In Memory: John L. Creed, Jr.
USA Rice extends condolences to the family and friends of John L.
Creed, Jr., of Houston, Texas, who passed away on June 9, at the age of
96. John was in the rice business for
over 50 years and was the chairman of the board of the Creed Rice Co., Inc., an
international rice brokerage firm.A World War II veteran, John interrupted his
studies at Louisiana State University to join the U.S. Army and fight with
General George Patton's Third Army in Europe.
Upon his return to civilian life, he finished his studies at LSU,
earning a degree in mechanical engineering in 1946, and also graduating from
L.S.U. Law School in 1949.
John and his wife, Kathyrn, moved to Houston in 1953 where he
worked for Comet Rice Mills. He was a
vice president at Blue Ribbon Rice Mill, Inc. for 20 years before founding
Creed Rice Co., Inc., in 1973 and The Creed Rice Market Report in 1985.In 2006,
the U.S.A. Rice Millers Association presented John with The Distinguished
Service Award.
"John had a long and distinguished career in the rice
industry," said Carl Brothers, Riceland Foods COO. "Using skills he learned studying
engineering and the law, and his experience working at rice mills throughout
the South, he built the Creed Rice Company into a viable and most respected
rice brokerage business. I know he was
proud that his legacy lives on as his children have taken over after his
retirement."Funeral services will be held Sunday, June 17, at the George
H. Lewis Funeral Home, 1010 Bering Drive, Houston, Texas, 77057. Recitation of the rosary for John is at 3:45
p.m. in the Jasek Chapel, and visitation is from 4-6 p.m. A funeral mass will be conducted on Monday,
June 18, at 10:30 a.m., at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 625 Nottingham Oaks
Trail in Houston.
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Go here to register for the webinar.
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Bhutan is 47 percent self-sufficient in rice
With 28 percent of cultivable
land used for rice cultivation, Bhutan is only 47 percent self-sufficient in
rice.
A rice specialist from
agriculture research and development centre in Bajo, Mahesh Ghimeray said that
one of the main problems in Bhutan is the low production base. “We’ve
lots of forests and the wild animals attack the crops,” he said.
Another challenge is insufficient
incentives for rice farming as it is cheaper to buy than produce rice, Mahesh
Ghimeray said. “Wet land conversion to other land use and urbanisation are
emerging challenges in Bhutan,” he said.
Rice constitutes 53 percent of
daily dietary energy requirement for Bhutanese. Bhutan cultivates rice on
53,055 acres and produces 85,090MT. An acre produces an average yield of
1.68MT.
Bhutan is not alone.
The region of South Asia could
face rice shortage if measures are not taken on time, experts said.
Scientists and experts on rice
from International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Bangladesh, Bhutan, and
Nepal indicated that if conditions don’t improve to boost rice production it
could impact not only South Asia but also global food supply.They are in
Thimphu to discuss ways to meet the rising demand for the staple food of the
region through a project between the three countries.
An agriculture specialist, Tayan
R Gurung (PhD) said, “The region grows 31 percent of the world’s rice and 18
percent of its wheat. Rice is the most important crop to regional food
security.”
He said that to help ensure
global food security and keep pace with the growing demand for rice, there is a
need to increase production by 26 percent by 2035.
UN and IFPRI have projected that
the region has to double food production to feed the population of 2-2.68
billion people by 2050, Tayan R Gurung said.
However, experts said rice
production faces enormous challenges in the form of diminishing resources
(land, water, and labour) and environmental threats, such as climate change,
land and water degradation, and biodiversity loss.
The IRRI Bangladesh Country
Representative Humnath Bhandari (PhD) said that two of the emerging challenges
are rapid growth in population and economic growth.
He said that if the growth in
rice production were not above the population growth rate, it would lead to
rice shortage. Population growth in South Asia is expected to be about 19 million
annually.
“For instance, in Nepal, rice
productivity also determines political stability in the country,” he said.
“It’s that important. Economic prosperity will bring a shift in the demand from
quantity to quality of rice.”
Despite seven percent economic
growth rate, the region has 15 percent of the people still poor.
“Rural –urban migration is
increasing and since a majority of the population are youth adds to the labour
shortage,” Humnath Bhandari said. He said that the area of rice cultivation has
remained the same at 50 million hectares since 1960 while production and yield
has rose from less than 100 million (M) metric tonnes (MT) to almost 250million
MT in 2017.
“This is mainly because of
investment in research and development of rice,” he said. “However, the growth
rate in production has stagnated because of lack of better yielding varieties.
South Asian economy is transforming, rice sector must too.”
Some of the measures initiated
including enhance the current rice productivity and production levels, bridging
yield gap between research and farmers’ fields, mechanisation to reduce
drudgery so that youth would take up agriculture, and commercialisation.
Agriculture in South Asia is
operated in roughly 270 million hectares representing 58 percent of the total
regional land area.
South Asia also has 33.5 percent
undernourished people in the world, and more than 50 percent of total wasted
children under five years.
Some of the priorities the
experts proposed were use of quality seeds or varieties, develop irrigation
infrastructure and water management, improve soil fertility and nutrient
management, and pest and disease management.
“Building partnership among
research facilities and sharing knowledge could help in increasing
productivity,” an expert from Bangladesh said.
Experts
brief minister on ‘all-weather’ paddy
PATNA: Agriculture scientists associated with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
in Manila on Thursday claimed they had developed varieties of paddy with which
farmers could expect good yield in the flood as well as drought-prone districts
of Bihar.
A five-member IIRI team of scientists led by its DG Mathew Morell called on state agriculture minister Prem Kumar and also explained the beneficial aspects of the new finds as they not only yielded good production but were also rich in nutritional value.
Earlier, minister Kumar described to them that 21 districts of the state were prone to floods and the rest to drought. He also said farmers in districts like Begusarai and Khagaria had started switching over to soyabean cultivation as it required less water.
Kumar said farmers in north Bihar needed a strain of paddy that could withstand the gushing floodwaters, while those in the drought-prone south Bihar districts needed paddy which could weather lack of rain for a month.
He said the challenge caused by flood was greater because the floodwaters usually damaged the standing paddy crops. Last year, 8.4 lakh hectare of paddy was destroyed. Farmers in the state take three crops – Kharif, Rabi and ‘garma paddy’. The minister also asked the IRRI scientists to present a demonstration of their method of paddy cultivation in the current Kharif season to which they agreed.
A five-member IIRI team of scientists led by its DG Mathew Morell called on state agriculture minister Prem Kumar and also explained the beneficial aspects of the new finds as they not only yielded good production but were also rich in nutritional value.
Earlier, minister Kumar described to them that 21 districts of the state were prone to floods and the rest to drought. He also said farmers in districts like Begusarai and Khagaria had started switching over to soyabean cultivation as it required less water.
Kumar said farmers in north Bihar needed a strain of paddy that could withstand the gushing floodwaters, while those in the drought-prone south Bihar districts needed paddy which could weather lack of rain for a month.
He said the challenge caused by flood was greater because the floodwaters usually damaged the standing paddy crops. Last year, 8.4 lakh hectare of paddy was destroyed. Farmers in the state take three crops – Kharif, Rabi and ‘garma paddy’. The minister also asked the IRRI scientists to present a demonstration of their method of paddy cultivation in the current Kharif season to which they agreed.
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the state Govt should import
the varieties of paddy with which farmers could expect good yield in the flood
as well as drought-prone districts of Bihar.
IRRI DG Morell and agriculture scientist Arvind Kumar informed the minister that the institute had developed a strain of paddy that could withstand pressure of floodwaters for 15 days. Similarly, another strain of paddy could be cultivated in drought-prone areas as it required minimal water for a month.
IRRI DG Morell and agriculture scientist Arvind Kumar informed the minister that the institute had developed a strain of paddy that could withstand pressure of floodwaters for 15 days. Similarly, another strain of paddy could be cultivated in drought-prone areas as it required minimal water for a month.
Morel said the IRRI had established its South Asia Regional Centre at Varanasi and had also been collaborating with several agriculture universities in the country, including Bihar Agriculture University at Sabour (Bhagalpur). The methods developed by IRRI helped reduce production costs and also promoted farm mechanisation and management of natural resources (like soil, water and insects), Morel said.
Climate change will make rice
less nutritious, putting millions of the world’s poor at risk
June 13, 2018 8.40pm AEST
Author
Professor of Global Health and Environmental and Occupational
Health Sciences, University of Washington
Disclosure statement
Kristie Ebi does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding
from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has
disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
Partners
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Rice is the primary food source
for more than 3 billion people around the world. Many are unable to afford a
diverse and nutritious diet that includes complete protein, grains, fruits and
vegetables. They rely heavily on more affordable cereal crops, including rice,
for most of their calories.
My research focuses on health
risks associated with climate variability and change. In a recently
published study, I worked with scientists from China, Japan,
Australia and the United States to assess how the rising carbon dioxide
concentrations that are fueling climate change could alter the nutritional
value of rice. We conducted field studies in Asia for multiple genetically
diverse rice lines, analyzing how rising concentrations of carbon dioxide in
the atmosphere altered levels of protein, micronutrients and B vitamins.
Our data showed for the first
time that rice grown at the concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide
scientists expect the world to reach by 2100 has lower levels of four key B
vitamins. These findings also support research from other field studies showing
rice grown under such conditions contains less protein, iron and zinc, which
are important in fetal and early child development. These changes could have a
disproportionate impact on maternal and child
health in the poorest rice-dependent countries, including
Bangladesh and Cambodia.
Carbon dioxide and plant growth
Plants obtain the carbon they
need to grow primarily from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and draw other
required nutrients from the soil. Human activities – mainly fossil fuel
combustion and deforestation – raised atmospheric CO2 concentrations from about
280 parts per million during pre-industrial times to 410 parts per million today. If global
emission rates continue on their current path, atmospheric CO2 concentrations
could reach over 1,200 parts per million by 2100 (including methane and other
greenhouse gas emissions).
Higher concentrations of CO2 are
generally acknowledged to stimulate plant photosynthesis and growth. This
effect could make the cereal crops that remain the world’s most important
sources of food, such as rice, wheat and corn, more productive, although recent
research suggests that predicting impacts on plant growth is complex.
Concentrations of minerals
critical for human health, particularly iron and zinc, do not change in unison
with CO2 concentrations. Current understanding of plant physiology suggests
that major cereal crops – particularly rice and wheat – respond to higher CO2
concentrations by synthesizing more carbohydrates (starches and sugars) and
less protein, and by reducing the quantity of minerals
in their grains.
The importance of micronutrients
Worldwide, approximately 815
million people worldwide are food-insecure, meaning that they do not have
reliable access to sufficient quantities of safe, nutritious and affordable
food. Even more people – approximately 2 billion – have deficiencies
of important micronutrientssuch as iron, iodine and zinc.Insufficient
dietary iron can lead to iron deficiency anemia, a condition in which there are
too few red blood cells in the body to carry oxygen. This is the most common
type of anemia. It can cause fatigue, shortness of breath or chest pain, and
can lead to serious complications, such as heart failure and developmental
delays in children.
Zinc deficiencies are
characterized by loss of appetite and diminished sense of smell, impaired wound
healing, and weakened immune function. Zinc also supports growth and
development, so sufficient dietary intake is important for pregnant women and
growing children.
Higher carbon concentrations in
plants reduce nitrogen amounts in plant tissue, which is
critical for the formation of B vitamins. Different B vitamins are required for
key functions in the body, such as regulating the nervous system, turning food
into energy and fighting infections. Folate, a B vitamin, reduces the risk of
birth defects when consumed by pregnant women.
Anemia affects one-third of women of reproductive age globally –
or about 613 million women. FAO, CC
BY-ND
Significant nutrition losses
We carried out our field studies
in China and Japan, where we grew different strains of rice outdoors. To
simulate higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations, we used Free-Air CO2 Enrichment, which blows CO2 over
fields to maintain concentrations that are expected later in the century.
Control fields experience similar conditions except for the higher CO2
concentrations.
On average, the rice that we grew
in air with elevated CO2 concentrations contained 17 percent less vitamin B1
(thiamine) than rice grown under current CO2 concentrations; 17 percent less
vitamin B2 (riboflavin); 13 percent less vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid); and 30
percent less vitamin B9 (folate). Our study is the first to identify that
concentrations of B vitamins in rice are reduced with higher CO2.
We also found average reductions
of 10 percent in protein, 8 percent in iron and 5 percent in zinc. We found no
change in levels of vitamin B6 or calcium. The only increase we found was in
vitamin E levels for most strains.
Rice within the octagon in this field is part of an experiment
designed to grow rice under different atmospheric conditions. Rice grown under
carbon dioxide concentrations of 568 to 590 parts per million is less
nutritious, with lower amounts of protein, vitamins and minerals. Dr. Toshihiro HASEGAWA, National Agriculture and Food Research
Organization of Japan, CC BY-ND
Worsening micronutrient
deficiencies
At present, about 600 million
people — mostly in Southeast Asia — get more than half of their daily calories
and protein directly from rice. If nothing is done, the declines we found would
likely worsen the overall burden of undernutrition. They also could affect
early childhood development through impacts that include worsened effects from
diarrheal disease and malaria.
The potential health risks
associated with CO2-induced nutritional deficits are directly correlated to the
lowest overall gross domestic product per capita. This suggests that such
changes would have serious potential consequences for countries already
struggling with poverty and undernutrition. Few people would associate fossil
fuel combustion and deforestation with the nutritional content of rice, but our
research clearly shows one way in which emitting fossil fuels could worsen
world hunger challenges.
How could climate change affect
other key plants?
Unfortunately, today there is no
entity at the federal, state or business level that provides long-term funding
to evaluate how rising CO2 levels could affect plant chemistry and nutritional
quality. But CO2-induced changes have significant implications, ranging from
medicinal plants to nutrition, food safety and food allergies. Given the
potential impacts, which may already be occurring, there is a clear and urgent
need to invest in this research.
It is also critical to identify
options for avoiding or lessening these risks, from traditional plant breeding
to genetic modification to supplements. Rising CO2 concentrations are driving
climate change. What role these emissions will play in altering all aspects of
plant biology, including the nutritional quality of the crops that we use for
food, feed, fiber and fuel, remains to be determined.
Jon Richfield
I hold no brief one way or
another, but given that increased CO2 concentrations tend to encourage higher
productivity of plant biomass, and that the figures given for reduced nutrient
content are fairly modest, and do not vary very dramatically for most of the
components, how much consideration was given to whether the reduced vitamin,
mineral, and protein content was not simply the result of dilution with say,
greater carbohydrate content?
If so, the observations sound
comparatively un-alarming, given that there is something of a world-wide
calorie gap as well as of other nutrient intake.
Also, if the observations do not
suggest that the plants are stressed by extra CO2, (in fact, even if they are)
then it seems likely that comparatively mild breeding programmes could adapt
rice varieties and possibly combine with agronomic practices to make up the
gap, or even exploit the extra plant vigour that the extra carbon should
provide.
How much evidence is there that
other crops suffer the same effects? Or that current levels of CO2 have already
begun to experience malnutrition from those causes? Surely rice is not unique
in this respect?
Bhutan is 47 percent self-sufficient in rice
With 28 percent of cultivable
land used for rice cultivation, Bhutan is only 47 percent self-sufficient in
rice.A rice specialist from agriculture research and development centre in
Bajo, Mahesh Ghimeray said that one of the main problems in Bhutan is the low
production base. “We’ve lots of forests and the wild animals attack the
crops,” he said.Another challenge is insufficient incentives for rice farming
as it is cheaper to buy than produce rice, Mahesh Ghimeray said. “Wet land
conversion to other land use and urbanisation are emerging challenges in
Bhutan,” he said.
Rice constitutes 53 percent of
daily dietary energy requirement for Bhutanese. Bhutan cultivates rice on
53,055 acres and produces 85,090MT. An acre produces an average yield of
1.68MT.Bhutan is not alone.The region of South Asia could face rice shortage if
measures are not taken on time, experts said.Scientists and experts on rice
from International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Bangladesh, Bhutan, and
Nepal indicated that if conditions don’t improve to boost rice production it
could impact not only South Asia but also global food supply.
They are in Thimphu to discuss
ways to meet the rising demand for the staple food of the region through a
project between the three countries. An agriculture specialist, Tayan R Gurung
(PhD) said, “The region grows 31 percent of the world’s rice and 18 percent of
its wheat. Rice is the most important crop to regional food security.”
He said that to help ensure
global food security and keep pace with the growing demand for rice, there is a
need to increase production by 26 percent by 2035.UN and IFPRI have projected
that the region has to double food production to feed the population of 2-2.68
billion people by 2050, Tayan R Gurung said.
However, experts said rice
production faces enormous challenges in the form of diminishing resources
(land, water, and labour) and environmental threats, such as climate change,
land and water degradation, and biodiversity loss.
The IRRI Bangladesh Country
Representative Humnath Bhandari (PhD) said that two of the emerging challenges
are rapid growth in population and economic growth. He said that if the growth
in rice production were not above the population growth rate, it would lead to
rice shortage. Population growth in South Asia is expected to be about 19
million annually.
“For instance, in Nepal, rice
productivity also determines political stability in the country,” he said.
“It’s that important. Economic prosperity will bring a shift in the demand from
quantity to quality of rice.” Despite seven percent economic growth rate, the
region has 15 percent of the people still poor. “Rural –urban migration is
increasing and since a majority of the population are youth adds to the labour
shortage,” Humnath Bhandari said. He said that the area of rice cultivation has
remained the same at 50 million hectares since 1960 while production and yield
has rose from less than 100 million (M) metric tonnes (MT) to almost 250million
MT in 2017.
“This is mainly because of
investment in research and development of rice,” he said. “However, the growth
rate in production has stagnated because of lack of better yielding varieties.
South Asian economy is transforming, rice sector must too.”
Some of the measures initiated
including enhance the current rice productivity and production levels, bridging
yield gap between research and farmers’ fields, mechanisation to reduce
drudgery so that youth would take up agriculture, and commercialisation.Agriculture
in South Asia is operated in roughly 270 million hectares representing 58
percent of the total regional land area.South Asia also has 33.5 percent
undernourished people in the world, and more than 50 percent of total wasted
children under five years.
Some of the priorities the
experts proposed were use of quality seeds or varieties, develop irrigation
infrastructure and water management, improve soil fertility and nutrient
management, and pest and disease management. “Building partnership among
research facilities and sharing knowledge could help in increasing
productivity,” an expert from Bangladesh said.
Applications open for wild rice
task force
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 5:00 am
Office of Rep. Dale Lueck |
Rep. Dale Lueck, R-Aitkin, has
participated in the effort to replace the state’s sulfate standard to the end
of protecting Minnesota’s state grain, wild rice. He now urges citizens to
officially join in the process.While the governor vetoed two bills Lueck
authored to update the 45-year-old water quality sulfate standard that is
acknowledged to be outdated and has never been implemented, the governor has
issued an executive order establishing a Governor’s Task Force on Wild Rice.
The application process for appointment to the task force is now underway.
Lueck encourages qualified individuals to apply.
“Wild rice is native to most of
Minnesota, thus this issue has a far ranging impact on our region, as well as
the rest of Minnesota,” Lueck said. “For over a decade, the MPCA has been
solely focused, yet has been unsuccessful in replacing the outdated sulfate
standard. It’s time we had outside eyes examine what this agency is doing and
take a more compressive approach to protecting, enhancing and, where
appropriate, restoring natural wild rice.”
Following is a list of appointments
available on the panel:
Governor’s Task Force on Wild Rice
Vacancies: one seat – electric
utility representative;
Vacancies: two seats – independent
scientists with expertise in wild rice research and plant-based aquatic
toxicity;
Vacancies: one seat – labor
representative (statewide labor organization);
Vacancies: one seat – mining
industry – ferrous mining representative;
Vacancies: one seat – mining
industry – non-ferrous mining industry representative;
Vacancies: one seat – Minnesota
Chippewa tribe representative;
Vacancies: one seat – Minnesota
Indian Affairs Council representative;
Vacancies: one seat – municipal
wastewater discharger representative;
Vacancies: two seats –
nongovernmental environmental organization representative;
Vacancies: one seat – non-native
wild rice harvester.
Applications may be submitted
online at commissionsandappointments.sos.state.mn.us. Paper
applications may be emailed to open.appointments@state.mn.us or
mailed to Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, 180 State Office
Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155.
Contact William Seuffert by calling 651-757-2766 or emailing will.seuffert@state.mn.us for
more information. The first application review date is June 22 and the task
force is set to sunset, April 7, 2019.
Corn Irrigation Cage Match Births
True Believer
June 12, 2018 08:31 AM
Tommy Young placed two near-identical corn fields in an
irrigation cage-match and walked away a true believer in automated management.
( Chris Bennett )
Tommy Young once could have kept a goldfish wet in
the furrows of his corn. However, Young has seen and believed in the power of
precision irrigation. In an era of razor-thin margins, words and theory mean
little to the seasoned Arkansas grower, but with evidence on display in his own
fields, Young is a quick convert to automated irrigation management.
In 2016, Young placed two near-identical corn fields
in an irrigation scheduling cage-match: checkbook versus moisture sensors. On
adjacent acreage, two center pivots turned to the tune of separate irrigation
methods, and following harvest, Young walked away with matching yields and
money in his pocket. Spurred by the on-farm display, Young is a true believer:
Water is an immediate avenue for major savings and the proof is in his pivots.
Prior to the 2016 crop season, Chris
Henry, water management engineer at the University of Arkansas Rice
Research and Extension Center (RREC) in Stuttgart,
walked onto Young’s operation and levied a challenge: Would Young be game to
test irrigation scheduling techniques in side-by-side fields with mirrored
agronomic conditions?
Young was a follower of irrigation’s checkbook
method, and typically applied roughly 2” of water per week starting on Monday
(two full circles, each dropping nine-tenths of an inch). Regardless of clouds
or atmospheric conditions, he shut down the pivots on Friday or Saturday
morning, manually checking rain gauges and making adjustments: “Forget plant
uptake. I assumed the plants needed moisture and I threw on water. A whole lot
of water.”
Alongside nephews, Blake and Jim, Young farms 7,500
acres outside of Tuckerman in Jackson County, and owns Young’s Irrigation & Equipment. For a
grower running 21 pivots across a 27-mile expanse, irrigation was a labor
scramble and far from an efficient symphony. Despite lingering doubts, Young
accepted Henry’s challenge, and pitted two adjoining fields (each 160 acres in
size with the same corn variety) in a head-to-head irrigation battle, watered
by identical center pivots and wells running at the same pump rate and nozzle
package
Losing a Revolution
“Basically, Chris Henry used moisture sensors with
one pivot and I went old school with the other pivot. I would crank up and
Chris would hold off, still looking at moisture data. It seemed like I was starting
mine on Monday and he started on Thursday. It didn’t take very long and he’d
lost a couple of revolutions,” Young recalls.
Henry was relying on Watermark moisture sensors: “There’s a
whole range of potential sensors, but at a minimum, you want to know you’re not
over- or under-irrigating, and that you’re meeting crop water demand. You can
save an entire turn in one week with sensors. Saving turns is saving money.”
If the average time to make a pivot turn is
approximately 40 hours at 4 gallons ($2.50 per gallon) of diesel per hour, the
savings tallies a minimum of $400. However, the savings quickly compound when
multiple turns are eliminated.
“You can buy four sensors for $150 and a manual
reader for $250. Figure just one turn or $400 in savings across all your
pivots. The math is so simple, it’s like an investment that keeps on giving”
Henry describes. “Then factor in multiple turns, wear and tear, pickup mileage,
labor, NRCS assistance,
water, conservation and yield improvements. The savings can really add up.”
Time spent up front to learn about moisture sensors and
other irrigation technologies reaps major dividends, although some growers
initially conflate sensors with additional work, Henry says: “In reality, think
about all the money a farmer spends on fertilizer, seed, treatments and
fungicides. Then we just toss water out without any idea if it is enough or too
much. Sensors are very eye-opening, yet everyone thinks they know what they are
doing until they put a set of sensors in the ground. It’s often very humbling.”
Twin Yields
When Young finished the season, he was stunned to
find the same bushel yield in both 160-acre fields, yet the checkbook field had
demanded 130 hours of irrigation time over the moisture sensor field. “The
lightbulb went on in my head,” Young explains. “If I multiplied this across all
21 of my pivots, it would be big money. The difference is undeniable and it’s
led me to take automated irrigation technology across my entire operation.”
Cutting fertilizer or seed rate is a dicey
proposition for many growers, but cutting water is a viable option, according
to Young. In his 30th year
as a T&L center pivot irrigation dealer, Young
has placed moisture sensors across all of his farming ground. “Done right, you
can offset the costs of sensors, telemetry, or even weather stations in a
single year. That’s the amount of savings that are left on the table by so many
growers,” he says.
Soil moisture success was a major catalyst for
increased irrigation automation across Young’s operation, driven entirely by a
desire to curb costs. Young spent $2,500 per unit to place AgSense Field Commanders on each of his
21 pivots, supplemented by eight Davis weather stations. The technological
upgrade has been transformative, according to Young. With pivots monitored by
smartphone, Young has eliminated several thousand miles of pickup travel each
season and gained an eye-in-the-sky view of his irrigation system.
Time is precious, particularly with center pivots.
When a rice well goes down, Young can make a repair and catch up with hard
pumping. However, when a pivot goes down or crashes in a corn or soybean field,
a lost revolution can make a waste of all previous irrigations. Additionally,
if a pivot fails and isn’t spotted for hours, the massive dumping of water in
one location can be devastating. A pivot bogged in mud is extremely difficult
to extract and can cause further loss of time and money.
“The Commanders quickly pay for themselves just by
the mileage saved on our trucks. On my phone, I know exactly which center pivot
needs to be dealt with and what the problem is. The money comes back so fast
because it’s goodbye to downtime and field trips,” Young says.
The Right Bandwagon
Regardless of technology choices, Young is adamant
that growers perform due diligence. Whether pivots, weather stations, moisture
sensors, grain bins or fuel tanks, Young says everything must fit on one
platform. “Be unified across your acreage and investigate the companies. Make
sure what you choose handles everything you want to accomplish. For me, my
biggest tech concerns are monitoring my center pivots, watching the weather,
and checking my soil moisture levels.”
“I’ve been shown and I now believe,” Young continues.
“Moisture sensors are
the bandwagon to jump on because they actually work by making me more efficient
and saving me money.”
“This is something to spend a little money and get
back quick returns or even a better crop with something that genuinely works.
I’m never going back to irrigating without the efficiency of
sensor technology,” Young adds. “It would be like somebody forcing me to drive
the speed limit with no speedometer.”
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introduced in Japan by Kubota during the 1960s. It is specifically designed for
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machine along a straight line to transplant the seedlings in rows. The rice
planter comprised of three parts, namely the motor, running gear, and
transplanter device. The transplanter consists of a seedling tray, seeding tray
shifter, and pickup forks. The seedlings are fed into the seedling trays from
where they are picked up by the forks and placed into the ground.
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global rice transplanter machine market to grow at a CAGR of 9.35% during the
period 2017-2021.
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Down to the soil
13 June 2018 - 11:02am
S. Indra Sathiabalan
DESPITE retiring over two decades ago from his job as a research
geneticist at MARDI (Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development
Institute), Dr Chew Boon Hock (below) is still firmly passionate
about the subject of agriculture.Chew was the head of the Rice Research Unit,
and later served as head of the Plant Science Unit and Genetics Unit. He also
led a team from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia to exploit the use of effective
microbes in sustainable microbial agriculture for the new century.
Now aged 77, Chew keeps himself
occupied by working as freelance consultant for several organic farms in
Malaysia and Singapore, and also for companies dealing in organic products.
He also frequently gives talks
and seminars on all aspects of growing organic – farming, gardening, food and
nutritional standards.
Recently, Chew published his first book, Grow
Your Own Vegetables. He was perhaps inspired by his wife Chia Joo
Suan, an author herself who has written You’re What You Eat, What’s
In Your Food, and Eat Well, Live Well.
Grow Your Own Vegetables is actually a compilation
of articles written by Chew that were published between 2003 and 2008 in Flavours magazine.
“I updated my columns and added a few new chapters,” Chew explained.
“I updated my columns and added a few new chapters,” Chew explained.
The book will benefit those who
want to grow their own vegetables, but are clueless as to where to start.
During our interview session,
Chew expressed great concern for people across the world who are affected by
pesticide residue in their food.
“Farmers spray pesticide because
they think that it is the only way. During my time as a geneticist, I thought
if we came up with crops that were pest-resistant, it would work, [and] the
farmer would not need to spray pesticide.
Unfortunately, this resistance
breaks down after a two to three years.”
Chew then realised that working
with nature was a better option. “The principle is simple. If your soil is
healthy, your plant will be healthy. If your plant is healthy, pests won’t
affect it."
He compared this to how a healthy
person is able to better resist infections.
He said traditional farmers face
problems because excessive use of chemicals has killed living microorganisms in
the soil.
“[Normally] soil is teaming with
billions of microbes. These microbes are beneficial because they make the soil
healthy. If you put a lot of chemical fertiliser, the microbes die. Now the
so-called living soil, becomes dead soil.”
He said it is important to work
with nature, and not damage the ecosystem by avoiding using chemicals of any
kind, including chemical-based fertilisers.
He added anyone can grow their
own garden. Even those living in apartments can plant in boxes outside on their
balcony. He is also a big believer in community gardens, where unused land in a
neighborhood can be turned into a vegetable garden.
“For organic agriculture, we have
to manage the soil, not the plant. With good soil, you have a good plant.
Organic farmers feed the soil so that [the plant] becomes healthy, and so
whatever nutrient in the soil [makes] the plant healthy.”
Grow Your Own Vegetables teaches readers to grow a
wide variety of vegetables in an organic manner. He also goes on at length
about what is organic food, and what organic certification means.
It is a great book not just for
beginners in gardening, but also those who want to expand their
vegetable-growing repertoire.
Chew said: “This book will give
you the basic foundation. Slowly, you will learn and [gain] experience.
Participate in a community garden, there will be an exchange of knowledge,
[and] you can learn a lot from there. Go on the Internet, and you can get a lot
in information.”
Chew added that while there are a
lot of vegetables that are easy to grow, one should not start with chili,
because it is susceptible to many diseases.
To avoid disappointment, start
with amaranth (bayam), or water spinach (kangkung), which are easier to grow
and less susceptible to diseases.
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Coorperation Vital For
Farmers
Proactive Studies And Farmer Cooperation Is Needed To Bolster The
Knowledge And Dissemination Of Rice And Grain To The Local Farmers.
June
13, 2018
BY RIODAN BEGUSHAR
Proactive studies and farmer
cooperation is needed to bolster the knowledge and dissemination of rice and
grain to the local farmers. This is ensure the crop can be farmed right,
according to a rice and grain officer with National Agriculture Research
Institute Anthon Beko who said local farmers were sprouting in the country and
it is necessary that appropriate farming knowledge is made available to them.“Farming
rice and other grains in the country is elevating and I wonder if the farmers
know the pros and cons of farming for quality,” Mr Beko said.
He said farmers still lacked
production techniques such as inland production, irrigated rice, nursery
production, post harvesting, milling and the economical perspective involved. He
said NARI’s research has made discoveries on rice and the knowledge is
available for farmers to access. “We will love to help, this is what we are set
up to do; discover, disseminate and improve,” he said. Mr Becko said in Morobe
province small scale rice growers come to NARI for information on rice farming
which he said was the way forward. “We at NARI have conducted research and
studies into quality rice farming and in our capacity as the research
organisation we have what is takes in farming. The onus is on the farmers to
seek information,” he said.
Mr Becko said NARI has also
introduced technologies that will help the small famers in rice farming.“We
introduced the solar rice milling technologies to help farmers which the
farmers are fond of,” he said.Mr Becko said providing training to the farmers
is another important area NARI is involved with.He said NARI has conducted
training on rice farming in Morobe and Central provinces but more is needed to
see the production of rice domesticated as most of the rice are imported from
overseas.
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The Federation of Rice growers in Rwanda (FUCORIRWA) has
announced an increase in farm rice prices by one Rwandan franc, with plans to
build a new office for rice growers by 2019.
New prices, Rwf288 for short grains and Rwf298 for long grains
were announced this on June 12, 2018 during the federation’s Annual General
Assembly (AGM) in Kigali.
“The increase was decided by the growers as a way of meeting
extra costs in rice growing, but the market prices will be determined by the
ministry of trade and processing plants,” said Apollinaire Gahiza, the chairman
of Fucorirwa Board.
The extra costs include, labor, sacs packing, land rent, and
increase in water prices especially at a time when the farmers encountered
severe production shortages in the previous season.
Some rice cooperatives welcomed the increase but said it’s a
drop in the ocean compared to the profits made by the rice dealers.
On the market, processed rice – short grains costs Rwf700
and Rwf800 for long grains but farmers sold their produce at Rwf287 and Rwf297
respectively in the previous season.
“This farm price was too little and the increase is also meager
but we have nothing to do,” said Chantal Kayitesi from Cooperative Twibumbe in
Rwamagana district.
With 12 cooperatives and unions, the federation is counting on
the contribution of farmers to increase its price production so as to meet its
2018 activities which include increased quality of rice and construction of a
new Rwf170million office facility in Bugesera district.
However, rice production gaps according to the National
Cooperative Competiveness Confederation (NCCR) have continued dwindling as a
result of using rudimental methods to cultivate rice.
While rice remains a substitute family meal as a result of its
low cost and levels of satisfaction, some farmers said that the short
rains, long dry seasons and delayed supply of NPK fertilizers caused a drop in
annual output.
For example annual federation rice production on 10,500 hectares
increased from 70,000tonnes in 2016 to 80,000 tonnes in 2017, but the first
season of 2018 is having only 51,000 tonnes.
“We shall have to evaluate this drop, if it’s because of the
droughts, but in the meantime we also need to see farmers improve their methods
to adopt machinery in harvest and deal with issue of middlemen as it has been
with other federations,” said Dr. Augustin Katabarwa, the NCCR chairman.Currently,
none of the rice cooperative uses machinery to harvest rice, which has two
seasons a year.
To address a shift from using manual labor to machinery in
harvesting, the federation has solicited a deal with Alumni of Rwandans
who studied in Japan (JAAR) to supply appropriate machines.
“The machines will cost Rwf800,000 but this can be paid in
phases with an option of the cooperative paying only 25% and the balance is
guaranteed on their harvest sold to factories,” said Anicet Rwema.
Vietnamese sticky rice sees price reduction
12.06.2018 | UkrAgroConsult
The prices of Việt Nam’s sticky rice are facing a downward trend
due to its over-supply and dependence on a single large market, according to
the Department of Farm Produce Processing and Market Development under the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Although it is now the beginning of the harvest of the
summer-autumn crop, the sticky rice farmers are quite passive because they have
few orders and few prospective buyers.
The statistics of Việt Nam Food Association (VFA) showed that, in
2017, Việt Nam exported 1.4 million tonnes of sticky rice, mainly to China.
Last year, as Việt Nam was expanding sticky rice production, China
also quickly increased sticky rice cultivation. The current inventory of
Chinese enterprises is quite large; therefore, promoting the export of sticky
rice to China’s market in the near future is impossible, a sticky rice exporter
to China revealed.
Due to the declining demand for sticky rice, its price declined
sharply from US$530-540 per tonne in January-February to $460-470 at the
moment. The domestic sticky rice price also fell sharply compared to other
types of rice.
In contrast, the consumption of fresh rice IR50404 in the last
winter-spring crop in the Mekong Delta has been quite "smooth".
Domestic supply is not sufficient to meet all export contracts.
Therefore, prices of IR50404 rice in this region have continuously
risen, setting the highest record in recent years. In some periods, the price
of fresh rice IR50404 in the field was purchased by traders at a price of
nearly VNĐ6,000 per kg, up VNĐ1,000 per kg compared with the peak price of
2017. The export price of this type of rice also rose significantly, higher
than the price for rice from Thailand, India and Pakistan.
Looking at the contrast between the two types of rice, it is clear
that the current crop structure in the country’s largest granary is not yet
flexible enough to quickly adapt to meet market demands.
Enhance the competitiveness of enterprises
Đặng Thị Liên, director of Long An Foodstuffs Company Limited, said
that the problem of sticky rice cultivation has been discussed already. In the
recent winter-spring crop, as her firm realised it was heavily dependent on the
Chinese market, it called for farmers to shift their sticky rice cultivation to
high quality rice variety Đài Thơm 8 and agreed to collect all the output.
However, farmers wouldn’t follow through, believing that the sticky rice market
will recover soon.
According to Liên, warning enterprises is not enough; persuading
growers to switch requires the participation of State management agencies as
well as support from the press.
In order to avoid the oversupply of sticky rice and the undersupply
of other types, MARD should coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade
(MoIT) and the VFA to study the import market and the demand for each type of rice.
Then they can provided information to farmers, enterprises and localities to
make adjustments before the planting season, she suggested.
An expert in agriculture, Võ Tòng Xuân, said market demand varies
from year to year. This year, Indonesia and the Philippines are increasing
imports, but it’s not certain that next year they will continue to import.
Indonesia, for example, has not been importing rice for the past few years, but
suddenly announced its purchase of 500,000 tonnes in early 2018.
Therefore, the Việt Nam Trade Commission in the countries should
collect and supply information on the market demand of the host country to the
MARD and MoIT for synthesis. From there, it is possible to analyse market
demand.
In addition to providing market forecast information, some
enterprises said that in order to improve the competitiveness of the rice
industry, the State should have appropriate mechanisms and policies for
businesses and farmers to actively approach the source of raw materials for
export.
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NFA taking measures to bring down rice prices soonest
June
13, 2018 NFA
QUEZON CITY, June 13 -- The
National Food Authority (NFA) assures the public it has been doing its best to
make rice available, accessible, and affordable to the country's poor and
low-income consumers but there are policy and operational decisions it cannot
make alone, aside from the fact that natural events can also limit its
efficiency and effectiveness in fulfilling its mandate of food security and
stabilization of supply and price of the country's basic staple.
Imported rice from Vietnam and
Thailand started arriving last week, but some cannot be unloaded due to heavy
rains at the ports. "As soon as the weather becomes a little better, the
stocks will be immediately brought to NFA warehouses and immediate dispersal
will follow. I have instructed all NFA field directors and managers to
immediately distribute the stocks as soon as possible to give immediate relief
to our poor countrymen, particularly those belonging to the marginalized
sector, and help bring down rice prices," NFA administrator Jason Aquino
said.
"Over the past 45 years, the
presence of NFA rice in the market had always been hailed as a fulcrum against
inflation. There had been great spikes in the prices of fuel and other basic goods
before, but having enough supply of affordable NFA rice has always cushioned
our poor kababayan from hunger and economic difficulty," Aquino said.
He said NFA had been effective in
its mandate in the past because it always had enough buffer stock to stabilize
the market when commercial rice prices rise. On the part of the farmers, on the
other hand, the NFA had already succeeded in influencing palay prices to be
more profitable for them as its support price serves as the benchmark for
ex-farm prices.
"Our farmers now are happy
with the very high palay buying prices reaching as much as P25/kilogram, making
NFA unable to procure its buffer stocks locally at the support price of P17/kg
clean and dry. But our low-income consumers are complaining because the temporary
absence of NFA rice in the market has made life more difficult for them as
prices of other commodities continue to rise," Aquino said.
Aquino explained that the
depletion of NFA rice was not a result of NFA's inefficiency or the
incompetence of its officials. Records show that the increase in rice prices
started way before NFA’s announcement that its stocks are being depleted and
that there was a need for immediate importation to replenish the government
buffer stocks, he said.
Rather, it was the consequence of
differing views and appreciation of how the NFA mandate is supposed to be done.
While some quarters wanted NFA rice to be taken away from the market and let
private traders dictate the supply and price of rice (thus against government
importation policy), NFA would not relent in its mandate of making rice
available, accessible, affordable and safe at all times.
"Except for myself, the
current NFA officials, directors and managers have been in the agency for an
average of 30 years. They had hurdled and triumphed over more adverse
situations in the past simply because their recommendations, based on actual
experience, were heard and appreciated by the government policy makers"
Aquino said.
"We'd like to emphasize once
again that the NFA never said there was rice shortage in the country. NFA was
consistent in saying that there was more than enough of commercial rice. What
was being depleted was NFA rice, which was the only option for our poor
kababayan. However, some members of the media deliberately misled the public
which actually caused panic by reporting otherwise. Unhappily, some officials
in the government believed this." Aquino explained.
"I am calling on all our
colleagues and leaders in government: Rather than pointing fingers and blaming each
other for certain problems we encounter along the way, let us help each other
find the right and long-term solutions to these problems. It's the least we
could do to help ease the burden of our President who is pouring all his time
and energy on finding ways to make life better and more comfortable for our
countrymen," Aquino said. (NFA)
Philippines
unlikely to be rice self-sufficient - Duterte
MANILA, June 13 (Reuters) - The Philippines is unlikely to become
self-sufficient in rice production, President Rodrigo Duterte said on
Wednesday, appearing to contradict his agriculture minister who had set a 2020
target to produce enough rice to meet the country’s needs.The Southeast Asian
country is a frequent buyer of rice mainly from Vietnam and Thailand, usually
importing more than one million tonnes of the staple grain every year to meet
domestic demand and maintain stockpiles.
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said last year the country
could produce enough rice for its own needs by 2020 with the help of free
irrigation and other state measures to boost output.“I do not believe we can be
rice sufficient,” Duterte said in a speech to officials of state universities
at the presidential palace.“If you’d ask me, in the next how many years, we
will just have to import rice,” Duterte said.
He said shrinking farmland and a growing population made it
difficult to produce enough rice to meet domestic needs.In April, Duterte
ordered the National Food Authority (NFA) to build up its depleted rice
stockpiles to the equivalent of 60 days of national consumption, or about 1.92
million tonnes.The NFA has so far bought 500,000 tonnes mostly from Vietnam and
Thailand and is set to import an additional volume of up to 805,200 tonnes.
Duterte said on Wednesday he wants NFA warehouses to be filled “up
to the ceiling” with rice.“I do not care if we have to sell it at a lower price
someday if there’s a glut in the market,” he said.Retail rice prices in the
Philippines have risen steadily since the start of the year due to the absence
of government-subsidized supply in the market. This has fed inflation which hit
its highest level in at least five years in May. (Reporting by Enrico dela Cruz
Editing by Darren Schuettler)
Arkansas Rice Still On Track Despite Storms, Difficult
Spring
Jun 13, 2018
By Ryan McGeeney
As the nation’s No. 1 rice producer, Arkansas can have an outsized effect on U.S. rice production one year to the next, depending on fates largely tied to the weather. And 2018 is shaping up to be anything but simple — or predictable.
“The rice crop looks great at the moment, but it’s been a difficult season,” said Jarrod Hardke, extension rice agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. “One of the coldest Aprils on record followed by the hottest May on record has a lot to do with it.”
As of last week, nearly 100 percent of planned rice acreage throughout the state had already emerged, with growers rating 70 percent of the crop as being in “good” or “excellent” condition, according to a June 4 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
But cool weather and rain in April hindered the application — and likely the effectiveness — of herbicides, which may have consequences later in the season, Hardke said.’
“Emergence on early planted rice was extremely delayed by the cold April weather and so we didn’t benefit much from early residual herbicide applications,” he said. “Once we got to May and things warmed up and dried out, they stayed dry and our herbicides didn’t work very well again. Many acres also needed to be flushed to relieve the drought stress conditions and to activate residual herbicides.”
Sporadic rains also interfered with the crop’s ideal fertilization window, leaving growers to try to “play catch-up” during a recent window of dry weather.
The June 2 storm that impacted several areas throughout northeastern Arkansas, particularly St, Francis County between Colt and Forest City, appears to have done relatively little damage to rice growers, although a full assessment of crop damage is incomplete.
“The area that was most impacted was relatively small,” Hardke said. “I know there were some levee issues, but it was a smaller scale and a not all rice in the area has gone to flood yet.”
Hardke said the recent high heat, dry conditions and variable winds have also resulted in some reports of off-target herbicide drift.
One measure of the extremity of the 2018 season is the DD50 program, which measures days during which the temperature rises about 50 degrees Fahrenheit to predict the growth of rice.
“In April, we accumulated the fewest DD50 units in the past 30 years. In May we accumulated the most DD50 units in the past 30 years,” Hardke said.
“Quite a swing. What a season,” he said. “And we’re not even halfway through.”
As the nation’s No. 1 rice producer, Arkansas can have an outsized effect on U.S. rice production one year to the next, depending on fates largely tied to the weather. And 2018 is shaping up to be anything but simple — or predictable.
“The rice crop looks great at the moment, but it’s been a difficult season,” said Jarrod Hardke, extension rice agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. “One of the coldest Aprils on record followed by the hottest May on record has a lot to do with it.”
As of last week, nearly 100 percent of planned rice acreage throughout the state had already emerged, with growers rating 70 percent of the crop as being in “good” or “excellent” condition, according to a June 4 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
But cool weather and rain in April hindered the application — and likely the effectiveness — of herbicides, which may have consequences later in the season, Hardke said.’
“Emergence on early planted rice was extremely delayed by the cold April weather and so we didn’t benefit much from early residual herbicide applications,” he said. “Once we got to May and things warmed up and dried out, they stayed dry and our herbicides didn’t work very well again. Many acres also needed to be flushed to relieve the drought stress conditions and to activate residual herbicides.”
Sporadic rains also interfered with the crop’s ideal fertilization window, leaving growers to try to “play catch-up” during a recent window of dry weather.
The June 2 storm that impacted several areas throughout northeastern Arkansas, particularly St, Francis County between Colt and Forest City, appears to have done relatively little damage to rice growers, although a full assessment of crop damage is incomplete.
“The area that was most impacted was relatively small,” Hardke said. “I know there were some levee issues, but it was a smaller scale and a not all rice in the area has gone to flood yet.”
Hardke said the recent high heat, dry conditions and variable winds have also resulted in some reports of off-target herbicide drift.
One measure of the extremity of the 2018 season is the DD50 program, which measures days during which the temperature rises about 50 degrees Fahrenheit to predict the growth of rice.
“In April, we accumulated the fewest DD50 units in the past 30 years. In May we accumulated the most DD50 units in the past 30 years,” Hardke said.
“Quite a swing. What a season,” he said. “And we’re not even halfway through.”
PH must continue to import rice — Duterte
June 13, 2018, 7:50 PM
By Genalyn Kabiling
The Philippines must continue to
import rice since it could not attain a self-sufficiency status in the national
staple, President Duterte declared Wednesday.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
(TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
(TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
The President has voiced his
doubts about Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol’s claim that the country
could soon attain rice self-sufficiency, citing the decreasing number of rice
fields.
“If you’d ask me, in the next how
many years, we will just have to import rice. I do not believe that we can be
rice sufficient. ‘Yung sinabi ni Piñol na at the year’s end. Istorya man lang
‘yon [What Piñol said about the year’s end is just a story],” Duterte said
during the signing of an education agreement in Malacañang.
Duterte said many vast tracts of
lands have been converted to produce “cash crops” instead of “food crops” that
could meet the country’s rice needs.
“With the advent of the coming of
cash crop instead of the food crop, kinukulang na tayo ngayon ng lupa [we are
having a shortage of lands] and even to really satisfy or do we have the
resources to answer for the food of the Filipino,” he said.
“Kasi sa Mindanao [Because in
Mindanao], the choice lands there were eaten up by the cash crop guys. Iyong
food crop, wala na masyado [The food crops are not that plenty anymore],” he
said.
The President however still has
high hopes for the potential of Mindanao to provide food for Filipinos.
“Mindanao could really properly
cultivated
. Mindanao could supply the food
that we are going to eat. But if we cannot solve the problem in time,
magkakaroon tayo ng problema [we will have a problem],” he said.
Piñol earlier said the country
was stepping closer to its goal of achieving rice self-sufficiency as early as
2019 or 2020 at the latest. At present, the country is 96 percent rice
sufficient.
In the same remarks at the
Palace, the President said he has already authorities to boost the country’s
rice inventory amid reports of artificial shortage last April.
Duterte admitted that he carried
out some changes to end a “turf war” among some government officials to prevent
any more rice supply problems.
“I had to cut some powers of
Cabinet members for just being too shortsighted or jumping into others’
territory, turf war,” he said.
“Ang sabi ko sa kanila, bakit
hindi pumupuno ‘yung up to the ceiling? [I told the, why aren’t you filling it
up to the ceiling] Ang atin kasing buffer stock was only good for three to four
days. You must be crazy,” he added.
Last April, the President
implemented a reorganization of the NFA following the controversy arising from
low inventory of the government-subsidized rice.
Duterte stripped Cabinet
Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. of his chairmanship of the NFA Council, and placed
the NFA under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture.
Local rice traders have also been
allowed to freely import more rice after Duterte has lifted the quota on rice
importation in a bid to increase the country’s rice stocks.
The NFA reorganization came amid
the reported feud between Evasco and NFA administrator Jason Aquino over their
differences in the mode of rice importation, buying price for palay, among
others.
Government
postpones MAV rice import auctions
Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine
Star) - June 13, 2018 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — State-run National Food Authority (NFA)
has postponed the open auction for the 805,200 metric tons (MT) of rice
imports under the minimum access volume (MAV).In a published announcement, NFA
said it has deferred the auction scheduled on Thursday at the Bureau of
Treasury.
A source from the NFA, who refused to be named, said the
deferment was a decision by the NFA Council.
The postponement, however, is a welcome development for the NFA
as it needs more time to evaluate the applicants.
“More or less 280 applicants were accepted and more are being
evaluated. We had very limited time to conduct prequalification and issue
certificate of eligibility to bid,” the source said.
“The council members think it is just so easy to accept,
evaluate, issue certificates, and pay just to qualify,” the source added.
NFA has yet to announce a new schedule for the auction.
Late last month, NFA said private traders could import up to
293,100 MT each from Thailand and Vietnam, while the rest would come from other
countries.
Philippine private rice importers can also buy up to 50,000 MT
each from China, India and Pakistan, up to 15,000 MT from Australia, up to
4,000 MT from El Salvador, and 50,000 MT from any country.There will be 48
lots. The NFA Council has set the minimum bid price at P250 per MT.According to
the NFA, traders should bring in well-milled rice with of 25 percent brokens or
better.
All shipments will be levied with a 35 percent tariff to be paid
in advance to the Land Bank of the Philippines.NFA said no applicant
shall apply for an import volume of lower than 1,000 MT and higher than 50,000
MT for non-farmer organizations and lower than 500 MT and higher than 5,000 MT
for farmer organizations.
The first phase of the arrival of rice imports will start in July
to not later than Aug. 31, while the second phase will start on Dec. 20 to not
later than Feb. 28, 2019. Discharge ports are La Union, Subic, Manila,
Batangas, Tabaco and Legaspi for Luzon; Cebu, Iloilo, Bacolod and Tacloban for
Visayas; and Cagayan de Oro, Zamboanga, Davao and General Santos City for
Mindanao.
The MAV refers to the volume of a specific agricultural product
that is allowed to be imported with a lower tariff as a commitment of the
Philippines under the provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT) of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The annual MAV importation is being shouldered by the private
sector
Rice Farmers Increase Prices
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The Federation of Rice growers in Rwanda (FUCORIRWA) has
announced an increase in farm rice prices by one Rwandan franc, with plans to
build a new office for rice growers by 2019.
New prices, Rwf288 for short grains and Rwf298 for long grains
were announced this on June 12, 2018 during the federation’s Annual General
Assembly (AGM) in Kigali.
“The increase was decided by the growers as a way of meeting
extra costs in rice growing, but the market prices will be determined by the
ministry of trade and processing plants,” said Apollinaire Gahiza, the chairman
of Fucorirwa Board.
The extra costs include, labor, sacs packing, land rent, and
increase in water prices especially at a time when the farmers encountered
severe production shortages in the previous season.
Some rice cooperatives welcomed the increase but said it’s a
drop in the ocean compared to the profits made by the rice dealers.
On the market, processed rice – short grains costs Rwf700
and Rwf800 for long grains but farmers sold their produce at Rwf287 and Rwf297
respectively in the previous season.
“This farm price was too little and the increase is also meager
but we have nothing to do,” said Chantal Kayitesi from Cooperative Twibumbe in
Rwamagana district.
With 12 cooperatives and unions, the federation is counting on
the contribution of farmers to increase its price production so as to meet its
2018 activities which include increased quality of rice and construction of a
new Rwf170million office facility in Bugesera district.
However, rice production gaps according to the National
Cooperative Competiveness Confederation (NCCR) have continued dwindling as a
result of using rudimental methods to cultivate rice.
While rice remains a substitute family meal as a result of its
low cost and levels of satisfaction, some farmers said that the short
rains, long dry seasons and delayed supply of NPK fertilizers caused a drop in
annual output.
For example annual federation rice production on 10,500 hectares
increased from 70,000tonnes in 2016 to 80,000 tonnes in 2017, but the first
season of 2018 is having only 51,000 tonnes.
“We shall have to evaluate this drop, if it’s because of the
droughts, but in the meantime we also need to see farmers improve their methods
to adopt machinery in harvest and deal with issue of middlemen as it has been
with other federations,” said Dr. Augustin Katabarwa, the NCCR chairman.
Currently, none of the rice cooperative uses machinery to
harvest rice, which has two seasons a year.
To address a shift from using manual labor to machinery in
harvesting, the federation has solicited a deal with Alumni of Rwandans who
studied in Japan (JAAR) to supply appropriate machines.
“The machines will cost Rwf800,000 but this can be paid in
phases with an option of the cooperative paying only 25% and the balance is
guaranteed on their harvest sold to factories,” said Anicet Rwema
Nagpur
Foodgrain Prices Open- JUN 13, 2018
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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open
Market-June 13, 2018
Nagpur, June 13 (Reuters) – Gram
and tuar prices reported a sharp fall in Nagpur Agriculture
Produce Marketing Committee (APMC)
on lack of demand from local millers amid high moisture
content arrival. Easy condition on
NCDEX in gram and downward trend in Madhya Pradesh pulses
also pushed down prices here in
limited deals.
About 1,550 bags of gram and 200
bags of tuar reported for auction in Nagpur APMC, according to
sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor.
TUAR
* Tuar gavarani reported down in open market here in absence of buyers
amid release
of stock from stockists.
* Rice HMT and Chinnor varieties reported strong in open market on good
demand
from local traders amid weak supply from
producing belts.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,000-4,050, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,000-6,300, Udid
Mogar (clean)
– 6,800-7,800, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,200-7,900, Gram – 3,300-3,400, Gram
Super best
– 4,600-4,800
* Wheat, other varieties of rice and other foodgrain items moved in a
narrow range in
scattered deals and settled at last levels in thin trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market
prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS
Available prices Previous
close
Gram Auction
2,800-3,110 3,000-3,200
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction
3,000-3,520 3,200-3,630
Moong Auction
n.a. 3,900-4,200
Udid Auction
n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a.
2,600-2,800
Wheat Mill quality Auction
1,600-1,780 1,600-1,780
Gram Super Best Bold
4,800-5,000 4,800-5,000
Gram Super Best
n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 4,400-4,600 4,400-4,600
Gram Dal Medium
n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality
3,425-3,475 3,425-3,475
Desi gram Raw
3,300-3,400 3,300-3,400
Gram Kabuli
8,000-10,000 8,000-10,000
Tuar Fataka Best-New
5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Tuar Fataka Medium-New
5,500-5,700 5,500-5,700
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New
5,400-5,500 5,400-5,500
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 5,000-5,300 5,000-5,300
Tuar Gavarani New
3,700-3,850 3,800-3,900
Tuar Karnataka
4,100-4,300 4,100-4,300
Masoor dal best
4,800-5,000 4,800-5,000
Masoor dal medium 4,500-4,700 4,500-4,700
Masoor
n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New)
7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000
Moong Mogar Medium
6,500-7,200 6,500-7,200
Moong dal Chilka New
6,000-7,000 6,000-7,000
Moong Mill quality
n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best
7,500-8,500 7,500-8,500
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,000-8,000 7,000-8,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-6,000 5,000-6,000
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG)
5,200-5,600
5,200-5,600
Batri dal (100 INR/KG)
5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)
2,600-2,7
00 2,600-2,700
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)
3,800-4,000 3,800-4,000
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG)
5,300-5,600
5,300-5,600
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)
2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG)
2,000-2,075
2,000-2,075
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)
2,250-2,400
2,250-2,400
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG)
2,300-2,450
2,300-2,450
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG)
2,100-2,200 2,100-2,250
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG)
n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG)
3,200-4,000
3,200-4,000
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG)
2,400-2,800
2,400-2,800
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG)
2,100-2,200 2,100-2,200
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG)
3,200-3,800
3,200-3,800
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG)
2,700-2,900
2,700-2,900
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG)
2,800-3,000
2,800-3,000
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG)
2,700-2,800
2,700-2,800
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG)
2,500-2,600
2,500-2,600
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG)
4,000-4,500
4,000-4,200
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,000 3,500-3,800
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG)
5,200-5,600 5,200-5,600
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG)
4,500-4,900
4,500-4,900
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG)
9,500-14,000 9,500-14,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG)
5,000-7,500
5,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG)
6,500-6,900
6,400-6,700
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG)
6,000-6,200
5,900-6,200
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG)
2,000-2,200
2,000-2,100
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)
1,800-2,000 1,700-2,000
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 35.7 degree Celsius,
minimum temp. 24.5 degree Celsius
Rainfall : 6.2 mm
FORECAST: Generally cloudy sky with
few spells of rains or thunder-showers. Maximum and minimum
temperature would be around and 36
and 25 degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are
excluded from plant delivery prices, but
included in market prices).
Rice Prices
as on :
13-06-2018 12:19:50 PM
Arrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.
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Arrivals
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Price
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Current
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%
change |
Season
cumulative |
Modal
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Prev.
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Prev.Yr
%change |
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Rice
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Risia(UP)
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300.00
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66.67
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7128.40
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1600
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2000
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-
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Manjeri(Ker)
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290.00
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NC
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4350.00
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3700
|
3700
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NC
|
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Gondal(UP)
|
129.00
|
-2.27
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8350.50
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2170
|
2170
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2.36
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Asansol(WB)
|
122.00
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-1.61
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5624.00
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2900
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2900
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11.54
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Kalna(WB)
|
96.00
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-1.03
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2765.00
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3350
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3350
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6.35
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Kalipur(WB)
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82.00
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3.8
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2145.00
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2450
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2450
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6.52
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Cachar(ASM)
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60.00
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50
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2080.00
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2400
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2400
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9.09
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Ghaziabad(UP)
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55.00
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-35.29
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3130.00
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2675
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2675
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11.46
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Maur(UP)
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52.00
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1.96
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1820.00
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2160
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2155
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-
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Kopaganj(UP)
|
52.00
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1.96
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2189.00
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2160
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2155
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NC
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Gauripur(ASM)
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50.00
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8.7
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1652.00
|
4500
|
4500
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NC
|
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Bindki(UP)
|
50.00
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-16.67
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24900.00
|
2250
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2260
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-
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Samsi(WB)
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50.00
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4.17
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1369.50
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3500
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3500
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6.06
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Lakhimpur(UP)
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35.00
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NC
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1507.00
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2250
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2320
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4.17
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Naanpara(UP)
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34.00
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-57.5
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1235.30
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2225
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1560
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0.45
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Gajol(WB)
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32.60
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-9.7
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1331.10
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3550
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3550
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22.41
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Sirsaganj(UP)
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30.00
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20
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758.00
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2650
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2660
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12.77
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Muzzafarnagar(UP)
|
29.00
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7.41
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1348.50
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2690
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2690
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-
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Jaunpur(UP)
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27.00
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-30.59
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1370.60
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2210
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2225
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5.24
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Fatehpur(UP)
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26.00
|
108
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1235.10
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2275
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2270
|
3.41
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Howly(ASM)
|
22.00
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10
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3111.50
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1400
|
1350
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-22.22
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Auraiya(UP)
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20.00
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-9.09
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899.70
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2420
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2400
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10.00
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Raiganj(WB)
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20.00
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NC
|
781.00
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3150
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3150
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24.75
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Saharanpur(UP)
|
17.00
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-15
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955.50
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2690
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2685
|
13.74
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Islampur(WB)
|
17.00
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NC
|
688.50
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3250
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3250
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44.44
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Champadanga(WB)
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17.00
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21.43
|
385.00
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3150
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3200
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14.55
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Tamluk (Medinipur E)(WB)
|
17.00
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-5.56
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367.00
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2860
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2850
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24.35
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Mahoba(UP)
|
16.20
|
2.53
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394.50
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2195
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2180
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-
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Kolaghat(WB)
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16.00
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-5.88
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367.00
|
2860
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2850
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24.35
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Bazpur(Utr)
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15.00
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-53.99
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1837.40
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2400
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1788
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-2.04
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Madhoganj(UP)
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12.00
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14.29
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2253.00
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2240
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2230
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4.67
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Paliakala(UP)
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11.50
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35.29
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936.10
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2275
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2265
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-
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Vilthararoad(UP)
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10.00
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NC
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590.00
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2090
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2080
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-2.79
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Bolangir(Ori)
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8.00
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33.33
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240.00
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2800
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2800
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16.67
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Tusura(Ori)
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7.00
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16.67
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134.50
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2800
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2800
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16.67
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Mirzapur(UP)
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6.50
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30
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561.00
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2220
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2225
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-
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Dibrugarh(ASM)
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6.30
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152
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434.20
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2920
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2920
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29.78
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Kosikalan(UP)
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5.50
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-8.33
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95.00
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2530
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2560
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-
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Bonai(Bonai)(Ori)
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5.00
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NC
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305.40
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3000
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3000
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20.00
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Kalimpong(WB)
|
2.50
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38.89
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18.80
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4600
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4300
|
76.92
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Darjeeling(WB)
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1.20
|
-25
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52.80
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3150
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3150
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6.78
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Tundla(UP)
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1.00
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-16.67
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111.50
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2530
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2530
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-
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Khairagarh(UP)
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0.80
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-33.33
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82.20
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2560
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2560
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1.59
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Fatehpur Sikri(UP)
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0.70
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-12.5
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28.30
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2560
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2540
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1.19
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Gadaura(UP)
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0.60
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-70
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47.40
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1900
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2000
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-6.17
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Jagnair(UP)
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0.60
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NC
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59.40
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2560
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2550
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0.79
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‘Stop Granting Too Many Rice
Import Permit’ – Civil Society Group Admonishes Commerce Ministry
Monrovia – A civil society organization, the National Progressive
Movement of Liberia (NPM), is calling on the Ministry of Commerce to apply due
diligence in the issuance of rice import permit.
Report by Al Varney
Rogers, al.rogers@frontpageafricaonline.com
We are calling on the government
of Liberia through the Ministry of Commerce to properly assess the financial
potential of those desiring to import rice in Liberia,” National Progressive
Movement Executive Director Prince Siryon said.
The group says its attention has
been drawn to the growing number of business people expressing interest in
obtaining permit for the importation of rice.
“While we cherish competition for
the importation of basic commodities on the Liberian market, it is important to
note that the government must take due care in granting permission,” Siryon
said.
Siryon said, rice is a political
commodity and do have a national security implication, it would be risky for
the government to gamble by just granting anybody the right to import rice.
The NPM Executive Director added
that Ministry of Commerce needs to ensure that business people who are given
import permit have the financial capability and are able to maintain a constant
supply of rice on the market.
The Minister of Commerce Wilson
Tarpeh acknowledged that more business people are applying for permit to import
rice.
The Commerce Minister said, they
will ensure those who are given the right to import are ready and equipped to
execute such task.
Prof. Tarpeh assured the public
that the Ministry will ensure that the commodity is on the market adding strong
guidelines will be necessary to maintain constant supply.
The NPM said that the move of
persons posing to engage in the rice importation might cause the current
importers to drop the quantity of rice been imported.
NPM furthers that if current
importers drop in their importation and those the government wants to import
rice failed, adding that might worsen the current economic condition of
the country.
“We would like to underscore that
given that this government is new and in its formative stage couple with
current economic situation.”
NPM is calling on the government
to rethink its decision and cease granting permission to people for the
importation of rice into Liberia.
“This is in no way trying to stop
business people from venturing into the importation of rice but if care not
taken we might result to late 70s.
NPM wants the government to
cancel all permission that may have been granted to individuals who weren’t
properly check for the importation of rice on the Liberian market.
Siryon said the current importers
over the past twelve years, have proven that they can regularly supply the
Liberian market and are doing everything to support the President’s Pro-Poor
agenda.
“Opening a flood gate for people
to import rice without properly evaluating their financial standing, will have
a serious impact on government revenue generation,” Siryon added.
National Progressive Movement of Liberia notes that if President
George Weah does not timely address this situation adding that NPM foresee
shortage of rice on the market thus leaving those potential business people to
divert their course of business to different sector
Bernas CEO
defends entity’s role
Neily Syafiqah Eusoff
The Edge
Financial Daily
June 13, 2018 10:50 am +08
June 13, 2018 10:50 am +08
This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily,
on June 13, 2018.
KUALA LUMPUR: Padiberas Nasional Bhd (Bernas) has said its role
as the gatekeeper for the import of rice is still relevant, despite the
government’s previous announcement that Bernas’ monopoly to import rice would
be terminated.
“What will the local paddy farmers sell if other [players]
import a lot of rice? That’s the role of a single gatekeeper, you don’t want to
look at paddy farmers who cannot sell their paddy,” Bernas chief executive
officer (CEO) Ismail Mohamed Yusoff told reporters after a meeting with the
Council of Eminent Persons yesterday, adding that Bernas has been supporting
some 150,000 paddy farmers in the country.
On its website, Bernas said its roles include maintenance of the
nation’s rice stockpile, acting as the buyer of last resort for paddy farmers,
managing the Bumiputera Rice Millers Scheme and the distribution of paddy price
subsidies to farmers on behalf of the government.
Being the buyer of last resort means Bernas would buy even when
farmers produce diseased paddy, Ismail said.
“That is the social obligation [we have that] the government
needs to take into account. Now, everyone is talking about wanting the right to
import but no one [is] talking about wanting to buy diseased paddy, to take
care [of] the stockpile, the subsidy, and helping millers look for their
funding. But we are doing all of those things for them.
“We are a cross-subsidy entity; we take the profit from the sale
of [imported rice] and we subsidise local rice. We only have 28 mills compared
with 180 mills in Malaysia, so that’s not a monopoly. We are talking about the
sole import of rice to subsidise the social obligations that we have,” he said.
Ismail also noted that the country has never faced any rice
shortage.
“So, I feel that the current system works and it should be
maintained. If the government wants to break up the monopoly, we will work with
them and see what’s best for the nation and the rakyat. That is more critical,”
he added.
Currently, Bernas imports about 600,000 tonnes to 650,000 tonnes
of white rice per year; the stockpile stands at 150,000 tonnes per year.
Bernas, the country’s sole rice importer, was listed on the
local bourse before it was taken private by businessman Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar
Al-Bukhary in April 2014.
During that time, the privatisation was met with strong
criticism amid concerns that Syed Mokhtar, who already owned many strategic
assets like ports and power plants, would monopolise the import of rice.
Bernas posted a pre-tax profit of RM133.39 million for the
financial year ended Dec 31, 2016 (FY16), up 2.6% from RM130.05 million in
FY15, while revenue rose 2.8% to RM4.34 billion from RM4.23 billion.
Bernas is involved in the procurement and processing of paddy,
and the importation, warehousing, distribution and marketing of rice in
Malaysia. It is also in seed and farming activities, international rice joint
ventures, and other rice complementary businesses.
Malaysia says
has sufficient rice supply
Bernama
June 13, 2018 16:33 pm +08
June 13, 2018 16:33 pm +08
PUTRAJAYA (June 13): Malaysia faces no problems in terms of
sufficient supply of rice in the country, the Agriculture and Agro-based
Industry Ministry said today.
The secretary of the ministry’s Paddy and Rice Industry
Division, Shamsuddin Ismail, said the country produced 73 per cent of the rice
needs and the rest was met with imports under long-term contracts.
“However, in order to guarantee food security, the government is
conducting a holistic study on the management of the national paddy and rice
industry,” he said in a statement released today in response to a media report
yesterday questioning whether there was a shortage of rice.
Shamsuddin said that in providing the best direction, the
government would seek the opinion of the National Agriculture Advisory Council
and the views of those involved in the industry.
“An in-depth study has to be done because the import of rice has
to be well managed to ensure that the supply of rice is not jeopardised,” he
said.
Shamsuddin said the new direction in the management of the
national paddy and rice industry would focus on the management of buffer
stocks, management of subsidies and incentives, import of rice, quality, and
farmers’ welfare.
NFA gives rice importers 1-week extension due
to bad weather
- Janina C. Lim
THE National Food Authority (NFA) said it
will give rice importers a one-week extension on the contracted arrival
date of their shipments due to bad weather, but added that a substantial portion
of the latest batch of imports has landed in various ports.
THE National
Food Authority (NFA) said it will give rice importers a one-week extension
on the contracted arrival date of their shipments due to bad weather, but
added that a substantial portion of the latest batch of imports has landed
in various ports.
NFA Spokesperson Rex C. Estoperez said some
350,000 50-kilo bags (Lkg) were landed in the port of Subic; 500,000 Lkg bags
in ports serving the National Capital Region; and 100,000 Lkg bags in Surigao.
The landed shipments are equivalent to
47,500 metric tons ( MT) or close to a fifth of the 250,000 MT expected to arrive
between May 31 and June 15. The government also auctioned a further 250,000
MT via open tender, for arrival between June and August.
The landed shipments are equivalent to
47,500 metric tons ( MT) or close to a fifth of the 250,000 MT expected to arrive
between May 31 and June 15. The government also auctioned a further 250,000
MT via open tender, for arrival between June and August.
Mr. Estoperez said in a phone interview on
Wednesday that some shipments are facing delays.
Mr. Estoperez said in a phone interview on
Wednesday that some shipments are facing delays.
The Grain and Feed Trade Association
(GAFTA) rules provide for a grace period of seven days for late deliveries,
after which corresponding penalties will be meted out.
Mr. Estoperez added, however, that “penalties
will not be imposed during periods of natural calamity.”
In addition, heavy rains have stalled the delivery
of imported rice from both Thailand and Vietnam to the NFA’s warehouses.
“As soon as the weather becomes a little better,
the stocks will be immediately brought to NFA warehouses and immediate
dispersal will follow,” NFA administrator Jason Laureano Y. Aquino
was quoted in a statement Wednesday.
“As soon as the weather becomes a little better,
the stocks will be immediately brought to NFA warehouses and immediate
dispersal will follow,” NFA administrator Jason Laureano Y. Aquino
was quoted in a statement Wednesday.
“I have instructed all NFA field directors
and managers to immediately distribute the stocks as soon as possible
to give immediate relief to our poor countrymen, particularly those belonging
to the marginalized sector, and help bring down rice prices,” he added.
The NFA’s inventory has been depleted since
the end of March.
The NFA is tasked with maintaining a 15-day
buffer at all times while doubling that inventory level during the lean
months, between July and August. —
https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/business-world/20180614/281676845617745
