
Star) - April 11, 2018 - 12:00am
NFA is set to send the letter of
invitation to the governments of Thailand and Vietnam for the supply of 250,000
MT of 25 percent brokens long grain white rice well-milled.
Only Thailand and Vietnam can
participate in the bidding process since they are the only ones with an
existing memorandum of agreement with the Philippines.
NFA will open sealed bids on
April 19 and issue the notice to proceed on April 24.
Of the total volume, 200,000 MT
are expected to arrive not later than May 31 and the remaining 50,000 MT will
arrive not later than June 30.
The rice imports will be
discharged in the ports of La Union, Subic, Manila, Tabaco, Iloilo, Bacolod,
Cebu, Tacloban, Zamboanga, Cagayan de Oro, General Santos City, Davao and
Surigao.
The P6.1 billion budget estimate
is based on the average prevailing world market price of rice and foreign
exchange rate at P53 per dollar.
President Duterte used his
emergency power to bring in much-needed rice into the country to replenish
NFA’s rice buffer stock.
NFA is required to maintain a
food security reserve good for at least 15 days at any given time.
While the interagency council
preferred the government-to-private (G2P) scheme, G2G is the best option right
now to immediately replenish stocks of cheap rice in the market and stabilize
prices of commercial rice.
The emergency import is also on
top of the earlier approved 250,000 MT of rice via G2P.
Basmati
Rice Market Set to take Giant Positive Leap
Futures and Commodity
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The study is segmented by Application/ end users [Direct Edible
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Rice, Kenya Basmati Rice & Other] and various important geographies like
China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Southeast Asia &
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information of key manufacturers of Asia-Pacific Basmati Rice Market, some of
them listed here are KRBL Limited, Amira Nature Foods, LT Foods, Best
Foods, Kohinoor Rice, Aeroplane Rice, Tilda Basmati Rice, Matco Foods, Amar
Singh Chawal Wala, Hanuman Rice Mills, Adani Wilmar, HAS Rice Pakistan, Galaxy
Rice Mill, Dunar Foods & Sungold. The market is growing at a very rapid
pace and with rise in technological innovation, competition and M&A
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specific application products for varied end-users. The new manufacturer
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vendors based on quality, reliability, and innovations in technology.
Asia-Pacific Basmati Rice (Thousands Units) and Revenue (Million USD) Market Split by Product Type such as Indian Basmati Rice, Pakistani Basmati Rice, Kenya Basmati Rice & Other. Further the research study is segmented by Application such as Direct Edible & Deep Processing with historical and projected market share and compounded annual growth rate.
Geographically, this report is segmented into several key Regions, with production, consumption, revenue (million USD), and market share and growth rate of Basmati Rice in these regions, from 2012 to 2022 (forecast), covering China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Southeast Asia & Australia and its Share (%) and CAGR for the forecasted period 2017 to 2022.
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Chapter 2, to analyze the Manufacturing Cost Structure, Raw Material and Suppliers, Manufacturing Process, Industry Chain Structure;
Chapter 3, to display the Technical Data and Manufacturing Plants Analysis of Basmati Rice, Capacity and Commercial Production Date, Manufacturing Plants Distribution, R&D Status and Technology Source, Raw Materials Sources Analysis;
Chapter 4, to show the Overall Market Analysis, Capacity Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Price Analysis (Company Segment);
Chapter 5 and 6, to show the Regional Market Analysis that includes China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Southeast Asia & Australia, Basmati Rice Segment Market Analysis (by Type);
Chapter 7 and 8, to analyze the Basmati Rice Segment Market Analysis (by Application) Major Manufacturers Analysis of Basmati Rice;
Chapter 9, Market Trend Analysis, Regional Market Trend, Market Trend by Product Type [Indian Basmati Rice, Pakistani Basmati Rice, Kenya Basmati Rice & Other], Market Trend by Application [Direct Edible & Deep Processing];
Chapter 10, Regional Marketing Type Analysis, International Trade Type Analysis, Supply Chain Analysis;
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Market Trends (Drivers, Constraints, Opportunities, Threats, Challenges, Investment Opportunities, and recommendations)
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Competitive landscaping mapping the key common trends
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Asia-Pacific Basmati Rice (Thousands Units) and Revenue (Million USD) Market Split by Product Type such as Indian Basmati Rice, Pakistani Basmati Rice, Kenya Basmati Rice & Other. Further the research study is segmented by Application such as Direct Edible & Deep Processing with historical and projected market share and compounded annual growth rate.
Geographically, this report is segmented into several key Regions, with production, consumption, revenue (million USD), and market share and growth rate of Basmati Rice in these regions, from 2012 to 2022 (forecast), covering China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Southeast Asia & Australia and its Share (%) and CAGR for the forecasted period 2017 to 2022.
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Following would be the Chapters to display the Asia-Pacific Basmati Rice market.
Chapter 1, to describe Definition, Specifications and Classification of Basmati Rice, Applications of Basmati Rice, Market Segment by Regions;
Chapter 2, to analyze the Manufacturing Cost Structure, Raw Material and Suppliers, Manufacturing Process, Industry Chain Structure;
Chapter 3, to display the Technical Data and Manufacturing Plants Analysis of Basmati Rice, Capacity and Commercial Production Date, Manufacturing Plants Distribution, R&D Status and Technology Source, Raw Materials Sources Analysis;
Chapter 4, to show the Overall Market Analysis, Capacity Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Analysis (Company Segment), Sales Price Analysis (Company Segment);
Chapter 5 and 6, to show the Regional Market Analysis that includes China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Southeast Asia & Australia, Basmati Rice Segment Market Analysis (by Type);
Chapter 7 and 8, to analyze the Basmati Rice Segment Market Analysis (by Application) Major Manufacturers Analysis of Basmati Rice;
Chapter 9, Market Trend Analysis, Regional Market Trend, Market Trend by Product Type [Indian Basmati Rice, Pakistani Basmati Rice, Kenya Basmati Rice & Other], Market Trend by Application [Direct Edible & Deep Processing];
Chapter 10, Regional Marketing Type Analysis, International Trade Type Analysis, Supply Chain Analysis;
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Chapter 12,13, 14 and 15, to describe Basmati Rice sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source.
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Market Trends (Drivers, Constraints, Opportunities, Threats, Challenges, Investment Opportunities, and recommendations)
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Competitive landscaping mapping the key common trends
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Rice traders off to Iran
LAHORE: A 16-member delegation of the Rice Exporters Association
of Pakistan (REAP) leaves for Iran to explore trade potential, a statement said
on Monday. The delegation, which includes top exporters of basmati and long
grain rice, will meet with the officials of the Ministry of Commerce of Iran,
for selling Pakistani rice through government tenders and Iranian Ministry of
Health regarding GMP issues. The delegation will also participate in lunch
arranged by Iranian Rice Importers Association, it added.
The News
HOW RICE
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ON THE TABLE, AND NOT JUST IN ASIA
Thailand is the
world's sixth largest producer of rice. Here Thai Muslim and Buddhist farmers
working together to harvest rice in Mai Kaen, Pattani province / AFP/Getty
Grown on every continent in the
world except for Antarctica, rice is more than a staple. It's life to millions
and is the basis for practically every meal in many countries. But why doens't
the UK have the same affinity to it, asks Julia Platt Leonard
Wednesday
4 April 2018 12:07 BST
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In Thailand, you don’t ask friends if they’ve had dinner yet.
You ask, “Kin khao
ayung?” Translated? Have you had rice yet? Food writer Kay Plunkett-Hogge, who was born and raised in
Thailand, says it shows how critical rice is in Thai and South East Asian food
and cooking. “It is the most important thing on the table,” she says. “Every
dish goes with it, not the other way around.”
Thailand isn’t alone in its love
of rice. According to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), rice is
a staple food for over half the world’s population.
About 90 per cent of
worldwide rice production comes from Asia – an area IRRI defines as reaching
from Pakistan in the west to Japan in the east. While most rice is grown and
eaten locally – never entering the export market – the volume of international
trade has almost quadrupled since the 1960s, with Thailand, Vietnam and India
leading exporters.
Malaysians
furious after prime minister says he prefers quinoa to rice
Food writer Yasmin Khan, author of The Saffron Tales,
says her grandfather was a rice farmer and that rice plays a crucial role in
Iranian cuisine. “In Iran, cooking rice is elevated to an art form and a cook
is judged on the quality of his or her rice.”
She says Iranians are fastidious
about how rice is cooked – each grain should be elongated and separate. “Even
to this day, the bit of my meal I get most nervous about when hosting a dinner
is the rice!”
For her, a favourite rice dish is loobia polo –
a layered rice dish with minced lamb, tomatoes, potatoes and green beans,
spiced with cinnamon, turmeric and cumin. “It’s my ultimate comfort food,” she
says.
TA TA Eatery's 72 hours braised Galacianbrisket and fermented
pumpkin Ricewich(tata_eatery/Instagram)
In fact, rice is grown on every
continent except Antarctica. Notably, it’s not grown in Britain which may be
one reason it doesn’t feature in our cooking as it does in rice growing
countries. “So much of Thai culture is built around rice farming and eating,”
says Plunkett-Hogge.
“Arguably, it’s through rice
agriculture that the peoples who became Thai settled the central plains in the
first place. That gives them an inbuilt reverence for it. Rice doesn’t
grow in Britain, so we don’t have the same connection to it. It becomes
just another ingredient.”
But is that changing?
Zijun Meng and Ana Goncalves hope so. They originally launched TA TA Eatery in
London’s Druid Street market, selling three different rice bowls and then
created a “ricewich” – a rice sandwich with nori on the outside and grilled
short ribs inside. “Rice plays a big part in Portuguese and Chinese cuisine
(Goncalves is originally from Portugal while Meng is from China).”
“We didn’t know the type of food
we were going to do when we started TA TA Eatery. Each of us wrote down the
foods we love and rice appeared on both of our lists.” They acknowledge that
rice is typically seen in England as a carb to soak up liquid but they’re keen
to show its versatility with dishes like a puffed rice dessert, toasted
rice-infused dashi and a toasted rice-flavoured oil.
For their next two-day pop up they’ll include a
sake-glazed Iberian pork rice bowl and toasted rice ice cream.
The rice harvest in Catarroja,
Valencia is much denser than in Asia (Rex )
For chef Marcia Barrington, rice too is a key ingredient in
Valencia, Spain where she spends much of her year. Rice was brought to Spain in
the 10thcentury where it was – and still is – grown in Valencia. “Rice
is life! Rice forms part of the Valencian identity,” says Barrington.
“Everyone talks about paella,
cooks paella and eats rice dishes of which there are many.” While Barrington
has been travelling to Spain since she was a child, she’s still learning about
different types of rice grown in Valencia.
“On my last trip I had a chat with a seller friend in the
central market and she recommended I try the Valencian Albufera rice.
It’s a blend of the Senia and Bomba varieties.
It cooks really quickly within 20 minutes, holds stock well and has great
flavour.”
How to cook perfect rice by
Kay Plunkett-Hogge
This is my perfect Thai jasmine
rice recipe – although I have used it for basmati and American and it has
worked just as well.
Rinse 1 cup/mug/whatever of rice
well in a sieve under cold water. Now pop it into a pot with a good lid. Add 1
1/3 volume of cold water. Bring to the boil, uncovered. When it gets there,
cover and turn the heat right down. Cook gently for 10-12 minutes to absorb all
the water. Check it’s done. Older rice will need a dash more water and a couple
more minutes. You should be able to smell the perfume. Allow the rice to rest,
covered, off the heat for about 5-10 minutes, so the grains puff up in the
residual steam. Job done.
For Plunkett-Hogge in Thailand, the variety that’s caught her
eye is one called Sangyod. It only grows in a few
places in Thailand and thrives on brackish, salty water.
And it’s water of course that’s
key to rice. With rice consumption growing, there is increased demand on
farmers to produce more, but climate change means some areas get too much rain
while others are facing drought conditions.
And while rice loves water it
dies if completely submerged for too long, a problem for low lying areas
subject to flooding due to rising sea levels.
IRRI points to a report by the
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) forecasting that rice
prices could increase by between 32-37 per cent by 2050 due to climate
change with a drop in production of almost 15 per cent in both South Asia
and Sub-Saharan Africa. Work is being done to manage water usage, to create
seed varieties better suited to handle climate change, and to control flooding
– but will it be enough?
It’s a major cause for concern,
Khan feels. “As with all farming, climate change and international trade rules
are the biggest factors facing the future of rice farming and supply.
In Iran for example, it is
cheaper to buy imported rice from China or India than locally produced rice.
Promoting food sovereignty for farmers is central for the health of our planet
and local economies all over the world.”
And it’s small farmers who grow
much of the world’s rice. Their livelihoods – their very lives – depend on
finding ways to protect their crops while meeting our insatiable hunger for
rice.
Arroz negro con calamares black
rice with squid
Serves 2
Spanish ‘black rice’ is a typical dish in Valencia as well as
other parts of Spain. It is super easy to make and tastes sensational. My
recipe serves 2 yet is very easy to increase for 4 or 6 guests. I allow 100g of
rice and 1 whole, cleaned squid per person with tentacles. For the rice, I have
used a newly found albufera variety from Valencia
that I discovered in the Mercat Central. Yet the more familiar bomba or calasparra rice
will work well and are easy to find outside of Spain. In terms of the rice to
liquid ratio, I always have 3 times stock volume to rice simmering on the hob.
I find that a 2:1 ratio of fish stock to rice is never quite enough for the fat
little round rice grains used for this type of dish. Be generous.
1 x paella pan (28-30cm) or equivalent
Olive oil approx. 90ml/6 tablespoons
1 small onion, fine diced
3 small cloves of garlic, crushed
200g redondo, (round) short Spanish rice (bomba, calasparra)
1 glass of dry white wine
4 sachets of squid ink (available from fishmongers)
600ml fresh fish stock (available from fishmongers)
2 whole, cleaned squid with tentacles in tact (Ask your fishmonger to clean) Squid tubes cut into 2-3inch pieces and scored diagonally, taking care not to score all the way through
1 whole Spanish or un-waxed lemon cut into quarters
Olive oil approx. 90ml/6 tablespoons
1 small onion, fine diced
3 small cloves of garlic, crushed
200g redondo, (round) short Spanish rice (bomba, calasparra)
1 glass of dry white wine
4 sachets of squid ink (available from fishmongers)
600ml fresh fish stock (available from fishmongers)
2 whole, cleaned squid with tentacles in tact (Ask your fishmonger to clean) Squid tubes cut into 2-3inch pieces and scored diagonally, taking care not to score all the way through
1 whole Spanish or un-waxed lemon cut into quarters
Heat approx. 60ml/4tablespoons of
olive oil in a paella pan if you have one, or similar. Add the finely diced
onion and cook gently until soft. Add the crushed garlic and cook until you
smell its aroma, roughly about 3 minutes or so.
Add the rice and gently combine.
With the heat on medium, add the white wine, stir into the rice allowing it to
reduce and burn off the alcohol.
Meanwhile pour your stock into a
saucepan and gently heat ready to start adding to the rice. You will note that
I am using a 3:1 ratio of fish stock to rice. I prefer to have extra to hand as
I find the rice always takes more than double its volume of liquid. So for 200g
of bomba, calasparra, or round short Spanish rice, I have 600ml of fresh fish
stock on the go.
I like the rice to be quite black
and therefore add 2 sachets of squid ink per person. So, next, gently squeeze 4
sachets of squid ink into the rice along with a ladle of warm stock.
Gently combine everything
together to colour the rice. I then add the stock in maybe 3 or so additions
shaking the paellera gently and stirring just a little until cooked through.
Always taste for doneness. You want the rice to be soft all the way through the
grain.
You can at this point add a
little salt if required. Yet I find that the rice has lots of flavour and very
little seasoning is needed, especially if you have used a good quality fish
stock. Turn the rice off when cooked and allow it to rest for 5 minutes while
you finish the squid. Heat a small frying pan to hot then add the remaining
30ml olive. Add the squid and cook until the flesh becomes opaque and begins to
curl up. This should be super quick! Remove and set aside.
To serve, place the squid on top of the rice. If you like,
sprinkle the squid with a dusting of Spanish sweet smoked pimentón. There are
two varieties of pimentón, and I can say, hand on heart, that the picante is
very picante indeed. Have
some good quality lemon wedges to hand also, very much needed for squeezing
over the rice. Finally, please, please resist the English temptation to hurl
parsley over this dish. It is really not very pleasant to eat and unnecessary.
Instead, enjoy the rice with a fresh aioli perhaps a little open textured
bread; accompanied by a chilled glass of Alboriño, Verdejo or good
Spanish dry white.
Marcia Barrington © Valencia, March 2018.
Instagram @marciabarrington
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/rice-asia-thailand-food-produce-cooking-kay-plunkett-hogge-a8279091.html
Prices of rice
continue to rise
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:03 AM April 10,
2018
The upward trend in the wholesale and
retail prices of rice is now on its 10th week, data from the Philippine
Statistics Authority showed.This is on top of the lack of cheap, subsidized
rice in the market due to the supply shortage at the National Food Authority,
which is expected to continue until the last week of May—the scheduled arrival
in the country of imported rice.
For the fourth week of March, wholesale and
retail prices of regular-milled rice were at P37.13 and P39.74 a kilo,
respectively. These were 7.28 percent and 7.38 percent higher than prices in
the same period last year.
Similarly, the average wholesale price for
well-milled rice increased by 5.85 percent to P40.69 a kilo from P38.44 the
previous year.
Average retail price for well-milled rice
was P43.46 a kilo, 4.85 percent higher from a year ago level.
President Duterte recently sought the help
of wholesalers and retailers to ensure the availability of affordable rice in
the market as the government awaits for the arrival of rice imports.
James Magbanua, national president of the
Grains Retailers Confederation of the Philippines, said stakeholders came to an
agreement to provide regular-milled rice to the market at P39 a kilo.
“That price will not change until the
arrival of the rice imports, or even when prices of well-milled rice and
premium rice continue to rise,” he said.
According to Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel
Piñol, consumers could expect the cheaper commercial rice variant in the market
by next week
NFA to
import 250T metric tons of rice
By Panay
News
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
MANILA – The National Food
Authority plans to buy 250,000 metric tons of rice in a
government-to-government deal with Vietnam or Thailand to beef up depleted
buffer stock, a spokesman said.The purchase is on top of the importation of
250,000 metric tons in an open international tender that has already been
approved, Rex Estoperez told Reuters.
A frequent rice importer, the
Philippines saw domestic prices of the staple grain increase by 3 to 4 percent
in late January and rise further in the succeeding weeks as state stockpiles
dropped to their lowest in more than two decades.Higher rice prices added
pressure to Philippine inflation, which hit an annual pace of 4.3 percent in
March, the fastest in five years.
Rice imports will boost the
buffer stock of the NFA, which supplies cheaper rice to the local market and
helps stabilize domestic prices.
Asked if the emergency purchase
needed NFA Council approval, Estoperez said President Rodrigo Duterte had
already authorized NFA administrator Jason Aquino to proceed with the
importation.The council, composed of government economic managers, earlier
approved the purchase of 250,000 metric tons via a tender open to international
traders and suppliers, for delivery starting May, ahead of the lean domestic
harvest season from July.The council prefers an open tender, which makes
pricing transparent and less prone to corruption, over a
government-to-government deal. (Enrico dela Cruz, Reuters)
https://www.panaynews.net/nfa-to-import-250t-metric-tons-of-rice/
Vietnam
Food Association risks losing rice monopoly
Following
recent criticism of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reduced the association’s power,
with further plans to promote fairness in rice exports.
Vietnam
Southern Food Corporation's workers load rice pallets at Saigon Port, HCM City
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan affirmed that the VFA should no longer be able to allocate rice quotas among domestic firms and Decree 109 regulating the country’s rice exports must be amended to facilitate the change.So far, the decree dictates that the VFA can only allocate rice export quotas under centralised contracts on the basis of agreements between Vietnam and importing countries. But since 2017, the association has chosen to focus more on auctioning off these quotas as a separate enterprise seeking its own profits instead of as a representative of rice producers.
As a matter of fact, Vietnam is now only under one specialised contract to export rice to Cuba, but only one enterprise was assigned by the government to implement this.
"Therefore, in essence, the VFA has no role in allocating quotas at the moment," said Tuan.
Regarding the proposal to halt the VFA’s alleged abuse of power in allocating rice export quotas, Tran Van Cong, deputy director of the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority, said that although there are some inadequacies, it is not possible to completely diminish the role of the VFA in keeping rice production stable.
In recent years, the VFA has done a good job of regulating import and export of foodstuffs, including rice, he added.
Cong said that the MARD will work closely with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to review Decree 109, in order to promote and encourage more private businesses to participate in rice exports, which he hoped would lessen the VFA’s influence in this field.
Prior to that, the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) claimed in a March 2018 report that the VFA only represents the interests of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the agricultural field and does not hold itself responsible for the private sector’s or individual farmer’s benefits.
The VEPR said that the association was hampering the development of its members via the use of monopolistic government-to-government contracts.
Nguyen Duc Thanh, VEPR’s director, argued that VFA’s allocation decisions are based on a top-down, non-consensual and involuntary approach that doesn’t include consultation with member firms, while its price floor policy has caused losses for private exporting enterprises and indirectly pushed down the price level at which rice is purchased straight from small-time farmers.
Therefore, VEPR’s representatives suggested that the Government actively replace the outdated VFA policies with radical reform in the rice export sector, setting up a new institutional policy-based system that is disciplined, fair and transparent.
In particular, the revised Decree 109 that the Ministry of Industry and Trade is drafting should reduce the VFA’s role to that of a trade association, instead of a quota cartel.
Experts from the VEPR said that in order for the rice industry to develop sustainably in the long run, there should be production contracts between rice farmers and enterprises.
In early March, the VFA said that in addition to its current functions and rights, in the near future, the association will focus on increasing the number of members to fight against price pressure and anti-dumping, as well as restrain unfair competition affecting production, efficiency and prestige of the Vietnamese rice industry.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam requested the VFA to organise production and cooperative development, especially in areas of specialised rice cultivation, and initiative export quantity to specific markets, while maintaining quality assurance and food safety.-VNS
Rice Prices
as on :
09-04-2018 11:14:58 AM
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Hapur(UP)
|
60.00
|
NC
|
1350.00
|
2630
|
2700
|
15.35
|
Karimpur(WB)
|
50.00
|
NC
|
210.00
|
3700
|
3700
|
17.46
|
Akbarpur(UP)
|
40.00
|
-11.11
|
2506.50
|
2180
|
2200
|
-0.91
|
Jasra(UP)
|
18.00
|
-28
|
681.50
|
2350
|
2350
|
-
|
Paliakala(UP)
|
10.00
|
66.67
|
824.60
|
2200
|
2185
|
-
|
Ranaghat(WB)
|
6.25
|
-2.34
|
165.45
|
3920
|
3920
|
70.43
|
Jafarganj(UP)
|
6.00
|
-60
|
224.00
|
2000
|
1360
|
-
|
Mirzapur(UP)
|
5.00
|
NC
|
316.50
|
2180
|
2160
|
-
|
Kalimpong(WB)
|
1.50
|
NC
|
3.00
|
2200
|
2200
|
-15.38
|
Rice exporters
pin high hopes on Iran visit
Salman Abduhu
April 10, 2018LAHORE - A 16-member delegation
of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has left for Iran to explore
trade and investment opportunities in general and enhance rice export to the
neigh
bouring country in particular.
The delegation, led by REAP chairman Ch Samee
Ullah Naeem, will visit Tehran as well as the city of Mashhad where it will
have meetings with representatives of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries
and Mines and Mashhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Delegation will conclude meetings with Ministry
of Health regarding GMP issues, Ministry of Commerce, GTC for buying Pakistani
rice through government tenders. The delegation will be also participating in
lunch arranged by Irani Rice Importers Association.
The deliberations are aimed at increasing
bilateral trade and investment between the two friendly countries.
The chairman said the REAP would discuss the
issues related to the resumption of rice exports, which nosedived after
sanctions, from Pakistan, implementation of currency swap agreement and the
condition of good manufacturing practices (GMP) certification with Iranian
authorities. He said that Iran used to be 800,000 tons basmati rice market
until sanctions were imposed in 2010 and exports have drastically reduced to
barely 60,000 tons only. REAP considers unavailability of banking channel the
only barrier for drop in trade, he added.
These dialogues between the leading businessmen
and industrialists are meant to inspire the Iranian importers as well as
investors to explore the healthy business opportunities in Pakistan, and foster
new profitable ventures. The REAP members will invite the Iranians to visit
Pakistan, where Association could arrange fruitful B2B meetings with
progressive business groups, to seek fresh collaborative ventures. The Pakistan
exporters’ team will also hold meetings with Government Trading Corporation
(GTC) of Iran, besides meeting with Health Ministry to raise the issue of GMP
certification for Pakistani rice exporters, which presently has become a major
hurdle in the way of rice export to Iran. The Iranian health ministry has set
health standards for the rice import and only those who are registered under
its GMP certification programme can export rice to the country.
REAP chairman, talking to The Nation, said that
Pakistan team will also convince the GTC to announce tenders for super basmati
and long grain 386 rice so that REAP members could avail the facility to book
export orders for Iran.
With a view to enhance liaison between the
businessmen of two countries, the REAP members’ group will hold B2B meetings
with Rice Importers Association of Iran. The REAP chairman will also call on
the Pakistan commercial counsel in Mashhad. REAP chairman hoped that visit of
the delegation will not only bring Pakistani and Iranian businessmen closer but
would also open doors for boosting the rice export to Iran which is going to be
a great market for Pakistan.
“I hope that the country would regain its share
in the Iranian market, which can become the good destination for their basmati
exports,” he said. “Iran is one of the largest rice importers and purchases
rice worth $2 billion every year. However, Pakistan’s rice accounts for nearly
an eight percent of Iran’s market,” he said.
Thiba dam to
increase acreage under rice at Mwea
WRITTEN BY:Regina Manyara
The government will spend 400
million shillings to compensate the last bunch of farmers affected by the
construction of the 19 billion shillings Thiba Dam in Kirinyaga County.Irrigation Principal Secretary Prof Fred Segor says the construction
of the dam is on course.The Dam commissioned by President Uhuru Kenyatta in
2017, is expected to help double rice production from the current 80,000 to
160,000 tonnes a year. Kenya faces an annual rice deficit of 400,000 metric
tonnes of the national consumption requirements.The additional acreage under
irrigation is expected to reduce the gap.
Irrigation PS Prof Fred Segor
says the government has set aside 400 million shillings to go towards
compensation of the last bunch of farmers in the affected area.The dam is
expected to have a water holding capacity of 15 million cubic meters, and will
provide adequate water for two seasons in a year instead of the current one.It
is also expected to double farmer’s earnings from rice production.Area
residents were urged to support the project which is due for completion in
2019.
CBN
spends N55bn on rice production in 2yrs
By
Chris Agabi | Publish Date: Apr 10 2018 2:00AM
The
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it spent N55billion on boosting rice
production through the Anchor Borrowers programme in the last two years.The CBN
acting director Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor disclosed this at
the 25th edition of the Seminar for Finance Correspondents and Business Editors
holding in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
He
said the programme has been successful, as at least 2.5 million metric tonnes
has been added to the already 2.5 million metric tonnes Nigeria was already
producing.
He
said following the success, CBN will expand the scope of intervention in 2018
to achieve 3.5 million metric tonnes of rice production through the anchor
borrowers programme by the end of 2018.
Rice Prices
as on :
10-04-2018 10:40:04 AM
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Lakhimpur(UP)
|
20.00
|
-9.09
|
938.00
|
2230
|
2220
|
3.24
|
Deogarh(Ori)
|
9.00
|
NC
|
186.00
|
2500
|
2500
|
NC
|
Khurja(UP)
|
7.50
|
-37.5
|
455.00
|
2600
|
2600
|
-
|
Mirzapur(UP)
|
6.00
|
20
|
322.50
|
2170
|
2180
|
-
|
Chhibramau(Kannuj)(UP)
|
4.00
|
-20
|
210.50
|
2230
|
2240
|
-0.45
|
Tileibani(Ori)
|
3.00
|
20
|
23.50
|
2500
|
2500
|
NC
|
Bonai(Bonai)(Ori)
|
2.50
|
66.67
|
278.40
|
2800
|
2800
|
12.00
|
Shahganj(UP)
|
1.00
|
-81.82
|
28.50
|
2100
|
2100
|
NC
|
Jagnair(UP)
|
0.80
|
33.33
|
47.70
|
2520
|
2520
|
-0.79
|
Khairagarh(UP)
|
0.80
|
-42.86
|
55.20
|
2530
|
2520
|
0.40
|
NFA to
import 250T metric tons of rice
By Panay
News
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
MANILA – The National Food
Authority plans to buy 250,000 metric tons of rice in a
government-to-government deal with Vietnam or Thailand to beef up depleted
buffer stock, a spokesman said.
The purchase is on top of the
importation of 250,000 metric tons in an open international tender that has
already been approved, Rex Estoperez told Reuters.
A frequent rice importer, the
Philippines saw domestic prices of the staple grain increase by 3 to 4 percent
in late January and rise further in the succeeding weeks as state stockpiles
dropped to their lowest in more than two decades.
Higher rice prices added pressure
to Philippine inflation, which hit an annual pace of 4.3 percent in March, the
fastest in five years.
Rice imports will boost the
buffer stock of the NFA, which supplies cheaper rice to the local market and
helps stabilize domestic prices.
Asked if the emergency purchase
needed NFA Council approval, Estoperez said President Rodrigo Duterte had
already authorized NFA administrator Jason Aquino to proceed with the
importation.
The council, composed of
government economic managers, earlier approved the purchase of 250,000 metric
tons via a tender open to international traders and suppliers, for delivery
starting May, ahead of the lean domestic harvest season from July.
The council prefers an open
tender, which makes pricing transparent and less prone to corruption, over a
government-to-government deal. (Enrico dela Cruz, Reuters)
Rice basmati
slides on reduced offtake
Press Trust of India
| New Delhi Last Updated at April 10, 2018 14:55 IST
Prices of rice basmati declined
by Rs 100 per quintal at
the wholesale grains market today owing to slackened demand. However, bajra
edged up on uptick in demand from consuming industries. Traders said besides
reduced offtake by stockists, ample stocks position increased arrivals from
growing regions, mainly led to decline in rice basmati rices.
In the national capital, rice basmati common
and Pusa-1121 variety fell by Rs 100 each to Rs 7,600-7,700 and Rs 6,900-7,000
per quintal, respectively.
On the other hand, bajra went up by Rs 50 to Rs 1,260-1,265
per quintal.
Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal):
Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,080-2,280, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,760-1,765 Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,770-1,775, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 230-260, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 950-960 (50 kg), Maida Rs 970-980 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,040-1,050 (50 kg).
Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,080-2,280, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,760-1,765 Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,770-1,775, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 230-260, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 950-960 (50 kg), Maida Rs 970-980 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,040-1,050 (50 kg).
Basmati rice (Lal
Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs
9,800, Basmati common
new Rs 7,600-7,700, Rice Pusa
(1121) Rs 6,900-7,000, Permal raw Rs 2,400-2425, Permal wand Rs 2,500-2,550,
Sela Rs 3,100-3,200 and Rice IR-8
Rs 2,050-2,100, Bajra Rs 1,260-1,265, Jowar yellow Rs 1,500-1,550, white Rs
2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,450-1,455, Barley Rs 1,475-1,485.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rice-basmati-slides-on-reduced-offtake-118041000547_1.html
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rice import volume to drop by one-fourth
USDA sees prospect of higher
domestic production
Reaz
Ahmad, UNB Staff Writer
Tuesday 10 April, 2018 03:31:11 pm
Dhaka, Apr 10 (UNB) – After a bad crop
year Bangladesh appears to bounce back with prospect of a good rice output this
year.
Country’s dependency on rice import is
expected to drastically reduce by a fourth from a record import of the staple –
36 lakh metric tons (MT) in 2017-18 marketing year (MY) to just eight lakh MT
in 2018-19 MY.
According to a just released grain report
by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Bangladesh’s total rice
production is forecast to increase to 3.47 crore MT in 2018-19 MY (May-April)
from 3.26 crore MT in 2017-18 MY.
USDA largely attributed a higher Boro
production for this year-on-year output surge. Last year rice production fell
due to a devastating haor flashflood and rice blast attacks.
In 2018-19 MY, which begins with the
harvesting of Boro, the production of rice is forecast to exceed the
government’s target, stated USDA report, as farmers increased cultivation area
with an expectation of good prices, and to recoup the Boro and Aman production
losses from the previous year.
“Farmers have switched to Boro rice from
wheat and potato cultivation as they attempt to avoid loss from wheat blast and
the lower price of potato. GOB’s (Government of Bangladesh) procurement price
of Boro and Aman paddy (unhusked) and rice (milled) of last year offers an
opportunity to get good prices for this season’s Boro rice,” said USDA.
However, USDA noted, farmers’ expectation
of a higher price may be dampened if production is higher as expected and
imports continue to follow the pace of the last few months. “As a highly
fluctuating husked rice price is mostly controlled by millers, past experience
indicates that millers manage to keep the paddy purchase price lower through
imports of more rice (husked) before the harvest season.”
USDA estimated that rice imports will fall
to eight lakh MT in 2018-19 MY, comparing to an estimated 36 lakh MT in 2017-18
MY, due to higher domestic production backed by favorable weather conditions.
The rice import estimate is revised upward
to 36 lakh MT in 2017-18 MY due to increased imports to fill the supply shortfall
caused by the previous year’s devastating flood and the application of a two
percent import tariff.
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Rice Research Institute (BRRI) reported that in the period 1990-91 to 2016-17,
adoption of modern varieties (MV) increased area by 11 percent in Boro, 246
percent in Aus and 135 percent in Aman season rice.
Although government has a long term plan
to reduce Boro rice area and increase Aus and Aman rice production, the yield
of Boro rice is still dominant in producing 54 percent higher yield than Aus
and 40 percent higher than Aman.
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Aquino.
House
Minority Leader Danilo E. Suarez of the Third District of Quezon, in a news
conference, said the recent announcement that the NFA rice stock has
been depleted to a day’s requirement would lead to higher prices.
“While
the Malacañang assured that our country has enough supply, we are
concerned that rice traders will take advantage of this situation, to the
detriment of the Filipino consumers,” Suarez said.
He also
criticized Aquino for failing to comply with the 15-day buffer stock policy.
“Such
incompetence should no longer be tolerated,” Suarez said.
Earlier,
President Duterte approved the NFA’s 500,000 metric ton (MT) rice importation
to revitalize its nearly depleted stockpile.
The
BusinessMirror also reported that the initial 250,000 MT will be imported
within the month via government-to-government scheme to immediately beef
up the NFA’s buffer stock, which has sunk to four-decade low of 200,000 bags.
Meanwhile,
the remaining 250,000 MT would be purchased by the NFA via
government-to-procurement scheme, in preparation for the lean months.
Last Friday,
reports said Duterte wanted the 18-member body abolished, amid disagreements
over the rice-importation policy between the NFA Council and the NFA.
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Malacañang later clarified that the President merely wants to reconstitute the
council. The NFAC is the highest policy-making body of the NFA.
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other necessary support from the government.
Alvarez
said the Department of Agriculture, the National Irrigation Administration and
the NFA administration should get their act together to look deeper into the
problem of the country’s rice supply and find a suitable solution.
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Global Rice Flour Market
Anticipated to Surpass Value of US$ 1,003.1 Mn Until the End of 2025
Naturally gluten-free property of rice is likely to favor higher
adoption of rice flour in near future.
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the demand for rice flour has grown expressively. Rice flour is a great
alternative for wheat flour since most wheat flour comprises gluten. Market
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In terms
of geography, the research throw lights on major regions where rice flour has
been consumed widely. Regions highlighted in the study are North America,
Europe, Latin America, MEA and APAC. Rice flour can be used in a wide variety
of culinary uses and is a very popular base for noodles in many Asian cuisines.
People in North America and Europe have been among the first buyers of
pre-gelatinized or gluten-free flour over other flours due to rising health
awareness. It has been studied that the exploding baking industry is preferring
rice floor over other flours due to growing demand for easy-to-cook, and
ready-to-eat food. This, as a result, is likely to create a heap of
opportunities for flour manufacturers in near future.
With the
increasing need for gluten-free foods, rice flour can be a great choice.
According to the study major findings, the global sales of rice flour reached a
value worth US$ 712.9 Mn in 2017, which is estimated to bring in US$ 1,003.1
million revenue by the end of 2025. At this pace, the market is expected to
thrive at a moderate CAGR of 4.4% over the forecast period.
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segmenting it on the basis of source, type, origin, and application. By source,
the global rice flour market is segmented as white rice and brown rice. By
type, it covers long grain, medium & short grain, and pre-gelatinized.
Furthermore, by origin, the global rice flour market is segmented into organic
and conventional. By application, the market is segmented as bakery &
confectionery, breakfast solutions, baby food, and others. By application, rice
flour will continue maximum consumption by bakery and confectionery segment in
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'Putting
politics before progress': Industry boss slams anti-GM golden rice campaigners
in the Philippines
By Gary
Scattergood
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The tests are a crucial step towards releasing
the product on the market.
Philippine
activists opposing the cultivation of Golden Rice — which is biofortified to
address vitamin A deficiency — have been accused of ‘shameful’ behaviour in
trying to half a ‘life-changing’ innovation.
Protestors last
week gathered at the Department of Agriculture (DA) Central Office in Quezon
City as part of an international campaign against the feed and field testing of
the rice variety in the country.
The tests are a
crucial step towards releasing the product on the market, and follow a confined
field trial last year.
Campaigners are
concerned that the introduction of the seeds will ultimately see local farmers
losing their right to choose their seed varieties.
But in a
strongly-worded statement, Dr Siang Hee Tan, Executive Director of Industry body
CropLife Asia, said the protesters were holding technology to hostage.
“On behalf of
the plant science industry in Asia and as a concerned citizen, I am deeply
disappointed in the actions of activists in our region who are putting politics
before progress and trying determinedly to derail Golden Rice.
“Make no
mistake – this agricultural innovation is not a game-changer, it’s a
life-changer. Golden Rice has the potential to address critical Vitamin A
deficiencies here in Asia and around the world. Trying once again to hold this
technology hostage and out of the grasp of those who need it most is a shameful
act.
Innovative
future
Golden Rice was
developed by the The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its
research partners, including from industry. Countries wishing to adopt the
Golden Rice technology are free to introduce it under criteria outlined in a
Humanitarian Use Licence Agreement, subject to local regulatory arrangements.
Dr Tan added:
“[Those] who helped develop Golden Rice are to be commended for bringing this
plant science technology forward. Innovations such as this are paving the way
to a brighter and healthier future for everyone.”
Elsewhere,
Australian and New Zealand regulator FSANZ recently recommended that products
containing traces of golden rice should be able to be sold in the two
countries.
The regulator
stressed the application was based on trade issues and did not permit the rice
to be grown in Australia or New Zealand.
“The Institute
intends for Golden Rice to be grown in developing countries. Permitting Golden
Rice in the [Australian] Food Standards Code would mean if small amounts were
present in other shipments of imported rice there would be no trade issues,” it
noted.
This means that
there would be no cost involved in having to exclude golden rice grain from
co-mingling and hence that there would be no consequential need to increase the
prices of foods that are manufactured using co-mingled rice grain, said the
regulator.
State government is misusing
administrative machinery: Shobha Karandlaje
DH News Service, Tumakuru Apr 10 2018,
15:09 IST
Shobha Karandlaje
Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP
Shobha Karandlaje has charged that the state government was misusing administrative
machinery.
"The government
officials were removing the BJP's symbol and saffron flags even from private
buildings across Udupi and Bagalkot districts and painting them with black
colour," she said after receiving rice at the residence of Shivakumar at
Gangasandra as part of Mushti Akki Abhiyana.
She said that the party
gave tickets based on surveys.
"I am now serving
as an MP and I haven't sought the party ticket for the Assembly polls,"
she said.
Three women figured in
the BJP's first list and more women would figure in the next lists, she said.
"There are many
contenders in several Assembly segments which has led to disappointment. The
party will suitably reward those who didn't get the tickets. Leaders should
forget differences and work to ensure the party's victory," she said.
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Govt procures machinery to reduce post-harvest losses
Most
farmers incur losses because of poor post-harvest practices
LIRA- Government has procured
agricultural equipment aimed at reducing post-harvest losses in Lango and
Acholi sub-regions.
The equipment, which includes metallic silos, cassava chippers, rice threshers and forage choppers, was recently procured with funding from the World Bank through Agricultural Technology and Agribusiness Advisory Services (ATAAS) project.
The equipment, which includes metallic silos, cassava chippers, rice threshers and forage choppers, was recently procured with funding from the World Bank through Agricultural Technology and Agribusiness Advisory Services (ATAAS) project.
While handing over the equipment at Ngetta Zonal
Agricultural Research Development Institute (NZARDI) in Lira District last
week, the commissioner for agricultural extension services in the ministry of
Agriculture, Dr Patience Rwamigisa, said the beneficiaries will first be
trained before they can use the equipment.
Mr Alfred Kumakech, a research officer at NZARDI, said the
equipment will be distributed to organised groups, from which other small scale
farmers will benefit.
“If a farmer has got fuel, he can go to the chairperson of
any beneficiary group, pick the machine, put his own fuel and use it. For
example, the cassava chipper can chop about 2,000 kilogrammes in a day,” Mr
Kumakech said.
He added that farmers can use the metallic silos to store
their grains for even a year until when better market prices come up.
“Because for maize, if you harvest within one month, weevils will have damaged more than 80 per cent and yet when you keep your grains well for even two months after harvest, the price can be double,” he said.
“Because for maize, if you harvest within one month, weevils will have damaged more than 80 per cent and yet when you keep your grains well for even two months after harvest, the price can be double,” he said.
He added: “So this means when farmers are losing their
produce to post-harvest, they are also losing their income. So the idea is to
minimise the post-harvest losses, double farmers’ household income and improve
their livelihoods.”
The research officer added that with the new technology, a
farmer can dry their cassava within one hour and when they process it, they get
quality flour, which can be sold at a high price.
Lira District chairman Alex Oremo urged government to start
thinking of immediate alternatives since the ATAAS project is coming to an end
in June.
“Or you intend to make it continue as we have struggled in
Nusaf because agriculture is dynamic and it is always very demanding. So, we
need to get the total core for the success of our farmers,” he said.
Mr Oremo also decried pests and diseases, which are
hampering production.
“This fall armyworm; we would like you to put your foot down
and overcome the threat so that we address the farmers’ concerns,” he
said.
President Museveni last month announced that he would donate 27,000 hand hoes to farmers in Dokolo District to boost their production and productivity. However, Dr Rwamigisa said such “outdated” tools cannot transform agriculture in the country.
President Museveni last month announced that he would donate 27,000 hand hoes to farmers in Dokolo District to boost their production and productivity. However, Dr Rwamigisa said such “outdated” tools cannot transform agriculture in the country.
Key challenge
“I have been telling people that I feel embarrassed to be driving a four-wheel drive car to go and supervise somebody using a hoe. It is really not acceptable, and I have challenged Makerere University; they have a department of agricultural engineering but they cannot address this simple thing. So we cannot continue relying on a hoe as a major tool of production,” Dr Rwamigisa said.
The commissioner also decried the low budgetary allocation to the agricultural sector.
“I have been telling people that I feel embarrassed to be driving a four-wheel drive car to go and supervise somebody using a hoe. It is really not acceptable, and I have challenged Makerere University; they have a department of agricultural engineering but they cannot address this simple thing. So we cannot continue relying on a hoe as a major tool of production,” Dr Rwamigisa said.
The commissioner also decried the low budgetary allocation to the agricultural sector.
The director of NZARDI, Dr Laban Turyagyenda, said many
farmers have refused to transition from their traditional farming practices to
modern ones.
“Mindset change is still a problem. Some people are still stuck with their traditional varieties. When you bring the new varieties, they look at them not as good and even some of them are complaining of GMOs and when you ask them what it means, they don’t know,” he said.
A genetically modified organism is a plant, animal, microorganism or other organism whose genetic makeup has been modified in a laboratory using genetic engineering or transgenic technology.
“Mindset change is still a problem. Some people are still stuck with their traditional varieties. When you bring the new varieties, they look at them not as good and even some of them are complaining of GMOs and when you ask them what it means, they don’t know,” he said.
A genetically modified organism is a plant, animal, microorganism or other organism whose genetic makeup has been modified in a laboratory using genetic engineering or transgenic technology.
