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NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2018 BEATING PLASTIC POLLUTION 28 June 2018 Ambassador Hotel, Lahore

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2018

BEATING PLASTIC POLLUTION

28 June 2018

Ambassador Hotel, Lahore

Organized by

The Environ Monitor and

National Foundation for Environmental Education & Research

CALL FOR PAPERS & INVITATION

BACKGROUND

World Environment Day is a day for everyone, everywhere. Since it began in 1972, global citizens have organized many thousands of events, from neighbourhood clean-ups, to action against wildlife crime, to replanting forests. Beating Plastic Pollution, the theme for World Environment Day 2018, implores us to get outdoors and into nature, to appreciate its beauty and its importance, and to take forward the call to protect the Earth that we share.

PROLOGUE

The Environ Monitor (Leading Environmental Journal of Pakistan) and National Foundation for Environmental Education & Research have planned National Conference on Beating Plastic Pollution on 28 June 2018 (0800-1500 hours) at Lahore.

OBJECTIVES

·       To provide professional platform for dissemination of the latest researches, practices & techniques about environmental management, Nature, natural resources and plastics through presentations, discussions and case studies.

·       To create environmental awareness about health & environment among the stakeholders at individual, community, national, regional and global levels.

·       To dovetail religious motivation in bringing prosperity, happiness, inter-faith harmony and peace in the society. 

SUB THEMES

• Plastic pollution
• Environment and health.

·       Environmental stresses, depression, psychology & psychiatry.

·       Nature and natural resources

·       Global and national environmental concerns.

·       Climate change.

·       Environmental terrorism.

·       Religions & environmental preservation.

·       Environment and gender.

PARTICIPATION

·       Chemists and chemical engineers.

·       Policy, planning and executives relevant to health & environment.

·       Medical practitioners & healthcare managers.

·       Representatives of public and private sectors concerning health & environment.

·       Environmental engineers, scientists and technologists.

·       Civil society, academia, consultants, geologists, legal practitioners and NGOs.

·       Environmental, safety, health, security and quality managers.

REGISTRATION

·       Corporate:     Rs.4,000/- per person

·       Academia:     Rs.2,000/-per person

·       Students:      Rs.1,500/- per person

·       Online/Bank draft/Pay Order in favour of The Environ Monitor A/c Number 0270100060357Askari Bank LCCHS Lahore Cantt Branch 324-Z Phase-III DHA, Lahore Cantt

·       Shields will be presented to exhibitors and presenters.

·       Certificates will be awarded to participants.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

All the papers presented during the conference will be published in the conference proceedings within July 2018.

FOR INTERESTED PRESENTERS ONLY

·       Submission of Abstracts: 30 May 2018

·       Acceptance of Abstracts: 05 June 2018

·       Submission of Papers:    15 June 2018

·       Submission of Power Point Presentations                   20 June 2018

SPONSORHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Industrialists and business communities are invited for sponsorship of this prestigious event.

CONFERENCE SECRETARY

Engineer Colonel (R) Mumtaz Hussain

Chief Editor, The Environ Monitor

Environment House,

W-715, Defence Housing Authority,

Lahore 54792

Phone 92-42-35693401

Mobile: 0333-4319936

Email: theenvironmonitor@gmail.com

CONFERENCE COORDINATOR

Muhammad Zakir

Mobile: 0322-4256014

REGISTRATION FORM

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7.	Registration fee paid through Online / Bank Draft/ Pay Order in favour of The Environ Monitor
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The Environ Monitor

(Journal of Environmental Sciences, Technologies and Engineering)

No.       766F             

Date:   02 May 2018

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2018

THEME: BEATING PLASTIC POLLUTION

Dear Sir,

The Environ Monitor (Leading Environmental Journal of Pakistan) and National Foundation for Environmental Education & Research aim at creating environmental awareness among the masses and equipping the professionals, researchers and executives with state-of-the-art know-how about Nature, environment, safety, health & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). National Conference on Beating Plastic Pollution has been planned in Ambassador Hotel Lahore on 28 June 2018 (0800-1500 hours) on occasion of World Environment Day 2018.

We seek your active participation in this Conference. Information flyer is attached for your reference. The online/bank draft/pay order of Registration Fee may be issued in favour of The Environ Monitor A/c No. 0270100060357, Askari Bank LCCHS Lahore Cantt Branch 324-Z Phase-III DHA, Lahore Cantt.

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Environmentally yours

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Conference Secretary

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Governor speaks at Ralston Family Farms ribbon cutting in Atkins

THE COURIER / Submitted Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson talks during the May 18 ribbon cutting at Ralston Family Farms in Atkins.

For The Courier 5/27/2018 8:00 AM

ATKINS — P. Allen Smith, national author, television host, entrepreneur and conservationist based in Little Rock, announced his partnership with Ralston Family Farms in the marketing and distribution of traditional, aromatic and unique rice blends grown in the heart of Arkansas.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Wes Ward, Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture, also attended the May 18 news conference.

“Ralston Family Farms has contributed to our state’s rich farming heritage for generations,” the governor said. “Arkansas’ farm families play a critical role in making agriculture our state’s largest industry — it’s simply part of who we are. Ralston Family Farm’s new facility will continue to bolster our economy and support our agriculture industry.”

“From the beginning, the Ralstons’ authenticity and dedication made me want to roll up my sleeves and work with them to debut and promote Ralston Family Farms’ artisanal, single-batch rice,” Smith explained. “They’ve put thoughtful care and attention into growing, harvesting and milling their product, and the farm’s placement near the Arkansas River allows them to work in environmentally friendly ways during the growing season.”

With 10 generations of farming in the Ralston Family heritage, it is safe to say rice farming is more than a job — it is a calling. Ralston Family Farms milled rice is sold across the state and nationally through Ben E. Keith, Wal-Mart, Blue Apron, and other retailers.

“We are so proud to partner with P. Allen Smith and leverage his knowledge and expertise in marketing and product promotion,” said Robin Ralston, co-owner of Ralston Family Farms. “His respected lifestyle brand reaches millions of households across multiple channels, and we look forward to our continued collaboration with the entire P. Allen Smith team.”

One product sold by Ralston Family Farms is the Nature’s Blend rice, which is a long, whole grain aromatic rice that is cross-pollinated in the field and harvested as a blend straight out of the ground. Its unique combination of aromatic purple, red and brown rice has a nutty texture and is full of nutrition and antioxidants.

Ralston Family Farms also provides domestic varieties of basmati and jasmine rice to offer buyers an opportunity to buy U.S. grown. The artisanal, single-batch rice varieties are carefully grown, harvested and milled at the farm’s location, which offers cooler nighttime temperatures, allowing Ralston Family Farms to produce a much higher quality rice naturally with less damage from disease and pests.

The new, revolutionary mill uses a computer-controlled system that leverages the drying potential of the surrounding air and temperature to naturally dry the rice to its optimum level.

P. Allen Smith collaborated with the Ralston Family Farms to work through the debut and promotion of these rice varieties, and he will support and share their products with his nationwide audience.

Ralston Family Farms also works with charities throughout the state to help fight hunger through their Family to Family donation program.

http://www.couriernews.com/Content/Default/State-Nation/Article/Governor-speaks-at-Ralston-Family-Farms-ribbon-cutting-in-Atkins/-3/85/46475

No govt in history has done so much with so little as Buhari’s — Lai Mohammed ON MAY 28, 20187:05 AMIN NEWS95

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor LAGOS—

The Muhammadu Buhari administration was, yesterday, counting its successes after three years, saying no administration has equalled it in doing so much with so little. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, enumerated what he described as the administration’s strides in infrastructure, security, social security, power, anti-corruption among others. : Minister for Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed  While noting that no inch of Nigerian territory was currently occupied by insurgents, Mohammed said the administration’s successes had become evident to all with the resumption of flight services to Maiduguri. Listing some of the achievements of the Buhari administration, Mohammed said: “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. “In just three years, this Administration has moved Nigeria closer to self-sufficiency in rice more than any 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, this administration has increased the number of rice farmers from 5 million to an all-time high over 11 million “In just three years, this Administration has cut Nigeria’s rice import bill of  $1.65  billion annually by 90%, the highest such cut ever. “In just three years, this Administration 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 “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. “In just three years, this Administration has been paying conditional cash transfer of N5,000 monthly to 297,973 poorest and most vulnerable households. “In just three years, this Administration has delivered 10 million, 50kg bags of fertiliser 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. “In just three years, this administration is turning around the nation’s infrastructural fortunes, including power, roads and rail, thanks to the unprecedented N2.7 trillion ($9 billion) that has been spent on infrastructure.” The achievements he said were against the background of the security threats inherited from the preceding administration that saw the Boko Haram insurgent group occupy a portion of the country equal to the size of Lebanon. In the fight against corruption, he said that the Whistle Blowing Policy introduced by the Federal Ministry of Finance in December 2016, N13.8bn from tax evaders, N7.8bn, $378million, £27,800 in recoveries from public officials targeted by whistleblowers. Mohammed said that the Buhari administration had been able to ensure return to normal life in the Northeast with the resumption of air flights and sporting activities to the region he said had been cleared of Boko Haram insurgents. “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.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/05/no-govt-history-done-much-little-buharis-lai-mohammed/

Gene-edited rice plants could boost the world's food supply

So long as the potential ethical issues are addressed, at least.

Jon Fingas, @jonfingas

05.28.18 in Food and Drink

  

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Rice may be one of the most plentiful crops on Earth, but there are only so many grains you can naturally obtain from a given plant. Scientists may have a straightforward answer to that problem: edit the plants to make them produce more. They've used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to create a rice plant variety that produces 25 to 31 percent more grain per plant in real world tests, or far more than you'd get through natural breeding. The technique "silenced" genes that improve tolerances for threats like drought and salt, but stifle growth. That sounds bad on the surface, but plants frequently have genetic redundancies -- this approach exploited this duplication just enough to provide all of the benefits and none of the drawbacks.

There have been genetically modified rice plants that produced more grains, but those have typically involved borrowing genes from other plants like barley.

The CRISPR technique isn't ready to be used in the field just yet. Researchers want to see how this editing affects "elite" rice variants like those farmers use. If successful, though, it could work wonders in parts of the world where food shortages are a regular problem. Agriculture companies would have to overcome ethical fears, however. There are already concerns about the use of genetically modified rice, including a lack of scientific consensus on its value and corporate control (can a company own a specific variety of plant, for example?). Producers would likely have to ensure that gene-edited rice is both safe and accessible before introducing it to the farming community.

https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/28/gene-edited-rice-plants/

More carbon dioxide may affect rice

·       Todd Hill 

·       May 27, 2018Top of Form

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Seemingly countless studies of how a warming planet will affect the food we grow have focused on how and where growing seasons will be fundamentally altered. Others have concluded that more drought-resistant crops will have to be developed as droughts are expected to become more prevalent in some parts of the world. But a new study, published in a recent edition of the journal Science Advances, found that higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have the potential to render rice, one of the most vital food crops in the world, less nutritious.

Researchers reached their conclusion by exposing test plots of rice, which feeds about 2 billion people worldwide, to amounts of CO2 expected to be present by the close of this century. And they found that the rice was leached of several nutrients such as iron, zinc and protein, as well as the essential vitamins B1, B2 and B5, although the rice produced more vitamin E. While elevated levels of CO2 enable plants to grow more vigorously, the scientists suspect the excess carbon dioxide may also disrupt the plants' chemical balance.

Shan Foods, intent on spicing it up with a listing on the bourse

With disposable incomes on the rise, the Pakistani international spices giant not just doubles its size in the last three years, but with new products and an acquisition part of its expansion plans, the family-run business is evaluating tapping into funds from the capital market

ByFarooq Baloch

May 28, 2018

After nearly four decades of successful operations as a family-run business, Shan Foods is now considering an initial public offering (IPO) to execute its expansion plans – including a possible acquisition, and new product launches.“We are definitely considering an IPO,” Sikandar Nawaz Tiwana, Chief Executive Officer, Shan Foods told Profit during an interview at the company’s headquarter at Korangi Industrial Area.

Tiwana, who joined the company in December 2015, is part of the new Shan management that came about as a consequence of a major policy shift a couple of years hence – turning the family business to a corporate with professional managers conducting the business.

Until recently, the company had been almost single-handedly managed by the family patriarch, Sikandar Sultan – the majority owner, and present chairman.

Evaluating the advantage

“We are evaluating the advantage of an IPO. Do we need the funds, is the question”, said the CEO. Shan has previously shied away from conventional banking as a financing source owing to Sultan’s conservative interpretation of Islam, that prohibits interest-based borrowing.

Tiwana refused to disclose any timeline or further details, but Shan has been publicly musing about an IPO since at least Jan 2014, when it participated in Pakistan IPO Summit. The induction of professional, non-family managers into its corporate leadership was an integral part of that strategy, said one source familiar with the matter. The company would indeed have already been listed had conditions in the equity markets not deteriorated, added the source.

Earlier this year, Muneer Kamal, chairman of the PSX board, had told Dawn that companies were lining up for IPO in 2017 when the market was bullish, but most of them had to put off their plans fearing under-subscription soon after the bourse’s retreat May 2017 that remains unarrested. The benchmark KSE 100 Index has shed more than 21% of its value since May 25, 2017, when it hit an all-time high of 52,876 points –  up to that point, as many as 17 companies had applied for listing.

“I think Shan will go for it [IPO] now. They will do it by 2020, if not before,” said the source. The company’s expansion plans prima facie back that view.

Shan Foods, insiders share, is in the process of launching a few new products, including wheat flour. Tiwana too hinted at it, without being specific. “It could be anything related to our existing brand portfolio as we are looking into next possible categories,” said the CEO. “It could be wheat or pasta,” he added.

Starting in 1981 with a single-room business from his house, Sultan, the chairman, turned Shan Foods into a global spices gian t, to the extent of raking in Rs10 billion in revenues in the latest financial year. With cash flows strong and consistent, Shan funded its expansion by reinvesting its own profits.

The company launched with basic spices (plain spices) and recipe spice mixes and later expanded its portfolio to include Oriental and Arabic recipe ranges, instant noodles, salt, cooking paste, ginger garlic paste, pickles, chutneys (sauces), desserts, rice, lentils as well as ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat range –some of these being available abroad only. Today, it has customers in 65 countries and manufacturing units and offices in Pakistan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom.

In recipe mix and plain spices, Shan is amongst the top two, neck-to-neck with arch-rival National Foods Limited (NFL) – a bigger brand based on revenues and number of categories, but industry sources say that in overseas markets, the former has a larger share.

Challenge of the ‘unbranded’

Other than brands like NFL, Chef’s Pride, Mehran Foods, Ahmed Foods, and Habib Foods keeping it on its heels, the unbranded portion of the industry cornering an estimated 70% of the total market is the challenge.

This is certainly a challenge, concedes Tiwana, linking it with affordability and consumer awareness. “As disposable income and awareness levels rise, they shift to the branded segment.”

Hence, the question: with the statistics reflecting a rise in disposable incomes, did Shan reap the windfall? “Yes, there has been a major change in the last three years,” said the CEO, adding, “Our size has doubled [during the period].”

Pakistan’s spices and condiments market was in 2017 (Database: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics) estimated to be worth Rs203 billion ($1,933 million).

Shan Foods’ management estimates that the share of the informal market as a proportion of the total market has gone down by 10 percentage points in the last three years. Shan’s compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the same period witnessed “a strong double-digit growth”, Tiwana said – thanks to our middle class’ growing income levels and changing consumption trends.

Annual disposable income in Pakistan grew by 8% between 2015 and 2016, fetching the country 23rd position in the world in terms of growth of annual disposable income, the London-based market research firm Euromonitor International mentioned in its report last year. ‘A strong indicator that consumption in the country’ was increasing, and ‘would continue to grow’ – further driving the ‘retail market’, said the report. The annual disposable income, the report ascertained, is expected to grow at a constant value – a compound annual growth rate of 5.4% (based on fixed rupee-dollar exchange rate) between 2017 and 2022.

Besides these optimistic forecasts on local consumption, Shan is set to benefit from the recent surge in rupee-dollar parity – the rupee depreciating by 9% compared to the greenback.

Uptick encourages expansion

“Dollar appreciation benefits the export-oriented, so it will definitely help Shan,” said Tiwana, adding, the extent of its benefit would reveal itself in the coming months.

Since exports constitute over 40% revenue and more than half of its profit, Shan is most likely to make a decent yield in profits that, market sources claim, saw a dip in 2013 and 2014.

On the decline in Shan’s profitability, the CEO turned philosophical, saying, ups and downs were part of the business. To him, ‘Multiple’ factors may have triggered it. Such as, ‘a slowdown in global economic growth bringing about regulatory changes’ in international markets. “We have been growing for the last two years.”

The recent uptick in its bottom line may have encouraged Shan to go for further expansion, but, critics say, the spices giant seems to be stuck in a select few categories, with its planned foray into new food segments on hold for a while.

The last time the company entered a new category was more than five years ago when it launched Shoop, its instant noodles range. Meanwhile, its main competitor, NFL, has added jams and ketchup to its portfolio as far back as 1997 – categories still missing from Shan’s range.

When asked as to why the company had not ventured into new categories and product diversification, since this is part of its vision, Tiwana said, all those categories added to the company’s product range over the past three decades are diversification of Shan’s portfolio.

An industry expert concurs. “Shan has done the right thing by focussing on its core strength instead of overstretching its portfolio like NFL… It may be looking to expand within their existing categories or may go for vertical integration,” added he.

The company chairman acknowledges that food businesses are targeting new, previously non-existent segments. Every business grows in two ways, says Sultan. ‘One, by evolving and expanding the current portfolio, and, two, by capturing untapped opportunities that present themselves in the market. “One will always find opportunities in the market. The key is to pursue the right opportunity at the right time, in the right manner,” says the chairman.

It is pertinent to mention here Shan sells rice and frozen food internationally but not in Pakistan, despite the categories being in high demand – as evident from a large number of players dealing in these commodities.

“The quality and price of rice Shan exports is not feasible for Pakistan, plus our expertise is in recipe mix, not rice. Therefore, we are not selling it locally,” said Tiwana. As for fully-cooked frozen food Shan offers in Manchester, Tiwana said, the market was not ripe for it.

“The existing players are offering finger food, while we want to tap into the main course, like Nihari, Qorma, Biryani, and Haleem,” said Tiwana.

Elaborating his point further, Tiwana said: “When the opportunity is there, we will take advantage of that. The purpose is to stay one step ahead of the competition.”

Tiwana didn’t disclose details of their expansion plans and the products or categories it will be adding to the business nor did he mention whether Shan will launch them from its own platform. He, however, confirmed Shan is looking to acquire another company.

“Yes, we are thinking about an acquisition and we have even spoken to one company about it,” said Tiwana, refusing to disclose further details. “It could also be an international acquisition,” he said in an apparent reference to the arch-rival NFL’s recent acquisition of Canada’s A1 Cash + Carry.

https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/05/28/shan-foods-intent-on-spicing-it-up-with-a-listing-on-the-bourse/

MP government trying for basmati patent: CM

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National | 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

http://www.suryaa.com/44026-mp-government-trying-for-basmati-patent-cm.html

‘Golden Rice’ secures regulatory approvals

BY EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ ON MAY 28, 2018BUSINESS

THE genetically modified GR2E Golden Rice variety is expected to reach consumers soon after three food regulators overseas found it fit for consumption, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said.

According to IRRI Director General Matthew Morell, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), and Health Canada have validated Golden Rice’s safety and nutritional value.

They did so according to globally accepted food safety guidelines developed by the United Nations’ World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (FAO); the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); and the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

“Each regulatory application that Golden Rice completes with national regulatory agencies takes us one step closer [in]bringing Golden Rice to people who need it the most,” Morell said.

“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.

Once Golden Rice receives all the necessary approvals, a sustainable deployment program will ensure that it is acceptable and accessible to the estimated 250 million preschool-age children with Vitamin A deficiency (VAD), the Los Baños, Laguna-based institute said.

Because rice is already widely grown and eaten, bio-fortified rice varieties like Golden Rice can easily provide 30 percent-to-50 percent of women and children’s estimated average requirement for the vitamin.

WHO estimates that children younger than five years old and a large number of pregnant and lactating women have VAD.

This vitamin deficiency is highly prevalent in South and Southeast Asia.

In the Philippines, high-yielding inbred local rice varieties with the beta-carotene producing GR2E Golden Rice trait is being developed by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).

According to Dr. Reynante Ordonio, Healthier Rice Project leader at PhilRice, Golden Rice has great potential in improving Filipinos’ nutrition.

“While current interventions, such as proper feeding practices and supplementation, have” been successful in improving our people’s nutrition, “millions continue to suffer from these preventable micronutrient deficiencies,” Ordonio said.

“Food-based approaches, like Golden Rice, can help improve nutrition for those who have limited access to diverse diets,” he added.

Golden Rice in the Philippines is being reviewed for field trial and food, feed, and processing applications, according to him.

“Our research is fully compliant with the country’s stringent regulatory procedures, and we are very optimistic that our application will be approved,” Ordonio said.

“Regulatory approval is a necessary step in the research process, as it enables us to continue research to ensure that Golden Rice is safe and efficacious,” Ordonio said.

Dr. Russell Reinke, Healthier Rice program lead at IRRI, said regulatory applications were necessary in research and development.

“Regulatory approval enables organizations, such as IRRI, to conduct further trials and nutrition assessments that can assure the public that our healthier rice varieties meet their needs.”

http://www.manilatimes.net/golden-rice-secures-regulatory-approvals/40158

Ombudsman drops graft cases vs Arthur Yap over fertilizer purchase in Mindanao

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News

May 28 2018 02:47 PM

Bohol Representative Arthur Yap. File photo

MANILA - The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed 5 graft charges against former National Food Authority administrator and now Bohol 3rd District Rep. Arthur Yap.

Yap was charged over procurement of fertilizers under the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani Rice Program in 2003. 

In a statement and copy of the order released by Yap's office, his motion for partial reconsideration was granted in an order signed by Graft Investigation and Prosecution Officer Millicent Reyes and approved by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales.

Upon verification, the Public Information and Media Relations Bureau of the Office of the Ombudsman confirmed the release of the order on Yap’s case.

Yap, as well as former Department of Agriculture secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. and Philippine Phosphate Fertilizer Corporation representative Raymundo Cagampang were accused of conspiracy for intentionally favoring Philphos for the procurement of fertilizers in Mindanao.

The Ombudsman however noted in its order that there was no violation of laws as Yap still required a performance bond, which guarantees the fulfillment of a particular contract.

“A second look at the case records shows that there was no 'no performance bond policy,'” the Ombudsman said in the order.

The Ombudsman also noted that the cases transpired before the October 8, 2003 effectivity of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Government Procurement Act, which still allowed the practice of negotiated procurement of goods.

Yap said the dismissal of the Mindanao fertilizer graft cases and the earlier dismissal of the Visayas cases warranted a reversal of the Luzon cases which are pending at the 6th Division of the Sandiganbayan.

"The Luzon case invol ves similar transactions with the same set of facts and evidence as the ones in the Visayas and Mindanao. If the cases in the Visayas and Mindanao were dismissed, there should be no reason why the case in Luzon, should prosper,” Yap said.

Aside from the Philphos cases, Yap was also charged by the Ombudsman at the Sandiganbayan in connection with a supposedly anomalous car plan for Philippine Rice Research Institute employees and the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund of former Misamis Occidental representative Marina Clarete.

http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/28/18/ombudsman-drops-graft-cases-vs-arthur-yap-over-fertilizer-purchase-in-mindanao

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Global Clarified Rice Syrup Market In pharmaceutical Sector, With Production, Consumption , Revenue Research Report 2018

May 28, 2018 - by Global QYResearch

This report studies Global Clarified Rice Syrup Market, especially in North America, China, Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan and India, with production, revenue, consumption, import and export in these regions, from 2013 to 2018, and forecast to 2025.

This report focuses on top manufacturers in global market, with production, price, revenue and market share for each manufacturer, covering
BioPharma Industries
Malt Products Corporation
Marigold Inc.
Khatoon Industries
Sweet Nature Inc.
AG Commodities Inc.
Shafi Gluco Chem Limited
Wuhu Deli Foods Co Ltd

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Global Clarified Rice Syrup Market Professional Survey Report 2018

1 Industry Overview of Clarified Rice Syrup
1.1 Definition and Specifications of Clarified Rice Syrup
1.1.1 Definition of Clarified Rice Syrup
1.1.2 Specifications of Clarified Rice Syrup
1.2 Classification of Clarified Rice Syrup
1.2.1 White rice
1.2.2 Brown rice
1.3 Applications of Clarified Rice Syrup
1.3.1 Food and beverage industry
1.3.2 Nutritional supplements
1.3.3 Energy drinks
1.4 Market Segment by Regions
1.4.1 North America
1.4.2 China
1.4.3 Europe
1.4.4 Southeast Asia
1.4.5 Japan
1.4.6 India

2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Clarified Rice Syrup
2.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
2.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Clarified Rice Syrup
2.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Clarified Rice Syrup
2.4 Industry Chain Structure of Clarified Rice Syrup

3 Technical Data and Manufacturing Plants Analysis of Clarified Rice Syrup
3.1 Capacity and Commercial Production Date of Global Clarified Rice Syrup Major Manufacturers in 2017
3.2 Manufacturing Plants Distribution of Global Clarified Rice Syrup Major Manufacturers in 2017
3.3 R&D Status and Technology Source of Global Clarified Rice Syrup Major Manufacturers in 2017
3.4 Raw Materials Sources Analysis of Global Clarified Rice Syrup Major Manufacturers in 2017

4 Global Clarified Rice Syrup Overall Market Overview
4.1 2013-2018E Overall Market Analysis
4.2 Capacity Analysis
4.2.1 2013-2018E Global Clarified Rice Syrup Capacity and Growth Rate Analysis
4.2.2 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Capacity Analysis (Company Segment)
4.3 Sales Analysis
4.3.1 2013-2018E Global Clarified Rice Syrup Sales and Growth Rate Analysis
4.3.2 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Analysis (Company Segment)
4.4 Sales Price Analysis
4.4.1 2013-2018E Global Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price
4.4.2 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis (Company Segment)

5 Clarified Rice Syrup Regional Market Analysis
5.1 North America Clarified Rice Syrup Market Analysis
5.1.1 North America Clarified Rice Syrup Market Overview
5.1.2 North America 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Local Supply, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis
5.1.3 North America 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis
5.1.4 North America 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Share Analysis
5.2 China Clarified Rice Syrup Market Analysis
5.2.1 China Clarified Rice Syrup Market Overview
5.2.2 China 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Local Supply, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis
5.2.3 China 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis
5.2.4 China 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Share Analysis
5.3 Europe Clarified Rice Syrup Market Analysis
5.3.1 Europe Clarified Rice Syrup Market Overview
5.3.2 Europe 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Local Supply, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis
5.3.3 Europe 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis
5.3.4 Europe 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Share Analysis
5.4 Southeast Asia Clarified Rice Syrup Market Analysis
5.4.1 Southeast Asia Clarified Rice Syrup Market Overview
5.4.2 Southeast Asia 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Local Supply, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis
5.4.3 Southeast Asia 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis
5.4.4 Southeast Asia 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Share Analysis
5.5 Japan Clarified Rice Syrup Market Analysis
5.5.1 Japan Clarified Rice Syrup Market Overview
5.5.2 Japan 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Local Supply, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis
5.5.3 Japan 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis
5.5.4 Japan 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Share Analysis
5.6 India Clarified Rice Syrup Market Analysis
5.6.1 India Clarified Rice Syrup Market Overview
5.6.2 India 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Local Supply, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis
5.6.3 India 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Analysis
5.6.4 India 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Share Analysis

6 Global 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Segment Market Analysis (by Type)
6.1 Global 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Sales by Type
6.2 Different Types of Clarified Rice Syrup Product Interview Price Analysis
6.3 Different Types of Clarified Rice Syrup Product Driving Factors Analysis
6.3.1 White rice of Clarified Rice Syrup Growth Driving Factor Analysis
6.3.2 Brown rice of Clarified Rice Syrup Growth Driving Factor Analysis

7 Global 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Segment Market Analysis (by Application)
7.1 Global 2013-2018E Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption by Application
7.2 Different Application of Clarified Rice Syrup Product Interview Price Analysis
7.3 Different Application of Clarified Rice Syrup Product Driving Factors Analysis
7.3.1 Food and beverage industry of Clarified Rice Syrup Growth Driving Factor Analysis
7.3.2 Nutritional supplements of Clarified Rice Syrup Growth Driving Factor Analysis
7.3.3 Energy drinks of Clarified Rice Syrup Growth Driving Factor Analysis

8 Major Manufacturers Analysis of Clarified Rice Syrup
8.1 BioPharma Industries
8.1.1 Company Profile
8.1.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.1.2.1 Product A
8.1.2.2 Product B
8.1.3 BioPharma Industries 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price, Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.1.4 BioPharma Industries 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region Distribution Analysis
8.2 Malt Products Corporation
8.2.1 Company Profile
8.2.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.2.2.1 Product A
8.2.2.2 Product B
8.2.3 Malt Products Corporation 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price, Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.2.4 Malt Products Corporation 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region Distribution Analysis
8.3 Marigold Inc.
8.3.1 Company Profile
8.3.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.3.2.1 Product A
8.3.2.2 Product B
8.3.3 Marigold Inc. 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price, Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.3.4 Marigold Inc. 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region Distribution Analysis
8.4 Khatoon Industries
8.4.1 Company Profile
8.4.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.4.2.1 Product A
8.4.2.2 Product B
8.4.3 Khatoon Industries 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price, Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.4.4 Khatoon Industries 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region Distribution Analysis
8.5 Sweet Nature Inc.
8.5.1 Company Profile
8.5.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.5.2.1 Product A
8.5.2.2 Product B
8.5.3 Sweet Nature Inc. 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price, Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.5.4 Sweet Nature Inc. 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region Distribution Analysis
8.6 AG Commodities Inc.
8.6.1 Company Profile
8.6.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.6.2.1 Product A
8.6.2.2 Product B
8.6.3 AG Commodities Inc. 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price, Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.6.4 AG Commodities Inc. 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region Distribution Analysis
8.7 Shafi Gluco Chem Limited
8.7.1 Company Profile
8.7.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.7.2.1 Product A
8.7.2.2 Product B
8.7.3 Shafi Gluco Chem Limited 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price, Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.7.4 Shafi Gluco Chem Limited 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region Distribution Analysis
8.8 Wuhu Deli Foods Co Ltd
8.8.1 Company Profile
8.8.2 Product Picture and Specifications
8.8.2.1 Product A
8.8.2.2 Product B
8.8.3 Wuhu Deli Foods Co Ltd 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales, Ex-factory Price, Revenue, Gross Margin Analysis
8.8.4 Wuhu Deli Foods Co Ltd 2017 Clarified Rice Syrup Business Region Distribution Analysis

9 Development Trend of Analysis of Clarified Rice Syrup Market
9.1 Global Clarified Rice Syrup Market Trend Analysis
9.1.1 Global 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Size (Volume and Value) Forecast
9.1.2 Global 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Sales Price Forecast
9.2 Clarified Rice Syrup Regional Market Trend
9.2.1 North America 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption Forecast
9.2.2 China 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption Forecast
9.2.3 Europe 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption Forecast
9.2.4 Southeast Asia 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption Forecast
9.2.5 Japan 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption Forecast
9.2.6 India 2018-2025 Clarified Rice Syrup Consumption Forecast
9.3 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Trend (Product Type)
9.4 Clarified Rice Syrup Market Trend (Application)

10 Clarified Rice Syrup Marketing Type Analysis
10.1 Clarified Rice Syrup Regional Marketing Type Analysis
10.2 Clarified Rice Syrup International Trade Type Analysis
10.3 Traders or Distributors with Contact Information of Clarified Rice Syrup by Region
10.4 Clarified Rice Syrup Supply Chain Analysis

11 Consumers Analysis of Clarified Rice Syrup
11.1 Consumer 1 Analysis
11.2 Consumer 2 Analysis
11.3 Consumer 3 Analysis
11.4 Consumer 4 Analysis

12 Conclusion of the Global Clarified Rice Syrup Market Professional Survey Report 2017
Methodology
Analyst Introduction
Data Source

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Global Rice Noodles Market Research Report 2018

May 27, 2018 - by TrustedBusinessInsights

A new report titled Global Rice Noodles Market Research Report 2018 has been added to the database of Trusted Business Insights (TBI).

In this report the Global Rice Noodles Market is valued at XX (valuation provided in sample report) million in 2018 and is expected to reach USD XX (forecast provided in sample report) million by end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of XX%(percentage provided in sample report) between 2018 and 2025.

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Europe
Asia-Pacific
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Middle East and Africa

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Chapter 1: Rice Noodles Market Overview
Chapter 2: Rice Noodles Competition by Players/Suppliers, Type and Application
Chapter 3: United States Rice Noodles Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 4: China Rice Noodles Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 5: Europe Rice Noodles Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 6: Japan Rice Noodles Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 7: Southeast Asia Rice Noodles Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 8: India Rice Noodles Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 9: Rice Noodles Players/Suppliers Profiles and Sales Data
Chapter 10: Rice Noodles Manufacturing Cost Analysis
Chapter 11: Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers
Chapter 12: Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders
Chapter 13: Market Effect Factors Analysis
Chapter 14: Rice Noodles Market Forecast (2018-2025)
Chapter 15: Research Findings and Conclusion
Chapter 16: Appendix

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Global Rice Protein Market Analysis 2018 – AIDP, OPW Ingredients, Shafi Gluco Chem and Jiangxi Yiwanjia Organic Agricultural

May 28, 2018 - by Lori Lobato

 The research report on the “Global Rice Protein Market” for the period 2018 – 2023 offers an outlook of the market over the globe. The main objective of the rice protein report is to provide updates and opportunities inside the market. The global rice protein market research report 2018 describes the market value in 2017 was USD XX million and is anticipated to reach at USD XX million over the forecasted period 2018 – 2023, holding a qualitative growth towards CAGR of XX%. Based on different limitations involved in the rice protein business strategies, productivity, end-user stats and regional analysis.

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Rice Flour Market Growth of Production Capacity and Application Consumption Ratio Analysis to 2023

May 28, 2018 - by Rashmi.s

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Rice Flour Market report gives a top to bottom examination of the market as far as income and developing business sector patterns. This report additionally incorporates a forward examination and figures for different market fragments and all geological regions. The Rice Flour industry inquires about report investigations the supply, deals, creation, and market status completely. Generation pieces of the overall industry and deals pieces of the pie are broken down alongside the investigation of limit, creation, deals, and income. A few different factors, for example, import, trade, net edge, value, cost, and utilization are likewise investigated under the area Analysis of Rice Flour generation, supply, deals and market status.

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Global Organic Rice Vinegar Market Research Report 2018

May 28, 2018 - by TrustedBusinessInsights

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In this report the Global Organic Rice Vinegar Market is valued at XX (valuation provided in sample report) million in 2018 and is expected to reach USD XX (forecast provided in sample report) million by end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of XX%(percentage provided in sample report) between 2018 and 2025.

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Global Organic Rice Vinegar market competition by top manufacturers, with production, price, revenue (value) and market share for each manufacturer; the top players including
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Nakano Organic
Shanxi Mature Vinegar Group
Huxi Island
Hengshun Group
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Chapter 2: Organic Rice Vinegar Competition by Players/Suppliers, Type and Application
Chapter 3: United States Organic Rice Vinegar Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 4: China Organic Rice Vinegar Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 5: Europe Organic Rice Vinegar Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 6: Japan Organic Rice Vinegar Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 7: Southeast Asia Organic Rice Vinegar Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 8: India Organic Rice Vinegar Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 9: Organic Rice Vinegar Players/Suppliers Profiles and Sales Data
Chapter 10: Organic Rice Vinegar Manufacturing Cost Analysis
Chapter 11: Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers
Chapter 12: Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders
Chapter 13: Market Effect Factors Analysis
Chapter 14: Organic Rice Vinegar Market Forecast (2018-2025)
Chapter 15: Research Findings and Conclusion
Chapter 16: Appendix

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Frozen Glutinous Rice Ball Market Growth Report 2017: Global Size, Share and Trend Technology Forecast 2022

May 28, 2018 - by Rashmi.s

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SunRice to feed Asia appetite with ASX listing

May 28, 2018 CCHANERS_ADMIN Finance 0

SunRice, the Australian rice firm that began life as a grower-owned cooperative about 70 years in the past, has unveiled plans to record on the ASX because it seeks to capitalise on the rising worldwide demand for Australian grown rice.

If the corporate’s push for an ASX listing wins sufficient help from its present shareholders, SunRice plans to conduct a capital elevating of $20 millio to $30 million to fund present and new alternatives.

Chief government Rob Gordon advised Fairfax Media the cash raised can be used to spend money on milling amenities in Vietnam, processing and value-adding investments in NSW’s Riverina district, rice analysis and improvement initiatives and a “snacking” facility in Vietnam that might manufacture rice chips and probably rice desserts.

Investing in a “snacking” facility in Vietnam would allow SunRice to make merchandise to be bought all over the world and proceed the event of a “very profitable growth agenda” for the business, Mr Gordon stated.

While already having success with sushi-style rice exports to Japan, Mr Gordon stated extra funding was wanted to permit processing to a better commonplace.

http://stocksnews.com.au/2018/05/28/sunrice-to-feed-asia-appetite-with-asx-listing/

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New BusinessDay fact check of Presidency statements show mixed accuracy

by LOLADE AKINMURELE | May 28, 2018 12:18 am

The Nigerian Presidency, Thursday, reeled out an array of “facts” that snowballed into claims that the economy is firmly on the road to diversification.
A BusinessDay fact check however dispels those claims.
In a press statement signed by Femi Adeshina, special adviser to the President, the Presidency said

“According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the economy has recovered from the slow-down and eventual recession, which started in 2014,” the statement read, wrongly citing 2014 as the year the economy started to slowdown rather than 2015.

In 2014, the economy expanded 6.3 percent, after a GDP rebasing exercise that cemented Nigeria as Africa’s largest economy.

The slowdown, the Presidency alluded to, actually started in 2015, after the lengthy collapse in oil prices that started in mid-2014 caused growth to slow to 2 percent, the lowest in a decade, according to the National Bureau of Stati  stics (NBS).

The decline worsened and come 2016, the economy was soon left picking up the pieces from its first recession in over two decades.
But there has been some improvement as the Presidency rightly noted.

“There has been improvement, with stronger growth for three successive quarters,” the statement read, referring to progress made since the economy exited recession in the second quarter of 2017.

“From contracting by 0.91 percent in Q1 2017, the economy has grown by 0.72 percent in Q2 2017, to 1.17 percent in Q3 2017, and 2.11 percent in Q4 2017.

“The Q1 2018 GDP shows that the economy has recorded a GDP growth of 1.95 percent, compared to a contraction of 0.91 percent in Q1 2017.”

On a quarter on quarter basis, the economy actually performed worse, having gone from 2.11 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 to 1.95 percent this year (first quarter 2018).

The Presidency went on:

“The growth is driven by Agriculture and Industry, which shows that finally, after more than 50 years of lip service, the Nigerian economy is on the road to diversification.
“The oil sector’s contribution to GDP is 9.61 percent, while non-oil sector’s share is 90.39 percent.”

But the non-oil sector has contributed more to GDP than the oil sector since 2014.

In the first quarter of 2018- when oil prices averaged $66 per barrel and production was 1.8 million barrels daily- oil contributed 9.61 percent to GDP, up from 8.5 percent in Q1 2017 and 6.75 percent as at the end of 2016 when the militant hostilities were at fever-pitch levels.

Also, contrary to the Presidency’s claim that growth in the first quarter was driven by Agriculture, our fact check shows otherwise as the sector slowed from 4.8 percent growth in Q4, 2017 to 3 percent growth in Q1, 2018.

In contrast to the scenario that played out in the previous quarter, the oil sector was the major growth driver in Q1’18.

The oil sector grew markedly by 14.77 percent on an annualised basis, as against a contraction of 15.60 percent in the first quarter of 2017, while the non-oil sector grew by 0.76 percent year-on-year from 0.72 percent in Q1 2017.

Real GDP growth for the Oil sector advanced by 14.77 percent in the quarter under review, in contrast to the negative growth of 15.60 percent in the corresponding quarter in the previous year.

Also, on a quarterly basis, Oil sector came in stronger (Q4’17 11.20% YoY). According to the NBS, the average daily oil production advanced by 2.6% QoQ to 2.0 million barrels per day (2mbpd) during the period under review. On a year-on-year basis, this represented a production increase by 14.3% on an annualised basis compared to 1.75mbpd in Q1’17.

The presidency’s claims that one of the factors responsible for the positive performance of the economy in Q1 2018 was the spending of about N1.5 trillion on infrastructure projects in 2017 may be true and for the past 15 months, inflation has declined consistently from 18.72% to 12.48%.

Capital importation has also improved, as the Presidency claimed, with the first quarter of 2018 recording the fourth consecutive quarterly increase since Q2 2017 with a total of $6.3 billion, powered by an astronomic surge in portfolio inflows.

Foreign reserves also stand at $47.79 billion as at May 2018, helped in part by foreign borrowings of about $7 billion.

The Presidency said Nigeria’s Stock Market ended 2017 as one of the best-performing in the world, with returns of about 40 percent. While this may be true the markets are only back to levels they were at before the President took office in mid-2015, as the market sold off following the plunge into recession in 2016.

The Presidency says milled rice production has increased from 2.5MT to 4MT, and rice imports have dropped from 580,000MT in 2015 to 58,000MT in 2016 while millions of dollars have been saved.

However data by the Thai rice exporters shows that Benin Republic imported 1,330, 809 metric tons of rice, between January and September 2017 a 51.9 percent increase from the 876, 228 metric tons which was imported in the same period of 2016.

Comparing the 2017 imports to total imports in 2015 also shows there has been a 65 percent increase. Most of the rice is destined for Nigeria through smuggling

http://www.businessdayonline.com/new-businessday-fact-check-presidency-statements-show-mixed-accuracy/

Why I’m investing in Nigeria, by Dangote

Posted By: Our Reporter On: May 28, 2018 

•Businessman hails govt’s economic growth plan

DANGOTE Group President Aliko Dangote has explained that he decided to engage in strategic investments in Nigeria to complement the Federal Government’s economic recovery and growth plan.According to the businessman, his investments in agriculture and fertiliser production were in that direction.

Dangote spoke at the weekend as the flagship of the conglomerate, the Dangote Cement Plc, began the training of newly engaged managers to sustain its leadership and competitiveness in the industry.

He said the government’s decision at diversifying the economy from oil remained the viable solution to creating a healthy economy.

The multi-billionaire noted that the private sector had important roles to play, which was why he took up the challenge to lead the way as a leading private sector operator.

Dangote said it was because of his belief in the government approach at re-energising the economy and make it export-oriented that made him to step up his investment in agriculture, especially in the area of food sufficiency.

Nigeria, he said, had wasted so much foreign exchange importing foods that ordinarily should be produced locally and even exported and that until a new approach at redirecting the economy from import-dependent to an export one, which the present government is leading, no meaningful changes can happen.

“We have invested massively in rice, sugar, dairy products, and tomatoes. Our rice-out grower scheme will produce rice by next year and that will reduce our rice import to nearly zero because Nigeria imports more than half of the rice it consumes. We have expanded our sugar operations with our operations in Tonga in Nasarawa in addition to Numan sugar projects, where sugarcane is being planted for raw sugar production that will be refined.

Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Dangote Cement Plc Joseph Makoju lauded the programme, saying it would support the overall drive of the conglomerate.

Makoju said the management scheme was part of the effort of the conglomerate “to sustain our exponential growth, competitiveness and market leadership”.

He said: “We are committed to attract top talents into our business for our current and future business needs.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/why-im-investing-in-nigeria-by-dangote/

Turn rice straws into packaging materials

By

 Julio Yap Jr.

Monday, May 28, 2018

CONSIDERED by farmers as waste materials, rice straws can have the potential to become packaging materials for packing rice and other food commodities.When harvested, rice usually leaves a voluminous amount of straws in the field, and burning seems to be the most convenient way to dispose it.However, burning rice straws causes air pollution and risks to human health.

To address the situation, a research project will study the straws alone, and in combination with other biodegradable raw materials to develop an eco-friendly process of converting it into packaging materials.

The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) has approved the implementation of the project dubbed “Development of Green Packaging Technology Using Eco-friendly Materials for Rice and other Commodities.”

It will be implemented by the Iloilo Science and Technology University (ISaTU) in La Paz, Iloilo City.

The raw materials available and abundant in the locality will be identified and characterized where the potential raw materials will be converted into packaging papers.

The project intends to develop packaging materials for specialty rice and food commodities following an environment-friendly process protocol.

The process protocol is expected to be cost-effective and will result in longer preservation of rice products, reduced use of health hazardous chemicals to avoid food contamination, and reduced carbon emissions.

A series of tests and evaluation will be conducted until the packaging materials become strong, durable, moisture-resistant, and affordable. Those who will benefit from the outputs of this project include farmers growing organic/specialty rice and consumers.ISaTU researchers and inventors intend to file for patent on the process and product as soon as these are fully developed.

With this project, PCAARRD looks forward to further provide solutions to waste management problems in rice farms through innovative products and processes that are eco-friendly as well.In another development, a project to document the indigenous vegetables locally known as “katutubong gulay” in the different provinces of the Philippines has been officially set in motion following a recent inception meeting at the DOST-PCAARRD.

Titled “Documentation of the Indigenous Vegetables in the Philippines,” the project will gather and compile information about several indigenous vegetables in the country. This initiative could lay the foundation for further research and development works. The importance of mainstreaming the production and utilization of indigenous vegetables as healthy alternatives to common vegetables in every Filipino’s food basket has already been discussed.

The team will gather available printed or electronically published, including unpublished materials in 25 provinces of the 17 regions in the country. They will also source out materials from national and local agencies as well as public and private institutions to produce information, education, and communication (IEC) materials.A database of all the abstracts and indices on indigenous vegetables will be one of the outputs of the project.In line with the targets of the “Industry Strategic S&T Program (ISP) for Vegetables,” the project will indirectly help increase the consumption of safe vegetables in the country.

https://www.panaynews.net/turn-rice-straws-into-packaging-materials/

Bayelsans Laud Fg's N1.07b Rice Mill,  Want Real Farmers Engaged

By ENIDENEZE ETETE, ABUJA

Bayelsa State is one state that still lacks real federal presence. Even at that, whenever federal projects are luckily allocated to it, politicians and contractors treat the projects with lip service, besides not meaningfully engaging indigenes in the implementation.
Instances are the so-called abandoned largest rice farm in Africa located at Peremabiri, Southern Ijaw; Federal Housing Estate, Elebele; federal secretariat project and Nigerian Law School in Yenagoa; Federal Polytechnic Ekewei in Southern Ijaw as well as the Federal University Otueke.
It is against this background that Bayelsa State tends to be apprehensive whenever a federal project is allocated to it. Although the recent approval of about N1.07billion to the state, for a rice mill, to boost production, is applauded, some Bayelsans are a bit apprehensive of how this new federal project, will be successfully executed for the benefit of the people.
Bayelsans in Abuja, on hearing the about the approval of rice mill for the state, have expressed delight over the development, given the benefits it will accrue, besides nearly being out of the show in the allocation of political appointments and physical projects in the current dispensation.
President of Association of Bayelsa State Indigenes in Abuja (ABSIA), Mr. Ebielado Solomon Barry, said in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja that the inclusion of Bayelsa State in the rice mill project was a welcomed development.
"We must commend the Federal Government for this. We thank the government for the inclusion of Bayelsa in the recently approved $10.7billion for rice mills in 10 states", Mr. Barry lauded.
"However, we will like to advise Bayelsa State Government to ensure that the Federal Government should use indigenous contractors or indigenous companies as well as indigenous farmers in the execution of this project", he appealed.
Barry stressed that Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, has a responsibility to see to the actual disbursement and judicious use of the fund, to execute the project to completion.
"This is to encourage and enable indigenes, especially rice farmers to participate in and benefit from the project.
"The project will further open up agriculture in Bayelsa State; boost rice production; increase trade and investments as well as put Bayelsa in the map of rice producing states, besides creating jobs for the teeming unemployed youths", the Bayelsa indigenes chairman in Abuja further stated.
He underscored the need for Bayelsa State Government to promote and market resources and products in the state through advertising and public relations, as done by other states, for instance, Kebbi and Nasarawa States, which he said promoted their rice, were able to attract buyers.
In a similar vein, the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Bayelsa State, Chapter, has called on the Federal to match words with action by releasing the state's share of the N10billion approved for 10 states.
Chairman of the association, Mr. Simeon Ezekiel Ogbianko made the appeal in an interview with our Abuja correspondent.
"As the rice mill will be private sector driven, the Federal Government is doing the right thing but the problem is that, if they give the project to friends, under the guise of private public partnership, like the power sector, the project could collapse.
"Unless it is given to genuine organisation that is really into rice business, or to real indigenous rice or commodity associations, the project might not yield the needed results.
"If government wants to really boost agriculture sector, especially rice production, or help farmers, it should make sure the rural farmers benefit", Mr. Ogbianko admonished.
He said while it would not be good to leave the mill for every rice farmers to operate, and expose it to vandalisation, the real rice farmer groups should be allowed to run the mill.
He re-echoed the fear that the project could be politicised like any other, stating that: "Bayelsa State has the highest number of political rice farmers", adding that they could "connive with the Federal Government and at the end of the day, no mill nor processed rice could be seen".
Answering question on the non-listing of Bayelsa among 12 rice producing states, as was announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, Mr. Ogbianko said the minister was fund of making pronouncements without action.
Ogbianko recalled that, Chief Ogbe had promised disbursement of funds to all the states of the federation, for rice production, but without results.
Mr. Ogbianko said Bayelsa has all it takes to produce rice in commercial quantities, but the sector was politicised, pointing out the his group alone, has large hectres of land for commercial rice farming, and has started receiving support from private partners. Thus, he wondered why Bayelsa was not listed by the agric minister as a rice state, except that may be its products are yet to be seen in the market.
He decried that farming, especially rice farming and whatever government claims it has given to farmers, often exists merely in the media or even when true, are rather given to politicians and supporters.
Ogbianko prayed that the Federal Government should not let the on-coming rice mill project in Bayelsa to end in the media, but should rather be sincerely implemented for the benefit of the people.
It will be recalled that the Minister of State for Agric and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri had announced penultimate Wednesday, after cabinet meeting of the Federal Government, that N10.7billion was approved for 10 new rice mills in 10 states, among which was Bayelsa. Other are Kebbi, Zanfara, Niger, Kaduna, Benue, Kogi, Bauchi, Ogun and Anambra States. Each of the mills, he said will produce 100 tones of processed rice, per day.
Senator Lokpobiri who hails from Bayelsa State, said the new mills were to add to existing 21 mills, to make, 31, adding that the overall target of the Federal Government was to establish rice 100 mills in the country.
He said the mills will be run by private operators, who will pay back the capital, based on agreement.
According to Senator Lokpobiri, 30 states are so far, producing rice in the country.
Before now, the senior agric minister, Chief Audu Ogbe had listed Kano, Gombe, Niger, Kebbi, Ebonyi, Anambra, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ekiti, Edo, Osun and Lagos states as the 12 rice producing states in the country, with Bayelsa excluded.

https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/266728/bayelsans-laud-fgs-n107b-rice-mill-want-real-farmers-eng.html

Command Agriculture requires $1,3 billion

by Staff reporter

 27 May 2018 at 10:08hrs | 159 Views

Zimbabwe's main agro-import substitution programme, commonly referred to as Command Agriculture, requires close to $1,3 billion to take off as the country steps up efforts to raise local production and export earnings.
The Government is using this programme as one of its key policies towards reducing an unsustainable import bill, reviving industry and jobs creation.

Already, some agro-based companies listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, buoyed by the two successful agriculture seasons, have recorded impressive results, thanks mainly to the Government's support schemes.

Built on a need to balance foreign currency savings and Government spending, the Government is improvising to make the programme profitable.

Buoyed by the command maize success last year, Government has extended Command Agriculture to other crops such as wheat, soyabeans, and rice and livestock to cut the country's trade deficit to sustainable levels.

According to statistics with the Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Ministry, command maize production has reportedly used $334 million this year, while command livestock, wildlife and fisheries are expected to use $300 million. Soyabean requires $200 million, wheat production requires $200 million, while horticulture requires $120 million and rice needs $100 million.

It is believed that last year, the country used $600 million on processed food only.

Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Davis Marapira said such a situation is unacceptable and should not be repeated in a country that has the best soils and climate for almost every crop.

Command programmes will save $1 billion. Deputy Minister Marapira said: "If Zimbabwe carefully undertakes the aforementioned Command programmes, the country will save up to over $1billion of foreign exchange, thereby cutting the trade deficit to around $900 million from $1, 8 billion.

"If for one season we manage to produce 300 000 of soyabean, we will save $200 million, domestic maize requirements could save us $300 million, while sufficient wheat production will save us $200 million of hard currency, localised rice production can save Zimbabwe up to $150 million while command horticulture will help us to save over $200 million."

Deputy Minister Marapira reiterated that the increased local production will help the country improve food security, save foreign currency, cut trade deficit and increase capacity utilisation of the manufacturing industry as well as increase exports.

Government has already started import substitution programmes on wheat, livestock and soyabean.

More permits for raw materials, less for finished goods

He said the country will restrict the issuance of permits to companies that are buying finished products to reduce the trade deficit, while issuing more import permits to raw materials buyers.

"We have engaged our Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Ministry counterparts on the issuance of import permits on finished products.

Although we don't need any shortages of basic commodities in the country, there is need to import more raw materials to increase localised production and employment rather than importing inflation into the country.

"Our local production is currently down and we need to find ways to get it back up. We need to produce locally.

"If we issue import permits recklessly we will be killing ourselves as we use more money on finished products than buying raw materials.

"No new jobs will be created. If we have higher hopes of returning to the bread basket status and recovering the economy, we should leave the importation of finished food stuffs to very few companies," said Deputy Minister Marapira.

He said organisations should contract more farmers to produce locally.

It is believed that every time permits are issued, the country is exporting jobs and foreign currency to other countries.

Zimbabwe imports 94 percent of its rice and 75 percent of its potatoes from South Africa. Government is moving to produce the crops under the Command Agriculture programme.

Irrigation and mechanisation programmes

There is need to minimise the over-dependence on rain-fed agriculture and start mounting robust irrigation infrastructure to cushion the country against the effects of successive droughts.

So far, the country has spent $61 million on the More Food for Africa irrigation programme, $85 million on dams and $160 million on centre pivots.

However, more still needs to be done to sustain this.

Deputy Minister Marapira said: "The Government is moving towards ensuring every district has up to five areas where there are centre pivots and a string of small irrigation schemes to achieve sustainable Command Agriculture.

"We should also take in mind that livestock farming needs a lot of water, hence there is need for boreholes and tanks to make water available, especially during the dry periods of the year."

Low interest rates for farmers

Most farmers have become notorious for failing to honour their obligations. This has resulted in a strained relationship between the farmers and lending institutions.

Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) president, Mr Wonder Chabikwa said banks should lower interest rates so that farmers are able to pay back their loans.

"We are sorry about what happened in the past, some farmers could not pay back loans but going forward, banks should give us loans at lower interest rates so that we can repay them.

"Look at the Command programme, over 75 percent of farmers have managed to honour their obligations," said Mr Chabikwa.

The major beneficiaries of agriculture in Zimbabwe include Agrifoods, Alpha Grain, Agricura, Ariston, Agricon Equipmen, Farmec, Olivine Industries, Pure Oil Industries, Surface Wilmar, CFI Holdings, Cottco Holdings, Baine New Holland, Hippo Valley, National Foods, Colcom, Zimplough and Seed Co, among others.

https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-136483.html

http://canadianhomesteading.ca/science/crispr-used-to-create-genetically-modified-rice-plants-with-higher-productivity/3161

Can a new rice variety address world hunger?

BY TIM SANDLE  

CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing has been used to create new rice variety, which the developers say could address world hunger. Opponents, however, raise the ethical issue of the crop not being owned by the farmers but by the technologists behind it.

Scientists from Purdue University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have used CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology to produce a variety of rice that can produce up to 31 percent more grain when compared with current strains of rice. To develop the rice, the researchers created mutations to 13 genes that were linked with phytohormone abscisic acid. Essentially the gene editing 'silenced' these genes. This plant hormone is related to plant stress tolerance and suppression of growth. By controlling plant stress, the variant with improve yield was produced.

The new process was different to other attempts at genetically modifying rice. Other approaches have used gene-splicing where genes from other plants have been transferred into rice in order to boost its robustness. Here rice plants have been modified to increase micronutrients such as vitamin A, increase grain size, or to accelerate photosynthesis. More controversially, some rice plants have been engineered to tolerate herbicides or to resist pests, meaning that framers are reliant upon specific chemicals produced by global multinationals in order to continue using the crop.

Tests on the new variant rice were conducted in Shanghai, China and on China’s Hainan Island. The types of stresses that the new rice can better withstand include drought, soil salinity plus other environmental factors that lead to a reduced yield for farmers.

CRISPR

CRISPR is an acronym for “Clustered regularly-interspaced short palindromic repeats.” It is a relatively new genome editing tool that functions like molecular scissors. The method allows scientists to modify an organism’s DNA. For a fuller description of the technology, see the Digital Journal article "Is CRISPR technology set to change biological science?"

According to an overview by Engadget, there remain ethical questions to unravel with the new rice. Some environmental groups are concerned with the impact of genetically modified rice on other crops. There is also the issue of who would own the rice and future corporate control. In addition, further tests are required to ensure that the rice is safe and accessible.

The development of the new rice has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research paper is headed "Mutations in a subfamily of abscisic acid receptor genes promote rice growth and productivity."

China Expands Salt-Tolerant Rice Tests to Use More Degraded Land

Bloomberg News

May 29, 2018, 11:36 AM GMT+5

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Trials to test hybrid’s yields, taste before further expansion

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Scientists target possible commercial production in 2019

Chinese scientists will expand planting of a salt-tolerant hybrid rice breed this year as the world’s most-populous country seeks to use more of its poor-quality arable land and increase self-sufficiency.

Small-scale planting will occur in six areas across the nation after trials last year were “satisfactory,” said Du Dele, spokesman with Qingdao Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center in the coastal province of Shandong. This year’s crops will be tested for yield stability and taste before the hybrids are grown on a larger scale, Du said. The scientists will look at potential commercial production in 2019, he said.

China is the world’s top rice importer and purchases climbed to a record last year due to cheap overseas prices and as a wealthier middle class looked to high-quality varieties. The country seeks self-sufficiency in its main food crops and has previously highlighted tackling soil pollution and implementing water-conservation systems as part of its agriculture reforms. About one-fifth of rice planted worldwide is in China.

Last year, the hybrid yielded an average 620.95 kilograms per mu (0.2 acre) in simulated paddy fields with a salt concentration of six parts per 1,000. That’s about half of the highest yield when compared with all varieties of hybrid rice, according to Du. This year, the salt-tolerant strain will be grown in areas including Kashgar, in the northwest region of Xinjiang, and Dongying at the mouth of the Yellow River where sea water is encroaching on farmland, Du said.

If this year’s trials are successful, the center will expand growing of the hybrid strains commercially in 2019 and eventually to 6.7 million hectares (17 million acres) in five to eight years, said Du. China has 100 million hectares of saline-alkaline land, of which one fifth can be utilized to grow the salt-tolerant strains, according to Du.

— With assistance by Shuping Niu

Feel nice about rice but don't overdo it

9000-year paddy history need not settle race with china

G.S. Mudur May 29, 2018 00:00 IST

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The archaeological site near Lahuradewa lake in eastern Uttar Pradesh 

New Delhi: Fossils of microscopic algae found near an ancient lake in Uttar Pradesh suggest that people cultivated paddy there about 9,000 years ago, adding fresh evidence for the independent domestication of rice in China and India, scientists have said.
The scientists at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleosciences (BSIP) in Lucknow say their study of the algae microfossils called "diatoms" associated with paddy fields point to the presence of cultivated rice near Lahuradewa lake in eastern Uttar Pradesh about 9,000 years ago.
A team of Chinese and Canadian archaeologists had two years ago described plant remains, including residues of rice, dated to between 9,000 and 8,400 years ago, representing the earliest evidence for domestication of rice in the Yangtze valley.
"The evidence from Lahuradewa supports earlier suggestions that domestication of rice occurred in parallel in China and India," Rakesh Tewari , a senior archaeologist and former project director of the Archaeological Survey of India's excavations at Lahuradewa told The Telegraph.
Tewari, who was not associated with the new BSIP study, said differences of a few hundred years from a single site should not be used to claim domestication of rice may have taken place in India even before it did in China.
Paleobotanist Biswajit Thakur and his colleagues at the BSIP analysed the distribution of diatoms across excavated areas around the Lahuradewa lake which has long been recognised as a site of ancient cultivation.
"We looked specifically at the distribution of diatoms associated with paddy fields - these algae are like signatures for rice cultivation," Thakur told The Telegraph. "The rise and fall in the populations of diatoms coincides beautifully with conditions conducive and not conducive for rice cultivation."
Their study, published this week in Current Science, published by the Indian Academy of Sciences, has found increases in diatoms along the margins of the lake when environmental conditions were favourable for paddy cultivation and decreases when conditions were unfavourable.
The earlier excavations by Tewari and his colleagues had already recovered phytoliths, or fossil remains of rice plants, from around the Lahuradewa lake area dated up to 8,300 years ago.
The BSIP researchers believe the lake's margins with between 10cm and 20cm deep water were used as paddy fields. "Even today, we see lake margins used for paddy cultivation," Thakur said.
Two years ago, a study by scientists at the University of Cambridge and the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, had shown that farmers in the Indus valley civilisation had independently domesticated rice as an annual summer crop.
"Rice is a staple across eastern and southeastern Asia and the subcontinent - it is possible the domestication process occurred at multiple sites," Tewari said

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/feel-nice-about-rice-but-don-t-overdo-it-233847

New Rice Variety Created By CRISPR Gene-Edit Technology Can Yield Up To 31% More Grain Per Crop

 Indiatimes 

: May 28, 2018

Rice is one of the most plentiful food grains in the world, yet there's only so much rice a crop in the field can produce. At the same time, world hunger is on the rise, affecting over 10 per cent of the global population, according to a UN report.

To overcome this natural farming barrier, and to feed more people around the world, scientists have created a new variety of rice which can increase grains per crop by a whopping 31%.

Scientists have successfully come up with a simple technique to edit a rice plant -- at a genetical level -- and make it produce more rice grains per crop. 

According to an Engadget report, through the use of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing scientists have created a rice plant variety that produces 25 to 31 percent more grain per plant in real world tests -- obviously, a lot more than what you'd otherwise get through planting a natural variety of rice.

https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/news/new-rice-variety-created-by-crispr-gene-edit-technology-can-yield-up-to-31-more-grain-per-crop-346275.html

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

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 shows

Lead 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 sick

The 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, inc reased 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)

https://www.hindustantimes.com/health/limiting-global-warming-levels-can-reduce-dengue-fever-cases/story-G9ZYxXx1xtwb2o3ckLvajP.html

Paddy output drops due to land plotting

- PARBAT PORTEL, KAKARBHITTA

May 29, 2018-Fertile farmlands in the eastern district of Jhapa, which is also known as the country’s grain basket, are being rapidly buried under concrete, and the effects of the land plotting are becoming visible in food production.

According to locals, unnecessary construction of roads in the name of development has prompted land plotting for housing estates. “The hidden motive behind the construction of roads is plotting,” said Megh Raj Khanal, a farmer at Bahundangi, Jhapa. 

According to the District Agriculture Development Office, 4,000 hectares out of the total 159,920 hectares of cultivable land have been turned into concrete. Nearly, 2,000 hectares of land remain uncultivated.

When a bigha of land is developed for housing, it directly affects 15 to 20 bighas of surrounding land. “The area of land suitable for growing crops has been decreasing annually due to plotting which has also led to a fall in food grain production,” said Shaligram Bhattarai, technical assistant at the office. 

Jhapa district, which once used to export paddy and rice to Indian border markets, has now become a large importer of food. According to the Mechi Customs Office, paddy and rice imports are swelling annually. In the last fiscal year, Jhapa imported paddy worth Rs30 million. Paddy imports have reached Rs25 million in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year.

Imports of broken rice are also increasing. Rs25 million worth of broken rice, which is mainly used in making alcohol, had been imported as of the first 10 months of this fiscal year.

According to Om Prakash Sarawogi, provincial parliamentarian and trader, around 22 rice mills used to produce steamed rice and export it to India in the past decades. The main markets were West Bengal, Bihar and southern part of India. Now, Nepal has started importing rice.

Traders said that due to the high prices of paddy produced in Nepal, they are forced to import fine rice from India. 

Surya Agro Mill of Mechinagar, Jhapa purchased Ranjit Mansuli paddy at the rate of Rs4,000 per quintal last year. However, the mill is not getting paddy by paying Rs5,500 this year. “The

price has increased by Rs1,500 within a year,” said Sanjay Kumar Minda, manager of Surya Agro. The fine variety of paddy is not available although traders are willing to pay high prices for it, he added.

Rice mills have hiked the price of paddy by Rs5 per kg. “Even then, we cannot get enough paddy of such fine variety in the district, and we are compelled to import it from India,” he said.

According to traders, the price of Ranjit paddy is Rs5,500 per quintal. Similarly, paddy such as Sona Mansuli is being sold at Rs4,700, Jira Masino at Rs6,250 and Basmati at Rs11,100 per quintal. Most of the mills import paddy from India which is processed into rice and packaged and sold in Nepal.

Published: 29-05-2018 08:49

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3 years of Buharinomics leave agriculture impact doubtful

by CALEB OJEWALE | May 29, 2018 12:15 am 

Developments in agriculture as government handlers like to put it, has been one of the posters readily brandished when asked of what the Buhari administration has achieved in the last three years.

However, while the sector has to a considerable extent recorded a number of positive developments, determining just how effective and impactful these have been is quite a tricky subject.
Rice production is one of the very first areas the government says it has made significant progress. To some extent, yes it has, but this has also been largely exaggerated, as with virtually everything else.
The agriculture promotion policy of the Federal Government for 2016 – 2020 showed that rice production in the country at 2.3 million metric tonnes, with a four million tonne deficit from the country’s 6.3 million metric tonnes demand. The deficit has been attributed to insufficient supply chain integration which remains a nagging issue in achieving sustenance. The deficit was previously filled through a combination of massive legal imports through the ports, and unabated smuggling through the many porous land borders. The situation even though said to have improved, still remains vulnerable.
BusinessDay reported in 2017 that rice imports from Thailand, one of the country’s largest suppliers had dipped by 96 percent compared to the volume imported in 2015. But a cursory examination shows that even though rice exports to Nigeria have dipped, increase in imports by neighbouring countries such as Benin may imply more smuggling in getting the commodity into Nigeria.
Data by the Thai rice exporters showed that Benin has between January and September 2017 imported 1,330, 809 metric tonnes of rice, a 51.9 percent increase from 876, 228 metric tonnes which was imported within the same period last year. Comparing the 2017 imports (so far) to total imports in 2015 also shows there has been a 65 percent increase.
In essence, while the Nigerian government celebrates its achievements in increasing rice production, the smugglers are very well also celebrating increase in their business.
Three years of Buhari has also not appeared to give confidence and assurance to many industry heavyweights, who feel the sector is running on wheels on trial and error. A deliberate, strategic, action plan, experts say, would see the country’s agriculture delivering far more than currently recorded.
Sani Dangote, vice president, Dangote group, and president of the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG), had noted that at a press conference, that “there is overwhelming evidence that lack of affordable financing, inadequate infrastructure, lack of supply securities, inconsistencies of government policies and regulations are top among constraints facing agribusiness investments in Nigeria.”
While the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has more or less added agricultural banking to its portfolio, going as far as spearheading initiatives such as the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP), financing still remaining a challenge. This is especially so for the millions of smallholder farmers who produce the bulk of food in Nigeria, yet are unable to access finance. Even some fairly “big” farmers are not left out of the desperate search for funds which continue to elude them.
“I cannot approach banks for loan at 30 percent interest rate. The Agric intervention funds at single-digit interest rate are not accessible, they are mere political statements,” said Bode Adetoyi, chairman, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos state, who also lamented that the “poultry industry and feed business is already collapsing and farms, feed mills are closing every day,”
Nigeria’s commercial banks’ credit to agriculture slightly increased from N491.3 billion in the third quarter of 2016 to 491.5 billion in the same quarter of 2017 according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Yet, the average player in the agric sector continues to wonder who the people getting all the money are.
The poultry industry under Buhari has also struggled to survive. BusinessDay reports had indicated many poultry farms had shut down on account of difficulty to feed their birds owing, blaming the situation on inability to access to feed and other inputs, and later in the year, excessive smuggling saw local producers unable to sell off their stock.
The poultry industry is however expected to improve this year as feed supply improves with increase in maize availability. But then, this is not such because local production has gone up tremendously, but as some sources informed us; massive maize importation had been done to address the previous feed shortages.
Onalo Akpa, director general, Poultry Association of Nigeria, projected that this year, “with the prices of maize coming down, if our cost of production is able to come down, then we are able to produce at relatively affordable prices. There is going to be a lot of competition between smuggling and locally produced chicken. But the most important things is patriotism. The locally produced chicken is more preferable than the smuggled one, so the government needs to create awareness on the benefits of locally produced chickens”
In essence, just as rice, even poultry production within the country is threatened by massive smuggling. This, added to other factors make it difficult to determine just how much change Buhari has brought to the agric sector.

Rice Flour Market 2022 Growth Opportunities, Supply, Demand, Applications, Sales, Key Players

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Chinese researchers expand test of saline soil rice

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.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/28/c_137212945.htm

Test planting of saltwater rice begins

2018-05-29 08:20:40China DailyEditor : Li Yan

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.

http://www.ecns.cn/news/society/2018-05-29/detail-ifyuqkxh5549158.shtml

Can a new rice variety address world hunger?

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BY TIM SANDLE  

CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing has been used to create new rice variety, which the developers say could address world hunger. Opponents, however, raise the ethical issue of the crop not being owned by the farmers but by the technologists behind it.

Scientists from Purdue University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have used CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology to produce a variety of rice that can produce up to 31 percent more grain when compared with current strains of rice. To develop the rice, the researchers created mutations to 13 genes that were linked with phytohormone abscisic acid. Essentially the gene editing 'silenced' these genes. This plant hormone is related to plant stress tolerance and suppression of growth. By controlling plant stress, the variant with improve yield was produced.

The new process was different to other attempts at genetically modifying rice. Other approaches have used gene-splicing where genes from other plants have been transferred into rice in order to boost its robustness. Here rice plants have been modified to increase micronutrients such as vitamin A, increase grain size, or to accelerate photosynthesis. More controversially, some rice plants have been engineered to tolerate herbicides or to resist pests, meaning that framers are reliant upon specific chemicals produced by global multinationals in order to continue using the crop.

Tests on the new variant rice were conducted in Shanghai, China and on China’s Hainan Island. The types of stresses that the new rice can better withstand include drought, soil salinity plus other environmental factors that lead to a reduced yield for farmers.

CRISPR

CRISPR is an acronym for “Clustered regularly-interspaced short palindromic repeats.” It is a relatively new genome editing tool that functions like molecular scissors. The method allows scientists to modify an organism’s DNA. For a fuller description of the technology, see the Digital Journal article "Is CRISPR technology set to change biological science?"

According to an overview by Engadget, there remain ethical questions to unravel with the new rice. Some environmental groups are concerned with the impact of genetically modified rice on other crops. There is also the issue of who would own the rice and future corporate control. In addition, further tests are required to ensure that the rice is safe and accessible.

The development of the new rice has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research paper is headed "Mutations in a subfamily of abscisic acid receptor genes promote rice growth and productivity."

http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/science/can-a-new-rice-variety-address-world-hunger/article/523360

Increasing levels of dioxide reduce the nutritional value of rice

May 29, 2018 2:08 am by Chris Dunkan

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.

It was found that when there is 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.

https://theweeklyobserver.com/increasing-levels-dioxide-reduce-nutritional-value-rice/34477/