24th
February,2018
Daily
Global Regional Local Rice E-Newsletter
Scientific Breakthroughs in Cuba
Elio Delgado Legon
Elio Delgado
Legon
Elio Delgado-Legon: I am a Cuban who has lived
for 80 years, therefore I know full well how life was before the revolution,
having experienced it directly and indirectly. As a result, it hurts me to read
so many aspersions cast upon a government that fights tooth and nail to provide
us a better life. If it hasn’t fully been able to do so, this is because of the
many obstacles that have been put in its way.HAVANA TIMES — The 2018 International
Congress of Higher Education was held in Havana, from February 12-16, with over
2,000 representatives from 60 different countries attending. The participation
of dozens of university deans and ministers of Education as well as prestigious
science professors was proof that Cuba has become a reference country for
education, in a world where elite education dominates.
The event ended up being a space
for important meetings, academic debates of a strictly scientific nature and
where exchange programs could be co-created.
The Congress also confirmed its
recognition of Cuba’s efforts in other countries, as well as the quality of its
own education, which is the result of government-driven policy and implementing
public policies which understand education to be public property and a social
right.
The quality of Cuba’s higher
education has a lot to do with the country’s scientific breakthroughs, as Cuba
does not import scientists, like other countries do, but it trains them up and
educates them instead so as to try and find solutions to the problems that
science is facing today, both in Cuba as well as in other countries where Cuba
collaborates.
Scientific advances in Cuba are
something that all Cubans can feel proud of, as they respond to the idea put
forward when Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro said, as early as January 15,
1960: “The future of our country must necessarily be a future of people of
science, has to be a future of people of thought.” In that same speech, he
mentioned the need to incorporate legions of Cubans to make progress in
science, because if progress in science wasn’t made, they couldn’t have
sustainable economic progress.
Today, sciences in Cuba are governed
by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment and by the Cuban Academy
of Science; the latter has 265 academics from the agricultural, technical,
natural and fine, social and biomedical sciences.
There isn’t a single branch of
knowledge in Cuba that doesn’t have one or several scientific centers, focussed
on development. Naming all of the scientific centers that currently exist in
Cuba would be a never-ending task. In the agricultural sector, you can stem
from the institutes of plant biotechnology, research centers for holticulture,
rice, sugar cane, animal science, pasture and fodder, tropical root vegetables,
as well as key research projects on tropical agriculture, to mention the most
important only.
In the field of biomedical
research, the National Center of Scientific Research (CNIC), affiliated with
Havana University, was taked about, where scientists, who would go on to found
dozens of centers which have managed to make real scientific breakthroughs,
were educated and became specialists in their field.
These include finding many
reagents to diagnose diseases, vaccines against deadly diseases, such as
hepatitis B, therapeutic vaccines against different kinds of cancer, including
lung cancer, with very good results and was of interest to US scientists, for
them to use it in their own country.
One of a kind, patent medicines
have also been developed such as Heberprot-P, to help heal foot ulcers in
diabetics and which has already prevented thousands of people in Cuba and other
countries in the world from having their inferior limbs amputated. And these
are just a few examples so as to keep this post relatively short.
I just want to add that, as a
result of research carried out here in Cuba, medical equipment such as
electrocardiographs have been built, which are now in use all over the country;
the ultramicroanalytic system (SUMA) to carry out an analysis of different
diseases as well as the glucose meter and sensors to determine glucemic levels,
which patients can do at home, among other things.
A small country, without great
natural resources, can also make progress if it trains up scientists and
technicians who can then bring about these scientific breakthroughs for the
country.
Scientists explore for useful genes in uncultivated rice
varieties
NEW DELHI, FEB 23
Rice is a staple food in most of
the countries in South and South East Asia with India being the second largest
producer of rice after China. With increasing population and demand for food,
scientists are exploring new ways to enhance productivity of rice.
In this quest, they are using
genetic tools to identify unique regions or genes in wild rice varieties that
confer better survival and increased yield.
Prof. GJN Rao with his team of
researchers at the Division of Crop Improvement, National Rice Research
Institute at Cuttack have performed genetic analysis of wild or uncultivated
rice found in Eastern India, to identify regions that give unique properties to
these rice and which can be exploited to produce better varieties for enhanced
productivity.
Researchers studied two
uncultivated varieties of rice, Oryza rufipogon and Oryza
nivara from West Bengal and Odisha that could be important
source of beneficial genes for rice breeding and crop improvement. Both these
varieties are close relatives of Asian cultivated rice yet with very different
and unique properties. Both of these varieties have distinctive growing
patterns with different climatic and geographical environments. One grows in
wetlands including swamps and lakes and the other in dry areas.
Dr. Rao’s team identified a total
of 30 rare variants of genes in these rice varieties with majority of new
variants in O. rufipogon as compared to O.
nivara. In one of the varieties, they have identified regions
associated with drought tolerance which could be quite beneficial in crop
improvement programmes.
The morphological analysis, that
is characteristics like size, shape and structure of these two varieties shows
a lot of variation within and between the two populations, the researchers have
reported. These regions could be associated with special features which once
validated could be useful in breeding programmes, suggested Prof. Rao and his
group.
“O. rufipogon and O.
nivara, the closest wild relatives of rice, known to be rich reservoirs
of genetic diversity, can be the source material for enhanced rice production.
The study, based on the assessment of variability in the two wild forms, could
clearly demarcate them into two distinct species and the information generated
can be a critical component of the rice improvement programs of the future”,
Dr. Rao explained.
This study has established the
status of O.
nivara as separate species based on morphological and
molecular markers. “It has opened discussion about original progenitor of cultivated
rice.
In earlier studies O.
rufipogon has been claimed as original progenitor and O.
nivara has been claimed as ecotype or intermediate of O.
rufipogon. O. nivara is mainly found in
the Indian subcontinent and if in future through scientific evidences it gets
established as immediate progenitor of cultivated rice this may establish that
modern rice got originated from India,” pointed out Dr. Rakesh Singh, Principal
Scientist (Plant Biotechnology) in the Department of Genomic Resources,
National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi. He is not connected with
the study.
The research team included Jwala
Narasimha Rao Gundimeda, Rashmita Samal, Pritesh S Roy, Auromira Sahoo, Meera
Kumari Kar, Bhaskar C Patra, Bishnu C Marndi. This study has been reported in
journal Scientific Reports.
National Scientist Bienvenido Juliano dies
'His important research
activities in collaboration with scientists in related disciplines had produced
socio-economic impact among the rice-eating countries of the world,' says the
National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines
Rappler.com
Published 9:56 PM, February 23, 2018
Updated 9:59 PM, February 23, 2018
NATIONAL SCIENTIST. National Scientist Bienvenido O. Juliano is
considered as a world authority on rice grain quality. Photo courtesy of NAST,
PHL
MANILA, Philippines – National
Scientist Bienvenido O. Juliano, known for his contributions to the chemistry
and technology of rice and rice food products, has died. He was 81.
The National Academy of Science
and Technology, Philippines (NAST, PHL) announced the death of Juliano on
Friday, February 23. He died on Wednesday, February 21.
“His important research
activities in collaboration with scientists in related disciplines had produced
socio-economic impact among the rice-eating countries of the world,” it said in
statement.
Juliano worked for the
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) from 1961 to 1993. In charge of
grain quality research, “he contributed much to the basic knowledge in
differences between varieties of grain quality of rice,” NAST, PHL said.
He also “delved into the
nutritional quality of rice and formulated innovative and improved methods for
grain quality evaluation,” it said.Juliano is considered as a “world authority
on rice grain quality,” NAST, PHL said.
“His research activities and
collaborative initiatives with other scientists in the field provided an in
depth physicochemical analysis of rice grain quality being requisite to the
improvement of rice grain productivity,” NAST, PHL said.
“The augmented grain quality led
to an increase national welfare by raising the value of rice to either
consumers or producers leading to expanded market, improved quality of
products, and development of new rice products. Improved quality and shelf-life
of selected rice food products has also added market value particularly for
export into targeted markets, thus allowing more efficient competition in the
world market,” it added.
EXPERT. National Scientist Bienvenido O. Juliano was known for
his contributions to the chemistry and technology of rice and rice food
products. Photo from the National Academy of Science and Technology,
Philippines
Among Juliano’s many citations
were the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award in Science in 1964, and the
Jose P. Rizal Pro Patria Award for Rice Chemistry in 1976.
Overseas, he received the
Japanese Society of Starch Science Medal of Merit in 1982, the Thomas B.
Osborne Medal Award from the AACC in 1988, and the ASEAN Outstanding Scientist
and Technologists Award in 1998, among others.
In 2004, he was included in the
Institute of Scientific Information Highly Cited Researchers. He was also on
the editorial board of the Journal of Cereal Science and Food
Reviews International.
He was declared National
Scientist in 2000.
Juliano completed his
undergraduate degree in B.S. Agriculture from the University of the Philippines
Los Baños magna cum laude, in 1955.
He finished his Master of Science
and doctorate degree in Organic Chemistry at the Ohio State University in 1958
and 1959, respectively. He was the youngest PhD graduate of OSU the age of 22.
State necrological services for
Juliano will be held on Saturday, February 24, at the St Therese of the Child
Jesus Chapel, in Los Baños, Laguna. – Rappler.com
Trying
To Lose Weight? Stop Counting Calories, Says Study
Trying to lose weight? Most people use food tracking apps to
keep track of consumed calories every day. However, it’s better to stop
counting calories, a new study has found.A group of researchers from Stanford
University analyzed 609 adults who were overweight, which the participants were
then asked to select a diet they would prefer to follow: low-carb or
low-fat.Both groups, between ages 18 and 50, had to follow their new diet plan
for a year.
Those who opted for the low-carb
diet were asked to eat avocados, vegetables, salmon, and
grass-fed or pasture-raised foods. Participants also needed to use olive oil
frequently while cooking meals at home.Participants who selected the
low-fat group were asked to eat foods, such as brown rice,
oats, lean meats, lentils, dairy products low in fat, fresh fruit, and quinoa.
Even though foods like white bread, white rice, and baked goods
like muffins are low-fat, researchers asked participants to avoid eating them
throughout the study.
To help, researchers offered participants classes that discussed the
importance of food and ways to support their new diet plans.When people
normally follow low-fat or low-carb diets, they usually keep track of calories.
Researchers expressed to
participants that they regardless of what diet they were on, they needed to
make sure they didn’t buy processed food. Researchers also wanted
participants to eat as much food as they wanted so they didn’t feel hungry.During
the study, participants were asked to limit their carbohydrate and fat intake
to 20 grams. By the second month, the researchers asked the two groups to add
at least 5 to 15 grams of carbohydrates and fats back to their diet.
A small group of people happened to gain weight during the
study, while other people lost anywhere from 50 to 60 lbs.
By the end of the study, participants in the low-fat diet were
only consuming 57 grams, while those in the low-carb diet consumed about 132
grams of carbohydrates each day.Outstanding results, as before the study, most
of the participants consumed anywhere from 90 to 247 grams of carbohydrates.
The study found that it’s important to eat a high-quality diet
to help manage weight overall health. Cutting off calories and carbohydrates
are not encouraged. Those who did in the study gained rather than lost weight. “The
bottom line: Diet quality is important for both weight control and long-term
well-being,” lead study author Christopher Gardner of Stanford University
told The
New York Times.
Rice exports surge
on strong demand, dip in Thai stocks
Feb 20, 2018 - The Hindu Business Line
Strong demand from neighbours
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and steady off-take from traditional buyers in Africa
has led to a surge in the country’s non-basmati rice exports, which are likely
to rise to new highs this financial year. Besides, the depleted stock levels in
Thailand — a major exporter — has helped India gain and consolidate its share
in the global market, trade sources …
‘Scrap
GST on paddy de-husking’
CHENNAI , FEBRUARY
24, 2018 01:03 IST
UPDATED: FEBRUARY 24, 2018 01:03 IST
Rice millers in the State are
demanding that the 5% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on de-husking or hulling be
withdrawn. A large number of mills in the State with a capacity of less than
two tonnes each are involved in such activities and they would be badly hit by
the GST, said D. Thulasingam, president, Federation of Tamil Nadu Rice Mill
Owners and Paddy-Rice Dealers Associations.“Unlike the large rice mills, they
don’t deal with paddy or store, de-husk and sell later when required,” he
added.
1,000 small mills
“There are around 1,000 small
mills in the State who would hull at the most 1,000 bags of paddy a year and
their earnings would be less than ₹2 lakh annually.They charge
between ₹80 and ₹100 per 77 kg paddy bag from which they pay labour and
electricity charges and also repay loans. These mills are like cottage
industries and are run by small land holders,” explained A.C. Mohan, Federation
secretary.He said hulling was just just like job work undertaken by flour mills
in cities where people bring in rice or pulses for grinding and pay the
charges. “In the textile industry, those who make yarn have been exempted from
the GST; we want a similar waiver,” he added.
Exporters’ woes
Millers and those in the rice
trade have also urged that a separate channel or a proper mechanism be put in
place for rice exports from the State. “Instances of exporters making losses
due to buyers not paying up citing reasons including the consignment not
conforming to the approved sample are not uncommon. While there is a huge
demand in countries including those in the Gulf and Africa, exporters are
afraid to step into unknown markets due to these factors,” said D. Kumar, a
miller from Red Hills who supplies to exporters.
A Chennai-based exporter had
nearly lost ₹42 lakh as the buyer could not pay that amount. “I had taken a loan to supply the ₹1 crore worth rice and got only
half the payment. If the loss were in a few thousands I wouldnt mind bearing
it. But this was too big an amount and I had to go to that country and got back
the unsold rice so that I could settle my loans,” he said.
Mr. Mohan said that exports would
help the trade since it would reduce the stagnation of rice and pulses in the
State and fetch better prices for the farmers. “This year, we have had a bumper
crop throughout the country. We cannot stock so much paddy and rice. Exports
beyond our requirement would help,” added Mr. Thulasingam.
lleged missing rice: Edo govt
petitions Police, calls for probe
ON FEBRUARY 23, 20184:18 AMIN
NEWSCOMMENTS
By Simon Ebegbulem BENI
Edo State Government yesterday petitioned the state Commissioner
of Police, Babatunde Kokumo, asking him to investigate the allegation made by
the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Dan Orbih, that the
state government diverted 4,721 bags of rice allegedly meant for Internally
Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in the
state. The petition by Secretary to Edo
State Government, Osarodion Ogie, said the PDP chairman had in a radio
interview, “Falsely and maliciously stated that the Edo State Government was
involved in a criminal conspiracy to divert 4,721 bags of rice released by the
Federal Government for distribution to IDPs in the state.” Also, the All
Progressives Congress, APC, PDP in the
state has described the allegation as diversionary. The APC in a statement by its
Secretary, Lawrence Okah, said that the Obaseki-led administration will “never
divert what belongs to the IDPs and the PDP knows that. What they are trying to
do is to divert the attention of Edo indigenes and the general public from the
ongoing investigation of most PDP leaders in the state by the EFCC as regards
the looted funds in the NNPC and the Ministry of Works which they squandered
during the 2015 presidential election. “Most of them have been visiting the
EFCC in the past six months and very soon they will be sent to jail for their
atrocities. So they are only trying to malign the the governor just to convey
wrong impression to the public. Obaseki
has spent millions of naira in rehabilitating both the IDPs and Libya returnees
and I wonder how it will make sense to anybody to feel he can divert bags of
rice meant for IDPs.” Meanwhile, the state government in the petition, said:
“It is instructive to note that in making these allegations to the general
public, Orbih claimed that he had facts and records to back up his allegations.
“The purpose of this complaint is to formally bring these weighty and
unsubstantiated allegations to your attention and to request a thorough
investigation with a view to establishing the veracity or otherwise of same. “It
is the contention of the E
Customs seize 4,120
bags of rice, contraband drugs in Rivers
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt
THE Nigerian Customs Service, Area 11
Command in Onne, Rivers State, said on Thursday that it had seized 4,120 bags
of foreign rice and banned pharmaceuticals, including the prohibited Tramadol.
The Controller of the Command, Abubakar
Bashir, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the achievement of the NCS
in the area, said the contraband pharmaceuticals were contained in nine
containers with each measuring 40 feet (9*40 feet).
Bashir also said that the Command had also
recorded N11.4 billion in two months of the first quarter of the year out of
its target of N117.8 billion; even as he added that the aim of the command was
to surpass its target.
He recalled that the Command had made 26
seizures with a duty paid value of N470,011,478.38 billion in 2017, promising
to improve on the performance.
Explaining that the contraband
pharmaceuticals were imported by unscrupulous businessmen from China and India,
the Customs boss further disclosed that the items, which included Tramaking were
falsely declared as pressuring reducing drugs.
“From January to date the command has seized
9*40′ containers carrying 8,245 cartons of fake pharmaceuticals consisting of
250mg of Tramadol and Tramaking and other
anti-malarial and analgesic.
“The total duty paid of the seizure of
pharmaceuticals amounts to N395,125,912.00. We are particularly delighted by
this seizure because we recorganise the harmful effect they have especially on
our youths and the current national challenge of substance abuse.
“This command has been faithful in aligning
towards the same policy. From January to date, 8*20 foot containers of rice
with a duty paid value of N64,878,141.48, and carrying 4,120 bags of rice from
Thailand were seized.
“These containers were falsely declared as
sewing machines with the intent of evading the law. I am glad to report that
they have been seized and duly condemned in a court of law,” he added.
Listing the reasons for confiscating the
bags of foreign rice, Bashir pointed out that their action was in line with the
Federal Government’s resolve to encourage local production.
The Customs controller stated that the
inventory of the consignments had been recorded and forwarded to National
Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control.
He warned that the outfit would not tolerate
any activity that would harm Nigerian and appealed to importers to obey the
laws of the land as far as importing of goods were concerned
Customs intercepts, cartons of tramadol,
4,120 bags of rice
February 23, 2018
Personnel of the Nigerian Customs
Service, NCS, have impounded 4,120 bags of rice and nine containers loaded with
pharmaceuticals.
The Rivers State command of the
Nigerian Customs disclosed that within the first quarters of 2018, the NCS made
N11.4 billion out of 117.8 billions target set for it by the Federal
Government.
They noted that the focus of the
command was to surpass the set target.
The Customs Area Controller Port
Harcourt Area II, Comptroller Abubakar Bashir, while speaking with newsmen at
the command’s office at Onne, Eleme Local Government Area of the state, said
the command had maintained inter-agency collaboration with other relevant
agencies.
Bashir noted that the
pharmaceuticals were imported into the country from China and India, adding
that they were declared to be pressure reducing drugs whereas the contents were
Tramadol and other regulated medicines.
“From January to date the command
has seized 940′ containers carrying 8,245 cartons of fake pharmaceuticals
consisting of 250mg of Tramadol and Tramaking and other anti malarial and
analgestic drugs falsely declared as pressure reducing and PVC values.
“The total duty paid of the seizure
of pharmaceuticals amounts to N395,125,912.00. We are particularly delighted by
this seizure because we recorganise the harmful effect they have especially on
our youths and the current national challenge of substance abuse.
“This command has been faithful in
aligning towards the same policy. From January to date, 8*20 foot containers of
rice with a duty paid value of N64,878,141.48, and carrying 4120 bags of rice
from Thailand were seized.
“This containers were falsely decleared
as sewing machines with the intent of evading the law. I am glad to report that
they have been seized and duly condemned in a court of law,” Bashir said.
Homestyle
Somali food
Friday February 23, 2018
By Ian Anderson
Faridas makes it easy for a
first-timer to eat well
Somali
dishes including goat and potatoes plus salad, rice, and pasta
To
my knowledge, I had never eaten Somali food prior to walking into Faridas
Somalian Cuisine a couple weeks ago. Had anyone bothered to ask, I would not
even have been able to identify a single dish.
What was I thinking? Since the
1990s, the Somali population in San Diego has reportedly become the second
largest the U.S. — with estimates ranging up to twenty thousand people — making
it one of the few cities in America where trying Somali cuisine is even an
option.
Chalk
it up to a lack of awareness. While a fellow customer claimed to have been a
regular of Faridas for over a decade, I never realized it was an option until I
found myself hungry, in the neighborhood, and searching for affordable eats.
Specifically, Faridas is in the Chollas Creek part of City Heights. My first
visit, I shared my lack of experience with the young server behind the counter.
She pointed out several dishes from the Hilal menu, first directing me to a
variety of sambusas and ultimately steering me to the goat.
The word "sambusa" instantly rang familiar, and with good reason. It
shares the same heritage as India's samosa. Both are triangular pastries
stuffed with spiced meat or vegetables. Unlike many Indian restaurants,
Farida's offers beef as an option, as well as chicken, potato, and spinach.
Each go for a buck, and you cannot go wrong.
The goat may be a different story.
From what I've read, goat ranks at or near the top of the list of preferred
meats in Somalia, and here I was told it's a signature dish. Simply listed on
the menu as "goat meat," it's braised until tender, then sautéed with
bell peppers, onions, and spices.
I got a little cumin, and subtle
curry as well. But the goat flavor itself came through the most. Unlike the
rest of the world, we don't eat a lot of goat in the U.S., so it always comes
off a bit exotic to the American palate. If you're a fan of lamb or grass-fed
beef, you're far more likely to enjoy this soft, aromatic preparation.
If you're not there yet, start with
the beef or chicken suuqar. Also sautéed with peppers and onions, the
cubed meats in this dish offer a more accessible introduction to the flavors
of xawaash, the Somali spice blend including the likes of cumin,
fenugreek, coriander, cardamom, cinnamon, and turmeric.
All of these dishes come with salad
and a unique potato dish made with green beans, corn, peas, and raisins. You
also get a choice of a lightly flavored basmati rice pilaf, colored yellow and
orange with saffron and possibly more turmeric, or pasta. Somalia may be thousands
of miles from Europe, but few nations escape Italy's culinary influence. The
spaghetti noodles feature a thin coat of tomato-based sauce.
Can't decide between rice and
noodles? They served me a mix of both. But if you stick to rice alone, you may
be offered a banana. Apparently, the Somali thing to do is to slice one up and
mix in with the rice.
That would have made a unique
experience. But ultimately, Faridas served food that felt more comforting and
familiar than I expected from a new experience. Credit the restaurant's
approachable, home-style cooking. The spice blends may be new to me — and I'm
pretty sure I'd never had raisins and potatoes in my mouth at the same time
before — but the hearty, 11-dollar meals I've eaten here have all hit the spot.
Pakistan Exports Food Products Worth $2.395 Million In 7
Months
February 23, 2018
Pakistan has shown improvement in
exporting food products during the last seven months of the current fiscal year
2018. Pakistan has exported food products worth
$2.395 million in just 7 months which was up by 18.8
percent as compared to corresponding period in the last fiscal year. Last year
during the same period Pakistan’s food exports were standing at $2.016 billion.
According to the data published
by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics PBS, around 2,292,348 metric ton of rice was
exported from Pakistan to various countries. Rice exports were accounted for
$1.061 billion as compared to corresponding period last year having exports of
2,048,037 metric ton valued at $876.75 million. Rice export alone increased by
21.7 percent during the period under review.
Basmati rice exports also
increased by 6.83 percent during the last 7 months as compared to the period
last year.
Pakistan has the opportunity to
increase the rice exports further because of the ban on Indian Basmati Rice in European countries.
However, the recent data on rice exports doesn’t reflect the market which
Pakistan can grab, EU put a ban on Indian rice due to inferior quality and high
presence of tricyclazole last year. If Pakistan is able to grab this market
gap, the rice exports can be increased to an unprecedented level.
Similarly, Pakistan’s food
commodities imports are also on the rise, the food imports in the country grew
by 9.77 percent reaching $3.77 billion as compared to the $3.44 billion same
period last year.
But if we look at the data on
month on month basis, the food imports decreased by 7.21% and stood at $535.34
million in January 2018 as compared to $576.88 million in the month of January
last year.
https://www.researchsnipers.com/pakistan-exports-food-products-worth-2-395-million-in-7-months/
Rice basmati weakens on sluggish demand
New Delhi, Feb 23 In restricted activity, rice basmati prices fell
by Rs 200 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today on easing demand
against adequate stocks position. However, other grains held steady in thin
trade. Traders said subdued demand from retailers against sufficient stocks
position led to decline in rice basmati prices. In the national capital, rice
basmati common fell by Rs 200 to Rs 7,600-7,700 per quintal. Following are
today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,080-2,280, Wheat
dara (for mills) Rs 1,800-1,805 Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,810-1,815, Atta
Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill
Rs 965-975 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,040-1,050 (50 kg).
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati
Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 7,600-7,700, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs
6,600-6,700, Permal raw Rs 2,325-2375, Permal wand Rs 2,375-2,425, Sela Rs
2,800-3,000 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,975-2,025, Bajra Rs 1,190-1,195, Jowar yellow Rs
1,400-1,450, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,400- 1,405, Barley Rs
1,470-1,480.
Rice basmati
weakens on sluggish demand
23 FEBRUARY 2018 Last Updated at 2:35
PM
New Delhi, Feb 23 In restricted
activity, rice basmati prices fell by Rs 200 per quintal at the wholesale
grains market today on easing demand against adequate stocks position.
However, other grains held steady
in thin trade.
Traders said subdued demand from
retailers against sufficient stocks position led to decline in rice basmati
prices.
In the national capital, rice
basmati common fell by Rs 200 to Rs 7,600-7,700 per quintal.
Following are today's quotations
(in Rs per quintal):
Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,080-2,280,
Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,800-1,805 Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,810-1,815,
Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour
mill Rs 965-975 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,040-1,050 (50
kg).
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs
10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common
new Rs 7,600-7,700, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 6,600-6,700, Permal raw Rs 2,325-2375,
Permal wand Rs 2,375-2,425, Sela Rs 2,800-3,000 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,975-2,025,
Bajra Rs 1,190-1,195, Jowar yellow Rs 1,400-1,450, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize
Rs 1,400- 1,405, Barley Rs 1,470-1,480.
Rice agriculture in Egypt - Photo by Hussein Tallal
Egypt's
strategic rice reserves enough to last until April
Fri,
Feb. 23, 2018
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CAIRO
– 23 February 2018: Minister of Supply Ali Moselhi said Thursday that Egypt’s
strategic rice reserves are enough to last until the end of April.
The minister added in an official statement that the ministry agreed to double
the quantities of rice the government purchases from local suppliers.
The statement pointed out that the price of rice will be LE 6,100 Egyptian
pounds ($345) per ton.
Egypt increased its production of rice last year and worked on increasing its
strategic rice reserves.
In December, Supply Ministry spokesman Mamdouh Ramadan said that Egypt has
enough locally produced rice to feed demand for the next 12 months.
New approach to improve nitrogen use, enhance yield, and promote
flowering in rice
Left, normal rice; right, rice overexpressing NRT1.1A,
showing more grains and earlier maturity. Credit: Chengcai Chu
Nitrogen fertilizers (applied as
nitrate, NO3-, or ammonium, NH4+) improve the amount of grain produced per
acre, but nitrogen runoff and volatilization pollute the water and the air.
Production of nitrogen fertilizers also uses fossil fuels. The major grain
crops (such as rice and wheat) use only about 40% of the applied fertilizer—the
rest is lost to the air, water, and soil microbes. Application of nitrogen
fertilizers delays flowering, leaving crops vulnerable to late-season cold
weather, which can impair grain filling. Traits that increase the amount of
grain produced by plants and allow the grain crop to mature early will improve
yields and also important for both double/triple cropping systems and for
increasing the geographical range of rice into higher latitude regions.
Although these traits will prove valuable for grain crops, crop breeders have
had
little success in this area.
Now, recent work in the key staple
crop rice (Oryza sativa) identified a nitrate transporter (NRT) that may
provide a solution to the nitrogen use/flowering problem. In the plant,
different NRTs move nitrogen from the soil into the roots and move nitrogen
compounds throughout the plant. Some also NRTs sense nitrogen
levels and trigger responses. A study by Wang et al., published .in The
Plant Cell, showed that rice OsNRT1.1A can affect both nitrogen use and
flowering time. Mutant lines lacking this transporter showed decreased
utilization of nitrate and ammonium. The mutants showed lower induction of
genes related to the uptake and transport of nitrate and ammonia; this
indicated that OsNRT1.1A acts as both a transporter and a sensor of nitrogen
in plants.
Interestingly, the mutants produced 80% less grain than regular rice and
flowered later.
To improve yield and flowering
time, the authors made rice lines that produced extra OsNRT1.1A. The
OsNRT1.1A-overexpressing plants grew taller, were greener, and produced more biomass,
compared with regular rice grown on the same amount of nitrogen. These plants
also pulled more nitrate and ammonium out of the medium in hydroponics
experiments. In multi-year field trials, the OsNRT1.1A-overexpressing plants
showed improved yields of more than 30% (and up to 60%) in fields with high and
low levels of nitrogen fertilization. Moreover, these plants
flowered one to two weeks earlier than the control rice plants.
Corresponding author Chengcai Chu
states "For about 100 years, the use of N fertilizers has been one of the
most effective forces driving crop yield improvements. It is estimated that
more than 120 million tons of nitrogen is used worldwide as fertilizer
annually, which largely contributes to nitrogen pollution. Application of N at
high rates also brings detrimental effects to crops such
as delayed flowering and thus prolonged maturation times. OsNRT1.1A may provide
a solution to the conflict between increasing N nutrition and early maturation
time, which are the two most desirable traits for agriculture production".
Intriguingly, overexpression of
this NRT from a grass species also improved seed yields and nitrogen use
in a broad-leafed plant, the model dicot Arabidopsis. These promising results
shown in the lab and validated in multiple years and multiple locations in the
field indicate that manipulation of OsNRT1.1A expression has the potential to
increase yields and accelerate flowering, two of the most important traits
sought in plant breeding efforts in a great many crop species.
More information: Wang, W., Hu, B., Yuan, D., Liu,Y., Che, R., Hu. Y., Ou, S.,
Zhihua Zhang, Z., Wang, H., Li, H., Jiang, Z., Zhang, Z., Gao, X., Qiu, Y.,
Meng, X. Liu, Y., Bai, Y., Liang, Y., Wang, Y., Zhang, L., Li, L., Sodmergen,
Jing, H., Li, J., and Chu, C. (2018). Expression of the Nitrate Transporter
Gene OsNRT1.1A/OsNPF6.3 Confers High Yield and Early Maturation in Rice. Plant
Cell , DOI: 10.1105/tpc.17.00809
No
rice shortage seen due to good harvest
With the
country’s record harvest last year, an economist from the Philippine Rice
Research Institute (PhilRice) said there would be no rice shortage in the
country, at least for the first quarter of 2018.
According
to Flordeliza Bordey, deputy executive director for research of PhilRice, the
Philippines was able to produce a total of 19.3 million metric tons (MT) of
palay last year, which was equivalent to 12.5 million MT of rice—the country’s
highest production in history.
“If we examine
our rice consumption, we only need 13.1 million tons, including our food, rice
seeds, raw materials for processing of value-added products, animal food and
even wastage. This is based on the assumption that about 105 million Filipino
individually consume approximately 110 kilograms of rice every year,” Bordey
explained.
For the
start of the year, PhilRice estimated roughly 3 million MT of carryover rice
stocks, which was sufficient to feed the country for 87 days. Moreover, local
farmers traditionally harvest 23 percent of the total production of the year
during the first quarter.
Nonetheless,
the economist said there was still a need to import rice given the country’s
“seasonal” production along with the government’s policy shift to a “tariff
regime” wherein imported rice could freely enter the country provided that the
required tariff was paid.
“Our
stocks dwindle as we enter the lean months from July to September. Without
comfortable level of stocks, there is a tendency for the price of rice to spike.
This is where importation can help. It can help us manage the supply and demand
for rice, and avoid sudden increase in its rice. Even with a 35-percent tariff
rate on our [rice imports from] Asean neighbors such as Thailand and Vietnam,
Philippine rice is still more expensive,” said Bordey.
“The only
way our local rice can compete is to lower its cost. We can only do that if we
enhance the competitiveness of our farmers,” she added. —KARL R. OCAMPO
Rice Research Institute, GXAAS CAAS
广西农业科学院 水稻研究所
China
1 January 2017 -
31 December 2017
Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All
The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs
for Rice Research Institute, GXAAS CAAS published between 1 January 2017 - 31
December 2017 which are tracked by the Nature Index.
Hover over the donut graph to view the WFCoutput for each
subject. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Click on the
subject to drill-down into a list of articles organized by journal, and then by
title.
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