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10th May,2018

Iran tenders to buy 20,000 tonnes rice from Pakistan FAW A D M A Q S O O D

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HAMBURG: Iran‘s state grains buyer GTC has issued an international tender to buy 20,000 tonnes of rice to be sourced from Pakistan, said European traders.The tender closes on June 12. The super basmati rice is sought in two 10,000 tonne consignments.

https://www.brecorder.com/2018/05/08/416822/iran-tenders-to-buy-20000-tonnesrice-from-pakistan/

16 foreign companies bids to supply rice in Philippines NFA has already begun the process of rice obtaining for 250,000 metric tons under an open tender scheme.Devdiscourse News Desk 08 May 2018, 07:20 PM Philippines Out of the 16 bidders, seven came from Vietnam,Thailand has five and rest of them are from Singapore, UAE and Philippines. (Image Credit: Flickr)

16 foreign bidders are looking to grab contracts to supply imported rice of as much as 250,000 metric tons to the state-run grains agency National Food Authority (NFA). During the pre-bid conference, 16 companies expressed interest to supply the Philippines its much-needed stocks. In an effort to effectively build up government stock of rice for this year‘s lean months, NFA has already begun the process of rice obtaining for 250,000 metric tons under an open tender scheme, where suppliers from any country and suppliers from either the private or government sector can bid for the same. Out of the 16 bidders, seven came from Vietnam namely Vietnam Northern Food Corp., Vietnam Southern Food Corp., Gentraco Corp., Gia International Corp., Hiep Loi Joint Stock Co., Phan Minh Investment Production Trading Services and Khiem Thanh Co. Ltd.

Thailand has five including Ponglarp Co. Ltd., Thai Hua Co. Ltd., Capital Cereals Co. Ltd., Asia Golden Rice Co. Ltd. and Thai Capital Crops Co. Ltd. The remaining bidders are Olam International Ltd. from Singapore, Phoenix Global DMCC from United Arab Emirates, Meskay & Femtee Trading Co. Ltd. from Pakistan, and Paritas Trading

Corp. from the Philippines. NFA Deputy Administrator Judy Carol Dansal said that for this particular bidding, the agency scrapped the rule that limits the volume of rice that one bidder can supply to the country. On top of all of these, NFA is still looking to import more rice this year as the expected supply of 500,000 metric tons to meet the increasing demand for the rice in the country.

https://www.devdiscourse.com/Article/6713-16-foreign-companies-bids-to-supplyrice-in-philippines

17 traders keen on supplying rice to PHL By BusinessMirror

May 8, 2018 THE National Food Authority (NFA) said 17 traders are interested in selling 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice to the agency to replenish its depleted stockpile.As of May 8 the NFA said 17 traders have bought bid documents during its prebid conference for the open tender scheduled on May 22. ―[Our open tender] is very competitive because we have a lot [of participants]. We do not limit [the number of participants], so the more the merrier,‖ NFA Deputy Administrator Judy Carol L. Dansal told reporters after the agency‘s pre-bid conference. ―We cannot say if we would save more [if there are more participants]. It is premature to state that but that is our objective,‖ Dansal added.Dansal said private traders can supply the entire allocated lots unlike in the previous open tender wherein the awarded volume must not be higher than 50,000 MT. The NFA will allow traders to purchase bid documents until May 21, a day before the scheduled open trader. Dansal expressed confidence that the 17 interested rice traders would not back out of the May 22 tender. Of the 17 traders who bought bid documents, seven were from Vietnam and five were from Thailand. The Vietnamese traders were Vietnam Southern Food Corp. Vietnam Northern Food Corp., Hiep Loi Joint Stock Co. and Gentraco Corp. Phan Minh Investment Production Trading Services, Gia International Corp., and Khiem Thanh Co. Ltd. Thailand-based firms that bought bid documents were Thai Hua Co. Ltd., Ponglarp Co. Ltd., Asia Golden Rice, Capital Cereals Co. Ltd., and Thai Capital Crops Co. Ltd. Also interested in selling rice to the NFA were local firm Paritas Trading Corp., Singapore-based Olam International Ltd., Meskay & Femtee Trading Co. Ltd. from Pakistan and Phoenix Global DMCC from the United Arab Emirates. The NFA has allocated P6.521 billion for the purchase of 250,000 MT of rice to prop up its nearly depleted buffer stock, and in preparation of the lean months, when rice harvest goes down significantly.

Of the total volume, 200,000 MT are 25 percent brokens, while the remaining 50,000 MT are 15 percent brokens. The NFA has divided the 250,000 MT of rice into nine lots with the 200,000 MT to be delivered to the agency‘s warehouses not later than July 31, while the remaining 50,000 MT must arrive not later than August 31.

RiceBran Technologies Reports Q1 2018 Financial Results and Provides Business Updates NEWS PROVIDED BY RiceBran Technologies May 08, 2018, 16:00 ET SACRAMENTO, California, May 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT and RIBTW) (the "Company" or "RBT"), a global leader in the production and marketing of value added products derived from rice bran, announced today the Company's financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018. Business Highlights: 

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Revenue in the first quarter totaled $3.55 million, in line with our previous guidance. Net loss of $(1.9) million and adjusted EBITDA of $(1.4) million was also similar to our internal modeling as the Company accelerated efforts to grow sales and achieve SQF certification throughout our system footprint. We received $1.76 million of proceeds from warrant exercises during the quarter, which helped to significantly offset cash burn from operations and slightly increase shareholders' equity. Subsequent to the end of the quarter we received proceeds from additional warrant exercises that further improved working capital. The Company has seen revenue accelerate to favorable levels thus far in the second quarter, but it should be noted that the Delta region is experiencing low milling volumes due to last year's small crop that may limit our growth trajectory in the quarter and is expected to have a negative impact on second quarter EBITDA due to higher transportation and logistics costs associated with a greater mix of our production being sourced in California instead of the Delta region. We are excited by the anticipated growth in our sales pipeline and are working to add additional production capacity to our system to meet expected growth this year and next.

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The Company is maintaining revenue guidance of $16 million for the full-year of 2018, and the aforementioned warrant exercises give us confidence that our balance sheet is adequately positioned to pursue our plans in 2018 and beyond.

"The first quarter essentially met our expectations for both revenue and adjusted EBITDA loss," said Dr. Robert Smith, CEO and President. "We are gaining confidence that our growth plans will result in accelerating revenue growth as 2018 unfolds, especially in the third and fourth quarters." Highlights for the 2018 first quarter include: 

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Revenue of $3.55 million declined 1.7% from $3.62 million. The Company experienced 4% positive sales growth from our Animal Nutrition products during the quarter; while sales from our Food products declined 6%, mainly due to a decrease in sales to one major customer. Gross profit of $954,000 was down from $1.19 million, primarily a result of higher bran prices, a mix shift to Animal Nutrition from Food, and lower absorption at our Dillon, MT facility due to a planned major Cap Ex project that will continue to limit production through September and the lower sales from one of our major customers. SG&A increased 26%, mainly due to growth in selling expenses, including the addition of sales representatives and personnel needed to meet SQF certification needs, as well as costs related to legal expenses and bonus accruals. Our financial condition remained relatively unchanged during the quarter: We ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $5.1 million compared to $6.2 million and shareholders' equity increased to $14.9 million from $14.7 million on March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. We received $1.76 million of proceeds from warrant exercises during the quarter and Cap Ex totaled $745,000. Subsequent to the end of the quarter we have realized substantial additional proceeds from warrant exercises. "We have experienced meaningful sales growth thus far in the second quarter and we are optimistic that our growth plans are poised to drive substantial growth in 2018 and beyond," said Brent Rystrom, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. "While growth in the quarter may be impeded by production issues from our Delta region causing our transportation and logistics costs to increase, our sales pipeline continues to grow and our system wide upgrades for certification are moving forward in earnest."

"Early expectations for the 2018 rice crop are encouraging and suggest a larger crop and with that likely lower bran prices on and after harvest; this would help RBT drive accelerating growth and better margins, especially in the second half of 2018," Rystrom continued. "We are also actively working to increase our bran supply through existing and new mill relationships to mitigate future issues associated with mill production and look forward to updating our progress in these efforts."

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First quarter revenue was consistent with our previous guidance. Second quarter revenue to-date has grown, but we note the next few months may be negatively impacted by lower supplies coming from the Delta. The new rice crop should be harvested in July-August of 2018. The USDA sees rice acre plantings up 9% in 2018, and the planting and growing conditions so far this season have been favorable in both the Delta and California. We are reiterating our annual revenue target of $16.0 million. While adjusted EBITDA was similar to internal modeling in the first quarter, the milling issues in Delta region will likely result in adjusted EBITDA falling below the first quarter results. While we expect a marked sequential improvement in revenue and adjusted EBITDA in both the third and fourth quarters, we now expect full year adjusted EBITDA in the $(3.5) million to $(4.0) million range. We continue to believe our balance sheet is sufficient to support our growth plan for 2018 and beyond.

Conference Call Information RiceBran Technologies will host a conference call today, Tuesday, May 8, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Timeto discuss these results. The conference call information is as follows:    

Direct Dial-in number for US/Canada: (412) 317-6026 Toll Free Dial-in number for US/Canada: (877) 300-8521 Dial-In number for international callers: (412) 317-6026 Participants will ask for the RiceBran Technologies Q1 2018 Financial Results Call

This call is being webcast by ViaVid and can be accessed at http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=129647. The call will also be available for replay by accessing http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=129647. About RiceBran Technologies RiceBran Technologies is a food, animal nutrition, and specialty ingredient company focused on the procurement, bio-refining and marketing of numerous products derived from rice bran. RiceBran Technologies has proprietary and patented intellectual property that allows us to

convert rice bran, one of the world's most underutilized food sources, into a number of highly nutritious food, animal nutrition and specialty ingredient products. Our global target markets are food and animal nutrition manufacturers and retailers, as well as specialty food, functional food and nutritional supplement manufacturers and retailers. More information can be found in the Company's filings with the SEC and by visiting our website at http://www.ricebrantech.com. Forward-Looking Statements This release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements about RiceBran Technologies' expectations regarding the sufficiency of its cash position to pursue its plans in 2018, the rice milling volumes in the Delta region and the impact of these volumes on its financial performance, and its business plans, future growth, revenue and adjusted EBITDA. These statements are made based upon current expectations that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties. RiceBran Technologies does not undertake to update forwardlooking statements in this news release to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting such forward-looking information. Assumptions and other information that could cause results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking information can be found in RiceBran Technologies' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent periodic reports. Investor Contact: Ascendant Partners, LLC Richard Galterio (732) 410-9810 rich@ascendantpartnersllc.com RiceBran Technologies Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 (Unaudited) (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) Three Months Ended 201 2018 7 $ $ Revenues, net Cost of goods sold Gross profit

3,5 52 2,598 954

3,61 5 2,42 8 1,18

2,853

Selling, general and administrative expenses Loss from continuing operations before other income (expense) Other (expense) income:

(1,899)

Interest expense Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities

(1) -

Loss on extinguishment of debt Other income

Other expense

(13) (14)

Total other (expense) Loss from continuing operations before income taxes Income tax benefit

(1,913) -

Loss from continuing operations

(1,913) -

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

(1,913)

Net loss Less - Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

in discontinued operations Net loss attributable to RiceBran Technologies shareholders Less - Dividends on preferred stock, beneficial conversion feature Net loss attributable to RiceBran Technologies common shareholders Basic earnings (loss) per common share:

(1,913) $

(1,9 13)

(0. 11) (0. 11)

7 2,26 6 (1,07 9) (1,05 5) 1,09 9 (1,68 0) 5 (100 ) (1,73 1) (2,81 0) 397 (2,41 3) (188 ) (2,60 1) (319 ) (2,28 2) 778 $ (3, 060) $

Continuing operations Discontinued operations Basic loss per common share RiceBran Technologies

(0 .33) 0.01 $ (0

.32) Diluted earnings (loss) per common share: $ $

(0. 11) -

(0. 11)

Continuing operations Discontinued operations Diluted loss per common share RiceBran Technologies Weighted average number of shares outstanding:

Basic

17,083,442

Diluted

17,083,442

(0 .33) 0.01 $ (0 .32) 9,65 7,54 3 9,65 7,54 3

RiceBran Technologies Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets March 31, 2018 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2017 (in thousands, except share amounts) Marc h 31 2018

Dece mber 31 2017

ASSETS Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents Restricted cash Accounts receivable Inventories - Finished goods Inventories - Packaging Deposits and other current assets

5,1 30 775 1,552 677 88 439

Total current assets

8,661

Total assets

7,985 48 $ 16,6 94

Property and equipment, net Other long-term assets, net

6, 203 775 1,27 3 564 114 519 9,44 8 7,85 0 63 $ 17, 361

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY Current liabilities: $ Accounts payable Accrued salary, wages and benefits Accrued expenses Unearned revenue Escrow liability Current maturities of long-term debt

$ 4 97 441 510 78 258 4

Total current liabilities

1,788 11

Total liabilities Commitments and contingencies Shareholders' Equity: Equity attributable to RiceBran Technologies shareholders: Preferred stock, 20,000,000 shares authorized: Series G, convertible, 3,000 shares authorized, 630 shares issued and outstanding Common stock, no par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 19,953,107 and 18,046,731 shares issued and outstanding

1,799

765 773 741 75 258 4 2,61 6 12 2,62 8

313

281,6 23 (267, 041)

279, 548 (265, 128)

14,89 5 $ 16,6 94

14,7 33 $ 17, 361

Long-term debt, less current portion

Accumulated deficit Total shareholders' equity attributable to RiceBran Technologies shareholders Total liabilities and shareholders' equity USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION

We utilize "Adjusted EBITDA" as a supplemental measure in our ongoing analysis of short term and long term cash requirement and liquidity needs. Adjusted EBITDA does not represent cash

flows from operations as defined by generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), is not a measure derived in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (the most comparable GAAP financial measure to EBITDA). Management uses Adjusted EBITDA as an indicator of our current financial performance. By eliminating the impact of all material non-cash charges as well as items that do not regularly occur, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides a more accurate and informative indicator of our cash requirements. The table below contains a reconciliation of net income (GAAP) and Adjusted EBITDA (NonGAAP) for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017. We do not provide a reconciliation of forward-looking net income (GAAP) to Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP). Due to the nature of certain reconciling items, it is not possible to predict with any reliability what future outcomes may be with regard to the expense or income that may ultimately be recognized in future periods. Any forward-looking Adjusted EBITDA information that we may provide from time to time consistently excludes the same items from projected net income that are excluded from actual net income in the table below. RiceBran Technologies Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation For the three months ended March 31 (in thousands) 2018 Net income (loss) $ (1,913) $ Interest expense 1 Depreciation & amortization 199 Unadjusted EBITDA $ (1,713) $ Add Back Other Items: Change in fair value of derivative liabilities Loss on extinguishment of debt Other income/expense 13 Share-based compensation 260 Corporate relocation associated expenses Adjusted EBITDA $ (1,440) $ Investor Contact: Ascendant Partners, LLC Richard Galterio (732) 410-9810 rich@ascendantpartnersllc.com

2017 (2,810) 1,055 233 (1,522) (1,099) 1,680 95 293 45 (508)

SOURCE RiceBran Technologies Related Links http://www.ricebrantech.com

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https://theexpertconsulting.com/hybrid-rice-seeds-market-with-manufacturers-regions-and-swotanalysis-2023/ FG‘s Decision To Ban Rice Importation Plausible – TijjaniPublished 23 hours ago on May 9, 2018 By AGBO-PAUL AUGUSTINE The group head, Commercial Division at Notore Chemical Industries, Mr Tijjani St. James, is passionate about Nigeria‘s quest to end food imports and enhanced opportunities for local farmers. He speaks to AGBO-PAUL AUGUSTINE on basic farming information. How much of information has Notore shared with local farmers in the North in the area of basic agricultural information in the last two years? In the 2017 wet and dry farming seasons, Notore engaged slightly above 1,644,017 million smallholder farmers across Nigeria. Of this number, 900,359 smallholder rice farmers in Zamfara, Kebbi, Kano, Jigawa, Ebonyi, Imo, Anambra, Adamawa, Gombe and Benue States were adequately educated in partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) on the adoption of the Urea Deep Placement Technique for the rice high yield-boosting Notore Urea Super Granules (USG) brand. Cassava and cowpea best practices were delivered to over 400,000 smallholder farmers via video viewing centers set up in 528 rural farming communities. What is the impact of such information

on harvest? As has been widely reported, Nigeria‘s rice production is about 7,000,000MT and importation of the product has dropped significantly. Most of the rice retailed across Nigeria today is fully farmed, processed and bagged in the country. These are all direct consequences of the bumper rice harvests that farmers have been experiencing, thanks to favourable government policies and the huge contribution of private sector players like Notore. Farm inputs such as fertilizers and other chemicals still remain a luxury to many farmers, how can the price gap be bridged by the private sector? Prices of products are a function of production costs, haulage, distribution/marketing costs, excise, etc. The current high retail prices of fertilizers in Nigeria are a reflection of the high costs manufacturers incur to produce them. Government is aware of this. That was why in its agricultural intervention through the PFI, for example, government negotiated low prices for key constituent raw materials and logistics to local NPK blenders so that farmers can purchase the product at the fixed price of N5,500. Extending such support to major indigenous fertilizer companies like Notore will definitely reduce retail prices of fertilizers. Notore has been driving internal efficiencies in the past 6months to reduce production and distribution costs. This has, to a large extent, been responsible for the drop of Urea retail prices from N7,200 in August last year to N6,500 per 50kg bag now. Our desire is to work collaboratively with the government to ensure farmers enjoy much lower prices. Local farmers‘ laments that attention is given to big commercial farmers leaving them to fend for themselves hence, the poor yield they get annually. How can this huge gap be closed? This is not true for us at Notore because our route-to-market strategy is designed around the smallholder farmers. Notore has over 5,300 trained Village Promoter staff supporting the company to expand its agricultural extension services into the deepest rural farming communities. We have always put the smallholder farmers at the heart of our marketing activities because they are responsible for over 90 per cent of Nigeria‘s agricultural outputs. Very soon, we will be coming to the smallholder farmers with cassava specialty blend fertilizers that will hugely impact cassava yields and harvest. Over time, the smallholder farmers have grown to recognise Notore‘s efforts and have in turn been rewarding the company with unflinching loyalty and patronage. Can Notore share few of the strategies designed to get more farmers on board the network of its information sharing? Our strategy is wrapped around our mission: to enhance the quality of life. We have been working with like minded development agencies to not only ensure farmers get timely information on modern best farming practices, but support their economic wellbeing as well. Our partnership with AECF for example, has enhanced rice farmers‘ awareness and adoption of the USG which has increased their rice harvests. We are currently exploring partnership with GiZ to deploy solar powered flagship communication and distribution outlets in

deep rural communities to increase agricultural extension video viewing and fertilizer purchase points. This will shorten the distance traveled to buy fertilizers and improve farmer education. We are also expanding our Village Promoter network to 6000 by 2019 to improve information dissemination. The federal government in recent years has focused attention on banning rice importation into the country to encourage local production. What is your take on this? The decision to cut down on rice importation to focus on domestic production is an laudable move in every sense. According to the World Bank, Thailand is the world‘s largest exporter of rice, and its rice is cultivated on 9.2millon hectares of land area. Nigeria sits on 34million hectares of arable land per FAO‘s estimation. Imagine the volume of rice we could churn out, the employment rice cultivation alone will generate and the level of selfsufficiency we could attain if we can harness resources, structure the agricultural value chain and put in place the right policy framework. As a company in the forefront of the African Green Revolution, Notore has tirelessly been working to provide farmers with high yield rice inputs. Notore Rice Seeds and the Notore USG fertilizer which is specifically formulated for rice, significantly impacted the Kebbi State rice boom. Apart from fertilizer and seed inputs, farmers need linkages with credible paddy offtakers and easy access to low interest financing. Small, Medium size and customised farm machinery are also essential to the rice sufficiency drive. This is the area government needs to bring in the Polytechnics and Universities of Technology. We have to fuse these technology institutions into the agricultural system and the economy to fabricate desired equipment and small machines. On our part, Notore is fully committed to supporting Nigeria‘s Agricultural Development. We have just given out 22 redistribution vans to some our distributors to focus on reaching deep rural farming communities with fertilizers and seeds nationwide. Copyright LEADERSHIP. All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from LEADERSHIP Nigeria Newspapers. Contact: editor@leadership.ng In your opinion, between APC and PDP administration, which is better? PDP APC None View Results RELATED TOPICS:RICE UP NEXTGiulianoBySujimoto: Luxury Apartments Reserved for the Vital Few DON'T MISSImo 2019: Can Okorocha‘s In-law Succeed Him? YOU MAY LIKE Customs Officers Smuggle Vehicles, Rice For N30,000 ABP: Farmers Get N43.2 bn From CBN In 3years Association Begins Registration Of 2,000 Rice Farmers In Daura LGA Read More at: https://leadership.ng/2018/05/09/fgs-decision-to-ban-riceimportation-plausible-tijjani/https://leadership.ng/2018/05/09/fgs-decision-to-ban-riceimportation-plausible-tijjani/

Strong growth expected in Basmati rice exports in FY19 India Infoline News Service | Mumbai | May 09, 2018 16:26 IST

According to an ICRA note, Indian Basmati rice exports have witnessed a strong revival in the current fiscal with 22% growth in value in 9MFY2018 over the previous fiscal, after having been on the downward trajectory over FY15 to FY17.Indian Basmati rice exports are expected to post strong growth in FY18 and FY19 on the back of improved demand in the international market, especially from Iran and transference of higher paddy prices over the last two procurement seasons.According to an ICRA note, Indian Basmati rice exports have witnessed a strong revival in the current fiscal with 22% growth in value in 9MFY18 over the previous fiscal after having been on the downward trajectory over FY15 to FY17. This buoyant exports growth has been fuelled by a 23% surge in average realizations (Rs64,594/MT in 9MFY18 as against Rs53,985/MT in FY17) and it is estimated that Basmati rice exports may cross Rs26,000cr for FY18 (growth of 20% over last fiscal) and Rs28,000cr for FY19. The concern, however, is that the export volumes have largely remained stagnant, in line with last few years. Deepak Jotwani, Assistant Vice President, ICRA, ―Historically, Saudi Arabia and Iran have remained the largest importers of Basmati rice from India, accounting for 40-45% share. However, after having remained consistent for many years, Saudi Arabia‘s share of Basmati rice imports from India has declined in recent years and stood at ~14% in 7MFY18. This has been largely absorbed by Iran, whose share has surged to 28% in 7MFY18 (as against 18% in FY17) fueling industry growth in the current fiscal. Iran had imposed a temporary ban on imports around August 2017, which was removed in January 2018. While this development is likely to support industry growth in the last quarter of the current fiscal, greater dependence on Iran as a major export destination could spell volatility for the industry.‖ For the second year in a row, paddy prices have firmed up by 20-25% in the procurement season of 2017. This price rise is largely attributable to lower (by 10-15%) paddy sowing on the back of a moderate monsoon, and improved demand for Basmati rice in the international market. This increase in paddy price is likely to provide a fillip to Basmati rice prices in

FY19. However, sustained uptick in paddy prices over the past two procurement seasons could adversely impact the profitability of industry players in FY19, especially in case of volatility in international demand. â&#x20AC;&#x2022;In the current fiscal, average export realizations have firmed up considerably in 9MFY18 over FY17. Improvement in demand on the back of recent resumption of imports by Iran, along with the higher paddy prices in the recently concluded procurement season, is likely to sustain the average realizations in Q4FY18 as well. As a result, the export value is estimated to grow to around Rs26,000cr in FY18, a growth of 20% over FY17. The momentum percolating to the next fiscal is likely to fuel the industry growth in FY19 as well, wherein ICRA estimates the export value to stand at Rs28,00cr," Jotwani concluded. https://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news-top-story/strong-growth-expected-in-basmati-riceexports-in-fy19-118050900049_1.html

Leafcutter ants' success due to more than crop selection Genetic analysis finds leafcutter ants originated in South America RICE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: LEAFCUTTER ANTS. CREDIT: BRANDON MARTIN/RICE UNIVERSITY HOUSTON -- (May 9, 2018) -- A complex genetic analysis has biologists re-evaluating some long-held beliefs about the way societies evolved following the invention of agriculture -- by sixlegged farmers. Like humans, leafcutter ants grow crops, and like humans, farming allows the ants to produce enough food to support millions of individuals who work at specialized jobs. But while people invented agriculture at the dawn of civilization about 10,000 years ago, leafcutters began cultivating massive subterranean fungus gardens more than 10 million years ago. In a study published this week in Molecular Ecology, biologists from Rice University, the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and Brazil's SĂŁo Paulo State University analyzed genetic data from samples collected at leafcutter nests throughout South, Central and North America and concluded that the ants originated in South America and owe their success to something more than their choice of crops.

"The ability to grow domesticated crops was a major turning point in human history and evolution, and we thought, un

til recently, that a similar thing was true for leafcutters," said study co-author Scott Solomon, an evolutionary biologist at Rice who collected many of the study's samples as a graduate student and postdoctoral researcher at UT Austin and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. "Our findings suggest that several of the things we thought we 'knew' about leafcutters are not true." The research, led by co-author Ulrich Mueller, Solomon's longtime UT collaborator and mentor, is available in both the newly published paper and a 2017 companion study, also published in Molecular Ecology. "This study started 20 years ago as a collaboration between Brazilian and Texan labs and developed into a huge collaboration involving 22 labs surveying leafcutter ants in 17 countries," said Mueller, the William Morton Wheeler-Lost Pines Professor in UT Austin's Department of Integrative Biology. "Because of this international effort, we now have a comprehensive understanding of leafcutter ecology and evolution."

Leafcutter ants are found only in the Americas. More than 40 species range from Argentina to the southern United States, and they are a dominant ecological player in any forest or grassland they inhabit. "They aren't the only ants that grow fungi, but if you compare leafcutter ants with other ants that grow fungi, there are many differences," Mueller said. "For starters, no other ants use freshly cut leaves to grow their fungi." Ants that grow fungus on dead and decaying leaves have been around even longer than leafcutters, probably about 50 million years, Solomon said. But leafcutters' ability to use living leaves was a quantum leap in evolutionary terms because it opened up the entire ecosystem. For example, Solomon said, the ability to consume plant matter they cannot directly digest allows a nest of leafcutters to consume about as much vegetation each year as a full-grown cow. "Once you can use fresh leaves, it gives you access to so much more food," Solomon said. "If you can grow and raise your crop on any leaf that's growing out there, then the sky's the limit." In comparison with other fungus-growing ants, leafcutter colonies are enormous, Solomon said. "They're on the order of millions of individuals. Some leafcutter colonies are so large that they show up on photos taken by satellites in space." Leafcutters also have specialized tasks. Individual worker ants come in different sizes, and they have different jobs. "Some are specialized on raising the young," Solomon said. "Others are specialized on removing weeds and disease inside the nest. Others are specialized on going out and finding food, and yet others are specialized on defending the colony. "All of the specialization is unique to the leafcutters," he said. "With other fungus-growing ants, the workers are basically interchangeable. They don't have these specialized tasks. "One of the long-held truths of our field was that leafcutters grow a special and unique kind of fungus that no other ant could grow," Solomon said. "It was thought that something about that unique crop allowed them to do these things that other fungus-growing ants couldn't do." The new studies, which are the first to analyze the genes of fungi from hundreds of leafcutter colonies across the Americas, found instances where other ants grew the specialized "leafcutteronly" fungus, as well as instances where leafcutters grew more generic fungal crops.

"It's not the crop that makes them special," Mueller said. "We found that leafcutter ants and their fungi have co-evolved, and while that's not a surprise, the evidence suggests that this coevolution occurred in a more complex way than previously believed. "For example, we found that the type of fungi that was long thought to be unique to leafcutters can be grown by other ants on dead plant material," he said. "In one case, it'll be grown on fresh vegetation, and in another case, it won't." Solomon said, "The question is what gives this fungus the ability to digest freshly cut leaves? It's not something that is inherent in the fungus. There seems to be something about the way the leafcutter ants are cultivating the fungus that gives it that ability." Solomon began collecting leaf-cutting ants and their fungi in Central America in 2002 as a graduate student in Mueller's lab. In 2007 Solomon expanded his work, thanks to a National Science Foundation (NSF) international postdoctoral fellowship that allowed him to spend a year working with study co-author Mauricio Bacci Jr. at SĂŁo Paulo State University in Rio Claro, Brazil. Solomon's samples and dozens of others gathered over the years by Mueller's and Bacci's teams allowed the researchers to pinpoint the origin of leafcutters to South America, probably in the grassland plains of what is now southern Brazil and Argentina, Solomon said. "We sampled tons of different nests of leafcutter ant species throughout the entire range of all leafcutters, which goes from Texas in the extreme north down to Argentina," Solomon said. "What's novel about our approach is how much sampling there was, particularly in South America. In the past, there has been a lot of sampling, but it was focused in just a few different regions, particularly in Costa Rica and Panama. "It turns out the leafcutters in those places don't represent species that live elsewhere," he said. "By going and sampling in other places, especially in the open grasslands of southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina, we were able to show that the greatest genetic diversity of leafcutter fungi is in South America. Usually, wherever there's the greatest genetic diversity is where a group originated. That is true for humans, and that's just generally true of other species, and that leads us to believe the leafcutters originated in the grasslands of South America." Mueller said, "The study illustrates the importance in science of re-evaluating entrenched assumptions, amassing large data sets and collaborating internationally before reaching conclusions." ###

Additional co-authors on the new Molecular Ecology study include Melissa Kardish, Heather Ishak, Sofia Bruschi and Alexis Carlson, all of UT, and April Wright of Southeastern Louisiana University. Solomon is an associate teaching professor in the Department of BioSciences at Rice. Agencies that supported the research include NSF, the Brazilian Ministry of Education's CAPES Foundation and the SĂŁo Paulo Research Foundation. High-resolution IMAGES are available for download at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leafcutter_ants.jpg CAPTION: Leafcutter ants (Photo by By Geoff Gallice from Gainesville, FL, USA) http://news.rice.edu/files/2017/01/ANTS-garden01-1zu36br.jpg CAPTION: A leafcutter ant of the native Texas species Atta texana tending a fungal garden. (Photo courtesy of Alexander Mikheyev) http://news.rice.edu/files/2015/10/1005_ANTS-Solo-lg.jpg CAPTION: Scott Solomon (Photo by Tommy LaVergne/Rice University) http://news.rice.edu/files/2018/04/0416_LEAFCUTTER-ss906-lg-13zs48b.jpg CAPTION: Rice University ecologist Scott Solomon explores a leaf cutter ant colony in Harris County, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Martin/Rice University) The DOI of the Molecular Ecology paper is: 10.1111/mec.14588 A copy of the paper is available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mec.14588 Related research from Rice: Research points to possible fungal control for leaf-cutter ants -- Oct. 7, 2015 Texas-bound: Fungus keeps Texas leaf-cutter ants from spreading -- Feb. 21, 2011 Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly respected schools of Architecture, Business, Continuing Studies, Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and is home to the Baker Institute for Public Policy. With 3,879 undergraduates and 2,861 graduate students, Rice's undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 6-to1. Its residential college system builds close-knit communities and lifelong friendships, just one

reason why Rice is ranked No. 1 for quality of life and for lots of race/class interaction and No. 2 for happiest students by the Princeton Review. Rice is also rated as a best value among private universities by Kiplinger's Personal Finance. To read "What they're saying about Rice," go to http://tinyurl.com/RiceUniversityoverview. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/ru-las050918.php

For food-aid recipients, information is power A simple card explaining a government aid program leads to more rice for poor villagers in Indonesia MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Even for poor villagers in rural Indonesia, information is power.That is the implication of a newly published study co-authored by MIT economists, which finds that recipients of government aid collect more of the goods intended for them when they know more about the aid program they're enrolled in. About 30 percent of Indonesia's households are supposed to receive subsidized rice from the government every month as part of a huge program called "Raskin," or "Rice for the Poor." As the study shows, the amount of rice the villagers actually receive increases 26 percent when they are sent a simple information card with program details. "The main result, which in some sense I think is very surprising, is that just sending out the cards to people substantially increases the amount of rice that households get," says Benjamin Olken, a professor of economics at MIT and co-author of the new paper. "Having that tangible information, having that proof, is very important." A key reason for this is that additional information provides a form of bargaining power. Not only do poor villagers know how much rice they should collect, and the extent of the subsidy, but when information cards are mailed out, local political leaders and other intermediaries also know that the aid recipients understand what they should be receiving. "The village heads now know that the villagers know what they're entitled to," Olken observes. "Knowing that everyone else has this knowledge makes a big difference."

As the researchers see it, the overall improvement can be interpreted as an increase in implicit bargaining leverage for the recipients of Raskin aid. As the authors write in the paper, "bargaining is at least one important channel through which cards are improving outcomes." This does not necessarily mean, Olken explains, that face-to-face negotiations between villagers and rice distributors have drastically changed, but that the information program provides more leverage for villagers in the first place. "Having that tangible information, having that proof, may be very important in changing the bargaining process," Olken says. "You don't have to complain for this to have an effect." This is why the scholars think of the cards as providing "tangible information." The amount of "leakage" of rice, that is, the amount not delivered to intended recipients, improved at levels ranging from 33 to 58 percent among the villages in the survey, depending on the precise intervention. Moreover, the government of Indonesia incorporated the study's findings into its decision to scale up the program, distributing identification cards that allow people representing 15.5 million households -- 65.7 million people all told -- to collect rice from the Raskin proram as well as other government services. Other scholars in the field say the results are intriguing, both experimentally and as suggesting a policy tool that could be adapted more broadly. In addition to the collaboration with the Indonesian government, funding for the study came from the Australian government through its Poverty Reduction Support Facility, and from a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. ### https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/miot-ffr050918.php

Study Uncovers Surprising New Reason to Go Local May. 09, 2018 02:37PM EST

There are lots of ecological reasons to buy local food, from reducing the carbon footprint of the meals you eat to preventing agribusiness' destruction of unique ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest.But research published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Monday uncovered another surprising benefit to local agriculture: it is also better for the environment of countries that currently import lots of food.

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The study's abstract concluded with a call for more research into the environmental consequences of international trade agreements for importing countries, According to the MSU press release, another potential area of study would be fields in Mexico and South America that have switched from corn to more nutrient-demanding vegetables due to an influx in cheap corn from the U.S. The release noted that changes in crops can also put increased pressure on local water supplies. "This study underscores the need to pay attention to both sides of international trade not rely on conventional wisdom," Liu said in the MSU press release.

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Government to roll out rice-research software By Jasper Y. Arcalas May 9, 2018

In Photo: Photo shows NSIC Rc 222, one of the rice varieties developed by the

Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). NSIC Rc 222 is known to have ―moderate‖ resistance to pests. To come up with more varieties like Rc 222, the PhilRice is currently developing an analysis tool dubbed as ―RIGby.‖ The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) said it is developing an analysis tool that would allow researchers to fast-track the breeding of new stress-tolerant rice varieties to help farmers cope with climate change. PhilRice, an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture, said it will be releasing ―soon‖ a database software called the Rice Integrative Genomics Workbench in Galaxy (RIGby). ―RIGby wil help generate economic data needed in developing new rice varieties that are resistant to pests and diseases and can withstand drought, flood, low temperature and salinity,‖ Dr. Reynante L. Ordonio, a PhilRice biotechnology expert, said in a statement. Ordonio described RIGby as a ―swiss knife‖ of tools for bioinformatics, as it contains the important data on rice breeding, which could hasten data generation and analysis. The PhilRice said current rice sequencing and analysis takes ―so much time,‖ as the data needed for the process are bulk and requires a large amount of storage. ―Through sequencing, traits needed to develop high-quality and stress-resistant varieties are mined. Genomic data, which require large amounts of storage, contain the functions of specific genes,‖ the PhilRice said. Jan Michael C. Yap, project leader and lead developer of RIGby, said the software was specifically designed for rice research, as development of new stress-tolerant varieties are vital to cut the losses incurred by farmers due to climate-related problems. ―Better rice research is expected from the software, which will eventually benefit the farmers,‖ Yap said.

The PhilRice said the software would still undergo beta testing with rice researchers being encouraged to use RIGby. It added that RIGby is a ―free software and open for development to anyone.‖ The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development is funding the development of RIGby, according to PhilRice. Last year the PhilRice said it was banking on an ―advanced and more efficient‖ breeding process to produce climate-resilient rice seeds.PhilRice scientist Roel Suralta said precision breeding enables plant breeders to target traits that can be quantitatively associated with specific genes, which enhance plant performance. ―Precision breeding has been practiced in the Philippines for years. A classic example of PhilRice-released variety that is also a product of precision breeding is the NSIC Rc194, or Submarino 1, which has a submergence-tolerant trait,‖ Suralta said. ―Other PhilRice varieties with improved disease-resistance are also a product of precision breeding,‖ he said.PhilRice said precision breeding involves the transfer of specific desired traits—such as those that can tolerate drought conditions or resist certain diseases—into existing outstanding cultivars. ―It improves speed and precision, as desirable traits within the entire map of genetic material of related plants are identified and targeted,‖ Suralta said. Image Credits: www.philrice.gov.ph https://businessmirror.com.ph/government-to-roll-out-rice-research-software/

Documentary takes off the gloves on GMO debate GMOs have been a lightning rod for controversy, but documentary ‘Food Evolution’ argues that science has been the underdog in the debate

By Alexis Stockford FOLLOW May 9, 2018

Local farmers, nutritionists, researchers and industry representatives tackle the GMO debate at the Brandon screening of ―Food Evolution‖ April 10. Photo: Alexis Stockford

Agriculture recently had a red-carpet moment, with twin screening of the documentary ―Food Evolution‖ in Brandon and Winnipeg. Organized by the Manitoba Canola Growers, Canola Eat Well, the Manitoba Farm Writers and Broadcasters Association, Canadian Agri-Marketing Association and Assiniboine Community College, screening and panel discussion on April 10 aimed to educate the public about the safety and efficacy of genetic modification. It may have been preaching to the choir, as only about 10 of 200 Winnipeg audience members said they were not involved in agriculture when asked to raise their hands. At least one attendee in Brandon said she‘d got plenty to ponder from the event, however.

―I think I‘m definitely challenged in my views,‖ audience member Milena Lemez said, although she noted a distinct slant on the part of the panel. Three of four panel members in Brandon were tied to the agriculture industry. ―(I) wish there was maybe more of a diversified panel… but I‘ll definitely have to be doing some thinking… I think my opinions of GMOs have expanded,‖ Lemez said. ―Where the presentation and the movie lacked a little bit was looking at other ways of production like polycultures and things like that, like, say, permaculture.‖ 

Opinion: Avoiding GMOs isn’t just anti-science. It’s immoral

Much controversy The film began with Hawaii‘s 2014 attempts to ban GMOs, a move that was ultimately overturned by a U.S. federal judge in 2016, but sparked a wave of similar campaigns in other states. Then, like now, the issue pitted farmers against members of the public. The film also gave voice to anti-GMO activists and academics like Charles Benbrook, formerly of Washington State University, who have linked GMOs to herbicide resistance. At the same time, the film portrays a long list of organizations that have found no danger when researching GMOs while public personalities have railed against GM foods on shaky scientific ground.

A full house turned up for the Brandon screening of “Food Evolution” April 10.photo: Alexis Stockford

―There‘s a lot of misinformation out there that‘s being shared,‖ Jessica Brady of Okanagan Specialty Fruits and one of the evening‘s panellists said. ―If you don‘t work in this area, how are you to know what‘s right and what‘s wrong? I don‘t know much about my car, but I drive it every day. Yes, there‘s emotion, but there‘s also just misinformation that‘s being shared too much.‖ Alison van Eenennaam, animal genomics and biotechnology professor at the University of California-Davis, and one of the major sources of the film, also argued genetic modification

could actually decrease pesticide use and produce hardier varieties in the face of climate change, something that could change the landscape for farmers facing food insecurity in poor countries.

Simon Ellis, a local farmer near Wawanesa, has little patience for the anti-GMO movement. One of a growing number of producers with an online presence, Ellis has been caught in the digital crossfire before. His social media posts outlining day-to-day farm operations have earned criticism and accusations that he, as a farmer using genetically modified crops, is a pawn of large GMO companies like Monsanto. ―Some of it is assuming they know our production practices before they‘ve talked to us,‖ the frustrated farmer said. ―Assuming that we drench the crops in a herbicide and that we‘re only there to make money and we don‘t care about anything else than that. I get ‗raping the environment‘ a lot. Those sorts of words and imagery really kind of bother me because we‘re really not doing that and it‘s really hard to convince them otherwise.‖

Science does little to sway his most avid detractors, he said. Personal stories and anecdotes have been more effective, something that might be seen as ironic, given the strength the same tactic has given to the anti-GMO movement.

Separate debates? The debate around GMOs is not just about GMOs, other voices cited in the documentary said. The process of breeding crops through genetic modification has become intertwined with debate around individual companies like Monsanto, as well as arguments that those companies are strong-arming food production through corporate centralization. News of mergers in those same companies, such as the ongoing talks between Bayer and Monsanto, have only thrown fire on that debate. Ellis, however, finds little stock in the argument. Farmers still have choices on where to source their seed, he said in the panel discussion. GMO advocates have argued that the technology does not always track back to large companies, pointing to work like the development of golden rice, a project developed to address vitamin A deficiency by the International Rice Research Institute. That said, much contact between farms and GM crops does come from seed and chemical companies. So should the argument around genetic modification be separate from the debate around the companies that use the tool? Is it even possible to debate one without the other? The answer, according to the evening‘s panellists, is yes. ―Should it be separated from those things? Yeah, probably, to a point at least,‖ Brady said. Byron Irvine, a retired AAFC researcher and fellow panellist, agreed, although he doubts that separation will enter the discussion any time soon. ―In many people‘s minds, they will be linked and I don‘t think it should be,‖ he said. ―Currently, a lot of the primary production traits that we use are developed by large companies and therefore that debate will not go away… ‖

One tool Panellists may have been largely GMO friendly, but they portrayed it as a single tool among many a farmer might reach for. For Ellis, management is as much about good practices and rotations as it is about relying on genetics, and planting the same crop in the same field year after year is bound to breed problems, he said. Instead, he reaches for GMOs to deal with herbicide or insect resistance that other practices might not address. ―It comes down to what‘s your weed spectrum in your field,‖ he said, adding they were recently able to grow a non-GMO herbicide system recently because they‘d managed to get the field free of kochia first. ―It‘s on a field-by-field basis,‖ Ellis said. ―What‘s going to work? What‘s going to be economical for the situation?‖ He is also not blind to anti-GMO arguments and, in fact, says he shares their concerns when it comes to sustainability.―We have to be careful about the environment and we don‘t want to overuse or have a GMO product be entered into the market that could be dangerous, but I think that‘s where really rigorous research is really important and I know the crops that are available today are safe,‖ he said. Irvine, meanwhile, stands behind the science, but leaves room for change, having lived through the impact of Rachel Carson‘s Silent Spring and the revelations of DDT damage.―You have to be willing to make that discussion happen over time and with perhaps some patience to not just be jumping on people just because they disagree they may or may not be appreciative of that point of view,‖ he said. ―The majority of scientists have come to the view that GMOs as we‘ve been using them are not in and of themselves harmful in terms of health or environment, but you can never say with absolute certainty that at some time it might not happen.‖ https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/country-crossroads/documentary-takes-off-the-gloves-ongmo-debate/

Dayton vetoes bill to gut wild rice protections Wednesday, May 9, 2018 5:43 pm Marshall Helmberger REGIONAL— Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed a bill, backed by Iron Range legislators, that would have repealed the state‘s sulfate limit designed to protect wild rice. In a letter to legislative leaders last week, Dayton called for a compromise to resolve the ongoing dispute over the future of the state‘s 10 mg/l sulfate discharge standard for wild rice waters.―The bill as written is an extreme approach that removes important protections for wild rice, conflicts with federal law, and guarantees ongoing litigation,‖ wrote Gov. Dayton in his May 3 letter. ―The proposed legislation does not ensure economic growth on the Iron Range, as any final resolution should and must. If sent to me without modifications, I will be forced to veto the legislation and Minnesota will be left without a practical solution, which is urgently needed.‖ The Legislature declined to take the governor up on his suggestion, and Dayton issued his veto on Wednesday. Environmentalists lauded the decision, noting that recent state-funded research has reinforced the validity of the state‘s sulfate standard, the strictest in the country.While sulfate is not destructive of wild rice by itself, it is converted in aquatic sediments to sulfide, which is highly toxic to wild rice and many other organisms according to scientific studies. ―Wild rice is a critical resource for all Minnesotans and is the ‗canary in the coal mine‘ for water quality,‖ said Kathryn Hoffman, CEO of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy. Hoffman took issue with the Legislature, which she said misstated the findings of the state‘s own research on the subject. ―Gov. Dayton‘s veto gives us another chance to get this right. We now have the science to create effective strategies to protect wild rice from sulfate pollution,‖ Hoffman added. Dayton said he ―recognizes‖ that the current standard is not technically or economically feasible for industries or municipalities, and that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency‘s proposed new equation-based standard could not be implemented in a way that provided ―clear and reasonable expectations.‖―I ask Legislators, representatives of the mining and labor communities, environmental advocates, and Tribal Leaders to work with Commissioner Stine and his staff to find a workable solution before the end of the legislative session,‖ said Dayton. Iron Range lawmakers who backed the measure said they were disappointed in the veto, but blamed GOP leadership in the House and Senate for forcing Dayton‘s hand, rather than seeking a compromise. ―Moving forward, we willl continue to work with Gov. Dayton and his administration, our colleagues in the Legislature, and all stakeholders to find a solution that provides more certainty for both Minnesota‘s communities and industries,‖ said Rep. Jason

Metsa, of Virginia and Rep. Rob Ecklund, of International Falls, in a joint statement issued in response to the veto.

For food-aid recipients, information is power A simple card explaining a government aid program leads to more rice for poor villagers in Indonesia.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office May 9, 2018 About 30 percent of Indonesia‘s households are supposed to receive subsidized rice from the government every month as part of a huge program called ―Raskin,‖ or ―Rice for the Poor.‖ The study shows that the amount of rice the villagers actually receive increases 26 percent when they are sent a simple information card with program details. Even for poor villagers in rural Indonesia, information is power. That is the implication of a newly published study co-authored by MIT economists, which finds that recipients of government aid collect more of the goods intended for them when they know more about the aid program they‘re enrolled in. About 30 percent of Indonesia‘s households are supposed to receive subsidized rice from the government every month as part of a huge program called ―Raskin,‖ or ―Rice for the Poor.‖ As the study shows, the amount of rice the villagers actually receive increases 26 percent when they are sent a simple information card with program details.

―The main result, which in some sense I think is very surprising, is that just sending out the cards to people substantially increases the amount of rice that households get,‖ says Benjamin Olken, a professor of economics at MIT and co-author of the new paper. ―Having that tangible information, having that proof, is very important.‖ A key reason for this is that additional information provides a form of bargaining power. Not only do poor villagers know how much rice they should collect, and the extent of the subsidy, but when information cards are mailed out, local political leaders and other intermediaries also know that the aid recipients understand what they should be receiving. ―The village heads now know that the villagers know what they‘re entitled to,‖ Olken observes. ―Knowing that everyone else has this knowledge makes a big difference.‖ The paper, ―Tangible Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia,‖ is published in the newest issue of the Journal of Political Economy. The co-authors are Abhijit Banerjee, the Ford Professor of International Economics at MIT; Rema Hanna, a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School; Jordan Kyle, an associate research fellow at the International Food Policy Institute; Olken; and Sudarno Sumarto of the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), a government agency in Indonesia. To conduct the study, the academic researchers worked with the TNP2K agency after the Indonesian government decided to investigate ways to make the Raskin program more effective. Earlier research had shown that significant portions of the rice were getting diverted before reaching the needy citizens who were part of the program. ―Some substantial amount of rice was getting lost somewhere,‖ Olken says. The research involved 572 villages spread over three provinces in Indonesia. The study randomly selected 378 of the villages, where residents were sent a variety of information cards with factual details about the program. The other 194 villages were not sent information cards, and were used as a control group against which the program‘s effects could be measured. The scholars then surveyed village households at three intervals (two months, eight months, and 18 months) after the information campaign began, to find out whether the intervention had made a difference. The research team found that not only did the program increase the amount of rice received by 26 percent, but the gains were made despite the fact that a significant portion of the information cards — nearly 70 percent — were being diverted at first, meaning that the increased quantity of rice per household that received the cards was higher than 26 percent. Because the information on the cards varied, the researchers could also chart which kinds of notices had the most impact. People in the Raskin program typically have co-pay fees, since the rice is only partially subsidized. Without the intervention, beneficiaries pay 42 percent more in co-pay fees than they actually owe. But villagers received substantially more subsidized rice when the information cards explicitly mentioned the co-pay fees. ―It really is about the information per se,‖ Olken observes. ―Just one extra line here substantially increased the amount of rice people got.‖ As the researchers see it, the overall improvement can be interpreted as an increase in implicit bargaining leverage for the recipients of Raskin aid. As the authors write in the paper, ―bargaining is at least one important channel through which cards are improving outcomes.‖ This

does not necessarily mean, Olken explains, that face-to-face negotiations between villagers and rice distributors have drastically changed, but that the information program provides more leverage for villagers in the first place. ―Having that tangible information, having that proof, may be very important in changing the bargaining process,‖ Olken says. ―You don‘t have to complain for this to have an effect.‖ This is why the scholars think of the cards as providing ―tangible information.‖ The amount of ―leakage‖ of rice, that is, the amount not delivered to intended recipients, improved at levels ranging from 33 to 58 percent among the villages in the survey, depending on the precise intervention. Moreover, the government of Indonesia incorporated the study‘s findings into its decision to scale up the program, distributing identification cards that allow people representing 15.5 million households — 65.7 million people all told — to collect rice from the Raskin proram as well as other government services. Other scholars in the field say the results are intriguing, both experimentally and as suggesting a policy tool that could be adapted more broadly. In addition to the collaboration with the Indonesian government, funding for the study came from the Australian government through its Poverty Reduction Support Facility, and from a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. http://news.mit.edu/2018/food-aid-recipients-information-is-power-0510

A simple card explaining a government aid program leads to more rice for poor villagers in Indonesia May 9, 2018, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Even for poor villagers in rural Indonesia, information is power. That is the implication of a newly published study co-authored by MIT economists, which finds that recipients of government aid collect more of the goods intended for them when they know more about the aid program they're enrolled in. About 30 percent of Indonesia's households are supposed to receive subsidized rice from the government every month as part of a huge program called "Raskin," or "Rice for the Poor." As the study shows, the amount of rice the villagers actually receive increases 26 percent when they are sent a simple information card with program details. "The main result, which in some sense I think is very surprising, is that just sending out the cards to people substantially increases the amount of rice that households get," says Benjamin Olken, a professor of economics at MIT and co-author of the new paper. "Having that tangible information, having that proof, is very important." A key reason for this is that additional information provides a form of bargaining power. Not only do poor villagers know how much rice they should collect, and the extent of the subsidy, but when information cards are mailed out, local political leaders and other intermediaries also know that the aid recipients understand what they should be receiving. "The village heads now know that the villagers know what they're entitled to," Olken observes. "Knowing that everyone else has this knowledge makes a big difference."

The paper, "Tangible Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia," is published in the newest issue of the Journal of Political Economy. The co-authors are Abhijit Banerjee, the Ford Professor of International Economics at MIT; Rema Hanna, a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School; Jordan Kyle, an associate research fellow at the International Food Policy Institute; Olken; and Sudarno Sumarto of the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), a government agency in Indonesia. To conduct the study, the academic researchers worked with the TNP2K agency after the Indonesian government decided to investigate ways to make the Raskin program more effective. Earlier research had shown that significant portions of the rice were getting diverted before reaching the needy citizens who were part of the program. "Some substantial amount of rice was getting lost somewhere," says Olken. The research involved 572 villages spread over three provinces in Indonesia. The study randomly selected 378 of the villages, where residents were sent a variety of information cards with factual details about the program. The other 194 villages were not sent information cards, and were used as a control group against which the program's effects could be measured. The scholars then surveyed village households at three intervals (two months, eight months, and 18 months) after the information campaign began, to find out whether the intervention had made a difference. The research team found that not only did the program increase the amount of rice received by 26 percent, but the gains were made despite the fact that a significant portion of the information cardsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;nearly 70 percentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;were being diverted at first, meaning that the increased quantity of rice per household that received the cards was higher than 26 percent. Because the information on the cards varied, the researchers could also chart which kinds of notices had the most impact. People in the Raskin program typically have co-pay fees, since the rice is only partially subsidized. Without the intervention, beneficiaries pay 42 percent more in co-pay fees than they actually owe. But villagers received substantially more subsidized rice when the information cards explicitly mentioned the co-pay fees. "It really is about the information per se," Olken observes. "Just one extra line here substantially increased the amount of rice people got." As the researchers see it, the overall improvement can be interpreted as an increase in implicit bargaining leverage for the recipients of Raskin aid. As the authors write in the paper, "bargaining is at least one important channel through which cards are improving outcomes." This does not necessarily mean, Olken explains, that face-to-face negotiations between villagers and rice distributors have drastically changed, but that the information program provides more leverage for villagers in the first place. "Having that tangible information, having that proof, may be very important in changing the bargaining process," Olken says. "You don't have to complain for this to have an effect." This is why the scholars think of the cards as providing "tangible information." The amount of "leakage" of rice, that is, the amount not delivered to intended recipients, improved at levels ranging from 33 to 58 percent among the villages in the survey, depending on the precise intervention. Moreover, the government of Indonesia incorporated the study's findings into its decision to scale up the program, distributing identification cards that allow people representing

15.5 million households—65.7 million people all told—to collect rice from the Raskin proram as well as other government services. Other scholars in the field say the results are intriguing, both experimentally and as suggesting a policy tool that could be adapted more broadly. In addition to the collaboration with the Indonesian government, funding for the study came from the Australian government through its Poverty Reduction Support Facility, and from a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Explore further: Wisdom of crowds More information: Abhijit Banerjee et al, Tangible Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia, Journal of Political Economy (2017). DOI: 10.1086/696226 https://phys.org/news/2018-05-simple-card-aid-rice-poor.html#jCphttps://phys.org/news/2018-05-simple-card-

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Gov. Mark Dayton vetoes bill that would kill standard designed to protect wild rice He called it an extreme overreach by state lawmakers and a violation of the federal Clean Water Act. By Josephine Marcotty and Patrick Coolican Star Tribune

MAY 9, 2018 — 10:02PM

RICHARD TSONG-TAATARII - STAR TRIBUNE FILEWild rice grows exclusively in some parts of the Great Lakes states, primarily Minnesota.

Gov. Mark Dayton on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have killed a state pollution rule designed to protect wild rice, calling it an extreme overreach by state lawmakers and a violation of the federal Clean Water Act.Dayton said the Legislature has 12 days to come up with another proposal ―that respects federal law and protects our precious wild rice and waters.‖ The bill, passed by the Republican-controlled House and Senate, was the latest in a nearly 10-year political and legal battle over Minnesota‘s official state grain. At issue is a state standard governing water quality and sulfate, a mineral salt that is hazardous to wild rice and is produced mainly by mining operations and wastewater treatment plants.

Though the state law applies only to wild rice, which in the United States grows almost exclusively in Minnesota, sulfate can also damage other aquatic plants, and it plays a critical role in the transfer of mercury from the environment into the food chain, including game fish that people eat. Republican lawmakers and business leaders said the bill was necessary to provide ―regulatory certainty‖ to Minnesota industry and expressed disappointment in the governor‘s decision. ―The governor vetoed a bill that‘s important to all of Minnesota,‖ said Rep. Dale Lueck, R-Aitkin. ―We can‘t continue to push this standard from 1973 that‘s never been in effect and [would] cost billions of dollars and destroy our local communities.‖ Still, Lueck and other supporters of the bill said they would work with Dayton and other groups to find a workable solution. ―We must solve these problems without harming our natural resources or creating regulatory conflicts,‖ said Emil Ramirez, District 11 director of the United Steelworkers. Environmental groups praised the veto, and they too expressed hope that the state could reset its protection of wild-rice waters and perhaps find new technologies to solve the problem for industry while not endangering water quality. ―We can continue to bicker over what the sulfate standard should be, or we can admit that the most popular option would be to find a solution that works for everyone,‖ said Paul Austin, executive director of Conservation Minnesota.

Others were not so optimistic. Nancy Schuldt, environmental director for the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa, fears the fight over wild rice has become so polarizing that compromise has become impossible. After years of research conducted at the direction of the Legislature, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) last year finalized a new water quality standard for sulfate, only to see it overturned recently by an administrative law judge. The judge said the new rule was too complicated and unconstitutionally vague. But she upheld the state‘s previous standard, 10 parts per million, which has been on the books since the 1970s. ‘An impossible bind’ In his veto letter to legislators, Dayton agreed that the standard was difficult to implement because of its cost, and that the state‘s research found that, in some waters, the concentrations of sulfate can be higher without killing wild rice. Sulfate‘s effect on wild rice is highly influenced by the chemistry of the water and muck where it grows. The Legislature‘s bill would have required the MPCA to start over on a new rule, which the agency planned to do anyway because of the administrative ruling, and it provided $500,000 for research and projects to promote the health and growth of wild rice. But it also dismissed the scientific research behind the agency‘s latest proposed standard, and it would have prohibited the MPCA from enforcing the prior standard while it conducts another multiyear round of rule-making. Dayton said that step would violate the federal Clean Water Act, put the agency in an ―impossible bind,‖ and inevitably lead to litigation. ―Some legislators have decided … that they do not like the science. In response, they have attempted to abolish the standard and pretend that it solves the problem,‖ he said in his letter to legislators. Last week, Dayton had asked the Legislature to work with his administration on another plan for wild rice protection. Instead, both the House and Senate brought the bill to a vote, with supporters citing the need for regulatory clarity. Republicans also fumed that Dayton recently refused to meet with a coalition of supporters of the bill. Instead, Lueck said, Dayton‘s staff met with them and ―ended the meeting by announcing the governor had decided to veto the bill.‖ Because it affects a key Minnesota industry and a beloved state grain, the sulfate rule has been an incendiary issue for years, leading to lawsuits, multiple legislative efforts to circumvent the federal rules and millions of dollars in new research. Though the standard has been in state and federal law for decades, it was largely ignored until several Minnesota Indian tribes and environmental groups asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to

compel its enforcement in the early 2000s. Since then, the EPA has pressed Minnesota regulators to incorporate the standard in permits for taconite mines and in the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s environmental review for PolyMet Mining, the proposed copper-nickel mine near Hoyt Lakes. PolyMetâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s permit to mine, which is now under final review by state regulators, would require water treatment for decades at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, in large part to remove sulfate water discharged by the mine and its operations. josephine.marcotty@startribune.com 612-673-7394 marcotty

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Crop Per Drop Contest: May The Best Farmer Win Chris Bennett May 9, 2018 08:25 AM

Crop per Drop is open to corn, rice and soybean growers. ( Chris Bennett ) By pivot, furrow or flood, may the best farmer win. The race for savings and sustainability is on in Arkansas with Crop per Drop, a first-of-its-kind competition measuring bushels and water use by adding a flow meter and rainfall to yield numbers. Pared down, the grower with the most yield and least water takes the prize.

Crop per Drop, or the 2018 Arkansas Rice and Row Crop Irrigation Yield Contest, is open to corn, rice and soybean growers. Basic rules: 30 acres of irrigated ground; 3 acres of skippatterned harvest; and a maximum of one active metered water inlet. Each of the three winners will receive cash and prizes valued at approximately $20,500, provided by the Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board (ACGSPB), Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board, and Ricetec. Crop per Drop is the brainchild of Chris Henry, water management engineer at the University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center (RREC) in Stuttgart. Extension irrigation research demonstrations can often cost $20,000-plus over the course of a season, packed with heavy labor and a slow pace. Henry believes an irrigation contest with practical value for growers equates to research fields across the state. ―Maximum yield is easy; try doing it with just the right amount of irrigation. So many great growers try so hard to squeeze everything they can out of a field and we want to channel that focus with this contest.‖ Entry deadline is June 1 and costs $100. (See here for contest rules.) Regardless of irrigation setup, a portable flow meter is required to measure water use. (Flow meters are available at Extension offices on a first come, first serve basis.) In addition, adjusted rainfall will be added to water use by a judging panel. Zero-grade rice, which carries a pragmatic advantage, is excluded from the contest. Henry‘s team will mark and seal all flow meters to prevent tampering, and check competition sites in-season. Winners will have the highest bushel yields per acre inch of water. ―For example, if a grower hits 98 bushel soybeans and uses 24 acre inches of water, then his score will be 4 bushels per inch of water,‖ Henry explains. Although Tommy Young, past president of ACGSPB and co-owner with his nephews Blake and Jim Young of Young‘s Irrigation & Equipment in Tuckerman, Arkansas, isn‘t eligible for Crop per Drop, the Jackson County grower is excited and highly enthusiastic over the contest‘s implications: ―We‘ve got so much new irrigation technology available to growers and this contest is a way to show the dramatic savings available, while saving natural resources at the same time. This can really raise the flag and show people how to save money and water.‖ In his 30th year as a T&L Center Pivot Irrigation Dealer, Young says Henry‘s approach with Crop per Drop is spot-on. ―Chris has seriously heightened awareness of technology and efficiency in our state. That‘s why boards contribute financially because they know Chris uses resources very wisely. I‘m talking about consistent meaningful research that we can put into play on our farms.‖ All Crop per Drop totals will be kept under wraps and announced at the Arkansas Soil and Water Conference, Jan. 19, 2019. Henry emphasizes the long-term benefits of the new contest: ―Even if you don‘t win, this is going to challenge what you think about how to irrigate. Use all the tools

available and your field may yield the same as the rest of your acreage, but only use half the water.â&#x20AC;&#x2013; Prizes: $10,000 seed tote credit for first place winner in rice, sponsored by Ricetec $10,000 cash for the first place winner in corn, sponsored by the Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board $10,000 cash for the first place winner in soybeans, sponsored by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board $1,333 in additional cash from Irrometer and Delta Plastics for each winner $9,152 in products from P&R Surge, DamGates, Mccrometer, and Irrometer. For more information, see Crop per Drop. https://www.agprofessional.com/article/crop-drop-contest-may-best-farmer-win

TS Govt assures all help for rain-hit farmers THE HANS INDIA | May 09,2018 , 06:49 PM IST

TS Govt assures all help for rain-hit farmers

Hyderabad : Commissioner for Civil Supplies Akun Sabharwal said government in all means will help farmers in selling their paddy which became wet due to sudden heavy rain. On Wednesday, THE Commissioner made a field visit to Gajwel, Siddipet Market Yards, IKP Purchase Center at Duddeda and PPCs at Nerella in Sircilla district and discussed with the farmers. He reviewed with officials on paddy purchase, shifting of paddy, gunny bags and other issues. He suggested officials to take necessary measures particularly in transporting purchased paddy to mills. As per the demand required lorries should be kept available, in case of shortage of vehicles help of RTA officials should be taken. If any problem persists immediately it should be reported to District Joint Collector and as well as to the Head Office. As much as 1.16 lakh metric tons of paddy soaked in water at Market Yards and Purchase Centers is shifted to rice mills on war basis. Keeping in view of rain forecast paddy should not be stored at paddy center and arrangements be made to shift them to rice mills immediately. Millers should increase speed in loading and unloading the paddy. As the weather department alerted of rains from 11th sufficient number of tarpaulins should be kept available at the centers. In any situation or consequences necessary precautions should be taken to farmers should not suffer loss or face any problems. Farmers should keep special focus on moisture percentage while selling paddy. Officials should guide farmers in this process. Paddy purchase is in full swing at purchase centers state wide. Every year Civil Supplies Department establishes paddy purchase centers to procure paddy at minimum support price from farmers. The Civil Supplies Department set target to procure 38 lakh metric tons of paddy in this year Rabi season and decided to arrange 3008 PPCs for the convenience of the farmers. Till now, 15.91 lakh metric tons of paddy, worth of Rs. 2,526 crores is purchased from 2.36 lakh farmers at 2962 PPCs. In this 15.01 LMT‘s paddy is shifted to rice mills. Last year at this same time in Rabi season, 7.64 LMT‘s paddy worth of Rs. 1,154 crores was purchased from 1.24 lakh farmers at 2620 PPCs. Compared to last year this year in the same time paddy procurement from farmers has doubled and without any problem and loss to farmer, the paddy is purchased at not less than MSP i.e., Rs. 1550 for and Rs. 1590 for Grade ‗A‘. Within 48 hours after truck sheet is generated from purchase centers payment is made online to farmers' accounts directly. For procuring 38 LMT‘s of paddy 9.78 crore gunny bags are required, for which 9.31 crore gunny bags are kept available till now.

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Rice exports up 27pc to $1.57bln in Jul-Apr

KARACHI: Rice exports rose 27 percent to $1.57 billion during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year as exporters pushed fresh cargoes to Indonesia, Kenya and other markets during the period, an industry official said on Wednesday.Rice exports amounted to $1.23 billion during the corresponding period last year. Rafique Suleman, senior vice chairman of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) said exports increased 15 percent to 3.22 million tons during the 10 months of the current fiscal year of 2017/18. Suleman said exports of non-basmati rice to Indonesia increased during the period.

Local traders exported 50,000 tons of non-basmati rice to Indonesia during the July-April period. Kenya remained the largest buyer of Pakistani non-basmati rice, buying 323,000 tons of rice amounting to $118 million. China was also one of the largest importers of Pakistani non-basmati rice. ―By the end of April, we exported 274,000 tons of rice valuing $100 million (to China),‖ Suleman said. He said demand for rice in the international market is increasing. The crop was good in terms of both quality and quantity this year, he added. Reap senior vice chairman said the country has come out of the crisis of low exports, which was observed during the last three years. ―Value of rice export trade has been showing improvement due to the coordination of Reap office bearers with the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan and customs,‖ he said. ―Reap members are putting in untiring efforts, and aggressive marketing to increase rice exports and to earn valuable foreign exchange.‖ The industry official said rice exporters are making investments to install modern rice processing machinery and using value-addition technology. Suleman said the association is sending trade delegations to various countries for rice marketing. ―Last month a delegation came back after a successful visit to Iran, which is very lucrative and a potential market for basmati rice.‖Around 100,000 tons of rice has so far been exported to the neighbouring country during the current season. Suleman said Government Trading Corporation of Iran has issued tenders for 20,000 tons of basmati, in which many Pakistani rice exporting companies would participate. He hoped that a handsome amount of foreign exchange would be fetched by Pakistani rice exporters. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/314691-rice-exports-up-27pc-to-1-57bln-in-jul-apr

FG’s Decision To Ban Rice Importation Plausible May 9, 2018 By AGBO-PAUL AUGUSTINE The group head, Commercial Division at Notore Chemical Industries, Mr Tijjani St. James, is passionate about Nigeria‘s quest to end food imports and enhanced opportunities for local farmers. He speaks to AGBO-PAUL AUGUSTINE on basic farming information. How much of information has Notore shared with local farmers in the North in the area of basic agricultural information in the last two years? In the 2017 wet and dry farming seasons, Notore engaged slightly above 1,644,017 million smallholder farmers across Nigeria. Of this number, 900,359 smallholder rice farmers in Zamfara, Kebbi, Kano, Jigawa, Ebonyi, Imo, Anambra, Adamawa, Gombe and Benue States were adequately educated in partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) on the adoption of the Urea Deep Placement Technique for the rice high yield-boosting Notore Urea Super Granules (USG) brand. Cassava and cowpea best practices were delivered to over 400,000 smallholder farmers via video viewing centers set up in 528 rural farming communities. What is the impact of such information on harvest? As has been widely reported, Nigeria‘s rice production is about 7,000,000MT and importation of the product has dropped significantly. Most of the rice retailed across Nigeria today is fully farmed, processed and bagged in the country. These are all direct consequences of the bumper rice harvests that farmers have been experiencing, thanks to favourable government policies and the huge contribution of private sector players like Notore. Farm inputs such as fertilizers and other chemicals still remain a luxury to many farmers, how can the price gap be bridged by the private sector? Prices of products are a function of production costs, haulage, distribution/marketing costs, excise, etc. The current high retail prices of fertilizers in Nigeria are a reflection of the high costs manufacturers incur to produce them. Government is aware of this. That was why in its agricultural intervention through the PFI, for example, government negotiated low prices for key constituent raw materials and logistics to local NPK blenders so that farmers can purchase the product at the fixed price of N5,500. Extending such support to major indigenous fertilizer

companies like Notore will definitely reduce retail prices of fertilizers. Notore has been driving internal efficiencies in the past 6months to reduce production and distribution costs. This has, to a large extent, been responsible for the drop of Urea retail prices from N7,200 in August last year to N6,500 per 50kg bag now. Our desire is to work collaboratively with the government to ensure farmers enjoy much lower prices. Local farmers‘ laments that attention is given to big commercial farmers leaving them to fend for themselves hence, the poor yield they get annually. How can this huge gap be closed? This is not true for us at Notore because our route-to-market strategy is designed around the smallholder farmers. Notore has over 5,300 trained Village Promoter staff supporting the company to expand its agricultural extension services into the deepest rural farming communities. We have always put the smallholder farmers at the heart of our marketing activities because they are responsible for over 90 per cent of Nigeria‘s agricultural outputs. Very soon, we will be coming to the smallholder farmers with cassava specialty blend fertilizers that will hugely impact cassava yields and harvest. Over time, the smallholder farmers have grown to recognise Notore‘s efforts and have in turn been rewarding the company with unflinching loyalty and patronage. Can Notore share few of the strategies designed to get more farmers on board the network of its information sharing? Our strategy is wrapped around our mission: to enhance the quality of life. We have been working with like minded development agencies to not only ensure farmers get timely information on modern best farming practices, but support their economic wellbeing as well. Our partnership with AECF for example, has enhanced rice farmers‘ awareness and adoption of the USG which has increased their rice harvests. We are currently exploring partnership with GiZ to deploy solar powered flagship communication and distribution outlets in deep rural communities to increase agricultural extension video viewing and fertilizer purchase points. This will shorten the distance traveled to buy fertilizers and improve farmer education. We are also expanding our Village Promoter network to 6000 by 2019 to improve information dissemination. The federal government in

recent years has focused attention on banning rice importation into the country to encourage local production. What is your take on this? The decision to cut down on rice importation to focus on domestic production is an laudable move in every sense. According to the World Bank, Thailand is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s largest exporter of rice, and its rice is cultivated on 9.2millon hectares of land area. Nigeria sits on 34million hectares of arable land per FAOâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s estimation. Imagine the volume of rice we could churn out, the employment rice cultivation alone will generate and the level of selfsufficiency we could attain if we can harness resources, structure the agricultural value chain and put in place the right policy framework. As a company in the forefront of the African Green Revolution, Notore has tirelessly been working to provide farmers with high yield rice inputs. Notore Rice Seeds and the Notore USG fertilizer which is specifically formulated for rice, significantly impacted the Kebbi State rice boom. Apart from fertilizer and seed inputs, farmers need linkages with credible paddy off-takers and easy access to low interest financing. Small, Medium size and customised farm machinery are also essential to the rice sufficiency drive. This is the area government needs to bring in the Polytechnics and Universities of Technology. We have to fuse these technology institutions into the agricultural system and the economy to fabricate desired equipment and small machines. On our part, Notore is fully committed to supporting Nigeriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s Agricultural Development. We have just given out 22 redistribution vans to some our distributors to focus on reaching deep rural farming communities with fertilizers and seeds nationwide. Copyright LEADERSHIP. All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from LEADERSHIP Nigeria Newspapers. Contact: editor@leadership.ng https://leadership.ng/2018/05/09/fgs-decision-to-ban-rice-importation-plausible-tijjani/

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VOX POPULI: Envisioning a future where drones will do the rice sowing Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. May 10, 2018 at 13:30 JST

A farmer operates a machine to plant seedlings at a rice paddy in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, on April 23. (The Asahi Shimbun)

Rice sprouts are glistening in rice paddies now. I understand that farmers were worried about the growth of seedlings this spring because of unusually extreme temperature fluctuations.As always, rice planting is backbreaking work, requiring heavy boxes of seedlings to be brought out to the paddies for a rice-planting machine to plant them in straight rows. But such a scene may become a thing of the past. I recently visited the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) at its facility in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, where a new farming method is being developed to enable direct planting of rice seeds. "By eliminating the hassle of raising seedlings in one place and then transporting them to the paddies, you can achieve substantial labor and cost savings," said Hiroyuki Shiratsuchi, 51, who heads NARO's paddy rice cropping team. At first, the team made many mistakes. The unhulled rice seeds they sowed were dug up by crows and ducks. Planting them too deep resulted in failed germination. But through various improvements, such as coating rice seeds with iron filings and developing strains of windresistant rice, the team gradually succeeded in commercialization. In the days before the arrival of machines, rice planting was a major undertaking involving the entire community. There was no school during peak planting season, so children could help.Such an era of massive labor mobilization is now over. What will rice planting be like in the future? Shiratsuchi envisions a scene without any human-operated planting machines. He believes the time will come when any rice farmer can stay at home and run three or four unmanned rice planting machines simultaneously. Ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) portrayed a dozen or so farmers, clad in rain capes made of straw and with their backs bent, intent on planting rice seedlings in the driving rain. With Mount Daisen, then revered as a sacred mountain of the Sanin region forming the backdrop, this vividly descriptive work is contained in "Rokujuyoshu Meisho Zue," a series of paintings depicting more than 60 scenic spots around the nation. Over the last 160 years or so since Hiroshige produced this work, Japan's farming environment has undergone a considerable transformation. I am now fantasizing a future scene, where a farmer uses a smartphone to command a drone to scatter rice seeds from the sky. And the work is done in a matter of seconds. --The Asahi Shimbun, May 10 http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201805100036.html

Imota Rice Mill to start production 2019 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lagos Govt May 9, 2018Agency Report Rice mill used to illustrate the story The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said rice production would start at the Imota Rice Mill in Ikorodu by February 2019, with a production capacity of 32,000 tonnes per hour. The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Ade Akinsanya, disclosed this during an inspection tour of the mill alongside other members of the State Executive Council.Mr Akinsanya said that the entire area, covering 8,000 square metres, with a light industrial park, would create jobs for 250,000 people. He said the mill would also have a warehouse to accommodate 20,000 metric tonnes of rice. According to him, rice, in large quantity, will be available to residents of the state and other South-west states early next year, as the state government is stepping up work at the mill.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the team also inspected the ongoing project at the regional food market in Imota, where the Mile 12 Market and other markets in the environs would be relocated. Mr Akinsanya said that the market would accommodate 5,000 stalls, 1000 capacity trucks and trailer park, with the first phase at 75 per cent completion.He said that the entire project was slated for delivery in September this year. NAN reports that the executive embers also inspected ongoing work at the 2.7km Agbowa-Timberville road and the Timberville, where the saw millers at Oko-Baba, Ebute-Metta, are to be relocated in October. They also inspected the Odo Onosa/Ayandelu Housing Scheme.The traditional ruler of IkosiEjinrin, Aderibigbe Asunmo, commended the efforts of the state government on the Odo Onosa/Ayandelu Housing Scheme. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/267866-imota-rice-mill-to-startproduction-2019-lagos-govt.html

LSU AgCenter Field Day Calendar By Bruce Schultz CROWLEY, LA -- The Louisiana State University (LSU) AgCenter will hold a series of field days to

help rice farmers learn about the latest recommended practices to improve their crop production. Experts will make presentations on variety development, fertility, growing soybeans, and controlling problems of diseases, insects, and weeds."These field days give us the chance to provide details about our research projects," said Don Groth, resident coordinator of the AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station. "Also, our scientists will be available to answer questions from growers." Mark your calendar and attend the event in your area: May 30 - Southwest Louisiana Rice Field Day 8 a.m. Johnny Hensgens Farm, at the corner of David and McCown Roads, south of Iowa May 31 - Evangeline Parish Rice Field Day 8:30 a.m. Bieber Farm, 1 mile west of Mamou on Bieber Road June 5 - Vermilion Parish Rice Field Day 4 p.m. Lounsberry Farm east of Lake Arthur on LA Highway 14 Supper to follow at the Klondike Fire Station. June 13 - Acadia Parish Rice Field Day 8:30 a.m. South Farm of the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station June 27 - Rice Research Station Field tours start at 7:15 a.m. and the last trailer will leave at 9 a.m., followed by a poster session and indoor presentations. July 18 - Northeast Louisiana Rice Field Day 9 a.m. until noon Colvin Farm at 632 Scales Road, Rayville, followed by indoor presentations at the Rayville Civic Center at 817 Louisa Street, Rayville

SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED THE INGRESS OF MERCURY IN CHINESE RICE Jan Hartman | May 8, 2018 | Science | No Comments

Grown in China, rice is gradually polluted with mercury as a result of the coal plants. This was stated in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Is exposed to contamination like fish and rice. Emissions of coal factories lead to the ingress of metal into the atmosphere, where it mixes with precipitation and falls into the water and soil, there being absorbed by the rice. Infiltrated water bacteria transform mercury into methyl mercury, a poison that can be collected in the

human body. Due to the fact that rice fields flooded throughout the growing period, the substance is there on a permanent basis.

American scientists conducted a study, which showed that the change in the emissions of mercury in air affects the amount of the element in Fig. In the case of a further increase in emissions of this type of metal, its concentration in the grain could increase by 13% by 2050 https://sivtelegram.media/scientists-announced-the-ingress-of-mercury-in-chinese-rice/12840/

Strong growth expected in Basmati rice exports in FY19 According to an ICRA note, Indian Basmati rice exports have witnessed a strong revival in the current fiscal with 22% growth in value in 9MFY2018 over the previous fiscal, after having been on the downward trajectory over FY15 to FY17. Indian Basmati rice exports are expected to post strong growth in FY18 and FY19 on the back of improved demand in the international market, especially from Iran and transference of higher paddy prices over the last two procurement seasons. According to an ICRA note, Indian Basmati rice exports have witnessed a strong revival in the current fiscal with 22% growth in value in 9MFY18 over the previous fiscal after having been on the downward trajectory over FY15 to FY17. This buoyant exports growth has been fuelled by a 23% surge in average realizations (Rs64,594/MT in 9MFY18 as against

Rs53,985/MT in FY17) and it is estimated that Basmati rice exports may cross Rs26,000cr for FY18 (growth of 20% over last fiscal) and Rs28,000cr for FY19. The concern, however, is that the export volumes have largely remained stagnant, in line with last few years. Deepak Jotwani, Assistant Vice President, ICRA, ―Historically, Saudi Arabia and Iran have remained the largest importers of Basmati rice from India, accounting for 40-45% share. However, after having remained consistent for many years, Saudi Arabia‘s share of Basmati rice imports from India has declined in recent years and stood at ~14% in 7MFY18. This has been largely absorbed by Iran, whose share has surged to 28% in 7MFY18 (as against 18% in FY17) fueling industry growth in the current fiscal. Iran had imposed a temporary ban on imports around August 2017, which was removed in January 2018. While this development is likely to support industry growth in the last quarter of the current fiscal, greater dependence on Iran as a major export destination could spell volatility for the industry.‖ For the second year in a row, paddy prices have firmed up by 20-25% in the procurement season of 2017. This price rise is largely attributable to lower (by 10-15%) paddy sowing on the back of a moderate monsoon, and improved demand for Basmati rice in the international market. This increase in paddy price is likely to provide a fillip to Basmati rice prices in FY19. However, sustained uptick in paddy prices over the past two procurement seasons could adversely impact the profitability of industry players in FY19, especially in case of volatility in international demand. ―In the current fiscal, average export realizations have firmed up considerably in 9MFY18 over FY17. Improvement in demand on the back of recent resumption of imports by Iran, along with the higher paddy prices in the recently concluded procurement season, is likely to sustain the average realizations in Q4FY18 as well. As a result, the export value is estimated to grow to around Rs26,000cr in FY18, a growth of 20% over FY17. The momentum percolating to the next fiscal is likely to fuel the industry growth in FY19 as well, wherein ICRA estimates the export value to stand at Rs28,00cr," Jotwani concluded. https://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news-top-story/strong-growth-expected-in-basmati-riceexports-in-fy19-118050900049_1.html

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KRBL Ltd., the maker of India Gate basmati rice, is not overly worried about the U.S. reinstating sanctions on Iran. This despite the country along with Saudi Arabia accounting for nearly 40-45 percent of India‘s basmati rice exports, according to rating agency ICRA. ―As far as rice is concerned, it is a staple food in Iran and that is why it will be out of the sanctions,‖ Anil Mittal, chairman and managing director of the company, told BloombergQuint. ―In the past too, whenever there are sanctions on any country, essential food items are out of the sanction,‖ he said citing the examples of North Korea and Sudan. U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the landmark 2015 nuclear deal between America and the Iran, and reinstated sanctions, opening an uncertain new chapter for the country and its neighbours. The sanctions threaten to tighten global oil markets and derail billions in business deals. India, one of the close allies of U.S., exports rice and two-wheelers to Iran while importing crude oil from there. Rice exporters to Iran include KRBL, Kohinoor Foods Ltd. and LT Foods Ltd. KRBL gets 5 percent of its turnover from Iran, Mittal said. Ergo, the sanctions would not affect their business much. The company‘s stock pared early losses and was trading 3.42 percent higher at 10 a.m. Watch the full conversation here: https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/2018/05/09/this-indian-rice-importer-is-not-worried-about-ussanctions-on-iran

Kingdom’s rice exports drop despite deals

A woman works in a rice processing factory in Battambang province. Heng Chivoan

Cambodian rice exports have dramatically declined over the past four months compared to the same period last year, causing significant concern for the rice industry even as plans are in the works to expand exports by thousands of tonnes, according to government officials. The data, released by the General Department of Agriculture yesterday, show that total rice exports in the first four months of this year totalled 197,354 tonnes, compared to the 212,394 tonnes exported in the same period last year, a year-on-year decrease of 7 percent. ―It is really concerning for the rice industry,‖ said Hean Vanhan, director general of the General Department of Agriculture, yesterday. He stated that while the Cambodia rice industry could produce 10 million tonnes of raw paddy, exports are realistically expected to fall. Vanhan claimed that even though agreements had been signed to boost exports, terms of the deals and price negotiations were still ongoing. ―We will set up a meeting with the private sector and relevant ministries to address the added challenges,‖ he said. China, which agreed to accept 200,000 tonnes of rice from the Kingdom last year and will expand that quota to 300,000 tonnes this year, was the top destination for rice shipments leaving the country. Bangladesh also inked a deal with the government last year to purchase 1 million tonnes of rice from Cambodia over the next five years. None has yet been shipped, however, as the memorandum remains in the negotiation phase. Long Kemvichet, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce claims that the deal with Bangladesh is still being ironed out and that the two sides are, ―working toward implementing the MoU‖. https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-rice-exports-drop-despite-deals

Rice exports up 27pc to $1.57bln in Jul-Apr KARACHI: Rice exports rose 27 percent to $1.57 billion during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year as exporters pushed fresh cargoes to Indonesia, Kenya and other markets during the period, an industry official said on Wednesday. Rice exports amounted to $1.23 billion during the corresponding period last year. Rafique Suleman, senior vice chairman of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) said exports increased 15 percent to 3.22 million tons during the 10 months of the current fiscal year of 2017/18. Suleman said exports of non-basmati rice to Indonesia increased during the period. Local traders exported 50,000 tons of non-basmati rice to Indonesia during the July-April period. Kenya remained the largest buyer of Pakistani non-basmati rice, buying 323,000 tons of rice amounting to $118 million. China was also one of the largest importers of Pakistani non-basmati rice. ―By

the end of April, we exported 274,000 tons of rice valuing $100 million (to China),‖ Suleman said. He said demand for rice in the international market is increasing.

The crop was good in terms of both quality and quantity this year, he added. Reap senior vice chairman said the country has come out of the crisis of low exports, which was observed during the last three years. ―Value of rice export trade has been showing improvement due to the coordination of Reap office bearers with the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan and customs,‖ he said. ―Reap members are putting in untiring efforts, and aggressive marketing to increase rice exports and to earn valuable foreign exchange.‖ The industry official said rice exporters are making investments to install modern rice processing machinery and using valueaddition technology. Suleman said the association is sending trade delegations to various countries for rice marketing. ―Last month a delegation came back after a successful visit to Iran, which is very lucrative and a potential market for basmati rice.‖ Around 100,000 tons of rice has so far been exported to the neighbouring country during the current season. Suleman said Government Trading Corporation of Iran has issued tenders for 20,000 tons of basmati, in which many Pakistani rice exporting companies would participate. He hoped that a handsome amount of foreign exchange would be fetched by Pakistani rice exporters. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/314691-rice-exports-up-27pc-to-1-57bln-in-jul-apr

Kingdom’s rice exports drop despite deals Cheng Sokhorng | Publication date 09 May 2018 | 08:12 ICT

A woman works in a rice processing factory in Battambang province. Heng Chivoan

China, which agreed to accept 200,000 tonnes of rice from the Kingdom last year and will expand that quota to 300,000 tonnes this year, was the top destination for rice shipments leaving the country. Bangladesh also inked a deal with the government last year to purchase 1 million tonnes of rice from Cambodia over the next five years. None has yet been shipped, however, as the memorandum remains in the negotiation phase. Long Kemvichet, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce claims that the deal with Bangladesh is still being ironed out and that the two sides are, ―working toward implementing the MoU‖. https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-rice-exports-drop-despite-deals

Japonica rice ready for farming Chea Vannak / Khmer Times Share:

Women working in a rice field in Cambodia. KT/Mom Sophon

The government yesterday announced that a new rice variety known as ‗japonica‘ is officially available for farming after having passed performance tests. Officially called ‗oryza sativa japonica‘, the rice variety will be planted in 200,000 hectares around the country, and will be shipped primarily to China, where it is very popular, Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon said Monday. Tests on japonica and its adaptability to the Cambodian soil have been conducted in Kampong Speu province, after the ministry signed an agreement in January with two Chinese laboratories, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center and Jiangsu Long An Agricultural Technology, to study the grain jointly. The ultimate goal of the agreement is to feed vast demand for the grain in the Chinese market, Mr Sakhon explained. ―As planned, 200,000 hectares of land will be used for planting japonica seeds, producing up to six tonnes of paddy rice per hectare,‖ he said, although he failed to go into details regarding the provinces where the plantations will be located. In January, Hean Vanhan, director-general of the Ministry of Agriculture, said that while littleknown in Cambodia, the japonica rice variety is vastly popular in China, particularly in the north.

He said planting the variety at home was an important stepping stone in boosting exports to China, which is already Cambodia‘s biggest market for rice. Moul Sarith, secretary-general of the Cambodia Rice Federation, said japonica will also be used domestically. ―Many well-known Japanese and Korean chefs working in Cambodia like to cook with this variety, so demand is very high,‖ he said, adding that japonica fetches higher prices than any other type of rice grown in the kingdom. During the first three months of the year, 25.7 percent of all Cambodian exports of milled rice went to China (41,412 tonnes out of a total of 161,115 tonnes exported). https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50487612/japonica-rice-ready-for-farming/

India giving rice and wheat production vast support, US tells WTO GENEVA, May 9 (Reuters) - India is supporting its rice and wheat farmers with payments that are far higher than the amounts it has officially notified to the World Trade Organization, the United States said in a statement published by the WTO on Wednesday.―It appears that India provides market price support (MPS) for wheat and rice vastly in excess of what it has reported to the WTO,‖ the U.S. statement said.―India‘s apparent MPS for wheat appears to have been over 60 percent of the value of production in each of the last four years for which India has notified data. Its apparent MPS for rice appears to have been over 70 percent.‖ (Reporting by Tom Miles Editing by Peter Graff) https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN1IB1JY-OZATP

Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- May 10, 2018 Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-May 10, 2018 Nagpur, May 10 (Reuters) – Gram and tuar prices firmed up again in Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) on increased seasonal demand from local millers amid tight supply from producing regions. Notable rise in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and upward trend on NCDEX also fuelled prices. About 4,900 bags of gram and 1,400 bags of tuar reported for auction in Nagpur APMC, according

to sources. FOODGRAINS & PULSES GRAM * Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor. TUAR * Tuar varieties quoted static in open market here on subdued demand from local traders. * Major wheat varieties recovered in open market on increased marriage season demand from local traders. * In Akola, Tuar New – 4,000-4,100, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,000-6,300, Udid Mogar (clean) – 7,000-8,000, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,200-7,800, Gram – 3,400-3,475, Gram Super best – 5,200-5,600 * Rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and settled at last levels in weak trading activity. Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close Gram Auction 3,050-3,380 2,900-3,370 Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600 Tuar Auction 3,500-4,180 3,500-4,120 Moong Auction n.a. 3,900-4,200 Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500 Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800 Wheat Mill quality Auction 1,600-1,702 1,650-1,726 Gram Super Best Bold 5,000-5,500 5,000-5,500 Gram Super Best n.a. n.a. Gram Medium Best 4,500-4,800 4,500-4,800 Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a Gram Mill Quality 3,500-3,600 3,500-3,600 Desi gram Raw 3,500-3,575 3,500-3,575 Gram Kabuli 12,700-13,200 12,700-13,200 Tuar Fataka Best-New 6,200-6,400 6,200-6,400 Tuar Fataka Medium-New 5,800-6,100 5,800-6,100 Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800

Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 5,300-5,500 5,300-5,500 Tuar Gavarani New 4,100-4,150 4,100-4,150 Tuar Karnataka 4,500-4,700 4,550-4,750 Masoor dal best 4,800-5,000 4,800-5,200 Masoor dal medium 4,500-4,700 4,600-4,800 Masoor n.a. n.a. Moong Mogar bold (New) 7,500-8,200 7,500-8,200 Moong Mogar Medium 6,700-7,200 6,700-7,200 Moong dal Chilka 5,700-7,000 5,700-7,000 Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a. Moong Chamki best 7,800-8,500 7,800-8,500 Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,500-8,500 7,500-8,500 Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,500-6,500 5,500-6,500 Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,700-6,000 5,700-6,000 Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 3,800-3,950 3,800-3,950 Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,650-2,725 2,650-2,725 Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,300 4,000-4,300 Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,300 4,200-4,300 Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100 2,000-2,100 Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,975-2,050 1,950-2,000 Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,250-2,400 2,200-2,350 Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,450 2,250-2,450 Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,200 2,050-2,150 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a. MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,200-4,000 3,200-3,800 MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,800 2,400-2,700 Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-4,000 3,400-4,000 Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,200 2,900-3,200 Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,900 2,900-2,900 Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800 Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,600 2,500-2,600 Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,700 4,200-4,700 Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,900-4,000 3,900-4,000 Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 5,300-5,500 5,300-5,500 Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800 Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,500-14,000 9,500-14,000 Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,500 5,000-7,500 Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 6,200-6,500 6,200-6,500 Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000 Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,200 2,000-2,100 Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,000 1,700-2,000

WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 44.6 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 28.5 degree Celsius Rainfall : nil FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 44 and 29 degree Celsius respectively. Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, butincluded in market prices) https://in.reuters.com/article/israel-golan-rockets/israel-says-it-attacked-targets-in-syria-afteriranian-rocket-fire-idINKBN1IA3GN

Zanzibar to increase rice production by 30 pct Source: Xinhua 2018-05-09 03:16:06 ARUSHA, Tanzania, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago is set to increase production of rice by 30 percent in a new drive to reduce importation, a senior official said Tuesday.Rashid Ali Juma, Zanzibar's Minister for Agriculture and Natural Resources, revealed this while speaking at the inauguration of a fertilizer manufacturing plant in the Indian Ocean Island. In this harvesting season, the minister said Zanzibar will increase production by 30 percent, as the country grapples to plug the gap between locally produced rice and the imported one. "We have a gap of 57,000 tonnes of rice per year, currently we're producing 23,000 tonnes annually," the minister said, insisting on the Zanzibar government's determination to boost paddy cultivation to meet the demand of 80,000 tonnes per year According to the minister, rice is the Zanzibar's main staple food with the current demand standing at 61.3 kilograms per person annually. Juma noted that to increase rice production, farmers should be enabled to practice modern agriculture using advanced techniques, use quality seeds as well as fertilizers.

"The fertilizer plant we have launched today is expected to produce the best fertilizer that will make farmers realize bumper harvests," he said, noting that the newly introduced plant will increase rice production by 30 percent. He urged rice farmers to continue using the locally produced fertilizer to boost productivity. James Flock, director general, of Zanzibar cereals development project said the installed plant has a capacity to produce three tonnes of fertilizers every day. He said the 1,000 tonnes of fertilizers to be produced annually can be used by rice and vegetable growers in the spice island of Zanzibar. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/09/c_137164957.htm

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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-May 9, 2018 Nagpur, May 9 (Reuters) – Gram and tuar prices reported higher in Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) on good buying support from local millers amid weak supply from producing regions. Fresh rise in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and reported demand from South-based millers also boosted prices. About 5,200 bags of gram and 2,000 bags of tuar reported for auction in Nagpur APMC, according to sources. FOODGRAINS & PULSES GRAM * Desi gram raw firmed up in open market on good seasonal demand from local traders. TUAR * Tuar Karnataka down in open market here in absence of buyers amid increased supply from producing regions. * Moong dal chilka moved down in open market on poor demand from local traders. * In Akola, Tuar New – 4,000-4,100, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,000-6,300, Udid Mogar (clean) – 7,000-8,000, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,200-7,800, Gram – 3,400-3,475, Gram Super best

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5,200-5,600 * Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and settled at last levels in thin trading activity. Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg FOODGRAINS

Available prices

Gram Auction

2,900-3,370

Gram Pink Auction

n.a.

Tuar Auction

2,900-3,300

2,100-2,600

3,600-4,144

Moong Auction

3,450-4,100

n.a.

Udid Auction

3,900-4,200

n.a.

Masoor Auction

Previous close

4,300-4,500

n.a.

2,600-2,800

Wheat Mill quality Auction

1,650-1,726

Gram Super Best Bold

1,600-1,700

5,000-5,500

Gram Super Best

n.a.

Gram Medium Best

5,000-5,500

n.a.

4,500-4,800

Gram Dal Medium

n.a.

Gram Mill Quality

3,500-3,600

Desi gram Raw

3,500-3,575

3,450-3,525

Gram Kabuli

n.a

12,700-13,200

Tuar Fataka Best-New

12,700-13,200

6,200-6,400

Tuar Fataka Medium-New

6,200-6,400

5,800-6,100

Tuar Dal Best Phod-New

5,800-6,100

5,600-5,800

Tuar Dal Medium phod-New Tuar Gavarani New

5,600-5,800

5,300-5,500

4,100-4,150

5,300-5,500

4,100-4,150

Tuar Karnataka

4,500-4,700

4,550-4,750

Masoor dal best

4,800-5,000

4,800-5,200

Masoor dal medium Masoor

4,500-4,700

n.a.

4,600-4,800

n.a.

Moong Mogar bold (New)

7,500-8,200

Moong Mogar Medium

6,700-7,200

Moong dal Chilka

5,700-7,000

7,500-8,200 6,700-7,200

5,800-7,000

Moong Mill quality

n.a.

Moong Chamki best

7,800-8,500

n.a. 7,800-8,500

Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 7,500-8,500

7,500-8,500

Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)

5,500-6,500

Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) Batri dal (100 INR/KG) Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)

5,500-6,500

5,700-6,000

3,800-3,950 2,650-2,725

5,700-6,000

3,800-3,950 2,650-2,725

Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)

4,000-4,300

Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)

4,200-4,300

2,000-2,100

Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)

4,000-4,300 4,200-4,300

2,000-2,100

1,950-2,000

2,200-2,350

Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG)

2,200-2,350

2,250-2,450

Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,050-2,150 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG)

n.a. 3,200-3,800

MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG)

3,200-3,800

2,400-2,700

3,400-4,000

Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG)

2,400-2,700 3,400-4,000

2,900-3,200

2,700-2,900

Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG)

2,900-3,200

2,900-2,900

2,600-2,800

Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG)

2,600-2,800

2,500-2,600

4,200-4,700

Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG)

2,050-2,150

n.a.

2,500-2,600 4,200-4,700

3,900-4,000

5,300-5,500

Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG)

4,600-4,800

Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG)

9,500-14,000

Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)

5,000-7,500

6,200-6,500

Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG)

9,500-14,000 6,200-6,500

5,800-6,000

2,000-2,200 1,800-2,000

5,000-7,500 5,800-6,000 2,000-2,100

1,700-2,000

WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 44.4 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 25.2 degree Celsius Rainfall : nil FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 44 and 24 degree Celsius respectively. Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, butincluded in market prices)

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