Pakistan
donates rice to assist drought affected people
08-Apr-17
COLOMBO: The Government of Pakistan has
donated 10,000 metric tons (MT) rice to assist people who were affected by the
drought.
The inauguration event was held under the patronage of President
Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat on Friday.
Pakistan High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Maj Gen (r) Syed Shakeel
Hussain offered rice donation symbolically to the President Maithripala
Sirisena during the event.
Sri Lanka received 7,800 metric tons of rice in the initial stage
of receiving 10,000 metric tons rice from Pakistan. Deputy High Commissioner of
Pakistan also presented at the event.
http://dailytimes.com.pk/pakistan/08-Apr-17/pakistan-donates-rice-to-assist-drought-affected-peopleB
Rice traders need
govt support to arrest declining exports
KARACHI: Basmati rice exporters are in dire of government’s
support in form of incentives or rebate as the country’s premier commodity is
fast loosing its global market share to neighbouring India, said an industry
official.
“Annual Basmati rice exports, which stood at one billion dollars
four years back, have now shrunk to $550 million (a year) as the commodity is
becoming uncompetitive against Indian and Bangladesh products,” Tariq Ghori,
director of Matco Foods, marketing rice under brand name Falak, told The
News.
Matco Foods is a leading agribusiness and its basmati rice exports
amounted to $80 million so far during the fiscal year.
Rice exports fell 15 percent to $1.033 billion during the first
eight months of the current fiscal year. Particularly, Basmati exports
decreased 17 percent to $249 million in the July-February period of 2016/17.
Ghori, during the 14th My Karachi Exhibition at Expo Centre, said
the government announced incentive package to boost basmati rice exports, but
it is not yet implemented.
He said government also announced credit risk insurance four years
ago and it is also on paper. “Governments of India and Bangladesh greatly
support their exporters and producers,” Ghori said. “Indian government provides
credit risk insurance to their basmati exporters.”
Matco Foods is showcasing its wide range of products at the
exhibition along with its flagship brand Falak. The brand launched in 1999 with
a vision to make it the premier rice brand in Pakistan. Falak basmati rice is
also available in 45 countries.
Ghori said Pakistani rupee has not depreciated since long, while
currencies of neighbouring countries lost value against the dollar.
Rupee devaluation is in benefit of exporters as they earn good
value for their exports.
Appreciative rupee, he added, rendered Pakistani commodity
uncompetitive against the competitors.
The industry official is, however, not in favour of rupee
depreciation to arrest exports decline.
“Pakistan’s imports are more than double than the exports and
devaluation of rupee is not recommended,” he said. “However, if government
provides four to five rupees a dollar rebate on basmati rice exports, it would
have a quick positive impact.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/197411-Rice-traders-need-govt-support-to-arrest-declining
BRRI develops
three new rice varieties
BRRI dhan79, a flash flood-tolerant
variety, has yield potential of 7 tonne per hectare, BRRI dhan80 -- a
premium quality rice variety -- can provide 4.5-5.0 tonne per hectare yield if
it gets proper care while the yield of BRRI hybrid dhan6 is 6-6.5 tonne per
hectare.
New varieties of rice named after
Bouterse
PARAMARIBO--Two new rice
varieties that have been developed at Suriname’s Anne van Dijk Rice Research
Center ADRON have been named after President Desi Bouterse.The
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries LVV reported that the
presentation of ADRON DDB 1 and ADRON DDB 2 took place at the ADRON
headquarters in District Nickerie, on Friday, April 7. In attendance at the
ceremony were LVV Minister Soeresh Algoe, Zoning Minister Roline Samsoedin and
Defence Minister Ronni Benschop.
LVV
stated in a press release that ADRON DDB 1 and ADRON DDB 2 have extra-long
grains – respectively about 10.6mm and 11.5mm. The rice plants reach a height
of approximately 108cm and 115cm and they have strong stems, which prevent them
from toppling. The plants also have high resistance against sicknesses and
pests, particularly a fungus sickness that plagues rice plants. “These
varieties can produce up to eight tons per hectare, which is more than the
varieties we currently harvest at five tons per hectare,” LVV stated.
The
release said that both ADRON and Minister Algoe have high expectations of ADRON
DDB 1 and ADRON DDB 2; “a variety that produces more means an increase in
export and thus more income for Suriname.”
The
release did not explain why the new rice varieties were named after President
Bouterse and if the researchers considered the characteristics of the new,
taller plants with their tougher stems and longer grains, to be the President’s
characteristics.
Ironically
the presentation took place at the same date and time that in Paramaribo
thousands of protestors had taken to the streets to voice their disagreement
with Government’s mismanagement; many want President Bouterse to step down. The
70-year-old former army sergeant who was Suriname’s military leader in the
1980s, was re-elected as President in 2015, but his second term in office has
been marred by an obstinate crisis that has held the economy in a headlock
since the beginning of 2016
https://thedailyherald.sx/regional/65054-new-varieties-of-rice-named-after-bouterse
Furrow-irrigated
rice may save more than dollars and cents
Father-son team finding row rice can save on wear and tear on
equipment, rice producers.
Mike Sullivan with one of the
fields of furrow-irrigated rice he and his son, Ryan, grew on Florenden Farms
near Burdette, Ark. in 2016.
For some rice farmers, the
decision to try furrow-irrigated rice may come down to a question of water
availability or expense. For Arkansas producers Mike and Ryan Sullivan, the
issue was trips across the field.
That figures into expenses, as
well, but it can also result in a lot of wear and tear on producers and their
employees – the challenge of having to do something over and over again with no
reasonable expectation of it getting easier.
That was one of the primary
factors in Ryan Sullivan’s decision to try furrow-irrigated or row rice after
hearing Louisiana rice producer Wendell Minson discuss the concept during a
presentation at the National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference in
Baton Rouge, La., in 2015.
“Levee gates, levees and all that
manual labor is one of the struggles we have on our farm,” says Ryan, who
operates Florenden Farms with his father, Mike Sullivan, near Burdette in
northeast Arkansas. Ryan Sullivan
joined the operation after graduating from
Arkansas State University in 2015.
The Sullivans rotate rice with
soybeans on the 13,000 acres they farm in the northeast Arkansas Delta near
Burdette. That creates a cycle of building up the 38-inch beds for twin-row
soybeans, tearing them down, constructing levees for rice, smoothing out the
ruts after rice harvest and building the beds again.
Build levee – repeat
“There’s not very much rice
behind rice so every year we were having to do all this field work,” he said.
“It was just a tradition that when you cut the rice you had to knock the levees
down; you had to work the ruts out and do all the things you had to do to get
the land ready for next year.
“When I heard Wendell speak about
furrow-irrigated rice, it just clicked that maybe we could grow rice without
all that field work,” said Ryan, who was a speaker at the 2017 National
Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference.
The younger Sullivan included a
video shot from an unmanned aerial vehicle or drone showing one of the 80-acre
fields where the Sullivans grew row rice in 2016. (To watch the video, click on http://bit.ly/2nSqnsr.)
The ease of transitioning from
one year to the next may be the biggest advantage for row rice on Florenden
Farms.
“The way that it fits into our
system is the last trip before that drill (to plant the row rice) there was the
combine cutting the beans,” he said, referring to a photo of a tractor pulling
a grain drill to plant rice across a field of 38-inch beds.
Two trips saved and more
“In the field beside it, our
comparison field, after we cut the beans, we ran a scratcher, a field
cultivator, and a Kelly Diamond to smooth it out behind that to get it ready to
plant rice. So that’s already two trips we saved on this row rice field.”
Then there’s building the levees
after the rice is drilled. “In our kind of dirt, you can’t put up a good strong
levee with less than five trips (with a levee plow). It’s just gumbo clods, and
it takes that many times to get a good levee built. That’s a big deal for us in
that you’re not having to do all those trips across the field when you’re
putting up levees. There’s also no more harvesting in the mud.”
Eliminating the levee gates in
conventionally planted and flooded rice also reduces the amount of manual
labor.
Sullivan settled on drilling the
rice at an angle to the rows to help with the down pressure on the drill,
which, in turn, helps provide better coverage of the seed. “It probably depends
on the soil, but this worked better for us.”
The father and son use the Delta
Plastic Pipe Planner software program on all their fields, including the row
rice. They punched a hole for each 38-inch row middle in the furrow-irrigated
rice to make sure they put out enough water. (They water ever other middle in
the soybeans planted on the 38-inch beds.)
Pushing water to the end
“We were able to put a deep
enough flood on the young rice on that .10-of-an-inch slope with the furrow
system,” he said. “The water covered all but the top 25 percent.”
As they do on most of their rice,
the Sullivans applied a standard rate of Roundup and 16 ounces of Command
behind the grain drill on their row rice fields. Because of cold temperatures
and the slow emergence of the rice, a week later they applied two ounces of
Sharpen.
“That was to try to hold the
pigweeds back,” he noted. “That’s what we put out before the rice came up. Then
we came back with half a pound of Facet and another 8 ounces of Command before
we applied the flood.” (To learn more about herbicides in row rice, click on http://bit.ly/2ogXitL.)
Rice growers usually don’t worry
about Palmer amaranth in their rice bays because the pigweed won’t come up in
the flood water. “In a traditional environment, you just flood them out –
that’s what I’ve always been taught.”
The situation is different in row
rice, and Sullivan is hopeful researchers like Bob Scott, University of
Arkansas Extension weed scientist who appeared on the program with him at the
National Conservation Systems Conference, can provide some answers about
controlling Palmer amaranth in a low-flood environment.
Heaven for pigweeds
“The top end of the field in row
rice is just staying muddy,” he said, showing a photo of an 18-inch pigweed
that put out new roots after it was pulled up in the field. “So you can’t flood
them out. This environment is heaven for them.”
The Sullivans received a
five-inch rain after they applied the 2 ounces of Sharpen pre-emergence “so I’m
not sure how much activity we actually received from that application.”
Sullivan said he applied slightly
more water (40 acre inches compared to 36 acre inches) and made one more
herbicide application (the 2 ounces of Sharpen) in the furrow-irrigated rice
vs. the comparison field (in which he used alternate wetting and drying).
Nevertheless, the
furrow-irrigated rice had lower costs ($336.14 an acre compared to $369.70 an
acre for the more conventional rice) and produced more revenue ($635.00 an acre
vs. $609.30 an acre) than the alternate wetting and drying field they compared
with the row rice.
“We did not get much assistance
from rainfall in this first year of row rice,” he said. “That figure for
irrigation water (40 acre inches) might seem alarming, but more normal rainfall
conditions probably would help offset the water usage.
“And I think might have used too
much water. We applied the water each time it started looking dry,” he said.
“We had soil moister meters in the research projects on our farm, but we didn’t
use them this first year. I think we can use less water with closer management
of the furrow-irrigated vs. flood-irrigated rice.”
http://www.deltafarmpress.com/rice/furrow-irrigated-rice-may-save-more-dollars-and-cents
Rice imports
stir cabinet conflict
ANOTHER conflict in President
Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet emerged on Saturday after a dismissed Malacañang
executive claimed top agricultural officials are pretending there is a rice
shortage to pave the way for a government-to-government importation that would
be detrimental to Filipino farmers.
Dismissed undersecretary Maia
Chiara Halmen Valdez of the Office of the Cabinet Secretary accused Agriculture
Secretary Emmanuel Piñol and NFA Administrator Jason Aquino of simulating a
rice shortage so they could push through with a government-to-government (G2G)
importation deal.
“In their desperate attempt to
convince the President to resort to G2G, the Agriculture Secretary, who has
been meddling on the functions and affairs of the OCS, and the NFA
administrator have made it appear as if there is a shortage of rice in the
country, causing alarm and possible upward movement in the prices of commercial
rice,” Valdez said in a statement.
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol
Valdez, who was sacked by Duterte
last Wednesday for overturning Aquino’s denial of rice importation through
private channels, accused Piñol of meddling in the affairs of the Office of the
Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco, who chairs the National Food Authority
Council.
“The DA’s function is to ensure
that there be sufficient agricultural produce from our local farmers, but he
probably does not know the meaning of his position, and has been excessively
busy tinkering in other offices,” she said, referring to Piñol.
“It is not for them to evaluate
the rice stock of the country. It is a function given by law to the NFAC and
the National Food Security Committee,” added Valdez, who was first appointed by
former President Benigno Aquino III.
Valdez claimed she was just
implementing a decision of the NFA Council when she overturned
Aquino’s decision not to allow
the private importation of rice under the minimum access volume (MAV) scheme.
“Private-led importation, such as
MAV, does not only spare the government from spending and incurring additional
liabilities, but would even benefit therefrom since taxes and duties have
already been deposited to the government coffers,” she said.
The Manila Standard tried but
failed to reach Piñol and verify whether there are ongoing talks on immediate
G2G rice importation he earlier said in a Facebook post that private
importations have been rejected in favor of G2G transactions for future rice
importations.
Piñol also suggested that there
could be “monetary considerations” in connection with MAV importations.
“This led to the circulation in
the rice industry of rumors of monetary considerations as the reason behind the
conflicting positions taken by Aquino and Valdez,” Piñol wrote. “The
controversy did not sit well with the President who also told me that the
rumors of the ‘P50 per bag’ consideration also reached him.”
But Valdez insisted that Aquino
was pushing for the G2G importation of one million metric tons of rice.
“He who claims to be the
‘protector’ of our local farmers, has been insisting on a G2G undertaking to
boost the NFA’s buffer-stock, instead of procuring palay from our local
farmers, despite the fact that harvest season has already begun,” she
said.
“Why don’t you buy that palay
from our farmers since the NFA has P4 billion for that?” she asked Aquino.
“The NFAC thinks that it is not
yet the right time for a G2G. The issue on importation is all about timing,”
she added.
In the same statement, Valdez
also accused Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go of
blocking their communications and appointments with Duterte.
“All the decisions, resolutions,
actions and memoranda of the NFAC and that of the OCS have been duly forwarded
to the President. Yet, as a matter of protocol, all these documents and
communications have to be coursed through the Office of the Special Assistant
to the President [OSAP].”
“The NFAC members have also long
been requesting for a dialogue with the President, again, through OSAP. This
leads us wondering, how come Jason Aquino and Emmanuel Piñol, were able to get
direct access to the President, when the CabSec [Evasco] has been trying to get
through the President from the gatekeeper [OSAP], but to no avail?” she said.
She said that this request,
“along with the documents submitted by the OCS, which were personally handed
down by CabSec to the head of OSAP, have either failed to reach the President
or have been tampered.”
During the Cabinet meeting last
Monday, a source said Duterte questioned Evasco why agencies under his
supervision—the NFA, NIA, PCA and the HUDCC—were all “problematic.”
But Evasco denied the claim,
saying: “There was no question made by the President regarding these agencies,”
he told the Manila Standard
http://www.thestandard.com.ph/news/top-stories/233934/rice-imports-stir-cabinet-conflict.html
Rice in the
time of EJKs: Why PH crop should make headlines
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 01:00 AM April 09, 2017
Philippine heirloom rice at Madrid Fusion
Manila. —Nina Daza Puyat
How do you
tell the world about how beautiful the Philippines is? Here’s a unique way:
Tell them about the produce of our land.
If Colombia
is known for coffee and Venezuela is known for cacao, what is the Philippines
known for? It certainly shouldn’t be corruption or extrajudicial killings.
I was told
that once upon a time, we were known for our rice. In fact, agriculturists the
world over came to the Philippines to learn how to achieve better production of
rice from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
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Today, however,
we are only the eighth largest rice producer in the world. Worse, in 2010, we
became the largest importer of rice in the world.
But in spite
of these statistics, the Philippines can still be known for its rice. How? By
virtue of the unique rice varieties that our lands offer.
Heirloom rice
According to
Agriculture Undersecretary Berna Romulo Puyat, there are over 300 varieties of
heirloom rice in the Cordillera region alone. Puyat, since becoming part of the
Department of Agriculture, has been going to the Cordilleras, where she has
gotten well acquainted with indigenous varieties such as Chong Ak, a plump,
rust-red and seed-coated variety.
Have you
even heard of this variety? Don’t worry, not even some of our best chefs have.
So Puyat,
who is in charge of the “regional lunches” for Madrid Fusion Manila (MFM), made
the largest gastronomy festival in Asia a platform to promote Philippine rice.
(The first day’s lunch with the theme “Rice” was curated by Inquirer/F&B
Report’s Angelo Comsti, the second day was curated by Nina Daza Puyat, and the
third day was curated by Town & Country’s Alicia Colby Sy.)
The result
has been a journey of discovery for both chefs and non-chefs.
Chef Miko
Aspiras, speaker at Madrid Fusion Manila 2016, was elated with what he discovered
when he created rice dishes for the MFM first day lunch. One of the items he
created was sourdough made with fermented black rice.
“Imagine, we
did not use yeast,” he said excitedly. “Fermentation of the black rice was our
leavener.”
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Aspiras,
working with chefs Peachy Juban and Kristine Lotilla, wowed audiences at the
regional lunch by creating an “edible wall” with three desserts using rice: A
mochi lollipop using Kalinga Apayao heirloom rice and puffed Mountain Province
violet rice; a cookie feuille using heirloom brown rice; and an empanada with
kiping (a leaf-shaped wafer made of rice paste that is a signature of Lucban,
Quezon) made using four varieties of heirloom rice including South Cotabato
black rice.
The three
pastry chefs also created an interactive art installation featuring 22 desserts
using Philippine rice, of course, including varieties of kakanin, and a
horchata ice cream using roasted black rice.
Ambassadors
These are
things that excite chefs who, in turn, excite tourists who want to try their
creations.
Rene Redzepi
even went so far as to move Noma, four times named World’s Best Restaurant, to
Mexico to discover exciting new produce to play with. Bibo in Madrid by Dani
Garcia presents Peruvian ceviche to its customers, talking about the use of
tiger milk as if they had known it all their lives.
Then the
chefs and restaurants around the world become ambassadors of the countries
whose products and cooking techniques they use.
That is the
importance of Madrid Fusion Manila (brought to Manila by Madrid Fusion/Lourdes
Plana, Arum Estrategias’ Inigo Cañedo and Mielle Esteban, and the Philippines’
Department of Tourism).
And Berna
Romulo Puyat gets it.
If the
international chefs who come here pick up on our products, they should go home
talking about “this great Philippine rice from Ifugao called Tinawon” or “this
rice that is purple in color from the Philippines’ Mountain Province.”
Madrid
Fusion Manila was held from April 6 to 8 at SMX. Congratulations to Tourism
Secretary Wanda Teo, Department of Tourism (DOT) Director Verna Buensuceso and
the rest of the DOT team and private partners Marisa Nallana, Joel Pascual and
Jing Lagandaon for a successful Madrid Fusion Manila for the third year in a
row.
Punjabi thumkas spiced right
By Swathi Nair
| Express News Service |
Published: 01st April 2017 04:15 AM
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Last Updated: 01st April 2017 04:15 AM
BENGALURU: With a truck full of absolute
‘chataakedaar’ surprises, Dhaba by Claridges at Indiranagar will titillate the
spice craver in you and leave you with a warm feeling of ‘ghar ka khaana’.
Also, if you are lucky like me, you might even witness a flash mob by the staff
on Bollywood chartbusters.
Despite the menu sporting dhaaba food, the lip
smacking dishes and cocktails are anything but street side and is definitely up
in style and Punjabi flavours. Chef Shivam Bose introduced us to the menu that
included Paneer Tikka, Veg Galouti and Tandoori Bhune Aloo as starters for
vegetarians. For mains, you can pick from Dal Dhaba, Paneer Makhani and
Amritsari Chole along with choice of two breads from the menu between Roti,
Butter Naan, Lachha Paratha and Naan.
For non vegetarian starters, choose from
Highway Chicken Tikka, Tawa Mutton and Tawa Chicken. For the mains, pick from
Butter Chicken, Rarra Ghost, Kadhai Chicken and Dal Dhaba along with choice of
two breads from the menu between Roti, Butter Naan, Lachha Paratha and Naan.
For sweet endings, go for some rabri, gulab jamun and phirni.
For the Chaat Flavour
If you love chaat flavours, I would recommend
you to order Tandoori Bhune Aloo and
Paneer Tikka. The paneer cuts through smoothly and is tempered very well with
spices. The Bhune Aloo are roasted baby potatoes, tossed in spices and served
beautifully with onions and tomatoes. Two of my favourite things – potatoes and
tomatoes – put together with roasted flavours and tempered with chaat. Was I a
happy woman? Damn, right.
While I have heard of Galouti Kebab, I had
always perceived as a non vegetarian dish. But here, thanks to chef Shivam, I
got a taste of its vegetarian version, where just like the meat one, the
vegetable is minced to smoothness through slow cooking, flavoured with cinnamon
and black cardamom and placed over a maida crispy base. The galouti is buttery
smooth and the base adds the crunch to this dish.
The non-vegetarian version of the galouti had
lamb minced and cooked to buttery smoothness. The chef definitely earned
respect on the dinner table having cooked the meat so well. The effort of the
kitchen and its use of technique shows beautiful with this starter.
Be it the medium rare Mutton Seekh, the
Amritsari Machli or vegetarian starters, the kitchen at Dhaba by Claridges has
got its flavours and cooking technique right on the money.
The Chitta Butter Chicken is served with white
sauce. Flavoured in kasoori methi, this dish is cooked in tandoor with the
marination of hung curd and spices. The meat is well cooked and bursts of zesty
flavours.
The Balti Meat is the house’s signature dish,
which steals inspiration from the famous mutton curry of dhaba. The curry has
all the flavours of a Punjabi house kitchen. Although the gravy looks spicy, at
no point do any of the favours overpower the centre-piece sticking out of the
bucket serving bowl – the mutton.
The Tawa Mutton Pulao has flaky Basmati rice
that is tossed in spices and tempered with spices that you will find in any
Punjabi kitchen. The dish is light on the stomach and has a fresh mint garnish
with well cooked meat pieces. If you are a rice fanatic, do give this one a
try.
Gujju Dreams Come True
Being a Gujarati, I had to ask for the Kadi
Pakora, and boy, was I impressed. The thick curd-flour consistency, flavoured
well with turmeric and spices, served with pakoras drenched in the gravy won my
heart. I definitely missed home a little less with this preparation that is
famous across North India.
While there’s so much to talk about the food,
one place where Dhaba by Claridges proves its versatility is the cocktails.
They are all flavoured with chaat spices and my God, are the one of the most
impressive mixes I have had so far
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2017/apr/01/punjabi-thumkas-spiced-right-1588432.html
Atul Bora
appeals scientists to improve local rice varieties
JORHAT, April 9 - Participating in the 52nd
annual rice group meeting at the Jorhat-based Assam Agricultural University
(AAU), State Agriculture Minister Atul Bora on Sunday appealed to the
agricultural scientists of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),
Indian Institute of Rice Research and the university to conduct extensive
research for the value addition of the local varieties of rice including
aromatic Joha rice and black rice.
Several scientists and researchers of different
rice research institutes of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR),
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and agricultural universities and
many other officials of the Central government’s Department of Agricultural
Research and Education (DARE) participated in the annual rice group meeting,
which was held for the first time in the State since the All India Rice
Improvement Project was launched in 1965.
Pointing out the significance of such a symposium
in the State, minister Bora said that extensive research, analysis and series
of discussions by the ever-curious minds on the local varieties of rice will
definitely help in the improvement of quality of the varieties of rice from
which the farmers of the State will reap more economic benefit in future.
“I am happy to inform you that our State is one
of the top 10 rice producing States of the nation. Last year, we produced 52
lakh metric tonnes of rice and this year our expectation is to have a paddy
harvest of around 75 lakh metric tonnes,” said Bora.
He also said that despite the massive attacks by
swarming caterpillars in the paddy fields of the State, the farmers could
harvest a considerable quantity because of the prompt action by the government
in the nook and corners of the State.
As one farmer of the State namely Upendra Rabha
of Goalpara district has already set example of earning better profit from
black rice cultivation, the Agriculture Minister specifically mentioned his
success story which could encourage many other farmers of his locality.
It is to be mentioned that the ICAR felicitated
five farmers of Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Manipur and one woman farmer of
the State Nabanita Das for their exemplary farming patterns and innovative
skills for promoting low-cost cultivation.
Nabanita Das of Jorhat has already encouraged
many women and unskilled youths of rural pockets like Potiagaon of the district
to start organic farming for economic benefits.
As the scientists of the Regional Research
Station (Titabor) of the Assam Agricultural University has made commendable
progress in the improvement of many submergence tolerant rice varieties, the
vice-chancellor of the university, Dr Kamal Malla Bujarbaruah, applauded their
scientific efforts for the common benefit of farming community.
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=apr1017/state053
Duterte launches ‘Masaganang Ani
200’; aims zero import on rice
Staff Report Published: April 7, 2017
Department of Agriculture (DA)
Sec. Emmanuel Pinol said under the launch of “Masaganang Ani 200″, the
Philippines will able to stop rice importation, which, he said is economically
pulling down the country’s food strategy.
“Masaganang Ani 200 is our best option,”
said Pinol. “Next year, we’ll have one million hectares for hybrid rice to
achieve sufficiency. We only have hybrid on less than 10 percent of our four
million-hectare rice land. We’ll present this program to the Cabinet on April
19.”
“The truth is we can’t just
depend on other countries,” he said, adding that, “We don’t know when the next
typhoon will come or when the next El Nino will hit us.”
The International Rice Research
Institute (IRRI) noted that as of 2014, traded rice stood at 42 million MT.
Without such strategy, he said
the country risks food shortage when “the name of the game will be the highest
bidder (when rice volume slims) like in 2008 when price shot up to,200 per
ton.”
Pinol said DA will organize
service providers that will allow farmers’ use of equipment like tractors,
transplanters and combine harvesters.
With the limited fund, DA cannot
just give these away to farmers but a service provider will make adequate
supply of these needs
https://filipinotimes.ae/news/2017/04/07/duterte-launches-masaganang-ani-200-aims-zero-import-on-rice/
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No shortage of essential items during festive season – Ministers
As the Sinhala and Hindu New Year
season loomed closer, top Ministers in charge of economy and trade jointly
stepped out to the marketplace yesterday (7th April), quelled consumer market
fears and debunked speculations of any looming shortages. They also promptly
re-assured the Lankan consumers of uninterrupted food, commodity and essential
supplies during the forthcoming New Year season.
“We find that there are more than
enough supplies of all essential items. Rice stocks have increased and
sufficient stocks are now available in the market for the next two months”
announced Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen yesterday in
Pettah market, Colombo. Minister Bathiudeen was speaking to the press after his
inspection tour of retail and wholesale distributors of Colombo wholesale
market epicentre at 5th Cross Street, Pettah, joined by Finance Minister Ravi
Karunanayake. The unannounced inspections were facilitated by the powerful
Essential Food Commodity Importers and Traders Association (EFCITA) on the
directions of President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
and the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Cost of Living.
“In fact rice is sold less than
government’s MRPs in this open market. Here we found a kilo of Nadu at Rs 68
and white rice at Rs 60 at wholesale prices. We can assure that there will be
no shortages. There are attempts by some errant traders and market manipulators
to cash in on season’s demand. They are spreading false rumours of shortages,
to hike prices during the season. They are errant and legal action will be
taken against such violators, if detected.”
“We are here on the instructions of
President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. As you
can see with your own eyes, there are no shortages. The stories of shortages
are rumours and are spread by unscrupulous elements” voiced Finance Minister
Ravi Karunanayake.
Spokesman of EFCITA Hemaka Fernando
said that unscrupulous elements are trying to cash in on the season by creating
artificial shortages, which is illegal. “What Minister Bathiudeen just said is
correct-in that there are stocks of all essential items lasting more than two
months in the country. Also wholesale prices are much lower. For example, we
expect sugar price to increase as the season gets closer, but this year, sugar
prices are falling. A kilo of sugar which was at Rs 103 last week today only
sells at Rs 98.”
Speaking on the health and quality of imported rice, Fernando asked how it could be so and alleged certain elements and some local millers behind this. “Unscrupulous elements including some rice millers have created fear about imported rice saying its harmful which is false-every grain of rice commercially imported to Sri Lanka is inspected closely by Customs, along with phytosanitary and fumigation certifications. Only imported rice entering our market has such strong certifications. How can such rice be harmful to health?”
The items identified by the government as “essential” are chicken meat, red dhal, designated rice types, sprats, chick-peas, green grams, canned fish, white flour, white sugar, full cream milk powder, B onions, potatoes, dried chillies, dried fishes, Maldive fish and Sustagen.
https://www.news.lk/news/sri-lanka/item/16403-no-shortage-of-essential-items-during-festive-season-ministers
We’re importing rice but our
dream remains
Published April 8, 2017, 12:05 AM
The lean months for rice in the
Philippines traditionally start in July and end in September. Last March, there
were signs that the summer rice harvests may not be able to reach the targets
set by the National Food Authority (NFA). Palay farm-gate prices had already
reached P18 to P20 per kilo, higher than the government’s support price of P17.
Thus the NFA officials – the top
central office executives and the regional directors – held an emergency
meeting and called for the immediate importation of half of the 500,000 metric
tons of rice for the year. This first half of 250,000 tons should be here this
month from our traditional suppliers in Thailand and Vietnam. These must be
immediately transported to provinces with critical inventory levels.
At the start of the new Duterte
administration, Secretary of Agriculture Emmanuel Pinol reiterated the national
goal of self-sufficiency in rice. The country was able to achieve this for a
brief period during the Marcos administration with a program called “Masagana
99” but it was short-lived in the face of a fast-increasing national population
and typhoons that damaged rice crops year after year.
The previous administration of
President Aquino was able to develop several new high-yielding rice varieties
to replace the old ones traditionally used in Philippine farms. There were
flood-resistant rice varieties for planting in areas prone to floods and
typhoons. There were drought-resistant varieties for other areas with little
water supply.
The Duterte administration has
launched a new initiative – giving farmers more irrigation facilities and
providing them free water. For this purpose, a P2-billion fund was included in
this year’s National Budget to cover the funds usually collected by the
National Irrigation Administration from farmers.
But the key to modernizing
Philippine agriculture is believed to be farm mechanization and Japan has
agreed to help the Philippines in this area with a P1-billion aid program which
will initially cover 10,000 hectares.
With these initiatives – new
high-yielding rice varieties, free irrigation, and farm mechanization – we
should be able to make a good start this year on realizing our age-old dream of
rice self-sufficiency for our country.
But not quite yet. We will still
have a rice shortage this year, for which the NFA has already called for the
immediate importation of 250,000 tons of rice. We are likely to follow up with
a second importation of 250,000 tons later this year. But our dream of
self-sufficiency is brighter then ever with the initiatives that are now being
taken by the Department of Agriculture and Secretary Pinol
http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/04/08/were-importing-rice-but-our-dream-remains/
Price rise of rice and Bangladesh Bank
OVER the last two months prices of different
varieties of rice have unusually increased by 20 per cent in retail markets
when harvesting of winter paddy has concluded. Usually, during this period of
the year price level of rice is the lowest in the year.
The fact
is that large rice millers have received huge amount of short-term loans from
agriculture banks and commercial banks. They used the money to hoard rice and
reduce supply in the market. On the other hand, it was just the reverse during
the last decade when Bangladesh Bank (BB) instructed all banks to recover such
loans within a month. Magically the price of rice started coming down within a
week. The central bank should be asked to repeat the same measure to protect
the interest of the common consumers.
Md. Ashraf Hossain
8/A, Ramna, Dhaka-1000.
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2017/04/07/66236/Price-rise-of-rice-and-Bangladesh-Bank
