PAKISTAN,
US LAUNCH PUNJAB PROVINCE'S SOIL FERTILITY ATLAS
Soil Fertility
Atlas for Punjab will help define soil fertility management changes.
07:01 PM, 27 Jul, 2017
Pakistan and the United States have launched the Punjab Province's
Soil Fertility Atlas.Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar
Hayat Khan Bosan, USAID Mission Director Jerry Bisson and Chairman Pakistan
Agricultural Research Council Dr. Yusuf Zafar inaugurated the Atlas at the
National Agricultural Research Center in Islamabad today.The publication aimed
at monitoring and sustaining soil fertility and strengthening the agricultural
sector.
Speaking on the occasion, Sikandar Hayat Bosan said that the Soil
Fertility Atlas for Punjab province will help define the soil fertility
management changes required for sustainable growth in the Punjab province. He
expressed the confidence that an array of stakeholders will benefit from this
Atlas including farmers, extension workers, agriculture and environment professionals,
economists and policy makers in the public as well as private sectors.
USAID Mission Director said the atlas will help in understanding
the soil fertility management changes required for sustainable growth in
Punjab. He said United States will continue to play its role for the
development of Pakistan's agriculture sector.
This initiative is a partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council, the United States Agency for International Development and the U. S. Department of Agriculture.FAO representative to Pakistan Mina Dawlatchahi said that this project is an important contribution towards the eradication of hunger and food insecurity by making agriculture in Pakistan more productive, while protecting the soil through sustainable agriculture practices.
This initiative is a partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council, the United States Agency for International Development and the U. S. Department of Agriculture.FAO representative to Pakistan Mina Dawlatchahi said that this project is an important contribution towards the eradication of hunger and food insecurity by making agriculture in Pakistan more productive, while protecting the soil through sustainable agriculture practices.
The atlas provides a comprehensive account of the soil types and
their current fertility status, native best management practices developed by
the farmers of Punjab, and valuable soil fertility management strategies to
guide farmers on fertilizer type, amount, timing and placement for optimal crop
yields.The atlas is based on agricultural statistics, field-based assessment and
data from provincial and federal departments and agencies. To complete the
atlas, a series of workshops and consultations were conducted with local
farmers at various locations across Punjab to gather information from growers
of major crops like wheat, rice, cotton, maize, and sugarcane.
The atlas will be made available to the public, and government
agricultural extension workers will use the document to help farmers increase
their crop yields while reducing expenses through the elimination of over-fertilization
practices.
http://www.radio.gov.pk/27-Jul-2017/pakistan-us-launch-punjab-province-s-soil-fertility-atlas
Any port in the storm
BR RESEARCH
Earlier this column has been a proponent of regional connectivity and trade agreement (read “Trading with neighbours” published on July 26, 2017). So PM Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Maldives this week is considered a step in the right direction. Amongst the smaller economies in the SAARC region in terms of international trade, it nevertheless has scope for some of Pakistan’s key export industries which include rice, medicaments, cement, and flour. Talks of increasing trade between the two countries come at an opportune time, given Pakistan’s current crisis of trade deficit. Though the potential of trade between the two countries is nowhere near the optimistic $5 billion trade Pakistan is eyeing with Iran, it is nevertheless a port in the storm to increase Pakistan’s exports.
India’s exports to Maldives have grown steadily over the last decade while Pakistan’s exports to Maldives are negligible. This is despite India exporting commodities to Maldives that are Pakistan’s forte such as cereals, vegetables and fruits. India’s share in Maldives imports was 20 percent whereas the corresponding figure for Pakistan was less than 1 percent, in 2016.
In the past, Pakistan has not had a good experience with the signing of trade agreements (read “Trade deficit: Not a Failure of FTAs” published on July 24 2017).However, there is not much risk of a deficit when it comes to trade with Maldives. Since Maldives is a tourism based economy, it is almost entirely dependent on imports for survival, implyingscope for Pakistan’s imports without a worsening of the current account deficit.
Another aspect where Pakistan can benefit from developing its relationship with Maldives is its expertise in tourism.
http://www.brecorder.com/2017/07/28/361854/any-port-in-the-storm/
Russia to dispatch team for meat quality inspection
LAHORE: Russian government will
soon send its inspection team to examine standards of abattoirs in Pakistan in
a bid to start meat imports from the country, a foreign official said.
“We need meat imports (from
Pakistan) into the federation,” Head of Moscow-based Business Club Igor Kolesov
said during a visit. The two-member delegation was on a four-day visit
(24 to 27 July) to hold business meetings to explore opportunities of importing
meat, rice and other products from Pakistan, according to a statement.
Kolesov said meetings with meat
exporters remained fruitful. Punjab Halal Development Agency (PHDA)
invited the delegation to enhance business relations between the two
countries. Pakistan has a very minuscule share of $240 million in the
global meat exports market of $1.5 billion.
The Centre for Applied Policy
Research in Livestock, in its policy paper, said the country’s halal market
could increase its share in foreign trade if cap over local meat prices is
removed and standards of meat and meat products are brought at par with the
international standards.
The country is mainly exporting
meat to Middle East. There are 17 meat processing units operating in the
country, while there are only 35 meat exporters.
The Russian delegation also met
with rice and cheese exporters. The Punjab Halal Development Agency also
arranged the delegation’s meetings with the officials of State Bank of
Pakistan, National Bank of Pakistan and Meezan Bank to explore joint venture
opportunities.
The delegation, during a meeting
with the bank’s officials, said bilateral banking channels should be improved
to increase trade between the two countries. Bilateral trade volume between
Russia and Pakistan stands at around $400 million compared with the latter’s
annual exports and imports of $70 billion.
Kolesov of Business Club said their
meetings with Pakistani exporters, especially Guard Rice, was a great
achievement as both agreed to trade on a mega level in future. Elena Kholod,
senior vice president at Tembr Bank Moscow said opening of Pakistani bank
branches in Moscow would help in enhancing bilateral trade.
Khalil-ur-Rehman, chairman of PHDA
said the agency is trying to give maximum support to local export industry to
boost exports, which eventually will benefit the economy of the country.
Major
rice producers in recovery mode – except for U.S.
Bobby Coats, left, University of Arkansas, and Nathan Childs,
right, USDA economist, visit with David Jessup, president and CEO of DeWitt
Bank and Trust in DeWitt, Ark., at the USA Rice Outlook Conference.
Low long-grain prices,
adverse weather at planting have reduced U.S. rice acreage by 20 percent.The
United States seems to be the only major rice-growing country in the world that
has seen a reduction in acreage – and, thus, will produce less rice – in
calendar year 2017. That means there is likely to not be much draw down in the
record world supplies that currently exist and not much room for improvement in
world rice prices, according to Nathan Childs, agricultural economist with
USDA.
“We’re looking at record
supplies; though they won’t be up by much from 2016-17,” says Dr. Childs, a
USDA’s rice analyst for more than two decades. “Many might remember the big
supplies at the turn of the century that we worked on several years. It took
several years to work those supplies down.
” The featured speaker during the University of Arkansas’ System
Division of Agriculture’s Food and Agriculture Webinar on Thursday (July 27),
Dr. Childs said producer support programs, especially in China and India have
kept rice acreage in those countries high. “China's price support for rice went
up slightly, I think a little bit over 1 percent, not much, but just a little,”
he said, during the webinar moderated by Bobby Coats, professor of agricultural
economics and agribusiness at the University. “India's back up. It's not a
record area, but about 44.5 million hectares (10.99 million acres). China's up
fractionally, nowhere near record though.” Thailand recovering from drought
Thailand also appears to be well on the road to recovery from the woes that
have beset its rice sector in recent years. Abundant rainfall has boosted its
reservoir levels and, thus, it’s rice acreage is back to normal after severe
drought two years ago.
In the Western Hemisphere, Brazil is now the largest
rice-producing country in the world outside of Asia. Dr. Childs said USDA-ERS
analysts see Brazil’s rice area increasing. “There’s more use of rice as a
second crop or as a first crop, but we see the crop coming down as it returns
to a more normal yield.” (Brazilian farmers can get two and sometimes three
crops a season depending on the region.) “Look at some of the economic
rationale for contraction,” he said.
“Remember we talked about global areas up in 2017-18, but not
everywhere. The U.S. harvested acreage will be down 20 percent from a year
ago.” Low prices for long grain and heavy rainfall at planting reduced acreage
– mostly in the South, but also California had heavy rainfall in the winter –
reduced the harvested area.
“The planted area didn't come down as much, but the abandonment is
higher than typical.” Egypt, the largest growing country in North Africa, is
expected to see its acreage drop from a massive record in 2016-17. The
government is also imposing strict export area controls that aren’t always
evenly applied. Skirting the export rules“They are going to be stricter, but
they're often violated and then there was some shift in planting,” Dr. Childs
noted. “Egypt’s had restrictions on rice planting for decades and typically
grows far more rice than allowed under the government maximum.
” The Philippines, traditionally a large producer and consumer of
rice, is expected to be down about 3 percent. Japan’s production is continuing
to decline based on a long-term reduction of its rice acreage. Indonesia’s is
as well, but the decline is almost inconsequential, according to Dr. Childs.
One of the biggest percentage reductions could occur in Cuba where farmers are
expected to harvest a 15 percent smaller rice crop this year due to the impact
of negative weather the last two seasons.
“I think it’s the lingering effects of severe hurricanes that went
through last fall,” he noted. “They had come off a severe drought from El Nino.
They are the major importer in the Western Hemisphere.”South Korea has stocks
concerns with consumption declining for food and food use declining.
Demand for VN
rice to be stable in Q3: VFA
Demand for Vietnamese rice is
expected to be stable in the third quarter of the year. — VNA/VNS Photo
HCM
CITY — Demand for Vietnamese rice is expected to be stable in the third quarter
of the year, Vietnam Food Association (VFA) Chairman Huỳnh Thế Năng has said.
Thus, rice traders will not have to worry about finding consumption markets, he
added. The chairman made the statement after Vietnamese rice enterprises won
contracts to supply 175,000 tonnes (MT) of rice to the Philippines through an
open tender held by the country’s National Food Authority (NFA) on July 25.
According
to the association, in the bidding for 2-per cent broken rice export to the
Philippines, four Vietnamese traders totalled 175,000 tonnes in the tender at
different winning prices. Specifically, Southern Food Corporation 2 (Vinafood
2) won a bid for 50,000 tonnes of rice at a Free on Board (FOB) price of
US$369.45 per tonne; International Joint Stock Company won 50,000 tonnes for
$357 to $367 per tonne; Tân Long Group Joint Stock Company won 50,000 tonnes of
rice for $354 to $359 per tonne; and Hiệp Lợi Joint Stock Company hit 25,000
tonnes with the best price of $370.9 per tonne.
This
is the first time that private Vietnamese rice exporters were allowed to
participate in such a bidding, and they proved they could meet the strict
requirements put forward by the Philippines.
“Four enterprises among the total eight businesses winning the bid is a
clear demonstration of the capacity of the Vietnamese rice traders,” Năng said.
The
chairman said that the winning contracts would partly help stabilise domestic
rice prices soon. In addition to the rice export contracts to the Philippines,
domestic rice exporters are also preparing to deliver goods under the
previously signed contracts to Cuba, Bangladesh and Malaysia. “Therefore, from now until the end of the
third quarter of 2017, Vietnamese rice sector will not struggle with the settlement
of output for farmers.” According to VFA, demand for rice in Asia recently had
positive impact on the rice exports of Việt Nam this year. There are several
new emerging needs that motivate the market.
For example, Bangladesh, after three rounds of
bidding for 150,000 tonnes of rice and having bought 250,000 tonnes from Việt
Nam, is also negotiating 200,000 tonnes with Thailand and may continue to buy
more from Việt Nam. Sri Lanka is also urgently importing 55,000 tonnes of rice
from Pakistan and Myanmar, and seeking supplies from other countries, including
Việt Nam. Even the Philippines, in addition to the 250,000 tonnes bidding last
week, may import more to shore up its stockpiles to ensure its food security.
In addition to this, the consumption demand of China and India is expected to
have an impact on the Vietnamese rice exports in the future. However, whether
the Vietnamese enterprises have access to these needs depends on their price
competitiveness compared with the other export competitors, as well as the
summer-autumn crop harvest in August and September.
Nguyễn
Thanh Long, managing director of Việt Rice Co Ltd, said that if domestic rice
prices "turn up" too high, Vietnamese rice exporters would find it
hard to compete with foreign rivals while negotiating commercial contracts.
Currently, Việt Nam’s rice export prices are equal or a little bit higher than
those of Thailand. For example, Thailand’s 5-per-cent broken rice is being
offered at $395 per tonne, while that of Việt Nam is $407 per tonne, which will
be profitable. If Vietnamese rice prices are not adjusted according to the Thai
rice prices, it is difficult to attract demand and sign new contracts in the
future.
According
to the statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, rice
exports of the country in the first seven months of the year is estimated at
3.3 million tonnes, earning a revenue of $1.5 billion, up 15.7 per cent in
volume and 13.7 per cent in value over the same period last year. The rice
export price in the first half of the year averaged $444.6 per tonne, down 1.4
per cent year-on-year.
http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/381089/demand-for-vn-rice-to-be-stable-in-q3-vfa.html#l0BUpb8KTJeMb6GC.99
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