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Climate-friendly Rice Linked To Less Greenhouse
Effect, More Production
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Rabi sowing continues to be weak as a result of
low moisture
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Delaware researchers strive to fight rice
disease
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Farmers benefit from duty hike on rice imports
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Shipments of organic rice picking up steam
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Nigeria: Senate to Probe Alleged N117 Billion
Rice Import Scam
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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Dec 29
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12/29/2015 Farm Bureau Market Report
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From our Utah dining critics, the 12 best
dishes of 2015
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5 dishes for a New Year’s Eve Indian feast from
Mallika Basu
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Climate-friendly Rice Linked To Less
Greenhouse Effect, More Production
What is the effect?
This new growing process eliminates the amount of methane
production, which is considered one of the biggest contributors to the
greenhouse gas effect. This methane is estimated to come from rice paddies of
the world, about 7 to 17% on the average.Another good result, the production of
rice is increased.“This is a win-win finding. The process results in reduced
methane emissions, which helps to mitigate climate change, and also results in
more biomass – more food. This dual effect is very positive”, said from
the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, part of the US Department of
Energy.Rice will always be a staple food for over half of the world’s
population. Fields tests in China looked favorable. And the scientists are
waiting for the results of the cultivation. Unfortunately, these may not be
available for commercial consumption yet. Researchers are yet to look into the
potential health risks that may arise from this genetically-modified rice.
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Rabi sowing
continues to be weak as a result of low moisture
BS Reporter | New Delhi December 29, 2015 Last Updated at 00:16 IST
Oilseeds have also
seen a drop in area sown at 6.96 million ha, compared with 7.43 million ha in
the year-ago period. Rice has been sown in around 1.21 million ha against 1.36
million ha in the year-ago period.However, sowing of pulses and coarse cereals
was better than the year-ago period.Pulses area was slightly up at 12.59
million hectare from 12.47 million hectares, while that of coarse cereals
increased to 5.29 million ha.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/rabi-sowing-continues-to-be-weak-as-a-result-of-low-moisture-115122900015_1.html
Delaware
researchers strive to fight rice disease
The fungus Magnaporthe oryzae may soon cause fewer
headaches for rice farmers if University of Delaware research continues to be
successful. The research on the fungus, which causes the No. 1 rice
killer, rice blast disease, was published in in December in Frontiers
in Plant Science and
in Current
Opinion in Plant Biology.
"Rice is a food the world
relies on -- it accounts for about one-fifth of all the calories humans
consume," Harsh Bais, associate professor of plant and soil sciences at
Delaware’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the lead professor
of the research, said. "So it's critical to find ways to reduce the impact
of rice blast disease, especially as global population is expected to exceed 9
billion by 2050, and the need for more food increases."
"The rice blast fungus uses
abscisic acid to its own advantage, which is absolutely wild," Bais said.
"People have been struggling to find targets for controlling rice blast,
and now we have one, with abscisic acid. It's one of those classic holy grails
because this fungus affects not only rice, but also barley and wheat."In
addition to the leadership of Bais, the first author of both research articles
was graduate student Carla Spence. The co-authors included postdoctoral
researcher Venkatachalam Laksmanan and Nicole Donofrio, associate professor of
plant and soil sciences.
Farmers
benefit from duty hike on rice imports
Paddy prices have increased at the
growers' end as rice imports slumped owing to a duty hike earlier this month. "Both demand and prices rose in recent weeks. It allowed me
to earn more than what I used to get a month ago," said Mohammad
Mokhlesur, a farmer at Adamdighi in Bogra.He sold 50 maunds of swarna paddy, a
relatively slimmer or medium variety of rice compared to the hybrid or coarse
ones, at Tk 625 a maund, up from around Tk 600 a month ago. Prices of the
thinner quality of paddy also rose, said millers and traders."The duty
hike has benefitted me though the current prices will not bring me
profits," the farmer said.On December 8, the National Board of Revenue
issued a notification, doubling the import duty on rice to 20 percent, in a bid
to curb rice imports and protect the interest of the farmers.Rice imports
plunged 65 percent to 2.04 lakh tonnes year-on-year in July-December of fiscal
2015-16. It was 14.9 lakh tonnes in fiscal 2014-15.
The recent duty spike as well as
good stocks at the government warehouses has had a negative impact on imports,
said Nurul Islam, a rice miller and importer in Naogaon.On December 27, the
stock of cereals at public storages stood at 15.08 lakh tonnes, which is 17
percent higher year-on-year, according to food ministry data. Rice accounted
for 75 percent of total food grain stocks."Farmers are getting better
prices for paddy than before, following the duty hike," Islam said.Md
Layek Ali, general secretary of Bangladesh Auto, Major and Husking Mills
Association, said purchases by millers to supply rice to the public godowns
have also contributed to the recent paddy price hike.The government earlier
announced to buy two lakh tonnes of aman rice this season at Tk 31 a kilogram
from December 15 to March 16.
The price is Tk 1 lower than the
purchase price set last year, despite the fact that aman production costs
increased from Tk 28 a kilogram last year to Tk 28.50 this year.Nirod Boron
Saha, a rice and paddy wholesaler and commission agent in Naogaon, said farmers
would have got better prices had the government bought a higher quantity of
rice.Aman accounts for 38 percent of the annual rice output. The Department of
Agricultural Extension targeted to ensure a production of 1.35 crore tonnes of
rice during the current aman season, up from an actual production of 1.31 crore
tonnes last year.The government expects to meet the target for conducive
weather, despite some early setbacks due to floods in the northern districts,
according to a report by food planning and monitoring unit under the food
ministry.
Shipments of organic rice picking up steam
Wed,
30 December 2015
Cambodian rice millers and exporters are increasingly eyeing the
export of organic rice to the European Union and the United States, after shipments
of this niche product increased this year.Hean Vanhan, deputy general director
of the general department of agriculture, said that organic rice exports were
considerably small compared to export of other varieties of rice, with the
Kingdom exporting only 2,800 tonnes for the first 11 months of the year.
Exports for the more popular varieties of rice was close to 457,000 tonnes this
year.
“We cannot put much focus on organic rice because the yield of
organic paddy is lower than normal rice,” he said. “And only farming organic
rice will not give farmers much income.”Vanhan said that given the higher cost
of organic rice, there were only a few markets that could afford this rice,
including the US and some EU members. He added that while it was assumed that
organic rice was safe and healthy, other varieties sold by the Kingdom were
equally safe.Amru Rice, one of the major rice exporters in Cambodia, started
exporting organic rice this year and has so far shipped 1,100 tonnes to the EU
and US. It sees potential in this new market, according to the firm’s CEO Song
Saran.
“Cambodia has land and labour resources to grow organic rice,”
he said, adding that his firm would look to increase shipments to 3,000 tonnes
next year.He added that given the price of such rice was higher, almost $700 to
$1,300 per tonne, farmers could see higher margins on these sales, around 20 to
30 per cent.Amru Rice is currently sourcing its rice from the Preah Vihear
district, after signing a deal with eight farmer cooperatives in the province
to purchase 2,500 tonnes of organic fragrant paddy rice.
As consumer and buyer confidence in Cambodia’s organic rice
grew, Yang Phirom, a business adviser with the Cambodian Center for Study and
Development in Agriculture, said exports had increased by 270 tonnes this year
to 746 tonnes.“Consumers now trust the quality of our organic rice, which means
that demand is increasing,” he said. “Not only in the international market, but
also in the domestic market too.”While the domestic market accounted for 26 per
cent of CEDAC’s rice sales so far this year, 34 per cent went to the US, 15 per
cent to the Netherlands and 11 per cent to France.
Image:farmer harvests rice at a
farm in Battambang province earlier this year. Heng Chivoan
Nigeria:
Senate to Probe Alleged N117 Billion Rice Import Scam
By Azimazi
Momoh Jimoh, Abuja
ALTHOUGH the dust raised by move to recover some N30 billion
lost to the rice import waiver granted by the last administration is yet to settle, the attention of the country's Senate is
being attracted by another allegation of high level
fraud in the business.The Senate, it was learnt might
set up an ad-hoc committee when it resumes early next month to investigate the
rice smuggling allegation believed to have made the country lose huge sums of
money amounting to N117 billion.A motion to that
effect, according to sources in the National Assembly, is already being
processed to be moved on the first week of resumption from the new year break.
Some highly entrenched interests known in the rice industry are
alleged to have sabotaged a rice policy initiated by President Goodluck
Jonathan to boost local rice production just to sustain their business
interests.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201512280071.html
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Dec 29
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-December 29
Nagpur, Dec 29 Gram and tuar prices showed upward trend in Nagpur Agriculture
Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC) here on increased demand support from local millers amid
weak arrival from producing regions. Fresh rise in Madhya Pradesh pulses and reported demand
from South-based millers also jacked up prices, according to sources.
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FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor.
TUAR
* Tuar varieties quoted static in open market here matching the demand and supply
position.
* Batri dal and Lakhodi dal recovered in open market on good demand from local
traders amid thin supply from producing regions.
* In Akola, Tuar - 9,000-9,300, Tuar dal - 15,300-15,700, Udid -
13,000-13,400, Udid Mogar (clean) - 16,000-17,600, Moong -
8,500-8,700, Moong Mogar (clean) 9,500-9,700, Gram - 4,200-4,400,
Gram Super best bold - 6,000-6,200 for 100 kg.
* Wheat, rice and other commodities remained steady in open market
in thin trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 3,800-4,150 3,800-4,100
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction 7,000-8,470 6,900-8,240
Moong Auction n.a. 6,000-6,400
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 6,000-6,500 6,000-6,500
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 5,800-5,900 5,800-5,900
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 4,700-4,900 4,700-4,900
Desi gram Raw 4,700-4,825 4,700-4,825
Gram Filter new 5,100-5,300 5,100-5,300
Gram Kabuli 5,900-7,900 5,900-7,900
Gram Pink 6,400-7,300 6,400-7,300
Tuar Fataka Best 15,500-16,000 15,500-16,000
Tuar Fataka Medium 13,000-14,000 13,000-14,000
Tuar Dal Best Phod 12,500-13,000 12,500-13,000
Tuar Dal Medium phod 11,800-12,000 11,800-12,000
Tuar Gavarani New 8,000-8,500 8,000-8,500
Tuar Karnataka 10,000-10,500 10,000-10,500
Tuar Black 16,100-16,500 16,100-16,500
Masoor dal best 7,100-7,500 7,100-7,500
Masoor dal medium 6,500-7,000 6,500-7,000
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold 9,500-10,000 9,500-10,000
Moong Mogar Med 8,900-9,200 8,900-9,200
Moong dal Chilka 8,500-9,400 8,500-9,400
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 8,500-8,700 8,500-8,700
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 16,400-18,000 16,400-18,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 13,800-16,000 13,800-16,000
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 9,700-11,000 9,700-11,000
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,500-6,000 5,400-5,900
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 4,750-4,850 4,700-4,800
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,075-3,275 3,075-3,275
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,400 3,200-3,400
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,800 3,300-3,800
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,900-1,950 1,900-1,950
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,650-1,850 1,600-1,800
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,300 2,100-2,300
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,950-2,150 1,950-2,150
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-4,000 3,400-4,000
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,700-3,000 2,700-3,000
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,300 3,000-3,300
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,000 1,800-2,000
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,550 2,200-2,550
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,300 1,900-2,300
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,600-3,900 3,600-3,900
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,400 3,200-3,400
Rice HMT Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 4,400-4,900 4,400-4,900
Rice HMT Shriram med.(100 INR/KG) 3,900-4,300 3,900-4,300
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,800-11,700 9,800-11,700
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,800-8,000 7,800-8,000
Rice Chinnor best(100 INR/KG) 5,400-5,900 5,400-5,900
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,500 4,800-5,500
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,200 1,800-2,200
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,800 1,700-1,800
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 31.0 degree Celsius (87.8 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
10.2 degree Celsius (50.4 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : n.a.
FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 32 and 11 degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but
included in market prices.)
http://in.reuters.com/article/nagpur-foodgrain-idINL3N14I26C20151229
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Rice Comment
Rice prices surged higher as prices broke though resistance
near $11.50, and are poised to test resistance near $12. Today's technical
rally will need some some fundamental support for prices to continue this
rally.
From our Utah dining critics, the 12 best
dishes of 2015
DEC 30, 2015
By
Heather L. King, Stuart Melling and Anne Wilson Special to The Tribune
First
Published Dec
29 2015 08:21AM
Last
Updated Dec 29 2015 07:50 pm
(Rick
Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The octopus appetizer, four pieces of tender
meat, garnished with chunks of celery, crushed olives and sliced jalapeño, at
the Copper Kitchen in Holladay.
Being a restaurant critic for The Salt Lake Tribune is a dream job
— eat at the newest restaurants and tell readers if the food and experience are
worth their time and money.It sounds delicious, except on the occasion when
food and service miss the culinary mark.Fortunately, many of the restaurants we
visited in 2015 were standouts and offered items worthy of being called one of
our Best Dishes of 2015.We were especially enamored of seafood this year, from
octopus and squid to a whole branzino. But globally inspired dishes with the flavors
of Nepal, Korea, Japan and Persia also impressed our palates.Closer to home, we
liked one hearty Southern breakfast and an over-the-top cream of mushroom soup.
Here are all the dishes we enjoyed this year and hope to revisit
in 2016 and beyond.
Best vegetarian entrée • The eggplant with garlic sauce at Chef
Gao's ($8.95) is a must-order for vegetable lovers. Spears of eggplant are
enrobed in a garlic sauce spiked with roasted chiles for a slightly sweet,
salty kick, while julienned peppers are tossed in for a crunchy, fresh
counterbalance. — HLK
Best ocean appetizer • Until recently, octopus wasn't all that
common in Utah unless it was in a sushi restaurant. Copper Kitchen's octopus
appetizer ($17) is an interesting and delicious interplay of flavors. It's big
enough to share with the table or would make an interesting entrée choice
paired with a salad or other small plate. Four pieces of tender meat are mixed
with chunks of celery, crushed green olives and just enough sliced jalapeño
pepper to add spice without eclipsing the sweetness of the octopus.
Fortunately, it's now available at lunch and dinner at this newest sibling of
the Copper family. — AW
Best whole fish • Branzino is having a restaurant moment. This sea
bass, which hails from Europe, has been turning up on quite a few Salt Lake
City menus. One of the best versions is at Current Fish & Oyster ($30).
It's served whole, which means diners must eat slowly around the bones. But
that just means more time to savor the flaky flesh, topped by a layer of
crunchy marcona almonds. Underneath, soaking up all the lovely drippings, is a
bed of tender, buttery greens that vary with the season. It's the ultimate slow
food, unfussy but still sophisticated in its simplicity. — AW
Best global experience • The chicken chili ($12.99) at Guras Spice
House is the perfect introduction for those looking to dip their toes into the
waters of Nepalese cuisine. The dish leans more toward familiar stir-fry than
exotic curry, built on aromatic garlic and ginger. Crisp bell peppers, sweet
onions and deep-fried slices of chicken make up the bulk of the dish, which is
finished with tomatoes and soy. The balance of sweet, salty and spicy will be
sure to have you exploring more of the menu from this fantastic family
business. — SM
Best Southern flavor • Kentucky Hot Brown at Hub and Spoke Diner
($11). If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, then it's pure
genius to put all the main food groups in one dish. Start with carbs in the form
of tangy sourdough. Add protein with lean smoked turkey and smother it with a
dairy-infused béchamel sauce. Top with more dairy, à la Swiss cheese. Don't
forget the vitamin-rich fruits: tomato and avocado. And because this is going
to last us until a midafternoon snack on the mountain, we need fat! So top it
all with a couple of strips of bacon and a fried egg. Oh boy, that's one of the
best day-starters ever. — AW
Best soul-warming soup • The silky chanterelle mushroom soup ($9)
at Kimi's Chop & Oyster House is earthy from garlic, rich from cream and
port wine and meaty from mushrooms and beef broth. It's finished with chunks of
hickory-smoked bacon and topped with dried cranberries and crème fraiche. — HLK
Best stir-fry variation • At Hot Dynasty, making a selection from
a menu that includes way over 200 dishes is no mean feat. Thankfully, most of
Hot Dynasty's Sichuan-inflected menu is top notch, especially the stir-fried
lamb with bamboo shoots in cumin sauce ($11.95) Velvet soft and finely trimmed
lamb is stir-fried with crunchy bamboo shoots in a sauce with a lively zing
from Sichuan peppercorns. — SM
Best foie gras pairing • In Park City, the Mariposa's small plate
menu is filled with interesting pairings. A favorite was the tender bison filet
($26) topped with earthy Deer Valley Artisan Triple Truffle brie rolled with
cipolline onions and seared foie gras. To cut through the luscious fattiness
slightly, it's accompanied by a yam/parsnip/Yukon gold potato gratin that's
drizzled with a cabernet reduction sauce. — HLK
Best seafood presentation • Queen Asia's grilled pusit ($12.95) is
served as a whole, cooked squid that's been stuffed with fresh tomatoes, onions
and ginger before being grilled and served on a sizzling cast=iron platter. The
tentacles are slightly crunchy and charred, while the body is sliced into
palm-size calamari rings that offer up juicy, toothsome bites. — HLK
Best ramen house • Tosh Sekikawa was a chef at Naked Fish before
striking out to open his modest ramen house, Tosh's Ramen, in a State Street
strip mall. And he knows his stuff, especially when it comes to the holy grail
of ramen, the broth. In the Karai ramen ($9.95), a serving big enough to share,
the broth is silky and opaque, brimming with noodles and spicy ground pork that
has a low, slow burn. Bean sprouts, bamboo shoots and onions add crunchy
counterpoints, while half a boiled egg contributes even more richness. The
crowning glory is a marinated shiitake mushroom cap that lends a little
sweetness. Diners can add more egg and mushrooms for a slight charge, a good
investment in my opinion. — AW
Best Persian combination • The chicken soltani ($15.99) at Zaferan
Cafe offers a duo of charbroiled kabobs, one koobideh and one barg. The latter
is a juicy, lemony-bright skewer of grilled chicken breast pieces and the
former, succulent, seasoned ground chicken. The whole plate comes with an
enormous side of high-quality, aromatic basmati rice, making for a plate that
will probably stretch across two meals. — SM
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5 dishes for a New Year’s Eve Indian feast
from Mallika Basu
Cooking
for friends for NYE? Go Indian, says Mallika Basu
What better way to ring in the New Year than a feast fit for a
Maharaja? Starting with sizzling chicken kebabs and pakoras, then onto festive
jumbo prawns and with a grand finale of Indian ice cream. All with ingredients
easy enough to find at your local supermarket and plenty to make ahead joy.
Sound good? This December 31, roll your sleeves up and get cooking an Indian
meal from scratch. Here’s a menu to get you going:
Murgh Malai
Kebabs
Marinated the night before and oven friendly, these boneless
chicken skewers make a great way to kick off the festivities. You can cook them
well in advance on the day and simply reheat in the microwave to serve as
nibbles with drinks. Read the full recipe here.
Onion pakoras
Chingri Malai
Kari
This Bengali prawn curry in coconut
milk is a festive affair cooked on every special occasion. Buy the largest
prawns you can find and get ready to impress. Read the full recipe here.
Hyderabadi aubergines
A richly spiced dish that never
disappoints. My version uses a jar of peanut butter. You can happily leave the
nigella and fenugreek seeds out if you don’t have them. The result will be just
as delicious. Read the full recipe here.Serve the prawns and the aubergines with
steaming hot Basmati rice.And finally, complete the meal with my blender ready,
no cook pudding.
Banana, Pistachio and cardamom
Kulfi
It's basically Indian ice cream. Cooling and healing, it’s the
perfect grand finale to get the party started. Read the full recipe here.Mallika Basu is a London-based food writer,
cookbook author and cookery personality: mallikabasu.com. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @MallikaBasu_ and
find more of her recipes for the Evening Standard here.
http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/foodanddrink/5-dishes-for-a-new-year-s-eve-indian-feast
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