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Scientists Are Editing Rice Genes To Make Them
Produce More
Scientists have created the perfect rice plant that is not only
slightly more vulnerable to environmental factors but able to produce up to 31
percent more grain. Ethical questions on gene editing remain, however.
( Tongpradit Charoenphon | Pixabay )
In yet another example of agriculture and advanced engineering
fusing together, scientists may have just found the answer to ramping up rice
production: gene editing.
A group of scientists from Purdue University and the Chinese
Academy of Sciences has used CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology to create
different kinds of rice variants that are able to produce 25 to 31 percent more
grain than traditional rice plants, all of which would have been virtually
impossible to produce via typical breeding procedures.
Jian-Kang Zhu, a professor at
Purdue University, led the team that created mutations to 13 genes related to
the phytohormone abscisic acid, which is known to play a key role in terms of
plant stress tolerance and growth suppression.
One of the varieties they created
is a rice plant that gained minimal changes in terms of stress tolerance.
Interestingly, however, it made 25 percent more grain during a field test in
Shanghai and 31 percent more in a field test on the Hainan Island.
The trick is to silence genes
that improve certain tolerances but suppress growth. On paper, this procedure
sounds counterintuitive because it will potentially make the plants more vulnerable.
However, Engadget notes that plants often have genetic
redundancies. The researchers simply used this duplication to its advantage and
made sure they provided all the benefits and none of the drawbacks.
The findings were published May 21 in the Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences.
Silencing Genes In Rice
Plants
The team essentially created the
perfect combination: a rice plant that has just enough gene redundancies to
yield ample stress tolerance properties but isn't growth-inhibited.
Such a plant is able to produce
grain without succumbing to natural disasters including drought, soil salinity,
and other environmental factors.
Only Possible With Gene
Editing
CRISPR/Cas9 technology allowed
the scientists to cut out parts of a DNA sequence, essentially editing the code
to make genetic adjustments. It also allowed them to modify multiple genes simultaneously,
a process that would have taken decades to finish using conventional breeding
procedures
However, with no guarantee, the
resulting rice plants would gain the perfect combination of desirable
characteristics.
"It would have taken millions of plants. Basically, it's
not feasible," said Ray A. Bressan, who is also a
professor at Purdue University. "This is a real accomplishment that could
not have been done without CRISPR."
Impressive as the experiment's
results might sound, the CRISPR technique still isn't ready to be officially
implemented into the field just yet. Moving forward, researchers would also
have to determine how gene editing affects elite rice variants. If proven to be
successful, however, this technique could be a boon for countries where rice
shortages are common.
Plus, agriculture companies would have to overcome ethical fears
raised by gene editing. In the present, some are already concerned about the
implications of consuming genetically modified rice, questioning
its value and who should be given the power to control it.
It's most likely that producers
would have to ensure CRISPR-edited rice is both safe to consume and accessible
before introducing it to the industry.
This is how GM crop Golden Rice could solve
Vitamin-A deficiency in Asia
SANDHYA RAMESH
29 May, 2018
The USFDA is the third regulatory body to give its nod
to Golden Rice | Max Pixel
US food and drug regulator approves Golden
Rice for consumption; among Asian nation, Philippines and Bangladesh lead in
research and testing of GR2E.
Bengaluru: The US food and drug regulator has approved the world’s
first genetically modified rice, called Golden Rice, for consumption amid a
raging controversy over GM food.
Developed over the past 20 years, the GR2E Golden Rice has been
touted as a solution to Vitamin-A deficiency (VAD) in many underdeveloped and
developing nations, especially in Asia where rice is often the staple food.
A 2008 study on
malnutrition found that VAD, which exhibits symptoms such as blindness and
dwarfism, kills over six lakh children every year.
In our neighbourhood, the Philippines and Bangladesh lead in the
research and testing of GR2E.
The USFDA is the third regulatory body to give its nod to Golden
Rice, named for its yellow-golden colour, after approvals from The Food
Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) and Health Canada in February and March
this year respectively.
Early history
Back in 1999, two scientists — Ingo Potrykus of
the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and Peter
Beyer of the University of Freiburg — published a paper introducing the first
version of Golden Rice (Oryza sativa ). They had introduced the DNA of
daffodils and bacteria in regular rice, making it a pale yellow colour instead
of pure white.
Then field trials were conducted in the US, the Philippines, and
Taiwan in 2001, and more recently in Bangladesh in 2015, which confirmed that
the crop could produce nearly five times as much beta-carotene as crops in
greenhouses.
Later in 2005, a Swiss company called Syngenta (now acquired by
ChemChina) merged Golden Rice genes that produce carotenes with those of maize,
resulting in more than 20 times improved production of beta-carotenes in the
new variety.
Now, the GR2E is being developed by the non-profit International
Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines.
Controversies
The campaign against GR2E was partly misinformed, partly
politically motivated. Green Rice was probably one of the earliest, if not the
only, GM crop where the debate is no longer about pest resistance and chemical
fertilizers, but about benefits.
One argument is that the benefits of GR2E are too little. But this
isn’t the case at all. Several studies have shown that GR2E
provides enough Vitamin A to combat VAD with a minimal amount of rice, just
over half a cup a day.
Detractors also offer alternative sources for Vitamin A such as
sweet potatoes, but such foods are not available in all seasons or affordable
to everyone. Contrary to popular belief, carrots do not have as much Vitamin A
as one would think.
Greenpeace is probably the biggest critic of any GM crop
developed. Its primary argument is that the crop does not benefit farmers, only
commercial enterprises. But data disproves this. GR2E has a cap of commercial
use set at $10,000. Farmers or any
consumers are allowed to plant and replant this crop as long as they don’t
exceed this amount in profits. Farmers are also allowed to keep the seeds and
replant them. Furthermore, licences are free as well.
Future
Bangladesh and the Philippines lead the path to releasing the
first GR2E variety for consumption. IRRI is also currently working to create
healthier rice varieties that contain improved quantities of iron, zinc, and
beta-carotene.
“Each regulatory application that Golden Rice completes with
national regulatory agencies takes us one step closer to bringing Golden Rice
to the people who need it the most,” said IRRI director
general Matthew Morell.
“The rigorous safety standards observed by the US FDA and other
agencies provide a model for decision-making in all countries wishing to reap
the benefits of Golden Rice,” he added.
Limiting global warming levels can
reduce dengue fever cases
If global warming levels can be
limited, it can reduce cases of dengue and stop it from spreading to areas
where incidence is currently low.
health Updated: May 29, 2018 12:29 IST
Soma Das
Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
A global warming
trajectory of 3.7 degree Celsius could lead to an increase of up to 7.5 million
additional dengue cases per year by the middle of this century.(Shutterstock)
Global warming is a major concern
around the world. But did you know that it can also have implications for your
health and well-being?Researchers from the University of East Anglia suggest that limiting global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius could avoid around 3.3 million cases of dengue fever per year in Latin America and the Caribbean alone.
The new report revealed that limiting warming to the goal of the UN Paris Agreement would also stop dengue spreading to areas where incidence is currently low. The Paris Climate Agreement aimed to hold global-mean temperature well below 2 degree Celsius and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels. A global warming trajectory of 3.7 degree Celsius could lead to an increase of up to 7.5 million additional cases per year by the middle of this century.
Dengue fever is a tropical disease caused by a virus that is spread by mosquitoes, with symptoms including fever, headache, muscle and joint pain. It infects around 390 million people worldwide each year, with an estimated 54 million cases in Latin America and the Caribbean. As the mosquitoes that carry and transmit the virus thrive in humid conditions, it is commonly found in areas with these weather conditions. There is no specific treatment or vaccine for dengue and, in rare cases, it can be lethal.
There is no specific
treatment or vaccine for dengue and, in rare cases, it can be lethal. (Getty
Images)
What the study showsLead researcher Felipe Colon-Gonzalez said, “There is growing concern about the potential impact of climate change on human health. While it is recognised that limiting warming to 1.5°C would have benefits for human health, the magnitude of these benefits remains mostly unquantified.”
The team studied clinical and laboratory-confirmed dengue reports in Latin America and used computer models to predict the impacts of warming under different climate scenarios. Brazil would benefit the most from limiting warming to 1.5 degree Celsius with up to half a million cases avoided per year by the 2050s and 1.4 million avoided cases per year by 2100.
The findings from the study are published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Summer temperatures have
gone up by more than 0.5 degrees Celsius. (HT file photo )
4 other harmful effects of global
warming* Heat waves
A study has shown that summer temperatures have gone up by more than 0.5 degrees Celsius on an average over five decades, and this rise has increased probability of heat wave deaths.
* Affects air, food and water
Climate variables can impact the quality of air, water, food, and determine where you can live or work. Climate change phenomena, be it heatwaves, floods and droughts, can cause deaths and displace people, damage infrastructure and reduce availability of food and water. This can lead to disease outbreaks and limit access to healthcare.
Global warming can make
rice lose its vitamin and protein content. (Shutterstock)
* It is making more people sickThe Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, which represents more than half of US doctors, says that climate change is making people sick due to the rising levels of air pollution, increased water contamination, and a widening range for disease-carrying mosquitoes.
* Rice can become unhealthy.
Scientists have warned that as carbon dioxide levels rise due to burning of fossil fuels, rice will lose some of its protein and vitamin content, putting millions of people at risk of malnutrition. The report was published in the journal Science Advances.
(With inputs from ANI)
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/health/limiting-global-warming-levels-can-reduce-dengue-fever-cases/story-G9ZYxXx1xtwb2o3ckLvajP.htmlSustainability
Matters According to Consumer Survey and That's Good for Rice!
ARLINGTON, VA -- According to the recently released
Annual Food and Health Survey by the International Food Information Council
Foundation (IFIC), the importance of sustainability in food production is at
an all-time high with consumers, and key drivers of consumer food purchases
continue to be taste, price, healthfulness, convenience, and
sustainability. The findings present a positive outlook for rice
consumption in 2018.
The online survey of more than 1,000 Americans ages 18-80 revealed that 59 percent of consumers prefer the foods they purchase and consume be produced in a sustainable way. This 59 percent mark represents an all-time high for the IFIC survey, with the percentage growing from 35 percent in 2015, 41 percent in 2016, and 50 percent in 2017. "Consumers interested in the sustainability of their food can look to U.S.-grown rice with confidence because our sustainability story is quite literally second to none," said Michael Klein, vice president of marketing for USA Rice. "Our farmers are consistently reducing water, energy, and land use, increasing yields, and creating millions of acres of critical wildlife habitat, without the use of GMOs. All while adhering to the most thorough food safety standards in the world and producing an affordable, delicious, and nutritious food." The survey also revealed the key drivers behind consumers' food and beverage purchases for 2018 were taste, with 81 percent saying it had some impact in buying decisions, followed by familiarity (65 percent), price (64 percent), healthfulness (61 percent), convenience (54 percent), and sustainability (39 percent). "Food values" as a decision-making factor is on the upswing with organic and natural items rising in consumers' purchases: organics represent 29 percent of what is bought and natural labeled items represent 37 percent. "U.S.-grown rice aligns with consumer values extremely well," said Klein. "When you look at the six consumer purchasing drivers and food values, U.S.-grown rice checks all the boxes!" |
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Farmers unable
to adapt to changes caused by climate change
Changes in temperature and
precipitation during the monsoon season are impacting agriculture in the
country, a local media outlet reported on Monday.
Shortage in the supply of canal
water has prevented farmers in Punjab and Sindh from sowing their cotton for
the Kharif season which is usually done at the end of April.
Such changes have raised fears
among farmers that permanent changes in sowing crops may be a consequence of
changing climate.
“Climate change is a reality and
has drastically affected our agriculture, crop cycle, and production of rice,
wheat and cotton,” said Pakistan Meteorological Department Director General
Ghulam Rasul.
Pakistan’s annual average temperatures
have increased by approximately 0.5 degree Celsius over the past three decades,
according to a recent report by the Asian Development Bank. This has raised the
number of heatwave days in the country over five times.
Another consequence of climate
change are changes in river flows due to variations in melting of glaciers and
precipitation.
Farmers have also expressed
apprehension over changes in climate year after year preventing them from
following a clear pattern to adapt to. Some farmers have also complained that
detailed information and research is required over the matter and the
government has not yet taken the necessary steps to help them adapt to climate
change.
An inability to adapt to climate
change will have serious consequences for agriculture in Pakistan and impact
food security in the country in the future.
Sasan distributes rice among border dwellers, listens grievances
29/05/2018
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 28: Gurdeep Singh Sasan, vice president, National Conference (NC), Jammu province conducted an extensive tour of border belt of RS Pura, where he met victims of cross LoC firing and shelling by Pakistan, listened to their grievances and distributed rice among them.
While addressing a gathering of firing victims at Rangpura, Sasan lambasted the PDP-BJP Government for its total failure to come to the rescue of border dwellers by leaving them at the mercy of God. He said that the Government seems to be insensitive towards the sufferings of firing victims and have closed their eyes and ears towards them.
He alleged that the Government has failed to provide the basic amenities to the helpless people, who are deprived of medical facility, electricity, ration, drinking water and other essentials. “PDP-BJP coalition is completely direction less and has lost the people’s confidence in all the regions of the State”, he added.
Sasan further said that NC is committed to provide safe shelters to border dwellers during cross firing and urged Coalition Government to provide 5 marla plots to border residents. He appealed Governor N N Vohra to direct the Government to provide alternative permanent shelters to the victims. He also demanded Rs five lakh compensation to each family which lost their dear ones in recent ceasefire violations.
The NC provincial vice-president reminded the people that NC leadership is committed for the welfare of border area people and also for the equitable development of all the three regions of the State. He appealed the people to strengthen the hands of NC for the peace, stability, security, employment and development of State.
JAMMU, May 28: Gurdeep Singh Sasan, vice president, National Conference (NC), Jammu province conducted an extensive tour of border belt of RS Pura, where he met victims of cross LoC firing and shelling by Pakistan, listened to their grievances and distributed rice among them.
While addressing a gathering of firing victims at Rangpura, Sasan lambasted the PDP-BJP Government for its total failure to come to the rescue of border dwellers by leaving them at the mercy of God. He said that the Government seems to be insensitive towards the sufferings of firing victims and have closed their eyes and ears towards them.
He alleged that the Government has failed to provide the basic amenities to the helpless people, who are deprived of medical facility, electricity, ration, drinking water and other essentials. “PDP-BJP coalition is completely direction less and has lost the people’s confidence in all the regions of the State”, he added.
Sasan further said that NC is committed to provide safe shelters to border dwellers during cross firing and urged Coalition Government to provide 5 marla plots to border residents. He appealed Governor N N Vohra to direct the Government to provide alternative permanent shelters to the victims. He also demanded Rs five lakh compensation to each family which lost their dear ones in recent ceasefire violations.
The NC provincial vice-president reminded the people that NC leadership is committed for the welfare of border area people and also for the equitable development of all the three regions of the State. He appealed the people to strengthen the hands of NC for the peace, stability, security, employment and development of State.
Buhari has kept his social contract with Nigerian people
– Lai Muhammed ON MAY 28, 20185:14 PM
By Emmanuel Elebeke ABUJA – The minister of Information and
Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed has said that the administration of President
Mohammadu Buhari has kept its social contract with the Nigerian people by
delivering on its campaign promises. President Muhammadu Buhari addresses the
guests during the Democracy Day Lecture held at the International Conference
Centre in Abuja The minister stated this at a press conference to mark the
third year anniversary of the Buhari Administration. He said the administration
is already making effort to put the nation on the path of sustainable growth
and development, diversifying the economy, tackling corruption and devising
creative measures to secure lives and property. He cited the increase in power
generation to 7,000 Mega Watts, from the 2690 which it inherited and also taken
distributable power to an all-time high of 5,000MW in three years as some of
the areas the administration has recorded some successes. He also noted that
the administration has moved Nigeria closer to self-sufficiency in rice
production more than the previous administrations. ‘‘This Administration has
kept its social contract with the Nigerian people by delivering on its campaign
promises. We are putting our nation on the path of sustainable growth and
development, diversifying our economy like never before, tackling corruption at
its very core and devising creative measures to secure lives and property.
‘‘After just three years, Nigeria is rising again like a phoenix from the ashes
of years of massive looting of the national treasury, misgovernance and fallen
oil prices. Under the able, focused and patriotic leadership of President
Muhammadu Buhari, this Administration has recorded many firsts in so short a
time, achievements that are beginning to impact positively on the lives of
Nigerians. ‘‘In just three years, the Buhari Administration has taken power
generation to an all-time high of 7,000 Mega Watts, from the 2690 which we
inherited; has taken distributable power to an all-time high of 5,000MW; has
moved Nigeria closer to self-sufficiency in rice more than an Administration
before it. It’s just two years away from meeting its target production of 6
million MT of milled rice, meeting Nigeria’s consumption. ‘‘In just three
years, the administration has increased the number of rice farmers from 5
million to an all-time high over 11 million; it has cut Nigeria’s rice import
bill of $1.65billion annually by 90%, the highest such cut ever; it has slashed
leakages in government spending that made corruption possible, thanks to the
diligent implementation of the Treasury Singles Account (TSA) and the
hugely-successful Whistle-Blower Policy. Continuing, he said: ‘‘In just three
years, this administration is feeding 8.2 million pupils in 45,394 schools in
24 states, employing 87,261 cooks in the process; has paying conditional cash
transfer of N5,000 monthly to 297,973 poorest and most vulnerable households;
has delivered 10 million, 50kg bags of feritilizer at a low price N5,500 (for
2017 alone). ‘‘The country now has annual savings of US$200 million in foreign
exchange and ₦60 billion annually in budgetary provisions for Fertilizer
subsidies; this administration is turning around the nation’s infrastructural
fortunes, including power, roads and rail, thanks to the unprecedented 2.7
trillion Naira ($9billion) that has been spent on infrastructure; In just three
years, this Administration has raised capital expenditure in the yearly
national budget to an unprecedented 30% on the average; in just three years,
this Administration has taken its investment in people, through the
unprecedented Social Investment Programme (SIP), to a great height; this
administration has retaken every inch of Nigeria’s territory from insurgents,
flushed them out of their safe havens and put them on the run. These are
monumental achievements, unprecedented in the history of our country.’’ Where
we are coming from On where the administration started, Mohammed said that Boko
Haram was squarely in charge of a territory the size of Lebanon, occupying 24
local governments, collecting taxes, deposing and installing emirs and hoisting
its flag on 29th of May 2015, when President Buhari was reeling out his agenda
for the nation. He also said that corruption levels in our society was at an
all-time high and the economy was in the doldrums but added that the
administration is making strong and steady progress in the three priority areas
it set for the nation: Economy, Security and the Fight against corruption.
Buttressing his claim, the minister said the economy is back on the path of
growth, after the recession of 2016-17, with 1.95 percent growth in Q1 2018.
‘‘Consistent growth was achieved in the priority sectors of Agriculture and
Solid Minerals throughout the recession; inflation has fallen for 15
consecutive months, from 18.7 percent to12.5 percent as of April 2018; external
reserves of $48 billion are the highest in 5 years, and more than double the
$23 billion we met in 2015; total exports in 2017 were 59.47% higher than for
2016; in 2017, agriculture exports grew 180.7% above the value in 2016 and in
2017, raw material exports grew 154.2% above the value in 2016.’’
Infrastructure On infrastructure, the minister said the Buhari administration
has demonstrated a single-minded commitment to upgrading and developing
Nigeria’s Transport, Power and Health Infrastructure. ‘‘In May 2018, the
Federal Government launched the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund
(PIDF), under the management of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority.
The PIDF is kicking off with seed funding of US$1.3 billion. Funding for
critical projects will no longer be a problem. ‘‘Nigeria Sovereign Investment
Authority (NSIA) in March 2018 invested US$10m to establish a world-class
Cancer Treatment Center at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), and
US$5m each in the Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital and the Federal
Medical Centre, Umuahia, to establish modern Diagnostic Centres. These Centers
should be completed before the end of 2018. ‘‘In 2014, the Federal Government
spent these sums on the following sectors: Transport (N14bn), Agriculture &
Water (N34bn), Power, Works & Housing (N106bn). In 2017 those figures
jumped to: Transport (N127bn), Agriculture & Water (N130bn), Power, Works
& Housing (N325bn). ‘‘Road Projects are ongoing across every State of the
country; many of these projects had been abandoned in recent years because of
mounting debts owed by the Federal Government to contractors.’’ Fight against
corruption He said the Whistleblowing Policy introduced by the Federal Ministry
of Finance in December 2016 has yielded the following in recoveries: N13.8bn
from tax evaders, N7.8bn, $378million, £27,800 in recoveries from public
officials targeted by whistleblowers; N8.1 trillion Naira was discovered to
have been underpaid to the Federation Account between 2010 and 2015 by 15
revenue-generating agencies; MDAs are remitting more money to Federation
Account. From remitting only N51 million between 2010 and 2016, JAMB went on to
remit N7.8 billion in 2017, and is on course to remit a similar amount in 2018;
as at March 2018, the TSA had recorded inflows of a total sum of N8.9 Trillion
from Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Security Mohammed
said security and normalcy have been restored to the North-East to a large
extent. He noted that the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), aimed at
combating trans-border crime and the Boko Haram insurgency, has been
rejuvenated. ‘‘The El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club has returned to their home
base in Maiduguri (in April 2016), two years after relocating to Katsina State
because of the insurgency; Emirs of Askira and Uba returned home in May 2016,
two years after fleeing their palaces on account of the Boko Haram insurgency;
Public Secondary Schools resumed in Borno State on Monday September 26, 2016,
after two years of closure; Maiduguri-Gubio and Maiduguri-Monguno Roads
reopened in December 2016, after being closed for three years; capture of Boko
Haram’s operational and spiritual headquarters,“Camp Zero”, in Sambisa Forest,
in December 2016. ‘‘Following this the Nigerian Army conducted its Small Arms
Championship from 26th to 31st March 2017, a measure aimed at enabling the
Armed forces to dominate the area, and avoid regrouping by the terrorists; Arik
Air resumed flights to Maiduguri in May 2017, three years after suspending
operations to the city; Nigerian Military reopened Maiduguri-Bama-Banki Road in
March 2018, four years after it was seized by Boko Haram; more than a million
displaced persons have returned to their homes and communities across the
Northeast, since 2015 and more than 13,000 Boko Haram hostages have been freed
from Boko Haram captivity, including 106 of the Chibok Girls abducted in April
2014, and 105 of the Dapchi Girls abducted in February 2018,’’ he added. In
North Central, where there have been incessant clashes between herdsmen and
farmers, the minister stated that the administration had deploed a Joint
Military Intervention Force (JMIF), comprising Regular and Special Forces
personnel from the Army, Air Force and Navy, and working in collaboration with
the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Security (DSS), and Nigeria
Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC). ‘‘On Monday 14th May, 2018, Chief of
Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, flagged-off the Army’s newly-established 2
Battalion Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Kanfanin Doka Village, Birnin-Gwari,
Kaduna State; establishment of a new Area Command and two additional Divisional
Police Headquarters in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State;
in May 2018, the JMIF kicked off ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’, to counter armed
herdsmen and militia groups operating in and around Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba and
Zamfara States; establishment by Nigerian Air Force of Quick Response Wings
(QRW) in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba States, and deployment of Special Forces to
these QRWs and the Nigeria Police Force has recently inaugurated a new Mobile
Squadron in Takum, Taraba State among others.’’ He however, insisted that no
government in the history of our country has ever done so much with little
resources, saying that where many saw challenges, the administration saw
opportunities. ‘‘Where many saw challenges, we saw opportunities. Where many
saw impossibilities, we saw possibilities. We surmounted every opposition on
our path to deliver on our promises to Nigerians. While naysayers pretended to
be blind to our achievements, Nigerians who are being positively impacted by
the good works of President Buhari applaud and appreciate our efforts, from the
feedback we are getting. ‘‘They know that no government in the history of our
country has ever done so much with so little. They know and acknowledge the
sincerity, transparency and accountability of the Buhari Administration. They
know and support the Administration’s diversification effort, which is paying
off. We must be able to own our own future. ‘‘We cannot be a hostage to oil
price or production levels. That means taking back control of our economy and
making it productive, and delivering value for ALL of our people. That’s exactly
what we are doing. ‘‘By building an economy that is no longer reliant on income
from one commodity, thanks to the ongoing diversification process, we will be
creating a sustainable basis for long-term and inclusive growth for ALL. ‘‘We
are keenly aware that Government must be accountable, and this government is
very accountable. We are providing security, we are providing an enabling
environment for business and we are delivering strong and effective public
services. We want to assure Nigerians that we will continue to deliver on our
campaign promises.’’
Chinese researchers expand test of saline soil
rice
Source:
Xinhua| 2018-05-28 21:02:16|Editor: ZX
QINGDAO, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Researchers Monday expanded the
testing of rice growing with saline-alkali soil across China to choose breeds
with quality and optimum yield.
According to Zhang Guodong, deputy director of Qingdao's
saline-alkali tolerant rice research and development center,in eastern Shandong
Province, the new tests almost cover all major types of saline-alkali soil in
China.
The six testing bases are located across Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region and the provinces of Heilongjiang, Shandong, Zhejiang, and
Shaanxi.
"The tests will examine the performance, yield, taste, and
cost of saline-alkali tolerant rice on different types of saline soil,"
said Zhang.
A section of land at each testing base will be used for soil
amelioration using a technique created by the Qingdao center. It is expected to
transform the saline land into arable land within two to three years.
Yuan Longping, China's "Father of Hybrid Rice" who
helped found the Qingdao center, said that if 100 million mu (6.7 million
hectares) of saline land can be used to grow saline-alkali tolerant rice, the
country could produce an extra of 30 billion kg of rice if production per mu
reaches 300 kg.
On Monday, the center also announced the completion of yield
test of its first batch of drought-resistant rice varieties in Dubai. The rice
breed can produce more than 500 kg per mu.
Test planting of saltwater rice begins
2018-05-29
08:20:40China DailyEditor : Li YanECNS App Download
Yuan Longping, China's "father
of hybrid rice", checks saltwater rice seedlings before they are planted
in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Monday. (Photo provided to China Daily)
Renowned Chinese agricultural
scientist Yuan Longping and his research team planted saltwater-tolerant rice
on six plots of saline-alkali land on Monday.
It was the first time this kind of
rice has been planted simultaneously on different types of such land, a major
step in exploring its commercial viability.
The planting sites are in Kashgar,
in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region; Daqing, Heilongjiang province;
Dongying and Qingdao, Shandong province; Wenzhou, Zhejiang province; and
Yan'an, Shaanxi province. The sites represent virtually every type of
saline-alkali land in China.
So-called saltwater rice is
designed to grow in tidal flats or other areas with heavy salt
content."These planting practices aim to test saltwater rice's
performance, yield, taste and cost when grown on different types of
saline-alkali land," said Zhang Guodong, deputy director at the Qingdao
Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center in Shandong
province.
The center, led by Yuan, China's
"father of hybrid rice", was founded in 2016 to help expand the
farming of salt-tolerant varieties of rice.
Zhang said researchers and planters
applied several methods based on the Internet of Things, big data and
artificial intelligence, and tried to improve productivity and land use.
Besides testing saltwater rice's
performance, the six saline-alkali areas have different orientations. For
example, in Kashgar, poor families from ethnic groups have been organized to
plant seawater rice to help poverty alleviation.
In Dongying, saline land is
expected to provide crops to support civilian-military integration.
The six plots are expected to
become fertile land in two or three years, and other saline lands will be used
to examine saltwater-tolerant rices species.Zhang said the center had joined
with the China National Hybrid Rice R& D Center, as well as 18 other
research institutions and enterprises, to establish a working group to examine
the test results.
China has 100 million hectares of
saline-alkaline soil.Yuan and his team plan to develop a type of saltwater rice
that can be planted on 6.7 million hectares of saline-alkali land around the
country, which they estimate can yield 30 million metric tons every year,
feeding an additional 80 million mouths.
In September last year, the Qingdao
demonstration center harvested four types of saline-alkali rice, with the
highest yield reaching 9.3 tons per hectare, much higher than expected.
Yuan's team also estimated the
results of experimental planting of saltwater rice in desert areas of Dubai in
the United Arab Emirates. One type is expected to yield more than 7.5 tons per
hectare.
The Chinese team started planting
the rice in January. The harvest is expected to take place in late June.
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Agricultural subsidy leading to rice shortages in food
service industry
8:01 pm, May 28, 2018
The Yomiuri ShimbunPrices of cooking rice for use in the restaurant and
food-service industry have been rising. An agricultural policy that has made
rice farmers dependent on subsidies meant to safeguard them has brought about a
loss of flexibility in production, thus failing to meet the needs of consumers
sufficiently.
Restaurant chain operators have raised their prices one after
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prices of rice balls by reducing the amount of rice used to make them. These
developments have come about as the prices of cooking rice for business use
have risen by more than 10 percent from a year earlier. The prime factor for
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thanks to increases in the number of dual-income households and single-person
households.
On the other hand, rice production has been curbed because of
the impact of the government’s agricultural policy.
The government has abolished the state’s rice production
adjustment policy — an acreage reduction system — starting with the rice to be
produced in 2018. Prior to the abolishment, the government raised the subsidies
for feed rice, so that rice farmers would not produce cooking rice in excess.
Such cases have become conspicuous involving hitherto major
producers of cooking rice for business use — such as small-scale, part-time
farmers — shifting into feed rice production, accelerating the shortage of
cooking rice for the restaurant and food-service industry.
The abolishment of the acreage reduction system is aimed at
encouraging originality and ingenuity among rice growers in an unrestrained
environment. The income-support measures have given rise to a crop of farmers
who fall back on subsidies too easily, thus distorting the primary purpose of
the system.
Defeating the purpose
With the cultivation of feed rice, farmland with low
profitability has been maintained. This also runs counter to the thinking of
rejuvenating Japanese agriculture.
It has also been pointed out that highly motivated farmers tend
to shun growing cooking rice for business use, whose selling prices are lower
than those of branded rice.
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high prices, a factor contributing to the short supply of cooking rice for
business use.
The food-service industry, among others, is in need of rice
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environment in which farmers actively produce cooking rice for business use, their
cooperation with industry and others will be vital.
Among restaurant chain operators, there are those that could
make contracts with specific farmers for production over multiple years. Those
farmers who grow branded rice would also be able to rely on a stable source of
income if they switch some of the rice they grow to cooking rice for business
use under a long-term contract.
As Japanese rice is also highly popular in foreign countries,
the government is aiming at having the rice-growing sector develop into an
export-oriented industry. How to secure the market for Japanese rice both at
home and abroad will be put to the test.
Distributors such as agricultural cooperatives should put their
strength into improving their intermediary functions linking producers and
consumers.
Rice suitable for business use that is relatively cheap and
tasty includes such popular varieties as “Haenuki” produced in Yamagata
Prefecture and “Asahi no Yume” grown in Gunma Prefecture.
It is hoped that research institutes, including agricultural
research stations, accelerate the development of such varieties of rice whose
yield per unit is high so that farmers are able to make an adequate amount of
profit.
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Agricultural subsidy leading to rice shortages in food
service industry
8:01 pm, May 28, 2018
The Yomiuri ShimbunPrices of cooking rice for use in the restaurant and
food-service industry have been rising. An agricultural policy that has made
rice farmers dependent on subsidies meant to safeguard them has brought about a
loss of flexibility in production, thus failing to meet the needs of consumers
sufficiently.
Restaurant chain operators have raised their prices one after
another, while supermarket operators have in succession effectively raised
their prices of rice balls by reducing the amount of rice used to make them.
These developments have come about as the prices of cooking rice for business
use have risen by more than 10 percent from a year earlier. The prime factor
for price increases is that rice production has not caught up with demand.
The use of cooking rice for business purpose has been growing,
in particular, in the food-service industry and take-out bento businesses,
thanks to increases in the number of dual-income households and single-person
households.
On the other hand, rice production has been curbed because of
the impact of the government’s agricultural policy.
The government has abolished the state’s rice production
adjustment policy — an acreage reduction system — starting with the rice to be
produced in 2018. Prior to the abolishment, the government raised the subsidies
for feed rice, so that rice farmers would not produce cooking rice in excess.
Such cases have become conspicuous involving hitherto major
producers of cooking rice for business use — such as small-scale, part-time
farmers — shifting into feed rice production, accelerating the shortage of
cooking rice for the restaurant and food-service industry.
The abolishment of the acreage reduction system is aimed at
encouraging originality and ingenuity among rice growers in an unrestrained
environment. The income-support measures have given rise to a crop of farmers
who fall back on subsidies too easily, thus distorting the primary purpose of
the system.
Defeating the purpose
With the cultivation of feed rice, farmland with low
profitability has been maintained. This also runs counter to the thinking of
rejuvenating Japanese agriculture.
It has also been pointed out that highly motivated farmers tend
to shun growing cooking rice for business use, whose selling prices are lower
than those of branded rice.
Large-scale farmers, in particular, have increased their
tendency to focus on the production of branded rice, which they can sell at
high prices, a factor contributing to the short supply of cooking rice for
business use.
The food-service industry, among others, is in need of rice
which is reasonably priced but of high quality. In order to develop an
environment in which farmers actively produce cooking rice for business use,
their cooperation with industry and others will be vital.
Among restaurant chain operators, there are those that could
make contracts with specific farmers for production over multiple years. Those
farmers who grow branded rice would also be able to rely on a stable source of
income if they switch some of the rice they grow to cooking rice for business
use under a long-term contract.
As Japanese rice is also highly popular in foreign countries,
the government is aiming at having the rice-growing sector develop into an
export-oriented industry. How to secure the market for Japanese rice both at
home and abroad will be put to the test.
Distributors such as agricultural cooperatives should put their
strength into improving their intermediary functions linking producers and
consumers.
Rice suitable for business use that is relatively cheap and
tasty includes such popular varieties as “Haenuki” produced in Yamagata
Prefecture and “Asahi no Yume” grown in Gunma Prefecture.
It is hoped that research institutes, including agricultural
research stations, accelerate the development of such varieties of rice whose
yield per unit is high so that farmers are able to make an adequate amount of
profit.
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Increasing levels of dioxide
reduce the nutritional value of rice
May 29, 2018 2:08 am
Increasing concentrations of
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to climate change gradually reduce the
nutritional value of rice, a basic feed for more than two billion people,
especially in the poorest countries, thus threatening their health, according
to a new international scientific research.
The study shows for the first
time that rice grown under conditions of increased atmospheric dioxide has
reduced four important vitamins B (B1, B2, B5, B9), less protein and also fewer
other nutrients such as iron and zinc.
Researchers from the United
States, Japan, Australia and China, who carried out research with 18 common
varieties of rice, made the relevant publication in the journal Science
Advances. Experimental rice crops were made with artificially elevated levels
of dioxide (568 to 590 ppm), as expected in the second half of our century.
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increased airborne dioxide, mean levels of vitamin B1 (thiamine) in rice are
reduced by 17%, 1, B2 (riboflavin) by 16.6%, B5 (pantothenic acid) by 12.7% and
B9 (folate) by 30.3%. Climate change does not change levels of vitamin B6
(pyridoxine) and calcium while increasing levels of vitamin E.
Also, increased dioxide reduces
by about 10% the level of protein, 8% of iron and 5% of zinc, containing the
rice.
“Rice has been the basis of
nutrition for many populations in Asia for thousands of years and is the
fastest growing food in Africa. Reducing nutritional quality of rice will
affect maternal and child health for millions of people, “said researcher
Christy Ebi, a professor at the University of Washington.
Approximately 600 million people,
mostly in Southeast Asia (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam,
etc.), take over half of their daily calories and protein from rice, the
physiology of which is affected by climate change. The research has shown,
however, that not all rice varieties respond to the increased dioxide, and
therefore – through further research – those that can better preserve their
nutritional value.
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Farmers unable to cope with shocks induced by
climate change
REPORT
29
May 2018
By Nasir Jamal
LAHORE: Ijaz Ahmed Rao has just finished sowing cotton on his 60
acres in Bahawalnagar. He is now worried that an unusual heatwave, which has
gripped the country for several days, may have devastating effect on his crop.
“If the present heatwave
continues for a longer period, it would stunt or slow down plant growth. That
means I’ll have to spend more on fertilisers to mitigate the impact of adverse
weather on my crop,” he told Dawn by telephone.
The ongoing heatwave is not the only worry that keeps Mr Rao
occupied these days. He is becoming less and less certain about the timing,
intensity and duration of monsoon that has become erratic now. “Torrential
rains will increase the risk of disease and pest attack, causing production
losses. It is as bad, if not worse, as extreme dry and hot weather,” he argues.
Nevertheless, Mr Rao considers himself lucky because he has
access to both canal and ground water to irrigate his land, which allowed him
to do his sowing well in time.
A large number of farmers in parts of southern Punjab and Sindh
— where cotton sowing is done by the end of April — have yet not sown their
cotton owing to canal water shortage that is projected to be around 45pc for
the current Kharif season.
This is not the first year that a set of unusual factors has
struck Mr Rao and thousands of other growers. There has been a certain
consistency about the adverse factors that they have been contending with for
the last few years. It is not a surprise then that a large number of farmers
across Punjab and Sindh are viewing the extreme spells of nature with a lot of
apprehension, fearing that the ongoing cycle would lead to some permanent
changes in the pattern of sowing across the country.
Govt is doing little to help
farmers adapt to changing weather patterns
The sad part is that there is no credible government agency to
warn and prepare farmers against these changes in agriculture believed to have
been brought about by climate change. “Climate change is a reality and has
drastically affected our agriculture, crop cycle, and production of rice, wheat
and cotton,” notes Ghulam Rasul, the director general of the Pakistan
Meteorological Department.
According to a recent Asian Development Bank report, Pakistan’s
annual average temperature has increased by roughly 0.5 degree Celsius in the
last 50 years, raising the number of heatwave days per year nearly fivefold
during the last three decades. According to the report titled “Climate Profile
of Pakistan”, the country is expected to experience increased variability of
river flows due to an increased variability of precipitation and the melting of
glaciers. It highlights that climatic change might potentially have various
negative effects on the country’s farm productivity and water availability,
increase coastal erosion and seawater incursion and frequency and intensity of
extreme weather events.
“Existing evidence points to negative impact of climate change
and weather shocks on the country’s agriculture,” says Sajid Amin Javed, a
research fellow at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Islamabad,
who has done a lot of work on the impact of climate change on agriculture and
co-authored a number of reports on the subject.
“Both long-run temperature and precipitation have significant
negative impact on agriculture, but the effect of long-run temperature is
varying across regions and seasons both in magnitude and direction,” he says.
Farmers say climate change is adding to weather uncertainties.
“Weather has become more unpredictable in the recent years because of changing
climate. But these changes have not consolidated as yet and become a ‘new
normal’. For example, we may have torrential rains this year and face drought
next year. The third year may be a normal one. That makes difficult for the
farmers to change their sowing time and cropping patterns. They have to follow
the usual sowing period, and keep hoping for favourable weather conditions and
a good harvest,” says Hamid Malhi, a progressive grower from Sialkot district.
He is critical of the government for not helping the farmers
mitigate adverse impact of climate change on their livelihoods. “The government
has done nothing to mitigate suffering of the farmers or help them adapt to
changing weather patterns. It requires a lot of research and development of new
seed varieties that are tolerant to changing weather conditions. But we have
not seen any action on the part of the government so far,” Mr Malhi deplores.
Mr Javed argues that smallholders who are most vulnerable to
changing climate lack resources for effective adaptation strategies. He thinks
that access to credit and government extension services can play a vital role
in the choice of farm level adaptation options.
Research on adaptation to climate change also suffers some
confirmation biases and adaptations to market risks may be incorrectly
attributed to climate change, he warns. “Our quasi-experiment administered on
400 farming households from four districts of Pakistan demonstrates that when
farmers are not sensitised about climate change prior to questions on
adaptations, they assign market factors such as availability of new
opportunities, improved purchasing power and net profitability as major reasons
for changes in sowing date, growing new crop variety and use of fertilisers.
“To be exact, less than one per cent to 2.5pc of farmers
indicated climate change as the reason behind change in crop variety and use of
fertilisers, which otherwise are reported to be the most common adaptation
strategies to face changing climate. Similarly, only 10pc farmers associated
late sowing with climate change,” Mr Jawed says.
Unless climate change trends are reversed, our agriculture will
be the most seriously impacted sector that in turn will affect food security of
the country in the years to come.
Published in Dawn, May 29th, 2018
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MP government
trying for basmati patent: CM
| Written
by : IANS| Updated: Mon,
May 28, 2018, 03:47 PM
Indore, May 28 (IANS) Amid
similar efforts being made by other states, the Madhya Pradesh government too
is trying hard to get a patent for basmati variety of rice, Chief Minister
Shiraj Singh Chouhan has said.
Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh was strongly contesting the claims made by other states on the issue.
He also said that a law had been made in the state to regulate contract farming, which will help both landowners and lessees.
He was addressing farmers at an event here on Sunday.
Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh was strongly contesting the claims made by other states on the issue.
He also said that a law had been made in the state to regulate contract farming, which will help both landowners and lessees.
He was addressing farmers at an event here on Sunday.
FG targets
production of 8m tonnes of rice in 2018 wet season
ON MAY 28, 20184:12 pm
The Federal Government says
it is targeting the production of eight million tonnes of paddy by rice farmers
across the country in 2018 wet season. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development, said this on Monday in Abuja, while speaking
to newsmen on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration
in the past three years. The minister said that the country was currently
producing between 5.8 million and six million tonnes of paddy, adding that it
was targeting the production of nine million tonnes by 2019. He said that the
rice revolution was the most outstanding achievement recorded in the
Buhari-administration’s economic diversification efforts in three years. Ogbeh
said that the feats in the rice revolution were attained through the Anchor
Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in
collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The minister, who noted that in the past, Nigeria spent over five million U.S.
dollars a day on rice importation, said that rice importation had reduced by 95
per cent from December 2015 till date. “The number of farmers growing paddy
rice has risen from five million to 12.2 million; more farmers are coming in as
we clear more land for them and arrange irrigation facilities. “By the end of
this planting season which we are entering, we should be approaching eight
million tonnes of paddy, which will give us roughly 6.5 million tonnes of
processed rice. “We hope that by this time next year, we should be targeting
nine million tonnes of paddy because the good thing is that rice grows
everywhere in the country. “Irrigation has to come on board for us to achieve
this because as long as we depend on rain-fed agriculture, we would have
difficulties in achieving the target. “When the CBN came up in partnership with
us on the ABP loan at nine percent interest rate, which to the farmer was a
biggest relief they have seen in years; even though it is still too high but it
made all the difference. “We are still pushing for five per cent,’’ he added.
Ogbeh said that at present, there were over 27 large rice mills and over 5,000
small rice mills across the country, processing rice to international standards
so as to boost improved local production. He listed some of the states that
were involved in rice production as Kano State, Kebbi, Ebonyi, Anambra, and
Nasarawa State, among others. Besides, the minister quoted the International
Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) as saying that Nigeria was currently
the largest producer of maize in Africa, producing 10 million tonnes. He said
that the country was the foremost yam producer, the second in sorghum
production, the third in millet production and the fourth in cashew nut
production in Africa. On the country’s export earnings, the minister noted that
the country earned 700 million dollars from cashew nuts sales in the first
quarter of 2018. Ogbeh said that agricultural exports from Tin Can Island Port,
Lagos, had risen by 180 per cent in the last two years. “We are also leaders in
cassava production but we are not doing well enough in cassava processing and
value addition,’’ he said. He said that the Federal Government was working
tirelessly to free the nation from the anxieties of hunger and food insecurity.
(NAN)
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/05/fg-targets-production-8m-tonnes-rice-2018-wet-season/
Traders to
boost supply with more rice imports
May 29, 2018
EXPECT more rice—and
consequently, lower prices—in the market starting this July, as the government
has allowed the private sector to import another 805,200 metric tons (MT) of
the staple under the minimum access volume (MAV) scheme of the World Trade
Organization.
The National Food Authority (NFA)
released last Friday a copy of the general guidelines for the
importation of 805,200 MT under MAV by the private sector.
Under the guidelines, the NFA has
divided anew the arrival of the whole volume into two phases: The first tranche
will come in starting July until August 31, 2018, while the remaining
volume should be imported from December 20 to February 28, 2019.
The NFA Council decided on this
timeline so as not to affect the farm-gate price of palay during the harvest
season, according to NFA Deputy Administrator Judy Carol Dansal.
“It’s always like that. Because
during those periods there [is] no harvest anymore, so it also serves as a
protection for our farmers,” she told the BusinessMirror.
“That is good because we will
have a lot of rice supply in the market, and it may bring down the prices. It
has been programmed that the arrival of the [MAV] rice imports would not be
during the harvest time,” she added.
The Philippine Statistics
Authority said the retail price of regular-milled rice as of second week of May
reached P40.19 per kg, which was 7.52 percent higher than the P37.38 recorded
quotation a year ago.
Dansal explained that the NFAC
decided to open another round of MAV as part of the Philippines’s commitment to
WTO member-countries to retain its concessions as stipulated under Executive
Order 23 (EO 23) of the President while the country is undertaking the
tariffication of its rice imports.
“The NFAC implemented the MAV as
we are still in the transition period toward tariffication,” she said. “The EO
23, which the President issued, still allows us to import the [805,200 MT via
MAV] until such time a tariffication law is passed.” The NFA official added
this MAV importation will not be covered by a rice-tariffication law, should
one be passed in the middle of the scheme’s implementation.
The NFA is still implementing its
2017 MAV rice importation program with its second phase of delivery starting
on June 1 until August 31.
Auction
For this year’s round of MAV
importation, which will run until the early part of 2019, the NFA would be
implementing an electronic-based auction for the import volume allocation among
interested and eligible parties. “There is a big difference from last year’s
MAV guidelines. This year the [interested parties] would be bidding for the
allocation [of volume] through service fees,” Dansal explained.
“They will be bidding for the
service fee. Therefore, [the private sector] will be competing in terms of
service fee wherein the highest [bidder wins],” Dansal added.
The NFAC will create an auction
committee to oversee the whole process, with representatives from the National
Economic and Development Authority, Bureau of the Treasury, Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas, Office of the President and the Department of Agriculture.
The NFAC has scheduled the
auction on June 14.
“[Compared to last year’s MAV
procedures] we feel that the [two] procedures are only the same in terms of
transparency. But here, you will see the improvement of the procedure and that
is what the NFA Council is looking at,” Dansal said.
“We have improved the system and
made it easier and convenient for the participants of the importation program.
Because this is electronic already, we are avoiding the physical contact
[between importers and government agencies],”
she added.
she added.
Dansal disclosed that the NFAC
will meet on May 30 to finalize the system for the auction.
All interested private traders
and importers will be screened by a MAV prequalification team to be constituted
by NFA Administrator Jason L.Y. Aquino in order to become eligible to
participate in the auction.
One of the eligibility
requirements is that the “total net worth of the applicant shall be at least 10
percent of the total cost of the quantity intended to be imported.”
“If the total net worth of the
applicant is less than 10 percent but not lower than 5 percent of the total
cost of the quantity to be imported, the applicant may secure Bank Guarantee or
Credit Line from a reputable Universal/Commercial Bank equivalent to the total
value of the volume intended to be imported,” the guidelines read.
All the qualified applicants
would be issued with an Eligibility to Bid status once they have been approved
by Aquino, according to the guidelines. “Applicants issued with Eligibility to
Bid shall open an account with LBP and deposit an amount equivalent to the
volume indicated in the Eligibility to Bid multiplied by the minimum service
fee prescribed in Section VII.3,” the guidelines read. Eligible participants
are given three working days to post their payment.
The NFAC has set the minimum
service fee or bid price for the auction at P250 per MT, with bid offer
increments of P250 per MT.
“The bid offer shall be for at
least the minimum volume and shall not exceed thee maximum volume prescribed in
item I.2,” according to the guidelines. “The volume for each bid offer shall be
in multiples of 500 MT.”
Under the guidelines, the NFAC
divided the 805,200 MT volume among farmer organizations (FOs) and non-FOs,
which include corporations, partnerships, single proprietorship and joint
ventures.
The FOs would have an available
volume to import of about 161,040 MT, or 20 percent of the total MAV volume,
while the remaining 80 percent, or about 644,160 MT, will be allocated to
non-FOs.
An FO would only be allowed to
import a minimum of 500 MT and not more than 5,000 MT, while non-FOs could
apply to import at least 1,000 MT up to 50,000 MT.
Dansal explained that they came
up with the 20-80 volume allocation for FOs and non-FOs “based on the history
of previous availments” by the respective groups under the MAV importation
scheme.
Furthermore, the NFAC also
allocated the 805,200 MT volume among Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao, “in
proportion to the 2018 national daily food consumption requirements” of the
three main islands. This, Dansal noted, is to ensure that private traders
will supply the rice requirement of the respective areas.
The NFAC has created 48 lots with
a corresponding maximum importation volume together with its source country and
designated island of delivery.
Solar-powered
irrigation pumps could help Philippines’ attain rice self-sufficiency
Philippines government moves to boost output in bid to stabilise
price of rice
Image Credit:
A ricefield in the Philippines.
Published: 15:13 May 29, 2018
Manila: Agriculture Secretary Manny Pinol said solar-powered
irrigation pumps could hold the key to making the Philippines self-sufficient
in rice production.
Pinol said with current rice production, the Philippines needs
to import about 600,000 to 800,000 metric tonnes of the commodity. But things
could turn around by 2022 when hundreds of solar-powered irrigation pumps are
installed across the country.
The Solar-Powered Irrigation System (SPIS), which has been
adopted by the Department of Agriculture as one of its Flagship Projects, could
ensure the country get a sufficient rice supply for the next 20 years.
The first SPIS in Matalam, North Cotabato, was commissioned last
week and now irrigates 40-hectares of previously rain-fed rice farms.
“President Rodrigo Duterte will lead the commissioning of the
second fully-operational SPIS in Central Luzon in June to signify his support
for the Flagship Programme of the Department of Agriculture which could
irrigate up to 500,000 hectares in the remaining four years of his
administration,” Pinol said. `
As in most Asian countries, rice is a staple food in the country
and more often, retail prices of the vital commodity are unstable prompting the
government to import from other countries to stabilise local prices.
And while the Philippines is not short of land that could be
used for farms, not all of these are irrigated year round. In most cases, the
fields can only yield one crop a year when rain is sufficient. Through the use
of SPIS, farmers could plant twice a year, said Pinol.
“With the target of 500,000 hectares over the next four years,
an estimated four million metric tonnes of paddy will be added to the current
production of 19-million metric tonnes.
The added production volume of two million metric tonnes of
milled rice will make the country not just self-sufficient in rice, but could
also lead to the country exporting the cereal.
“The agriculture department has shown the long-dreamed rice
sufficiency is achievable and it has the road map. The only thing that is
needed now to realise it is the budget,” for the solar irrigation pumps.
If successful, similar other solar irrigation pumps could be
installed in other Asian countries facing similar irrigation concerns as the
Philippines.
Vietnam Jan-May coffee exports seen up 1.8 pct y/y, rice to rise
20.4 pct y/y
HANOI, May 29 (Reuters) - Vietnam’s coffee exports for the
January to May period rose an estimated 1.8 percent from the same period a year
ago, while rice exports surged an estimated 20.4 percent during the same
period, government data showed on Tuesday.
COFFEE
Coffee exports from Vietnam will rise an estimated 1.8 percent
between January and May from a year ago to 825,000 tonnes, equal to 13.75
million 60-kg bags, the General Statistics Office said in a report on Tuesday.
Coffee export revenue for Vietnam, the world’s second- biggest
producer of the robusta bean, dropped 12 percent annually to $1.6 billion in
the five-month period, the report said.
May coffee exports were estimated at 140,000 tonnes, worth $276
million.
RICE
Rice exports in January-May from Vietnam were forecast to rise
20.4 percent from a year ago to 2.8 million tonnes. Revenue from rice exports
in the period were forecast to rise 51.1 percent year-on-year to $1.57 billion.
May rice exports from Vietnam, the world’s third-largest shipper
of the grain, were recorded at 600,000 tonnes, worth $460 million.
ENERGY
Vietnam’s January-to-May crude oil exports plunged 40.1 percent
year-on-year to an estimated 1.67 million tonnes.
Crude oil export revenue in the first five months of 2018 fell
20.4 percent to $919 million.
Oil product imports in the five-month period increased 11
percent from the same time last year to an estimated 5.56 million tonnes, while
the value of the product imports rose 35.3 percent to $3.6 billion.
Vietnam’s January-to-May liquefied petroleum gas imports
increased 19.5 percent from a year earlier to 618,000 tonnes. (Reporting by Mai
Nguyen, Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
Rice
exports: good news arrives, but worries still exist
VietNamNet Bridge - The current conditions are all favorable for
Vietnam to export rice: global demand is high while export prices are on the
rise. However, the unstable domestic rice market still concerns exporters.
The current conditions are favorable for Vietnam to export rice
According to the agriculture ministry, Vietnam exported 2.16
million tons of rice in the first four months of the year with export turnover
of $1.1 billion, an increase of 38 percent in value compared with the same
period last year.
The good news is that export price of Vietnam’s rice is now higher
than Thailand’s rice of the same kind.
According to Nguyen Van Don, director of Viet Hung, Vietnam won
the bid to sell 15 percent broken rice to the Philippines at the price of $450
per ton (FOB), a bit higher than Thailand’s price.
Vietnam exported 2.16 million tons of rice in the first four
months of the year with export turnover of $1.1 billion, an increase of 38
percent in value compared with the same period last year.
|
Don said that rice exports are going better thanks to exports to
Indonesia (500,000 tons) and the Philippines (130,000 tons) under the G2G mode.
The Filipino Government plans to open another bid for another 250,000 tons of
rice on May 24.
Tran Xuan Dinh from the agriculture ministry confirmed that
Vietnam’s rice export price has increased recently thanks to the larger
high-quality rice growing area. In 2017, high-quality rice amounted to 80
percent of the export volume of the year before.
However, Dinh said Vietnam’s rice can be compared with Thailand’s
rice of the same kind.
Thai specialty rice such as Hom Mali and Khaodak Mali is still
expensive at over $1,000 per ton.
Commenting about the market scale, VFA said China last year
imported 2.4 million tons of Vietnam’s rice through the official channel, while
the figure is expected to rise to 2.7 million this year.
Africa plans to import 1 million tons of high-end and medium-end
rice. As for the Philippines and Indonesia, each of them needs 800,000 tons.
So, Vietnam hopes it can export 6.5 million tons of rice this year.
Bad news
Pham Thai Binh, director of the Trung An Hi-tech Agriculture JSC,
commented that Vietnam’s rice exports are still unstable because Vietnamese
exporters are not financially capable of controlling the input materials and
determining the selling time.
“Exporters win the bid to provide rice, but they don’t have rice
in stock and have to buy in the domestic market. However, the price
unexpectedly escalates, thus bringing losses to exporters,” he explained.
Asked why exporters don’t cooperate with farmers to expand the
cultivation areas, which would help enterprises take the initiative in their
input material supply, Don said there is still no reasonable policy for
cooperation. Farmers only want to sell rice to farmers when the price falls. If
the price goes up, they would rather sell rice to merchants.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/201199/rice-exports--good-news-arrives--but-worries-still-exist.html
Rice Prices
as on :
29-05-2018 12:07:27 PM
PHILIPPINES
APPROVES 805,200 T RICE IMPORTS UNDER QUOTA SCHEME
Tepid start to kharif planting: rice and cotton acreage lower
than last year
Area down in
most crops except cane
Monsoon rains hit Kerala coast - weather office
Rice Prices
as on :
30-05-2018 12:27:38 PM
MRF, IFC sign MoU to standardize rice
quality, weight and measure
Jigawa Govt.
Disburses 30,000 Bags Of Rice To Workers
IFC, partners
working toward boosting Myanmar rice industry
Gov’t issues rules for importation of 805,000 MT of rice under
MAV
Growing
California Rice and Almonds Against the Grain
An Ecological Approach to Farming
Creating a Natural Woodland Environment
Water Limitations and an Ecological Lifestyle
Rice Prices
as on :
29-05-2018 12:07:27 PM
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Cachar(ASM)
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40.00
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NC
|
1820.00
|
2400
|
2400
|
9.09
|
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Lakhimpur(UP)
|
30.00
|
30.43
|
1342.00
|
2280
|
2280
|
5.56
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Tamluk (Medinipur E)(WB)
|
18.00
|
-5.26
|
314.00
|
2800
|
2800
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21.74
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Kolaghat(WB)
|
17.00
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-5.56
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300.00
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2800
|
2800
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21.74
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Kayamganj(UP)
|
12.00
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-7.69
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464.00
|
2290
|
2280
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0.44
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Alappuzha(Ker)
|
10.00
|
NC
|
40.00
|
6850
|
7450
|
53.07
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Sheoraphuly(WB)
|
9.20
|
41.54
|
25.10
|
3450
|
3200
|
11.29
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Deogarh(Ori)
|
9.00
|
NC
|
403.00
|
2500
|
2500
|
NC
|
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Ranaghat(WB)
|
8.30
|
-0.72
|
228.12
|
3400
|
3400
|
47.83
|
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Khurja(UP)
|
8.00
|
-15.79
|
601.00
|
2600
|
2600
|
-
|
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Karanjia(Ori)
|
7.00
|
7.69
|
232.00
|
2530
|
2620
|
-9.64
|
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Bolangir(Ori)
|
6.00
|
-14.29
|
204.00
|
2800
|
2800
|
16.67
|
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Tusura(Ori)
|
6.00
|
-7.69
|
101.50
|
2800
|
2800
|
16.67
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Mirzapur(UP)
|
4.50
|
-25
|
509.00
|
2215
|
2210
|
-
|
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Dibrugarh(ASM)
|
4.30
|
65.38
|
403.40
|
2920
|
2929
|
29.78
|
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Tileibani(Ori)
|
3.00
|
NC
|
38.50
|
2500
|
2000
|
NC
|
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Chandausi(UP)
|
1.50
|
7.14
|
93.80
|
2250
|
2255
|
-7.22
|
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Khairagarh(UP)
|
1.10
|
37.5
|
75.00
|
2550
|
2540
|
1.19
|
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Tundla(UP)
|
1.00
|
-16.67
|
102.30
|
2550
|
2550
|
-
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Jagnair(UP)
|
0.80
|
33.33
|
55.70
|
2560
|
2560
|
0.79
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May
29, 2018
PHILIPPINES
APPROVES 805,200 T RICE IMPORTS UNDER QUOTA SCHEME
5/29/2018
MANILA, May 29 (Reuters) - The
Philippines' state grains procurement agency on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for
localtraders to import up to 805,200 tonnes of rice under an annualquota
scheme, which should boost domestic supply and keep risingprices in check.
The imports, which should be
shipped in starting July, wouldbring total rice purchases approved this year to
1.3 milliontonnes, including half-a-million tonnes that the National FoodAuthority
(NFA) has bought to replenish its depleted bufferstock.
The Southeast Asian country, a
frequent rice buyer, isseeking to stabilise retail prices of the national
staple thathave risen by as much as 7 percent from a year ago amid theabsence
of the low-priced NFA supply in the local market. Higher rice prices have added
pressure to Philippineinflation, which accelerated in April to the highest in
at leastfive years.
The NFA expects its imports to
start arriving this week. Under the import guidelines posted on the NFA's
website,traders are allowed to import 25 percent broken white rice or abetter
variety, with a 35 percent tariff. Delivery should be
completed by February next year.The country-specific quota scheme allows traders to importup to 293,100 tonnes from Vietnam and the same volume from
Thailand.
completed by February next year.The country-specific quota scheme allows traders to importup to 293,100 tonnes from Vietnam and the same volume from
Thailand.
They can buy up to 50,000 tonnes
from China, another 50,000tonnes from India, and the same volume from Pakistan.Up
to 15,000 tonnes can come from Australia, up to 4,000tonnes from El Salvador
and the balance of 50,000 tonnes fromany country.
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Tepid start to kharif planting: rice and cotton acreage lower
than last year
Getting ready A farmer tills his field
- THE HINDU
Getting ready A farmer tills his field
- THE HINDU
Area down in
most crops except cane
NEW DELHI, MAY 25
Mounting cane arrears during the
current sugar season do not seem to have deterred farmers from bringing more
area under sugarcane, according to official data released by the Agriculture
Ministry on Friday.
The sowing has taken place in a
total of 65.52 lakh hectares (lha) so far, which was around 6 per cent lower
than 69.84 lha covered during the corresponding period last year. All crops,
barring sugarcane registered a drop in area covered as compared to that in same
period last year. The cultivated area of sugarcane, on the other hand,
increased by 1.75 per cent over that of the previous year. This was despite the
fact that farmers have been reeling under the rising cane arrears from sugar
mills, which have been plagued by an overproduction of sugar in the 2017-18
season, that resulted in a crash in market prices.
Even though these are early days
of sowing and better monsoon, as forecast by the India Meteorological
Department, may dramatically change the situation. The drop in acreage has been
substantial in the case of rice and cotton. The planted area has so far come
down by 30 per cent to 7.82 lha and 1.52 lha in cotton and rice respectively.
here is substantial reduction in
Haryana and Punjab, where early sowing of cotton is normally taken up.
The precariously low water
storage levels in reservoirs used for irrigation could be one of the main
reasons for tepid improvement in sowing. According to data released by the
Central Water Commission, on Thursday the average water storage in 91
reservoirs monitored by it was 18 per cent as compared to around 20 per cent
during the corresponding period last year.
Published on May 25, 2018
Monsoon rains hit Kerala coast - weather office
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Monsoon rains hit the southern state of
Kerala a few days earlier than normal on Tuesday, the country’s weather office
said, potentially brightening the nation’s outlook for agricultural output and
economic growth.
A fisherman and his wife row
their boat in a fishing farm as it rains heavily on the outskirts of Kochi,
India, May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Sivaram V
Monsoons deliver about 70 percent of India’s annual rainfall and
are the lifeblood of its $2.5 trillion economy, spurring farm output and
boosting rural spending on items ranging from gold to cars, motorcycles and
refrigerators. “The southwest monsoon has set in over the southern state of
Kerala, three days ahead of its normal date,” the state-run India
Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a statement. The early arrival of
monsoon rains typically enables farmers to bring forward sowing of crops such
as rice, sugar cane, corn, cotton and soybeans because nearly half the
country’s farmland lacks irrigation. However, IMD Monsoon Director General K.J.
Ramesh last month forecast that monsoon rains were expected to be 97-percent of
a long-term average.India’s weather office defines average, or normal, rainfall
as between 96 percent and 104 percent of a 50-year average of 89 cm for the
entire four-month season beginning June.Other than boosting farm output and
wider economic growth, a spell of roughly average rains could help keep a lid
on inflation, potentially tempting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring
forward a general elections due in May 2019. Monsoon rains are likely to be
unaffected by the El Nino weather pattern, which is expected to set in only
after the four-month rainy season ends in September.In 2017, monsoon rains were
95 percent of the long-term average compared to forecasts of 98 percent.Before
receiving average rains in 2016, India suffered back-to-back drought years for
only the fourth time in more than a century, hurting incomes and driving some
farmers to suicide.
Fishermen prepare to cast
their nets during a sudden downpour at Fort Kochi beach in the southern state
of Kerala, India, May 28, 2018. REUTERS/Sivaram V
Average monsoon rainfall would help India retain its position as
the world’s top rice exporter, but could further stoke a glut in supply of
sugar.
Reporting by Mayank Bhardwaj;
Editing by Malini Menon and Joseph Radford
Rice Prices
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30-05-2018 12:27:38 PM
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Varanasi(Grain)(UP)
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360.00
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5.88
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9213.00
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2285
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2280
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-0.65
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Bahraich(UP)
|
212.50
|
30.21
|
5486.30
|
2250
|
2250
|
0.90
|
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Shahjahanpur(UP)
|
145.00
|
3.57
|
2533.40
|
2340
|
2350
|
-
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Jafarganj(UP)
|
140.00
|
366.67
|
654.00
|
2300
|
2200
|
-
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Aligarh(UP)
|
80.00
|
6.67
|
1595.00
|
2500
|
2520
|
-2.34
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Kasimbazar(WB)
|
80.00
|
1.27
|
2258.50
|
2800
|
2800
|
12.90
|
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Indus(Bankura Sadar)(WB)
|
80.00
|
-15.79
|
2200.00
|
2750
|
2750
|
7.84
|
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Ghaziabad(UP)
|
60.00
|
NC
|
2915.00
|
2665
|
2665
|
11.04
|
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Maur(UP)
|
58.00
|
-6.45
|
1510.00
|
2150
|
2150
|
-
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Kopaganj(UP)
|
58.00
|
-17.14
|
1879.00
|
2150
|
2145
|
-0.46
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Sahiyapur(UP)
|
39.00
|
39.29
|
1947.50
|
2160
|
2155
|
-
|
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Devariya(UP)
|
35.00
|
40
|
1617.50
|
2140
|
2155
|
0.23
|
|
Khatra(WB)
|
35.00
|
NC
|
711.00
|
2650
|
2650
|
-
|
|
Jangipura(UP)
|
30.00
|
36.36
|
898.00
|
2230
|
2230
|
-
|
|
Lakhimpur(UP)
|
25.00
|
-16.67
|
1367.00
|
2300
|
2280
|
6.48
|
|
Naanpara(UP)
|
24.00
|
-40
|
1032.80
|
2200
|
2190
|
-0.68
|
|
Bazpur(Utr)
|
23.70
|
-63.82
|
1647.40
|
2450
|
2205
|
NC
|
|
Saharanpur(UP)
|
22.00
|
-4.35
|
857.50
|
2660
|
2670
|
12.47
|
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Muzzafarnagar(UP)
|
18.00
|
-37.93
|
1232.50
|
2660
|
2670
|
-
|
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Sirsaganj(UP)
|
18.00
|
-14.29
|
629.00
|
2660
|
2650
|
13.19
|
|
Bishnupur(Bankura)(WB)
|
17.00
|
13.33
|
353.00
|
2650
|
2650
|
26.19
|
|
Fatehpur(UP)
|
15.00
|
36.36
|
1187.10
|
2230
|
2250
|
1.36
|
|
Bharthna(UP)
|
15.00
|
-25
|
6167.00
|
2400
|
2400
|
-
|
|
Badayoun(UP)
|
14.00
|
-6.67
|
445.00
|
2410
|
2375
|
-
|
|
Tamkuhi Road(UP)
|
11.00
|
-31.25
|
763.00
|
2125
|
2150
|
-
|
|
Gajol(WB)
|
10.80
|
-59.55
|
1115.60
|
3550
|
3550
|
22.41
|
|
Jaunpur(UP)
|
10.00
|
-66.67
|
1176.70
|
2210
|
2200
|
5.24
|
|
Deogarh(Ori)
|
9.00
|
NC
|
412.00
|
2500
|
2500
|
NC
|
|
Khurja(UP)
|
9.00
|
12.5
|
610.00
|
2620
|
2600
|
-
|
|
Dibrugarh(ASM)
|
6.20
|
44.19
|
409.60
|
2920
|
2920
|
29.78
|
|
Chitwadagaon(UP)
|
6.00
|
NC
|
181.20
|
2100
|
2100
|
-1.41
|
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Mirzapur(UP)
|
5.50
|
22.22
|
514.50
|
2220
|
2215
|
-
|
|
Farukhabad(UP)
|
4.20
|
-6.67
|
185.70
|
2420
|
2375
|
9.50
|
|
Jahangirabad(UP)
|
2.50
|
NC
|
95.00
|
2585
|
2590
|
10.00
|
|
Bangarmau(UP)
|
1.60
|
NC
|
33.60
|
2150
|
2175
|
4.88
|
|
Khairagarh(UP)
|
1.00
|
-9.09
|
76.00
|
2550
|
2550
|
1.19
|
|
Jagnair(UP)
|
0.80
|
NC
|
56.50
|
2550
|
2560
|
0.39
|
|
Tundla(UP)
|
0.80
|
-20
|
103.10
|
2560
|
2550
|
-
|
Published
on May 30, 2018
MRF, IFC sign MoU to standardize rice
quality, weight and measure
Submitted by Eleven on
Wed, 05/30/2018 - 12:02
Writer: Zeyar Nyein
Myanmar Rice Federation signed a MoU with International Finance
Corporation on May 29. (Photo-Zeyar Nyein)
Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF)
signed a MoU with International Finance Corporation (IFC) to cooperate in the
standardization of types, quality standard, weight and measure for rice, at the
UMFCCI on May 29.
Chit Khaing, the MRF’s president
said: “This MoU is an agreement between the MRF and the IFC for sustainable
development of rice sector. This cooperation aims to review the standardizations
of rice and paddy, designate types of rice and paddy in local rice market and
fix weights and measures suited to international scales.”
Under the MoU, both sides will
cooperate in forming the technical working group. The UMFCCI has formed a working
committee with experienced entrepreneurs.
Cooperation between the MRF and
the IFC is aimed at enabling citizens to buy quality rice with correct weights
and measures in local market as well as at increasing rice exports. It will
also reduce disputes between farmers and rice millers over rice quality.
The MRF started negotiating with The Rice Trader (TRT) Myanmar
Rice Network-2017 held on April 27, 2017. The IFC will give suggestions suited
to Myanmar based on its international experiences, especially regional
countries like Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Both sides can sign the MoU
after a series of discussions since May, 2017.
Jigawa Govt.
Disburses 30,000 Bags Of Rice To Workers
By Sule
Tahir
May 30, 2018
DUTSE – IN fulfillment of the Northern States Governor’s Forum to
support the adoption of strategies to cut down prices of foodstuffs, the Jigawa
State government in conjunction with Three Brothers Rice Mill Processing
Company has secured 30,000 bags of rice to be distributed to workers with soft
loan to be repaid in two months, the Jigawa Head of Service, Alh. Inua Tahir,
has disclosed.
Part of the measures was to align with local producers of
foodstuff and support local millers financially to boost their production capacity
for bulk purchase by the commodity the state governments. The government will
then disburse the products to their workers at subsidized prices in form of
soft loan to be repaid in two months.
Under the process, the federal and state governments agreed to
inject investments support to locally owned rice millers across the country for
increased production.
According to the Head of Service, the gesture was aimed at
allowing workers to have comfort in the Holy month of Ramadan, adding, “We
will not be in a haste in settling the rice loan facility as part of Badaru’s
aid to workers.”
Other gestures to be enjoyed by workers included payment of
workers’ salary as when due, leave grants, gratuities and payment of monthly
pension to the state’s pensioners, among othes.
It could be recalled that Badaru Abubakar had pledged to accord
priority attention to the workforce in areas of promotion, training and
re-training for quality service delivery and increased productivity.
IFC, partners
working toward boosting Myanmar rice industry
May 29, 2018 - by
Holly Demaree-Saddler
YANGON, MYANMAR — IFC
through a partnership with Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) to
support sustainable growth of.
Gov’t issues rules for importation of 805,000 MT of rice under
MAV
Published May 30, 2018, 9:26 AM
By Madelaine B. Miraflor
Private traders can soon import
as much as 805,000 metric tons (MT) of rice via the Minimum Access Volume (MAV)
scheme of the World Trade Organization (WTO) after the Philippine government
released the general guidelines for this particular MAV importation.
(Juan Carlo de Vela / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Slapped with a lower tariff, MAV
refers to the volume of commodities that are allowed to be imported by a member
country as a commitment to WTO.
Rice importation under this new
program is pursuant to Republic Act No. 8178, or an act replacing quantitative
import restrictions (QR) on agriculture products, except rice, with tariffs.
To compensate for the expiration
of QR, the Philippine government unilaterally extended the MAV commitments of
805,200 metric tons (MT) and corresponding tariff concessions to maintain
special treatment through Executive Order No. 23 (EO 23).
The MAV and tariff concessions
will remain in place until December 31, 202,0 or until an amendment to the
Agricultural Tariffication Act
(which exempts rice from tariffication) is
passed.
All rice to be imported under
this MAV importation shall be levied with 35 percent tariff to be paid in
advance with the Land Bank of the Philippines.
The NFA has also divided the
shipment of rice imports into two phases. In particular, the first shipment
should arrive in the country from July 1, 2018, until August 31, 2018, while
the last shipment should be here by December 20, 2018, until February 28, 2019.
Under the guidelines, rice
traders are only allowed to source from countries with a specific quota and
from omnibus origin or other rice-producing countries.
For the MAV Country Specific
Quota (MAV-CSQ), traders may import from these countries: China (50,000 MT),
India (50,000 MT), Pakistan (50,000 MT), Australia (15,000 MT), El Salvador
(4,000 MT), Thailand (293,100 MT), and Vietnam (293,100).
Then another 50,000 MT can be
obtained from any country under MAV Omnibus Origins (MAV-OMB).
Importers must import well-milled
rice with quality of 25% brokens or better.
The MAV importation is on top of
the importation of 500,000 MT of rice through a government-to-government and
government-to-private bidding that just recently took place.
Growing
California Rice and Almonds Against the Grain
These two
crops are often treated like commodities in the state, but Greg Massa and
Raquel Krach have prioritized a high-functioning ecosystem on their farm while
selling direct to customers.
In his now-weathered, century-old
diary, Manuel Fonseca penned an entry in Portuguese about the many challenges
he faced as a new immigrant trying to grow rice in California’s Sacramento
Valley. Fonseca planted his first crop in 1916 and found himself wrestling with
an alarming number of weeds in the paddies.
Despite the challenges, the farm
survived, and three generations and a century later, his great-grandson Greg
Massa is still growing rice, along with his wife Raquel Krach. Although Greg’s
father, Manuel Massa Jr., opted to use herbicides, Greg has chosen to farm
organically, meaning he’s facing the same weeds as his great-grandfather, which
are difficult to remove once he floods his fields with nourishing waters.
“We farm organically because we
think spraying poison on food and on our environment is wrong,” Massa says. But
being an organic rice farm has been anything but easy, requiring Massa and
Krach to employ an arsenal of farming techniques: crop rotation, cover crops,
field preparation, timely planting, and deep water followed by drought stress
to restrain weeds.
“Rice is difficult to grow
organically with modern varieties that were bred for high inputs of nitrogen
and herbicides to kill weeds,” Massa explains. “Sometimes it works, sometimes
it doesn’t. We’ve tried using goats, mowing, and spraying vinegar with limited
success.”
Set on 200 verdant acres in
Hamilton City, Massa
Organics farms rice, almonds, sheep, and pigs. Sandwiched
between two majestic national forests, the Mendocino and the Plumas, with the
Sacramento River at its fe
et, Massa Organics is 15 miles from the university town of
Chico.
Massa Organics’ rice fields after a
winter rain.
Though rice, which Massa sells to
restaurants in town, is its primary selling staple, the farm also sells its
grass-fed ground lamb at the Chico farmers’ market and raw nonpareil almonds,
jars of almond butter, lamb, and pork to farmers’ markets in the Bay Area
In a rice industry dominated by
larger producers like Lundberg (which does its own conservation
work), Massa Organics is the rare independent brand selling directly
to its customers through markets, CSAs, and small retail stores using social
media as a marketing tool. Rarer still is the Massa approach to farming as a
means of ecological work. The couple views each crop as part of a fully
functioning ecosystem—the rice as part of a pond ecosystem and the
almonds part of a woodland ecosystem—that relies on biodiversity and natural
relationships for crop health.
An Ecological Approach to Farming
Massa and Krach both have Masters’
degrees in ecology and moved to the farm in 1997 with hopes of re-thinking his
family’s approach to conventional commodity farming. Though they could have
entered academia, the
was inspired by Krach’s agroecology
research on Costa Rican tropical tree plantations growing right next to
rainforests without harming them.
“I was doing my research on this
actual plantation and thought, ‘This is kind of weird that I’m doing this in a
research-based situation when we have a real farm,’” Krach says. Hoping to
engage in applied ecology that made an immediate difference, she convinced
Massa they could convert his family farm into a living experiment.
“We chose organic farming as a
means of doing conservation work because our methods promote biodiversity by
mimicking natural ecosystems,” Massa says.
Snow geese spend a winter morning
on the farm in this photo from a drone flying over Massa’s fields.
Like Massa’s ancestors, he and
Krach chose to farm medium-grain Calrose rice, a versatile variety bred specifically
to flourish in California. The result is a sweet, nutty brown rice high in
fiber and taste that Charles Phan, executive chef at the renowned San Francisco
restaurant The
Slanted Door, serves and swears by. But its taste isn’t the only
reason that Massa and Krach chose Calrose over jasmine and basmati varieties.
“Small farmers in Thailand sell a
little jasmine rice, and they’re reliant on that for their income,” Massa said.
“Many generations of Thai farmers worked to select jasmine rice to make it what
it is. We decided early on we were not going to grow jasmine or basmati because
it felt too much like stealing their genetic
heritage.”
Soon after taking over, Massa and
Krach began to transition the land to organic, eventually diversifying the
operation, adding almonds, wheat, and several heritage breeds of animals to the
mix. By 2002, the rice operation was certified, and the rest followed over the
course of the next eight years. Today, their whole operation is certified
organic.
Creating a Natural Woodland Environment
Integrating heritage animal
breeds—Dorper sheep, Gloucestershire Old Spots pigs, and Berkshire pigs—has
been an important way to improve the farm’s ecological footprint as well.
Some of Massa Organics’ piglets.
Krach and Massa have pioneered a
natural grazing pattern for their sheep, converting their 30-acre almond
orchard into a natural woodland. Every morning, and sometimes in the
afternoons, Massa and Krach move an electric fence to cover a different 6,000-
to 8,000-square foot area, guiding 100 Dorper sheep and lambs to a new patch of
orchard.
Mimicking the ancient patterns of
pack herbivores like pronghorn antelope, the sheep graze happily on perennials
and other grasses. In the process, the herd replicates a natural woodland
ecosystem—one that consists of mature trees, understory plants, large mammals,
small mammals, birds, and insects all living in symbiosis that serve the crops
well.
The woodland environment attracts beneficial insects that protect against
pests, and the grazing animals naturally remove weeds, fertilize the almond
trees with their waste, and create a richer soil for insects and thus a richer
fo
od source for birds.
Massa and Krach pasture their 120
pigs as well. In addition to creating natural fertilizer, Krach says the pigs
provide a plowing function for the farmers, digging up stubborn weeds, and are
mostly fed rice, wheat, safflower, and hay that is grown on the farm. “They’re
part of the cycle,” she says. “If they tear up the ground, we can just plow it
and move them out.”
Agriculture is intricately
connected to the larger web of life for the pair. “Everything we do with the
animals is totally counter to mass production,” Krach says. “Letting them live
like they should is the only way we can imagine.”
Spring is a lively time for Krach, as
she manages their animal operations. Most of the 45 ewes are pregnant this time
of year and hungrily mow down the tall grasses by at least a foot over three or
four hours in the field. Krach finds it hard to go inside when she’s standing
in three-foot grass watching her ewes and 11 lambs, the babies frolicking in a
beautiful pink sunset.
Sheep before an approaching storm.
“It’s pretty idyllic,” Krach says.
“It’s hard work, but raising the sheep is fun, and it’s lambing time, so I
can’t get enough of them.”
Soon, the lambs will go to the
farmers’ market to be sold. Krach sees letting the animals go as part of the
cycle and hopes to educate omnivores about where their meat comes from. “We
hope we can teach people and they can learn about [how we raise animals] by
knowing our farm or buying our products,” she says.
Water Limitations and an Ecological Lifestyle
Almonds, like meat, have
often gotten a bad rap as a water-thirsty crop in
drought-ridden California. But as an almond farmer, Massa sees much of that
response as scapegoating.
“Yes, it takes some water to grow
[almonds], but if you look at what you get out of these nuts, [it’s worth it],”
he says. “They’re really full of health benefits—they can regulate your blood sugar and hold your hunger
at bay for several hours. I’d challenge you to find another crop that could do
that.”
Greg says rice used to have a
similarly bad rap. “In terms of water used per serving, rice can be pretty
good. Lots of crops use a lot of water, and in most of California, you can’t
dry-farm everything.”
150 tons of compost to be spread on
the Massa almond orchards.
With two water-intensive crops,
Massa Organics is fortunately situated just a few hundred yards from the
Sacramento River near its intersection with Stony Creek. Half the land is in an
irrigation district with water rights from the river, and the other half of
their water comes from what Greg called “very good groundwater,” with minimal
sinking of the ground.
Massa and Krach’s dedicat
ion to ecology and conservation—a
view of the bigger picture that goes far beyond profits—has also inspired
innovation. They live in a well-insulated, energy-efficient rice straw-bale farmhouse, use solar panels to
provide approximately 90 percent of the farm’s energy, and use biodiesel made
from vegetable oil they recycle from local restaurants to power most of the
farm’s vehicles.
“Our background in ecology directs
everything we do on the land,” Massa says. “We’re always looking to stack
enterprises, integrate processes, grow new things, and grow them better.”
Photos courtesy of Massa
Organics.
