Ghana to end tomato imports in 2019
Ghana’s
Ministry of Food and Agriculture says it is looking to cut down imports of rice
by 50 per cent as well as ending tomato imports this year. Deputy Minister for
the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, George Oduro said the government is
working to cut the levels of food import significantly: “This year alone, our
target it to stop the importation of rice by 50 per cent. Then for tomatoes
too, we hope to end it importation completely so that we produce enough even
for export because we have the capacity to do so.”
According
to him, efforts to expand irrigation projects, the introduction of
mechanization are among the efforts to help boost production.
According
to the Israeli Ambassador to Ghana Shani Cooper, his government will continue
to invest in Ghana’s Agric sector: “We have so many investments in Ghana worth
hundreds of millions of dollars but we believe aid comes with commerce so we
also doing a lot n capacity building for farmers. We are also working to
attract more investors from Israel to Ghana in the agriculture sector to boost
commerce between the two states” Ms Cooper said.
According
to myjoyonline.com¸ records from the Ministry shows that in 2017,
Ghana imported some 656.232 tons of rice worth $331.2 million. In the same
period, some 75,000 tons of tomatoes was also imported to meet domestic demand.
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Food grain stocks soar to record 15.45 lakh tonnes
SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENT, Dhaka
The country’s food grain stocks touched a record level of 15.45
lakh metric tonnes this month, from a minimum stock of around 3.00 lakh tonnes
in 2017, according to sources in the food ministry and the Directorate General
of Food. The stock was around 11.41 lakh tonnes this time last year.
According to DG Food officials, the stocks
have increased due to successful procurement of rice from farmers.
The DG Food authorities have bought 8.00 lakh
tonnes of Aman rice till March 13 this year from the local market.
In 2017, the government had to import a huge
quantity of rice from various countries, including India, Vietnam, Thailand and
Cambodia, to meet the local demand, as crops were damaged in flash floods in
low-lying areas like "haors" (wetlands) and the northern region.
Despite the huge local production and stocks
with farmers and traders, around 2.91 lakh tonnes of rice was imported from
various countries this year.
DG Food officials claimed that procurement of
this year’s Aman rice and last year’s Boro rice has contributed to the increase
in food grain stocks.
Although the price of rice and paddy in the
local market has started declining due to the huge stock of food grain, the DG
Food authorities would not buy more rice locally right at this moment.
“The authorities concerned want
to empty the godowns, so that they can buy
Boro rice from the local market, which is likely to start by May,” a DG
official said.
According to the DG Food data, the country’s
food grain stocks have risen to 15.45 lakh tonnes as of Tuesday (March 19). Of
the food grain, 13.89 lakh tonnes are rice, and 1.56 lakh tonnes wheat.
Private rice importers have imported around
40.21 lakh tonnes of rice of different varieties this year from different
countries, sources said.
This year, the government has fixed the
procurement price for Aman rice at Tk. 36, reducing by Tk. 3 per kg, estimating
that the per kg production cost varied between Tk. 34 and Tk. 35. The
procurement started on February 28, 2019 and continued till March 13.
When contacted, the director general of DG
Food, Arifur Rahman Apu, told this correspondent that the government has bought
8.00 lakh tonnes of Aman rice at Tk 36 per kg this year. The rice was bought to
provide incentives to the farmers and control the local market, he added.
When asked about further extension of the
local procurement limit, Apu replied: “There is no possibility of that
happening, because of Boro harvesting. Boro harvesting will begin by mid-April
and its procurement will start in May.”
Bio-Fortification
of Rice, Wheat, Oil, Will Help Take Forward Poshan Abhiyaan, Say Experts
Nearly half of India’s population,
especially children, suffer from micro-nutrient malnutrition, which can lead to
health issues like acute anaemia, cognitive delays, weakened immunity and
increased risk of birth defects.
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of wheat, rice, oil and salt with iron, zinc, and vitamins will go a long way
in addressing hidden hunger – or micro-nutrient malnutrition -- among the
people, especially children, and help take forward the government’s Poshan
Abhiyaan mission, experts said.
Nearly
half of India’s population, especially children, suffer from micro-nutrient
malnutrition, which can lead to health issues like acute anaemia, cognitive
delays, weakened immunity and increased risk of birth defects. Fortification of
food and its supply through the Public Distribution System or serving such food
at the Mid Day Meal scheme and the ICDS will help reach the poorer sections and
fill the nutrition gap.
Dr DK
Yadav, ADG (Seeds), Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), addressing a
conference on Agri-Nutrition, said 70 percent of an Indian person’s diet
comprises cereals, and 30 percent of pulses, and vegetables and fruits.
“Bio-fortification
of food should be introduced. It is a cost-effective, sustainable way to address
malnutrition. This way the fortified food reaches the masses easily,” said,
Yadav, adding that for the last 4-5 years ICAR has been stressing on
bio-fortification.
He said
the fortification of food is done according to international standards.
The government
is trying to commercialise the bio-fortified varieties of rice, wheat, maize
and oil through the PPP mode and also trying to spread awareness about it, the
scientist said.
The
government is also trying to create “Agri-Nutri Smart Villages” – to spread the
message of nutrition, he added.
Dr
Howarth Bouis, the 2016 World Food Prize Laureate, and founder-director
HarvestPlus, said that high iron and zinc-fortified rice and wheat would go a
long way to take forward the Poshan Abhiyan or National Nutrition Mission. The
bio-fortification does not change the taste or colour of the food in any way,
he said, in a video message at the National Conference on Agri-Nutrition
held earlier this month.
Dr
Vinod Kumar Paul, Member Niti Aayog, said that India needs to shift from food
security and focus on nutrition security. “We need to combine food security
with nutrition security, and for this a policy formulation is imperative,” he
added.
With
India having the highest prevalence of anemia globally at nearly 40 percent,
and with women and children the most affected, fortification of food with iron
would go a long way in tackling the issue, said KMS Khalsa, Deputy Secretary,
Dept of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and
Public Distribution.
“For
65 percent of the people, rice is the staple. Rice fortification would reduce
anaemia,” Khalsa said.
Rice
fortification has been taken up in 15 districts as a pilot project, and would
be scaled up, he added.
The
food served as part of the Mid Day Meal Scheme should be fortified so that
children get their nutrient needs for proper growth. Fortified grains should
also be supplied at the ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) government
programme which provides food, preschool education, primary healthcare,
immunization, health check-ups and referral services to children under 6 years
of age and their mothers, experts said.
According
to data, more than 57% of children in India suffer from Vitamin A deficiency,
while a high proportion of pregnant women and their newborns suffer from
Vitamin D deficiency.
Since
both the vitamins can be dissolved in fat, fortification of edible oils and
fats with vitamin A and D has been taken up to address micronutrient
malnutrition. Fortified oil is known to provide 25%-30% of the recommended
dietary allowances for the two vitamins.
Vitamin
D plays an important part in reducing the risk of chronic illnesses, including
cancer, autoimmune diseases, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Fortification
of wheat flour with Iron, Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 is a cost-effective
strategy to combat anaemia and other micronutrient deficiencies.
According
to the National Family Health Survey 4 (NFHS 4), 38.4 percent of children in
India are stunted and 21 percent wasted. India remains one of the
highest-ranking countries in the world in terms of the number of children
suffering from malnutrition.
The
Global Hunger Index 2017 ranked India at 100th position out of 118 countries.
In
October 2016, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI),
operationalized standards for fortification of five staples, namely wheat flour
and rice (with Iron, vitamin B12, folic acid), edible oil and milk (with
vitamin A and D) and salt (with iron in addition to iodine). FSSAI released the
+F logo as an identity of the fortified food. It also established the Food
Fortification Resource Centre, in association with Tata Trusts, for
coordinating and promoting food fortification activities across the country.
Kenya to import more food as local harvests dwindle
In Summary
• Rice production is expected
to stagnate due to delays in the expansion of Mwea irrigation schemes.
• Asian
countries are expected to dominate exports to Kenya led by Pakistan, Thailand,
China, India, and South Korea.
Dominion rice fields
are sprayed / FILE
Kenya's food imports of corn, wheat, and rice are expected to
increase in the coming financial year due to a widening local supply deficit, a
report has said.
“Corn and wheat production are both expected to dip on account
of the reduced planted area while rice production is projected to stagnate, due
to delays in anticipated rehabilitation and expansion of the irrigation infrastructure,”
the report by United States Department of Agriculture Service said.
While there is reduced production, USDA Foreign Agriculture
Service Office in Nairobi noted that consumption of the three commodities is
expected to continue increasing.
For instance, consumption of rice is expected to go up from 800
metric tonnes (MT) to 820 MT driven mainly by increasing household incomes, and
urbanisation but production will stagnate due to delays in the expansion of
irrigation schemes.
According to the report, new production from Mwea Irrigation
Scheme - that produces about 80 per cent of Kenya’s rice is currently
undergoing expansion and is likely to be completed in 2021.
“Overall Kenya’s rice sector will continue to be limited by lack
of suitable land, and inadequate water,” USDA agricultural specialist Kennedy
Gitonga said.
He noted that due to the above, Asian countries are expected to
dominate exports to Kenya led by Pakistan, Thailand, China, India, and South
Korea.
Within the first six months of the forecast period, the cost of
rice in retail is expected to remain constant at between sh110 per kilo and
Sh125 per kilo.
The report further notes that due to low morale among corn
farmers caused by a marketing crisis, production of the cereal will dip from 4,050
MT to 3,600 MT.
It is also projected that corn harvesting area will reduce from
2,200 acres to 2,000 acres, as consumption moves up to by 50 MT to 4,700 by
2020.
Asian countries are expected to dominate
exports to Kenya led by Pakistan, Thailand, China, India, and South
Korea.
USDA Foreign Agriculture Service
A bulk of the available corn for consumption is expected to come
from Uganda and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
Corn production is also expected to be adversely impacted by the
delay in the importation of the government's subsidised fertilisers.
In addition, some of the farmers have resorted to premature
harvesting of their corn and converting it into silage for livestock.
While a dip in production is set to take centre stage during the
season, USDA forecasts volatile corn prices in the first half of 2019/2020 due
to a dysfunctional marketing system, cheaper sourcing of imports from the EAC
countries, and the lapse of the government consumer subsidy programme.
The National Cereals and Produce Board has set the corn purchase
at Sh2,500 per 90 kilograms For wheat, the US agency foresees a reduction in
wheat planted areas as farmers shift to other more competitive enterprises such
as barley, horticulture, dairy, sorghum, and pyrethrum.
This will see areas of harvest reduce from 170 acres to 160
acres hence imports are expected to rise by 200 MT to 2,400 MT in the coming
financial year.
The 110 Mt rise in consumption from 2570 is expected to be
imported from Russia, Argentina, and Ukraine.
Podcast: Yale neurologist Steven Novella debunks popular myths
about GMO golden rice
As Bangladesh prepares to release GMO golden rice, Yale University clinical neurologist
Steven Novella and co-hosts debunk some popular myths about the
vitamin-fortified staple crop on this episode of the Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe. Researchers engineered golden rice to combat vitamin A
deficiency in the developing world, which causes blindness in 250,000 to 500,000 children every year. But their work has drawn fierce opposition.
Led by the environmental nonprofit Greenpeace,
anti-GMO groups have fought for years to block the introduction of golden rice,
claiming it is a ‘Trojan horse’ designed to sneak GMO seeds into countries that
don’t want them. This conspiratorial narrative, Novella says, is a dishonest
attempt to shift focus away from the science that shows golden rice is safe and
effective.
Malaysia to import Halal meat, rice from Pakistan
China stops broken rice imports
from Myanmar
China
has suspended the import of broken rice from Myanmar since the third week of
March, according to local rice traders.
“Some traders have been
exporting rice under the broken rice category but officially, only rice is
tradable at the Myanmar-China border. So, the Chinese authorities have cracked
down on all broken rice and suspended trade,” said U Nay Lin Zin, secretary of
Myanmar Rice Miller Association.
“Rumours had been spreading
that Myanmar rice exports to China were suspended but actually, rice export
permits can be classified into broken rice permits, long-grain rice permits and
short grain rice permits,” he added. Notably, export tax rates are 5 percent on
broken rice while the rates for rice exports are 50pc to 60 pc, traders said.
As the tax rate for rice exports to China is very high, many merchants export
illegally to avoid paying the tax. Currently, broken rice exports have been
suspended, said rice merchants. “Right now, China is restricting illegal
exports of rice. We can still export rice but this must be under the right
permits. For example, long-grain rice permits are for the exports of long-grain
rice only, and not other classifications,” said U Myo Thura Aye, rice merchant.
In Myanmar, Ae Ma Hta rice is
recognised as long grain rice and Paw San rice is considered a short grain
rice. It can be categorised depending on the shape of grain.
The suspension comes amid
demands for China to raise its official rice import quota from Myanmar to
400,000 tonnes annually from 100,000 tonnes currently. According to data from
the Ministry of Commerce, over 50 percent of Myanmar-produced rice is sold to
China via the border. Myanmar exported 1.7 million tonnes of rice and broken
rice worth US$ 578 million between April and December last year, according to
the Ministry of Commerce. Around 52pc was exported by sea, while the
rest was sold at the border to China.
At those levels, rice exports
have decreased by over a third from 2.5 million tonnes worth US$780 million in
the same period the year before. The main reason for the recent fall in exports
is lower demand from China.
Date: 22-Mar-2019
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Pakistan gets
$1bn Chinese market access for rice, sugar, yarn
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to China are unlikely to reach $700m as analysts expect total cotton production
is expected to decline in the ongoing season due to decrease in area under
cultivation, use of poor quality seed and pesticides.
ISLAMABAD: The Chinese government has
finally offered Pakistan market access for three commodities — rice, sugar and
yarn — worth $1 billion for the current calendar year, an official in the
Commerce Division confirmed to Dawn on Thursday.
The official said rice shipments to
China have already begun as part of the deal which was agreed during Prime
Minister Imran Khan’s four-day visit to Beijing and Shanghai in the first week
of November last year.
Under the agreement, exporters have
been allowed to ship 200,000 tonnes of rice and 300,000 tonnes of sugar — total
value of $300 million — to China in the ongoing calendar year.
Moreover, the agreement also includes
preferential market access for around $700m worth of yarn but it seems highly
unlikely that Pakistan will have adequate surplus quantity of yarn to export to
China as cotton production remains lacklustre.
The Chinese authorities were unwilling
to increase the total quantity of these items despite multiple requests, the
official added.
Another Commerce Division official
said exporters will only have nine months to avail the facility as it will
expire by Dec 31, adding that the government is working to get access for wheat
and other agriculture commodities as well.
Moreover, this agreement will also be
extended to calendar 2020. Pakistan’s exports to China are expected to reach
$2.2bn in the ongoing calendar year and $3.2bn in the next.
Breakthrough in PCFTA
The official also said that a major
breakthrough is expected in the stalled negotiations between Beijing and
Islamabad on the second phase of Pak-China Free Trade Agreement (PCFTA) and the
outcome will be announced on April 2.
He said a delegation led by the
secretary commerce will leave for China later this month.
Sharing the progress made in PCFTA
negotiations, he informed that Islamabad will get market access for 301 tariff
lines, which will cover most of its exports and allow export of commodities
which are currently negligible.
The PCFTA covers nearly 7,000 tariff
lines at the eight-digit level of the HS code. Both sides reduced tariffs on
almost 36 per cent of the tariff lines to zero during first three years of
PCFTA’s Phase-1.
Moreover, second phase was supposed
to commence from the sixth year of the agreement ie 2013, but was delayed as
officials from both countries failed to reach an agreement despite meeting for
more than 11 times.
As per the initial agreement, at the
end of PCFTA’s second phase, both sides were to reduce tariffs on 90pc of the
tariff lines to zero.
The negotiations on the Phase-II of
PCFTA began in 2011.
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China stops broken rice imports from Myanmar
· YU WAI 22 MAR 2019
· China has suspended the
import of broken rice from Myanmar since the third week of March, according to
local rice traders.
· “Some traders have been
exporting rice under the broken rice category but officially, only rice is
tradable at the Myanmar-China border. So, the Chinese authorities have cracked
down on all broken rice and suspended trade,” said U Nay Lin Zin, secretary of
Myanmar Rice Miller Association.
· “Rumours had been
spreading that Myanmar rice exports to China were suspended but actually, rice
export permits can be classified into broken rice permits, long-grain rice
permits and short grain rice permits,” he added.
· Notably, export tax
rates are 5 percent on broken rice while the rates for rice exports are 50pc to
60 pc, traders said.
· As the tax rate for
rice exports to China is very high, many merchants export illegally to avoid
paying the tax. Currently, broken rice exports have been suspended, said rice
merchants.
· “Right now, China is
restricting illegal exports of rice. We can still export rice but this must be
under the right permits. For example, long-grain rice permits are for the
exports of long-grain rice only, and not other classifications,” said U Myo
Thura Aye, rice merchant.
· In Myanmar, Ae Ma Hta
rice is recognised as long grain rice and Paw San rice is considered a short
grain rice. It can be categorised depending on the shape of grain.
· The suspension comes
amid demands for China to raise its official rice import quota from Myanmar to
400,000 tonnes annually from 100,000 tonnes currently.
· According to data from
the Ministry of Commerce, over 50 percent of Myanmar-produced rice is sold to
China via the border.
· Myanmar exported 1.7
million tonnes of rice and broken rice worth US$ 578 million between April and
December last year, according to the Ministry of Commerce. Around
52pc was exported by sea, while the rest was sold at the border to China.
· At those levels, rice
exports have decreased by over a third from 2.5 million tonnes worth US$780
million in the same period the year before. The main reason for the recent fall
in exports is lower demand from China.
·
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ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar on Friday said
Malaysia would import Halal meat and rice from Pakistan.
Umar’s statement came following delegation-level
talks between Pakistan and Malaysia led by the Prime Minister Imran Khan and
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
The talks encompassed diverse areas which included
cooperation in trade, automobiles, agriculture, tourism and food processing
particularly Halal meat.
According to the finance minister, Pakistan and
Malaysia signed MoUs in five sectors and agreed to open branches of local banks
in their respective countries.
Malaysia also showed interest in purchasing JF-17
jets.
Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Malaysian
counterpart Mahathir Mohamad held a one-on-one meeting at the PM House.
The two leaders emphasized on taking effective
measures to cement relations at the people-to-people level, besides encouraging
their businessmen to initiate joint ventures.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said Pakistan and Malaysia
enjoyed brotherly relationship and stood by each other in difficult times.
He termed Mahathir Mohamad an inspirational
personality whose vision made Malaysia a developed and modern country.
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Malaysia to import Halal meat, rice from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar on Friday said
Malaysia would import Halal meat and rice from Pakistan.
Umar’s statement came following delegation-level
talks between Pakistan and Malaysia led by the Prime Minister Imran Khan and
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
The talks encompassed diverse areas which included
cooperation in trade, automobiles, agriculture, tourism and food processing
particularly Halal meat.
According to the finance minister, Pakistan and
Malaysia signed MoUs in five sectors and agreed to open branches of local banks
in their respective countries.
Malaysia also showed interest in purchasing JF-17
jets.
Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Malaysian
counterpart Mahathir Mohamad held a one-on-one meeting at the PM House.
The two leaders emphasized on taking effective
measures to cement relations at the people-to-people level, besides encouraging
their businessmen to initiate joint ventures.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said Pakistan and Malaysia
enjoyed brotherly relationship and stood by each other in difficult times.
He termed Mahathir Mohamad an inspirational
personality whose vision made Malaysia a developed and modern country.
Southern provinces to grow nearly
1.7 million hectares of rice
Friday, March 22, 2019 15:12
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (MARD), provinces in the Mekong Delta have planned to grow
summer-autumn rice crop on an area of 1.6 million hectares this year with
expected yield of 9.05 million tons, up 258,000 tons over the same period last
year.
Farmers harvest the winter-spring rice crop in Mekong
Delta provinces. (Photo: SGGP)
In order to enjoy a bumper crop, the ministry ordered
provinces to choose suitable time to start cultivation of rice so that it will
not affect the autumn-winter rice crop this year, apply measures to avoid
drought and salinity and comply with the principles to grow rice in accord with
water supply and brown plant-hopper migration forecasts.
The mass cultivation is expected to be from April to
June this year. Of the rice growing structure, high quality rice variety
accounts for 50-60 percent, fragrant rice takes 20-25 percent, glutinous rice
variety makes up 5-7 percent, medium-quality rice variety maintains a ratio of
15 percent and the rest is other rice varieties.
Deputy minister of MARD Le Quoc Doanh asked Mekong
Delta provinces to apply technical solutions to reduce cost price, improve
quality and ensure food safety as well as calculate and forecast production and
types of rice for smooth consumption. The ministry will collaborate with
provinces to make plans, deploy and closely monitor the cultivation of rice and
have solutions to deal with difficulties and abnormal weather conditions to
secure summer-autumn rice crop production.
On March 21, the MARD held a meeting to summarize the
winter-spring rice crop production and deploy plans for production of the
summer-autumn rice crop in Southern provinces.
According to the Department of Cultivation, total
rice growing area of the winter-spring rice crop in Southern provinces was more
than 1.68 million hectares, up 30,109 hectares. Rice productivity was estimated
at 68.35 quintals per hectare, up 0.01 quintals per hectare. Rice yield was
estimated to exceed 11.5 million tons, up 208,000 tons over the same period
last year. of which, provinces in the Mekong Delta grew rice on an area of 1.6
million hectares with productivity at 68.87 quintals per hectare, a decrease of
0.02 quintals per hectare, and estimated production of 11.05 million tons.
Most Mekong Delta provinces grew rice 7-14 days
earlier than last year. Rice grown in November and December last year gave
lower yield than expected due to prolonged hot weather. In addition, many provinces
increased the proportion of fragrant and high quality rice varieties which
produce lower yield than other varieties, causing average rice productivity to
decrease but the prices of these rice varieties were much higher, hereby
improving economic efficiency.
In related news, the People’s Committee of Dong Thap
Province announced that the province has disbursed more than VND2.1 billion to
carry out measures to save citrus groves in the province as several citrus
groves in Lai Vung District were infected with diseases and died, causing huge
losses to farmers.
Accordingly, the provincial committee ordered the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to summarize the result of a
research by the Southern Fruit Research Institute and Can Tho University to
draw out treatments for infected citrus groves, ways to dispose dead trees and
warnings for newly-grown and trees that have not been infected. The department
was also asked to build technology-applied citrus growing models for safe,
effective and sustainable production then transfer to farmers. In addition, it
will keep finding out the reasons and factors that made citrus trees die then
present procedure to control the diseases effectively.
According to the department, there is an area of
8,056 hectares of citrus trees in the province, of which, Lai Vung District
accounts for 65 percent of the total area. In the past three years, diseases on
citrus trees started to break out, increasing the area of dead citrus trees to
more than 2,000 hectares.
MARCH 22, 2019 / 3:37 PM / 3 DAYS AGO
In post-coup election, Thai rice,
rubber farmers rethink old divide
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KHON KAEN/SONGKHLA, Thailand
(Reuters) - In the rice-growing heartland of Thailand’s northeast, Kamol
Suanpanya, 80, meets in the off season with fellow farmers at a community
center, where they discuss Sunday’s election, the first after nearly five years
of military rule.
A farmer holds rice in his hand in Khon Kaen province in northeastern
Thailand March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Patpicha Tanakasempipat
Like most in the area, Kamol will
vote for Thailand’s largest party, Pheu Thai, whose government was overthrown
in 2014. He is loyal because of policies like subsidies and low-cost health
care pioneered by ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
“I can tell you I will vote for Pheu
Thai again,” said Kamol. “I haven’t changed my mind and I never will.”
Some 1,400 km (870 miles) to the
south, a longtime stronghold of the anti-Thaksin Democrat party, rubber farmer
Gorneena Pae-arlee isn’t so sure about her vote.
She has voted for the Democrats in
the past, but says she will not do so again. Nor does she want junta leader
Prayuth Chan-ocha to remain prime minister, as the new pro-military Palang
Pracharat party is campaigning for.
“I want to vote for change,” said
Gorneena, 52, who owns a big rubber plantation in Songkhla province.
Sunday’s general election has been
cast as a struggle between democracy and military rule, with Thaksin’s Pheu
Thai leading the charge for a “democratic front” against Palang Pracharat, the
party backing Prayuth.
The pro-establishment Democrats are
seen as a possible kingmaker.
But from north to south, farmers
complain about hard times and growing mountains of debt since the military took
over.
Many look to the election as a way
out for what they say is an economy that seems to be growing but leaving them
behind.
NORTH AND SOUTH
Thailand is the world’s largest
exporter of rubber and second-largest of rice. Farming accounts for 30 percent
of the work force, though only about 10 percent of the economy.
The rice-growing northeast and
rubber-tapping south reflect the deep divide in Thailand’s polarized politics
of the last 15 years.
Thaksin’s “red-shirt” supporters are
mostly from the rice-growing northeast and north, whereas southern rubber
farmers have come up to Bangkok at different times over the years to join
anti-Thaksin “yellow-shirt” protests of middle-class voters who support the
military and royalist establishment.
The unrest has led to bloodshed and
two military coups, the first toppling former telecoms tycoon Thaksin in 2006,
and the last one overthrowing a government that had been led by his sister,
Yingluck.
The siblings live in self-exile to
avoid convictions - corruption for Thaksin and negligence for Yingluck - handed
down after they were ousted. They denied wrongdoing and said the charges were
politically motivated.
After almost five years under a junta
led by former army chief Prayuth, the rice-and-rubber divide still exists.
But while the north and northeast
remain as pro-Thaksin as ever, some southerners said their support for the
Democrat Party may be wavering.
LOW CROP PRICES
With new political parties on the
scene and the price of rubber languishing, some farmers, like Gorneena, are
considering the options.
“Rubber prices have suffered a lot,
and nothing has improved under the military. I really want the new government
to help fix this,” Gorneena said.
Thai benchmark rubber smoked sheets
were trading at around 56.60 baht per kilogram this week, a far cry from a
record 198.55 baht in 2011, according to Refinitiv data.
While the south’s rubber farmers are
generally better off than their rice-growing counterparts, monthly income in
the south declined by 2 percent to 26,913 baht ($850) per household from
pre-coup 2013 to 2017.
That contrasts with average national income
that grew roughly 7 percent, government data showed.
While several other rubber farmers
interviewed said they would stick by the Democrats, a poll by Prince of Songkla
University published last week signaled a weakening of their grip.
The poll showed 27 percent preferring
the new, progressive Future Forward Party, compared with 24 percent for the
Democrat Party, with Pheu Thai coming in at 19 percent and Palang Pracharat at
12 percent. It provided no margin of error.
HIGH DEBT
The plight of farmers from north to
south comes as a stark contrast with Thailand’s top 1 percent, who own 66.9
percent of the country’s wealth, according to Credit Suisse’s 2018 Global
Wealth Databook.
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That makes Thailand the most unequal
country in the world.
Southeast Asia’s second-largest
economy expanded 4.1 percent in 2018, the fastest in six years. This year, the
state planning agency predicts growth of 3.5-4.5 percent.
At the same time, household debt
soared to a record 12.56 trillion-baht in the third quarter of 2018, or 77.8
percent of gross domestic product, central bank data showed.
For many Pheu Thai supporters, hard
times have led to borrowing and left them pining for the party’s populist
policies.
In the northeastern city of Khon
Kaen, June Kit-Udom, who at 61 is the sole provider for her family of three,
said she quit rice farming a few years ago because prices plunged following the
2014 coup.
She now works seven days a week at a
recycling factory for 325 baht ($10.26) a day, but she says the tough work has
resulted in spiking hospital bills.
“Life was better under Yingluck’s
government. She helped us a lot with cash subsidy. This government gave us
nothing,” June said.
Some 3.6 million households in the
northeast are in debt, accounting for more than a third of the total, according
to data by the National Statistics Office.
The northeast has the highest average
debt per household of 179,923 baht ($5,680), and the lowest average income per
capita at 6,656 baht ($210) per month.
Addressing inequality should be high
on the agenda of the next government, said Thomas Parks, country representative
of the Asia Foundation, a non-profit group focusing on development.
“Inequality and regional disparities
are one of Thailand’s most fundamental challenges,” he said.
“We expect that any government,
regardless of the election outcome, will make this a serious priority.”
Additional reporting by
Orathai Sriring in BANGKOK; Writing by Patpicha Tanakasempipat; Editing by Kay
Johnson and Robert Birsel.
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The agriculture sector already incurred P1.33 billion
in losses just a month after the state weather bureau announced the presence of
a “weak” El Niño in the country, thus a cut in rice production in the first
quarter of the year was likely.
The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) disaster risk
management center reported on its Facebook page the weather phenomenon, albeit
described weak, had already damaged 70,353 hectares (ha) of farm lands and
78,384 metric tons (MT) of crops valued at P1.33 billion, affecting 84,932
farmers and fisherfolk.
El Niño may delay the onset of the rainy season and
affect the industry’s planting calendar as it turns farms into arid lands.
Based on the estimate of the Philippine Statistics
Authority (PSA), rice production in the first quarter could fall by 5 percent
to 4.62 million MT from 4.88 million MT in the same period last year as El Niño
continued to bite.
It added the harvest area for rice could contract by
3.3 percent to 1.15 million ha from 1.19 million ha in 2018 with farmers
deciding to convert dried-up paddies. However, yield per ha is seen to increase
to 4 MT per ha from 3.87 MT per ha due to the availability of better seeds.
The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) had
already advised rice farmers who are situated in areas with limited water
supply to diversify to other crops to avoid huge losses.
In Cotabato, some farmers already converted their
rice paddies into watermelon farms. While labor-intensive, planting the fruit
gives farmers the opportunity to earn more and survive.
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SOME 400 rice farmers in Negros Occidental have filed
notices of loss to avail themselves of insurance claims after their farms were
affected by the prevailing dry spell brought about by the El Niño phenomenon.
Dina Genzola, officer-in-charge of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), said farmers enrolled under the Negros First Universal Crop Insurance (NFUCIP) are advised to immediately file notices of loss once their crops are damaged by calamities.
Genzola said provision of indemnity claims is one of the mitigating measures of the Provincial Government, through OPA, to allay the possible adverse effects of dry spell as well as pest and diseases to farmers.
“The number of farmers who will be filing their notices of loss is expected to increase as dry weather continues to affect agricultural areas in the province,” she added.
OPA earlier reported an initial crop damage worth almost P16 million due to the ongoing dry spell.
The figure covers 408.53 hectares of rice farms affecting 445 farmers in five local government units.
This is on top of the P12 million worth of production losses brought by pest infestation particularly black bugs and rice grain bugs.
Moreover, the NFUCIP is an initiative of the Provincial Government in partnership with the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. It was implemented in 2011.
Based on the modified guidelines of the program, the enrollment premium per cropping season remains at P840 but the whole amount will now be shouldered by the Provincial Government as a loan.
In the previous coverage, only P500 is being shouldered by the Province while the remaining P340 is the counterpart of the farmer-enrollees.
Through the NFUCIP, farmers may avail themselves of the P17,000 claim per hectare of damaged farms.
OPA earlier stressed that enrollees should apply for insurance before planting. Farms covered by the program are those planted for not less than 25 days.
Genzola said that upon the filing of notice of loss, adjusters will then evaluate the farms reportedly affected by dry spell.
Genzola said the amount of claims will be determined within a month, as well as the approval.
”Aside from lessening crop losses, indemnity claims may also be utilized by affected farmers as fund to start new production in the next cropping season,” she reiterated.
Dina Genzola, officer-in-charge of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), said farmers enrolled under the Negros First Universal Crop Insurance (NFUCIP) are advised to immediately file notices of loss once their crops are damaged by calamities.
Genzola said provision of indemnity claims is one of the mitigating measures of the Provincial Government, through OPA, to allay the possible adverse effects of dry spell as well as pest and diseases to farmers.
“The number of farmers who will be filing their notices of loss is expected to increase as dry weather continues to affect agricultural areas in the province,” she added.
OPA earlier reported an initial crop damage worth almost P16 million due to the ongoing dry spell.
The figure covers 408.53 hectares of rice farms affecting 445 farmers in five local government units.
This is on top of the P12 million worth of production losses brought by pest infestation particularly black bugs and rice grain bugs.
Moreover, the NFUCIP is an initiative of the Provincial Government in partnership with the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. It was implemented in 2011.
Based on the modified guidelines of the program, the enrollment premium per cropping season remains at P840 but the whole amount will now be shouldered by the Provincial Government as a loan.
In the previous coverage, only P500 is being shouldered by the Province while the remaining P340 is the counterpart of the farmer-enrollees.
Through the NFUCIP, farmers may avail themselves of the P17,000 claim per hectare of damaged farms.
OPA earlier stressed that enrollees should apply for insurance before planting. Farms covered by the program are those planted for not less than 25 days.
Genzola said that upon the filing of notice of loss, adjusters will then evaluate the farms reportedly affected by dry spell.
Genzola said the amount of claims will be determined within a month, as well as the approval.
”Aside from lessening crop losses, indemnity claims may also be utilized by affected farmers as fund to start new production in the next cropping season,” she reiterated.
Strong rupee hurts rice exports as price jumps to 7-month high
Author Name: https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/strong-rupee-hurts-rice-exports-as-price-jumps-to-7-month-high/1523686/
Date: 22-Mar-2019
Asia Rice-Strong rupee pushes Indian prices to 7-month highs
Asia Rice-Strong rupee pushes Indian prices to 7-month
highs, dampening exports
Rice export prices in India rose to their highest level in
more than seven months as the rupee appreciated, denting demand, while trading
companies in Vietnam increased domestic buying to fulfil new overseas deals.
India’s 5 percent broken parboiled variety was quoted around $392-$395 per
tonne this week, up from $386-$389 last week. “Demand has been moderating due
to the price rise. African buyers are not ready to pay higher prices,” said an
exporter based at Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The Indian
rupee was trading near its highest level in seven months, trimming returns from
overseas sales for traders in the world’s largest rice exporter. In Vietnam,
rates for 5 percent broken rice were in line with last week’s $360 a tonne.
“Demand for Vietnamese rice is seen rising, with key trading companies increasing
their purchases from farmers for deals they have signed with customers from
Malaysia, Philippines and Iraq,” a trader based in Ho Chi Minh City said.
Vietnam, the world’s third largest rice exporter, has shipped more than 200,000
tonnes of rice to Malaysia so far this year, while clients from Iraq have
placed orders for 120,000 tonnes, the trader said. A source with the Ministry
of Industry and Trade said Egypt was seeking to buy 20,000 tonnes of 10-12
percent broken rice from Vietnam for delivery in June. Thai benchmark 5 percent
broken rice prices were quoted at $390-$393, free on board Bangkok, on
Thursday, up from $380-$385 last week. With demand little changed, traders
attributed the price rise to fluctuations in the exchange rate between the baht
and the U.S. dollar. On Tuesday, the Thai cabinet agreed to extend a rice
trading agreement with the Philippines which expired in December for another
two years. The agreement allows Thailand, the world’s second-largest rice
exporter, to take part in tenders issued by the Philippines, stating that the
two countries can trade up to 1 million tonnes of rice per year. Meanwhile,
Bangladesh will give its farmers free fertiliser and seeds to boost cultivation
of a type of rice that requires less irrigation, the country’s agriculture
minister said on Thursday. The stimulus package, worth nearly 402 million taka
($4.75 million), could help more than 459,000 farmers increase production of
the Aus rice variety grown during the May-August season, Abdur Razzak, the
minister, said. “We are encouraging farmers to grow more Aus rice as it matures
during the monsoon. So it needs only a little irrigation to cultivate,” Razzak
told reporters. Bangladesh, usually the world’s fourth biggest producer of
rice, was forced to massively increase imports to shore up domestic reserves in
2017 after floods wrought havoc on local crops.
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Wetlands America Trust Taps Rice Farmer and Noted
Conservationist George Dunklin for Board Seat
MEMPHIS, TN -- Wetlands America
Trust (WAT) recently elected George Dunklin Jr., a rice farmer from Humphrey,
Arkansas, as one of its newest trustees. The WAT board is the land
trust arm of Ducks Unlimited (DU), a world leader in waterfowl and wetlands
conservation, and WAT is one of the largest accredited land trusts in the
country.
Though Dunklin graduated from the University of Memphis with a degree in business management he decided to try his hand at farming on land his family owned near Stuttgart, the famed "Rice and Duck Capital of the World." He quickly realized that traditional farming methods were having a detrimental impact on the area's natural resources, and something needed to be done to preserve the wildlife habitat that is home to migrating waterfowl. Dunklin joined DU when he was 16 years old so already understood the causal relationship between increased land use and decreased waterfowl habitat and knew the importance of conservation efforts to preserve working ricelands. "George has the ability to eloquently champion our rice and ducks story, and has always led by example in rice and southern agriculture through his conservation activities," said Josh Hankins, USA Rice director of grower relations & the Rice Stewardship Partnership. Dunklin's dedication to conservation priorities began as a grassroots DU volunteer more than three decades ago. From there, he moved through the ranks to become Arkansas state chairman, an at-large member of DU's board of directors, senior advisory vice president for conservation, first vice president, president, and chairman. "George's philanthropic support is an excellent expression of concern for North America's disappearing wetlands and his confidence in DU's conservation efforts," said Dan Thiel, WAT's chief operating officer. |
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USDA Allowing Some One-Year CSP Extensions
Farmers with expiring Conservation
Stewardship Program contracts are being notified that they can sign up for an
additional year of payments. Eligible contract holders should get a
letter from the Natural Resources Conservation Service by April 8.
First-time CSP contract holders
used to be automatically eligible to sign up for an additional five years,
but the expiration of the 2014 farm bill last fall left the expiring
contracts in limbo, and then the new farm bill signed into law in December
eliminated the automatic renewal option.
Under the new law, CSP contract
holders who want to extend their contracts will have to compete with other
applicants.
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Straws made of rice introduced in
Singapore for the first time as ideal eco-friendly solution
As a preemptive measure to save the earth, a battle against single-use
plastics has been waged, with plastic straws being declared as public enemy
number one.
Although there have been several types of straws created to replace
plastic ones such as the reusable metal straws that have been trending in
restaurants lately, they clearly raised hygiene concerns among users for they
need to be cleaned properly with plenty of detergent and water.
Thus, enter the “rice straws”, which made their way to Singapore yesterday
(21 March) for its debut at the Café Asia 2019 and Restaurant Asia 2019
exhibitions.
The straws are made out of rice and tapioca, which means they are
completely edible and fully biodegradable as they would decompose within 90
days if not used.
The Halal-certified rice straws are produced by Penang-based Nlytech
Biotech Sdn Bhd and proved to be quite durable as they can last in cold drinks
between 4 and 10 hours whereas, in hot drinks, they can be used for around 2 to
3 hours.
“We are in the midst of setting up mass production in Penang. The product
is expected to be commercialised in the local market, as well as for export
markets, starting in May 2019,” said Nlytech Biotech CEO Mr Law Yee Tee.
Mr Law added that the price of the rice straws “will be very much
affordable compared to other types of eco-friendly straws”.
For those who are interested, Cafe Asia 2019, Restaurant Asia 2019,
International Coffee & Tea Industry Expo 2019 and Sweets & Bakes Asia
2019 will be running until 23 March (Saturday) at Marina Bay Sands Expo &
Convention Centre.
IMF supports
U.S. Fed's 'patient' halt to rate hikes
Thursday, March 21,
2019 10:09 a.m. CDT
FILE PHOTO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is
seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, U.S., as IMF Managing
Direct
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
The International Monetary Fund supports the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to
halt its campaign to raise interest rates as a prudent move amid economic
uncertainty, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday.
"Given the range
of global uncertainties facing the U.S. economy, we support the Fed's decision
to be patient in determining future changes to the Federal Funds rate,"
Rice told a regular biweekly news conference. "The Federal Reserve's
continued adherence to the principles of data dependence and clear
communication, we believe, will help to minimize any market disruptions and
spillovers from its policy decisions."
The U.S. Federal
Reserve on Wednesday brought its three-year drive to tighten monetary policy to
an abrupt end, abandoning projections for any interest rate hikes this year
amid signs of an economic slowdown, and said it would halt the steady decline of
its balance sheet in September.
(Reporting by David
Lawder; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
Malaysia to import Halal meat, rice from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar on Friday said
Malaysia would import Halal meat and rice from Pakistan.
Umar’s statement came following delegation-level
talks between Pakistan and Malaysia led by the Prime Minister Imran Khan and
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
The talks encompassed diverse areas which included
cooperation in trade, automobiles, agriculture, tourism and food processing
particularly Halal meat.
According to the finance minister, Pakistan and
Malaysia signed MoUs in five sectors and agreed to open branches of local banks
in their respective countries.
Malaysia also showed interest in purchasing JF-17
jets.
Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Malaysian
counterpart Mahathir Mohamad held a one-on-one meeting at the PM House.
The two leaders emphasized on taking effective
measures to cement relations at the people-to-people level, besides encouraging
their businessmen to initiate joint ventures.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said Pakistan and Malaysia
enjoyed brotherly relationship and stood by each other in difficult times.
He termed Mahathir Mohamad an inspirational
personality whose vision made Malaysia a developed and modern country.
MARCH 21, 2019 / 6:06 PM / 5 DAYS AGO
In battle with 'land mafia',
Pakistan targets win for forests and climate
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ISLAMABAD (Thomson
Reuters Foundation) - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is aiming to fight
climate change and pollution by planting trees on government land clawed
back from politically connected landlords who have illegally profited from it for
years.
Last month, Khan
inaugurated the first nature reserve and wildlife park
on such reclaimed land at Balloki Headworks on the River
Ravi in Nankana Sahib district, about an hour’s drive
from the city of Lahore.
On Feb. 9,
he planted the first of 652,500 saplings, mainly local species,
to be put in by April on 1,500 acres (607 hectares) which had
previously been turned into farm fields.
Khan has promised to
plant 10 billion trees across the country over the next
five years.
He hopes to scale
up the success of the “Billion Tree Tsunami” in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where his party, which runs the
province, has been protecting existing forests and
planting new trees since 2013.
His climate
change advisor, Malik Amin Aslam, said the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa push had won out against the timber
mafia – groups responsible for illegal logging - in an area with
abundant natural forests, which suck planet-warming carbon dioxide from
the atmosphere and store it.
“Now we want to
succeed with the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami by taking on the land mafia in Punjab,
Pakistan’s most populous province which does not have many surviving
forests,” Aslam added.
Imran Khan’s
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf political party also
governs Punjab.
In
the Balloki Nature Reserve, which will soon have legal
protection, a forest will be planted on 1,500 acres and a wildlife
sanctuary with hog deer and partridge established on about 1,000 acres.
The British built
the headworks there in 1906 to provide irrigation water
to farmland in nearby districts.
But in the last 20
years, the state-owned land was grabbed by powerful locals,
including National Assembly members from all major political
parties, Aslam said.
Water volumes in the
River Ravi shrank over the years, due to increasing demand for
irrigation from a growing population.
Since the early 2000s,
landlords and politicians began turning areas previously set aside
for river flooding into
fields, while the Irrigation Department turned a
blind eye, Aslam said.
Almost 2,500 acres
were planted with crops such as rice and
sugarcane, bringing in an estimated income of almost 100
million rupees ($717,600) per year to those who
had parceled up the land.
The illegal
takeover of government-owned floodplains is quite widespread in Punjab and
Sindh, said Hammad Naqi Khan, CEO of WWF-Pakistan.
“In many cases there
are influential politicians behind it who take over the land and give it
to tenants to farm,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Farmers either pay
rent or hand over a share of the crops they grow.
The cutting down of
riverine forests and encroachment of human activities on flood-prone areas
have resulted in a high loss of life when
major floods hit, as in 2010, he added.
RENT ARREARS
Nankana Sahib
Deputy Commissioner Raja Mansoor Ahmed said the Punjab
government had launched the anti-encroachment drive last
October, taking back possession of the land.
Local farmers, aware
they had been using the land illegally for many years, did not protest the
move. But they were granted permission by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to
harvest the rice and sugarcane they had planted on it, Ahmed said.
Now, a legal
process is underway to recover 20 years
of rent arrears for illegal use of the
land from 80 politicians and landlords, he added.
Advisor
Aslam said the reaction of the “land mafia”, as they are known,
had been subdued. “What else can they do? They face a large recovery
suit... They will have to adjust to the new reality,” he said.
Their tenant farmers,
meanwhile, must look for fields to rent elsewhere as is the custom.
LOST FORESTS
Above-average rainfall
this spring has helped the prime minister’s “Plant for
Pakistan” drive.
The Balloki Nature
Reserve has started coming back to life, and the results will be seen in the
next three to four years, Aslam said.
The aim is to apply
the model to encroached areas of
other river basins, including the Taunsa Barrage on the
Indus and Sulemanki Headworks on the Sutlej.
“We want to get
government-owned land back, and restore riverine forests and wetlands
all over Punjab,” Aslam said, estimating that thousands of acres
had been encroached upon in the last few decades.
Pakistan lost an
average of 43,000 hectares of forests – equal to half the size of
Islamabad - every year between 2000 and 2010, according to
WWF-Pakistan.
With only 2
percent of its forest cover remaining, the
country’s deforestation rate is the highest in Asia, the
environmental group said.
The Sindh Forest
Department and green groups have recently launched a scheme to plant about 2
billion trees across that province in the next five years, Pakistani media
reported.
At
the Balloki inauguration, the prime minister spoke about
visiting as a child large forests in parts of Punjab, which
have now all but disappeared.
WWF’s Naqi Khan
said pilferage had ruined the once-healthy
plantations. “Government departments involved with local people and some
outsiders cut the trees and sold them,” he said.
The prime
minister told journalists 70 percent of Pakistan’s forests
had been cut down in the past few years, creating “an imbalance in our
environment”.
“We are now going to
allow builders to build higher buildings, just so our cities stop
expanding and encroaching on our forests,” he added.
Reporting by Rina Saeed
Khan; editing by Megan Rowling. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation,
the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate
change, women's and LGBT+ rights, human trafficking and property rights.
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In battle with 'land mafia',
Pakistan targets win for forests and climate
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ISLAMABAD (Thomson
Reuters Foundation) - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is aiming to fight
climate change and pollution by planting trees on government land clawed
back from politically connected landlords who have illegally profited from
it for years.
Last month, Khan
inaugurated the first nature reserve and wildlife park
on such reclaimed land at Balloki Headworks on the River
Ravi in Nankana Sahib district, about an hour’s drive
from the city of Lahore.
On Feb. 9,
he planted the first of 652,500 saplings, mainly local species,
to be put in by April on 1,500 acres (607 hectares) which had
previously been turned into farm fields.
Khan has promised to
plant 10 billion trees across the country over the next
five years.
He hopes to scale
up the success of the “Billion Tree Tsunami” in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where his party, which runs the
province, has been protecting existing forests and planting new
trees since 2013.
His climate
change advisor, Malik Amin Aslam, said the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa push had won out against the timber
mafia – groups responsible for illegal logging - in an area with
abundant natural forests, which suck planet-warming carbon dioxide from
the atmosphere and store it.
“Now we want to
succeed with the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami by taking on the land mafia in Punjab,
Pakistan’s most populous province which does not have many surviving
forests,” Aslam added.
Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf political
party also governs Punjab.
In
the Balloki Nature Reserve, which will soon have legal
protection, a forest will be planted on 1,500 acres and a wildlife
sanctuary with hog deer and partridge established on about 1,000 acres.
The British built
the headworks there in 1906 to provide irrigation water
to farmland in nearby districts.
But in the last 20
years, the state-owned land was grabbed by powerful locals,
including National Assembly members from all major political
parties, Aslam said.
Water volumes in the
River Ravi shrank over the years, due to increasing demand for
irrigation from a growing population.
Since the early 2000s,
landlords and politicians began turning areas previously set aside
for river flooding into fields, while the Irrigation Department turned a
blind eye, Aslam said.
Almost 2,500 acres
were planted with crops such as rice and
sugarcane, bringing in an estimated income of almost 100
million rupees ($717,600) per year to those who
had parceled up the land.
The illegal
takeover of government-owned floodplains is quite widespread in Punjab and
Sindh, said Hammad Naqi Khan, CEO of WWF-Pakistan.
“In many cases there
are influential politicians behind it who take over the land and give it
to tenants to farm,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Farmers either pay
rent or hand over a share of the crops they grow.
The cutting down of
riverine forests and encroachment of human activities on flood-prone areas
have resulted in a high loss of life when major floods hit, as
in 2010, he added.
In battle
with 'land mafia', Pakistan targets win for forests and climate
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the next five years
By Rina Saeed Khan
ISLAMABAD, March 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is aiming to fight climate change and
pollution by planting trees on government land clawed back from politically
connected landlords who have illegally profited from it for years.
Last month, Khan inaugurated the first nature reserve
and wildlife park on such reclaimed land at Balloki Headworks on the River Ravi
in Nankana Sahib district, about an hour's drive from the city of Lahore.
On Feb. 9, he planted the first of 652,500 saplings,
mainly local species, to be put in by April on 1,500 acres (607 hectares) which
had previously been turned into farm fields.
Khan has promised to plant 10 billion trees across
the country over the next five years.
He hopes to scale up the success of the "Billion
Tree Tsunami" in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where his party, which runs the
province, has been protecting existing forests and planting new trees since
2013.
His climate change advisor, Malik Amin Aslam, said
the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa push had won out against the timber mafia – groups
responsible for illegal logging - in an area with abundant natural forests,
which suck planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it.
"Now we want to succeed with the 10 Billion Tree
Tsunami by taking on the land mafia in Punjab, Pakistan's most populous
province which does not have many surviving forests," Aslam added.
Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf political party
also governs Punjab.
In the Balloki Nature Reserve, which will soon have
legal protection, a forest will be planted on 1,500 acres and a wildlife
sanctuary with hog deer and partridge established on about 1,000 acres.
The British built the headworks there in 1906 to
provide irrigation water to farmland in nearby districts.
But in the last 20 years, the state-owned land was
grabbed by powerful locals, including National Assembly members from all major
political parties, Aslam said.
Water volumes in the River Ravi shrank over the
years, due to increasing demand for irrigation from a growing population.
Since the early 2000s, landlords and politicians
began turning areas previously set aside for river flooding into fields, while
the Irrigation Department turned a blind eye, Aslam said.
Almost 2,500 acres were planted with crops such as
rice and sugarcane, bringing in an estimated income of almost 100 million
rupees ($717,600) per year to those who had parcelled up the land.
The illegal takeover of government-owned floodplains
is quite widespread in Punjab and Sindh, said Hammad Naqi Khan, CEO of
WWF-Pakistan.
"In many cases there are influential politicians
behind it who take over the land and give it to tenants to farm," he told
the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Farmers either pay rent or hand over a share of the
crops they grow.
The cutting down of riverine forests and encroachment
of human activities on flood-prone areas have resulted in a high loss of life
when major floods hit, as in 2010, he added.
ARCHIVE PHOTO: A
woodcutter chops a log with his axe to sell at a timber yard in Rawalpindi
September 13, 2013. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
RENT ARREARS
Nankana Sahib Deputy Commissioner Raja Mansoor Ahmed
said the Punjab government had launched the anti-encroachment drive last
October, taking back possession of the land.
Local farmers, aware they had been using the land
illegally for many years, did not protest the move. But they were granted
permission by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to harvest the rice and sugarcane
they had planted on it, Ahmed said.
Now, a legal process is underway to recover 20 years
of rent arrears for illegal use of the land from 80 politicians and landlords,
he added.
Advisor Aslam said the reaction of the "land
mafia", as they are known, had been subdued. "What else can they do?
They face a large recovery suit... They will have to adjust to the new
reality," he said.
Their tenant farmers, meanwhile, must look for fields
to rent elsewhere as is the custom.
LOST FORESTS
Above-average rainfall this spring has helped the
prime minister's "Plant for Pakistan" drive.
The Balloki Nature Reserve has started coming back to
life, and the results will be seen in the next three to four years, Aslam said.
The aim is to apply the model to encroached areas of
other river basins, including the Taunsa Barrage on the Indus and Sulemanki
Headworks on the Sutlej.
"We want to get government-owned land back, and
restore riverine forests and wetlands all over Punjab," Aslam said,
estimating that thousands of acres had been encroached upon in the last few
decades.
Pakistan lost an average of 43,000 hectares of
forests – equal to half the size of Islamabad - every year between 2000 and
2010, according to WWF-Pakistan.
With only 2 percent of its forest cover remaining,
the country's deforestation rate is the highest in Asia, the environmental
group said.
The Sindh Forest Department and green groups have
recently launched a scheme to plant about 2 billion trees across that province
in the next five years, Pakistani media reported.
At the Balloki inauguration, the prime minister spoke
about visiting as a child large forests in parts of Punjab, which have now all
but disappeared.
WWF's Naqi Khan said pilferage had ruined the
once-healthy plantations. "Government departments involved with local
people and some outsiders cut the trees and sold them," he said.
The prime minister told journalists 70 percent of
Pakistan's forests had been cut down in the past few years, creating "an
imbalance in our environment".
"We are now going to allow builders to build
higher buildings, just so our cities stop expanding and encroaching on our
forests," he added.
($1 = 139.3500 Pakistani rupees)
(Reporting by Rina Saeed Khan; editing by Megan
Rowling. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of
Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, women's and
LGBT+ rights, human trafficking and property rights. Visit
http://news.trust.org/climate)
THEMES
Spring is here, let the Nowruz
festivities begin
March 21, 2019
Photo: AFP
Parsis welcome spring with music, delicious meals,
and fire festivities as they celebrate Nowruz on Thursday.
The 3,000-year-old festival marks the first day of
the year in the Iranian calendar.
“Nauru is like our Eid,” said Cyrus Karanjia, a Parsi
living in Karachi. “We wake up early clean our house and then offer prayers at
the fire temple”. The animal for this year is a white pig, he said.
The event is celebrated in more than 17 countries
such as Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, India,
Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, each in their own way.
It is also known as Novruz, Nowruz, Nooruz, Naruz,
Nauruz or Nevruz and has been inscribed in the list of UNESCO Intangible
Cultural Heritage of Humanity in India.
The festivities aren’t limited to Parsis. Ismailis
and some sects of Shia community celebrate it too. It marks the birth of Imam
Ali (AS) for them.
“Nowruz signifies the beginning of new life, new
beginnings and new year,” said Hussain, who is an Ismaili Muslim.
Ismailis celebrate Nowruz on March 21 every year.
Beenish Ahad, a Shia Muslim, said that they celebrate
Nowruz as written in a guide book, Imamia Jantri.
“The guide book has written the time, day and date of
all the religious festivals every year to help the devotees,” she explained.
Religious scholars from Iran calculate the movement
of the stars and the moon, and then announce the theme of the year, the time
and the date of celebrations in the guide book, she said.
The guide book says that celebrations this year will
take place on a specific time, which was 2:54am on Thursday. And the colour is
yellow.
“According to the colour of the year everything
starting from food to drinks and sweet will be prepared according to it and a
table will be set for the offering,” said Ahad while talking to SAMAA digital.
Photo: Tanya Hoshi
Family, fun, frolic
Nowruz celebrations are no ordinary affair.
“The entire family sits together and eats Dhandal [a
lentil dish] and rice,” said Karanjia. He explained that they eat daal and rice
as there are first crops of the season in Iran.
“We go for special prayers together. People usually
pray for their families, health and prosperity,” he added.
People greet each other and exchange gifts just like
Muslims do on Eid. Now, most people don’t cook as they visit their relatives.
Every house also sets a ‘haft sin’ tables contain
seven foods beginning with letter ‘S’. The table can have Sabzeh (which can be
made from wheat, barley, mung bean or lentils), Samau (a sweet pudding from
wheat), Senjed which is Persian olive, Serke which is vinegar, and Sib which is
an apple.
The celebrations are a bit different among Ismailis.
“We celebrate Nowruz by distributing wheat
grains, misri [rock sugar] and painted boiled eggs among
each other,” said Hussain.
“The boiled egg represents life, misri represents
sweetness and happiness, while wheat represents prosperity,” he explained.
“Each of these good symbolises blessings of abundance and sustenance.”
He explained that the goods are distributed during
the morning prayers which start at 5:30am at jamatkhanas.
Pakistan
to receive loan from China by March 25
IANS
| Islamabad Last Updated at March 22, 2019 11:15 IST
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IMF suggests higher interest rate,
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Pak Govt; improve negotiating position with IMF'
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Pakistan's Finance Ministry has announced that
the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will receive
a $2.1 billion loan from China by March 25, the
media reported on Friday.
Ministry spokesman Khaqan Najeeb Khan said on Thursday
that "all procedural formalities" for the transfer of the loan being
provided to Pakistan by the Chinese government have been
completed, and "the funds will be deposited in the SBP account by Monday
25", Dawn news reported.
The loan facility, the spokesman said, "will
further strengthen foreign exchange reserves and ensure balance of payment
stability".
Following a meeting in Beijing between
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in November
2018, China had said that it
was willing to offer assistance to Islamabad to help it weather
its current fiscal woes but that the terms of such aid were still being
discussed.
Shortly after, Chinese Consul General Long Dingbin had said during an
interview that in order to "boost Pakistan's economy", Beijing is investing in
multiple sectors and launching business ventures instead of providing loans.
Besides the loan package, the Chinese government has also offered
Pakistan market access for three commodities - rice, sugar and yarn - worth $1
billion for the current calendar year, a Commerce Division official told Dawn on
Thursday.
The official said rice shipments
to China have already begun
as part of the deal which was agreed during the Prime Minister's China visit.
Under the agreement, exporters have
been allowed to ship 200,000 tonnes of rice and 300,000 tonnes of sugar - total
value of $300 million - to China in the ongoing calendar year.
Moreover, the agreement also includes
preferential market access for around $700 million worth of yarn but it seems
highly unlikely that Pakistan will have adequate surplus quantity of yarn to
export to China as cotton production remains lacklustre.
This agreement will also be extended
to calendar 2020. Pakistan's exports to China are expected to reach $2.2
billion in the ongoing calendar year and $3.2 billion in the next, according
to official figures.
--IANS
ksk
(This story has not been edited by
Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Amira Nature Foods Ltd ANFI had its
Buy rating reiterated by Jefferies Financial Group with a $6.00 price target
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Mar 21, 2019 (Market
Exclusive via COMTEX) -- Analyst
Ratings For Amira Nature Foods Ltd ANFI, +7.24%
Today, Jefferies
Financial Group reiterated its Buy rating on Amira Nature Foods Ltd ANFI, +7.24% with a price target of $6.00.
There are 1 Buy Ratings, no Strong Buy Ratings, no Sell Ratings, no Hold
Ratings on the stock.
The current consensus
rating on Amira Nature Foods Ltd ANFI, +7.24% is Buy with a consensus target
price of $4.6250 per share, a potential 180.30% upside.
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Ltd ANFI, +7.24%
Amira Nature Foods Ltd. engages in processing, sourcing, and selling packaged Indian specialty rice. The company provides various types of basmati rice, other specialty rice and other food products, ready-to-eat snacks, edible oils, and organic products for retailers under the Amira brand; and non-basmati rice. It also sells bulk commodities, including wheat, barley, legume, maize, sugar, soybean meal, onion, potato, and millet products to trading firms, as well as third party branded products. The company sells its products to buyers in the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and North America; and distributors and retail chains in India. Amira Nature Foods Ltd. was founded in 1915 and is based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
Amira Nature Foods Ltd. engages in processing, sourcing, and selling packaged Indian specialty rice. The company provides various types of basmati rice, other specialty rice and other food products, ready-to-eat snacks, edible oils, and organic products for retailers under the Amira brand; and non-basmati rice. It also sells bulk commodities, including wheat, barley, legume, maize, sugar, soybean meal, onion, potato, and millet products to trading firms, as well as third party branded products. The company sells its products to buyers in the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and North America; and distributors and retail chains in India. Amira Nature Foods Ltd. was founded in 1915 and is based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
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World Water Day 2019: The
supply chain has a huge role to play
22/03/2019
Today marks the United
Nation's (UN) World Water Day, an opportunity to pause and reflect on the
important role each of us can play in protecting our global water supply - for
ourselves and future generations.
Water is an
increasingly stressed resource and is recognised as one of the key challenges
of the 21st century, with over a third of the global population living in
water-stressed countries. That proportion will rise as populations grow,
boosting demand for water in agriculture, industry and communities, with
climate change also reducing water availability in some regions.
At Mars, we’re proud to
provide products and services from household brands like Uncle Ben's rice, Mars
and Snickers, through to veterinary practices, and pet food and nutrition. Our
products, operations and our supply chain reach almost every part of the
planet.
As a global business,
we recognise we have an impact on – and are hugely impacted by – the
environment and people around us.
As we saw in Cape Town
recently, the impact of water scarcity is very real. Not only was our
manufacturing facility in Cape Town impacted, but our colleagues and friends
were faced with a daily challenge of how they would drink, eat and provide safe
water to themselves and their families.
Businesses have a responsibility to
play in addressing the world’s challenges
We believe the engines
that drive global business —agricultural supply chains— are fundamentally
broken, no longer providing the benefits necessary for people or planet.
Addressing these challenges is not only necessary for the health of the planet,
but for the health of business.
That’s why in 2017, we announced our
$1bn Sustainable in a Generation
Plan, which outlines
ambitious goals to address challenges in our direct operations and extended
supply chains, to ensure the sustainability of our business and the world. This
includes a commitment to cut our unsustainable water use by half by 2025, with
a long-term ambition of eliminating water use in excess of sustainable levels
in our value chain.
A key focus has been
reducing water usage in our own operations. For example, we recently invested
in an expansion of our Bolton, Canada factory enabling us to realise a 40%
reduction in water use compared to conventional building design.
Looking beyond our direct operations
into our supply chain
Whilst making
incremental water savings in our direct operations is absolutely the right
thing to do – simply using less water cannot solve the problem. The vast
majority of water use related to our business sits outside of our direct
operations – within our supply chains. Food production requires adequate water
supplies for growing crops, with agriculture being 70% of global freshwater
consumption.
The impact of water use
varies depending on geography and the water source, so it’s crucial we
understand the impact that our operations and those of our raw material
suppliers have on the availability and quality of water. Because of this, we
are introducing context-based water targets to help protect and improve water
availability and eliminate unsustainable water use.
We are also
prioritising our efforts on crops which we, or our suppliers, source at large
volumes from watersheds where water is especially scarce, such as parts of
Australia, India, Pakistan, Spain and the United States.
And that brings us to rice. A tiny
grain that has a huge part to play
Rice is the daily
staple for more than 3.5 billion people and total water usage related to global
rice farming equates to approximately 40% of the world’s irrigation water. The
cultivation of rice is the largest footprint of water we have in our business,
equating to 50% of our unsustainable water use.
At Mars, we believe the
world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. As the
manufacturer of some of the world’s favourite rice brands, we want to be at the
forefront of developing and implementing new rice farming practices and
creating a more sustainable rice supply chain. This starts with innovation and
collaboration.
In collaboration with the
International Rice Research Institute, the WWF and UN Environment, we launched
the world’s first sustainable rice standard under the banner of the Sustainable
Rice Platform. Working in
partnership with our suppliers and rice farmers around the world, we want to
ensure the rice we source is produced in line with Sustainable Rice Platform
standards – alongside focussed intervention programmes that make a real
difference beyond just ‘compliance’.
In India and Pakistan,
we’ve worked with basmati rice farmers to improve farmer education and income,
increase crop yields and reduce water use. This programme has provided valuable
lessons, which we’re now taking to Thailand and Cambodia and also working with
farmers in the US and Europe to help them ensure biodiversity is protected
alongside rice production.
To mark World Water Day, I’m
delighted that we are partnering with METRO AG for the second
year running to support One Drop through our Uncle Ben's and Extra brands – a
project that aims to provide over a quarter of a million people in India with
permanent access to safe water and sanitation.
These are all steps of
progress, but we cannot do this alone. Through investment in innovation and
collaboration, we must ensure our ambitions and actions extend throughout our
value chains and focus in earnest where the water use and water risk are
highest.
Water, something so
many of us take for granted, is actually in perilous risk around the world.
Without action from business, government, and individuals on water stewardship,
the impact on our future generations will be immeasurable.
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Europe
China
Japan
India
United States
Europe
China
Japan
India
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1 Packaged Basmati Rice
Market Overview
1.1 Product Overview and Scope of Packaged Basmati Rice
1.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Segment by Type
1.2.1 Global Packaged Basmati Rice Production Growth Rate Comparison by Type (2014-2025)
1.2.2 Dry Basmati Rice
1.2.3 Parboiled Basmati Rice
1.3 Packaged Basmati Rice Segment by Application
1.3.1 Packaged Basmati Rice Consumption Comparison by Application (2014-2025)
1.3.2 Supermarket
1.3.3 Convenience Store
1.3.4 Other
1.4 Global Packaged Basmati Rice Market by Region
1.4.1 Global Packaged Basmati Rice Market Size Region
1.4.2 North America Status and Prospect (2014-2025)
1.4.3 Europe Status and Prospect (2014-2025)
1.4.4 China Status and Prospect (2014-2025)
1.4.5 Japan Status and Prospect (2014-2025)
1.5 Global Packaged Basmati Rice Market Size
1.5.1 Global Packaged Basmati Rice Revenue (2014-2025)
1.5.2 Global Packaged Basmati Rice Production (2014-2025)
1.1 Product Overview and Scope of Packaged Basmati Rice
1.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Segment by Type
1.2.1 Global Packaged Basmati Rice Production Growth Rate Comparison by Type (2014-2025)
1.2.2 Dry Basmati Rice
1.2.3 Parboiled Basmati Rice
1.3 Packaged Basmati Rice Segment by Application
1.3.1 Packaged Basmati Rice Consumption Comparison by Application (2014-2025)
1.3.2 Supermarket
1.3.3 Convenience Store
1.3.4 Other
1.4 Global Packaged Basmati Rice Market by Region
1.4.1 Global Packaged Basmati Rice Market Size Region
1.4.2 North America Status and Prospect (2014-2025)
1.4.3 Europe Status and Prospect (2014-2025)
1.4.4 China Status and Prospect (2014-2025)
1.4.5 Japan Status and Prospect (2014-2025)
1.5 Global Packaged Basmati Rice Market Size
1.5.1 Global Packaged Basmati Rice Revenue (2014-2025)
1.5.2 Global Packaged Basmati Rice Production (2014-2025)
….
7 Company Profiles and
Key Figures in Packaged Basmati Rice Business
7.1 Adani Wilmar
7.1.1 Adani Wilmar Packaged Basmati Rice Production Sites and Area Served
7.1.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.1.3 Adani Wilmar Packaged Basmati Rice Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2014-2019)
7.1.4 Main Business and Markets Served
7.2 Amira Nature Foods
7.2.1 Amira Nature Foods Packaged Basmati Rice Production Sites and Area Served
7.2.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.2.3 Amira Nature Foods Packaged Basmati Rice Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2014-2019)
7.2.4 Main Business and Markets Served
7.3 Hain Celestial
7.3.1 Hain Celestial Packaged Basmati Rice Production Sites and Area Served
7.3.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.3.3 Hain Celestial Packaged Basmati Rice Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2014-2019)
7.3.4 Main Business and Markets Served
7.4 KRBL
7.4.1 KRBL Packaged Basmati Rice Production Sites and Area Served
7.4.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.4.3 KRBL Packaged Basmati Rice Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2014-2019)
7.4.4 Main Business and Markets Served
7.5 LT Foods
7.5.1 LT Foods Packaged Basmati Rice Production Sites and Area Served
7.5.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.5.3 LT Foods Packaged Basmati Rice Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2014-2019)
7.5.4 Main Business and Markets Served
7.6 McCormick
7.6.1 McCormick Packaged Basmati Rice Production Sites and Area Served
7.6.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.6.3 McCormick Packaged Basmati Rice Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2014-2019)
7.6.4 Main Business and Markets Served
7.1 Adani Wilmar
7.1.1 Adani Wilmar Packaged Basmati Rice Production Sites and Area Served
7.1.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.1.3 Adani Wilmar Packaged Basmati Rice Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2014-2019)
7.1.4 Main Business and Markets Served
7.2 Amira Nature Foods
7.2.1 Amira Nature Foods Packaged Basmati Rice Production Sites and Area Served
7.2.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.2.3 Amira Nature Foods Packaged Basmati Rice Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2014-2019)
7.2.4 Main Business and Markets Served
7.3 Hain Celestial
7.3.1 Hain Celestial Packaged Basmati Rice Production Sites and Area Served
7.3.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.3.3 Hain Celestial Packaged Basmati Rice Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2014-2019)
7.3.4 Main Business and Markets Served
7.4 KRBL
7.4.1 KRBL Packaged Basmati Rice Production Sites and Area Served
7.4.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.4.3 KRBL Packaged Basmati Rice Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2014-2019)
7.4.4 Main Business and Markets Served
7.5 LT Foods
7.5.1 LT Foods Packaged Basmati Rice Production Sites and Area Served
7.5.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.5.3 LT Foods Packaged Basmati Rice Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2014-2019)
7.5.4 Main Business and Markets Served
7.6 McCormick
7.6.1 McCormick Packaged Basmati Rice Production Sites and Area Served
7.6.2 Packaged Basmati Rice Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.6.3 McCormick Packaged Basmati Rice Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2014-2019)
7.6.4 Main Business and Markets Served
Continued….
NORAH
TRENT
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The last indoor market of winter
SARAH WOUTAT
MARCH 21,
2019
UPDATED:
MARCH 20, 2019 - 3:09 PM
Adrienne
from Kiss My Cabbage shares her knowledge about lacto-fermented kimchi and
sauerkraut with her customers. Submitted photo
Neighborhood Roots’ final indoor market
of the winter runs from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, at Bachman’s
on Lyndale, and we’ve got a great line-up for you! We’ll have live music
performed by both Broken Heartland String Band and One Ukulele.
In the fresh greens department, we’ll have salad greens,
kale and Swiss chard from Dawn 2 Dusk Farm as well as greens and fresh herbs
from Tangletown Gardens. Looking for carrots, onions and potatoes? We’ve got
you covered.
Stop by and visit Denny and Lynn Havlicek for Honeycrisp,
SweeTango, Haralson, Fireside and Keepsake apples along with honey. Brand Farms
will be there with eggs and dried apples. Both LoveTree Farmstead Cheese and
Cosmic Wheel Creamery can fill your cheese needs.
Looking for meat? Visit Braucher’s Sunshine Harvest Farm
for eggs and a wide selection of meat. Johnson Family Pastures will be running
a sale – 20 percent off beef roasts, pork roasts, and stewing hens. Dancing the
Land Farm will have lamb and beautiful yarn from their own sheep!
Stop by to chat with Matt from Wild Run Salmon and pick up
some delicious wild-caught salmon. Peter and Carmen and Jerry from Hazelwood
Creek will be there with lots of jarred treats.
Dan from Walsh Ridge Farm will have plenty of jams,
jellies and maple syrup. Davidson’s farm will have lots of tasty canned goods
as well as raw honey, beeswax and winter squash! Visit Minnesota Food Forest to
taste their amazing maple cream and pick up some fruit leathers. “What’s maple
cream,” you ask? Lynette and Clemon will tell you all about it. Michael and
Sherri from Brush Prairie Farm will have lots of canned goods and maybe some
winter squash. Dave will be there with all his pickled goodies from Martha’s
Joy.
Winter isn’t quite over yet and Red Clover Herbal
Apothecary can help keep you well through the end. Nancy will have cold and flu
remedies, Elderberry syrup, winter warming elixir (fire cider), herbal throat
spray, an assortment of herbal teas, herbal salves and herbal extracts. Dorothy
from Heath Glen will have jams and marmalades, beverage syrups, shrub syrups
and spice and seasoning blends.
Come to the market hungry because we have some great
options for on-the-spot eating. Sun Street Breads will have pastries and bread
loaves to take home for dinner. Oh Crepe! will be making both sweet and savory
crepes. Wha’ Jamaican will be serving up oxtails, jerk chicken, steamed veggies
and coconut basmati rice. And Chef Shack will be featuring some of their
gluten-free items such as a Thai green curry.
Thirsty? Cafe Palmira will be brewing coffee, and
Moonchild Naturals will offer natural sodas, sparkling waters, and glass
straws.
And don’t forget to swing by the bar for a beer, where all
proceeds go to Neighborhood Roots, the nonprofit organization that brings you
the Fulton, Kingfield and Nokomis farmers markets! A huge thank you to Lakes
& Legends for donating the beer and to Book Club Restaurant for their
sponsorship.
Adrienne from Kiss My Cabbage will be bringing all three
Asian-inspired kimchi varieties as well as lemon garlic dill, Plain Ol’
Sauerkraut, Central American red cabbage curtido, Italian-inspired giardiniera,
plus seasonal apple curry Elderberry and apple juniper onion. Stop by to see
Jim at Topos Ferments. He’ll have purple daikon radish with Tae-kyung peppers,
green daikon with dill, green daikon with leek and dulse, and maybe some
preserved lemons.
Have a sweet tooth? Andrea from Groveland Confections has
got you covered. Creature Comfort Hot Sauce will add some zing to your dinner,
and Ancient Indian Spices can warm up your winter meals. Treats and toys for
your furry friends are available from Squirrel!
Also look for sterling silver jewelry and hand-painted
shirts and sweatshirts, garden ornaments, mirrored garden art, hand batik
scarves and headbands.
And none of this would be possible without our dedicated
sponsors. Nicollet Ace Hardware will be at the market with teeny-tiny baby
chicks. Place your chick orders soon, and Ace can provide you with all of your
backyard chicken supplies. They’ve been a supporter of the markets for many
years and we’re proud to work with them. Kamy from Augustine Team will be next
to the bar hosting a kids activity so bring the kiddos by to make some flowers
and learn more about what Kamy does. And Hero Plumbing, surely you’ve called them
this winter when your pipes froze. If you didn’t, you should call them next
time you have a plumbing need. These are the businesses that choose to support
the markets that you love. So please support them.
I’d also like to thank you all, our customers. If you
didn’t come out every week to be part of our market communities, then our
markets and Neighborhood Roots wouldn’t exist.
See you Saturday!
Sarah Woutat has been the Market Manager for Neighborhood
Roots since 2019. Before managing the markets, she was a vendor at Fulton
and Kingfield for eight years.
Bulog fails to reach target to absorb farmers' rice
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The Jakarta Post
Palembang /
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The South Sumatra chapter of the
State Logistics Agency (Bulog) is facing difficulties in reaching its rice
absorption target of 70,000 tons this year despite harvest season.
The agency had only been able to
absorb 180 tons of rice as of early March due to the rising price of rice at
the farmers’ level, also known as the “farm gate price”, said the chapter head,
M. Yusuf Salahuddin, in Palembang, South Sumatra, recently.
Raw rice, which is not qualified yet
as medium or premiumquality rice, is sold at above Rp 8,300 (58 US cents) per
kilogram on average.
“The low absorption is because
farmers sell their rice at a higher price than the regulated farm gate price of
Rp 7,300, with the flexibility reaching Rp 8,030 at maximum [lower than the
actual farm gate price of Rp 8,300],” he said.
He said Bulog had purchased the 180
tons of rice based on the commercial price as it had to follow regulations on
rice prices.
Bulog has earmarked Rp 10 trillion
for rice purchases nationwide this year.
In terms of logistics, Yusuf ensured
that Bulog’s warehouse in South Sumatra would be able to store more rice,
saying that currently it housed 27,500 tons of rice, including the stock from
last year. Aside from local rice absorption, some of the stock also came from
East Java, he said.
The existing stock is expected to
fulfill people’s needs for the next seven months.
The stock will also be distributed
through several programs, such as the social assistance fund (Bansos), rice
assistance (Rastra) and direct market operations through traditional markets.
“We have distributed 4,000 tons of
rice through the Bansos and Rastra programs in 2019 so far. We will continue to
distribute our stock,” Yusuf said. (bbn)
TOPICS :
farmers-rice.html
Mars’ Sustainable in A Generation programme covers the
environmental impacts of their direct operations including more than 400
facilities globally. As part of this program, Mars manages a global portfolio
of renewable energy projects in conjunction with efficiency work led by the
business units.
World Water Day 2019: The
supply chain has a huge role to play
22/03/2019
Today marks the United Nation's (UN) World Water Day, an
opportunity to pause and reflect on the important role each of us can play in
protecting our global water supply - for ourselves and future generations.
Water is an increasingly stressed resource and is
recognised as one of the key challenges of the 21st century, with over a
third of the global population living in water-stressed countries. That
proportion will rise as populations grow, boosting demand for water in
agriculture, industry and communities, with climate change also reducing water
availability in some regions.
At Mars, we’re proud to provide products and services from
household brands like Uncle Ben's rice, Mars and Snickers, through to
veterinary practices, and pet food and nutrition. Our products, operations and
our supply chain reach almost every part of the planet.
As a global business, we recognise we have an impact on –
and are hugely impacted by – the environment and people around us.
As we saw in Cape Town recently, the impact of water
scarcity is very real. Not only was our manufacturing facility in Cape Town
impacted, but our colleagues and friends were faced with a daily challenge of
how they would drink, eat and provide safe water to themselves and their
families.
Businesses have a
responsibility to play in addressing the world’s challenges
We believe the engines that drive global business
—agricultural supply chains— are fundamentally broken, no longer providing
the benefits necessary for people or planet. Addressing these challenges is not
only necessary for the health of the planet, but for the health of business.
That’s why in 2017, we
announced our $1bn Sustainable in a Generation Plan, which outlines ambitious goals to
address challenges in our direct operations and extended supply chains, to
ensure the sustainability of our business and the world. This includes a
commitment to cut our unsustainable water use by half by 2025, with a long-term
ambition of eliminating water use in excess of sustainable levels in our value
chain.
A key focus has been reducing water usage in our own
operations. For example, we recently invested in an expansion of our Bolton,
Canada factory enabling us to realise a 40% reduction in water use compared to
conventional building design.
Looking beyond our direct
operations into our supply chain
Whilst making incremental water savings in our direct
operations is absolutely the right thing to do – simply using less water cannot
solve the problem. The vast majority of water use related to our business sits
outside of our direct operations – within our supply chains. Food production
requires adequate water supplies for growing crops, with agriculture being 70%
of global freshwater consumption.
The impact of water use varies depending on geography and
the water source, so it’s crucial we understand the impact that our operations
and those of our raw material suppliers have on the availability and quality of
water. Because of this, we are introducing context-based water targets to help
protect and improve water availability and eliminate unsustainable water
use.
We are also prioritising our efforts on crops which we, or
our suppliers, source at large volumes from watersheds where water is
especially scarce, such as parts of Australia, India, Pakistan, Spain and the
United States.
And that brings us to
rice. A tiny grain that has a huge part to play
Rice is the daily staple for more than 3.5 billion people
and total water usage related to global rice farming equates to approximately
40% of the world’s irrigation water. The cultivation of rice is the largest
footprint of water we have in our business, equating to 50% of our unsustainable
water use.
At Mars, we believe the world we want tomorrow starts with
how we do business today. As the manufacturer of some of the world’s favourite
rice brands, we want to be at the forefront of developing and implementing new
rice farming practices and creating a more sustainable rice supply chain. This
starts with innovation and collaboration.
In collaboration with
the International Rice Research Institute, the WWF and UN Environment, we
launched the world’s first sustainable rice standard under the banner of
the Sustainable Rice Platform. Working in partnership with our suppliers and rice
farmers around the world, we want to ensure the rice we source is produced in
line with Sustainable Rice Platform standards – alongside focussed intervention
programmes that make a real difference beyond just ‘compliance’.
In India and Pakistan, we’ve worked with basmati rice
farmers to improve farmer education and income, increase crop yields and reduce
water use. This programme has provided valuable lessons, which we’re now taking
to Thailand and Cambodia and also working with farmers in the US and Europe to
help them ensure biodiversity is protected alongside rice production.
To mark World Water
Day, I’m delighted that we are partnering with METRO AG for the second year running to
support One
Drop through
our Uncle Ben's and Extra brands – a project that aims to provide over a
quarter of a million people in India with permanent access to safe water and
sanitation.
These are all steps of progress, but we cannot do this
alone. Through investment in innovation and collaboration, we must ensure our
ambitions and actions extend throughout our value chains and focus in earnest
where the water use and water risk are highest.
Water, something so many of us take for granted, is
actually in perilous risk around the world. Without action from business,
government, and individuals on water stewardship, the impact on our future
generations will be immeasurable.
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